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'  GENEALOGICAL 


AND 


FAMILY    HISTORY 


OF 


CENTRAL  NEW  YORK 


A  RECORD  OF  THE  ACHIEVEMENTS  OF  HER  PEOPLE  IN  THE  MAKING 

OF  A  COMMONWEALTH  AND  THE    BUILDING 

OF  A  NATION 


'      COMPILED    UNDER    THE    EDITORIAL    SUPERVISION    OF 

WILLIAM  RICHARD  CUTTER,  A.  M. 

corresponding  secretary  and  historian  of  new  england  historic-genealogical 

society;   Librarian    Emeritus  of   Woburn    public  library;   author 

OF  "Cutter  family."  "History  of  Arlington,"  etc.,  etc. 


VOLUME    I         ^ 


ILLUSTRATED 


NEW    YORK 

LEWIS  HISTORICAL  PUBLISHING  COMPANY 

1912 


Coi'VKiGin    igi2 

BY 

Lewis  FiisTORicxL  Pi'ki.ishinc  Compakv. 


Cci.A3I4ri'30 


NTRODUCTORY 


HE  present  work,  "Genealogical  and  Family  History  of  Central  New  York,"  ])re- 
sents  in  the  aggregate  an  amount  and  variety  of  genealogical  and  personal  infor- 
mation and  portraiture  unequalled  by  any  kindred  publication.  Indeed,  no  similar 
work  concerning  the  families  of  this  region  has  ever  before  been  presented.  It 
contains  a  vast  amount  of  ancestral  history  never  before  printed.  The  object 
clearly   defined  and   well   digested,   was   threefold : 

First.  To  present  in  concise  form  the  history  of  Central  Xew  ^'ork  Families  of 
the  Colonial  Days. 

Second.     To  preserve  a  record  of  the  preiminent  iiresent-day  people  of  the  region. 

Third.  To  present  through  personal  sketches  the  relation  of  its  prominent  families  of 
all  times  to  the  growth,  singular  prosperity  and  widespread  influence  of  this  portion  of  the 
Empire  State. 

There  are  numerous  voluminous  histories  of  the  State,  making  it  unnecessar\'  in  this 
work  to  even  outline  its  annals.  What  has  been  published,  however,  relates  principally  to 
civic  life.  The  amplification  necessary  to  complete  the  picture  of  the  section,  old  and 
nowadays,  is  what  is  supplied  in  large  measure  by  these  ( ienealogical  and  Family  Memoirs. 
In  tther  words,  while  others  have  written  of  "the  times."  the  jirovince  of  this  work  is  to 
be  a  chronicle  of  the  people  who  have  made  Central   Xew  York  what  it  is. 

L'nique  in  conception  and  treatment,  this  work  constitutes  one  of  the  must  original  and 
|3ermancntlv  valuable  contributions  ever  made  to  the  social  history  of  an  .\merican  com- 
monwealth. In  it  are  arrayed  in  a  lucid  and  dignified  manner  all  the  imjjortant  facts 
regarding  the  ancestrv.  personal  careers  and  matrimonial  alliances  nf  many,  who,  in  each 
succeeding  generation,  have  been  accorded  leading  positions  in  the  social,  professional  and 
business  life  of  the  State.  Xor  has  it  been  based  upon,  neither  does  it  minister  to,  aristo- 
cratic prejudices  and  assumptions.  ()n  the  contrary,  its  fundamental  ideas  are  tlidrnughly 
American  and  democratic.  The  work  everywhere  conveys  the  lesson  that  distinction  has 
)>cen  gained  only  by  honorable  public  service,  or  by  usefulness  in  [jrivate  station,  and  that 
the  develojiment  and  prosperity  of  the  region  <if  which 
it  treats  has  been  dependent  upon  the  character  nf  its 
citizens,  and  in  the  stimulus  which  they  have  given  to 
commerce,  to  industry,  to  the  arts  and  sciences,  to  edu- 
cation and  religion — to  all  that  is  comprised  in  the 
highest  civilization  of  the  present  day — through  a  con- 
tinual progressive  development. 

The  inspiration  underlying  the  present  work  is  a 
fervent  appreciation  of  the  truth  so  well  expressed 
by  .Sir  Walter  Scott,  that  "there  is  no  heroic  poem  in 

the  world  but  is  at  the  bottom  the  life  of  a  man."    .And  .james  pumpeli.v, 

with  this  goes  a  kindred  truth,  that  to  know  a  man.  and  '^^''^"ion"p7/setti°/rrtT)weg^"'"''' 


IV 


INTRUDUC'lURV. 


REBECCA    HENDY, 
Kirst    White   Woman   in    Elniira. 


rightly  measure  his  character,  and  weigh  his 
acliievements,  we  must  know  whence  he  came, 
from  what  forbears  he  sprang.  Truly  as  heroic 
poems  have  been  written  in  human  lives  in  the 
paths  of  peace  as  in  the  scarred  roads  of  war. 
Such  examples,  in  whatever  line  of  endeavor,  are 
of  much  worth  as  an  incentive  to  those  who  come 
afterward,  and  as  such  were  never  so  needful  to 
be  written  of  as  in  the  present  day,  when  pessi- 
mism, forgetful  of  the  splendid  lessons  of  the 
past,  withholds  its  effort  in  the  present,  and  views 
the  future  only  with  alarm. 

Every  community  with  such  ample  history  as 
this,  should  see  that  it  be  worthily  supplemented 
by  Genealogical  and  Personal  Memoirs  of  its 
leading  families  and  prominent  citizens.  Such  a 
work  is  that  which  is  now  presented.  And,  it 
should  be  admitted,  the  imdertaking  possesses 
value  of  the  highest  importance — in  its  historic 
utility  as  a  memorial  of  the  development  and 
progress  of  the  community  from  its  very  founding,  and  in  the  personal  interest  which 
attaches  to  the  record  made  by  the  individual.  On  both  these  accounts  it  will  prove  a  highly 
useful  contribution  to  literature,  and  a  valuable  legacy  to  future  generations.  Out  of  these 
considerations  the  authors  and  publishers  have  received  the  encouragement  and  approval  of 
authorities  of  the  highest  standing  as  genealogists,  historians  and  litterateurs.  In  the  pro- 
duction of  this  work,  no  pains  have  been  spared  to  ensure  absolute  truth — that  quality  upon 
which  its  value  in  every  feature  depends.  The  material  comprising  the  genealogical  and  per- 
sonal records  of  the  active  living,  as  well  as  of  the  honored  dead,  was  gathered  by  men  and 
women  experienced  in  such  work  and  acquainted  with  local  history  and  ancestral  families. 
These  have  appealed  to  the  custodians  of  family  records  concerning  the  useful  men  of  pre- 
ceding generations,  and  of  their  descendants  who  have  lived  useful  and  honorable  lives. 
Such  custodians,  who  have  availed  themselves  of  this  opportunity  of  having  this  knowledge 
placed  in  preservable  and  accessible  form,  have  performed  a  public  service  in  rendering 
honor  to  whom  honor  is  due,  in  preserving  the  distinction  which  rightfully  belongs  to  their 
families,  and  which  distinguishes  them  from  later  immigrations  :  as  well  as  in  inculcating 
the  most  valuable  and  enduring  lessons  of  patriotism  and  good  citizenship. 

There  is  probably  no  section  of  the  United  States  in  which  are  so  well  preserved  the 
ideas  and  characteristics  of  the  original  New  England  immigrants  as  in  Central  New  York. 
.'\t  the  time  when  most  of  the  pioneer  settlers  located  in  this  region,  the  war  for  American 
Independence  had  just  closed,  and  many  of  them  were  fresh  from  the  struggle,  imbued  with 
the  highest  principles  of  patriotism,  and  all  brought  to  their  new  homes  and  instilled  in 
their  children  the  practice  of  the  simple  virtues,  the  industry  and  enterprise  which  have 
made  the  sons  of  the  Empire  State  pre-eminent  in  every  walk  of  life  throughout  the 
Nation.  .'Vnother  important  element  in  the  settlement  of  this  section  was  made  up  of  the 
early  Dutch  settlers  who  came  to  New  .Amsterdam  (New  York)  before  the  adoption  of 
surnames  among  them. 


IN'TRODL'CTORV.  v 

'I'lian  this  region  no  other  offered  a  more  pecuHarly  interesting  field  for  research.  Its  sons 
— "native  here,  and  to  the  manner  born,"  and  of  spieiiiUd  ancestry — have  attained  distinction 
in  everv  field  of  human  eft'ort.  .An  additional  interest  attaches  to  the  present  undertaking 
in  the  fact  that,  while  dealing  ])rimarily  with  the  history  of  native  New  York,  this  work 
approaches  the  dignity  of  a  national  epitome  of  genealogy  and  biography.  (Jwing  to  the 
wide  dispersion  throughout  the  country  of  the  old  families  of  the  State,  the  authentic 
account  here  presented  of  the  constituent  elements  of  her  social  life,  past  and  present,  is 
of  far  more  than  merely  local  value,  in  its  special  field  it  is,  in  an  appreciable  degree, 
a  reflection  of  the  development  of  the  country  at  large,  since  hence  went  out  representa- 
tives of  historical  families,  in  various  generations,  who  in  far  remote  j^laces — beyond  the 
Mississippi  and  in  the  Far  West — were  with  the  vanguard  of  civilization,  building  up  com- 
munities, creating  new  commonwealths,  planting,  wherever  they  went,  the  church,  the  school 
house  and  the  printing  press,  leading  into  channels  of  thrift  and  enterprise  all  who  gath- 
ered about  them,  and  proving  a  power   for  ideal  citizenship  and  good  government. 

It  was  the  consensus  of  opinion  of  gentlemen  well  informed  and  loyal  to  the  memories 
of  the  past  and  the  needs  of  the  present  and  future,  that  the  editorial  supervision  of 
William  Richard  Cutter,  .\.  M.,  would  ensure  the  best  results  attainable  in  the  prepa- 
ration of  material  for  the  proposed  work.  For  more  than  a  generation  past  he  has  given 
his  leisure  to  historical  and  genealogical  research  and  authorshi]x  He  was  the  author, 
with  his  father,  of  "History  of  .\rlingt(_in.  Massachusetts,"  i8So;  and  edited  Lieutenant 
Samuel  Thompson's  "Diary  W'hile  Serving  in  the  French  and  Indian  War.  1758,"  1896. 
He  also  prepared  a  monograph  entitled  "Journal  of  a  Forton  Prisoner,  England;"  sketches 
of  Arlington  and  W'oburn,  Massachusetts,  and  many  articles  on  subjects  connected  with 
local   historical   and   genealogical    matters    in    ])eriodical   literature.      He   prepared   a   "Uibli- 


iKT    .-\T    OSWEGO. 


INTRODUCTORY. 


COHTL.AND    IN    ISJU. 


HINOHAM'l'ON    mil   YKARS   ACd. 


IX'l■R(li)L■CT()R^■. 


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ography  of  Woburn,  "  and  he  has  been 
editor  of  various  historical  works  out- 
side of  his  own  city. 

Others  to  whom  the  pubhshers  desire 
to  make  grateful  acknowledgment  of 
services  rendered  in  various  ways — as 
writers,  or  in  an  advisory  way  in  point- 
ing to  channels  of  valuable  information, 
are:  Edward  Kissam  Clark  an  anticjua- 
rian  authority,  of  I'.inghamton ;  Edwin 
Jerome  llrown,  .\.  IS.,  president  of  the 
Madison  County  I listi.>rical  Society,  of 
( )neida :  .Mr.  .\Ionzo  D.  lilodgett,  of 
L'ortland  :  ( ieorge  .Abraham  Ihomas,  .A. 
M.,  LL.  1).,  antii|uarian.  of  Norwich; 
Mr.  Roswell  Randall  Moss,  an  authority 
on  local  history:  and  Mr.  Leroy  Wilson 
Kingman,  author  of  "History  of  Tioga 
t'ountw"  and  for  fort\'  years  editor  of 
The  (  )wego  Gazette. 

In  order  to  insure  greatest  possible 
accuracy,  all   matter    for  this   work   was 
submitted   in   typewritten   manuscript   to 
the  persons   most   interested   for  correc- 
tion.    If.  in  any  case,  a  sketch  is  incom- 
plete or  faulty,  the  shortcoming  is  ascrib- 
able  to   the  paucity   of   data   obtainable, 
many   families  being  without  exact  records  in  their  famil_\-  line:  while,  in  some  cases,  repre- 
sentatives of  a  given   family  are  at   a  disagreement  as  to  names  of  some  of  their  forbears, 
important  dates,  etc. 

It  is  believed  that  the  present  work,  in  spite  of  the  occasional  fault  which  attaches 
to  such  undertakings,  will  prove  a  real  addition  to  the  mass  of  annals  concerning  the  his- 
toric families  of  Central  Xew  York,  an<l  that  without  it,  much  valuable  infcirmation  would 
be  inaccessilile  to  the  general  reader,  or  irretrie\ably  lost,  owing  to  the  passing  away  of 
custodians  of  family  records,  and  the  conser|uent  disappearance  of  material  in  their  pos- 
session. 

THE  PUBLISHERS. 


(JEURIT  SMITH 


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INTRODUCTORY. 


NORWICH    IX    IS311. 


HIGH   SCHOOI,.    iNORWlCll 


NEW  YORK 


Dr.  William  Nichols,  immi- 
NICHOLS  grant  ancestor,  was  a  Scotch- 
man by  birth,  who  went  to 
England  to  obtain  his  medical  education,  and 
then  came  to  this  country.  He  was  born  in 
i68g,  died  January  13,  1754.  He  settled  in 
ISerkley.  Bristol  county,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  built  a  house  and  practiced  his  professir>n. 
He  is  buried  in  the  Paull  burying-ground.  in 
Berkley.  He  married  Joanna  Paull,  born  in 
1697,  died  April  10,  1779,  daughter  of  John 
and  Dorothy  Paull.  Her  father  was  born  in 
1662,  died  March  23,  1718.  son  of  William 
I'aull.  who  was  born  in  1622,  died  in  1704. 
Children:  I.  John,  born  November  22,  1721  ; 
married,  in  1762,  Elizabeth  Valentine.  2.  \\'ill- 
iam,  April  2,  1723;  married Whit- 
marsh.  3.  Eleazer,  May  13,  1724,  died  July  7, 
1754;  married,  in  1749,  ]\Iary  Tisdale.  4. 
Moses,  October  22,  1725,  died  April  22,  1800; 
married,  in  1748,  Abigail  Strange.  5.  Joanna, 
September  9,  1727,  died  October  29,  1790; 
married  Elder  John  Paull,  of  Berkley.  6. 
Aaron,  March  3,  1729,  died  July  14,  1760; 
married  Hannah  Jones.  7.  Margaret,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1730,  died  in  1807.  8.  James,  men- 
tioned below.  9.  Mary,  February  9,  1734, 
died  November  24,  1756.  10.  Edward,  August 
22,  1737.  II.  Robert,  June  28,  1739;  married 
Grissell  Nichols.  12.  Peter,  April  10,  1741, 
died  1762. 

(H)  James,  son  of  Dr.  William  Nichols, 
was  born  February  i,  1732,  died  March  2. 
1811.  He  married  Esther  Dean.  Children, 
born  in  Berkley,  i.  Paul,  born  1765,  died  No- 
vember I.  1800:  married  Tryphena,  daughter 
of  Moses  Nichols.  2.  James,  1768,  died  ]\Iarch 
29,  1792;  unmarried.  3.  Joseph,  1770,  died 
October  3,  1817;  married  Phebe,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Crane.  4.  Gilbert.  1773,  died  March 
2,  1836;  married  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Benja- 
min Crane.  5  Sally,  1774,  died  December  30, 
180S  :  unmarried.  6.  Abiel,  mentioned  below. 
7.  John,  May  i,  1780,  died  June  4,  1848.  8. 
Joanna,  1782,  died  June  28,  1804;  married 
Seth  Winslow,  of  Berkley.  9.  Esther,  1784. 
died  March  i,  1792. 

(HI)   Abiel,  son  of  James  Nichols,  was  born 


in  Berkley,  1777,  died  March  2^.  1819.  He 
married  Fidelia,  daughter  of  Abiel  and  Dyer 
(Paul)  Briggs  (see  Briggs  VI).  Children: 
Abiel,  mentioned  below ;  James,  mentioned 
below;  Walter,  married  (first)  Lucinda  Har- 
vey, (second)  Nancy  Dean;  Jerusha,  married 
Asahel  Crane. 

(IV)  Abiel  (2),  son  of  Abiel  (i)  Nichols, 
was  born  at  Berkley.  He  was  a  farmer  and 
blacksmitii  in  A\indsor,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (first)  Jerusha  Knight  Parsons,  by 
whom  he  had  one  son,  Rev.  Gideon  Parsons, 
mentioned  below.  Married  (second )  Octavia 
Parsons,  sister  of  his  first  wife,  and  thev  had 
three  children :  Jerusha  Jane.  Sarah  Aurclia, 
James  Walter.  Married  (third)  Ruth  ]\Iiner. 
Married   ( fourth )   Mrs.  Nancy  Miner. 

( I\')  Rev.  James  Nichols,  son  of  Abiel  ( i ) 
Nichols,  was  born  August  6,  181 1.  He  was  a 
graduate  of  L'nion  College,  1835 ;  Andover 
Theological  Seminary,  1838.  Later  he  was 
professor  of  Greek  at  Union  College  for  three 
years,  principal  of  LItica  Female  Seminary  for 
three  years,  then  became  pastor  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church,  Oneida,  where  he  re- 
mained from  1844  to  1851,  after  which  he  was 
appointed  principal  of  Temple  Hill  Academy, 
at  Geneseo,  New  York,  where  he  remained 
seven  years,  when  he  resigned  to  accept  the 
position  of  principal  of  the  Rochester  Female 
Academy,  where  he  remained  until  August, 
1862,  when  he  received  a  commission  as  chap- 
lain of  the  One  Hundred  and  Eighth  State 
\'olunteers.  As  a  result  of  exposure,  he  con- 
tracted a  fever  from  which  he  died  January  31, 
1864.  He  married,  August  20,  1841,  Sarah 
Jane  Hastings,  born  March  15,  1818,  died 
June  4,  1892,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Lucy 
(Shepard)  Hastings  (see  Hastings  VI).  Chil- 
dren: I.  Lizzie  Shepard,  born  1842,  died  1847. 
2.  Delia  Briggs,  married  Rev.  Gideon  Parsons 
Nichols  (see  Nichols  V).  3.  Jane  Hastings, 
born  December  3,  1845,  resides  in  Rochester, 
New  York.  4.  Nancy,  died  aged  three  years. 
5.  Margaret  Dewey,  born  January  2,  1849, 
resides  in  Rochester,  unmarried.  6.  Elizabeth 
Borden,  born  1853;  married  Lewis  T.Sterling, 
has  one  child,   Ruth  Hastings ;  thev  reside  in 


NEW   \'(JRK. 


Iron  Mountain.  Michigan.  7.  James  Ephraim 
Hastings,  born  October.  1856;  graduate  of 
Rochester  L'niversity.  degree  of  A.  B. ;  College 
of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  of  New  York 
City,  degree  of  M.  D. ;  took  special  courses  in 
diseases  of  the  eye  and  ear.  being  a  remarkable 
surgeon ;  connected  with  Manhattan  Eye  and 
Ear  Hospital,  of  New  York  City;  died  1898; 
married  Mary  W'inthrop  Tappin.  who  died 
1899.  ( For  further  particulars  of  this  fam- 
ily see  Parson's  Memorial  work,  published  in 
1911). 

(V)  Rev.  Cjideon  Parsons  Nichols,  son  of 
Abiel  (2)  Nichols,  was  born  July  30,  1837.  at 
Windsor.  F)erkshire  county.  Massachusetts.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  there,  and  during 
his  boyhood  worked  on  his  father's  farm.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  he  entered  Temple  Hill 
Academy,  at  Geneseo.  New  York,  of  which 
his  uncle.  Rev.  James  Nichols,  was  principal, 
and  fitted  for  college.  He  entered  Union  Col- 
lege in  1856.  and  graduated  in  the  class  of 
i860.  He  was  a  charter  member  of  Union 
Chapter  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon  frater- 
nity, and  was  valedictorian  at  commencement. 
He  was  a  member  of  Phi  PiCta  Kappa.  He 
taught  for  two  years  in  the  Academy  of  War- 
nerville.  New  York,  and  while  there  decided  to 
enter  the  ministry  in  the  P^resbyterian  church. 
In  1862  he  went  to  Princeton  Theological 
Seminary,  from  which  he  graduated,  and  in 
May.  1865.  was  licensed  to  preach  by  the  Pres- 
bytery of  Rochester,  but  he  was  stricken  with 
typhoid  fever  in  the  fall  and  prevented  from 
an  immediate  beginning  in  his  profession.  He 
declined  a  call  as  pastor  of  the  Calvary  Pres- 
byterian Church,  of  Rochester,  and  accepted  a 
position  as  teacher  in  the  Rochester  Female 
Academy  there,  preaching  occasionally  until 
June  7,  1866,  when  he  took  charge  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  Victor,  New  York.  He 
was  ordained  in  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
of  Rochester,  in  May.  1867.  He  remained  in 
the  Victor  pastorate  until  September.  1869, 
when  he  was  called  to  the  Olivet  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  Chicago.  In  March,  1871,  he  ac- 
cepted a  call  to  the  Immanuel  Presbyterian 
Church,  of  Milwaukee,  and  moved  thither  im- 
mediately, remaining  ten  years.  While  there 
he  was  for  several  years  a  trustee  of  the  Lake 
Forest  L'niversity.  and  in  1881  received  from 
that  institution  the  honorary  degree  of  Doctor 
of  Divinity.  He  then  came  to  Binghamton. 
New  York,  to  take  the  pastorate  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church.  Except  for  a  few  months. 


when  he  was  pastor  of  the  Central  Presby- 
terian Church,  of  Denver,  in  1887.  he  con- 
tinued to  fill  the  pulpit  of  the  P.inghamton 
church  until  January  i.  1906,  when  failing 
health  compelled  him  to  resign  the  charge.  He 
was  made  pastor  emeritus  of  the  church  with 
salary,  and  continued  to  reside  in  Binghamton 
as  long  as  he  lived.  He  declined  several  at- 
tractive calls,  including  the  pastorates  of  Im- 
manuel Church,  of  Milwaukee,  and  Calvary 
Church,  of  Buffalo,  and  adhered  to  the  Bing- 
hamton church,  to  which  he  was  devotedly 
attached,  and  by  the  people  of  which  he  was 
greatly  beloved  and  honored.  He  died  Sep- 
tember 17.  1908. 

He  married.  June  22.  1871.  Delia  I'riggs 
Nichols,  daughter  of  Rev.  James  and  Sarah  J. 
(Hastings)  Nichols,  mentioned  above.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Rev.  Robert  Hastings,  born  October 
2.  1873;  graduate  of  Yale  University,  A.  B., 
1894;  Ph.  B.,  1896.  and  graduate  of  Auburn 
Theological  Seminary.  1901.  He  was  pastor 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  at  Unadilla. 
1901-02.  then  went  to  South  Orange.  New 
Jersey,  where  he  was  pastor  of  Trinity  Pres- 
byterian Church.  1902-10.  at  which  time  he 
was  appointed  professor  of  Church  History  in 
the  Auburn  Theological  Seminary,  which  posi- 
tion he  still  retains.  He  married.  June  9,  1910, 
Marjorie  Newton  Wallace,  of  South  Orange, 
New  Jersey,  graduate  of  Bryn  Mawr.  1908. 
2.  Margaret  Parsons,  born  April  30.  1875 ; 
graduate  of  Bryn  Mawr.  A.  B..  1897;  mar- 
ried .August  31.  1904.  William  Hemans  Smith, 
graduate  of  Harvard  University.  A.  M.;  now 
principal  of  Elmwood  School.  East  Orange. 
New  Jersey.  Children :  Delia  Nichols  Smith, 
born  August  10.  -1905:  Margaret  Hemans 
Smith.  May  14.  1907;  \Villiam  Shepard  Smith. 
April  II.  1909.  3.  Henry  James,  born  ]\Iay 
21.  1877;  graduate  of  Yale  University.  A.  B.. 
and  of  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  Medical 
School.  M.  D. ;  served  in  the  field  in  the  Philip- 
pines as  surgeon  from  1906  to  1909.  and  is 
now  instructor  in  the  Army  Medical  School, 
at  Washington.  D.  C.,  and  captain  in  the  Med- 
ical Corps  ;  married,  September  21,  1910,  Grace 
Gundry,  of  Baltimore,  Maryland.  4.  Content 
Shepard,  born  February  3,  1879;  graduate  of 
Bryn  Mawr  College,  A.  B.,  1899:  A.  M..  1900; 
unmarried.  5.  James  Knight,  born  March  28, 
1881  ;  graduate  of  Yale  University,  A.  M., 
1903,  then  served  two  years  on  the  editorial 
staff  of  the  Hartford  Courant.  after  which  he 
entered  Harvard  Law  School,  from  which  he 


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graduated  in  1Q08;  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in 
September,  1908,  and  is  practicing  law  in  P.ing- 
baniton.  New  York. 

(The  Briggs  Line). 

( 1  )  Jolin  Briggs,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  and  was  an  early  pioneer  and 
settler  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  October  I.  1O38;  was  liv- 
ing at  Portsmouth,  April  30,  1639,  and  in  1642. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  at  A([uitlnet,  Octo- 
ber I,  1640.  He  was  appointed  on  the  com- 
mittee to  build  a  prison  at  Portsmouth,  in 
1655  ;  was  an  assistant  in  1648,  and  a  commis- 
sioner for  the  purpose  of  effecting  the  union 
of  the  four  towns  of  Providence  Plantation, 
August  31,  1654.  Children:  John,  mentioned 
below  :  Thomas  ;  Susan,  married North- 
way  ;  Enoch ;  Job. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  P>riggs, 
married  Hannah  h'isher,  of  Portsmouth,  Rhode 
Island.  Children:  Edward,  John,  Job,  Will- 
iam, mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  William,  son  of  John  (2)  Briggs,  was 
born  in  Rhode  Island,  about  1645,  died  May, 
1716.  He  married  (first),  November  30,  1665, 
Sarah  Macomber,  who  died  March  20,  1680- 

81.     He  married   (second)    Elizabeth , 

born  1653,  died  .\ugust,  1716.  He  settled  at 
Taunton.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  at  Taun- 
ton :  William,  January  26,  i667-<)8;  Thomas 
(twin),  September  9,  1669;  Sarah  (twin); 
Elizabeth,  March  14,  1671  :  Hannah,  Novem- 
ber 4,  1672;  Mary,  August  14,  1674;  Mathew, 
February  5,  1676-77;  Amos,  about  1678,  men- 
tioned below  ;  John,  March  19,  1(180.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Susan,  April  9,  1682;  John, 
November  13,  1685,  died  January  21,  1712; 
William,  January  II,  1688;  Elizabeth,  Decem- 
ber 2~.  1(389;  Thomas  (twin),  September  5, 
1693,  died  March  2},.  171^);  Deborah  (twin); 
Job,  August  3,  1696. 

(I\')  Amos,  son  of  William  P.riggs,  was 
born  about  1(178.  He  resided  in  Berkley.  He 
married,  January  2,  1706,  at  Taunton,  Sarah 
Pain,  who  is  mentioned  an  heir  in  the  will  of 
Ral])h  Pain,  .\pril  2},.  \'/22.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  Ralph  and  Dorothy  Pain.  Amos  Briggs 
resided  also  at  Freetown,  Massachusetts,  and 
died  at  Berkley.  His  will  was  dated  March 
14,  1753,  proved  May  6,  1760.  Children: 
Mercy,  Jime,  26,  1707;  Sarah,  June  16,  1709; 
Mary,  May  i,  1711  ;  Hannah,  November  5, 
1712  ;  Amos,  February  6,  1715  ;  Thomas,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1717,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  June 


-?•  1719;  John.  September  18,  1721  ;  Nathan- 
iel. December  18,  1724;  Nathan,  May  10,  1727. 
(V)  Thomas,  son  of  x-\mos  Briggs,  was 
born  in  Freetown,  January  20,  1717,  died  No- 
vember 10,  1779.  He  married  Thankful  Ax- 
tell,  born  December  8,  1725,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Axtell.  Daniel  Axtell  was  born  November 
4,  1673,  ^'^''1  '"  January,  1735;  married.  May 
12,  1702,  Thankful,  daughter  of  Elder  William 
Pratt,  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts,  and  South 
Carolina.  Daniel  Axtell  went  to  South  Caro- 
lina and  lived  there  until  1707,  and  became  a 
large  lantlowner  in  Berkley,  Massachusetts, 
then  a  part  of  Dighton  and  Taunton.  Lady 
A.xtell,  widow  of  Landgrave  Daniel  Axtell,  of 
South  Carolina,  mentions  him  in  her  will.  Chil- 
dren of  Daniel  and  Thankful  Axtell :  Eliza- 
beth, born  April  28,  1703  ;  Daniel,  October  24, 
1706;  Rebecca,  November  22.  1708;  Hannah, 
April  ID,  1710;  William,  April  13,  1713:  Henry. 
June  24,  1715;  Samuel,  October  25,  1717; 
Ebenezer,  March  24,  1724:  Thankful,  men- 
tioned above;  Thomas.  September  15,  1727. 
Henry  Axtell,  father  of  Daniel  Axtell,  was 
born  in' England,  in  1641,  and  took  up  land 
with  the  first  proprietors  of  Marlborough. 
Massachusetts,  in  i6fio;  married.  June  14, 
1665,  Hannah  Merriam.  He  was  killed  bv  the 
Indians  early  in  i67().  His  widow  married. 
July  5,  if)77.  Will  Taylor.  Children  of  Henry 
and  Hannah  A.xtell:  Samuel,  born  March  27, 
i66(5;  Hannah,  November  18,  1667;  Mary, 
.\ugust  8,  1670;  Thomas,  .\pril  16.  1672;  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  above;  Sarah,  September  18, 
1675.  Thomas  Axtell,  father  of  Henry  Axtell, 
was  the  immigrant  from  liarkhamstead,  Hert- 
fordshire, England.  The  earliest  appearance 
of  the  name  discovered  in  the  records  is  dated 
1535,  when  John  Axstyl's  name  is  found  in  a 
conveyance  of  property  at  Gatesden,  Hertford- 
shire. At  St.  Peter's  Church,  f>arkhamstead, 
John  Axtell,  son  of  John,  was  baptized  in 
1539.  and  W'illiam.  son  of  John,  1541.  Nine 
children  of  William  Axtell  were  baptized  be- 
tween 1614  and  1628.  Thomas  was  baptized 
January  26,  1(119,  and  was  brother  of  Daniel, 
born  1622,  colonel  in  Cromwell's  army,  who 
was  put  to  death  in  1660,  after  the  Restora- 
tion. Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas  Axtell,  was 
baptized  in  Barkhamstead,  September  25,  1639, 
and  Henry,  mentioned  above,  October  15,  1641. 
The  family  then  came  to  Sudbury,  Massachu- 
setts. Thomas,  the  immigrant,  died  there  in 
July,  1646.  His  widow  married  (second), 
September  19,  i^S^^,  John  G(X>dnow. 


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(V'l)  Abiel,  son  of  Thomas  Briggs,  was 
born  about  1750.  He  married,  at  IJerkley 
(intention  dated  December  9,  1775).  Dyer 
Paul  (see  Paul  III).  Their  daughter.  Fidelia 
Briggs,  born  about  1777,  married  Abiel  Nichols 
(see  Nichols  IIP). 

(The  Paul  Line). 

(I)  William  Paul,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  about  1624.  He  left  Grave- 
send,  England,  in  1635,  on  the  "Truelove  de 
London."  and  settled  in  Taunton,  1637.  In 
company  with  several  others,  he  purchased 
land  in  what  was  known  as  South  Purchase, 
in  the  town  of  Dighton,  in  1672,  and  had  lots 
3,  28,  45  and  85.  He  later  deeded  these  lots, 
together  with  his  house,  to  his  sons,  John  and 
Edward,  February  27,  1687.  He  was  a  weaver 
by  trade,  which  he  followed  most  of  his  life, 
and  died  at  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 9,  1704,  aged  eighty  years.  He  married 
Mary,  born  1639,  died  October  3,  171 5,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Richmond.  Children  :  James,  born 
at  Taunton,  April  7,  1657  ;  John,  July  10, 1660; 
Edward,  February  7,  1664;  Mary,  February 
8,  1667;  Sarah,  July  5,  1668;  Abigail,  May  13, 
1673;  Ebenezer;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  William  Paul,  was 
born  in  Taunton,  in  1681,  died  at  Berkley. 
January  12.  1757  (gravestone).  He  was  well 
educated  and  taught  school ;  was  selectman  of 
Berkley,  1740-42.  Pie  had  a  son  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below. 

(III)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
Paul,  was  born  August  7,  1705,  died  January 
25.  1789.  He  settled  at  Berkley,  formerly 
part  of  Taunton.  He  married  Anne  Staples, 
who  died  November  2,  1778,  aged  seventy- 
two.  He  joined  the  Berkley  church  in  1737. 
They  had  four  sons  and  six  daughters.  Among 
their  children  were:  Benjamin,  who  died  May 
5,  1S38,  at  Berkley,  aged  eighty-six;  Seth, 
born  October  i,  1741,  at  Taunton,  removed  to 
Westmoreland,  New  Hampshire,  and  thence 
to  South  Barnard,  married,  December  8,  1765, 
Freelove  French,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel 
and  Freelove  (Andrews)  French  ;  Dyer,  men- 
tioned below;  Benjamin  Paul,  died  at  South 
Barnard,  Vermont.  .August  21,   1825. 

Dyer,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Paul,  married, 
December  9,  ,7.5.  Abie,   B„g,s   ,s«  EH.gs 

(The  Hastings  Line). 

The  name  Blastings  is  older  than  the  Nor- 
man  Conquest   in    England.      It   was   spelled 


Hastang  also.  The  castle  and  seaport  of  Hast- 
ing were  owned  by  the  family  that  adopted 
the  surname  as  early  as  911,  before  the  Nor- 
mans were  in  Gaul.  There  was  a  Danish 
pirate,  not  of  this  family  perhaps,  who  was  a 
formidable  foe  of  the  Saxons  occupying  a  part 
of  Sussex.  In  nearly  every  county  of  England 
the  family  has  established  itself.  Branches 
bearing  coats-of-arms  are  found  in  .\gmon- 
disliam,  Buckshire :  in  Dorsetshire  and  Lei- 
cestershire: in  Cambridgeshire;  in  Gloucester- 
shire and  Derbyshire;  in  Ireland;  at  Billesby, 
Lincolnshire;  at  Hinton,  Northamptonshire; 
vin  Nottinghamshire  and  Northumberland;  in 
Staffordshire;  Yorkshire;  Oxfordshire,  and 
Scotland.  Of  the  numerous  coats-of-arms  the 
American  branch  claims  the  following :  A 
maunch  sable.  Crest :  A  buffalo's  head  erased 
sable,  crowned  and  gorged  with  a  ducal  coro- 
net and  armed  or.  Supporters :  Two  man- 
tigers  affrontee  or,  their  visages  resembling  the 
human  face  proper.  Motto  :  In  virtute  victoria. 
Also :  Honorantes  me  honorabo. 

(I)  Deacon  Thomas  Hastings,  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England,  in  1605.  Thomas, 
aged  twenty-nine,  and  his  wife  Susanna,  aged 
thirty-four,  embarked  at  Ipswich,  England, 
April  10,  1634,  in  the  ship  '"Elizabeth,"  Will- 
iam Andrews,  master,  for  New  England.  He 
settled  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  admitted  a  freeman.  May  6,  1635.  He 
owned  land  in  Dedhani,  but  never  lived  there. 
He  was  selectman,  1638-43-50-71  ;  town  clerk. 
1671-77-80;  deputy  to  the  general  court  in 
1673,  and  long  held  the  office  of  deacon.  His 
wife  Susanna  died  February  2,  1650,  and  he 
married  (second), 'in  April,  1651,  Margaret, 
daughter  of  William  and  Martha  Cheney,  of 
Roxbury.  He  died  in  1685.  His  will  was 
dated  March  12,  1682-83,  and  proved  Septem- 
ber 7,  1685.  The  inventory  amounted  to  four 
himdred  and  twenty-one  pounds.  Children : 
Thomas,  born  July  i,  1652,  mentioned  below: 
John,  March  i,  1654;  William,  August  8, 
1655,  drowned  August,  1669;  Joseph,  Septem- 
ber II,  1657;  Benjamin,  August  9,  1659;  Na- 
thaniel, September  25,  1661  ;  Hepsibah,  Janu- 
ary 31,  1663;  Samuel,  March  12,  1665. 

(II)  Dr.  Thomas  (2)  Hastings,  son  of  Dea- 
con Thomas  ( i)  Hastings,  was  born  in  Water- 
town,  July  I,  1652,  died  at  Platfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, July  23,  1712.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman,  February  8,  1678.  He  studied  medi- 
cine and  settled  in  Hatfield,  praticing  also  in 
Northampton,  Hadley  and  Deerfield,  and  was 


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for  many  years  the  only  physician  in  those 
towns.  He  was  also  the  first  school  teacher  in 
Hatfield.  A  remarkable  thing  about  Dr.  Hast- 
ings' school  was  that  girls  were  admitted  on 
the  same  footing  as  boys.  Elsewhere  in  New 
England,  until  after  the  Revolution,  girls  were 
not  taught  in  the  public  schools.  It  was  1789 
before  Boston  schools  were  open  to  both  aexes 
and  not  until  1802  in  Northampton.  Dr.  Hast- 
ings married  (first),  October  10,  1672,  Anna, 
daughter  of  John  Hawks,  of  Hadley.  She 
died  October  25,  1705,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond). February  14,  1706,  Mary,  daughter  of 
David  Burt,  of  Northampton.  She  died  April 
13,  1734.  Children  of  first  wife:  Hannah, 
January  19,  1677;  Thomas,  September  24, 
i()7g,  mentioned  below;  Hepsibah,  April  (1, 
1682;  Alehitable,  June  2^.  1684:  John,  at  Hat- 
field, September  18.  1689. 

(IH)  Dr.  Thomas  (3)  Hastings,  son  of  Dr. 
Thomas  (2)  Hastings,  was  born  at  Hatfield, 
September  24,  1679,  died  April  14,  1728.  He 
was  also  schix)l  teacher  and  physician  in  the 
field  that  his  father  occupied  before  him.  He 
was  taken  ill  in  Boston  while  on  a  visit,  re- 
turned to  his  home,  and  told  his  wife  that  he 
should  die  April  14,  1728,  which  prediction 
was  fulfilled.  He  died  a  comparatively  young 
man.  He  was  thought  to  have  been  a  victim 
of  slow  poison.  A  quaint  tinpoetical  but  flat- 
tering eulogy  and  an  acrostic  to  his  memory 
were  written  at  the  time  of  his  death  by  Jo- 
sephus  Nash.  A  record  of  a  surgical  case  of 
note  is  preserved  in  Rev.  John  Williams's 
■'History  of  Captivity  and  Deliverance"  ( .App. 
31.  Dr.  Hastings  married.  March  6,  1701. 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary  Field,  born 
February  20.  1680,  died  November  9,  1764. 
Children:  Mary,  born  December  29,  1701, 
died  January  10.  1702;  Thomas,  November  6, 
1702,  died  November  4,  1703:  Mary.  July  26, 
1704:  Anna,  October  13,  1706:  Dorothy.  July 
27,  1709,  died  July  29,  171 1  :  Thomas,  May  3, 
1713,  died  voung ;  Waitstill,  June  3,  1714. 
mentioned  below;  Tabitha,  October  6,  171 3; 
Hopestill,  April  13,  1718;  Dorothy,  March  20, 
1720,  died  April  6,  1720;  Lucy,  February  i, 
1723. 

(IV)  Dr.  \\'aitstill  Hastings,  son  of  Dr. 
Thomas  (3)  Hastings,  was  born  June  3.  1714, 
died  April  22,  1748.  He  settled  in  Hatfield, 
Massachusetts,  and  there  has  been  of  this  fam- 
ily a  physician  in  that  town  ever  since,  except 
during  the  time  after  his  death  and  the  gradu- 
ation of  his  grandson.  Dr.  John  Hastings.   He 


married,  in  1737,  Abigail  Mar>h.  She  married 
(second),  April  10,  1731.  Colonel  John  Eulke- 
ley,  of  Colchester,  Connecticut,  lawyer,  judge 
of  the  superior  court,  and  had  Charles  Bulke- 
ley,  born  May  22,  1732;  Colonel  John  Bulke- 
ley,  July  25.  1753.  She  married  (third),  No- 
vember 3,  1753,  Rev.  Ephraim  Little,  of  Col- 
chester, and  had  several  children.  Children 
of  Dr.  Waitstill  Hastings :  John,  mentioned 
below;  xA.bigail,  born  February  28,  1739;  Han- 
nah Barnard,  March  16,  1742;  Mary,  January 
10,  1744;  Samuel,  March  14,  1747,  died  young. 

(\')  John,  son  of  Dr.  Waitstill  Hastings, 
was  born  at  Hatfield,  January  10,  1738,  died 
December  6,  181 1.  He  was  a  magistrate  in 
Hatfield  for  thirty-four  years;  representative 
to  the  general  court  and  state  senator  twenty- 
eight  years  ;  the  foremost  citizen  of  the  town 
for  many  years.  He  married,  November  29, 
1763,  Content  Little,  born  August  10,  1740. 
died  .April  9,  1829.  Children,  born  at  Hat- 
field :  John  Jr.,  born  October  7,  1764;  Content, 
September  14,  1766;  Mary,  January  i,  1769; 
^^'aitstill,  May  14  or  19,  1771  ;  Elizabeth. 
March  7  or  8,  1773;  Abigail,  May  7,  1773: 
Samuel,  March  30,  1777;  Ephraim,  mentioned 
below;  Son,  born  April  K),  1783;  Justin,  Feb- 
ruary 14.  1786. 

(\'I)  Ephraim,  son  of  John  Hastings,  was 
born  at  Hatfield,  November  16,  1780.  He 
married,  December  24,  180(1,  Lucy,  daughter 
of  (General  William  and  Sarah  ( Dewey)  Shep- 
ard,  of  Westfield.  She  was  born  December 
13,  1778,  died  in  Heath,  March  3,  1833.  Her 
father  was  captain  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war,  and  was  general  in  the  Revolution,  in 
which  he  fought  in  twenty-two  battles,  being 
wounded  but  once,  then  in  the  neck.  At 
Shay's  insurrection  he  commanded  the  forces 
on  Springfield  Hill.  General  Lafayette  pre- 
sented him  with  a  dress  sword  which  is  now 
in  possession  of  the  family.  General  Shep- 
ard's  wife,  Sarah  Dewey,  whom  he  married 
January  31,  1760,  was  of  remarkable  ability 
for  management,  and  during  his  absence  ran 
the  farm  as  well  as  the  house.  General  Shep- 
ard  was  born  November  30,  1739,  died  No- 
vember 16,  1817.  Children:  William  Shepard, 
born  March  K),  1761,  died  July  13,  1823; 
Turner,  September  16,  1762.  died  July  8,  1796; 
Charles,  September  27.  1764.  died  May  11, 
1813;  Sally,  February  17,  1767,  died  April  3. 
1847;  Noah,  February  20,  1769;  Nancy,  Octo- 
ber 25,  1771,  died  February  17.  1802;  Ware- 
ham.  December  29,  1773;  Lucy,  December  13, 


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1778.  died  March  5,   1833,  married  Epliraim 
Hastings. 

Ephraim  Hastings  went  from  Hatfield  to 
Heath  abont  1805,  and  in  May,  1848,  removed 
to  Nashua,  New  Hampshire,  where  he  had 
bought  a  large  piece  of  land.  His  daughter 
Margaret  and  her  husband  made  a  home  for 
him.  He  died  November  24,  1861,  aged  eighty- 
one.  In  181 1  he  was  chosen  first  representa- 
tive for  Heath  and  continued  as  representative 
almost  constantly  until  1834,  when  he  was 
chosen  senator,  and  two  years  later  member 
of  the  council.  He  was  most  of  the  time 
selectman  or  assessor  for  Heath.  Children : 
Twins,  born  and  died  January  18,  1813;  Jane, 
born  and  died  February  8,  1815;  Nancy,  bom 
.April  21,  1816;  Sarah  Jane,  March  15,  1818; 
married  James  Nichols  (see  Nichols  IV); 
Margaret;  Nancy  S.,  December  28,  1820.  died 
March  13,  1847. 


The  DeWitt  family,  mentioned 
DeW'ITT  in  the  following  sketch,  is  de- 
scended from  Claes  DeVVitt,  of 
Grootholt,  in  Sunderlant,  Holland.  The  Sun- 
derlant.  or  as  it  was  more  frequently  called, 
"The  Sauerland  or  Surland,"  was  the  most 
southerly  of  the  three  natural  divisions  of  the 
old  Dutchy  of  Westphalia,  and  is  described  as 
"consisting  of  hills  and  vales,  and  having  fine 
w(X)ds  and  meadows,  suited  for  grazing  and 
the  dairy."  In  those  respects  it  was  distin- 
guished from  the  other  two  divisions,  which 
were  more  productive  of  the  cereals.  Groot- 
holt is  situated  a  little  east  of  the  river  Rhine, 
between  the  Li]ipe  and  the  Imster,  and  not  far 
from  the  manufacturing  town  of  Essen. 

DeWitt  is  one  of  the  very  few  Dutch- 
.American  names  which  were  illustrious  in  the 
Fatherland.  The  grand  pensionary,  John  De- 
Witt,  administered  the  government  of  Holland 
from  1652  to  1672.  He  and  his  brother  Cor- 
nelius, who  also  held  important  positions  in 
civil  and  military  life,  were  killed  by  a  mob 
at  the  Hague,  after  years  of  faithful  service  to 
their  country.  They  had  incurred  the  hostility 
of  the  monarchical  party. 

In  the  Royal  Library,  at  the  Hague,  in  Hol- 
land, "The  Geschlacten  Von  Dordrecht"  gives 
the  descent  of  the  family  in  an  unbroken  line 
from  the  year  1295  to  September  8,  1639. 
After  the  death  of  John,  of  Rarneveldt,  Jacob 
DeW^itt  became  "Land  Advocate  of  Holland." 
John  }r.  became  "Grand  Pensionary  of  Hol- 
land."" 


The  "History  of  Ulster  County"  (by  Syl- 
vester), pp.  298-99,  says:  "Among  the  many 
old  Holland  families,  who  about  the  middle  of 
the  seventeenth  century  sought  the  shores  of 
the  New  World,  none  has  been  more  distin- 
guished in  social  and  political  life,  none  has 
numbered  in  their  ranks  more  noted  men  than 
the  DeWitts." 

They  were  natives  of  Dordrecht,  one  of  the 
old  burgher  towns  of  Holland,  and  in  later 
years  dear  to  theology  as  the  meeting  of  the 
Synod  of  Dort.  After  the  death  of  John,  of 
I'arneveldt,  Jacob  DeWitt  succeeded  to  the 
high  honors  of  "Land  .Advocate  of  Holland," 
his  son  Cornelius,  the  burghermaster  of  Dord- 
recht, at  the  head  of  a  Dutch  fleet  with  a 
staunch  Dutch  admiral  to  do  his  bidding,  sailed 
up  the  Thames  river,  burning  the  English  ships 
and  sending  consternation  into  the  very  heart 
of  London. 

Another  son,  John  DeWitt,  one  of  the  most 
distinguished  men  in  the  history  of  the  Nether- 
lands, became  "Grand  Pensionary  of  Holland," 
during  the  period  of  the  separation  of  Spain 
and  the  opening  of  the  "Thirty  Years  War," 
a  position  which  at  that  time  required  the 
most  consummate  ability  and  statesmanship. 
Through  his  guidance  Holland  became  a  power 
among  the  nations  of  Europe.  Cieddes,  in  his 
recent  valuable  work,  "The  History  of  the 
.Administration  of  John  DeWitt,  Grand  Pen- 
sionary of  Holland,"  says  of  him:  "He  was 
head  and  shoulders  above  nearly  all  of  the 
notable  men  of  his  time  and  one,  moreover,  on 
whose  public  virtue  there  was  hardly  a  blemish 
or  spot." 

The  coat-of-arms  of  the  DeWitt  family  con- 
sists of  the  hare  and  hounds  upon  a  shield, 
beneath  which  is  a  scroll  and  the  words  "Fortis 
et  Fidus." 

Tjerck  Claes  DeWitt  was  the  kinsman  of 
John  and  Cornelius  DeWitt  and  came  to  this 
coimtry  from  Zunderland  about  the  middle  of 
the  seventeenth  century.  A  history  of  John 
DeWitt,  and  incidently  his  brother  Cornelius, 
issued  in  1885,  by  Pontalis.  shows  the  political 
situation  in  Holland,  during  the  time  of  the 
grand  pensionary. 

(I)  Tjerck  Claeszn  DeWitt,  son  of  Claes 
DeWitt,  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  family  in 
this  country,  first  appears  in  the  records  of 
New  Amsterdam  in  1656,  when  he  married, 
according  to  the  records  of  the  old  Dutch 
Reformed  Church,  P.arbara  Andriessen,  who 
came  from  Amsterdam,  Holland.     He  resided 


NEW  YORK. 


in  New  Amsterdam  until  1657,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Alban}-,  and  he  finally  located,  in 
1661,  at  Wiltwyck  (now  Kingston),  Ulster 
county.  New  York,  where  he  resided  until  he 
(lied,  February  17,  1700.  His  widow,  Barbara, 
died  July  6,  1714.  In  1667,  when  the  British 
sent  Captain  Broadhead  and  thirteen  soldiers 
to  take  possession  of  Kingston,  DeWitt  was 
one  of  those  who  opposed  British  occupation 
and  among  the  complaints  made  afterward  by 
the  l)urghers  was  the  following:  "Captain 
Broadhead  has  beaten  Tj crick  Claeszen  De- 
Witt  without  reason  and  brought  him  to  prison. 
Ye  reason  why  Capy.  Broadhead  abused  Tje- 
rick  DeWitt  was  because  he  would  keep  Christ- 
mas day  on  ye  day  according  to  ye  Dutch  and 
not  on  ye  day  according  to  ye  English  observa- 
tion." The  remonstrance  of  the  burghers  sent 
to  the  governor  against  the  imprisonment  of 
Tarentson  Slight,  was  signed  among  others  by 
DeWitt.  He  was  granted  leave,  April  8.  i6()q. 
to  build  a  house,  barn  and  stables  on  land  be- 
tween Kingston  and  Hurley.  He  appears  to 
have  been  well-to-do  and  brought  servants  with 
him  to  Kingston.  Complaint  was  made  by  an 
Indian  before  the  court  that  DeWitt  had  re- 
fused to  pay  wages  due  and  the  court  appears 
to  have  taken  a  rather  absurd  snap  judgment, 
ordering  DeWitt's  banishment  and  fining  him 
six  hundred  guilders,  i'pon  appeal,  the  cjrder 
of  banishment  was  rescinded  and  the  fine  re- 
mitted, and  DeWitt  was  ordered,  instead,  to 
pay  a  reasonable  sum  for  his  services  to  the 
complaining  Indian — about  eighty  cents.  De- 
Witt  was  granted  the  right  to  occupy  a  mill 
site  about  five  miles  from  Kingston  and  to 
erect  and  operate  a  mill  there  and  a  tract  of 
seventy  acres  a  mile  farther  distant,  known  as 
"Dead  Men's  Bones,"  was  addetl  for  his  sub- 
sistence. 

The  old  one-story  stone  dwelling  on  the 
road  from  Kingston  to  Hurley  is  probably  the 
site  of  the  house  erected  by  Tjerck  Claeszn 
DeWitt,  in  1669,  in  pursuance  of  the  license 
above  mentioned. 

This  property,  with  the  adjoining  estate,  re- 
mained, in  1872,  in  possession  of  his  descend- 
ants. The  owners,  in  the  year  last  mentioned, 
were  the  two  daughters  of  Isaac  DeWitt,  who 
succeeded  to  the  estate  in  1826,  through  a 
series  of  devises  and  inheritances. 

The  records  of  Ulster  county  also  show  that 
Tjerck  Claeszn  DeWitt  owned  negro  slaves, 
and  also  ]30ssessed  two  sloops  which  j)lied 
upon  the  waters  of  the  Hudson,  and  along  the 


Atlantic  coast,  carrying  on  trade  at  various 
])oints.  They  also  show  that  he  sold  one  of 
the  sloops,  named  "Ye  St.  Barbara,"  to  Cap- 
tain Daniel  Hobart,  a  mariner  of  the  Island  of 
Barbadoes,  to  be  taken  to  that  island  for  com- 
mercial trade.  When  Tjerck  Claeszn  DeWitt 
died,  he  left  large  bodies  of  real  estate  in  and 
about  the  city  of  Kingston,  and  had  about 
$8,000  in  personal  property. 

When  the  English  required  the  oath  of 
allegiance  to  be  taken  by  heads  of  families  in 
1668,  he  was  one  of  the  few  who  refused  to 
submit.  In  the  roll  of  heads  of  families  in 
Ulster  county,  in  1689,  his  name  is  not  given, 
nor  is  that  of  his  son  Andrew,  but  Tjerck  C. 
was  living  at  that  time,  as  shown  by  the  fact 
that  he  was  a  witness  at  a  baptism  of  a  grand- 
child in  December,  1700.  He  was  also  evi- 
dently possessed  of  some  Dutch  stubbornness. 
Of  his  descendants  nearly  a  hundred  served  in 
the  Revolutionary  army.  Children:  i.Andries, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Tjaatje,  born  about  1659, 
in  Albany;  married,  in  1677,  Matthys  Mat- 
thysen  Van  Kensen  ;  she  was  captured  by  In- 
dians at  the  burning  of  Kingston  in  1663,  but 
afterward  rescued.  3.  Jannetje,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1662,  died  1744:  married  Cornelis 
Switz.  4.  Klaes,  baptized  February  17,  1664, 
died  before  1698.  5.  Jan,  baiitized  February 
14,  i6f)6,  died  before  April  12,  1715;  married 
Wyntje  Kiersted.  6.  Geertruy,  baptized  Octo- 
ber 15.  1668:  married,  March  24,  1688,  Hend- 
rick  Hendrickson  Schoonmaker.  7.  Jacob,  mar- 
ried Grietje  Vernooy.  8.  Rachel,  married  Cor- 
nelis Bogardus.  9.  Lucas,  married,  December 
22,  ifx)5,  Annatje  Delva.  10.  Peek,  married 
(first),  January  2,  1698,  Maritje  Jense  V^an- 
derberg;  (second),  December  21,  1723,  Maria 
Tennis,  widow  of  Jacob  DeMott.  11.  Tjerck. 
12.  Marritje,  married  (first),  November  3, 
1700,  Hendrick  Hendrickson  Kortright ;  (sec- 
ond), September  6,  1702,  Jan  Wacklin.  13. 
Aaggje,  baptized  January  14,  1684;  married, 
August  2T,.   17 1 2,  Jan   Pawling. 

(II)  Andries,  son  of  Tjerck  Claeszn  De- 
Witt,  was  born  in  New  Amsterdam  in  the 
early  part  of  1657.  He  married,  March  9, 
1682,  Jannetje  Egbertson,  baptized  January 
II,  1664,  died  November  23,  1710,  daughter  of 
Egbert  Meindertse  and  Jaepje  Jans.  He  lived 
for  some  time  on  a  farm  at  Alarbletown,  given 
him  by  his  father,  but  afterward  removed  to  a 
farm  on  which  he  settled,  located  about  a  mile 
southwest  from  Kingston,  on  the  road  to  Hur- 
ley.    From  an  old  Dutch  Bible,  still  preserved 


NEW  YORK. 


at  Kingston,  we  learn  that  on  July  22,  1710. 
"Captain  Andries  DeWitt  departed  this  life 
in  a  sorrowful  way;  through  the  breaking  of 
two  sleepers  (beams),  he  was  pressed  down 
and  very  much  bruised  ;  he  spoke  a  few  words 
and  died."  He  was  buried  in  the  old  church- 
yard of  the  Kingston  church,  his  grave  being 
marked  with  a  flat  stone,  fastened  with  iron 
bands  to  a  red  cedar  post ;  both  are  still  stand- 
ing, as  placed  in  1710.  Children:  i.  Tjerck, 
baptized  January  12,  1683,  died  August  30, 
1762:  married  (first),  January  18,  1708,  Anne 
Pawling:  (second),  October  17,  1739,  Deborah 
Schoonmaker.  2.  Jacob,  baptized  September 
28,  1684.  died  in  infancy.  3.  Barbara,  bap- 
tized August  22,  1686,  died  in  infancy.  4. 
Vlaes,  baptized  April  30.  1688,  died  in  infancy. 

5.  Barbara,  born  October  30,  1689,  died  No- 
vember I.  1715;  married,  March  25,  1715. 
Johannes  Van  Leuven.  6.  Jacob,  mentioned 
l)el()w.  7.  Alana,  born  January  21,  1(593;  n:ar- 
ried,  October  30,  1713,  Jan  Roosa  Jr.  8. 
Helena,  December  7,  1695  ;  married,  June  6, 
1719,  Jacob  Switz.  9.  Andries,  April  i,  1697, 
died  July  2,  1701.  10.  Egbert,  March  18.  1699: 
married,  November  4,  1726,  Mary  Notting- 
ham ;  their  daughter  Mary  married  Cieneral 
James  Clinton  and  became  the  mother  of  Gov- 
ernor DeWitt  Clinton,  of  New  York.  11. 
Johannes,  March  26,  1701  ;  married,  June  27, 
1724,  Mary  Broadhead.  12.  Andries,  bap- 
tized February  20,  1704,  died  in  1764;  mar- 
ried, December  3,  1731.  Bredjen  Nottingham. 

(HI)  Jacob,  son  of  Andries  DeWitt,  was 
born  December  30,  1691  :  married,  May  9, 
1731,  Heyltje  Van  Kampen.  baptized  October 

6,  1700,  daughter  of  Jan  Van  Kampen  and 
Tjaatje  Janse  Decker.  Children:  i.  Child, 
born  probably  in  1732,  but  the  parish  records 
of  that  time  are  lost.  2.  Johannes,  baptized 
September  22,  1734.  3.  Jacob  J.,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Elizabeth,  baptized  September  25, 
1738.     5.  Maria,  baptized  October  5,  1740. 

(IV)  Jacob  J.,  son  of  Jacob  De^\'itt,  was 
baptized  at  Rhinebeck  Flats  (then  regarded  as 
within  "Nieu  Englant"),  August  22,  1736; 
married,  ]\Iarch  30,  1758,  Leah  Kortwright. 
Children:  i.  Heyltje,  baptized  November  22, 
1759;  married  Uriah  Masterson.  2.  Moses, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Bodewyn,  baptized  Janu- 
ary 8.  1764,  died  before  1797.  4.  Mary,  bap- 
tized May  28,  1766.  5.  Jacob.  6.  Samuel,  bap- 
tized August  27,  1772.  7.  Margaret.  8.  Sev- 
eryn,  born  February,  1781. 

(V)  Moses,  son  of  Jacob  J.   DeWitt,  was 


born  October  23,  1761,  died  December  8,  1842. 
He  married  Margaret  Wilson,  who  died  May 
19,  1845.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Richard 
Wilson.  Children :  Hiram,  born  November  9, 
1783:  Olive,  January  7,  1785;  Jezereel,  men- 
tioned below;  Tjerck,  April  19,  1788;  Evi, 
June  II,  1789;  Moses,  September  i,  1790; 
Mary,  April  20,  1792;  Aaron,  June  24,  1793; 
Elizabeth,  January  20,  1796;  ]\Iargaret,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1797;  John,  January  18,  1799;  Naomi, 
March  23,  1801 ;  Jacob,  November  27,  1804; 
Catherine.  March  23,  1806. 

The  history  of  Sussex  and  Warren  counties 
says  that  Moses  DeW'itt  came  to  Wantage 
township.  New  Jersey,  and  that  he  held  the 
office  of  ca])tain  in  the  revolutionary  war. 
The  Nc-Ki  Jersey  Herald,  of  Newton,  Sussex 
county,  of  July 7, 1892,  says  of  Moses  DeWitt: 

He  was  at  the  battle  of  Minisink  in  1779.  Dr. 
Wilson  says  several  attempts  to  break  our  lines  had 
failed,  but  just  as  the  lire  began  to  slacken,  one  man, 
who  guarded  the  northeast  angle  of  the  hollow  square, 
and  who  had  kept  up,  from  behind  a  rock,  a  de- 
structive tire  on  every  side,  fell,  and  the  Indian  and 
Tory  crew  broke  in  upon  our  ranks  like  a  resistless 
deluge.  Edsall,  in  his  centennial  address,  claims  this 
man  to  have  been  Moses  DeWitt.  He  escaped  the 
massacre  and  after  the  war  moved  to  Wantage. 

On  the  top  of  one  of  the  highest  mountains 
overlooking  the  Delaware  river,  near  Lacka- 
waxen.  New  York,  a  monument  was  erected 
in  1904,  to  commemorate  the  battle. 

The  Nczi'  York  Tribune,  of  July  17,  com- 
mented upon  the  monument,  and  among  other 
things  said : 

The  battlefield  where  it  stands  is  in  the  town  of 
Highland,  Sullivan  County,  and  is  elevated  above  the 
Delaware  River  about  a  thousand  feet.  The  ticld 
itself  is  a  plateau,  formed  by  a  ledge  of  rock,  which 
is  covered  with  earth  of  a  sufficient  depth  to  support 
shrubbery.  With  an  unobstructed  view  of  the  four 
points  of  the  compass,  its  strategical  value  was  recog- 
nized by  both  whites  and  Indians. 

The  Indians  belonged  to  the  Delaware  tribe,  and 
had  been  harassing  the  whites  in  the  vicinity  of  the 
Minisink  and  Goshen  regions,  in  Orange  County. 
Under  the  leadership  of  the  noted  half-breed.  Brant, 
they  committed  many  depredations.  Colonel  Hathorn 
or.ganized  a  force  of  two  hundred  men  and  started 
in  pursuit  of  the  Indians,  who  retreated.  Colonel 
Hathorn  kept  up  this  pursuit  for  more  than  fifty 
miles,  and  the  forces  met  at  10  o'clock  on  the  morn- 
ing of  July  22,  1779,  on  the  fields  in  the  wilds  of 
what  was  then  Ulster  County,  now  Sullivan.  The 
whites  had  entrenched  thernselves  upon  the  plateau 
and  for  hours  Brant  sought  to  break  through  their 
ranks.  He  had  practically  decided  to  give  up  the 
fight  when  he  learned  that  the  ammunition  of  the 
whites  had  given  out.  The  Indians  then  charged 
upon  the  little  l)and  and  massacred  nearly  all. 


NEW  YORK. 


Moses  DeW'itt.  tliough  wounded,  escaped 
from  the  fury  of  the  Indians  and  Tories  by 
descending  the  mountainside  and  swimming 
across  the  Delaware  river  into  Pennsylvania. 
a  short  distance  below  Lackawaxen.  After 
the  war  it  is  said  that  a  large  tract  of  land  in 
Wantage  township.  Sussex  county.  New  Jer- 
sey, was  granted  him  by  the  government,  in 
recognization  of  his  services  in  the  war.  The 
farm  upon  which  he  lived  and  died  is  said  to 
be  still  in  the  possession  of  some  of  the  family. 

A  large  monument  in  memory  of  the  soldiers 
who  fell  at  Minisink  has  been  erected  by  the 
citizens  of  Goshen,  and  still  stands  in  that 
village. 

"Old  Ulster."  volume  2.  at  page  333.  in  its 
account  of  the  battle,  says: 

It  was  .sunset.  Brant  was  (liscouraged.  He  was 
just  ordering  a  retreat  when  the  defender  of  the 
northwest  angle  fell.  All  day  he  had  kept  his  post 
which  was  the  key  of  the  position.  His  aim  had 
been  deadly,  and  from  behind  the  rock  which  shel- 
tered him  he  could  not  be  dislodged.  He  is  said  to 
have  been  a  DeW'itt.  but  his  name  does  not  appear 
among  those  inscribed  on  the  Goshen  monument. 
Brant  saw  him  fall  and  rushed  around  the  rock 
where  the  defender  had  stood.  Many  of  the  savages 
followed  and  before  they  could  prevent  it  the  patriots 
were  overpowered.  Their  powder  was  exhausted, 
many  of  the  Americans  were  slain,  and  the  enemy 
was  in  possession. 

The  season  why  Aloses  DeW'itt's  name  did 
not  appear  on  the  monument  at  Goshen  is  be- 
cause that  monument  was  erected  to  the  mem- 
ory of  those  who  died  in  the  battle  and  did 
not  purport  to  commemorate  the  survivors. 

In  the  same  volume  is  a  poem  by  Charles  E. 
Stickney.  entitled  "Minisink."  One  of  its  stan- 
zas refers  to  Captain  Moses  DeWitt,  in  the 
following  language : 

The  sun  to  westward  wheeled  his  blazing  car. 

The  river  rolled  its  flashing  waters  by. 

While  Hathorn's  men  through  heat  and  worse  by  far. 

Dread  thirst,  fought  on  beneath  the  cloudless  sky. 

When  these  at  last  had  dark  despair  brought  nigh, 

DeWitt  fell  wounded — powder  all  was  spent — 

No  chance  was  left  except  to  flee  or  die. 

Yes  flee,  and  leave  their  wounded:  as  they  went. 

Their  cries  for  mercy  with  the  roar  of  battle  blent. 

John  N.  Dolph,  late  superintendent  of  the 
schools  at  Port  Jervis,  New  York,  a  short 
time  before  his  death,  wrote: 

Moses  DeWitt  could  have  been  only  about  18  years 
old  when  he  was  at  the  battle  of  the  Minisink.  I 
have  been  to  the  battle  ground.  It  was  about  one 
mile   and   a   half    easterly    from    Lackawaxen.      The 


whites  were  on  the  summit  of  a  hill.  The  Indians 
had  them  at  a  disadvantage.  They  surrounded  the 
hill.  The  breast-works  which  were  hastily  thrown 
up  by  the  whites  are  now  plainly  visible.  There  is  a 
monument  erected  on  the  battle  ground  to  com- 
memorate the  event.  The  Indians  had  the  white  men 
cut  ofi^  from  all  supply  of  water. 

"Old  Ulster,"  volume  2,  page  334,  has  a  full 
page  portrait  of  this  monument. 

There  has  been  considerable  controversy  in 
the  public  prints  abotit  the  birthplace  of  Gov- 
ernor DeWitt  Clintnn.  some  maintaining  that 
he  was  born  at  the  residence  of  his  grand- 
father. Egbert  DeWitt,  at  Xapanoch,  Ulster 
county,  and  others  urging  that  the  place  of  his 
birth  was  the  residence  of  his  uncle,  David 
Rutsen  DeW'itt,  at  Peenpack,  near  Port  Jervis, 
in  C)range  county. 

"Old  Ulster."  vulume  <<.  page  362.  review- 
ing the  matter,  said  of  David  Rutsen  DeWitt 
and  his  place  of  residence  : 

He  built  the  old  stone  and  frame  house  at  the 
Xeversink  River,  and  a  grist  mill.  .\  fort  was  built 
conti.guous  to  this  house  which  was  termed  "Fort 
DeWitt"  and  was  used  as  a  place  of  refuge  and 
safety  for  women  and  children  during  the  Indian 
wars  which  preceded  and  continued  during  the  years 
of  the  Revolution.  This  Fort  DeWitt  was  located 
near  the  suspension  bridge  which  crossed  the  Never- 
sink  River  leading  from  Port  Jervis  to  Cuddeback- 
ville.  about  one  mile  south  of  Cuddebackville.  The 
small  house  which  stood  in  1889  near  the  then  dwell- 
ing of  Jessie  Tillson  was  on  the  foundation  of  this 
fort. 

"Eager's  History  of  Orange  County."  pub- 
lished in  1846  and  1847,  states: 

DeWitt  Clinton  was  born  March  2,  1769,  at  Fort 
DeWitt,  at  the  residence  of  Captain  Jacob  DeWitt. 
This  Fort  was  both  a  residence  and  Fort,  being  a 
stone  house  fortified  to  an  extent  to  be  a  protection 
against  the  Indians  who  for  many  years  before  the 
Revolution  were  troublesome  in  that  vicinity,  being 
on  the  outskirts  of  the  white  settlement. 

(AT)  Jezereel,  son  of  Moses  DeW^itt,  was 
born  Septetnber  i,  1786.  He  married  Lucy 
Stoddard,  born  August  2y,  1793,  in  Groton, 
Connecticut.  She  was  the  daughter  of  In- 
crease B.  Stoddard,  who  had  then  removed  to 
the  township  of  Minisink,  Orange  county.  New 
York.  A  portion  of  the  last-named  township, 
containing  his  farm  and  place  of  residence  was 
afterwards  set  off  and  became  part  of  the  town- 
ship of  Waway  wanda.  The  children  of  Jezereel 
and  Lucy  Stoddard  I3e\\'itt  were  as  follows: 
Simion  Stoddard,  born  July  10,  1815,  married 
Sallv   Venov;    Evi,   hereinafter   more   partic- 


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ularly  mentioned;  Jezereel,  born  June  5,  1822, 
married  Lucy  Loomis ;  Increase  B.,  born  April 

3,  1825,  married  Maria ;  Diadama,  born 

January  9,  1826.  married  Thomas  B.  Morgan; 
Abel  Shute,  born  April  26,  1830,  married  Kate 
Brown;  Chauncy  B.,  born  March  ig,  1833. 
married  Elvira  Stowell. 

Lucy  Stoddard  DeWitt  died  May  31,  1834. 
Jezereel  DeW'itt  Sr.  married  Esther  Lambert 
for  his  second  wife,  about  1835.  Their  son, 
Samuel  M.  DeWitt,  was  born  in  or  about 
1836,  and  died,  immarried,  August  2t,.  i860, 
at  the  age  of  twenty-three  years  and  six  months, 
Jezereel  DeWitt  'died  March  10,  1868,  and 
Esther  DeWitt  departed  this  life  February  16, 
1871,  age  seventy-seven  years  and  six  days. 

Jezereel  DeWitt  Sr.  removed  from  Sussex 
county,  New  Jersey,  to  Brooklyn,  Susque- 
hanna county,  Pennsylvania,  in  or  about  1823, 
where  he  died  and  his  remains  were  buried  in 
the  public  cemetery  at  Brooklyn  Center. 

(VII)  Evi,  son  of  Jezereel  DeWitt,  was 
born  in  Montague  township,  near  the  old  "Brick 
House,"  Sussex  county.  New  Jersey,  Novem- 
ber 14.  1819,  died  March  28,  1903.  On  De- 
cember 28.  1843.  he  married  Annie  Elizabeth 
W'ilson,  at  Carbondale,  Pennsylvania,  who  died 
February  i.  1892.  Their  children  were:  Jer- 
ome, mentioned  below ;  Lucy,  born  at  New 
Milford,  January  22,  1847,  '^•'^f'  September  10, 
1848;  Mary,  born  April  19,  185 1,  died  Febru- 
ary 6,  1865  ;  Levi  Justine,  born  May  30,  1859, 
married  Mary  Curley,  of  Great  Bend,  Penn- 
sylvania, January  lo,  1899;  William  Wilson, 
born  September  10,  1861,  died  February  2, 
1865  ;  Annie,  born  July  23,  1867,  died  October 
19,  1882;  Agnes,  twin  to  .Annie,  married  Eu- 
gene M.  Casey,  April  10,  1896,  and  died  at 
Oxford,  New  York,  March  29,  1903. 

Annie  E.  Wilson,  mentioned  above,  was 
born  January  24,  1824,  at  or  near  Chorley,  in 
Lancashire  county,  England,  the  daughter  of 
William  and  Margaret  Wilson.  Her  birth- 
place was  on  the  .Avon  river,  near  the  home  of 
Shakespeare.  When  she  was  three  months 
old  her  parents  immigrated  to  this  country, 
and  lived  for  a  short  time  in  New  York  City. 
Afterwards  at  West-Farms,  near  Mott  Haven, 
in  Westchester  county,  New  York,  and.  while 
Annie  E.  was  still  young,  moved  to  a  farm  in 
Brooklyn,  Pennsylvania,  where  lier  father  died 
at  the  age  of  thirty-three  years.  Her  mother. 
with  her  two  daughters,  Annie  E.  and  Mar- 
garet Wilson,  tiicn  removed  to  Carbondale. 
Pennsylvania,  in  or  about  the  year  1839.  Annie 


E.  Wilson  was  a  person  of  superior  education 
and  intelligence  and  there  opened  and  conduct- 
ed a  select  school  for  young  ladies  until  the 
time  of  her  marriage  to  Evi  DeWitt.  He  and 
she  lived  in  Eirooklyn  one  year,  then  removed 
to  Nicholson.  Pennsylvania,  where  they  re- 
sided for  two  or  three  years.  They  then  re- 
moved to  a  farm  in  New  Milford.  where  they 
continued  to  reside  until  the  time  of  their 
deaths.  Evi  De\\'itt  was  a  strong  man.  phy- 
sically, morally  ami  mentally.  He  was  one  of 
the  prosperous  farmers  of  Susquehanna  county. 

(VIH)  Jerome,  son  of  Evi  and  Annie  E. 
(Wilson)  DeWitt,  was  born  at  Nicholson,. 
Wyoming  county,  Pennsylvania,  February  16, 
1845.  He  married  Ida  Brougham,  of  Newark 
Valley.  New  York,  January  26,  1892.  When 
he  was  two  years  old  he  was  taken  to  New 
Milford,  Susquehanna  county,  with  the  fam- 
ily, to  reside,  and  his  father  followed  fann- 
ing there.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  the 
New  Milford  Academy  and  afterwards  the 
Gibson  Academy,  in  which  he  prepared  for 
college.  He  entered  the  LTniversity  of  Michi- 
gan, at  Ann  Arbor,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  1868.  In  the  autumn  of  the  same  year 
he  came  to  Binghamton.  New  York,  and  began 
the  study  of  the  law,  in  the  office  of  the  Hon. 
William  Barrett.  After  remaining  there  a 
year  he  read  law  with  Judge  Horace  S.  Gris- 
wold  for  a  year,  and  later  with  Judge  Benja- 
min N.  Loomis  for  about  six  months.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  the  old  general  term,  sit- 
ting at  Albany,  in  February.  1871.  He  then 
became  a  partner  with  the  late  William  H. 
Scoville  in  the  practice  of  law.  under  the  firm 
name  of  "Scoville  and  DeWitt."  which  jsartner- 
ship  continued  until  the  spring  of  1890,  when 
Mr.  Scoville  died.  Since  Mr.  Scoville's  death 
Mr.  DeWitt  has  continued  to  practice  alone. 
He  has  for  many  years  occupied  a  prominent 
position  in  his  profession,  and  has  been  honor- 
ed with  many  offices  of  trust.  In  jiolitics  he  is 
a  Democrat. 

Mr.  DeWitt  was  a  member  of  the  old  volun- 
teer fire  department,  jinning  the  Excelsior 
Hook  and  Ladder  Company,  No.  i,  in  the 
year  1871.  He  soon  became,  by  election,  assist- 
ant foreman  of  that  company,  and  later  was 
elected  foreman,  and  twice  reelected  to  the 
last-named  position.  He  then  became,  by  elec- 
tion, second  assistant  engineer  for  one  year, 
first  assistant  engineer  for  a  like  term,  and  at 
the  expiration  of  the  last  term  was  elected 
chief  of  the  fire  department,  March  4,   1879. 


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That  last  position  he  again  tilled  for  a  sec- 
ond term,  by  reelection.  In  1876  he  was  the 
candidate  for  his  party  for  member  of  the 
popular  branch  of  legislature.  The  county 
(Broome)  being  very  strongly  Republican  in 
politics  he  was  not  elected,  but  ran  some- 
thing over  five  hundred  ahead  of  his  party 
ticket.  For  the  period  of  twelve  years,  ending 
April  12,  1894.  he  was  the  treasurer  of  the 
llinghamton  State  Hospital  for  the  Insane. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  fire  commissioners  of 
the  city,  under  the  act  of  the  legislature  of 
1888,  creating  a  board  of  fire  commissioners 
for  the  management  of  the  volunteer  fire  de- 
partment. He  served  two  years  under  this 
appointment,  which  was  made  by  Mayor  Mor- 
gan, and  was  then  reappointed  by  Mayor  .Ste- 
phens for  a  full  term  of  four  years,  but  re- 
signed May  26,  1893. 

In  November,  1897,  Mr.  DeWitt  was  elect- 
ed mayor  of  the  city  of  Binghamton,  defeating 
e.x-Mayor  George  E.  Green.  In  the  fall  of 
1899  he  was  reelected  mayor  for  a  further 
term  of  two  years  ;  William  L.  Griswold,  Esq., 
being  the  Republican  candidate.  .-Vt  the  fall 
election,  in  1906,  he  was  the  candidate  of  his 
party  for  the  office  of  county  judge  and  surro- 
gate of  Broome  county,  but  the  Republican 
majority  being  something  over  four  thousand 
in  the  county,  he  was  not  elected.  December 
10,  1906,  he  was  appointed  by  Governor  Hig- 
gins  to  be  a  member  of  the  board  of  managers 
of  the  Binghamton  State  Hospital  for  the 
Insane,  to  fill  a  vacancy ;  and  was  reappointed 
by  Governor  Hughes  for  a  full  term  of  five 
years,  .A.pril  4,  1907.  but  resigned  April  i, 
1910. 

He  resides  at  No.  33  St.  John  avenue,  and 
still  occupies  the  old  law  office  of  the  late 
Judge  Griswold,  where  he  studied  ;  which,  with 
the  library  and  belongings,  he  and  Mr.  Scoville 
purchased  in  1871.  In  January  of  the  present 
year  (1911)  he  was  appointed  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education  of  the  city  of  Bingham- 
ton for  the  term  of  five  years,  a  position  which 
he  still  occupies. 


The  surname  Goodwin  is  de- 
GOODWIN  rived  from  the  ancient  per- 
sonal name,  Godwin,  mean- 
ing good  friend,  common  in  northern  Europe 
and  England  as  early  as  the  fifth  century.  Its 
use  as  a  surname  dates  from  the  adoption  of 
surnames  in  England.  A  Robert  Goodwin 
lived  in  Norwich  in  1238. 


( I )  Ozias  Goodwin,  the  immigrant,  was  born 
in  England,  in  1596,  according  to  his  deposi- 
tion in  court,  September,  1674,  when  he  stated 
his  age  as  seventy-eight.  Elder  William  Good- 
win, his  brother,  and  he  came  to  this  covmtry 
about  the  same  time,  and  both  settled  in  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut.  Ozias  married,  in  Eng- 
land, Mary,  daughter  of  Robert  Woodward, 
of  Braintree,  county  Essex.  Her  father's  will, 
dated  May  27,  1640,  mentions  her  as  a  legatee. 
It  is  believed  that  the  Goodwins  were  from 
this  vicinity  also.  The  first  record  of  Ozias, 
in  Hartford,  is  as  a  landholder  among  "such 
inhabitants  as  were  granted  lots  to  have  only 
at  the  town's  courtesie,  with  libertie  to  fetch 
wood  and  keep  swine  or  cows  by  proportion 
on  the  common."  His  home,  in  February, 
1639-40,  was  on  the  highway  from  the  cow 
pasture  to  Mr.  Allen's  land  on  the  west,  ad- 
joining lands  of  Thomas  Burchwood,  Thomas 
Hale  and  Richard  Lord.  This  lot  is  what  is 
now  Trumbull  street,  near  Church  street ;  later 
he  moved  to  a  lot  on  the  highway  from  the 
mill  to  the  old  ox  pasture.  He  was  one  of  a 
company  from  Hartford,  Windsor  and  Weth- 
ersfield.  who,  April  18,  1659,  signed  an  agree- 
ment to  remove  to  Hadley,  Massachusetts. 
He  decided  to  remain  at  Hartford.  He  was  a 
freeman  as  early  as  October  13,  1669.  He 
died  in  the  spring  of  1683  and  his  inventory 
was  dated  April  3.  1683.  The  heirs  signed  an 
agreement  of  partition  Ajiril  C>,  lC^H^|.  Chil- 
dren; William,  born  about  i'>29;  Nathaniel, 
about  1637,  mentioned  below  ;  Hannah,  about 
16^9,  married,  1661,  William  Pitkin,  of  Hart- 
ford. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  C)zias  Goodwin,  was 
born  about  1637,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  Connecticut,  October,  1662.  He  was  a 
townsman  of  Hartford,  1669-78-82.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Han- 
nah Coles,  of  Hatfield,  Massachusetts,  for- 
merly of  Farmington,  Connecticut.  She  died 
May  8,  1676,  aged  twenty-nine,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Center  church  burying-ground.  where 
her  monument  is  still  to  be  seen,  the  oldest  in 
Hartford  bearing  the  name  of  Goodwin.  He 
married  (second)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Dan- 
iel Pratt,  of  Hartford.  ChiUlren  of  first  wife: 
Nathaniel,  baptized  July,  1665,  married  (first) 
Lois  Potter,  (second),  September  14,  1699, 
Sarah  Easton,  died  March  12,  1746:  Sarah, 
baptized   1668;  John,  baptized  May  19,  1672, 

married  (first)  Sarah ,  (second),  before 

June,  1740,  Mary  Olmstead,  died  February  6. 


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1757.  Children  of  second  wife:  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Hannah,  baptized  December  6, 
1685,  buried  January  31,  1693;  Ozias,  born 
June  26,  1689,  married,  June  6,  1723,  Martha 
Williamson,  died  January  26.  1776;  Elizabeth, 
October  14,  1691,  married,  September  12.  1713, 
John  Cole,  died  December  28,  1773. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Goodwin, 
was  born  August  22,  1682.  He  married,  March 
18,  1707-08,  Mary,  daughter  of  Lieutenant 
James  and  Sarah  (Barnard)  Steele,  of  Hart- 
ford. She  married  (second),  December  2, 
1714,  Joseph  Ashley.  He  lived  in  Hartford. 
and  died  before  January  23,  1711-12.  Chil- 
dren: Abigail,  born  December  12,  1708,  mar- 
ried, March  23,  1737-38;  Nathaniel  Eggleston, 
died  September  30,  1801  ;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  ( i )  Good- 
win, was  born  October  10,  1710,  died  September 

30,  1776.    He  married  (first)   Abigail  . 

who  died  September  16,  1748,  and  (second), 
January,  1750,  Laodamia  Merrill,  born  January 
28,  1728-29,  buried  May  6,  1790,  daughter  of 
Moses  and  Mary  Merrill,  of  Hartford.  He 
lived  in  Hartford,  and  held  numerous  town 
offices  there;  hay  ward,  1732:  collector,  1737- 
45-47;  grand  juror,  1743.  October,  1749,  he 
was  elected  ensign  of  the  First  Company  of 
Foot  Guard,  in  the  First  Connecticut  Regi- 
ment. Children :  Samuel,  born  October  7, 
1752,  married,  January  18,  1781,  Abigail  But- 
ler, died  April  6,  1807 ;  James,  mentioned 
below;  George,  January  7,  1757,  married,  De- 
cember 2,  1779,  Mary  Edwards,  died  May  13, 
1844:  Abigail,  May  28,  1759,  married  James 
Anderson,  died  December  23,  1843 ;  David, 
August  7,  1 761,  married  Susanna  Pratt,  died 
November  15,  1 810 ;  Theodore,  April  18,  1764, 
married  (first),  November  11,  1792,  Lucy 
Adams,  (second),  June  24, 1805,  Harriet  Prior, 
died  March  21,  1845;  Russell,  September  14, 
1766.  married,  July  4,  1789,  Ruth  Church,  died 
May  19,  1839;  Mary,  May  14,  I7'i9,  buried 
Mav  27,  1783. 

(V )  James,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Goodwin, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  December  15,  1754, 
died  in  East  Hartford,  June  24,  1822.  He 
married,  March  10,  1783,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  and  Elizabeth  (Allyn)  Mather, 
born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut,  March  20,  1762, 
died  February  22,  1805.  Children:  Roxana. 
born  March  9,  1784,  married,  November  11, 
1828,    Chester    Wells,    died    March    9,    1878; 


James  Mather,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  May 
25,  1787,  married,  March  31,  1811,  Timothy 
Spencer,  died  August  28,  1870;  Manning,  May 
2j.  1789,  died  July  6,  1789;  Manning,  August 
27,  1790,  died  June  15,  1832;  Hannah,  Decem- 
ber 20,  1792,  married,  November  27,  1814, 
Oliver  Wells,  died  May  24,  1820;  Erastus, 
March  14,  1795,  married,  August  i,  1821, 
Anna  Seaman,  died  June  7,   1882. 

(VI)  James  Mather,  son  of  James  Good- 
win, was  born  August  24,  1785,  in  Hartford; 
died  March  30,  1870.  He  married,  December 
21,  1809,  Roxana,  daughter  of  John  and  Theo- 
dosia  (Foote)  Bulkley,  born  in  Colchester, 
Connecticut,  May  14,  1788,  died  August  9, 
1869.  He  began  his  business  life  as  a  West 
India  merchant  in  his  native  town  and  con- 
tinued as  such  until  1828,  when  he  became 
secretary  for  the  ^Htna  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, of  Hartford,  and  in  1837  was  elected  to 
the  same  position  in  the  Protection  Company. 
From  1819  to  1823  he  was  major  in  the  (jov- 
ernor's  Foot  Guards.  In  religion  he  was  an 
Episcopalian,  and  in  1837  was  elected  junior 
warden,  and  in  1829  and  1838  senior  warden. 
Children:  James  Mather,  born  October  i,  1810, 
married  (first),  September  16,  1834,  Julia  Ann 
Dickinson,  (second).  May  7,  1838,  Charlotte 
Rebecca  Johnson;  Frederick,  July  24,  1812, 
died  October  27,  1845  •  Mary,  February  3, 
1816,  died  March  17,  1817;  Mary  Jane,  Janu- 
ary 26,  1818,  married.  May  16,  1838,  Charles 
Haskell  Brainard ;  Henry  Wheaton,  mention- 
ed below;  William  Alfred,  February  14,  1831, 
died  September  20,  1838. 

( VII)  Henry  Wheaton,  son  of  James  ]\Iath- 
er  Goodwin,  was  born  in  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, September  26,  1^23,  died  at  New  Flaven, 
Connecticut,  November  5,  1876.  He  married. 
May  6,  1846,  Caroline  Althea,  daughter  of 
Joel  and  Maria  (Scovill)  Hinman,  born  in 
Waterbury,  Connecticut,  July  9,  1827,  died 
March  4,  1874.  He  lived  for  a  time  in  Green- 
field, Massachusetts,  and  Waterbury.  After 
his  marriage  he  returned  to  Hartford,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  was  engaged  in  the  crockery 
business.  In  1862  he  removed  to  West  Hart- 
ford, and  in  1870  to  Cheshire.  Children : 
Maria  Hinman,  September  20,  1847,  married, 
January  13,  1868,  Percival  W.  Clement;  Al- 
fred Scovill,  March  30,  1850,  married,  Febru- 
ary 5.  1880,  Mrs.  Emma  Amelia  (Atkinson) 
Elv ;  Henry  W'illiam,  January  29,  1835,  mar- 
ried, May  27,  1875,  Eleanor  C.  Steele;  Caro- 


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line  Anna,  October  31.  1859.  married.  October 
13.  1880.  John  Dwight^  Parker  ;  Frederick  Ab- 
bott, mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Frederick  Abbott  Goodwin,  son 
of  Henry  Wheaton  Goodwin,  was  born  at 
West  Hartford,  August  28,  1865.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Hartford,  in  Rutland,  Vermont,  and  Shoe- 
makertown,  Pennsylvania.  In  1885  he  enter- 
ed the  medical  department  of  the  University 
of  Vermont,  and  graduated  in  1887.  He  then 
took  a  post-graduate  course  at  the  Columbia 
University  Medical  School,  and  graduated  in 
1888.  From  1888  to  1890  he  was  surgeon  in 
the  Hartford  Hospital.  In  1890  he  went  to 
Europe,  and  studied  medicine  and  surgery  in 
Germany  and  Austria  for  two  years.  From 
1892  to  1898  he  practiced  in  New  York  City, 
and  was  also  instructor  in  orthopedic  surgery 
at  the  New  York  Post-Graduate  School  and 
Hospital.  He  then  became  surgeon  for  the 
Erie  railroad  and  removed  to  Suscjuehanna, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  remained  until  1907. 
For  six  years  he  was  coroner  of  .Susc|ueliaima, 
and  was  the  founder  and  organizer  of  the 
'  Simon  Barnes  Hospital.  In  1907  he  removed 
to  Binghamton,  New  York,  where  he  follows 
a  general  practice.  He  still  continues  as  sur- 
geon to  the  Erie  Railroad,  and  consulting  sur- 
geon at  the  Susquehanna  Hospital.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks :  of  the  New  Y'ork  and  New 
England  Railroad  Surgeons'  Association,  of 
which  he  is  president ;  of  the  Erie  Railroad 
Surgeons'  Association ;  Broome  County  Med- 
ical Society,  of  which  he  is  treasurer.  He 
married,  Alarch  2,  1899,  Minnie  H.,  daughter 
of  Dr.  Francis  Vinton  and  Mary  Elizabeth 
(Bensel)  Brush  (see  Brush  VIII).  She  was 
a  graduate  of  the  New  York  Post-Graduate 
Training  School  for  Nurses,  class  of  1898. 
Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Goodwin :  Dorothy 
Athcrton,  born  April  3,  1900:  Edith  Brush, 
May  26,  1902.  Mr.  and  Airs.  Dr.  Goodwin 
attend  the  Episcopal  church. 

(The  Brush  Line). 

The  first  of  the  name  of  whom  there  is  any 
record  was  Robert  De  Brush,  who  went  to 
England  with  the  Conqueror  in  1066.  From 
this  French  De  Brus  or  De  Brewes  are  de- 
rived the  English  names  of  Bruse,  Bruce, 
Bush  and  Brush.  The  following  extracts  show 
perhaps  the  source  from  which  the  family  in 
this  country  sprang.     William  de   Brus  lived 


in  Heworth,  a  mile  to  the  north  of  Aycliffe. 
His  son,  Adam  de  Brus,  "held  the  will  by 
Knights  service."  William  Brus,  1354,  "then 
styled  Chivalier,  held  the  Manor  of  Heworth 
by  the  fourth  part  of  a  Knight's  fees  and  40s. 
\\'illiam  Bruys  son  and  heir,  1381.  Robert 
Bruys  sold  the  estate  in  1435." 

( I )  Thomas  Brush,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  about  1610,  and  came  to  this 
country  before  1633,  in  which  year  he  is  re- 
corded as  owning  a  lot  in  Southold,  Suftolk 
county.  Long  Island.  In  1656  he  witnessed  a 
will  in  Southold,  and  attended  a  town  meeting 
there  in  October,  1660.  That  same  year  it 
was  agreed  that  "Gudman  Brush"  shall  keep 
"the  ordinary."  He  was  made  a  freeman  of 
Connecticut  in  16(14.  In  165(1  or  i()37  he  re- 
moved to  Huntington,  Long  Island,  having 
sold  his  home  in  Southold  to  Thomas  Mapes, 
his  wife  Rebecca  assenting.  About  1666  he. 
with  two  others,  was  sent  by  the  "Inhabitants 
of  Huntington  with  an  Indian  called  Chichinee 
to  the  South  Meadow"  to  find  and  fix  the 
boundaries  of  a  piece  of  land  bought  from  the 
Massapagus  Indians.  This  land  was  South 
Neck,  and  upon  it  was  a  marked  tree,  which 
was  to  serve  as  a  witness  to  the  bargain.  The 
whites  met  there  some  twenty  Indians,  with 
their  sachem,  who  was  at  first  very  reluctant 
to  conclude  the  transaction.  They  finally  agreed 
to  point  out  the  tree,  however.  Thomas  Brush 
was  ahead  of  the  other  white  men,  and  went 
past  the  said  tree,  without  noticing  it.  "Then 
an  Indian  called  him  back  and  showed  him." 
He  was  one  of  the  proprietors  of  Huntington 
in  1672.  He  was  also  chosen  one  of  the  over- 
seers of  the  town,  and  finally  constable.  He 
exercised  his  authority  in  the  latter  position, 
when.  February  21,  1670,  the  town  "refuse  to 
repair  the  P'ort"  at  New  York  because  they 
felt  deprived  of  the  liberties  of  Englishmen. 

His  wife  was  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John 
Conkling,  or  Conolyne,  who  was  said  to  have 
come  from  Nottinghamshire,  England.  He 
was  received  as  an  inhabitant  of  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, September  14,  1640,  and  had  four 
acres  of  land  allotted  to  him  in  1649.  He  was 
an  active  man,  who  "identified  himself  with 
every  new  enterprise  with  zeal  and  energy  and 
soon  became  the  cynosure  of  all  the  village." 
He  moved  later  to  Southold,  and  about  1660 
to  Huntington,  where  he  is  numbered  among 
the  founders  of  the  town.  He  is  believed  to 
have  been  born  about  1600,  and  died  in  1683. 

Thomas   Brush   died   in    1670,  and  his   son 


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Thomas  administered  upon  his  estate  in  1677. 
It  was  valued  at  three  hundred  and  six  pounds, 
which  was  a  ver)'  fair  sum   for  those  times. 
Children  :  Thomas  ;  Richard,  mentioned  below  ; 
John,  born  about  1650:  Rebecca,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1682,  Jeremiah  Hobart,  or  Hubbard. 
(II)    Richard,  son  of  Thomas  Brush,  settled 
on  West  Neck,  on  the  south  shore  of  Lloyd's 
Harbor.     This  property  remained  in  the  pos- 
session of  his  descendants  until   1898.      Like 
his  father,  he  was  a  town  officer,  a  commis- 
sioner to  lay  out  lands  and  roads,  and  in  1663 
one  of  the  seven  trustees  annually  elected  under 
the  new  patent.     He  marrierl   Hannah  or  Jo- 
anna Corey.     Following  the  common  practice 
of  h:s  time  he  divided  his  real  estate  among 
his  sons  during  his  lifetime.     In  1700  he  gave 
a   farm    to   his    son    Thomas,    with    the    con- 
sent of  his  wife.     In   1709  he  gave  Richard 
and  Thomas  "Meadows  and  uplands."  and  in 
1 710  his  son  Robert  his  home  lot,  with  other 
property,   including  one-half  of  one  hundred 
pounds  right  of  commonage.    Children  :  Rich- 
ard ;  Thomas  :  Robert,  mentioned  below  ;  Reu- 
ben. 

(III)  Robert,  son  of  Richard  Brush,  was 
born  m  1695.  He  was  a  town  trustee,  and 
when  a  new  meeting-house  was  built,  was 
among  the  most  liberal  subscribers,  giving  the 
sum  of  twenty  pounds.  He  was  executor  of 
the  will  of  Jeremiah  Hubbard  Jr..  his  nephew, 
in  1730.  He  had  four  sons,  of  whom  Reuben 
married  Ruth  Woods,  February  11,  17^9,  and 
was  a  prominent  citizen ;  Jonathan,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Jonathan,  son  of  Robert  Brush,  was 
born  and  lived  at  Huntington,  Long  Island. 
He  married  Elizabeth  Sniith.  Among  their 
children  was  Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Jonathan  Brush,  was 
born  at  Huntington,  and  alwavs  lived  there. 
He  married  Margaret  Ireland,  of  West  Hills, 
Long  Island.  Among  their  children  was  Philip' 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Philip,  son  of  Joshua  Brush,  was  born 
at  Huntington  and  removed  to  Ridgetield,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  Ruth  Brush,  a  distant 
relative.  Among  their  children  was  larvis 
born  January  6,  1787,  father  of  Professor 
George  Jarvis  Brush,  director  of  the  Sheffield 
Scientific  School,  Yale  University,  from  1872 
to  1898;  Conklin,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Hon.  Conklin  Brush,  son  of  Philip 
Brush,  was  born  at  Ridgefield,  Connecticut 
March  8,   1794,  died  Julv  4,   1870.     He  was 


educated  in  the  public  schools.    Just  after  the 
war  of  181 2  he  commenced  business  in  New 
York   City,    with    no   resources   but   his   good 
character   and    remarkable   business   tact   and 
energy,  and  he  very  rapidly  acquired  a  reputa- 
tion as  a  safe  and  successful  merchant.     He 
was  a  dealer  in  crockery  and  hardware.   From 
1816  to  1840,  including'all  the  periods  of  com- 
mercial disaster,  he  was  at  the  head  of  nine 
successful  firms,  no  one  of  which  ever  failed, 
and  all  of  which  were  highly  prosperous.    He 
came  to  Brooklyn  in  1827  and  made  his  home 
in  that  city  the  remainder  of  his  life.     When 
Brooklyn  was  made  a  city,  in  April,  1834,  Mr. 
Brush  was  asked  to  occupy  the  chair  during 
the  election  of  the  first  mayor.  George  Hall 
He  wasa  member  of  the  board  of  trustees  in 
1830,  of  the  common  council  in  1834-35,  and 
president  of  the  board.     At  the  close  of  his 
term  he  was  given  a  unanimous  vote  of  thanks 
for  the  able  and  impartial  manner  in  which  he 
presided.     In  politics  he  was  a  Whig  until  that 
party  was  dissolved.     In  every  movement  for 
the  development  and  welfare  of  Brooklyn  he 
took  an  active  part.     When  he  moved  thither, 
there  was  not  a  public  street  lamp  in  Brooklyn,' » 
which   was  then  a  village.     In    1832  he  to'ok 
steps  to  have  Hicks  and  William  streets  lighted 
at  night  and  from  that  time  the  public  lighting 
system  was  extended  to  all  parts  of  the  munici- 
pality. In  1834  he  was  chairman  of  the  citizens' 
committee  which  secured  for  Brooklyn,  against 
the  opposition  of  N'ew  York  City,  the  South  or 
Atlantic  Ferry.   He  led  the  movement  to  widen 
Fulton   street  below   the  junction  with   Main 
street  against  violent  opposition.     He  was  ap- 
pointed at  a  public  meeting  of  the  city  on  a 
committee  to  select  and  secure  a  site  for  a  city 
hall   and   the   committee   secured   the   site   on 
which  the  building  was  subsequently  erected, 
though  instead  of  a  city  hall  costing'$  100,000.' 
as  proposed  by  the  committee,  a  costly  struc- 
ture was  started  and  various  scandals  develop- 
ed before  the  city  hall  was  finally  completed. 
With    Daniel   Richards  he  projected  the  At- 
lantic docks,  incorporated  in  1840.  and  he  was 
a  director  of  the  company  for  six  years.     In 
1848  he  erected  a  grain  elevator.     In  1850  he 
was  elected  mayor  of  Brooklyn,  as  the  Whig 
candidate,  against  John  Rice,'  the  Democratic 
candidate,  and  George  Hall,  independent,  and 
he  served  the  city  with  ability  and  credit  dur- 
ing 1 85 1  and  1852.     It  has  been  said  that  the 
city  never  had  a  better  mayor.     His  perfect 
familiarity  with   financial  affairs  secured    for 


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him  the  confidence  and  support  of  the  large 
property  interests  of  the  city.  He  was  one 
of  the  organizers  of  the  Mechanics'  Bank,  of 
Brooklyn;  its  first  president,  remaining  in  that 
capacity  until  his  death.  He  was  influential 
in  the  movement  to  procure  an  adecjuate  mu- 
nicipal water  supply,  and  served,  in  1857,  on 
the  first  water  commission.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent member  and  vestryman  of  the  Protestant 
Episcopal  church.  In  later  years  he  was  a 
Democrat  in  politics.  For  many  years  he  was 
one  of  the  commissioners  of  Prospect  Park. 
His  favorite  motto  was  "Honesty  is  the  Best 
Policy."  He  was  public  spirited  and  often 
served  the  city  without  compensation. 

He  married  Rosannah  Hoyt,  July  7,  1816, 
at  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  Eleven  children, 
four  sons  and  seven  daughters,  among  whom 
were :  Delia ;  Jane,  married  George  Smith ; 
Anna;  Goold  ;  Henry  ;  Julia  M. ;  Francis  Vin- 
ton. 

(X'lH)  Dr.  Francis  \'inton  Brush,  son  of 
Hon.  Conklin  Brush,  was  born  August  26, 
1844,  died  July  8,  1882.  He  was  educated  as 
a  physician  and  loved  his  profession,  but  ill 
health  obliged  him  to  retire  from  active  prac- 
tice. He  married  Mary  Elizabeth  Bensel. 
daughter  of  James  Mcjimpsey  and  Mary  Eliz- 
abeth (Wright)  Bensel.  Children:  i.  Rosa- 
belle,  married  Herbert  L.  Joeckel,  and  had 
Dorothy  Rosabelle  Joeckel.  2.  Marie  Louise. 
3.  Minnie  H.,  married,  March  2,  1890,  Dr. 
Frederick  A.  Goodwin   (see  Goodwin  \'HI). 


Walter  Dean  or  Deane,  immigrant 
DEAN  ancestor,  was  born  in  the  parish 
of  Chard,  in  Somersetshire.  His 
brother  John,  who  was  somewhat  older,  was 
also  born  there.  Chard  is  in  Taunton  Dean, 
and  the  family  name  is  derived  from  the  name 
Dean  or  valley.  From  Taunton  Dean  and 
vicinity  came  many  of  the  families  that  settled 
in  Taunton,  Massachusetts.  There  is  among  the 
people  of  this  section  of  England  a  proverb : 
"Where  should  I  be  born  else  than  in  Taunton 
Dean?"  Meaning  to  express  the  utmost  satis- 
faction with  their  native  place. 

Walter  Deane  was  born  between  161 5  and 
161 7.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts.  December  4,  1638.  although 
he  appears  to  have  landed  in  Boston  first  and 
to  have  been  in  Dorchester  for  about  a  year 
before  going  to  Taunton.  His  homestead  was 
about  a  mile  from  the  present  centre  of  Taun- 
ton   and   adjoined    his    brother    John's    place. 


Their  descendants  own  and  occupy  the  farms. 
or  did  recently.  Walter  Deane  was  a  tanner 
by  trade.  He  was  a  deacon  of  the  church.  He 
was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  at  Plymouth 
in  1640,  and  was  a  selectman  of  Taunton  from 
1679  to  1686  inclusive.  He  is  mentioned  by 
the  historians  as  especially  prominent  in  town 
affairs,  .^.t  the  time  of  King  Philip's  war  he 
served  on  the  committee  of  the  town  of  Taun- 
ton to  reply  to  the  generous  offer  of  other 
towns  less  exposed  to  Indian  attacks,  to  shelter 
the  people  of  Taunton.  The  letter  declining 
the  proffered  aid  and  shelter  and  thanking 
those  who  made  the  ofifer  was  signed  by  Deane 
and  shows  that  he,  as  did  also  his  brother, 
used  the  finel  "e"  in  his  surname,  which  is  now 
generally  spelled  without  it. 

He  married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Richard 
Strong  and  sister  of  Elder  John  Strong,  who 
came  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John"  in  1630, 
and  afterward  settled  in  Northampton.  His 
wife  Eleanor  was  living  in  1693.  They  had 
eight  in  the  family  in  1639,  from  which  it  is 
presumed  that  they  had  six  children,  but  the 
names  of  three  only  are  known,  viz :  Joseph,  a 
shoemaker  of  Taunton:  Ezra;  Benjamin,  who 
married  Sarah  Williams  and  settled  in  Taun- 
ton. 

( II )  Ezra  Dean,  son  of  Walter  Deane.  was 
probably  born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts.  He 
married.  December  17,  1676,  Bethiah  Edson, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  and  Susanna  Or- 
cutt  (Amory)  Edson.  Deacon  Samuel  Edson. 
of  l;]ridgewater,  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
and  owned  the  first  mill  built  in  Bridgewater. 
Ezra  Dean  died  between  October  28,  1727, 
when  his  will  was  made,  and  February  17, 
1732,  when  it  was  proved.  He  lived  in  Taun- 
ton and  his  children  were  born  there.  Chil- 
dren:  Bethiah,  born  October  14,  1677,  died 
November  2"].  1679  ;  Ezra  ;  Samuel,  born  .April 
II,  1681,  died  February  16,  1682-83;  Seth- 
born  June  3,  1683.  lived  at  Taunton ;  Mar- 
garet ;  Ephraim,  married  Mary  Allen,  of  Reho- 
both. 

(III)  Ezra  (2),  son  of  Ezra  (i)  Dean,  was 
born  in  Taunton,  Massachusetts,  October  14, 
1680.  He  married  (first)  .\bigail,  daughter  of 
Captain  James  Leonard.  He  married  (second) 
Abigail  Bretnall,  who  survived  him.  He  died 
July  I,  1737,  at  Taunton.  Ezra  Dean  was  a 
phvsician  of  note  in  his  day.  A  writer  in  the 
Colitnibiaii.  of  Taunton,  in  1825,  stated  some 
interesting  facts  about  Dr.  Dean's  children.  He 
had  sixteen  and  their  united  ages. dead  and  alive. 


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amounted  to  thirteen  lumdred  and  seven  years. 
The  ages  of  eleven  amounted  to  over  a  thou- 
sand years.  His  daughter  Theodora  lived  to 
see  descendants  in  the  fifth  generation,  and 
was  the  mother  of  Dr.  Job  Godfrey,  of  Taun- 
ton, eminent  for  half  a  century.  Descendants 
of  several  of  his  sons  settled  in  Worcester 
county,  some  in  Hardwick,  some  in  Rutland 
and  Westminster,  and  others  in  Oakham  and 
vicinity.  The  children  of  Dr.  Ezra  Dean 
were :  Ezra,  died  at  eighty-nine  years  ;  Theo- 
dora, died  at  age  of  one  hundred  years ;  Abi- 
gail, died  at  ninety-five  ;  Bethiah,  died  at  nine- 
ty-six ;  Nehemiah,  died  at  ninety;  James,  born 
1722,  died  February  9,  1812,  aged  eighty-nine, 
according  to  Oakham  records,  called  ninety  in 
the  nev\'spaper ;  Seth,  died  at  eighty-eight ;  Sol- 
omon, died  at  sixty-one;  Elkanah,  died  at 
eighty-seven;  William,  living  in  1825,  aged 
ninety-four,  born  1731 ;  George,  died  at  eighty- 
six;  Elisha,  died  at  eighty-three;  Nathaniel, 
died  at  twenty-five;  Esther,  living  in  1825, 
aged  ninety-two,  born  1733;  Prudence,  died  at 
eighty;  Stephen,  died  at  fifty-one.  The  pre- 
ceding are  probably  not  given  in  order,  Ijut  no 
better  record  has  been  found. 

(V)  William  Dean,  descendant  probably  in 
the  fifth  generation  of  Walter  Deane,  accord- 
ing to  tradition,  came  from  Rhode  Island  early 
in  the  eighteenth  century  and  settled  in  Put- 
nam county.  New  York,  where  he  bought 
eight  hundred  acres  of  land,  some  of  which 
has  been  owned  by  descendants  ever  since. 
He  had  five  sons :  Seth,  who  settled  in  Putnam 
county,  New  Y'ork;  Benjamin,  who  settled  in 
Delaware  county.  New  York;  Ezekiel,  who 
settled  in  Kent,  Putnam  county.  New  York ; 
Caleb,  who  settled  in  Kent ;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  ^Villiam  Dean,  settled 
in  Putnam  county.  New  York,  and  was  father 
of  Niles,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Niles,  son  of  John  Dean,  married 
Nancy,  daughter  of  Stephen  Northrop  (see 
Northrop  V).  Children:  i.  Milton  N.,  born 
January  i,  1815,  near  Carmel.  Putnam  county; 
"died  August  18,  1897;  married,  October,  1841, 
Phebe  Jane  Haveland.  2.  Ranslear,  born  near 
Carmel,  October  31,  1816;  married  Deborah 
Ann  Peck,  in  Patterson,  New  York,  May  16, 
1844.  3.  Aner,  born  August  29,  1819,  near 
Carmel;  died  June  2t„  1896;  married  Philip 
T.  Smith,  at  Matteawan.  New  Y^ork.  4.  Willis, 
born  September  10,  1821,  near  Carmel;  mar- 
ried  (first)   Katherine  Squires,  December  22, 


1846,  who  died  without  issue,  January  2,  1883 ;, 
married  (second-)  Jennie  Van  Voorhis,  Sep- 
tember 10,  1889.  5.  Ursula,  born  near  Carmel, 
August  25,  1823;  died  January  8,  1892;  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Stone,  in  Pulteney.  New  York, 
January.  1849.  '-••  La  Fayette,  born  near  Car- 
mel, June  10,  1825  ;  married  Hattie  Sinsebox, 
October  20,  1852;  she  died  January  2,  1883. 
7.  Jackson  W.,  born  at  Carmel,  July  20,  1827; 
married  Elizabeth  D.  Knapp,  February  22, 
1849.  8.  Erastus,  mentioned  below.  9.  Oliver, 
born  near  Carmel,  March  6,  1831 ;  married 
(first)  Ellen  Howe,  April  2,  1862,  and  she 
died  the  same  year ;  married  (second)  Jane 
.Squires,  December  12,  1865  ;  he  died  March  9, 
1898.  Niles  Dean  died  December  28,  1833; 
his  wife  died  April  30,  1863. 

(VHI)  Erastus,  son  of  Niles  Dean,  was 
born  near  Carmel,  New  Y'ork,  August  18, 
1829.  He  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade 
of  a  machinist,  and  because  of  his  natural  me- 
chanical ability  he  soon  became  an  expert  in 
the  business.  After  working  for  a  while  in 
Fishkill,  New  York,  he  went,  in  1840,  to  Bing- 
hamton,  where  for  a  time  he  was  a  Methodist 
preacher.  He  then  found  employment  as  over- 
seer for  Shepley  &  Wells,  and  later  entered 
the  employ  of  A.  S.  Bartlett,  where  for  thirty 
years  he  was  superintendent  of  machinery, 
until  his  death.  He  married,  April  30,  185 1, 
Mary  S.,  daughter  of  Stephen  and  Sophia 
(Carpenter)  Harris.  Children:  i.  Frank  W., 
born  August  29,  1853;  married  (first),  Sep- 
tember 3,  1875.  Ella  Rood;  married  (second), 
March  18,  1885,  Minnie  J.  Brown;  children: 
Edwin  H.,  Minnie  H.  and  Mabel  A.  2.  Amy 
Jane,  born  January  28.  1859,  died  October  11. 
1859.  3.  Mary  L.,  born  March  14.  1864;  mar- 
ried, June  2,  1891,  George  H.  Downing;  chil- 
dren:' Mildred  and  Richard  B.  4.  Arthur  E., 
mentioned  below. 

( IX  )  Arthur  E.,  son  of  Erastus  and  Alarv  S. 
(Harris)  Dean,  was  born  in  Binghamton.  New 
Y'ork.  October  12,  1870.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  prepared  for  college  in  the  P)ingham- 
ton  high  school.  He  was  graduated  from  the 
New  York  School  of  Pharmacy  in  1895,  and 
immediately  engaged  in  business  as  a  druggist, 
succeeding  his  brother,  Frank  W.  Dean,  in 
1909.  His  store  is  located  at  the  corner  of 
Chenango  and  Lewis  streets,  Binghamton.  In 
religion  Mr.  Dean  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  he 
is  a  member  of  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  and  New  York  State  Pharmaceutical 


NEW  YORK. 


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Association,  Binghamton  Cliamber  of  Com- 
merce and  the  Slerchants'  and  Advertisers' 
Association. 

He  married.  March  5,  1896.  Augusta  J.  Dun- 
lap,  born  in  Ovid.  Seneca  county.  Xew  York, 
(laughter  of  Arthur  and  ^lary  Helen  (John- 
son) Dunlap.  Her  father  was  born  in  Ovid, 
Seneca  county,  New  York,  son  of  Andrew  Jr. 
and  Hannah  (Kinney)  Dunlap.  and  grandson 
of  Andrew  Sr.  and  Mary  (\\'ilson)  Dunlap. 
Andrew  Sr.  was  son  of  John  Dunlap,  immi- 
grant ancestor,  who  came  in  ijbo  to  this  coun- 
try, settled  in  Xew  York  state,  and  died,  in 
1801.  in  Seneca  county.  His  wife  was  a  Gil- 
lespie. 

(The  Northrop  Line). 

(I)  Joseph  Northrop,  the  ancestor  of  this 
family,  came  perhaps  from  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land. He  was  one  of  "Eaton  and  Davenport's 
Company,  of  good  cjiaracter  and  fortune," 
who  came  from  England,  in  1637,  in  the  ships 
"Flector"  and  "Martin."  They  landed  in  Bos- 
ton, July  26,  1637,  and  settled  at  New  Haven, 
in  April,  1638.  They  were  mostly  from  York- 
shire, Herefordshire  and  Kent.  Members  of 
this  company  and  of  Sir  Richard  Saltonstall's 
company  removed  to  Milford.  Connecticut,  and 
the  "free  planters  of  the  town"  were  enrolled 
November  30,  1639,  but  Joseph,  not  then  being 
in  the  church  following,  appears  in  the  list  of 
names  immediately  after  the  free  planters.  The 
surname  Northrop  was  spelled  in  the  early 
records  with  the  "u,"  with  "rup,"  and  some- 
times "roop,"  "rupp,"  and  more  often  "rop," 
especially  in  latter  days.  January  9,  1642, 
Joseph  united  with  the  First  Church,  in  Mil- 
ford.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Francis 
Norton,  who  came  to  Milford  from  Wethers- 
field  with  the  Rev.  Peter  Prudden  and  his 
party.  He  died  September  11,  1669.  His  will 
was  dated  September  i,  1669,  and  it  men- 
tions of  his  children  only  Joseph.  Samuel, 
Jeremiah  and  John.  Codicil  to  his  will  says : 
"Aly  mother  shall  have  a  living  in  my  house  as 
long  as  she  lives" — perhaps  meaning  his  wife's 
mother,  Mrs.  Norton.  His  wife  survived  him. 
and  made  her  will  January  24,  1683,  and  men- 
tions Joseph,  Samuel,  Jeremiah,  Zophar,  Dan- 
iel, \\'illiam  and  Mary,  the  last  two  being  in 
their  minority,  also  her  mother,  Mrs.  Norton. 
The  inventory  of  her  estate  is  dated  February 
28,  1683.  Children,  born  in  Milford :  Joseph. 
July  17,  1649,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  Octo- 
ber  26,    1651  :    Jeremiah,    January    14.    1633; 


John,  September  7,  1656;  Zophar.  June  21, 
1661  :  Daniel,  August  7,  1664;  William,  June 
2.  1666:  Mary,  January  6,  1670. 

(H)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  North- 
rop, was  born  July  17,  1649,  baptized  August 
9,  1649,  at  Milford.  He  was  made  freeman, 
Alay  12,  1670.  He  married  Miriam  Blakeman, 
daughter  of  James  and  ^Miriam  JBlakeman. 
Miriam,  wife  of  James  Blakeman,  was  daugh- 
ter of  Moses  Wheeler,  and  was  born  1657, 
died  about  1789.  James  Blakeman  was  son  of 
Rev.  Aaron  Blakeman,  who  was  born  in  Strat- 
fordshire,  England,  in  1598,  and  entered  Christ 
College,  Oxford,  May  28,  1617  ;  came  to  Amer- 
ica, in  1638;  to  Stratford,  Connecticut,  in 
1639 ;  died  September,  1665 ;  his  widow  Jane 
died  1674;  she  was  said  to  be  sister  of  Moses 
Wheeler.  Moses  Wheeler,  father  of  ]\Iiriam, 
wife  of  James  Blakeman,  probably  came  with 
Eaton  to  New  Haven  in  1638,  and  his  wife  was 
Miriam,  sister  of  Joseph  Hawley.  Joseph 
Northrop  died  June  i,  1700,  and  was  buried  at 
Milford.  His  widow  Miriam  gave  an  adminis- 
tratrix's bond,  dated  November  13,  1700.  She 
married  (second)  John  Smith,  and  had  chil- 
dren :  Johanna,  Josiah  and  Abigail.  Children 
of  Joseph  Northrop,  born  at  Milford:  Joseph, 
baptized  October  29,  1689;  James,  baptized 
January  15.  1(393,  nientioned  below;  Moses, 
baptized  i\Iarch  31,  1695;  ]\Iiriam,  baptized 
May  15,  1698. 

(HI)  James,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Northrop, 
was  baptized  at  ^lilford,  January  15,  1693. 
He  bought  lands  at  Milford  with  his  brothers, 
Joseph  and  Moses,  in  171 5-21-27,  and  settled 
there.  He  also  bought  lands  of  Joseph  Bene- 
dict, for  sixty  pounds,  on  Alarch  29,  17 14.  He 
married  (first)  Hannah  Hine,  of  Alilford,  who 
died  about  1737-  He  married  (second)  Lydia 
Mills,  widow.  Children  by  first  wife:  James, 
born  November  9,  1719,  mentioned  below  ;  Na- 
than, May  30,  1721  ;  Hannah,  November  16, 
1623,  died  before  1731 ;  Stephen,  December  13, 
1725;  Thomas.  December  5,  1727;  Hannah, 
August  20,  1729;  Anna.  Children  by  second 
wife:  .Ambrose,  April  30.  1740,  died  October 
7,  1743:  John.  November  28,  1743:  Benjamin, 
October  26,  1747. 

(I\')  James  (2).  son  of  James  (i)  North- 
rop, was  born  at  Ridgefield,  November  9.  1719. 
He  married,  January  13,  1742,  Rachel,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Smith,  of  Norfolk.  She  was 
born  iVIarch  27,  1723.  His  estate  was  distrib- 
uted July  26,  1784.  Children,  born  at  Ridge- 
field: James,  January  22,  1744-43.  died  before 


NEW   \i)liK. 


July  15,  1751:  Samuel,  March  5,  1746;  Mat- 
thew, April  6.  1749;  James.  July  15,  1751  :  Na- 
thaniel, July  15,  1751,  twin  of  James;  Rachel, 
January  28,  1754: Hannah,  February  28,  1755 : 
Stephen,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  James  (2)  Northrop, 
was  born  at  Ridgefield,  January  22,  1759.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  for  one  year 
and  nine  months.  He  removed  to  \'enice, 
Cayuga  county.  New  York,  and  from  there  to 
Chardon,  (ieauga  county,  Ohio,  October  9, 
1827.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He  died 
October  17,  1831,  at  Munson,  Geauga  county. 
He  married  ( first )  Betsey  Murch  ;  ( second  ) , 
about  1793,  Deborah  Robinson,  who  was  born 
June  2,  1776,  in  Dutchess  county,  New  York, 
and  died  October  4,  1844,  in  Munson,  Ohio. 
Ciiildren  by  first  wife:  Stephen  ;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Edward  Covey,  and  went  to  Orange,  I'ort- 
age  county,  Ohio ;  Ruth,  married  Peter  Baker, 
and  lived  in  Broome  or  Tioga  county,  New- 
York  ;  Nancy,  married  Niles  Dean  ( see  Dean 
VH)  ;  Nathan,  born  February  22,  1791,  in 
New  London,  Connecticut.  Children  by  sec- 
ond wife:  Amaziah,  born  April  8,  1795:  Pru- 
dence, February  12,  1797,  married  and  had 
children:  Rachel,  November  5,  1798;  Lewis, 
March  5,  1801  ;  Margaret,  March  15,  1803; 
Deborah,  November  3,  i8ori,  married,  1825, 
Nathan  West,  and  died  July  17,  1890,  had 
children :  Jane,  Calvin,  Alanson,  Stephen.  An- 
son, home  near  Chicago,  Illinois  :  James,  I-"cb- 
ruary  25,  1809. 

Among  the  representative  fam- 
CORBETT     ilies  of  Central  New  York,  who 

for  generations  have  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  the  business  world,  is  the 
Corbett  family,  the  early  ancestors  of  whom 
settled  in  Mendon,  and  later  Milford,  both  of 
ALassachusetts,  then  the  first  settlers  of  New 
Milford,  Pennsylvania,  and  finally  the  found- 
ers of  Corbettsville,  New  York,  represented  in 
the  present  generation  (1911)  by  Merritt  J. 
Corbett,  of  Binghamton,  New  York,  one  of 
the  largest  manufacturers  of  chemicals  in  the 
United'States.  The  Corbetts  settled  in  Massa- 
chusetts in  the  seventeenth  century.  They  were 
Normans,  descended  from  Roger  Corbett,  a 
military  leader  under  William,  the  First,  in  the 
conquest  of  England.  W'illiam,  the  eldest  son 
of  Roger,  was  seated  at  Wattsborough,  wdiile 
his  second  son.  Sir  Roger  Corbett,  had  for  his 
inheritance  the  castle  and  estate  of  Cons.  Rob- 
ert's   son,    also    named    Robert,    accompanied 


Richard,  the  First,  in  the  Third  Crusade,  A.  D. 
1 191,  to  the  siege  of  Acre,  bearing  on  his  coat- 
of-arms  two  ravens.  Another  Roger  Corbett, 
in  1649,  was  one  of  the  signers  of  Charles,  the 
I""irst's  death  warrant,  and  was  beheaded,  with 
many  others  who  had  also  signed  this  warrant, 
soon  after  Charles  the  Second,  came  to  the 
throne. 

( I )  Robert  Corbett,  ancestor  of  this  family, 
was  in  Weymouth  early,  and  fought  bravely  in 
King  Philip's  war,  in  1675-76.  Many  of  the 
Weymouth  settlers  became  interested  in  land 
in  Mendon  and  Woodstock,  then  in  Massachu- 
setts, and  Corbett  was  one  of  those  who  set- 
tled in  Woodstock  about  1700.  He  married, 
February  2T,,  1682,  Priscilla,  daughter  of  John 
Rockwood,  of  Mendon.  Children:  i.  Dr.  John, 
born  December  7,  1683;  settled  in  the  north- 
west part  of  Bellingham ;  married  Mehitable 
Rockwood.  2.  Joseph.  3.  Daniel,  mentioned 
below. 

(H)  Daniel,  son  of  Robert  Corbett,  was 
born  in  1690,  at  Woodstock.  He  married,  De- 
cember 14,  1717,  Sarah,  born  1694,  daughter 
of  Elder  John  and  Sarah  Jones.  They  lived 
first  at  Bellingham.  where  he  was  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  Afterwards  he 
belonged  to  the  Mendon  church,  joining  in 
1744.  In  1742-44  he  exchanged  farms  with  his 
brother-in-law,  John  Jones,  and  he  removed  to 
North  Purchase,  Mendon,  where  he  had  four 
hundred  acres  of  land.  He  was  elected  elder 
of  the  churcli  in  1749,  and  "was  altogether  an 
influential  member  of  both  civil  and  religious 
society."  Children,  born  in  Bellingham  :  Mercy, 
September  2,  1718;  Daniel,  July  8,  1720.  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  May  4,  1722;  Nathaniel, 
March  21,  1724:  Bridget,  February  25,  1726; 
Lois,  December  24,  1727  ;  Eunice,  May  4, 1728; 
Priscilla,  May  9,  1732:  Alice,  February  23, 
1733.  Elder  Daniel  Corbett  died  in  1753, 
and  his  widow  Sarah  administered  his  estate. 
His  widow  afterward  married  John  Sawin,  of 
Watertown,  October  9,  1755. 

(Ill)  Deacon  Daniel  (2)  Corbett,  son  of 
Elder  Daniel  ( I  )  Corbett,  was  born  July  8, 
1720.  He  married  (intention  dated  November 
4,  1 741  )  Mary  Holbrook.  It  is  thought  that 
they  lived  for  a  time  in  \\'rentham  West  Par- 
ish, now  Franklin,  Massachusetts,  but  the  births 
of  children  are  not  recorded  there.  Deacon 
Daniel  Corbett  inherited  and  left  a  large  estate, 
which  appears  to  have  been  equital)ly  distrib- 
uted, after  his  death,  among  his  children.  He 
and  his  wife  were  among  the  temporary  "come- 


NHW    \()RK. 


ly 


outers"  from  the  Congregational  church,  dur- 
ing the  pastorate  of  Rev.  Mr.  Frost,  ami  for  a 
time  were  among  the  adherents  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Hove}'.  Daniel  Corbett  died  in  1761.  and  his 
widow  married.  I-'ebruary  7.  1770,  Lieutenant 
Josiah  Chapin,  whom  she  survived.  She  died 
November  7,  1809.  Children:  Kathaniel.  born 
at  Bellingham,  May  20,  1742,  married  Lucy 
Thayer;  Priscilla,  November  16.  1743.  Born 
at  North  Purchase,  Mendon :  Robert,  mention- 
ed below;  Daniel,  October  22,  1746;  Peter. 
.\ugust  2;^,  1748;  Josei)li.  May  3,  1750;  F.ldad, 
March  3.  1752,  married  Hannah  Stearns  ;  Mary, 
|ul\-  28,  1753,  died  young;  Mary,  November 
15,  1755,  married  Elisha  White:  Hepzibah. 
July  21,  1757,  married,  June  4,  1777,  \\'illiam 
Legg;  Beidah,  October  9,  1759,  married,  Au- 
gust 19,  1778,  Daniel  Thayer;  John,  November 
22,  1761,  married,  .April  6,  1786,  Lydia  Cheney. 
(I\')  Robert,  son  of  Deacon  Daniel  (2) 
Corbett,  was  born  at  North  Purchase,  later 
called  Mendon.  February  10,  1745.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Daniels,  of  HoUiston,  of  an  old 
.Sherburn  family.  .\])ril  5,  1769.  She  was  born 
in  1751,  died  Se])tember  25.  1840.  Robert 
Corbett  settled  in  Mendon,  anfl  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution  from  Mendon,  a  private  in 
Captain  Ciershom  .Nelson's  company,  on  the 
[,exington  alarm,  .\])ril  19,  1773,  to  Cambridge 
and  RoNbury,  and  also  under  the  .same  cai)tain, 
July  II),  1776  (p.  995  and  p.  999,  "Mass.  Rev. 
Rolls."  iii).  He  was  virtually  the  founder, 
and  gave  to  the  town  of  New  Mil  ford,  Penn- 
sylvania, the  name  of  his  former  home.  Mil- 
ford,  Massachusetts,  formerly  North  Purchase 
of  Mendon.  In  1790  he  and  his  family  located 
on  the  ground  in  New  Mil  ford.  Pennsvlvania, 
formerly  occupied  by  a  hunter  named  De\'aux. 
The  history  of  New  .Milford  says  he  came 
from  "near  Boston,"  through  the  agency  of 
Mr.  Cooper,  of  Cooperstown,  New  York.  In 
171)9  a  road  was  laid  out  from  Corbett's  home 
to  .Solomon  Millard's  house,  in  Nicholson,  now 
Lenox.  In  1801  Corbett  was  taxed  as  an  inn- 
keejier.  but  must  have  left  New  Milford  soon 
afterward,  with  his  sons  Sewell  and  Cooper, 
to  locate  at  the  mouth  of  Snake  creek,  now 
known  as  Corbettsville,  New  York,  named  for 
him  and  his  family.  His  son  Asaph  remained 
in  New  Milford.  and,  in  1802.  was  an  assessor 
there,  in  the  W'illingborough  district,  and  about 
this  time  he  probably  built  the  first  frame 
house  in  New  Milford,  on  land  later  part  of 
the  garden  of  Henry  Burnett.  The  house  was 
removed  man\"  vears  aeo  to  the  bank  of  the 


creek  and  seventy  years  later,  when  it  was  de- 
molished, the  timbers  were  so  sound  that  many 
of  them  were  used  in  building  the  new  house 
of  Charles  Ward.  The  old  house  was  the 
temporary  home  of  many  of  the  early  settlers. 
Asaph  Corbett  removed,  about  1812,  to  the 
west  shore  of  Seneca  lake,  near  Watkin's 
Cilen,  where  he  s]ient  the  remainder  of  his  life. 
Robert  Corbett  died  May  (>,  1823.  .After  he 
went  to  Pennsylvania  he  sold  land  at  Milford, 
Massachusetts,  November  21.  1793,  giving  his 
then  residence  as  Salt  Lick,  Luzerne  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania.  Children,  born  at  Milford: 
.\saph,  born  September  24,  1770,  married,  at 
llopkinton,  Massacliusetts,  in  1790,  Matilda 
Reed;  Ede,  born  August  28,  1771.  married 
Hasper  Daniell  Hunt;  Pruda,  July  30,  1773, 
died  -April  13.  1776;  Puah,  March  2,  1776,  died 
March  28,  following;  Pruda,  February  8,  1777: 
Ruby,  married,  March,  1794,  Benjamin  Hay- 
den,  of  New  Milford,  son  of  Samuel:  Ruth, 
Jime  i(),  1781, married  Daniel  Leach;  Eve, July 
LS.  1783.  married  Captain  Hezekiah  Leach; 
Sewell.  mentioned  below;  Cooper,  born  at  New 
Milford,  lived  at  Binghamton,  New  York,  to 
a  great  age  ;  Warren. 

(  V  )  Sewell,  son  of  Robert  Corbett.  was  born 
at  Milford,  b>bruary  26,  1783.  died  February 
24,  1832.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Corbettsville, 
New  York,  and  became  active  in  other  lines, 
owning  and  operating  a  gristmill  and  a  saw- 
mill, a  foundry,  and  conducting  a  general  store. 
He  was  a  prominent  man  in  the  community, 
living  and  dying  on  the  homestead,  where  his 
father  located  in  1804.  and  on  which  the  old 
house  is  still  standing.  He  was  a  very  large 
landholder,  owning  over  eleven  hundred  acres 
of  land,  and  at  his  death  this  was  divided,  and 
each  of  his  children  received  a  farm.  .A  man 
greatly  beloved  and  highly  respected  by  all. 
The  home  of  Sewell  Corbett,  at  Corbettsville, 
was  the  stopping  place  of  all  the  itinerant 
ministers  in  the  early  days.  They  frec|uently 
preached  and  held  religious  services  under  his 
roof.  He  was  also  postmaster,  and  kept  the 
pest  office  in  his  house  for  a  number  of  years. 

He  married,  in  1822.  Chloe  Smith,  who  was 
born  September  23,  1804.  in  Mount  Pleasant. 
F^ennsylvania.  Children:  i.  Julia  Ann,  born 
January  13,  1824.  2.  .Amanda  Jane,  .April  17. 
1826.  3.  Ruby  Cornelia,  November  i,  1828: 
married,  January  31,  1834,  John  C.  Fish,  Esq., 
lawyer  of  Great  Bend,  Pemisylvania ;  died 
September  2.  i88r).  4.  Julius  Smith,  mentioned 
below.    3.  Julia  .Ann  Elizabeth,  .Vugust  26,  1833  ; 


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married,  November  26,  1853,  Dr.  Alerritt  H.  C. 
Vail.  6.  Amanda  Jane,  July  8,  1838;  married, 
April  12,  1859,  John  Bayless.  7.  Sarah,  born 
September  6,  1842,  died  same  day.  8.  Sewell 
Frank,  born  September  26,  1843,  died  April 
II,  1845.  9.  Myrtis  Chloe,  born  January  31, 
1848;  married,  July  18,  1875,  Marcus  W. 
Scott,  superintendent  of  Binghamton  (New 
York)  schools  seventy-three  years,  a  great 
teacher  antl  educator;  died  Alay  9,  1891. 

(VI)  Julius  Smith,  son  of  Sewell  Corbett, 
was  born  November  22,  1831.  in  Corbettsville. 
fie  was  educated  at  the  Binghamton  Academy, 
and  later  at  Homer,  and  as  a  young  man  be- 
came associated  with  his  father,  and  after  the 
latter's  death  he  changed  the  foundry  to  a  tan- 
nery, and  conducted  this  for  a  time.  He  then 
sold  it  to  Friend  H.  Burt,  of  Boston.  He  also 
operated  the  gristmill  and  the  sawmill,  cutting 
most  of  the  timber  from  the  large  tracts  of 
land  left  by  his  father,  and  also  purchased 
other  timber  lands.  This  he  continued  to  1881, 
then  sold  the  mill,  and,  in  1883,  came  to  Bing- 
hamton. Some  time  after  selling  the  mill 
he  became  interested,  with  John  Emmons,  \  . 
Mandville  and  Mr.  Nitckee,  in  the  chemical 
business.  They  built  the  first  plant  at  Livings- 
ton Manor,  the  first  plant  of  the  kind  in  the 
country.  Later  he  started  the  building  of  a 
plant  at  Rockland,  New  York,  but  his  health 
failed  and  his  son  completed  it  and  then  dis- 
posed of  it.  After  recovering  his  health  he 
purchased  a  ]-ilant  at  Sherman  and  operated  it, 
also  had  an  interest  with  his  son,  and  this  con- 
tinued up  to  the  time  of  his  death.  The  Liv- 
ingston Manor  plant  is  still  operated  by  his 
son,  who  later,  with  Mr.  Stuart,  purchased  the 
plant  at  Sherman,  both  of  which  they  still  own. 
Mr.  Corbett  took  a  great  interest  in  the  temper- 
ance cause,  and  at  a  meeting  of  the  town,  of 
which  he  was  chairman,  a  vote  was  taken  by 
the  citizens  of  the  town  on  the  question  of 
license  or  no  license.  It  was  a  tie  vote,  and  he, 
as  chairman,  cast  the  deciding  vote  against 
license,  and  this  has  since  been  the  policy  of 
the  town. 

For  many  years  he  represented  the  town  of 
Conklin  in  the  board  of  supervisors,  and,  al- 
though a  staunch  Republican,  he  was  several 
times  the  candidate  of  both  Democratic  and 
Republican  parties.  He  was  an  active  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  at  Conklin,  which 
he  supported  liberally,  but  after  coming  to  Bing- 
hamton, at  the  earnest  solicitation  of  Dr.  Holly, 
pastor  of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  he 


became  an  active  member  of  that  church.  He 
was  a  fine  example  of  a  good,  honest,  upright, 
prosperous  citizen.  His  business  ventures  have 
been  of  a  nature  that  tended  to  the  welfare 
and  prosperity  of  numerous  homes,  and  the 
happiness,  of  which  he  was  indirectly  author, 
was  great.  He  was  essentially  a  man  of  honor, 
and  the  integrity  of  his  nature  and  the  upright- 
ness of  his  character  were  ever  visible  in  his 
business  and  social  relations.  Kind,  manly  and 
true  hearted,  Mr.  Corbett  was  always  an  ex- 
ample for  good  among  his  associates,  and  the 
beneficent  mfluence  of  his  life  and  the  im- 
pressions his  sterling  character  have  made 
upon  men  will  not  soon  fade  away. 

His  death  occurred  March  7,  1899,  at  his 
home,  No.  82  Chestnut  street,  Binghamton, 
and  removed  from  that  city  one  of  its  most 
prosperous  and  influential  citizens. 

Mr.  Corbett  was  of  a  nature  so  modest  and 
unobtrusive  that  men  accepted  him  for  what 
he  was,  and  came  to  reckon  with  him  as  a 
fixed  and  stable  quantity.  His  death  brought 
his  personality  and  his  life  record  into  bold 
relief,  bringing  vividly  before  the  mind  of 
every  one  who  ever  had  any  dealings  with  him 
the  picture  of  a  character  that  might  well 
awaken  enthusiasm  and  an  example  well  worthy 
of  emulation.  It  is  a  satisfaction  to  contem- 
plate a  personality  so  thoroughly  wholesome, 
upright  and  four-square  in  its  substantial  out- 
lines as  that  of  this  quiet  Christian  gentleman. 
The  keynote  of  Mr.  Corbett's  character  was 
honesty  and  a  scrupulous  regard  for  every  ob- 
ligation. He  came  of  a  family  in  which  the 
sense  of  duty  was  very  strong.  "Full  measure, 
pressed  down  and. running  over,"  was  the  law 
of  his  business  dealings.  He  would  rather  pay 
a  man  more  than  was  due  him  than  run  any 
chance  of  paying  less.  He  usually  planned  to 
meet  his  obligations  before  they  were  due.  A 
large  employer  of  labor,  he  was  universally 
respected  and  beloved  by  those  who  worked 
for  him.  He  keenly  appreciated  the  situation 
of  the  working  man,  and  of  those  less  for- 
tunately situatea,  to  whom  life  is  an  anxious 
struggle  for  daily  bread,  and  he  felt  it  a  ])art 
of  his  Christian  obligation  to  deal  generously 
with  all  such.  Many  was  the  debt  that  was 
never  collected  ;  many  the  tenant,  hard  pressed, 
who  found  a  month's  rent  generously  remitted 
by  his  landlord. 

Mr.  Corbett  was  a  hearty  and  unquestioning 
believer  in  Christianity.  He  found  in  it  the 
law  of  right  living  here  and  of  hope  for  the 


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hereafter.  Earl}'  in  life  he  took  his  stand  as  a 
Christian,  and  the  qnahty  of  his  faith  was  testi- 
fied by  his  works.  He  was  a  man  who  ajipre- 
ciated  the  value  of  the  great  conservative  insti- 
tutions of  human  society,  the  family,  the  state, 
the  church.  In  his  relationship  to  his  church, 
to  his  political  party,  and  to  his  business  asso- 
ciates, he  was  ever  found  loyal  and  steadfast. 
Mr.  Corbett  married,  October  14, 1858,  Emma 
Ruth,  born  near  Chenanfo,  Tioga  county,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Rev.  J.  M.  (irimes,  a  Meth- 
odist minister,  member  of  the  Wyoming  Con- 
ference, and  Rachel  Candficld  (  Taylor  )  Grimes. 
John  M.  Grimes,  a  member  of  Wyoming  Con- 
ference, was  born  in  the  town  of  Candor,  Tioga 
county.  New  York,  November  19,  i8r2,  died 
at  his  home,  near  Flemingville,  .New  York, 
October  16,  1891.  His  parents  were  members 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  after  prayer- 
ful study  of  various  church  creeds  and  the  word 
of  God  he  became  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  at  hdemingville.  New  York, 
at  about  twenty.  The  pastor,  John  Griffin, 
gave  him  license  to  exhort,  April  10,  1837.  He 
received  license  to  preach  from  George  Her- 
man, presiding  elder,  November  19,  1839.  So 
clear  was  his  call  to  the  ministry  that  the  Quar- 
terly Conference,  held  at  Flemingville.  July  13, 
[844,  recommended  him  to  Oneida  Conference, 
and  also  for  deacon's  orders,  into  which  con- 
ference he  was  received  on  probation  in  Au- 
gust, and  ordained  deacon,  by  Bisho])  Ilamline, 
August  2^.  1844.  John  M.  Grimes  luarried 
Rachel  C.  Taylor,  March  22,  1838.  Her  natural 
ability  and  scholarly  attainments,  united  with 
her  strong  faith  and  clear  Christian  experience. 
(|ualified  her  to  speak  words  of  wisdom  in 
])rivate.  and  in  i)ublic  her  prayers  and  testi- 
uKinv  were  always  a  power  for  good.  Reverend 
Grimes  was  a  minister  fifty-two  years,  and  a 
member  of  conference  for  forty-seven  years, 
and  never  failed  to  be  present  at  its  regular 
sessions.  For  twenty-seven  years  he  received 
regular  appointments  and  always  entered  cheer- 
fully upon  his  work.  He  served  seventeen 
charges,  and  his  labors  were  blessed  in  the 
salvation  of  souls  and  the  sanctification  of  be- 
lievers. During  his  ministry  he  led  two  tlniu- 
sand  souls  to  Christ.  Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Corbett,  born  at  Corbettsville :  i.  Nettie 
Eloise.  ]\Iarch  15.  i860,  died  May  13,  kX)"  : 
married,  February  28,  1883,  John  L.  Stuart; 
children:  Charlotte  E.,  born  October  4,  1885: 
Merritt  C.  born  October  27.  1887  ;  John  Leon- 
ard, October  2^,  1892.    2.  Julia  .Mice,  Novem- 


ber 12,  1861  :  married,  September  26,  1883, 
Melvin  C.  Craver ;  children:  George  C,  born 
Alay  2,  1889;  Emma  Ruth,  April  4,  1891  ; 
Helen  Louise,  June  16,  1892.  3.  Merritt  J., 
mentioned  below. 

(  \'n  )  Merritt  J.,  son  of  Julius  Smith  Cor- 
bett, was  born  on  the  old  homestead,  at  Cor- 
bettsville, New  York,  ]\Iay  3,  1865.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  Corbettsville,  New 
York,  and  the  high  school  of  Binghamton, 
New  York.  For  a  time  he  was  bookkeeper 
for  the  firm  of  Anderson  &  Gregg,  shoe  dealers, 
and  afterward  in  a  similar  capacity  for  the 
Merchants'  liank,  of  liinghamton,  for  four 
years.  In  1885  he  became  associated  with  his 
father,  as  a  ]iartiur  in  the  manufacture  of 
acids.  This  contiiuied  for  about  three  months, 
when  the  partnership  was  dissolved,  and  Mer- 
ritt J.  continued  the  business  alone.  After  a 
short  time  he  admitted  his  brother-in-law,  and 
the  firm  became  Corbett  &•  Stuart.  Mr.  Corbett 
being  the  secretary  and  treasurer.  They  built 
their  first  jilant  at  Harvard,  New  York,  in 
1887,  and  their  second,  in  1890,  at  East  Branch, 
New  York,  and,  in  1892,  a  third  plant  at  Trout 
Brook,  New  York,  and  later  they  purchased  a 
plant  at  Sherman,  Pennsylvania,  and  also  one 
at  Livingston  Manor,  New  York,  and,  in  1898, 
they  built  their  largest  plant  at  St.  Mary's, 
Pennsylvania,  operating  in  all  six  plants.  Of  the 
above  ]ilants  the  first  five  are  o]ierated  by  Cor- 
bett &  Stuart,  and  the  last  plant,  at  St.  Mary's, 
is  ojierated  Ijy  M.  J.  Cnrbett  &  Company. 
Julius  S.  Corbett,  father  of  M.  J.  Corbett,  was 
for  many  years  a  stockholder  in  this  concern. 

In  addition  to  this  business,  which  Merritt  J. 
Corbett  has  built  up  to  its  enormous  propor- 
tions, he  has  always  taken  an  active  part  and 
interest  in  ]")ublic  affairs  in  Binghamton.  In 
1907  he  was  appointed,  by  Governor  Hughes, 
one  of  the  board  of  managers  of  the  Bingham- 
ton State  Insane  Asylum,  to  fill  an  unexpired 
term  of  two  years,  and  at  the  expiration  of  this 
term,  in  1909,  he  was  reapjiointed  by  the  gov- 
ernor for  the  full  term  of  six  years,  to  serve 
until  191 5.  He  has  been  a  director  of  the 
First  National  Bank  since  1904;  secretary  of 
"The  Boys'  Club" ;  member  of  the  Chemist 
Club,  of  New  York ;  one  of  the  organizers  of 
the  Binghamton  Country  Club,  on  the  board 
of  managers  ten  years  and  treasurer  a  number 
of  years ;  member  of  Binghamton  Press  Club  ; 
one  of  the  members  of  the  executive  committee 
and  on  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Manu- 
facturers'   Cliemical    Company,    of    Bradford, 


NEW  YORK. 


I'ennsylvania ;  president  of  the  Binghamton 
Cold  Storage  Company ;  vice-president  of  the 
Broome  County  Reahy  Company ;  director  of 
the  Acrum  Gypsum  Company;  director  of  the 
Yorktown  Chemical  Company,  and  a  member 
of  the  Lenape  T'ishing  Club.  He  was  for  sev- 
eral years  president  of  the  Young  Men's  Chris- 
tian Association,  of  Binghamton,  and  under 
his  direction  the  present  magnificent  new  build- 
ing was  erected.  He  is  a  trustee  of  the  First 
Presbyterian  Church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. 

i\Ir.  Corbett  married,  April  30,  1890,  Julia 
Morgan,  born  July  24,  1867,  daughter  of  Closes 
and  Sarah  A.  Morgan.  Thev  have  no  children. 


Robert  Ashley,  immigrant  an- 
ASHLEY     cestor,   is  first  mentioned   as  a 

resident  of  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  January  13,  1638-39,  when  there 
was  a  rating  of  forty  pounds  agreed  upon  to 
meet  a  portion  of  the  expense  of  the  minister's 
residence  and  maintenance.  At  this  time  Rob- 
ert Ashley  gave  the  sum  of  one  pound  sixteen 
shillings,  the  fifth  in  amount  on  the  list.  The 
first  allotment  of  land  that  he  received  was  on 
January  5,  1640-41,  when  he  had  lot  No.  3,  of 
eight  rods,  he  being  unmarried,  situated  be- 
tween Widow  Searle  and  John  Dibble.  The 
next  important  record  of  him  is  .\ugust  7, 
1641,  when  Air.  Pynchon,  founder  of  Spring- 
field, announced  on  this  record  the  marriage 
of  Robert  Ashley  and  Widow  Horton,  which 
was  to  take  place  soon.  At  that  time  she  gave 
over  all  her  property  to  him,  providing  that  he 
cared  for  her  two  sons.  He  married,  1641, 
Mary,  widow  of  Thomas  Horton,  of  Spring- 
field. The  home  lots  of  the  inhabitants  were 
laid  out  on  the  west  side  of  what  is  now  Main 
street,  extending  to  the  Connecticut  river,  while 
on  the  east  side  of  Main  street  was  the  "wet 
meadow,"  which  was  allotted  to  each  inhabit- 
ant in  the  same  width,  opposite  his  home  lot, 
and  running  forty  rods  to  the  foot  of  the  hill. 
Adjoining  the  "wet  meadow,"  on  the  eastern 
end,  was  also  given  a  wood  lot,  eighty  rods  in 
length  and  eight  rods  wide.  Robert  Ashley's 
lot  was  on  what  is  now  the  northwest  corner 
of  Main  and  State  streets,  and  extended  to 
the  river.  There  were  only  four  other  inhabit- 
ants who  owned  more  land  than  he  did  at  this 
time,  and,  in  1647,  he  was  ta.xed  on  fifty-one 
acres.  In  1646  he  was  licensed  to  keep  the 
ordinary,  and,  January  22,  1651-52,  he  received 
a  grant  of  land  on  Mill  river,  on  condition  that 


he  do  so.  Un  June  27,  1655,  he  was  forbidden 
to  sell  "eyther  wine  or  strong  waters  to  Eng- 
lish or  Indians."  He  probably  resigned  his  posi- 
tion as  keeper  of  the  ordinary  in  the   fall  of 

1660,  for,  December  31,  1660,  Samuel  Marsh- 
field  was  appointed  to  keep  it.  By  this  time 
Robert  .Ashley  owned  much  land  on  the  west 
side  of  the  Connecticut  river,  and  his  house 
lot  there  had  been  granted  him  in  February. 

1661,  "provided  that  he  build  and  dwell  there." 
He  probably  built  soon  after  this,  and  he  lived 
there  the  remaining  twenty  years  of  his  life. 

He  was  often  called  to  serve  as  juryman, 
his  first  appearance  being  January  2,  1639-40, 
when  he  was  on  the  jury  that  tried  Mr.  Moxon's 
slander  suit  against  John  Woodcock.  He  also 
served  on  the  juries  at  Springfield,  February 
13,  1639-40,  Alarch  I,  1654,  and  those  in  the 
month  of  Se];)tember,  in  1661-62-64-67-70.  He 
and  Miles  Alorgan  were  chosen  for  overseers 
of  the  fences  of  the  house  lots,  November  3, 
i')46.  He  and  \\  illiam  Warriner  were  chosen 
overseers  of  fences  for  the  fields  in  the  upper 
part  of  the  town,  November  5,  1650.  He  was 
chosen  surveyor  of  highways,  with  Nathaniel 
Bliss,  November  4,  165 1,  and  was  again  chosen 
to  this  oiifice  in  1652  and  1657.  In  1653,  at  the 
reorganization  of  the  town  by  the  younger 
men,  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  five  selectmen, 
and  was  reelected  annually  until  1659,  and  in 
1660-62-65  ;  being  first  selectman  in  1657.  In 
1655  he,  with  two  others,  refused  to  serve,  and 
were  fined  twenty  shillings  apiece.  He  took 
the  oath  of  fidelity  March  23,  1655-56.  On 
February  7,  1659,  he  was  chosen  town  con- 
stable, and.  March  5.  1659,  sealer  of  weights 
and  measures,  being  reelected  to  the  latter  office 
the  next  year.  In  April,  1665  he,  with  several 
others,  was  fined  for  being  absent  from  town 
ineeting.  On  March  30,  1669,  he  was  freed 
from  military  training  on  petition.  In  Feb- 
ruary. 1653.  he  received  three  shillings  as  pay- 
ment "for  the  use  of  his  mare  for  the  use  of 
the  church."  He  was  on  the  firsit  seating  com- 
mittee of  the  church,  December  23,  1659,  and 
sat  in  the  first  seat.  In  1663  he  was  again  on 
the  seating  committee.  He  took  the  oath  of 
allegiance,  with  the  other  inhabitants  of  Spring- 
field, December  31,  1678.  He  died  in  West 
Springfield.  November  29,  1683,  and  his  wife 
died  there,  September  19,  1683.  She  and  his 
son  Joseph  were  made  administrators  of  his 
estate,  and  he  mentioned  in  his  will,  made 
October  9,  1679,  his  sons  Jonathan,  Joseph, 
David,   wife    Mary,   grandson   John,   child   of 


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son  David,  and  John  Root.  Children,  born  in 
Springfield:  David  (twin),  June  3,  1642,  men- 
tioned below:  daughter  (twin),  June  3,  1642, 
died  soon  after  ;  Mary.  April  6,  1644  :  Jonathan, 
February  25,  1645-46;  Sarah,  August  2^,  1648, 
probably  died  young,  as  she  is  not  mentioned 
in  her  father's  will  of  1679:  Joseph,  July  A, 
1652. 

( II )  David,  son  of  Robert  Ashley,  was  born 
in  Springfield,  June  3,  1642,  died  December  8, 
1718,  ill  W'estfield.  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, November  24,  1663,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Henry  and  Helena  Glover,  born  May,  1646, 
Xew  Haven  :  dietl  June  7.  1722,  W'estfield.  He 
settled  in  Springfield,  and  lived  there  until  he 
iiad  been  married  three  years.  He  received  a 
grant  of  land  at  W'oronoco,  now  W'estfield, 
February  8,  1663-64,  on  condition  that  he  and 
the  other  grantees  "pay  the  Indians  for  their 
purchase  within  three  years  and  that  they  go 
there  to  dwell.''  His  father  had  also  a  grant 
of  land  there  in  1661,  the  title  of  which  was 
eventually  confirmed  on  David.  The  latter 
was  one  of  the  original  grantees  on  the  Fort 
Side  (Main  .street),  July  6,  i66f),  and  probably 
removed  his  family  there  in  the  spring  of  1667. 
.March,  i6()8.  a  division  of  land  was  made  into 
three  parts,  and  lots  cast  for  it,  and  his  lands 
fell  in  the  first  division.  He  and  Joseph  Whit- 
ing received  Sacketts  creek,  in  March,  i6fK). 
"to  set  a  mill  thereon  and  grind  ct)rn."  During 
King  Philip's  war  he  was  one  of  a  committee 
of  three,  appointed  to  convey  to  the  govern- 
ment, at  P)Oston,  the  protest  of  the  town  against 
a  letter,  dated  March  20,  1676,  which  advised 
the  inhabitants  to  abandon  W'estfield  and  re- 
treat to  Springfield  for  ])rotection  against  the 
Indians.  He  was  granted,  with  three  others, 
liberty  to  erect  a  sawmill  on  the  brook,  on  the 
northeast  side  of  the  river.  Towards  the  close 
of  Queen  Anne's  war,  June  9.  1712,  his  was 
one  of  the  houses  chosen  for  a  fort.  He  hekl 
a  number  of  responsible  offices:  juror.  1665: 
selectman,  i676-77-79-85-g4-ij9 :  clerk  of  the 
writs,  1678-86-90:  treasurer,  1694.  He  perform- 
ed the  duties  of  these  offices  in  a  manner  satis- 
factor)-  to  the  town  and  was  a  highly  respected 
citizen.  He  united  with  the  W'estfield  church. 
January  i,  1679-80,  and  took  the  freeman's 
oath,  September  28,  1680.  Roth  he  and  his 
wife  were  buried  in  the  old  W'estfield  cemetery, 
where  their  gravestones  may  still  be  seen.  Chil- 
dren, the  first  two  born  in  Springfield,  the 
others  in  W'estfield:  Samuel,  October  26,  1664. 
mentioned  below;  David,  March  10,  1666-67; 


John,  June  2J.  1669;  Joseph,  July  31,  1671  ; 
Sarah,  September  10,  1673;  Mary  (twin),  De- 
cember 26,  1675.  died  July  19,  1676;  Hannah 
(twin),  December  26,  1675;  Jonathan,  June 
21,  1678;  .Abigail,  April  2y.  1681  ;  Mary,  March 
3,  1682-83:  Rebecca,  May  30,  1685. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  David  Ashley,  was 
born  in  Springfield,  October  26,  1664,  died  in 
W'estfield,  1722.  He  married,  .April  2~.  1686, 
in  I  ladle}-,  ^lassachusetts,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Lieutenant  Joseph  and  Joanna  Kellogg,  born 
August  2/.  1666,  in  Hadley  :  died  January  30, 
1729,  in  W'estfield.  He  settled  in  the  latter 
town,  where  he  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He 
was  also  engaged  in  farming,  and  kept  the  inn 
at  W^estfiekl  for  a  number  of  years.  He  was 
a  considerable  landowner,  and  had  a  quarter 
interest  in  a  gristmill  at  Two  Mile  Brook,  in 
com]3any  with  his  brother,  Deacon  David  Ash- 
ley, and  Lieutenant  James  Dewey.  During 
Oucen  .Anne's  war.  June  9.  171 2,  three  houses 
in  the  town  were  selected  "to  be  forted,"  as  a 
protection  against  the  Indians,  and  his  was  one 
of  the  three.  In  1719  he  sold  to  his  brother 
David  half  the  home  lot  which  had  belonged 
to  their  father,  and  his  name  appears  on  a  large 
number  of  deeds  of  land  during  his  residence 
in  W'estfield.  He  held  a  large  number  of  town 
offices:  tythingman,  1697-98  antl  1703;  select- 
man, 1703-04-20:  in  1700  he  was  chosen,  with 
iiis  brother  David  and  two  others,  a  committee 
to  build  the  schoolhouse,  and,  in  17CK),  was 
elected  constable,  but  refused  to  serve.  March 
8,  1713-14.  he  was  appointed  one  of  a  com- 
mittee to  settle  the  bounds  between  W'estfield 
and  Springfield.  He  united  with  the  church, 
April  15.  1 714.  and  was  an  active  member.  He 
was  ai^pointed  on  the  committee  to  build  a 
new  meeting-house,  in  1719.  and  on  its  com- 
pletion was  chosen  on  the  seating  committee, 
1721.  His  services  in  the  church  were  con- 
sidered worthy  of  a  special  vote  of  the  town 
after  his  death.  Children,  born  in  W'estfield: 
Marv,  March  6.  1687.  died  in  infancy;  Samuel, 
November  3,  1688:  Daniel,  September  7,  1691, 
mentioned  below:  Sarah.  September  11.  1693, 
died  in  infancy:  Rachel.  February  14,  i<595; 
Jactib,  September  24,  1697;  Joanna,  February 
6,  1699:  Ezekiel,  April  2j.  1701  ;  Aaron.  Janu- 
ary 1,  1702-03;  Abigail.  May  27,.  1708:  Joseph. 
October  11.  1709. 

(I\')  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  .Ashley,  was 
born  .September  7,  i6gi,  in  W'estfield;  died  in 
1726,  before  November  4,  when  his  inventory 
was  taken.     He  married  (intentions  published 


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November  15,  1718),  in  W'estfield,  Thankful 
(Hawks)  Taylor,  widow  of  Thomas  Taylor, 
and  daughter  of  Deacon  Eleazer  and  Judith 
(  Smead  )  Hawks,  born  in  Deerfield,  1690.  She 
married  (third),  March  6,  1728-29,  Colonel 
\\'illiam  Symes,  of  Northtield,  I\Iassachusetts. 
He  settled  in  Westfield,  and  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  the  Lower  Township, 
now  Shefifield,  on  the  Housatonic  river.  There 
is  no  evidence,  however,  that  he  ever  removed 
there.  He  was  appointed  from  Deerfield  to 
attend  the  delegates  from  the  Five  Nations, 
wdio  came  to  Albany  in  the  summer  of  1723. 
and  were  thence  conducted  to  Boston  to  hold 
conference  with  the  English  commissioners. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  Children, 
born  in  Westfield :  Samuel,  March  20,  1720, 
mentioned  below:  Martin,  September  17,  1724. 
(V)  Colonel  Samuel  (2)-  Ashley,  son  of 
Daniel  Ashley,  was  born  March  20,  1720,  in 
Westfield:  died  February  18,  1792,  in  Clare- 
mont.  New  Hampshire.  He  married,  1742,  in 
Northfield,  Eunice,  daughter  of  Rev.  Benja- 
min and  Lydia  (Todd)  Doolittle,  born  July 
24,  1724,  in  Northfield;  died  in  1807,  in  Clare- 
mont.  He  spent  his  youth  in  Northfield  and 
settled  there  after  his  marriage,  in  1742.  He 
had  been  an  original  grantee  of  the  town  of 
Winchester,  New  Hampshire,  under  the  Massa- 
chusetts charter,  and,  in  1753,  when  by  the 
settlement  of  the  boundary  between  the  former 
state  and  Massachusetts  that  town  became  a 
part  of  New  Hampshire,  he  settled  there,  and 
became  one  of  the  first  selectmen.  He  was 
one  of  the  "Hinsdale  petitioners,"  .August  29, 
1753,  and  also  a  petitioner  and  grantee  of  the 
towns  of  ^\'indsor,  \'ermont.  in  1761  :  Shrews- 
bury, A'ermont,  1763,  and  Claremont,  New 
Hampshire,  1784.  In  1781,  in  the  Vermont 
controversy,  a  contention  in  which  New  York 
claimed  jurisdiction  over  the  former  state.  Colo- 
nel Ashley,  with  ten  others,  protested  against 
the  proceedings  of  the  convention,  and  bv 
united  and  determined  action  prevented  civil 
feud.  About  this  time  he  removed  to  Clare- 
mont, which  had  been  granted  to  him,  and 
sixty-eight  others.  October  26,  1764.  and  was 
chosen  first  moderator.  He  and  members  of 
his  family  at  this  date,  1784,  possessed  twenty- 
two  of  the  seventy-five  shares  into  which  the 
town  had  been  originally  divided.  At  a  meet- 
ing of  the  proprietors.  May  26,  1784,  these 
shares  were  laid  out  into  one  tract,  and  the 
dividing   line   named    "Ashley's    Lane."      The 


land  thus  acquired  was  controlled  independently 
from  the  other  town  proprietors. 

Colonel  Ashley  had  a  long  and  brilliant  mili- 
tary service,  from  the  French  and  Indian  wars, 
through  the  revolution.  He  served  at  Fort 
Dummer,  under  Captain  Josiah  Kellogg,  from 
August  7  to  November  20,  1740,  enlisted  the 
following  day  in  Captain  Josiah  Willard's  com- 
pany, for  duty  at  the  same  place,  and  was  dis- 
charged, ]\Iarch  4,  1741-42.  He  served  also 
in  Captain  ^^'illard"s  company,  from  May  25 
to  November  21,  1742, -and  from  February  12, 
1748,  to  June  7,  1749.  At  the  outbreak  of  the 
revolution  he  was  a  delegate  to  the  provincial 
government,  as  representative  from  W'inches- 
ter,  and  was  at  the  session.  May  10,  1774,  at 
Portsmouth,  at  which  a  committee  of  corre- 
spondence was  appointed  for  the  purpose  of 
exchanging  information  with  similar  commit- 
tees from  other  colonies.  He  was  also  a  dele- 
gate to  the  convention  held  at  E.xeter,  July  21, 
1774,  which  appointed  representatives  to  the 
first  continental  congress,  at  Philadelphia,  and 
also  to  those  held  there  January  5  and  April 
21.  1775-  May  17,  1775.  at  the  meeting  of  an- 
other convention,  which  styled  itself  the  first 
provisional  congress,  the  famous  committee  of 
safety  was  appointed,  and  at  another  session, 
held  that  same  day,  four  more  members  were 
added  to  the  latter  committee,  among  whom 
Colonel  .Ashley  was  one.  He  was  in  continual 
attendance  from  June  14th  to  June  29th.  He 
acted  as  mustering  officer  from  the  last  date  to 
October  31,  1775,  and  was  commissioned  colo- 
nel, August  24,  of  the  first  part  of  the  regi- 
ment, formerly  commanded  by  Colonel  Josiah 
Willard.  From  October  31st  to  November 
i6th  he  was  again  a  constant  attendant  on  the 
committee.  He  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
council  of  eight,  January  5,  1776,  and  served 
on  that  body  until  1780.  He  was  appointed 
first  justice  of  the  inferior  court  of  common 
pleas,  of  Cheshire  county,  January  10,  1776, 
and,  June  26th,  the  house  voted  to  appoint  a 
committee  to  consider  a  petition  of  Colonel 
Ashley,  and  others,  for  a  company  of  "Rang- 
ers." They  voted  to  raise  four  companies,  of 
fifty  men  each,  to  guard  the  western  frontier, 
and  Colonel  Ashley  was  to  enlist  one  of  these 
companies,  muster  and  pay  the  men.  The 
following  July  he  was  appointed  to  muster 
men  for  the  reenforcement  of  the  army  in 
Canada.  He  marched  his  regiment  to  Ticon- 
deroga,    October    21,    177(1,    to   reenforce    the 


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army  there,  and  returned  on  November  i6tli. 
He  marched  again  to  Ticonderoga,  on  May  7, 
1/77'  with  one  hundred  and  nine  men,  and 
served  until  June  i8th,  when  he  was  dis- 
charged. He  reenhsted,  on  June  29th,  and  was 
present  at  the  evacuation  of  Ticonderoga.  He 
was  discharged  July  nth,  but  volunteered  for 
General  Stark's  staff,  in  the  regiment  which 
was  then  being  raised  to  check  Rurgoyne's  ad- 
vance, and  was  present  at  the  battle  of  Ben- 
nington. He  continued  in  the  service  under 
General  Gates,  at  Saratoga,  until  Burgoyne's 
surrender,  and  held  command  of  his  regiment, 
the  Thirteenth,  afterwards  the  Sixth,  New- 
Hampshire,  until  he  resigned,  June  18,  1779. 
March  24,  1779,  he  had  been  chosen  a  repre- 
sentative to  the  continental  congress,  but  de- 
clined. He  continued  a  highly  respected  citi- 
zen of  Claremont  until  his  death.  Children, 
the  births  of  the  first  four  recorded  in  North- 
field,  and  those  of  all  of  them  in  Winchester: 
Oliver,  October  20,  1743;  Tir/.ah,  December 
24,  1745;  Samuel,  September  29,  1747,  men- 
tioned below:  Thankful,  November  10,  1749: 
Eunice,  December  17,  1751  ;  Daniel.  January 
15,  1754:  Luther,  April  27,  1762,  died  in 
infancy:  Luther,  August  19,  I7'')4:  Susannah, 
December  16,  1766. 

(VI)  Colonel  Samuel  (3)  .Ashley,  son  of 
Colonel  Samuel  (2 )  Ashley,  was  born  in  North- 
field,  September  29,  1747;  died  October,  1820, 
in  .S]iringville.  I'ennsylvania.  He  settled  in 
Claremont.  where  he  lived  on  what  is  now- 
known  as  the  Charles  Ainsworth  farm.  In  the 
spring  of  1818  he  removed  to  Springville,  and 
remained  there  until  his  death.  He  served  in 
the  revolution,  was  appointed  first  lieutenant 
of  the  Claremont  company.  Colonel  Benjamin 
Bellows'  regiment,  .Sixteenth  New  Hampshire, 
served  from  C)ctober  21st  to  November  i6th, 
1776.  During  this  time  and  the  Saratoga  cam- 
paign he  acted  as  adjutant,  on  Colonel  Bel- 
lows' staft".  His  company  had  also  served  at 
Ticonderoga  until  the  evacuation,  and  were 
discharged  July  8,  1777.  He  served  in  Lieu- 
tenant Jeremiah  Spencer's  scouting  party,  of 
twenty-four  men.  .August.  1780,  which  went  in 
pursuit  of  the  enemy  who  had  made  a  raid  on 
Claremont  and  surrounding  towns.  About  this 
time  Lieutenant  Ashley  was  made  captain  of 
the  New  Hampshire  line.  After  the  close  of 
the  war  he  continued  to  take  an  active  part  in 
military  afi^airs.  He  was  appointed  lieuten- 
ant-colonel of  the  Fifteenth  New  Hampshire 


Militia  Regiment,  December  2^,  1784.  and  its 
colonel,  September  23.  178^). 

He  married,  August  9,  1770,  in  Northfield. 
his  cousin  Lydia,  daughter  of  Lucius  and 
Sarah  ( Smith)  Doolittle,  born  December,  1753, 
in  Northfield.  Children,  born  in  Claremont: 
Content,  1771;  Samuel,  1773;  Solomon  Will- 
ard,  1774:  Sarah,  1776;  Lydia,  November  22, 
I77<>:  Charles,  1782,  mentioned  below:  Har- 
mony, January,  1784,  died  September  25.  1784  ; 
Friendly,  1786,  died  in  infancy;  Olive,  1788: 
Cynthia,  August  8,  1791  ;  Susannah,  1793. 

(VII)  Charles,  son  of  Colonel  Samuel  (3) 
Ashley,  was  born  at  Claremont.  New  Hamp- 
shire, in  1782:  died  March  30,  1848,  in  Water- 
loo. Wisconsin.  He  married,  about  1802,  at 
Claremont.  Roccena,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
and  Rachel  ( Gould )  Goss.  She  was  born 
February  11,  1784,  in  Claremont:  died  Novem- 
ber 9,  1 861,  in  Waterloo.  Ashley  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  at  Le.xington,  X'ermont.  in 
1796,  probably  at  the  first  town  meeting.  He 
removed  to  Danville.  \'erniont,  where  he  lived 
until  181 1,  when  he  returned  to  Claremont. 
In  1818  he  went  to  Springville.  .Susc|Uehanna 
county,  Pennsylvania,  and  afterward  to  Water- 
loo, (jrant  count}',  Wisconsin.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  held  numerous  town  offices.  Children : 
Nathaniel,  born  1803,  died  1840:  L\(lia,  b(irn 

June  25,  1805,  married  (first),  in  1825. 

Tucker,  and  (second),  in  September,  1831. 
Daniel  Raymond  Burt:  Charles,  mentioned 
below:  Roccena,  1809.  married,  in  1834,  Jere- 
miah Dodge:  Oliver,  born  January  2,  181 1, 
died  May  12,  1839,  married,  January,  1833, 
Catherine  Ainsworth:  Samuel,  June  18.  1813, 
married.  October  24,  1843,  Sarah  Ann  Chaft'ee  : 
Lucius,  born  May  7,  1815,  died  February  15, 
1873,  married.  January  29.  1S43,  Caroline  Bid- 
die:  Caroline  Jones,  born  April  10.  1817,  mar- 
ried, .April  r,  1838.  James  I.  Blakeslee :  Will- 
iam Drinker.  Iiorn  May  5.  1819.  died  July  11, 
1890.  married.  January  4,  1853,  Angeline  Jack- 
son ;  Rachel  Matilda,  born  July  4,  1822,  mar- 
ried, in  1843.  Jeremiah  E.  Dodge. 

(\'HI)  Charles  (2),  son  oi  Charles  (1) 
Ashley,  was  born  July  2,  1807,  in  Danville, 
A'ermont :  died  October  9.  1863.  in  .Stockton. 
California.  He  married  (first ),  Alarch  6,  1831. 
in  Springville,  Pennsylvania.  Hannah  Blakes- 
lee, born  May  i,  1805,  in  Springville:  who. 
while  crossing  the  plains  on  the  way  to  Cali- 
fornia, in  company  with  her  husband,  was 
taken   sick  near   Fort   Laramie,   on   the    Piatt 


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river,  and  died  there,  June  4.  1852.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  April  29,  1855,  in  Stockton, 
Margaret  Curry,  who  died  September  14,  18^5. 
Charles  Ashley  came  with  his  father  to  Spring- 
ville,  when  a  cliild.  and  he  lived  there  until 
1834.  He  removed,  in  183ft,  to  Mauch  Chunk, 
Pennsylvania,  thence  to  Rockport,  Pennsyl- 
vania, and,  in  1838,  to  Reading,  Pennsylvania, 
where  he  remained  for  about  a  year.  In  the 
following  summer  he  located  at  \\'aterloo,  Wis- 
consin, with  others  of  the  family,  and  spent 
nearly  ten  years  there.  In  1852  he  located  at 
Stockton,  California,  where  he  lived  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  conducted  a  livery  stable.  After  moving  to 
California  he  gave  his  attention  to  farming 
and  stock  raising.  Children:  Roccena,  born 
December  29,  1834,  died  March  5.  1839:  Sarah 
Catherine,  August  28..  1837,  married,  Septem- 
ber 21,  1855,  John  E.  McKenzie  :  Edwin  Lucius, 
born  October  15,  1840.  married.  March  29,  1866, 
Emma  Robinson  Brannack ;  Charles  Albert, 
born  March  2,  1843,  married,  April  i,  1866, 
Louise  Jahont :  Robert  Asa,  mentioned  below. 
(IX)  Robert  Asa,  son  of  Charles  (2)  Ash- 
ley, was  born  June  21,  1846,  in  a  district  called 
Bee  Town,  Wisconsin.  He  married,  Octuber 
18,  1876,  in  ]\Iauch  Chunk,  Lida  Rosina  \'anne- 
man,  born  April  12,  1849,  i"  Auburn,  Pennsyl- 
vania, daughter  of  Isaac  Dana  and  Wealthy 
Zyprali  (  Bennett")  ^'anneman.  In  1852  he 
went  with  his  father's  family  to  Stockton,  Cali- 
fornia, anfl,  in  1870,  came  eastward  and  located 
at  Mauch  Chunk,  Pennsylvania.  .\  year  later 
he  went  to  Delano,  Pennsylvania,  where  he 
was  clerk  in  the  store  of  his  uncle,  James  I. 
P.lakeslec.  In  1873  he  was  appointed  station 
agent  of  the  Lehigh  \'alley  Railroad  Company, 
at  Delano,  but  he  also  continued  in  the  store. 
In  November,  1878,  he  removed  to  Slattington, 
Pennsylvania,  and  thence  to  Binghamton,  New 
York,  where,  from  June,  1879,  to  April,  1886, 
he  conducted  a  retail  grocery  store.  During 
the  next  two  vears  he  was  in  the  employ  of 
the  Crandall  Typewriter  Company,  and  since 
then  (1890)  he  has  been  contracting  freight 
agent  of  the  Central  Railroad  of  New  Jersey. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  Binghamton  Lodge,  No.  177;  Im- 
proved C)rfler  of  Red  Men,  Annawana  Tribe, 
No.  41,  having  formerly  been  a  charter  mem- 
ber of  the  Wanasetta  Tribe,  but  upon  the 
organization  of  the  Annawana  Tribe  he  be- 
came a  charter  member  of  this  and  has  passed 
all  the  chairs  of  this   lodge:  member  of   the 


Binghamton  Club,  and  with  his  family  attends 
Christ  Episcopal  Church. 

Children:  i.  Charles  Asa.  born  November  7, 
1878,  died  January  21 ,  1880.  2.  Douglas  \'anne- 
man,  born  May  23,  1881  :  graduate  of  Princeton 
College,  later  the  New  York  Law  School,  and 
now  practicing  his  profession  in  Binghamton, 
New  York,  being  a  partner  of  Judge  Olstead, 
of  that  city;  he  married,  July  28,  1909,  Eliza- 
beth R.  Stone,  of  Binghamton,  New  York. 

(The  Blakeslee  Line). 

(I)  Samuel  Blakeslee,  the  ancestor  of  this 
family,  came  from  England  to  this  country 
with  his  brother  John  about  1636.  From  Bos- 
ton he  came  first  to  Guilford,  Connecticut,  and 
afterward  to  New  Haven,  where  he  married, 
December  3,  1650,  Hannah  Porter.  He  died 
in  1678.  The  following  account  of  him  is 
taken  from  the  notes  of  a  descendant.  Captain 
Sanniel  Blakeslee,  who  had  the  facts  from  his 
father  and  other  older  men:  "In  the  early  set- 
tlement of  America  there  was  two  brothers  by 
the  name  of  Samuel  and  John  Blakeslee,  both 
blacksmiths  by  occupation,  left  England  with 
their  anvil,  vises,  hammers,  tongs  and  other 
necessary  tools  fitted  to  their  occupation,  and 
landerl  at  Boston,  Massachusetts,  and  purchased 
what  was  and  is  since  called  Boston  Neck,  a 
poor  barren  strip  of  land  which  joins  the  penin- 
sula to  the  mainland  upon  which  Boston  is 
located ;  here  they  lived  for  a  few  years  with 
their  families,  following  their  trade  of  black- 
smithing.  But  the  then  village  of  Boston  was 
poor  and  the  narrow  neck  which  they  had  pur- 
chased was  incapable  of  affording  much  for 
the  subsi.stence  of  their  families.  These  two 
brothers,  being  stout,' robust,  enterprising  men, 
agreed  to  seek  their  fortunes  elsewhere.  With 
their  families,  they  left  Boston  and  proceeded 
by  the  seashore  to  New  Haven,  in  Connecticut. 
They  did  not  dispose  of  their  land  in  Boston 
Neck :  time  passes  and  they  died,  and  it  was 
never  disposed  of.  Samuel  Ixiught  land  in 
New  Haven  and  settled  with  his  family,  but 
his  brother  John  went  to  the  western  part  of 
the  state  to  what  is  now  Woodbury  or  Rox- 
bury."  Children  of  Samuel:  John,  born  1651. 
Born  at  Guilford:  Mary.  November  2.  1659. 
I'lorn  at  New  Haven :  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below  :  Hannah,  May  22, 1666 :  Jonathan,  March 
3.  1668,  died  young;  Jonathan,  .-\pril.  1672. 
died  voung. 

(II)  Ebenezer.  son  of  Samuel  Blakeslee. 
was  born  July   17.   1664,  in  New  Haven,  and 


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was  one  of  the  earliest  settlers  of  North  Haven. 
In  his  house  the  Presbyterians  held  religious 
services  until  a  church  was  established,  and 
later  the  Episcopalians  also  held  services  in  his 
mansion.  He  married  Hannah  Lupton.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  North  Haven :  Ebenezer  and 
Hannah,  twins,  born  February  4,  1685  ;  Sus- 
annah, May  21,  1689:  Grace,  January  i,  if)93- 
94;  Abraham,  December  15,  1695,  mentioned 
below:  Samuel,  1697;  Thomas,  1700;  Isaac, 
July  21,  1703. 

(III)  Abraham,  son  of  Ebenezer  lUakeslec, 
was  born  in  North  Haven,  December  15,  1A95. 
He  married,  March  15,  1721-22,  Elizabeth 
Cooper,  born  February  18,  1694.  daughter  of 
John  Cooper,  of  New  Haven.  He  died  March 
6,  1759:  his  wife,  January  2,  1776.  His  will 
was  dated  .Vpril,  1759,  and  proved  in  the  same 
month.  Chililren:  John,  born  February  2, 
1724-25;  .\braham.  October  22,  1727;  Zophar, 
mentioned,  below  ;  Stephen,  September  24.  1732: 
Jude,  March  31,  1735;  Joel,  December  11, 
1737,  died  young;  Joel,  June  30,  1739. 

(IV)  Zophar,  son  of  .\braham  lUakeslee, 
was  born  .April  21,  1730,  and  his  estate  was 
administered  in  1798. 

(\')  Zophar  (2),  son  of  Zoj^har  (  i  )  Blakes- 
lee,  married  (first)  Clarinda  Whitmore,  and 
(second)  Lucinda  Taylor.  Children  by  first 
wife:  I.  Sarah,  married  Judge  .\sa  Packer,  and 
had  :  Lucy :  Marion ;  Mary,  married  Charles 
Cunimings ;  Robert,  and  Harry  Packer.     2.  .\ 

daughter,    married    Melvin,    and    had 

Gertrude,  Derwin.  3.  Clarinda,  married  Will- 
iam Baker,  and  had  a  son,  Charles  Baker.  4. 
Hannah,  married  Charles  Ashley  (see  Ashley 
XIH).  By  second  wife:  5.  Wallace,  married 
Tamer  Bidle,  and  had :  Emma,  Darwin,  Will- 
iam, Jesse.    6.  Frank,  married Bonnell, 

and  had :  Mary,  Sarah,  William,  Edward.  7. 
Betsey,  married  Lyman  Cogswell.  8.  James  I., 
married  Caroline  .\shley,  and  had :  Eugene, 
.\lonzo,  .\sa  Packer,  Charles  ,\shley.  9.  Lem- 
uel, married  Clementine  Bonnell,  and  had : 
Jessie,  Carrie,  Robert.  10.  Lucimla,  married 
.\braham  Luce,  and  had :  Mary,  Irwin,  George 
and  one  daughter.  11.  Eunice,  married  John 
Crellen,  and  had:  Lucius  Pittston :  Rollin.  re- 
sides in  Scranton  ;  Lizzie ;  Caroline,  who  re- 
sides in  White  Haven. 


The  surname  Spaulding  or 
SPAL'LDING     Spaldingappearsquite  early 
in  England.     Some  conjec- 
ture that  it  is  a  place  name,  the  family  deriving 


the  name  from  the  town  of  Spalding,  in  Lin- 
colnshire, which  is  said  to  have  been  named  for 
a  spa  or  spring  of  mineral  water  in  the  market 
place.  There  have  been  many  distinguished 
men  of  this  name  in  England,  in  ancient  and 
modern  times.  Many  of  the  family  bore  coats- 
of-arms.  The  Spauldings  of  .America,  with  the 
e.\:ce]3tion  of  a  few  that  have  recentlv  emigrated, 
are  all  descendants  from  three  earlv  settlers, 
one  of  whom  located  in  Massachusetts,  an- 
other in  Maryland,  and  the  third  in  Georgia. 
The  latter  are  descended  from  the  Ashantilly 
.Spaldings,  Perthshire,  Scotland,  from  Sir  Pierce 
Spalding,  who  surrendered  Berwick  castle 
to  the  earl  of  Murray.  The  (jeorgia  pioneer, 
James  Sjialding,  son  of  Captain  Thomas,  came 
to  .America  in  1760,  and  married  .Anna  Ler- 
month. 

(  1  )  Edward  .Spaulding.  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  New  England,  between  1630  and  1633, 
and  settled  in  Braintree,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  appears  among  the  proprietors  of  the  town 
as  early  as  1640,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  the  colony.  May  13,  1640.  He  removed 
thence  to  Wenham,  and  was  one  of  the  peti- 
tioners for  the  town  of  Chelmsford  grant,  Octo- 
ber I.  i'')45,  and  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
that  town.  He  was  a  leading  citizen;  select- 
man in  1654-56-60-61  ;  surveyor  of  highways 
in  1663,  and  juror  in  1648.  He  died  February 
26,  1670.  His  will  was  dated  February  13, 
1666,  proved  .April  5.  1670,  bef|ueathing  to 
wife  Rachel,  sons  Edward,  John  and  .Andrew, 
anl  daughter  Dinah.  His  wife  Margaret  died 
-August,  i()40.  and  his  second  wife  Rachel  soon 
after  he  died.  Children  of  Edward  and  Mar- 
garet Spaulding:  John,  born  about  1633,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Edward,  about  1635  ;  (jrace,  died 
in  May,  1641.  Children  of  second  wife:  Ben- 
jamin, born  .April  7,  1643 ;  Joseph.  October  25, 
1646;  Dinah,  March  14,  1649;  .Andrew,  No- 
vember 19,  1652. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Edward  Spaulding,  was 
born  about  1633,  died  October  3,  1721.  He 
came  to  Chelmsford  with  his  father,  in  1654, 
and  was  admitted  a  freeman,  March  11,  1689- 
90.  He  received  numerous  grants  of  land  in 
Chelmsford  from  time  to  time.- He  was  a  soldier, 
under  Captain  Manning,  in  King  Philip's  war. 
He  married,  May  18,  1658,  Hannah  Hale  (or 
Heald),  of  Concord,  Massachusetts.  She  died 
.August  14,  1689.  Children  :  John,  mentioned 
below:  Eunice,  born  July  27,  1660:  Edward, 
September  16,  1663:  Hannah,  April  25,  1666; 
Samuel.  March  6,   1668;  Deborah.  November 


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12,  1770;  Joseph,  October  22,  1673;  Timothy, 
about  1676. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Spaniel- 
ing, was  born  in  Chelmsford,  February  15, 
1659.  He  married  (tirst)  Ann  Ballard,  of 
Andover,  Massachusetts,  September  20,  1681  ; 
( second )  Mary  Fletcher,  widow,  November 
18,  1700.  He  removed  with  his  family  to  Plain- 
field,  Connecticut.  Children,  born  at  Chelms- 
ford: Anna,  born  August  25,  1684;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Jonathan,  August  7,  1688: 
Deborah  and  Eleazer,  twins,  August  12  and  13. 
1690;  Dinah,  January  24,  1693;  William,  No- 
vember 14,  1695. 

(1\')  Samuel,  son  of  John  (2)  Spaulding. 
was  born  at  Chelmsford,  August  6,  1686,  died 

June  9,  1749.     He  married  Susannah  . 

Children,  all  born  at  Plainfield,  Connecticut : 
John,  April  2,  1707  ;  Jcdediah,  mentioned  below  ; 
Abigail,  May  7,  171 1  :  Elizabeth,  July  16.  1714: 
Susannah,  October  19,  1723. 

(V)  Jedediah,  son  of  Samuel  Spaulding, 
was  born  at  Plainfield,  April  i,  1709,  died  July 
•8,  1776.  He  married  Mary  How,  born  Marcli 
I,  171 5,  died  March  17,  1794,  aged  seventy- 
nine,  daughter  of  Samuel  How.  Children,  all 
"born  in  Plainfield:  Ezekiel,  March  18,  1734: 
Timothy,  February  15,  1737:  Samuel,  March 
28,  1749;  Asa,  October  6,  1751  ;  Stephen,  Au- 
gust 19,  1754:  Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Lem- 
uel ;  Jedediah ;  James. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  Jedediah  Spaulding, 
was  born  at  Plainfield,  December  18,  1757.  He 
was  a  soldier  from  Connecticut  in  the  revolu- 
tion, in  Caj^tain  Waterman  Cleft's  company 
(Sixth),  Colonel  Samuel  Holder  Parson's  regi- 
ment, at  Boston  siege,  in  1775;  also  in  Lieu- 
tenant Clark's  company.  Twenty-first  Militia, 
joining  the  army  in  New  York  state  in  1776. 
He  removed  from  Plainfield  to  Stephentown, 
New  York,  in  the  winter  or  early  spring  of 
1792.  and  lived  there  two  or  three  years,  re- 
moving thence  to  Coeymans,  New  York,  now 
the  town  of  Westerlo,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried, November  18,  1781,  Mercy  Hewitt,  born 
November  14,  1758,  in  Preston,  Connecticut, 
died  February  6,  1828,  in  Westerlo,  and  he 
died  January  4,  1852,  in  Westerlo.  Children; 
Daniel,  born  April  25,  1784;  ]\Iary,  June  17, 
1786, at  Stonington,  Connecticut,  married  David 
Foster;  William,  September  18,  1791,  in  Plain- 
field;  Betsey,  September  21,  1794;  Closes,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI I)  Moses,  son  of  Daniel  Spaulding,  was 
torn  in  Coeymans,  New  York,  November  22, 


1800,  was  killed  by  the  cars  of  the  Erie  rail- 
road, in  the  town  of  Conklin,  Broome  county. 
New  York,  near  his  home,  May  11,  1854.  He 
married  Betsey  WMllsey,  January  2,  1822.  Chil- 
dren ;  Willsey,  born  December  27,  1824,  died 
January  31,  1863,  married  Miranda  Terboss ; 

Amanda,    January    7,    1827.    married    

Cross;  Daniel,  born  March  21,  1829,  married, 
May  5,  1853,  Emily  I.  Conklin ;  Ananias,  Janu- 
ary 8,  1832,  died  March  10,  1841 ;  Sally  Maria, 
born  October  19,  1834,  married,  September  22, 
1863,  Henry  Terboss;  Emily,  born  March  21, 
1837,  married,  December  23,  1855,  Ezra  P. 
Barton  ;  William  A.,  mentioned  below  ;  Zerah, 
born  December  28.  1844,  died  December  8, 
1862. 

(VIII)  William  A.,  son  of  Moses  Spauld- 
ing, was  born  in  .\lbany  county,  New  York, 
March  11,  1841.  He  came  to  Broome  county 
with  his  parents,  when  a  small  boy,  and  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  For  many 
years  he  was  engaged  in  teaming  business.  He 
is  now  retired,  living  at  Binghamton.  He 
married,  November  22,  1863,  Melvina  Jaynes, 
(laughter  of  Holloway  and  Sarah  (Rought) 
Jaynes.  Children ;  Renna  Z.,  mentioned  below  ; 
Elizabeth  Jaynes,  born  February  23,  1872,  died 
May  II.  1892. 

(  IN  )  Renna  Z.,  son  of  William  A.  Spauld- 
ing, was  born  at  .\bington,  Luzerne  county, 
Pennsylvania.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
at  Factoryville,  later  Scranton,  Pennsylvania, 
and  the  Binghamton  high  school,  New  York. 
The  family  came  to  Binghamton  in  1877,  when 
he  was  a  youth.  His  first  venture  was  as 
maker  of  cigars,  and  later  as  dealer.  After- 
ward he  engaged  in  the  bakery  business,  in 
partnership  with  T.  W.  Russell,  and  the  busi- 
ness was  incorporated  under  the  name  of 
the  Russell-Spaulding  Company,  of  which  Mr. 
Spaulding  was  president  and  Mr.  G.  W.  Rus- 
sell, vice-president.  In  1905  they  started  a 
small  shop  and  from  that  small  beginning  the 
business  has  developed  into  its  present  large 
[iroportion  the  largest  in  this  line  in  the  city 
of  Binghamton,  and  according  to  the  popula- 
tion the  largest  in  the  United  States. 

In  addition  to  being  successful  in  business 
Mr.  Spaulding  has  taken  an  active  part  in  vari- 
ous fraternal  organizations,  being  a  member  of 
the  Masonic  order,  having  passed  through  all 
the  various  bodies  up  to  and  including  the 
thirty-second  degree  in  the  Scottish  Rite.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red 
Men,  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks, 


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the  Binghaniton  Club,  and  the  Press  Club,  ami 
also  the  Chamber  of  Commerce.  He  is  one  of 
the  directors  in  the  Merchants"  and  Adver- 
tisers' Association.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
the  \'olunteer  Firemen's  Association  for  some 
sixteen  years;  treasurer  of  the  local  company 
seven  years. 

He  married,  December  24,  1883,  Jessie  F. 
Slatter.  Children  :  Bessie  E.,  born  January  6, 
1889.  married,  June  i,  1911,  E.  A.  Brewer,  of 
Cortland;  Georgia  Lncile,  May  17,  1890;  Eliz- 
abeth Jaynes,  August  7,  1893. 

Sylvester  Hayward  Slatter,  father  of  Mrs. 
Spaulding,  was  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah 
(Hayward)  Slatter,  and  was  born  in  Sussex 
county,  England,  about  1822;  married,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1854,  Emma  Drake,  at  St.  Mary's 
Church,  Lewishaven,  county  Kent,  England, 
and  died  December  22,  1878.  Children  of 
Sylvester  Hayward  Slatter:  i.  Alice  Miriam 
Slatter,  born  February  29,  1856;  married,  Au- 
gust 15,  1879,  Harry  Hart,  and  had:  Isaac, 
Miriam,  Esther  and  George  Hart.  2.  Adelaide, 
born  December  24,  1857;  married  (first),  Sep- 
tember 15,  1886,  James  Shaw;  (second)  Scott 
Bruce.  3.  Sylvester  B.  Slatter,  born  July  29, 
1859 ;  married,  October  23,  1889,  Nancy  Brown, 
and  had  Marjorie,  born  June  30,  1893.  4. 
Walter  Drake  Slatter,  born  July  6.  1861,  died 
Januar)-  22,  1890.  5.  Jessie  Florence  Slatter, 
born  January  17,  i8()():  married  R,  Z.  Spauld- 
ing (  see  Spaulding  IX  ).  6.  Edna  Bertha  Slat- 
ter, born  March  29,  1867,  died  March  11,  1869. 
Emma    (Drake)    .'-ilatter    was   a   daughter    of 

William    and ( Chap])eri    Drake,    and 

was  born  about  1831,  tlied  in  September,  1879. 
Her  fatlier  was  a  cajitain  in  the  English  mer- 
chant marine.  Children  of  William  Drake: 
Sarah,  ^laria,  Benjamin,  William,  Emma,  Re- 
becca and  Jane  Drake. 


Jacob  McKinney,  of  Scotch 
McKINNEY  ancestry,  was  born  April  30, 
1 77 1,  in  Pennsylvania,  and 
died  February  4,  1848.  He  lived  in  Simsbury, 
Pennsylvania,  and  removed  thence  to  North- 
lunberland,  New  York,  and  finally  to  Bing- 
haniton, New  York,  He  was  a  man  of  the 
highest  character,  and  universally  respected  by 
the  people  of  the  community  in  which  he  lived. 
He  had  much  to  do  with  the  early  history  of 
Binghaniton,  and  was  widely  known  by  his 
title  of  "Judge"  McKinney.  In  1808  he  was 
sheriff  of  the  county,  and,  in  1809,  county 
clerk.     For  a  time  he  was  partner  of  General 


Joshua  Whitney  in  the  business  of  general 
merchants.  He  married,  August  8,  1805,  Eliza 
Sabin,  liorn  November  28,  1780.  died  May  7. 
1844,  daughter  of  Walter  Sabin,  mentioned 
elsewhere  in  this  work,  a  surveyor  by  pro- 
fession, who  came  from  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
to  Harpersville,  Delaware  county.  New  York, 
prior  to  1788,  and  then  removed  to  Broome 
county,  New  York,  returning  eventually  to 
Connecticut,  where  he  died,  leaving  a  widow, 
five  daughters  and  one  son.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
ward, mentioned  below.  2.  Ann  Eliza,  born 
June  17,  1808,  died  September  2,  1862.  3. 
"Charles,  born  June  17,  1810,  died  June  8,  1884; 
married.  May  27,  1839,  Catherine  B.  Ely.  4. 
Samuel  Sweetland,  born  April  i,  1813,  died 
June  25,  1837.  5.  Sabin,  born  March  7,  1816; 
married,  January  27,  1847,  Elizabeth  Sheldon 
Corliss.  6.  Silas,  born  November  2,  181 8,  died 
.April  21,  1888;  married  (first),  February  24, 
1847,  Fannie  M.  Nelson  ;  (second  ),  1865,  Alary 
C.  Burt.  7.  Amelia,  born  May  4,  1823,  died 
October  25,   1823. 

( 11  )  Edward,  son  of  Jacob  McKinney,  was 
born  .Vugust  18,  1806,  in  Binghaniton,  New 
\'ork,  and  died  May  24,  1849.  He  married, 
.■\pril  21,  1832,  Marcia  Maria,  daughter  of  John 
and  Mehitable  (May)  Phillips,  of  Coopers- 
town,  New  York.  Children:  Frank,  died  young; 
E.  Paschal,  mentioned  below  ;  William,  mar- 
ried Mary  Eliza  Niven. 

(HI)  Major  E,  I'aschal  McKinney,  son  of 
Edward  McKinney,  was  born  at  Phoenix,  near 
Cooperstown,  New  York,  February  23,  1838; 
married,  June  18,  1868,  Fanny  Fee  Fish  (see 
JMsh  ).  Major  McKinney  was  graduated  from 
Yale  L'niversity  in  the  class  of  1861.  He  im- 
mediately enlisted  in  the  Union  army,  and  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  of  Company 
(i.  Sixth  New  York  Cavalry,  October  17,  1861, 
and  continued  in  service  until  the  end  of  the 
civil  war  ;  he  was  commissioned  first  lieutenant. 
Company  C,  January  20.  1863;  captain  and 
commissary  of  subsistence,  United  States  Vol- 
unteers, May  18,  1864;  brevet  major,  July  7, 
1865.  "for  efficient  and  merhorious  service." 
Major  ]\IcKinney  passed  through  the  follow- 
ing battles  and  operations :  Siege  of  Yorktown, 
\irginia :  battles  of  Williamsburg  and  Fair 
Oaks  :  the  Peninsular  Campaign  ;  was  escort  to 
General  Keyes,  commanding  Fourth  Corps, 
.\rniy  of  the  Potomac,  in  battle  of  Chancellors- 
ville :  brigade  commissary  on  staff  of  General 
Thomas  "^C.  Devin ;  acting  adjutant  of  regi- 
ment, battle  of  Deep  Bottom,  Trevillian  Sta- 


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tion  and  the  Wilderness,  Cavalry  Corps,  Army 
of  the  Potomac;  battle  of  Cedar  Creek,  Vir- 
ginia, commissary  Second  Brigade,  First  Di- 
vision, Cavalry  Corps,  Army  of  the  Potomac, 
and  Sheridan's  Cavalry  Corps.  He  was  wound- 
ed, August  13,  1864,  at  Berryville,  Virginia, 
in  an  attack  by  General  Mosby's  troops,  while 
serving  in  the  Commissary  Department,  under 
General  Phil  Sheridan.  At  the  close  of  the 
war  he  returned  to  Binghamton,  and  engaged 
in  the  wholesale  grocery  business,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  uncle,  Sabin  McKinney,  and  this 
still  continues.  He  is  a  member  of  the  ^lilitary 
Order  of  the  Loyal  Legion,  and  of  Watrous 
Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Bing- 
hamton. Children,  born  at  Binghamton:  i. 
Ldward,  born  September  26,  1869;  married 
Frances  Nora  Sexton  ;  children:  Frances  Ruth, 
March  8,  1900:  Edward  Phillips,  May  24,  1902  ; 
Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy;  IMarcia  May,  Octo- 
ber 31,  1908,  and  Georgia  Christiane.  2.  Marcia 
May,  born  December  zj .  1871  ;  married  George 
Buell  Hollister;  died  February  12,  1909.  3. 
Fanny  Lee,  born  November  7,  1876.  4.  Carlos 
Tucker,  born  January  20,  1882,  died  in  infancy. 

(The  Fish  Line). 

(i)  Nathaniel  Fish,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  settled  in  Sandwich, 
Massachusetts,  before  1640,  when  he  was  one 
of  the  proprietors  of  that  town.  His  brother 
John  was  of  Lynn  and  Sandwich,  and  his 
brother  Jonathan  of  Lynn,  Sandwich,  and 
finally  of  Newtown,  Long  Island,  was  ancestor 
of  the  famous  New  York  family  to  which 
Governor  Hamilton  Fish  belonged.  Nathaniel 
married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Miller, 
and  from  her  come  the  names  Miller  in  later 
generations.  The  widow  Lydia  and  her  brother. 
John  Miller,  of  Yarmouth,  Massachusetts,  ad- 
ministered the  estate  of  Nathaniel  Fish,  who 
engaged  before  marriage  to  pay  her  as  much 
as  he  had  with  her,  £66.  The  inventory  was 
dated  March  14,  1693-94.  Children:  Nathaniel, 
born  November  27,  1648  ;  John,  April  13,  1651  ; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  August 
10.  1668.  died  and  be(|ueathed  £8  to  his  aged 
father,  February  2,  1691-92. 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  Nathaniel  Fish,  was 
born  about  1665.  He  settled  at  Duxbury, 
Ahissachusetts.  Children,  burn  at  Duxbury: 
I.  Thomas,  May  22,  1700.  2.  Ebenezer,  De- 
cember 13,  1703,  died  I\Iarch  2,  1791.  3.  Rev. 
Josejjh,  January  28,  1705-06:  graduate  of  Har- 
vard.   1728:  married   Rebecca   Pabodie    (Pea- 


liody),  great-granddaughter  of  John  Alden, 
December  6,  1732;  he  died  May  26,  1781,  and 
she  died  at  Fairfield,  October  27,  1783.  4. 
Lydia,  born  March  24,  1708:  married  Eliakim 
Willis.  5.  Samuel,  October  i,  1710;  married 
Elizabeth  Randall.  (>.  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Thomas  Fish,  was 
born  April  ri,  1713,  at  Duxbury,  Massachu- 
setts. With  his  brother.  Rev.  Joseph  Fish,  he 
settled  at  Stonington,  Connecticut,  afterward 
North  Stonington.  He  married  Mary  Pabodie. 
a  descendant  of  John  Alden  (see  Peabody), 
and  sister  of  his  brother  Joseph's  wife.  Chil- 
dren of  Nathaniel  and  Mary,  born  at  Stoning- 
ton:  Miller,  mentioned  below:  William,  April 
26,  1738:  Eliakim,  February  2,  1741  ;  Joseph. 
March  21,  1744;  Lydia.  March  i,  1746. 

(IV)  Miller,  son  of  Nathaniel  Fish,  was 
born  in  Stonington,  October  9,  1737.  He  set- 
tled in  Hartford,  and,  in  1790,  had,  according 
to  the  first  federal  census,  five  males  over  six- 
teen, one  under  that  age,  and  three  females 
in  his  family.  His  brother  Eliakim  had  two 
females  and  no  sons  in  his  familv  at  that  time. 

(V)  Miller  (2),  son  of  Mifler  (O  Fish, 
was  born  about  1763,  probably  in  New  London 
county,  Connecticut.  He  married,  July,  1786, 
in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Huldah  Corning, 
who  died  January  15,  1806.  He  died  Septem- 
ber 16,  1816.  He  appears  to  have  lived  with 
his  father  until  about  1790.  Children,  born 
at  Hartford:  Henry,  mentioned  below;  Re- 
becca, September  28,  1790:  John,  January  15, 
1792,  died  May  2-^.  1807;  Mary,  December  26, 
1795:  Frederick,  August  3,  1798;  Edward, 
February  11.  1800;  George  H..  September  5, 
1803:  Huldaii  C,  January  5,  1806,  died  Sep- 
tember, 1853,  unmarried. 

(\'l)  Dr.  Henry  Fish,  son  of  Miller  (2) 
Fish,  was  born  October  15.  1788,  died  Decem- 
ber 29,  1850;  married  Rebecca  Birch.  He 
graduated  from  Yale  College  in  i8o5,  and 
studied  medicine  at  Dartmouth  Medical  School, 
from  which  he  received  the  degrees  of  AL  A. 
and  AL  B.  in  1810.  In  1826  he  received  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  from  Yale  College.  He  had 
what  was  then  called  a  country  practice  in 
New  York  City,  with  an  office  in  Beekman 
street.  He  removed  later  in  life  to  Salisbury. 
Connecticut,  where  he  resided  and  practiced 
his  profession  to  the  time  of  his  death.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  Henry  F.,  born  October  29,  1813; 
married,  February  21,  1850,  Lucy  Wilco.x.  2. 
Myron    H.,    mentioned    below.      3.    Jnhn    C, 


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January  ifi,  1822;  married,  October  3,  1843, 
Lydia  Kilburn ;  removed  to  California,  and 
died  there,  November  24,  1850.  4.  William 
Tully,  born  January  13,  1825;  married  (first). 
December  6,  1849.  5-  ^Jary  Elizabeth,  born 
June  13,  1826,  died  unmarried. 

(V'll)  Myron  HoUey,  son  of  Dr.  Henry 
Fish,  was  born  at  Salisbury,  Connecticut.  .Seii- 
tember  21,  1820.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools.  In  1854  he  went  to  Illinois  and  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  merchant  and  banker, 
at  Rock  Island,  and  died  there,  December  3, 
i860.  One  of  the  last  acts  of  his  life  was  to 
vote  for  Abraham  Lincoln  for  President.  He 
married,  August  25,  1845,  Fanny  Scoville  Lee, 
born  August  11,  1823,  daughter  of  Elisha  and 
Almira  (Scoville)  Lee.  Children:  Fanny  Lee, 
married  Major  Edward  P.  McKinney ;  Eliza- 
beth Julia,  born  .\pril  26,  1850,  died  young; 
Mary,  March  24,  1853,  died  in  infancy;  Myra 
Ruth,  born  September  30,  1856. 

(The  Corning  Line). 

(I)  Samuel  Corning,  the  immigrant,  was 
born  in  England,  and  came  to  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, as  early  as  1638,  and  was  admitted 
a  freeman  June  2,  1641.  .An  acre  of  land  was 
granted  him.  in  1(141.  for  sowing  hem]).  He 
removed  to  Wenham,  Massachusetts.  His  wife 
was  admitted  to  the  church  April  5,  1640.  He 
was  afterward  prominent  in  Ileverly.  He  was 
on  the  committee.  May  13,  1663,  equivalent  to 
the  first  board  of  selectmen,  though  the  tnwn 
was  not  incorporated  until  i6()8.  He  was 
selectman  in  1670-74-73-77,  and  perhaps  in 
other  years;  collector  of  ta.xes  in  1676,  ensign 
in  1667  and  afterward;  on  a  committee  to 
settle  the  boundary  with  Wenham  in  1682; 
licensed  to  keep  an  ordinary  in  1670;  assistant 
of  the  colony  in  1670;  on  various  committees 
to  lay  out  land  for  the  town.  He  had  many 
grants  in  1671  and  afterward.  His  widow 
Elizabeth  survived  him.  His  estate  was  divided 
among  his  children  Samuel,  Elizabeth  and  Re- 
member, and  his  wi 'ow  March  — ,  1694-95. 
Children:  Remember,  baptized  May  3,  1640: 
Samuel,  n^entioned  below  ;  Eliza,  or  Elizabeth, 
June  4,  1643. 

(II)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (  i  )  Corn- 
ing, was  baptized  March  14,  1640-41,  and  died 
May  II.  1714,  aged  seventy-three  years.  He 
married  Hannah  r>atchelder,  who  died  Febru- 
ary 17.  I7i8,  aged  seventy-two  years,  daugh- 
ter of  John  pjatchelder.  Children,  born  at 
Beverly:   Samuel,  June   i,    i()7o;  John,   1676; 


Joseph,  mentioned  belijw  ;  Daniel,  September 
17,  1686. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Corning, 
was  born  in  Beverly,  November  19,  i')79,  and 
died  in  17 18.  He  removed  from  Beverly  to 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  and  settled  in  the  fVes- 
ton  Society.  He  married,  January  17,  1702-03, 
Rebecca  Woodbury.  Children:  Hannah,  born 
( ktober  6,  1703  ;  Joseph,  May  22,  1707  ;  Josiah, 
menti(.ined  below  ;   Nehemiah,  April  23,   1717. 

(IV)  Josiah,  son  of  Joseph  Corning,  was 
born  in  1709,  and  died  February  2"/ ,  i'](yo.  He 
married,  January  10,  1733,  Jane  Andrews, 
of  Norwich,  who  died  March  21,  1803,  aged 
eighty-eight  years.  Children,  born  in  Preston: 
.Sarah.  October  13,  1734;  Ezra,  mentioned  be- 
low; Daniel,  July  iS,  1739;  Lydia,  October  4, 
1741  ;  Elisha,  July  23,  1743:  John,  November 
2},.  1746;  E])hraim,  died  at  sea:  Polly,  or 
Mary,  May  22,  1749;  Ann,  April  22,  1731; 
.Asa,  December  3,  1733,  resided  at  Hartford; 
Ephraim,  1753. 

(  \  )  Ezra,  son  of  Josiah  Corning,  was  born 
at  Preston,  April  10,  1737.  He  was  the  first 
of  the  family  to  come  from  IVeston  to  Hart- 
fird.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  kept 
a  grocery  at  Hartford,  fie  lived  near  the  site 
of  the  Governor  Toucey  house.  He  married 
(first)  Mary,  daughter  of  Captain  Thomas 
Hopkins;  (second)  Catherine  Hall;  (third) 
Hannah  P.entdn.  Children:  Marv,  died  young: 
Huli'ah,  married,  1786,  Miller  Fish,  of  Hart- 
ford (see  Fish)  ;  Daniel,  married \'ib- 

bert :  Ezra  Jr.  Children  of  second  wife  :  George, 
Charles,  Catherine,  William ;  Henry,  died 
young;  Henry,  resided  at  Harford. 

(  The  Peabody  Line  ) . 

The  surname  Peabody  is  of  ancient  English 
origin.  The  generally  accepted  explanation  of 
the  origin  of  this  name  is  given  by  the  English 
Heraldry  office  as  from  a  leader  of  one  of  the 
tribes,  a  man  of  wealth  and  influence  named 
Peabodie,  who  by  his  prowess  and  exertions 
in  the  brittle  on  the  river  D(iuglass  aided  in  ex- 
pelling the  northern  Saxon  invaders,  and.  hav- 
ing in  his  possession,  the  trophy  taken  by  his 
ancestors  from  a  Roman  officer  at  the  time 
Oueen  Boadicea,  of  Briton,  was  subdued  by 
Emperor  Nero,  the  coat-of-arms  was  confirm- 
ed with  additions  by  King  Arthur.  This  an- 
cient Roman  coat-of-arms  is  described :  Paty 
]ier  fesse  nebule,  cjules,  aziire,  two  suns  proper 
with  a  gare.  Crest:  A  scroll.  The  familv  motto 
\^:Mnrns   acncus   coiisciciitia   saiui.      Boadie, 


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who  k'd  the  Britons  in  the  battle  with  the 
Romans,  escaped  to  the  mountains  of  Wales. 
The  word  Pea,  meaning  a  hill  or  mountain, 
was  added  to  the  name,  and  by  it  the  tribe  was 
known  for  centuries.  The  tribe  maintained  a 
separate  existence  for  five  hundred  years.  Upon 
the  helmet  and  armor  of  the  Roman  olTicer  was 
a  Roman  badge  of  honor  and  distinction,  con- 
sisting of  two  suns  proper  in  bordure.  There 
was  also  a  miniature  likeness  of  the  Empress 
Poppaea,  wife  of  Nero.  The  spelling  Pay- 
body,  Paybodie,  Pabodie  and  various  other 
forms  are  found. 

(I)  John  Peabody,  the  American  immigrant, 
came  to  this  cotmtry  from  England,  about 
if>3(),  and  settled  in  the  Plymouth  colony,  New 
England.  Ilis  name  appears  on  the  list  of 
freeman  ]\Iarch  7,  1636-37.  He  had  grants  of 
land  at  Duxbury.  His  will  was  dated  July,  1640, 
and  was  proved  April  2"^,  1667.  He  married 
Isabel  .  Cliildren :  i.  Thomas,  men- 
tioned in  the  will.  2.  Erancis,  came,  in  1635,  in 
the  ship  "Planter";  ancestor  of  most  of  the 
Essex  county  families.  3.  William,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Annis,  married,  i63<;,  John  Rowe 
(or  Rouse). 

(U)  William  Peabodie,  or  Pabodie,  son  of 
John,  was  born  in  England,  in  1620,  and  died 
December  13,  1707,  at  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island.  He  married  at  Plymouth,  December 
26,  1644,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  and 
Priscilla  (Mullins)  Alden.  She  was  born  in 
Plymouth,  and  died  at  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island,  May  31,  171 7.  As  her  parents  came 
in  the  "Mayflower,"  her  descendants  are  eligi- 
ble to  the  Society  of  Mayflower  Descendants. 
William  Peabody  spent  his  youth  in  Duxbury. 
In  various  documents  he  is  called  yeoman, 
boatman,  planter,  and,  in  1681.  wheehvright. 
He  was  also  a  land  surveyor.  He  bought  land 
of  John  Holland  and  Hopestill  Foster,  of  Dor- 
chester, November  i,  1648,  and  other  lands  at 
Mattapoisett  and  Sepecan.  He  removed  to 
Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island,  about  1684.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court,  from  Dux- 
bury, in  1654-63-68-71  to  1682.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  June  5,  1651.  His  will  was 
dated  May  13,  1707.  Children:  John,  born 
October  4.  1645;  Elizabeth,  April  2.  1647; 
Mary,  August  7,  1648 ;  Mercy  and  Martha, 
January  2,  1649;  Priscilla,  January  15,  1653; 
Sarah,  August  7,  1656;  Ruth,  June  19,  1658; 
Rebecca,  October  15,  1660;  Hannah,  October 
15,  1662:  William,  November  24,  1664;  Lydia, 
April  3,  1667. 


(HI)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Peabody,  was  born  at  Duxbury,  November  24, 
1664.  He  removed  with  his  father  to  Little 
Compton,  and  spent  the  rest  of  his  days  there. 
He  was  a  farmer.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man. May  I,  1722,  in  Massachusetts.  He  died 
September  17,  1744.    His  will  is  dated  August 

7,   1743.     He  married    (first)   Judith , 

born  1669,  died  July  26,  1714;  (second)  Eliz- 
abeth  ;  (third)  Mary  (Morgan)  Starr. 

Children,  born  at  Little  Compton :  Elizabeth, 
April  10,  1698;  John,  February  9,  1700;  Will- 
iam, February  21,  1702;  Rebecca,  February 
29,  1704;  Priscilla,  March  4,  1706;  Judith, 
January  23,  1708;  Joseph,  July  26,  1710;  Mary, 
April  4,  1712,  married,  November  26,  1736, 
Nathaniel  Fish  (see  Fish)  ;  Benjamin,  Novem- 
ber 25,  1717. 


Lawrence  Clinton,  the  first  of 
CLINTON  the  name  in  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut, was  born  in  1679,  died 
in  1757-58.  He  settled  in  what  is  now  North 
Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1704,  and  became  a 
member  of  the  Center  Church,  at  New  Haven, 
that  same  year,  and  was  one  of  si.x  men  who 
united  in  forming  an  Episcopal  Society  in 
North  Haven,  in  1723.  By  occupation  he 
was  a  mason.  He  married,  about  1700,  Mary 
Brockett ;  (second)  Elizabeth  (Barnes).  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Elizabeth,  married,  January 
20,  1725-26,  James  Bishop;  Abigail;  Mary, 
married,  October  21, 1725,  Isaac  Griggs  ;:  Lydia  ; 
Sarah ;  Anne,  and  Phebe.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Lawrence,  January  i.  1737;  John,  born 
April  9,  1740. 

(I)  Shubael  Clinton,  possibly  a  brother  of 
Lawrence  Clinton,  probably  came  with  him  to 
New  Haven  from  Massachusetts,  and  was 
doubtless  born  in  England,  as  early  as   1690. 

He  married  Elizabeth  .     He  joined  the 

Episcopal  church,  at  West  Haven,  and  this 
religious  affiliation  is  almost  positive  proof  of 
English  birth.  Shubael,  his  wife  Elizabeth 
and  si.x  children  were  baptized  in  the  Episcopal 
church,  at  West  Haven,  in  1734.  Children: 
Elizabeth,  married,  June,  1737,  Eliphalet  Ste- 
vens ;  Mercy  ;  Mary  ;  Shubael,  died  in  the  serv- 
ice in  the  French  and  Indian  war  (p.  105,  vol. 
ix.  Conn.  Hist.  Society  French  and  Indian 
War  Rolls),  he  was  in  the  Seventh  Company, 
First  Regiment,  and  was  reported  dead  Octo- 
ber 13,  1756,  he  served  under  Captain  David 
Baldwin,  of  Milford  (Jesse,  Henry,  Joseph 
and  L)hn  Clinton  were  also  in  the  French  and 


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Indian  wars),  in  the  inventor}-  of  his  estate  an 
item  appears,  "for  service  in  his  country's 
cause,  7  pounds" ;  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Shubael  Clinton,  was 
born  in  1727,  probably  at  New  Haven,  and 
died  April  i,  1814,  at  North  Colebrook,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war,  inCaptain  Joseph  Woodrufif's  com- 
pany, of  Milford,  and,  in  1757,  marched  to  the 
relief  of  Fort  William  Henry  (p.  220,  vol.  ix, 
I'>ench  and  Indian  War  Rolls).  In  1790  he 
was  living  in  Litchfield  county.  He  settled 
at  Barkhamstead,  Connecticut,  and  afterward 
located  at  New  Milford,  Litchfield  county, 
Connecticut,  in  1763.  He  married,  in  1760.  at 
Derby,  Rachel  Pierson.  Children:  i.  Elijah 
P.,  baptized  at  Derby,  April,  1762,  died  young. 

2.  Henry,  1765,  at  New  Milford.  3.  Sheldon, 
born  in  1767,  at  New  Milford.  4.  Lyman, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Clarissa,  born  1780,  at 
New  Milford;  married,  1799,  Ira  Andrews. 

(III)  Lyman,  son  of  Henry  Clinton,  was 
born  at  New  Milford,  April  3,  1771,  diell  April 
30,  1855,  at  Newark  Valley,  New  York.  He 
moved  from  Colebrook,  with  his  family,  to 
Newark,  Tioga  county.  New  York,  in  1831, 
after  visiting  Newark  \alley  the  previous  year 
and  buying  six  hundred  acres  of  land,  which 
he  later  shared  with  his  sons.  He  married 
Mehitable  Pease,  who  died  at  Newark  Valley, 
September  7,  1834,  aged  fifty-seven  years.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Lyman,  mentioned  below.  2.  Samuel, 
born  April  2,  1800,  died  December  6,  1858,  at 
Ithaca,    New   York ;   married    Rachel    Knapp. 

3.  Henry,  born   September  2,    1802;  married 

Mary  .     4.    Alehitable,  July   24,    1805, 

died  September  29,  1868,  at  Newark  \'alley, 
unmarried.  5.  Sheldon,  born  October  20,  1807; 
died  June  22,  1876,  at  Williamsport,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  married,  in  June,  1840,  Elinor  Ogden. 
6.  George,  born  June  14,  1809,  died  April  17, 
1853.  ^t  Newark  Valley.  7.  Eli,  June  25,  181 1, 
died  August,  1892.  8.  Rhoda,  born  June  12, 
1814,  died  March  9,  1875:  married,  in  1837, 
Albert  Williams. 

(IV)  Lyman  (2),  son  of  Lyman  (i)  Clin- 
ton, was  born  May  7,  1798,  at  Barkhamstead, 
Connecticut ;  died  July  4,  1873,  at  Newark 
X'alley,  New  York.  He  removed  wnth  his 
father  from  Colebrook,  Connecticut,  to  New- 
ark \'alley,  in  1831.  His  farm  was  a  mile  and 
a  half  east  of  Newark  \'alley.  By  trade  he 
was  a  cooper.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 
He  married,  November  i,  1821,  Miranda  Stone. 
born  December  29,  1801,  at  Sharon,  Connecti- 


cut, died  February  i,  1882,  at  Newark  \'alley. 
New  Y'ork.  Children,  born  at  Colebrook  and 
Newark  Y'alley:  i.  Royal  Wells,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Elizabeth,  born  April  10,  1824,  died 
January  26,  1899.  3.  Annis  M.,  born  April  6, 
1825,  died  ApvW  20,  1885;  married  James 
Ayres.  4.  Julian,  born  May  6,  1826,  died  Sep- 
tember 30,  1857;  married  Mary  Strong.  5. 
Stephen  P.,  born  November  7,  1827,  died  Janu- 
ary 3,  1881.  6.  Corinda,  born  February  8, 
1830,  died  April  25,  1832.  7.  Lucy,  born  Au- 
gust 27,  1831 ;  married  Myron  Hayford.  8. 
Oliver  P.,  born  June  11,  1833.  9.  Amaryllis 
P.,  born  February  23,  1837,  died  October  30, 
1898;  married  Edgar  Boyce.  10.  Gilbert  S.,  ■ 
born  June  i,  1840,  died  April  20,  1851.  11. 
Edwin  \'.,  born  May  9,  1841  ;  married,  No- 
vember lO,  1861.  Ellen  roasted.  12.  Alvira, 
twin  of  Edwin  \'.,  died  April  20,  1842.  13. 
Alvira  ]\I.,  born  C)ctober  11,  1842,  died  Au- 
gust 7,   1872;  married  Porter  Moore. 

( \' )  Royal  Wells,  son  of  Lyman  (2)  Clin- 
ton, was  born  at  Colebrook,  Connecticut,  March 
I,  1823,  died  at  Newark  Valley,  March  20, 
1895.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  from  his  youth  followed  farming  for  a 
calling.  From  1850  to  1865  he  lived  on  a  farm 
a  mile  and  a  half  east  of  Newark  Valley,  and 
from  that  year  to  1895  in  the  village  of  New- 
ark X'alley.  He  built  the  first  steam  sawmill 
operated  in  New  York,  and  was  extensively 
interested  in  the  lumber  business  for  many 
years.  In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist,  and 
for  forty  years  was  superintendent  of  the  Sun- 
day school.  He  was  a  director  of  the  South 
Central  Railroad  Company  from  1868  to  1895, 
and  a  trustee  of  the  Tioga  National  Bank,  of 
Owego.  He  was  generous  and  public  spirited. 
He  gave  a  handsome  school  building  to  the 
village  of  Newark  Valley.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican.  For  many  years  he  represented 
the  town  in  the  board  of  supervisors.  In  1891 
he  represented  the  tlistrict  in  the  state  assem- 
bl}'  and  served  on  important  committees.  He 
married,  at  Newark  Valley,  May  16,  1844, 
Anna  C.  Knapp,  who  was  born  at  New  Marl- 
borough, Massachusetts,  September  7,  1825, 
died  at  Newark  Valley,  June  13,  1882.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Ella  J.,  born  April  20,  1845:  married, 
November  22,  1865,  Morris  Elwell,  born  Au- 
gust 3,  1840,  died  December  31,  1894:  chil- 
dren: i.  Cora,  born  August  20,  1867,  married 
(first),  October  27,  1886,  at  Scranton,  Penn- 
sylvania, Grant  Dilley,  married  (second),  Feb- 
ruary  17,   1898,  A.   L.   Morrison;  ii.  Clinton, 


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born  April  14,  iSCvj.  marrieil,  January  30, 
1895,  Mary  C.  Lawrence;  iii.  Anna  C,  born 
March  20,  1879,  married,  September,  1901, 
Harry  Miller.    2.  Austin  W.,  mentioned  below. 

3.  Arthur  Ci.,  born  March  3,  1856;  married, 
June  13,  1880,  Addie  Roys,  born  April  27, 
1858:  children:  Edith  K.,  born  August  8,  1881  ; 
Leonard,  June  22.  1885;  Ruth,  May  15,  1892. 

(\'I)  Austin  \V.,  son  of  Royal  Wells  Clm- 
ton,  was  born  March  11,  1850,  at  Newark 
\'alley.  Xevv  York.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  the  Cazenovia 
Seminary,  the  Wyoming  Seminary,  and  Cor- 
nel! L'niversity,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1872,  with  the  degree  of  Bach- 
elor of  Science.  h''r(jm  1872  to  1874  he  taught 
natural  science  in  Wyoming  Seminary.  He 
then  when  abroad,  and  upon  his  return,  in 
1875,  he  located  at  Harford,  New  Y'ork,  and 
engaged  in  the  lumber  business  and  operated 
a  sawmill.  In  1882-83  1^^  ^'^^  supervisor  of 
the  town  of  Harford,  and  for  ten  years  was 
postmaster  there.  He  removed  to  Galeton, 
Pennsylvania,  where  he  had  lumber  interests. 
Since  1895  he  has  been  in  the  lumber  business 
in  Binghamton,  and  has  made  his  home  in  that 
city.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Tioga  National 
Bank,  at  Owego :  of  the  People's  Bank,  in 
Binghaniton  ;  treasurer  of  the  Lestershire  Lum- 
ber and  Box  Company,  and  ])resident  of  Lester- 
shire Spool  and  Manufacturing  Company.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Rejiublican,  in  religion  a  Meth- 
odist, and  is  a  trustee  of  Tabernacle  Church, 
of  Binghamton,  New  York. 

He  married,  October  13,  1876,  Alice  Davis, 
of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania,  daughter  of  David 
R.  Davis.  Children:  i.  Emelius,  born  July  3, 
1878,  at  Harford  Mills,  New  York;  died  May 
28,  1892.  2.  Harry  Davis,  born  November  7, 
187C),  at  Harford;  entered  Cornell  University, 
in  the  class  of  1903;  was  a  sergeant  in  the 
British  army,  in  South  Africa,  in  1901  ;  engi- 
neering in  Ecuador,  South  America,  in  1902 ; 
was  in  Cuba  in  1903;  at  present  manager 
of  the  Leicestershire  Spool  &  Manufacturing 
Company;  married,  June  15,  1907,  Elizabeth 
Newcomb,  born  April  7,  1886;  children:  Aus- 
tin W.,  born  August  15,  1908;  Harry  Davi> 
Jr.,  July  16,  igio.     3.  Louis  Royal,  born  July 

4,  1881,  at  Harford  Mills;  entered  Cornell 
University,  in  the  class  of  1901  ;  married,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1904,  Jessica  M.  Ostrom,  born  May 
20,  1880;  child:  Royal  Duane,  born  January 
2,  1910.  4.  Helen  Bessie,  born  April  i;,  1883. 
at  Harford  ;  graduate  of  \'assar  College,  class 


of  1905.  5.  Caroline  Mabel,  born  March  11, 
1889,  at  Galeton,  Pennsylvania:  graduate  of 
\  assar  College,  in  191 1. 


The  Bliss  family  is  believed  to  be 
BLLSS  the  same  as  the  Blois  family  of 
Normandy,  gradually  modified  in 
spelling  to  Bloys,  Blysse,  Blisse,  and.  in  .Amer- 
ica, to  Bliss.  The  family  has  been  in  England, 
however,  since  the  Norman  conquest,  but  is 
not  numerous  and  never  appears  to  have  been. 
The  coat-of-arms  borne  by  the  Bliss  and  Bloys 
families  is  the  same :  Sable,  a  bend  vaire,  be- 
tween two  fleurs-de-lis  or.  Crest :  A  hand 
holding  a  bundle  of  arrows.  Motto:  Scinfier 
sursani.  The  ancient  family  tradition  repre- 
sents the  seat  of  the  Bliss  family  in  the  south 
of  England,  and  belonging  to  the  yeomanry, 
though  at  various  times  some  of  the  family 
were  knighted. 

(I)  Thomas  Bliss,  progenitor  of  the  Amer- 
ican family,  lived  at  Belstone  parish,  Devon- 
shire. -England.  Little  is  known  of  him  ex- 
cept that  he  was  a  wealthy  landowner,  and  was 
a  Puritan,  jiersecuted  on  account  of  his  faith, 
by  civil  anfl  religious  authorities,  under  the 
direction  of  the  infamous  Archbishop  Laud, 
that  he  was  maltreated,  impoverished  and  im- 
prisoned. He  was  reduced  to  poverty  and  his 
health  ruined  by  the  persecution  of  the  Church 
of  England.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  born 
about  i553-(:)0,  and  he  died  about  1636.  When 
the  parliament  of  1628  assembled,  Puritans  or 
Roundheads,  as  they  were  called  by  the  Cava- 
liers or  Tories,  accompanied  the  members  to 
London.  Two  of  the  sons  of  Thomas  Bliss, 
Jonathan  and  Thomas,  rode  from  Devonshire 
on  iron-grey  horsej,  and  remained  for  some 
time — long  enough,  anyhow,  for  the  king's 
officers  and  spies  to  mark  them,  and  from  that 
time  they,  with  others  who  had  gone  on  the 
same  errand  to  the  capital,  were  marked  for 
destruction.  The  Bliss  brothers  were  fined  a 
thousand  pounds  for  their  non-conformity,  and 
thrown  into  prison,  where  they  lay  for  weeks. 
Even  their  venerable  father  was  dragged 
through  the  streets  with  the  greatest  indignities. 
C^n  another  occasion  the  officers  of  the  high 
commission  seized  all  their  horses  and  all  their 
sheep,  except  one  poor  ewe,  that  in  its  fright 
ran  into  the  house  and  took  refuge  under 
a  bed.  .At  another  time  the  three  sons  of 
Thomas  Bliss,  with  a  dozen  Puritans,  were  led 
through  the  market  place,  in  Okehampton, 
with  ropes  ar(  imd  their  necks  and  also  fined 


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lieavily.  On  another  occasion  Thomas  was  ar- 
restetl  and  thrown  into  prison  with  his  son 
Jonatlian,  who  eventually  died  from  the  hard- 
ships and  abuse  of  the  churchmen.  At  an- 
other time  the  king's  officers  seized  the  cattle 
of  the  family  and  most  of  their  household 
goods,  some  of  which  were  highly  valued  for 
their  age  and  beauty,  and  as  heirlooms,  having 
been  for  centuries  in  the  family.  In  fact,  the 
family  being  so  impoverished,  b)'  constant  per- 
secution, was  unable  to  pay  the  fines  and  secure 
the  release  of  both  father  and  son  from  prison, 
so  the  young  man  remained  and  the  father's 
fine  was  paid.  At  Easter  the  young  man  re- 
ceived thirty-five  lashes.  .After  the  father  died, 
his  widow  lived  with  their  daughter,  whose 
husband,  .Sir  John  Calclit'fe,  was  a  communi- 
cant of  the  Cliurch  of  England,  in  good  stand- 
ing. The  remnant  of  the  estate  was  divided 
among  the  three  sons,  who  were  advised  to 
go  to  America  to  escape  further  persecution. 
Thomas  and  George  feared  to  wait  for  Jona- 
than, who  was  ill  in  prison,  and  they  left  Eng- 
land in  the  fall  of  1635  with  their  families 
Thomas,  son  of  Jonathan,  and  grandson  of 
Thomas  Pdiss,  retuained  in  England  until  his 
father  died,  and  then  he  also  came  to  .Amer- 
ica, settling  near  his  uncle  of  the  same  name. 
At  various  times  the  sister  of  the  immigrants 
sent  to  the  brothers  boxes  of  shoes,  clothing 
and  articles  that  could  not  l>e  procured  in  the 
colonies,  and  it  is  through  her  letters,  long  ]3re- 
served  in  the  original  but  now  lost,  that  knowl- 
edge of  the  family  was  handed  down  from 
generation  to  generation.  Children  of  Thomas  : 
Jonathan,  dieil  in  England,  in  i635-3() ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth,  married  Sir  John 
CalclifTe,  of  Belstone ;  George,  born  1591,  died 
August  31,  1687,  settled  in  I^ynn,  Massachu- 
setts, and  later  at  Sandwich,  in  that  province, 
and  at  Xew]3ort,  Rhode  Island :  Mary. 

( II )  Thomas  (  2  ),  son  of  Thomas  (  1  )  I'.liss, 
was  born  in  England,  at  Belstone.  in  Devon- 
shire,  about    1585.      He  married   in   Englaml. 


about   1612,  Margaret 


It  is  believed 


that  her  name  was  Margaret  Lawrence,  and 
that  she  was  born  about  1594.  She  is  said,  by 
good  authority,  to  have  been  a  good  looking 
woman,  with  a  square  chin,  indicating  great 
strength  of  character.  After  the  death  of 
her  husband,  which  took  place  about  1639.  she 
managed  the  affairs  of  the  family  with  great 
prudence  and  good  judgment.  She  was  ener- 
getic, efficient  and  of  great  intellectual  capacity. 
Her  eldest  daughter  married  Robert  Chapman. 


of  Saybrook.  Connecticut,  .\pril  29,  if>42,  and 
settled  in  Saybrook,  wdiere  Thomas  Dliss  Jr. 
also  settled,  removing  to  Springfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, on  account  of  the  malarial  fevers 
then  prevalent  in  Connecticut.  She  sold  her 
property  in  Hartford  and  purchased  a  tract  a 
mile  square  in  Springfield,  in  the  south  part 
of  the  town,  on  what  is  now  Main  street. 
Margaret  Bliss  tiled  August  29,  1(184.  full 
forty  years  after  the  death  of  her  husband, 
and  nearly  fifty  after  she  emigrated.  Children  : 
.\nn,  born  in  England ;  Mary,  married  Joseph 
Parsons  ;  Thomas  ;  Nathaniel ;  Lawrence  ;  Sam- 
uel, born  1624;  Sarah,  born  in  Boston,  in  1635  ; 
Elizabeth.  i')37,  at  Boston,  married  Myles 
Morgan,  founder  of  Springfield;  Hannah,  born 
at  Hartford,  in  1639:  John,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  John,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  liliss,  was 
born  at  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1640,  died 
Se])tember  10,  1702.  He  removed  to  North- 
ampton, in  1672,  and  was  there  through  his 
sister's  trial  for  witchcraft.  He  removed  to 
•Springfield,  in  1683,  and  soon  afterward  to 
Longmeadow,  where  he  spent  the  remainder 
of  his  life.  He  married,  October  7,  I&^/, 
Patience  Burt,  born  August  18,  1643,  died 
r)ctober  23,  1732,  daughter  of  Henry  Burt,  of 
Springfield.  Children  ;  John,  born  Sejjtember 
7,  1669;  .Nathaniel,  January  26,  1671  ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below  :  Jo.seph,  1676  ;  Hannah,  No- 
vember 16,  1678;  Henry,  .August  15,  1681  : 
Ebenezer,  1683. 

(  I\' )  Thomas  (3),  son  of  John  ISliss,  was 
born  at  Longmeadow,  October  29,  1673,  died 
there,  .August  12,  1758.  He  married,  ^lay  27, 
1714,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  and  Mar- 
garet Macranny.  She  was  born  November  2, 
1690,  died  March  30,  1761.  Children,  born 
at  Longmeadow:  IVIary,  December  4,  1715: 
Thomas,  May  3,  1719:  Henry.  December  3. 
1722,  died  young;  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(A')  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Bliss,  was 
born  August  21.  1726,  at  Longmeadmv  ;  died 
I*>bruary  7-8,  1761.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Long- 
meadow. He  married  Ruby  Brewer,  of  Leb- 
anon (published  December  22,  1749).  The 
widow  and  children  removed,  in  I7(>3,  to  Leb- 
anon, Connecticut,  and  afterward  to  Bernards- 
ton,  ^Massachusetts.  Children:  Thomas,  born 
December  7,  1730:  Solomon,  November  8, 
1751  :  Calvin,  mentioned  below;  Henry,  June 
7,  1737:  lluldah,  July  2,  1759. 

I  \  I )  Calvin,  son  of  Henry  lUiss,  was  born 
at  Coleraine,  Massachusetts,  Alay  14,  1734. 
died  in  October,   184').     He  was  a   farmer  at 


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Bernardston.  and,  about  1800,  removed  to 
Shorehain,  Addison  county,  Vermont.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Ephraim 
Chapin's  company.  Colonel  Ruggles  Wood- 
bury's regiment,  August  17,  1777,  to  Novem- 
ber 29,  and  is  said  to  have  held  a  commission 
in  Washington's  army.  He  married,  June  26, 
1777,  Ruth,  born  May  11,  1756-57,  daughter  of 
Ebenezer  and  Sarah  (Field)  Janes,  of  North- 
field,  Vermont.  Children:  Ruby,  born  1778; 
Philomela,  June  11,  1782;  Huldah;  Solomon, 
mentioned  below  ;  Martha,  September  15,  1788; 
Ruth,  June  10,  1790;  Mehitable,  May  17,  1792; 
Calvin,  May  14,  1794;  Henry,  March  2/,  1796; 
Oliver  Brewster,  July  6,  1799. 

(VH)  Solon_ion,  son  of  Calvin  Bliss,  was 
born  April  9,  1786,  died  at  Wilk-t,  New  York, 
June  6,  1861.  He  settled  at  Preston,  Chenango 
county,  New  York.  He  married,  January  i, 
1808,  Anna  Packer,  born  at  Guilford,  Ver- 
mont, June  30,  1786,  died  at  Henderson,  New 
York,  January  14,  1866.  Children:  Eunice 
P.,  born  July  28,  1809;  Amanda  P.,  July  5, 
1813,  died  young;  Lydia  J.,  January  11,  1815; 
Ruth,  January  11,  1817,  died  young;  Joshua 
P.,  at  Preston,  April  29,  1818;  Ruth  C,  July 
17,  1820;  Calvin  J.,  mentioned  below;  Ira  G., 
July  27,  1824. 

(VHI)  Calvin  J.,  son  of  Solomon  Bliss, 
was  born  May  22,  1822,  at  Preston,  New  York, 
and  settled  in  Willet,  Cortland  county,  New 
York.  He  married.  September  18,  1850,  Bet- 
sey A.  Landers,  of  Willet.  Children :  Charles 
Emery,  mentioned  below;  Cora  L.,  born  Sep- 
tember 9,  1870,  at  Binghamton,  died  August 
9,  1 87 1. 

(IX)  Charles  Emery,  son  of  Calvin  J.  Bliss, 
was  born  July  5,  185 1,  at  W'illet,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  Binghamton 
and  in  the  academy.  He  followed  farming  for 
a  number  of  years,  and  then  engaged  in  the 
dry  goods  business  at  Binghamton.  He  was 
deacon  of  the  Baptist  church  and  superin- 
tendent of  the  Sunday  school  for  many  years. 
He  died  July  30,  1900.  He  married,  June  25, 
1874,  Florence,  daughter  of  Hon.  George  Sher- 
wood (see  Sherwood  VI 1).  They  had  one 
son,  George  C.  S.,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  George  C.  S.,  son  of  Charles  Emery 
Bliss,  was  born  April  18,  1877,  at  Towanda. 
Pennsylvania.  Engaged  in  wholesale  dry  goods 
business  in  Binghamton.  He  married,  June 
25,  1902,  Katherine  Shieder.  Children :  George 
Emery,  born  l-'ebruary  24,  1904:  Robert  Leon, 


November  19.  1907;  Barbara  Ruth,  February 
27,  1909. 

(The  Sherwood  Line). 

(II)  Isaac  Sherwood,  youngest  son  of 
Thomas  (q.  v.)  and  Mary  (Fitch)  Sherwood, 
was  born  in  1655,  died  in  1739.  He  had  land 
grants  at  Eastchester,  New  York.  In  1678  he 
was  of  Rye,  New  York,  and,  in  16S7,  of  West- 
port,  Connecticut.  He  married  Elizabeth  Jack- 
son. Children :  Daniel,  Isaac,  John,  David, 
Abigail,  Thomas  (mentioned  below),  Eliza- 
beth. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  Isaac  Sherwood, mar- 
ried Eleanor  Churchill,  of  Green  Farms,  Con- 
necticut. He  died  at  Albany,  New  York,  Au- 
gust 5,  1756,  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  in 
which  he  was  captain  of  Whitney's  company. 
His  wife  died  October  i,  1754. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Sherwood,  mar- 
ried, March  24,  1761,  Mary  Gorham.  Chil- 
dren :  Asa,  mentioned  below ;  Levi,  born  June 
17,  1764;  Ellen,  February  23,  1766;  Abigail, 
November  18. 1770;  John,  September  10,  1773  ; 
Plezekiah,  twin  of  John ;  Hannah,  July  28, 
1776. 

(V)  Asa,  son  of  John  Sherwood,  was  born 
July  4,  1762.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, enlisting  at  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  Febru- 
ary I,  1777;  also  in  the  Second  Connecticut 
Regiment,  under  Colonel  Swift,  and  in  the 
Fourth  Connecticut,  under  Colonel  Meigs.  He 
married  Molly  Phillips,  daughter  of  a  New 
York  City  merchant,  who  had  also  a  son  in 
the  continental  army,  captured  by  the  British 
and  confined  in  one  of  the  prison  ships,  but 
finally  released  through  the  influence  of  the 
father.  ChildreTt:  Isaac  (mentioned  below), 
William,  Asa,  David,  Gorham,  John,  Sally  and 
Nabby. 

(VI)  Isaac  (2).  son  of  Asa  Sherwood,  was 
born  probably  at  Guilford,  New  York  ;>,  mar- 
ried Amy  Budlong,  of  Cassville,  New  York. 
Children :  Johan,  married  Frank  LTrsley  and 
lived  at  Waverly;  Ira,  married  Mary  Wallace. 
and  lived  at  Genegan,  Connecticut ;  Asa,  died 
young;  Mary,  married  William  Thomas,  and 
lived  at  Pontusac,  Illinois ;  Eliza,  married 
David  Leach,  and  lived  at  Webster,  Illinois  ; 
Stephen,  married  Clara  Babcock,  and  lived  at 
(ireene ;  Sarah,  married  Albert  Sprague,  and 
lived  at  Binghamton  ;  George,  mentioned  below  ; 
Amy,  married  Myron  Stanton,  and  lived  at 
Greene  ;  Lucy,  married  Joseph  Bixby,  and  lived 


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at  \\  averly  ;  Sophrunia,  married  Thomas  Cow- 
an, ami  lived  at  I'ort  Crane;  Daniel,  dietl  in 
infancy;  Mandana,  married  Edwin  Adams, 
and  lived  at  Binghamton  ;  David,  married  R(js- 
anna  Warner,  and  lived  at  Greene. 

(  \'I1 )  Hon.  George  Sherwood,  son  of  Isaac 
(  2  )  Sherwood,  was  born  in  RIcDonough,  Chen- 
ango county.  New  York,  January  21,  1821, 
died  in  llinghaniton.  New  York,  May  24.  1903. 
He  was  a  farmer,  owning  land  in  Cinghaniton, 
and  a  ]5rominent  citizen.  He  represented  his 
district  in  the  state  assembly,  in  1874-75,  and 
was  active  in  the  temperance  movement,  both 
as  a  legislator  and  a  citizen.  Before  the  war 
he  was  an  earnest  Abolitionist.  He  was  for 
many  years  a  leading  member  and  local  preach- 
er of  the  I'^irst  Bajitist  Church.  He  was  ba])- 
tized  by  the  late  Rev.  R.  A.  Washburn  into 
the  fellowship  of  the  Baptist  church,  at  Gene- 
gantslct  Corners  (now  extinct  or  merged  into 
other  Baptist  churches),  and  later  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  church  at  Upper  Lisle.  He  removed  to 
the  town  of  Windsor,  Broome  county,  in  1857, 
and  while  there  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church  in  that  place.  He  came  to  Binghamton 
and  became  a  member  of  the  First  liajitist 
Church,  where  he  served  faithfully,  and  was 
an  honored  and  valued  member.  In  1894,  on 
the  organization  of  the  Park  Avenue  Church, 
he  ])ecame  a  constituent  member  of  that  church. 
In  all  of  his  church  life,  of  more  than  three 
score  years,  he  was  an  earnest  and  faithful 
laborer  in  the  Master's  service,  and  was  ever 
ready  to  do  any  work  that  he  could  to  pro- 
mote the  interest  of  the  church  and  to  advance 
the  cause  of  Christ.  To  this  end  he  contributed 
liberally  of  his  money,  time  and  talents,  of 
which  he  was  abundantly  resourceful.  In  him 
his  pastor  always  found  a  true,  wise  and  help- 
ful counselor,  and  he  was  ever  ready  to  render 
any  assistance  he  could.  He  was  a  ready  and 
an  earnest  speaker,  and  very  often  occupied 
the  pulpit  of  the  pastorless  churches  in  a  very 
acceptable  manner.  He  was  kind  and  good  to 
the  aged  and  infirm,  and  often  conducted  relig- 
ious services  in  the  homes  of  those  who  were 
unable  to  attend  church.  He  was  a  man  of 
strong  and  deep  convictions,  ever  battling  for 
the  right,  and  yet  he  always  did  it  in  his  quiet, 
unassuming,  yet  firm  and  imi^ressive  way.  He 
only  wanted  to  know  what  was  right  and  from 
that  he  never  swerved  in  the  path  of  duty.  His 
Christian  home  life  in  the  family  was  delight- 
fid   and   winning,   and   his  children   now   look 


back  upon  it  with  sweet  pleasure  and  the  kind- 
liest remembrances. 

In  public  life  he  was  most  highly  respected 
and  admired,  and  his  integrity  was  never  ques- 
tioned in  any  way  or  manner,  for  he  always 
lived  above  reproach,  and  was  as  consistent, 
firm  and  true  in  all  his  public  duties  and  mat- 
ters entrusted  to  him  as  he  was  in  his  private 
and  church  life.  He  held  the  office  of  super- 
visor of  his  town  when  the  present  county 
poor  house  was  erected,  and  was  one  of  the 
committee  in  charge  of  and  entrusted  with 
that  work.  He  represented  the  county  in  the 
state  legislature  for  the  years  1873-74-75.  There 
was  the  crowning  work  of  his  life,  for  in  that 
body,  through  his  earnest,  heroic  and  inde- 
fatigable eft'orts,  he  secured  the  passage  of  the 
bill,  and  the  appropriation  from  the  state,  that 
gave  to  us  and  this  section  of  the  state  the 
Susquehanna  \'alley  Home,  of  this  city,  for 
orijhan  and  destitute  children,  one  of  the  worth- 
iest institutions  of  its  kind  in  the  country. 
When  others  said  to  him  he  could  never  suc- 
ceed in  accomplishing  these  measures,  he  only 
worked  the  harder  and  adopted  other  methods 
and  was  untiring  in  his  efforts  to  carry  out  his 
long  cherished  jilans,  and  he  left  no  stone  un- 
turned, but  from  the  governor  and  the  leading 
politicians  of  both  parties,  down  to  the  in- 
dividual members,  he  continued  his  persistent 
and  unceasing  eliforts  until  they  were  crowned 
with  abundant  success.  In  this  matter,  as  in 
all  others  he  was  interested  in,  he  had  the 
respect  and  confidence  of  the  leading  men  of 
the  legislature.  They  felt  that  he  was  right 
and  they  admired  his  perseverance,  his  cour- 
age, his  energy  and  his  integrity  of  character. 
He  succeeded  in  his  efforts  and  was  one  of  the 
trustees  of  the  home  from  that  time  until  his 
death.  I  le  was  a  recognized  leader  in  the  tem- 
perance cause  and  was  much  sought  for  to  ad- 
dress the  people  upon  this  subject  far  and 
wide.  He  was  always  very  earnest,  enter- 
taining and  interesting  in  his  addresses,  and 
it  was  a  ])leasure  to  listen  to  him. 

He  married,  April  8,  1849,  Alary  Ann  Jef- 
fords, born  February  17,  1828,  died  November 
28,  1906,  daughter  of  Allen  Cleveland  and 
Ann  Eliza  (  Robinson  )  Jeffords.  .-Mien  C.  Jef- 
fords was  a  son  of  Aniasa  Jeft'ords,  who  was 
born  in  1748.  at  Woodstock,  Connecticut,  and 
marriecl  (first)  Sally  Cleveland,  and  (second) 
Sarah  Clift'ord.  John  Jeffords,  father  of  Amasa, 
was  a  soldier  at  the  battle  of  ISunker  Hill,  in 


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1775.  and  his  father  was  killed  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war.  George  Sherwood  died  May 
24,  1903.  His  children:  Florence,  married, 
June  25,  1874,  Charles  Emery  Bliss  (see  Bliss 
IX)  ;  \'iola,  died  July  i,  1903;  Carl  G.,  who 
resides  in  South  Dakota,  in  the  political  affairs 
of  which  state  he  had  taken  an  active  part, 
having  been  a  state  senat(ir  and  a  member  of 
the  first  constituti(jnal  convention,  married, 
February  10,  1885,  Xellie  Fountain,  children: 
(leorge  Fountain,  Harry  Allen  (deceased), 
Mary  Carlton  and  Dolly  Viola:  William  J., 
married,  October  31,  1902,  lona  May  Bills, 
and  had;  Nellie,  Mason  William  (deceased) 
and  Harold :  Grace  Eliza,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  Grace  Eliza,  daughter  of  lion. 
George  Sherwood,  was  born  in  riinghamton, 
married  Charles  F.  Parker,  born  September  1 1, 
1 87 1    (see  Parker  III). 

(The   Parker  Line). 

(I)  .\sa  Parker,  first  of  the  famil}-  in  New 
York  state,  came  thither  from  the  village  of 
Green  Mountain,  X'ermont,  and  settled  at  Port 
Crane,  near  Binghamton.  He  married  ]\lary 
Wilson.  Children:  Polly,  married  Matthew 
Carroll ;  Caroline,  married  Joel  Scott :  Eliza, 
married  Hervey  Cronk  ;  Henry,  married  (first) 
Olive  Prentice,  (second)  Sarah  Scoville ;  Mor- 
gan; Obadiah,  mentioned  below;  Emily,  mar- 
ried Norman  Bacon  ;  Daniel. 

(II)  Obadiah,  son  of  Asa  Parker,  was  born 
June  23,  1824,  died  March  10,  1906.  He  mar- 
ried, June  18,  1859,  Candace  White.  Children; 
Delphine,  married,  December  25,  1878,  Ed- 
ward Hopkins,  and  had  Elizabeth,  Hattie, 
Freeman,  Amelia,  Edward  and  George ;  Ida 
May,  born  February  4.  1865,  married,  Febru- 
ary 15,  1888,  Emory  Wells;  Carrie  J.,  April 
3,  1866,  married,  November  17,  1905,  Avery 
Dart;  George  H.,  October  3,  1867,  married, 
November  16,  1892,  Emma  Pond,  and  had 
Florence  and  Howard ;  Edith  May ;  Frank, 
born  February  20,  18(19;  Charles  F.,  mention- 
ed below. 

(III)  Charles  F.,  son  of  Obadiah  Parker, 
was  born  September  11,  1871  ;  married.  Sep- 
tember I,  1898,  Grace  Eliza,  daughter  of  (jcorge 
and  Mary  .'\nn  Sherwood  (see  Sherwood  III). 
Children  ;  Sherwood,  born  May  30,  1902 ;  Carl 
-Sherwood.  November  14,  1905. 

(The  Howland  Line). 

(I)  John  Howland,  the  "Mayflower"  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England,  in  1593,  and  came  in 


the  "Mayflower,"  with   the   first  company  of 
Pilgrims,  in  1620. 

(II)  Desire  Howland,  daughter  of  John 
Howland,  was  born  at  Plymouth,  in  1(123.  She 
married  Captain  John  Gorham,  of  Briersfield, 
England,  who  won  fame  in  King  Philip's  war, 
and  the  town  of  Gorham,  Maine,  named  for 
him.  has  erected  a  monument  in  his  memory. 

(III)  Jabez  Gorham,  scjn  of  John  and  De- 
sire (Howland)  (jorham.  married  Hannah 
(Sturges)  (jray.  a  widow,  and  had  a  son  Jo- 
se])h,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Jabez  (jorham,  was 
born  at  Bristol,  Rhode  Island,  .\ugust  22, 1692, 
died  January  11,  1773.  He  married,  January 
13,  1726,  Deborah  Barlow,  born  at  Fairfiekl. 
Connecticut,  May  3.  1705,  antl  harl  a  daugh- 
ter Mary  who  married,  March  24,  1761,  John 
.Sherwood  (see  Sherwood  IV). 


The  MacDonalds  of  liing- 
M.\cDON.\LD  hamton,  New  York,  de- 
scend from  the  famous 
Scotch  clan  of  that  name,  who,  both  numerous 
and  powerful,  have  figured  so  prominently  in 
the  history  of  Scotland,  known  as  the  Flora 
MacDonald  clan,  The  maternal  line  traces  to  the 
Marquis  de  Boquet,  of  France,  a  Fluguenot, 
who  escaped  from  the  King's  palace  on  the 
night  of  the  "Massacre  of  St.  Bartholomew," 
and  found  asylum  in  England,  where  he  mar- 
ried and  had  a  daughter.  She  married  a  nephew 
of  Sir  Walter  Raleigh,  Sir  \\'illiam  Arnold.  The 
first  generation  of  MacDonalds  in  .America  be- 
gins with  Thomas  MacDonald,  of  Scotland, 
who  came  to  America  with  his  family,  settling 
in  Hoboken.  later  at  Guttenburg,  Hudson  coun- 
ty, New  Jersey,  'where  he  purchased  land, 
erected  a  home  and  cultivated  the  soil  until  his 
death. 

( II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Mac- 
Donald. was  born  in  Scotland,  about  the  year 
1740.  He  came  to  America  with  his  parents, 
settled  with  them  on  the  Guttenburg,  New 
Jersey,  farm  which  he  afterward  owned.  He 
followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer,  supple- 
menting this  by  that  of  a  fisherman  of  the 
neighboring  bays  and  rivers,  then  most  bounti- 
fully stocked  with  the  finest  of  food  fish.  The 
produce  raised  on  the  farm  found  ready  sale 
in  New  York  City,  being  transported  across 
the  Hudson  in  small  boats  or  barges.  He  mar- 
ried and  among  his  children  was  Thomas,  see 
forward. 

(III)  Thomas    (3),    son    of    Thomas    (2) 


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3') 


MacDonald,  was  born  on  the  homestead  farm 
in  Guttenburg,  Hudson  county.  New  Jersey, 
about  1770.  He  followed  the  occupations  of 
farmer  and  fisherman,  and  passed  a  life 
similar  to  that  of  his  father,  cultivating  his 
fields  and  in  the  season  drawing  his  nets,  and 
finding  a  good  market  for  all  he  could  produce 

in  the  city  across  the  river.  He  married 

.      Children:    1.    Thomas    (4).   married 

Jennie  English.  2.  Jeremiali.  of  further  men- 
tion.    3.  James,  married  Elizabeth  .     4. 

Sarah  Maria,  married  James  Demorcst  Mc- 
Donald. 5.  Rudolphus,  married  -Sarah  Ann 
Gardner.     6.  David,  married  Mary  Sedore. 

(I\')  Jeremiah,  son  of  Thomas  (3)  Mac- 
Donald,  was  born  in  Guttenburg,  Hudson  coun- 
ty. New  Jersey,  December  19,  1807,  died  July 
26,  1880.  He  was  educated  in  the  town  schools, 
and  forsaking  the  farm  and  bays  learned  the 
trade  of  cabinet-maker  with  Henry  Lee,  nf 
New  York  City.  After  completing  his  years 
of  apprenticeshi]x  he  began  as  a  journeyman 
with  Joseph  Bradley,  at  317  Pearl  street.  New 
York  City.  Tliey  sold  out  their  business  to 
Creore  &  Rogers,  who  were  succeeded  by  James 
T.  Pratt  &  Company,  they  in  turn  selling  out 
to  Swaim  &  Company,  with  whom  Jeremiah 
MacDonald  was  connected  for  many  years, 
continuing  until  within  a  few  years  of  his  de- 
cease. During  all  the  firm  changes  mentioned. 
he  remained  with  each  succeeding  firm,  work- 
ing for  forty-seven  years  at  his  trade  in  the 
same  building,  at  the  same  number,  317  Pearl 
street.  His  residence  was  in  New  York  City, 
at  129  East  Fiftieth  street,  between  Third  and 
Lexington  avenues  (now  No.  131  ).  He  was  a 
member  of  the  P)aptist  church;  a  Democrat  in 
politics,  and  a  member  of  the  Tammany  Hall 
organization  from  its  foundation.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  February  16,  1832.  Susan  Whit- 
church, born  April  i,  1812,  died  May  7.  1848: 
married  (second).  May  i,  1852,  Rebecca  .\nn 
Howland,  born  July  7,  181 7,  died  January  7. 
1904  (see  Howland).  Children  by  first  wife: 
1.  Thomas  Whitchurch,  born  November  20, 
1832,  died  August  11,  1836.  2.  Charles  H., 
born  June  2,  1835,  died  June  id,  1863.  prob- 
ably at  Baton  Rouge,  Louisiana,  while  serving 
as  a  soldier  in  the  L^nion  army,  during  the 
civil  war.  3.  Thomas  Whitchurch  (2).  born 
October  15.  1839,  died  .August  7,  1847.  Child 
by  second  wife:  4.  Jeremiah  (2).  of  further 
mention. 

(V)  Dr.  Jeremiah  (2)  MacDonald.  son  of 
Jeremiah    (t)    and   Rebecca   Ann    (Howland) 


MacDonald,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  129 
East  Fiftieth  street,  May  22.  1859.  He  was 
educated  in  the  city  schools,  public  and  private, 
and  as  a  child  and  youth  became  deeply  inter- 
ested in  the  "(Jccult  Science."  When  a  lad  of 
''ix  years  he  says  "1  remember  my  grand- 
mother Howland  telling  hair-raising  stories 
(she  died  at  age  of  ninety-six  years),  and  the 
next  day  1  would  tell  them  over  again  to  the 
children  at  school  (a  small  private  school  kept 
by  Miss  Rose  Failing).  I  heard  so  nuich  about 
visions,  apparitions  and  clairvoyance  that  at 
about  fourteen  years  of  age  I  also  began  to 
'see  things'  and  foretell  things  that  would  hap- 
])en,  imtil  1  became  the  wonder  of  the  neigh- 
borhood and  began  to  a]iply  myself  diligently 
to  the  study  of  everything  in  that  line,  devot- 
ing especial  attention  to  astronomy,  geography, 
mathematics,  clairvoyance,  medicine,  and  every 
species  of  mystery."  Xotwithstanding  this 
early  predilection  for  the  "mysterious,"  he 
began  life  as  a  real  estate  agent  in  New  York 
City,  and  contituied  for  several  years  with 
offices  at  171  Broadway.  .At  last  he  decided 
to  follow  his  natural  inclinations  and  entered 
Chicago  Medical  College,  where  he  was  gradu- 
ated M.  D.  in  1893.  He  located  in  Detroit, 
Michigan,  later  removing  to  ^liddletown.  New 
York,  removing  to  Binghamton,  New  York, 
in  1895.  where  he  continued  the  practice  of 
medicine,  later  engaging  in  the  manufacture 
and  sale  of  a  proprietary  medicine,  known  as 
Atlas  Compound,  which  he  still  continues 
(191 1 ).  During  these  years  he  continued  his 
investigation,  giving  especial  attention  to  astro- 
logy and  clairvoyance :  traveling  as  he  says 
"Many  thousands  of  miles:  accumulated  thou- 
sands of  rare  books:  cast  more  than  one  hun- 
dre  1  thousand  nativities:  treated  another  one 
hundred  thousand  sick  and  ailing  people  :  cheer- 
ed the  discouraged  and  foretold  peril  and  dan- 
ger." He  is  the  author  of  a  work  on  astrology, 
pulilished  in  1904.  He  is  a  graduate  of  the 
Chicago  School  of  Psychology;  and  of  the 
.\mcrican  .Academy  of  Physics  and  Medical 
College;  member  of  St.  fluke's  Ho.spital,  Niles. 
Michigan ;  Surgeon's  American  College  of 
.Science,  Philadelphia,  Pennsylvania,  and  the 
New  York  Osteopathic  Physicians'  Society. 

He  married.  June  8,  1881.  Alida  MacDonald 
(a  third  cousin),  born  March  i,  1839,  daugh- 
ter of  Abraham  and  Sarah  Ellen  MacDonald. 
Children:  i.  Reuben  Howland,  born  March 
14,  1882:  married,  October  27,  1910,  Lillian, 
daucrhter  of  Nathaniel  Livernmre.     2.  .Arthm" 


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Cleveland,  born  August  28,  1884;  married, 
September  12,  1906.  Fanny  M.  Noyes,  of  Port 
Dickinson,  New  York.  3.  Elsie  Dinsmore, 
born  May  (>,  1887,  died  July  19,  1888.  4.  Edgjar 
Coe,  born  March  i,  1889,  died  February,  1890. 

(The  Howland  Line). 

Rebecca  Ann  (  Howland  )  AlacDonald.nidther 
of  Dr.  Jeremiah  MacDonald,  is  a  descendant 
of  the  Marquis  de  Boquet,  born  in  France,  in 
1542.  He  was  apposed  to  the  Duke  of  Guise, 
who  ruled  the  kingdom  under  King  Francis  II. . 
and  to  whom  the  Protestants  attributed  all 
their  calamities.  The  Duke  owed  his  ascend- 
ency in  the  kingdom  through  the  marriage  of 
his  niece  Mary,  Queen  of  Scots,  with  the  young 
King,  Francis  II.,  who  was  only  fifteen  years 
of  age  when  married,  and  died  one  year  after 
ascending  the  throne.  The  Huguenots  were 
oath-bound  Protestants,  who  were  much  ilread- 
ed  by  the  Duke  of  Guise  on  account  of  their 
views  on  personal  freedom.  When  Francis  H. 
died,  the  Queen  Mother,  Catherine  de  Medici, 
gave  tolerance  to  free  worship  throughout 
France.  The  Duke  rashly  infringed  this  ordi- 
nance by  disturbing"  a  Huguenot  C(.ingregation, 
which  had  assembled  for  worship.  The  Duke's 
suite  attacked  the  place,  stones  were  thrown 
and  swords  drawn.  The  Duke  was  wounded 
and  forty-nine  of  the  Huguenots  slain.  This 
was  in  1562.  at  Rouen,  and  then  followed  the 
frightful  religious  war,  that  arrayed  family 
against  family,  noble  against  noble,  town 
against  town,  until  1572,  when  Catherine  open- 
ed her  court  to  the  Huguenots.  On  August 
23,  1572,  the  King,  Charles  IX.,  gave  orders. 
'"Kill  all,  let  none  be  left  to  reproach  me."  At 
midnight,  on  the  eve  of  St.  Bartholomew's 
Day,  August  24,  1572,  while  the  palace  was  fill- 
ed with  Huguenot  gentlemen,  who  were  attend- 
ant on  the  King  of  Navarre,  the  great  Ijell  of 
St.  Germain  rang  out  as  a  signal  and  the 
slaughter  began  in  the  palace.  Tlie  King,  mad- 
dened by  horror,  killed  his  nurse  and  surgeon 
and  would  have  killed  the  Spanish  King  of 
Navarre,  if  his  (Charles  IX.)  wife,  Elizabeth 
of  Austria,  had  not  stepped  between  them. 
The  Marc|uis  of  Boquet  escaped  from  the 
palace,  fled  from  I'aris.  readied  the  coast  in 
safety  and  continued  his  flight  to  England. 
There  he  married  an  Englisli  lady  of  title,  who, 
in  1584,  bore  him  a  daughter,  who,  in  1616, 
married  Sir  William  Arnold,  a  nejihew  of  Sir 
Walter  Raleigh.  In  1619  Sir  William  .Arnold 
sailed   fcjr  .\merica,  on  -i  vessel  that  sailed  a 


few  weeks  after  the  "Mayflower"  ;  was  wreck- 
ed on  the  Connecticut  coast,  and  was  rescued 
from  the  waves  by  a  man  named  Abijah 
Brown.  Sir  William  in  his  gratitude  declared 
that  if  ever  he  had  a  child  born  it  should  be 
called  Abijah.  In  1624  a  daughter  was  born 
whom  he  called  Abijah;  she  was  later  of  Am- 
sterdam, Flolland,  where,  in  1659,  she  married 
Jacob  Van  Zanett.  In  1661  they  had  a  daugh- 
ter bcTrn  to  whom  was  also  given  the  name 
Abijah.  In  1686  she  married  Jacob  Arden. 
In  1702  their  ilaughter,  Boquet  Arden,  was 
born,  who.  in  1735,  married  Jacob  Beekman. 
Their  daughter  Rebecca,  born  1742,  married 
Henry  Wilt.  Their  daughter,  Rebecca  Wilt, 
was  born  March  22,  1784,  married  Henry  How- 
land, a  descendant  of  the  English  family 
through  the  New  York  City  branch.  Their 
daughter,  Rebecca  Ann,  married  Jeremiah 
MacDonald,  and  they  are  the  parents  of  Dr. 
Jeremiah  MacDonald,  of  P.inghamton,  New 
York. 


The   Sessions    family   had   its 

SESSIONS  origin  in  Wantage,  I5erkshire, 
England.  There  is  at  present 
but  one  family  of  the  name  to  be  found  in 
England,  in  the  county  of  (iloucester.  The 
head  of  this  family  is,  or  was  lately.  Hon.  J. 
Sessions,  who  was  mayor  of  the  town  of 
Gloucester,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  His 
three  sons  were  associated  with  him  in  a  large 
manufacturing  business  in  both  Gloucester  and 
Cardiff  (Whales),  under  the  firm  name  of  J. 
Sessions  &  Sons.  There  is  also  a  daughter 
who  is  actively  engaged  in  benevolent  and  re- 
formatory work.  The  mother  established  and 
built  a  "Home  for  the  Fallen,"  which  is  man- 
aged by  members  of  the  family.  The  entire 
family  belongs  to  the  "Society  of  Friends," 
and  Frederick  Sessions,  besides  being  at  the 
head  of  a  large  business,  gives  his  entire  time, 
without  salary,  to  reformatory  work,  lecturing 
and  organizing  Sunday  schools,  temperance 
and  other  beneficient  societies. 

The  crest  of  the  English  Sessions  family  is 
a  griffin's  head.  This  mythological  creature 
was  sacred  to  the  sun,  and  according  to  tradi- 
tion, kept  guard  over  hidden  treasure. 

(  1  )  Samuel  Sessions,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  this  country  in  1630.  He  had  a  son 
.Alexander,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Alexander,  son  of  Samuel  Sessions, 
was  born  in  1(^^45.  and  lived  in  Andover,  Massa- 
chusetts, in    \(>(n).  at   the  age  of  twenty-four 


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years,  according"  to  a  deposition  niaile  by  him, 
January  27,  1669.  He  married,  April  24,  1672, 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John  Spofford.  of  Row- 
ley, Massachusetts.  After  his  death,  his  wife 
married  a  Mr.  Low.  Both  Ale.xaniler  Sessions 
and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  church  in 
Andover,  and  continued  so  until  their  death. 
He  was  freeman  there,  in  1677,  and  was  also 
one  of  the  proprietors  of  the  town,  as  appears 
by  a  vote.  He  died  there,  February  26,  1689- 
90.  His  will  was  admitted  to  probate,  March 
8,  1696-97,  and  inventoried  at  one  hundred  and 
nineteen  pounds.  His  widow  was  named  as 
administratri:5.  Mis  name  was  originally  spell- 
ed "Sessins,"  or  "Sutchins."  Children;  John, 
born  October  4,  1674  ;  .\lexander,  October  4, 
1676;  Timothy,  .April  14,  1678;  Samuel,  Alarch 
8,  1680,  drowned  at  Bosford,  1750;  Nathaniel, 
August  8.  i'68i,  mentioned  below;  Josiah,  May 
2,  1(184;  Joseph,  March  28,  1686. 

(  HI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Alexander  Sessions, 
was  born  .August  8,  1681,  and  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  I'omfret,  Connecticut.  He  was 
also  a  large  pro])rietor  of  Union,  Connecticut, 
and  bought  there,  June  12,  1721,  of  William 
-McCoy,  one-thirteenth  of  the  town,  but  never 
lived  there.     He  sold  it  to  his  son  Darius,  in 

January,    1742.     He  married  Joanna  , 

and  died  at  Punifret,  in  1771.  Children:  Eliz- 
abeth, born  December  15,  1707;  Nathaniel, 
(Jctolier  22.  1709;  John,  August  18,  i/i  I  ; 
.Mexander,  October  4,  1713,3!  Warren,  Massa- 
chusetts ;  .\masa.1715  ;  Darius,  August  11,  17 17, 
graduated  from  Yale  College,  1737,  lieutenant- 
governor  of  colony  of  Rhode  Island,  1745; 
Simeon,  February  11,  1720;  Abner,  March  4, 
1722,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  August  4,  1724; 
-\bijah,  February  I,  1726,  mentioned  below; 
Joanna,  January  19,  1729. 

(IV)  Abner,  son  of  Nathaniel  Sessions,  wai 
born  March  4.  1722.  He  settled  in  Union, 
Connecticut.  He  was  town  clerk  from  1747 
until  1780;  was  captain  of  the  militia  antl 
justice  of  the  peace  .some  thirty  years;  was 
active  in  the  struggle  for  independence  and  was 
for  many  years  deacon  of  the  Congregational 
cluirch.  He  died  February,  1781.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Wyman,  widow  of  Ebenezer  \\'y- 
luan.  first  Congregational  minister  of  Union. 
Children:  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below;  Silence, 
born   1749;  Mary,   1751. 

(V)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Abner  Sessions,  was 
born  at  Union,  March  6,  1748.  He  married. 
May  13,  1769,  Huldah  Hayward,  of  Ashford, 
Connecticut.      Children :   Anna,   married   Cap- 


tain Robert  Paul,  and  their  daughter  Marcia 
married  Lyman  Sessions  (see  Sessions  \  I )  ; 
Abner ;  Ebenezer. 

(IV)  Abijali.  son  of  Nathaniel  Sessions, 
was  born  February  i,  1726,  in  I'omfret.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and,  about  1752, 
removed  to  Union,  Tolland  county,  Connecti- 
cut. He  had  a  gift  deed  of  two  hundred  and 
ninety  acres  of  lanrl  there,  March  4,  1750, 
from  his  father.  He  married,  about  1752,  jo- 
anna,  daughter  of  Isaac  Dana,  of  I'omfret, 
who  died  March  20,  1797.  He  is  said  to  have 
been  a  large,  strongly-built  man,  and  died  April 
12,  1753,  in  consequence  of  over-exertion  and 
fatigue,  caused  by  participation  in  a  wolf  hunt. 
His  widow  never  married  and  was  rendered 
partly  insane  by  grief  over  his  deatli.  Child, 
Abijah,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Abijah  (2),  sou  of  Abijah  (i)  Ses- 
sions, was  born  June  2,  1751.  He  passed  his 
early  life  in  Ptnnfret,  but  went  back  to  Union 
when  twenty-one  years  of  age.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  ;  served  first  as  a  per- 
sonal attendant  of  General  Israel  Putnam  and 
afterwards  as  ensign.  He  served  through  three 
campaigns;  was  at  Cambridge  and  at  the  battle 
of  AVhite  Plains,  where  he  was  slightly  wound- 
ed. After  the  war  he  settled  in  Union,  and 
was  known  as  Colonel  Sessions,  from  holding 
that  office  in  the  state  militia  for  a  long  time. 
He  was  a  selectman  for  many  years,  justice 
of  the  peace  thirty  years,  and  fdso  in  the  state 
legislatiu'e  for  many  years.  He  died  July  6, 
1834.  He  married  Hannah  May,  of  Holland, 
Massachusetts,  February  8,  1778.  She  was 
born  February  17,  1754,  died  .\pril  14,  1845, 
daughter  of  Nehemiah  May,  of  Holland.  Chil- 
dren;  William  Pitt,  born  F'ebruary  6,  1779; 
Sarah  W.,  September  5,  1780;  Louisa,  March 
10.  1782: Joanna,  February  11,  1784;  Hannah, 
December  11,  1789;  Abijah,  April  12,  1791  ; 
Lyman,  .April  7,  1793,  mentioned  below  ;  Olive, 

November    11,    1794:    Alary,    married   

Dana,  same  family  as  Richard  H.  and  Charles 
.A.  Dana;  the}'  had  two  children,  Jare<l  and 
.Alexander. 

( \'I )  Lyman,  son  of  .Abijah  (2)  .Sessions, 
was  born  April  7,  1793.  He  was  justice  of 
the  peace,  selectman  and  member  of  the  legis- 
lature. He  was  a  farmer,  merchant  and  manu- 
facturer by  occupation.  He  luarried,  January 
16.  1823,  Marcia,  daughter  of  Captain  Robert 
and  Anna  (Sessions)  Paul.  Children:  i.  Jo- 
anna Dana,  born  December  i,  1826,  died  June 
TO,  1875.     2.  Alarcia  Paul,  May  13.  1831.  died 


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1890:  married  Closson  M.  Stone;  cliildren : 
Fred  ;  Helen,  deceased  :  Grace  ;  May,  antl  Fran- 
ces M.     3.  Gilman  Lyman,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Gilman  Lyman,  son  of  Lyman  Ses- 
sions, was  born  at  Woodstock,  Connecticut. 
February  14,  1833,  died  July  8,  1900.  His  early 
life  was  spent  upon  the  farm  of  his  father  at 
Woodstock,  in  the  town  of  LTnion,  Connecti- 
cut, and  his  early  education  was  in  the  district 
schools.  His  studies  preparatory  for  college 
were  at  Monson  Academy  and  Williston  Semi- 
nary, Massachusetts.  He  entered  Dartmouth 
College  in  the  year  1849.  and  was  graduated 
in  1853.  After  leaving  college  he  taught  school 
for  several  terms  in  N'ew  England,  and  was 
for  a  short  time  an  instructor  in  Latin  and 
Greek  at  a  boys'  school  in  Washington,  D.  C. 
In  the  year  1855  he  located  at  Binghamton, 
Broome  county.  New  York,  and  engaged  in 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Hon.  Daniel 
F.  Dickinson,  and  was  admitted  to  practice  as 
an  attorney  and  counselor  in  the  state  of  New 
York,  at  a  general  term  of  the  supreme  court, 
held  at  the  village  of  Delhi,  Delaware  county, 
in  July,  1856,  and  soon  thereafter  he  com- 
menced the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Bing- 
hamton. He  was  a  law  partner  of  (jeorge 
Bartlett,  who  died  in  1870,  and  after  that  date 
became  a  partner  of  Daniel  S.  Richards,  which 
partnership  continued  for  a  period  of  about 
seven  years. 

During  a  period  of  several  years,  commenc- 
ing about  1862,  Mr.  Sessions"  health  became 
im])aired  and  he  spent  several  years  in  change 
and  travel,  visiting  the  principal  cities  and 
health  resorts  of  Europe,  and,  in  about  the 
year  1869,  he  returned  to  Binghamton,  re- 
sumed his  practice  and  was  busily  engaged  as 
a  practicing  attorney  for  a  period  of  more 
than  twenty-five  years  from  that  time.  He 
attained  honor  and  distinction  in  his  profession 
and  gave  much  attention  to  literary  matters, 
writing  many  papers  on  public  and  historical 
questions  and  doing  considerable  in  poetry  and 
verse.  His  private  library  of  general  works 
was  one  of  the  most  complete  in  the  city  of 
Binghamton. 

In  politics  he  maintained  his  independence, 
although  usually  voting  with  the  Republican 
party.  He  never  sought  public  office,  yet  was 
keenly  interested  in  public  afifairs.  During 
the  latter  years  of  his  practice,  partly  on  ac- 
count of  lack  of  perfect  health  and  partly  on 
count  of  ])referment,  he  gave  u|)  the  practice 
of  active  litigation  for  the  more  pleasant  branch 


of  a  lawyer's  business,  such  as  examination  of 
titles,  general  consultation,  probate  court  busi-' 
ness  and  the  management  of  large  trusts  and 
estates.  For  a  period  of  many  years  he  was 
a  trustee  and  vice-president  of  the  Bingham- 
ton Savings  Bank  and  its  general  counsel ;  also 
a  director  and  officer  of  the  Suscjuehanna  \'al- 
ley  i^>ank,  which  offices  he  held  up  to  the  time 
of  his  death. 

On  November  22,  1866,  he  married  Eliza 
Hartlett,  born  July  20,  1835,  died  October  16, 
1904,  daughter  of  Robert  S.  and  Dorcas  M. 
Bartlett.  Dorcas  M.  Bartlett  was  born  April 
14,  1812,  daughter  of  Colonel  Loring  Bart- 
lett and  granddaughter  of  Sylvanus  Bartlett. 
The  children  of  Robert  S.  and  Dorcas  M. 
ISartlett  were  Eliza,  mentioned  above;  John 
Stephens  Bartlett,  born  December  15,  1838; 
James  Henry  Bartlett,  born  February  15,  1841  ; 
George  Loring  Bartlett,  born  November  15, 
1852;  Georgianna  I'artlett,  twin  sister  of 
George  Loring,  married  Oliver  W.  Sears. 

(  \'III  )  George  Dana,  son  of  Gilman  Lyman 
Sessions,  was  born  in  Binghamton,  New  York, 
May  6,  1877.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there  and  graduated  from  the  Binghamton  high 
school  in  1895.  He  entered  Hamilton  College 
in  the  fall  of  that  year,  and  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1899.  After  completing  his  college 
course  he  studied  law  in  his  father's  office  and 
in  the  law  office  of  Theodore  R.  Tuthill,  at 
liinghamton,  and  also  in  the  New  York  Law 
School.  He  was  admitttd  to  the  bar,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1901,  and  immediately  thereafter  began 
the  practice  of  his  profession  in  Binghamton. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  several  clubs,  ^n  officer  of  the  Bingham- 
ton Country  Club,  and  of  Otseningo  Lodge, 
Free  and   .Accepted   Masons,  at   Binghamton. 

He  married,  June  2~.  1903,  Margaret  Emma, 
daughter  of  Mrs.  Margaret  Clark,  of  Tomp- 
kinsville,  Staten  Island,  New  York.  They  have 
two  children,  (iilman  Lyman  Sessions  and 
Margaret  Clark  Sessions,  both  born  on  July  6, 
1904.  Mr.  Sessions  still  resides  in  the  home 
built  by  his  father,  in  1876,  on  Court  street,  in 
Binghamton,  and  his  children  were  born  in  the 
same  house  in  which  he  was. 


Among  the  representative  fam- 
Cl'RTISS     dies    of    Central    New    York, 
whose  members,  by  dint  of  per- 
severance  and   energy   have   risen   to  a  com- 
manding place  in  the  professional  world,  should 
be  mentioned  the  Curtiss  family,  represented 


.\I':\V  YORK. 


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by  the  eminent  United  States  district  attorney, 
and  compiler  of  the  great  work.  "Protection 
and  Prosperity."  George  B.  Curtiss.  of  Bing- 
hamton.  New  York,  who  was  born  at  Alt. 
Morris.  Livingston  county,  Xew  "S'ork.  Sep- 
tember 1 6,  1852. 

He  traces  his  hne  through  George  to  Rozell 
Curtiss.  who  was  the  son  of  Samuel  Curtiss, 
an  English  sea  captain,  and  the  founder  of  the 
family  in  this  country.  The  early  history  of 
the  different  branches  of  this  family  is  too 
well  known  to  need  repetition  here ;  suffice  to 
say  that  among  them  was  William  Curtiss. 
who  came  to  Xew  England  in  the  ship  "Eion." 
in  1632,  and  settled  in  Boston,  later  in  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts;  Richard,  William  and 
John,  who  settled  in  Scituate,  Massachusetts, 
in  1643.  and  a  number  of  others  who  were 
among  the  pioneer  families  of  the  New  World. 

(I)  Rozell  Curtiss,  mentioned  above  as  the 
son  of  Samuel,  was  born  about  1785,  in  Royal- 
ton.  \'ermont.  He  later  removed  to  Livings- 
ton county,  New^  York,  to  the  town  of  Mt. 
Morris,  and  took  a  prominent  part  in  the  af- 
fairs of  that  section.  He  was  a  farmer,  and. 
as  were  many  of  the  early  pioneers  who  clear- 
ed the  new  country,  also  engaged  to  quite  an 
extent  in  lumbering.  A  man  of  a  considerable 
intelligence,  with  a  knowledge  of  surveying, 
which  profession  he  followed  to  a  certain  ex- 
tent, he  also  took  a  j)rominent  part  in  the  mili- 
tary affairs  of  the  state,  rising  through  the 
various  ranks  to  that  of  brigadier-general, 
which  office  lie  held  for  some  years.  He  spent 
his  life,  after  coming  to  New  ^'nrk  state,  in 
Mt.  Morris,  where  he  died  and  is  buried. 

He  married  Rachel  French,  born  in  Xew 
Hampshire,  in  1802,  died  at  Marengo,  Illinois, 
in  1892.  When  a  child  of  twelve  years  she 
travelled  from  Xew  Hampshire  to  Livingston 
county.  New  York,  with  her  brother,  making 
the  journey  on  horseback  in  the  middle  of  win- 
ter. Children:  i.  George,  of  further  mention.  2. 
John,  married  Sophrona  Marsh ;  children : 
Olive,  Frank,  John,  May,  Samuel  and  Irene. 
3.  Frank  S.,  attended  Antioch  College,  'S'ellow 
Springs,  Ohio,  and  Oberlin  College,  graduating 
at  the  latter.  He  settled  in  Chicago,  where 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1860-61.  He 
enlisted  in  the  Union  army,  as  first  lieutenant 
of  the  Fifteenth  Illinois  Volunteer  Regiment, 
and,  after  serving  about  a  year,  resigned  and 
reenlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty- 
seventh  Regiment,  Illinois  \'olunteers,  of  which 


he  became  major  and  later  colonel,  and  was 
in  command  when  the  war  closed.  After  the 
war  he  settled  in  St,  Louis,  Missouri,  where 
he  was  attorney  for  the  Missouri  Pacific  Rail- 
road until  his  death,  in  i8i)8.  He  married 
Mattie  Pope,  of  C^hio.  diildren  :  Leroy  and 
Lillian.  4.  Ira  R.,  attended  college  at  Antioch, 
C)hio.  and  Union  (  New  York  )  College,  grad- 
uating from  the  latter  in  1859  or  i860.  He 
located  at  Marengo,  Illinois,  where  he  became 
a  well-known  lawyer  and  banker,  and  still  re- 
sides. He  married  Josephine  Dayton,  no  issue. 
(Ill)  George,  son  of  Rozell  and  Rachel 
(French)  Curtiss,  was  born  about  1819;  died 
at  \'icksburg,  Mississippi,  July  2,  1863.  He 
followed  agricultural  pursuits,  removing  to 
Illinois  in  1836,  settling  in  McHenry  county, 
near  Marengo,  where  he  remained  until  1861, 
when  he  enlisted  in  the  L'nion  army,  serving 
in  the  One  Hundred  and  Twenty-seventh  Regi- 
ment, Illinois  \'olunteer  Infantry.  This  regi- 
ment formed  a  part  of  the  army  under  Gen- 
eral ( irant,  at  X'icksburg.  He  died  shortly  be- 
fore the  surrender  of  General  Pemberton.  and 
was  buried  at  the  foot  of  a  great  cottonwood 
tree,  standing  near  the  river  bank.  In  1867 
Cokine!  Frank  S,  Curtiss  visited  the  spot  to 
remove  the  remains  to  a  northern  burying- 
gripund,  but  found  the  river  had  encroached 
and  carried  away  the  tree  and  immediate  vicin- 
it\'.  ("icorge  Curtiss  married  1  luldah  Hart 
Bougliton,  daughter  of  Harry  and  Elizabeth 
(Gordon)  Boughton  (according  to  Boughton 
genealogy)  (data  says  Huldah  Hart  Boughton, 
daughter  of  Henry  and  Elizabeth  (Hart) 
Boughton).  Huldah  Boughton  was  the  daugh- 
ter of  Harry,  son  of  Hezekiah  (2),  son  of 
Hezekiah  (  i).  son" of  Eleazer.  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Sarah  (Greggorie)  P>oughton.  John  (2) 
was  the  third  child  of  John  Boughton  (i),  son 
(as  is  supposed)  of  Count  Nicholas  Boughton. 
John  (i)  was  a  Huguenot,  who  fled  from 
France  to  England,  thence  to  America,  landing 
at  Boston,  ATassachusetts,  in  December,  1635, 
from  the  barque  "Assurance."  He  married 
(first)  Joan  Turney,  lived  in  Boston  and 
Watertown,  Massachusetts ;  was  an  early  set- 
tler at  flartford  and  Norwalk,  Connecticut: 
representative  to  the  general  court  of  Connecti- 
cut, and  served  in  many  responsible  capacities 
at  Xorwalk.  where  his  wife  died.  He  married 
(second),  January  i,  1656,  Abigail  Alarvin : 
married  (third),  1673,  Mrs.  Mary  Stevenson. 
John  Boughton  (2)  was  a  son  of  second  wife. 


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Huldah  (Boughton)  Curtiss  died  on  the  farm, 
at  Marengo,  Illinois,  in  1873,  having  survived 
her  husband  ten  years. 

ChiUlren  :  i.  \\'illiam  Henry,  born  1849,  died 
at  ^larengo,  Illinois,  December,  1905  ;  he  was 
a  veterinary  surgeon.  2.  George  Boughton,  of 
further  mention.  3.  Rozell  Morgan,  born  1856, 
studied  medicine,  and  is  a  practicing  physician 
of  Marengo,  Illinois;  married  (first)  Sarah 
Sears:  died  without  issue:  (second)  Adela 
Stull :  child,  Hulda  Elizabeth,  4.  Ira  Oliver, 
educated  at  Oberlin  (Ohio)  College;  prepared 
for  the  practice  of  law,  was  admitted  to  the 
bar,  and  located  at  Aberdeen,  South  Dakota ; 
was  elected  state  senator  in  1908,  reelected  in 
1910;  married,  no  issue. 

(R')  George  Boughton,  son  of  George  and 
Huldah  (Boughton)  Curtiss,  was  born  at  Mt. 
Morris,  Livingston  county.  New  York,  Se])- 
tember  16,  1852.  His  early  life  was  spent  on 
the  farm,  near  Marengo,  where  his  parents 
removed  when  he  was  four  years  old.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  at  Marengo 
Academy.  In  the  spring  of  1875  he  entered 
the  Northwestern  Business  College,  Madison, 
Wisconsin,  being  graduated  in  the  following 
September.  During  the  following  v^inter  he 
taught  a  private  school  and  a  class  in  penman- 
ship. In  April,  1876,  he  came  to  Binghamton, 
Xew  Y'ork,  where  for  four  years  he  was  in- 
structor in  penmanship  and  bookkeeping,  at 
Lowell's  Business  College.  He  had,  as  a  young 
man,  been  ambitious  to  become  a  lawyer,  and 
bent  all  his  energy  in  this  direction.  During 
this  period  he  read  law,  and  with  Professor 
Magoris,  of  the  high  school,  also  took  a  spe- 
cial scientific  course.  He  pursued  legal  studies 
under  Hotchkiss  &  Millard,  of  Binghamton. 
also  with  A.  D.  Wales.  During  the  general 
term  of  the  supreme  court,  held  at  Ithaca,  in 
May,  1880,  he  passed  the  rec|uired  examina- 
tions, and  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In  1880 
he  opened  a  law  office  in  Binghamton.  In  a 
very  short  time  he  began  to  attract  attention 
for  his  marked  ability.  .Mthough  a  [perfect 
stranger  in  the  city  of  I'.inghamton,  he  rose 
rapidly  to  a  prominent  position  at  the  bar.  His 
first  case  before  the  su])erior  court  was  the  de- 
fense of  \'ictoria  Scott,  a  colored  girl,  charged 
with  the  crime  of  murder.  The  case  was  ably 
prosecuted  by  David  II.  Carver,  the  then  dis- 
trict attorney  of  Broome  county,  assisted  by 
.Alexander  Cummings  as  counsel,  yet  so  skill- 
ful was  the  defense  by  Mr.  Curtiss  that,  after 
a  remarkable  trial  lasting  one  week,  his  client 


was  only  convicted  of  manslaughter  in  the 
fourth  degree,  and  sentenced  to  eighteen 
months  in  prison.  This  case  attracted  a  vast 
amount  of  favorable  comment  from  the  press, 
and  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  1883,  Mr.  Curtiss 
was  nominated  for  district  attorney  of  Broome 
county,  and,  as  a  result  of  the  favorable  im- 
pression which  he  had  made  upon  both  the 
press  and  the  public,  was  elected  to  this  office. 
He  served  three  years,  and,  in  1886,  was  again 
elected,  serving  till  1889 — two  terms  of  three 
years  each.  During  this  entire  time  he  never 
drew  a  defective  indictment,  and,  in  addition 
to  all  of  the  other  business  connected  with, 
this  office,  he  conducted  one  hundred  and 
twenty  criminal  prosecutions,  and  although  all 
were  ably  defended  by  the  best  legal  talent,  he 
was  successful  in  nearly  every  case ;  in  fact, 
but  twelve  were  decided  against  him.  In  1886 
he  formed  a  partnership  with  Taylor  L.  Arms, 
the  firm  being  known  as  Arms  &  Curtiss.  This 
continued  till  1889,  when  Mr.  Arms  was  elect- 
ed county  judge  and  surrogate,  and  the  part- 
nership was  dissolved.  From  1892  to  1896 
he  was  associated  with  W.  W.  Kewell  as  part- 
ner. In  1900  he  was  appointed  by  President 
McKinley.  L^nited  States  district  attorney,  ami 
has  been  reappointed  successively  by  Presi- 
dents Roosevelt  and  Taft;  his  present  term 
will  expire  in  1913.  January  i,  1901,  he  again 
formed  a  partnership  with  Judge  Taylor  L. 
Arms  and  Thomas  J.  Keenan,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Curtiss,  Arms  &  Keenan.  The  firm  con- 
tinued a  successful  career  until  1908,  when  it 
was  dissolved  by  the  death  of  Judge  Arms. 
Theodore  Tuthill  was  then  admitted  as  the 
jmiior  partner,  and  as  Curtiss,  Keenan  &  Tut- 
hill. the  firm  still  cont-inues. 

For  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  Mr. 
Curtiss  has  appeared  in  the  most  important 
trials  in  Broome  county,  during  which  time  he 
has  been  called  upon  to  cope  with  the  ablest 
lawyers  in  southern  New  York,  and  in  all  cases 
his  adroitness,  legal  acumen,  and  thorough 
knowledge  of  the  law  have  been  readily  recog- 
nized by  his  opponents.  During  all  his  ])ublic 
career,  first  as  prosecutor  for  the  county  and 
later  as  L'nited  States  district  attorney,  he  has 
proved  a  valuable  official,  doing  his  duty  fear- 
lessly. His  actions  have  commanded  the  at- 
tention of  the  leading  jurists  in  the  L'nited 
States  courts,  and  upon  each  appointment  by 
the  President,  he  has  received  many  flattering 
letters  from  the  judges  and  others.  He  stands 
high  in  the  legal   fraternity,  and  holds  the  re- 


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spect  of  all.  His  practice  is  very  large,  and  his 
career  is  one  that  he  can  review  with  satisfac- 
tion. 

But  it  is  not  only  as  a  great  lawyer  that  Mr. 
Curtiss  has  achieved  distinction,  but  in  a  far 
wider  scope  as  a  speaker  and  writer  on  the 
subject  of  the  tariff.  For  thirty  years  he  has 
devoted  all  of  his  leisure  time  to  a  close  study 
of  this  great  subject,  and,  in  1896,  he  published 
his  first  work  upon  this  subject,  under  the  title. 
"Protection  and  Prosperity,"  an  account  of 
the  tariiif  legislation  and  its  effect  in  Europe 
and  .\merica.  Introduction  written  by  Will- 
iam McKinley  and  Thomas  B.  Reed.  Air. 
AIcKinley  says  in  his  introduction: 

The  value  of  such  an  exhaustive  work  to  students 
comes  from  the  fact  that  the  author  shows  in  the 
logical  order  pursued  the  economic  conditions  which 
suggested  and  brought  into  existence  protective  prin- 
ciples and  has  given  the  historical  origin  of  the 
essential  principles.  While  writing  from  the  pro- 
tective standpoint  there  is  no  indication  of  any  hobby 
or  new  scheme  of  political  econoiny.  The  apparent 
endeavor  is  to  show  what  the  experience  of  business 
men  and  the  practices  of  nations  have  proven  to  be 
wise,  just  and  beneficient ;  that  the  principles  of  pro- 
tection had  their  origin  with  the  institution  of  society 
and  governments,  and  are  a  necessary  part  of  that 
policy  under  wliich  civilization  has  advanced. 

Speaker  Reed  says  in  his  intr(.)duction : 

The  book  which  Mr.  Curtiss  has  written  is  unlike 
any  other  which  has  been  presented  on  the  subject 
in  its  method  of  treatment,  and  in  the  width  of 
range.  *  *  *  The  calin  and  careful  history  in  this 
book  of  the  protection  system  in  England  which  pre- 
ceded the  Cobden  movement,  and  the  history  of  the 
Cobden  movement  itself  will  go  far  to  rectify  the 
false  ideas  which  have  been  so  long  prevalent,  an<l 
if  it  contained  nothing  else  will  be  worth  all  the  book 
will  cost  and  all  the  trouble  of  understanding  the 
story  therein  narrated.  *  *  *  This  book  is  also  the 
story  of  how  the  nations  discovered  that  the  best 
way  to  be  protected  and  prosperous  was  not  to  leave 
things  alone  but  to  use  their  brains  and  make  things 
better.  *  *  *  This  book  gives  the  history  of  experi- 
ments tried  all  over  the  world  of  the  two  systems 
and  the  results  which  have  followed.  It  teaches 
what  the  facts  teach  and  nothing  more.  It  does  not 
teach  that  this  law  or  that  law,  this  rate  or  that  rate, 
is  essential  to  national  success ;  for  rates  change  with 
circumstances  and  laws  with  conditions  ;  but  it  teaches 
that  protection  whether  it  be  at  one  rate  or  another, 
whether  it  be  by  one  law  or  another,  so  long  as  it  is 
protection  it  is  the  sole  essential. 

It  contains  eight  hundred  and  sixty-four 
pages  and  embraces  a  history  of  the  tariff 
question  of  all  nations  from  the  earliest  time 
to  1895.  On  account  of  the  importance  of  the 
silver   c|uestion    which    was   injected   into   the 


campaign  of  1896,  entirely  supplanting  the 
tarilT  question  as  a  political  issue,  only  ab(jut 
fifteen  hundred  copies  of  "Protection  and  Pros- 
])erity"  were  sold,  about  four  hundred  of  which 
were  suld  in  England.  L'pon  Lord  Masham's 
(who  was  president  of  the  Fair  Trade  League 
of  I'jigland  )  attention  being  called  to  the  work, 
he  voluntarily  sent  a  circular  to  all  of  the  lords 
and  members  of  parliamenf,  in  which  he  said 
that  "Tt  was  by  far  the  most  important  and 
comprehensive  work  ever  published."  Pro- 
fessor Gunton,  reviewing  the  work  in  Gunton's 
Magaciiic  of  .liiirrican  Hcouoiiucs  and  Political 
Science,  sail] : 

The  work  itself  has  elements  of  breadth,  perma- 
nence and  endurance  reaching  not  only  far  beyond 
any  presidential  campaign  and  beyond  the  limits  of 
any  single  country,  but  beyond  also  the  popularity 
or  permanence  of  any  particular  form  of  govern- 
mental institutions  or  type  of  national  civilization. 
For  neither  in  Europe  nor  America  has  there  ever 
lieen  furnished  in  a  single  purely  historical  work  the 
tnaterials  for  so  exhaustive  a  study  or  for  so  suc- 
cessful a  mastering  of  the  Tariff  Question  in  all  its 
details. 

The  part  of  the  work  devoted  to  the  British  tariff 
policy  far  exceeds  in  e.xhaustivencss  and  value  the 
writings  of  any  Englishman  and  even  of  Sir  .\rchi- 
bald  .Mison,  an  achievement  to  which  we  had  not 
thought  any  American  would  be  equal. 

Of  Mr.  Curtiss  we  may  say  he  has  found  enough 
to  compel  every  statesman,  publicist,  economist  and 
historian  who  desires  to  say  anything  bearing  on  the 
tariff  cjueslion,  to  carefully  study  the  question  over 
again.  It  will  not  do  not  to  know  the  new  matter 
here  brought  to  light. 

The  above  are  selected  from  scores  of  a 
similar  nature  written  by  the  most  learned  men 
not  only  of  the  L'nited  States  but  of  England 
as  well,  each  and  all  of  whom  admit  that  it  is 
by  far  the  most  exhaustive  work  ever  publish- 
ed upiin  this  or  any  kindred  subject,  and  is  the 
oidy  complete  consecutive  history  of  the  tariff 
from  a  protective  standpoint  ever  written  up 
to  the  date  of  its  publication. 

On  account  of  urgency  of  friemls  who  de- 
sired that  the  work  appear  in  the  campaign  oi 
1896,  which  at  that  time  it  was  thought  would 
be  fought  on  the  tariff  (|uestion,  the  work  was 
published  before  Mr.  Curtiss'  plan  had  been 
entirely  worked  out,  and  the  history  of  tlie 
United'  .States  prior  to  i860  was  greatly  abbre- 
viated. Since  that  time  Mr.  Curtiss  has  been 
carrying  out  his  original  decision,  and  will 
soon  bring  out  a  new  edition  contained  in  two 
volumes,  the  first  to  be  devoted  entirely  to  the 
tariff'  question  in  foreign  countries,  the  second 
volume  to  the  United  States.   The  latter  volume 


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will  contain  a  carefully  written  account  of  the 
industrial  life  and  development  of  the  Amer- 
ican colonists  from  the  earliest  time  to  the 
adoption  of  the  Federal  Constitution,  and  the 
most  complete  and  exhaustive  history  of  the 
tariff  legislation  from  1789  to  i860  that  has 
been  written.  The  data  pertaining  to  the  his- 
tory of  all  nations  will  also  be  brought  down 
to  the  present  time. 

Mr.  Curtiss  has  always  been  an  ardent  su])- 
porter  of  the  Republican  party,  and  while 
political  preferment  has  ever  been  within  his 
reach,  he  has  declined  all  such  except  his  pro- 
fessional appointments.  He  has  spent  much 
time  in  the  selection  of  a  library  of  the  choicest 
literature,  comprising  works  upon  a  large  num- 
ber of  subjects,  among  which  are  over  one 
thousand  volumes  and  four  hundred  pamphlets 
upon  the  tariff  question,  this  exceeding  any 
private  collection  in  the  L'nited  States,  in  fact, 
any  public  collection,  except  that  of  the  Con- 
gressional Library,  at  Washington. 

Mr.  Curtiss  married,  May  7,  1888,  Mary  D., 
daughter  of  Calvin  and  Elizabeth  Bliss,  of 
Lisle.  Broome  county.  New  York.  Of  this 
marriage  two  children  have  been  born :  Eliza- 
beth Hulda.  .August  i,  1890;  Isabella  Bliss, 
June  22,  1894. 


Sergeant  George  Darrow,  the 
DARROW  first  of  the  family  in  this  coun- 
try, settled  at  New  London, 
Connecticut,  about  1675,  and  died  there,  in 
1704.  He  married,  about  1678,  Mary,  widow 
■of  George  Sharsvvood,  and  she  died  in  1698. 
He  married  (second),  August  10,  1702,  Eliza- 
beth Marshall,  of  Hartford.  The  children 
were :  Christopher,  baptized  at  New  London, 
December  i,  1678;  George,  October  17,  1680; 
Nicholas,  May  20,  1683;  Jane,  April  17,  1692. 

( I )  Richard  Darrow,  probably  nephew  of 
George  Darrow,  was  born  in  May,  1682,  antl 
was,  according  to  family  tradition,  of  Welsh 
descent.  He  resided  first  in  New  London,  and 
later  located  at  East  Haven,  Connecticut,  on 
an  island  that  separates  the  town  from  Bran- 
ford  and  is  still  called  Darrow's  Island.  After- 
ward he  removed  to  the  center  of  the  town, 
where  he  died  March  19,  1775,  aged  ninety- 
two  yearsA  ten  months.  He  married  Sarah 
She]5ard.  Children,  born  at  East  Haven:  Rich- 
ard, May,  171 1  :  John,  June,  1713  ;  John,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1716;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Richard  Darrow,  the 
only  child  to  grow  to  maturity,   was  born   in 


1719,  at  East  Haven.  He  married  Lydia  .Aus- 
tin. In  1760  they  moved  to  Plymouth,  Con- 
necticut. He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade  and 
also  a  farmer.  Children,  born  at  East  Haven : 
Ebenezer,    March,    1743:    Abigail,    July    29, 

1745,  married  (first)  Johnson,  of  West 

Haven,  and  (second)  Bishop;  Jemima, 

February  or  July  9,  1748.  married  Benjamin 
Barnes  ;  Asa,  mentioned  below  ;  Titus,  July  or 
.Se|)tember  15,  1753,  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
married,  in  1778,  .Anna  Hill:  Eunice,  married 
John  Warren:  Lydia,  born  1759. 

(Ill)  Asa,  son  of  Ebenezer  Darrow,  was 
born  at  East  Haven,  May  22,  1750.  He  learn- 
ed his  father's  trade  as  shoemaker,  and  follow- 
ed it.  He  died  in  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  No- 
vember 16,  1821.  He  married  Lyrlia  Bartholo- 
mew. Children,  born  at  Plymouth :  Martha, 
July  15,  1775,  married  David  Roice :  Lydia, 
December  13,  1778,  married  J.  Morton;  Lucy, 
March  12,  1781,  married  Ebenezer  French; 
Asa,  mentioned  below;  Andrew  S.,  March  3, 
1785.  married  (first)  Nancy  Adkins,  who  died 
May  16,  1815,  and  (second)  Phoebe  Woodin ; 
Rosella,  Alarch  19,  1787,  married  John  Brad- 
ley; Freelove,  September  17,  1789;  Jania,  May 
12,  1792. 

(I\')  Asa  (2),  son  of  Asa  (i)  Darrow. 
was  born  January  11,  1783.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  shoemaker.  He  married  Clarissa  Birch- 
ard  and  settled  at  Farmington,  Connecticut. 
Children :  John ;  .Asa  B.,  mentioned  below ; 
Clarissa,  Maria,  George  and  Charles. 

(\')  Asa  B.,  son  of  Asa  (2)  Darrow,  mar- 
ried Sarah  Garner.  Among  their  children  was 
Ralph  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Ralph  Samuel,  son  of  Asa  B.  Dar- 
row, was  born  September  18,  1840,  in  Con- 
necticut, died  at  Binghamton,  New  York,  De- 
cember 13,  1889.  He  came  to  Binghamton 
with  his  parents  when  he  was  six  years  old, 
and  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools, 
academy  and  business  college.  He  was  em- 
ployed for  a  time  as  clerk  by  the  firm  of  Pres- 
ton &  Sears,  and  afterwards  in  the  bank  of 
Judge  Phelps.  In  ])artnership  with  David 
Hogg,  he  engaged  in  the  hay,  grain  and  feed 
business  in  Bingliamton.  .After  a  few  years 
the  firm  was  dissolved  and  the  business  was 
continued  by  Mr.  Darrow  as  long  as  he  lived, 
with  abundant  and  substantial  success.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of  Bing- 
hamton for  several  years.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican.  In  religion  he  was  a  prominent 
Methodist   and    for   a    number   of   years   was 


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superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  and  also 
on  the  official  board  of  the  Methodist  church 
up  to  his  death. 

He  married,  September  30.  18(14,  Louise, 
daughter  of  John  C.  and  lietsey  (  Seaverson ) 
Moore  (see  Moore  II).  They  have  one  child. 
Ray  S.,  born  November  17,  1870. 

(The   Moore   Line). 

(I)  Andrew  Moore  was,  according  to  fam- 
ily tradition,  a  major  in  the  American  army, 
and  was  killed  in  the  revolutionary  war,  lie 
married  Louise  Remington.  Children:  Jdhn 
C. ;  Emeline.  married  Solomon  Orcutt ;  Lima. 
married  Alonzo  Kattell :  Folly,  died  young; 
Harriet,  married  Cornelius  DeW'itt ;  B.  Frank- 
lin, married  Fannie  \'an  Trump ;  George  W., 
married  Anna  \\  ard.  .Andrew  Moore  was  an 
early  settler  in  P)inghamton  and  owned  sev- 
eral farms  within  the  limits  of  the  present 
city,  but  then  the  town  of  I'inghamton. 

(II)  John  C.,  son  of  .\ndrew  Moore,  was 
born  in  Binghamton,  on  his  father's  homestead, 
about  iSof).  died  in  18A4.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools  and  for  a  few  years 
taught  school.  He  studied  medicine  but  never 
practiced.  He  was  county  clerk  and  held  other 
offices  of  trust,  and  was  prominent  in  the 
Methodist  church,  of  which  for  many  years 
he  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school. 
He  married  Betsey,  daughter  of  Peter  and 
Maria  Seaverson.  Children,  born  at  Bingham- 
ton :  Louise,  married  Ralph  Samuel  Darrow 
(see  Darrow  \  I )  ;  John  .\..  married  F'hebe 
Rhinevautt,  and  had :  Minnie.  Ida,  Carrie  and 
Charles;  George,  born  1840,  married  Belle 
Towner,  and  had ;  Anna,  Georgia,  Bessie  and 
Ethel ;  Charles,  married  Ida  Mead,  and  had 
Edson  and  .Arthur. 


|.  George  Quirin,  father  of  Lniil 
OriRlX  J.  F.  Quirin.  was  born  in  West- 
liofFen.  .Alsace,  then  France,  now 
in  Germany,  and  died  at  Olean,  Xew  York, 
April  I,  1907.  He  came  to  the  Lnited  States 
in  1852.  and  became  an  apprentice  in  the  calf- 
skin shop  of  Mercer,  in  Cambridge,  Massachu- 
setts. He  then  removed  to  Iowa,  where  he 
was  engaged  in  the  business  of  tanning  imtil 
1807.  He  returned  to  the  east  with  his  brothers. 
Philip  and  Jacob,  and,  in  June.  1869.  together 
with  them,  purchased  the  tannery  of  the  lata 
Colonel  William  Ransom,  at  Tioga  Centre, 
Xew  York,  and  converted  it  into  an  upper 
leather  tanncrv.  under  the  firm  name  of  L  G. 


Quirin  &  Com])any.  I'hey  gave  em]5loyment 
to  from  one  hundred  to  one  hundred  and  fifty 
men  in  the  tanning  of  wax  calf,  and  were  con- 
nected with  William  C.  Quirin  &  Company,  of 
Boston.  William  C.  Quirin  remained  at  the 
head  of  this  firm  until  his  death  in  1901.  The 
latter  firm  had  a  currying  shop  on  Longwood 
avenue.  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  where  two 
hundred  men  were  employetl  in  finishing  the 
])roduct  of  the  tannery.  At  that  time  they 
were  the  largest  manufacturers  of  wax  calf- 
skins in  the  country,  ami  produced  skins  of  a 
superior  quality  to  the  P'rench  calfskins  then 
in  such  demand.  Philip  Quirin  died  in  187 1, 
and  Jacob  in  1880.  and.  in  1887,  J.  George 
Quirin  retired  from  active  business  life,  and 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  on  his  farm  in 
summer,  and  with  his  sons,  at  Olean,  in  winter. 
Pie  was  later  for  a  time  engaged  in  operating 
a  stuffing  mill  for  a  Mr.  Hofl:'man,  in  Somer- 
ville,  Massachusetts.  .After  his  retiu'n  from 
the  west  he  wrote  a  number  of  articles  on  this 
subject,  which  appeared  in  The  Shoe  and 
Leather  Re  pari  er.  in  1867-68-69.  and  which 
attracted  consitlerable  attention  at  that  time. 
he  having  been  one  of  the  first  men  to  operate 
machinery  for  this  pur]50se. 

He  married  Madeleine  P>ernliardt.  Chil- 
dren; William  C.  A.,  married  Lilibie  Deane ; 
Emil  J.  F.,  mentioned  below;  George  L.  A., 
married  Celia  F.  Sewell.  of  Boston ;  Frederick, 
died  young;  Edward  X..  married  Edna  L. 
Earle ;  Charles  X..  unmarried;  Lydia  E..  mar- 
ried Etlward  Muller  :  .Albert,  deceased  ;  Frank 
J.,  married  Elma  Bromdage,  of  California; 
Larrie  L.,  deceased  ;  Angelica  F".,  unmarried. 

(  11  )  Emil  J.  F.,  son  of  John  George  Quirin, 
was  born  in  Buffalo,  Xew  A'ork.  February  21, 
1855,  and  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
Owego  and  at  Boston  Business  College.  He 
entered  the  employ  of  his  father,  and  later 
became  a  partner  in  the  firm.  He  is  at  present 
general  manager  of  the  Quirin  Leather  Press 
Comjianv.  of  (31ean.  He  married.  .September 
_'.  1880.  Cecilia  Eleanor,  daughter  of  Stejihen 
Durkee  and  Mary  Robbins  (Magray)  Archer 
(see  .Archer  HI),  and  they  have  one  child, 
\'iolet  Madeleine,  born  June  21.  1884. 

Mrs.  Cecilia  Eleanor  Quirin  had  for  her 
revolutionary  ancestor  Joseph  Robbins.  who 
left  the  following  autoljiography ; 

I  w.TS  born  at  Kingston.  Plymouth  county,  in  the 
State  of  Massachusetts,  in  the  year  of  our  Lord  1757. 
When  T  was  between  seventeen  and  eighteen  years  of 
age  I  cnhsted  the  first  day  of  May,  1775,  in  Middle- 


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burg,  where  I  then  resided,  as  a  private  soldier  to 
the  American  Army  in  the  Revokitionary  war,  for 
the  first  eight  months'  service  in  Captain  Isaac  Wood's 
company,  under  Colonel  Cotton  Jr.,  General  Thomas' 
brigade.  I  marched  from  Middleburg  to  Roxbury, 
where  I  served  my  time  out  at  the  siege  of  Boston. 
Soon  after  this  I  enlisted  in  the  same  company,  but 
under  Colonel  Bailey's  command,  in  General  Heath's 
brigade,  for  the  time  of  one  year,  in  1776,  and 
marched  with  the  army  to  New  'V'ork.  While  I  was 
in  New  York  I  worked  considerably  at  my  trade  as 
an  artificer.  C)n  the  25th  of  December,  1776,  I  took 
part  in  the  capture  of  the  Hessians  at  Trenton.  My 
time  of  service  e.xpired  Jan.  ist,  1777.  Then  I  volun- 
teered anew  for  six  weeks  longer,  and  followed 
General  Washington  into  the  field  of  battle  at  Prince- 
ton. I  remained  with  the  army  until  my  six  weeks 
was  expired,  and  then  was  discharged  and  came 
home  and  remained  until  June,  1779,  then  I  enlisted 
in  the  army  and  went  one  campaign  with  General 
Sullivan,  up  in  the  wilderness  in  the  back  country, 
to  fight  the  Indians.  I  think  my  captain's  name  was 
Churchill. 

Services:  8  months  at  Roxbury,  Mass.;  12  months 
at  New  York,  and  there  about  1 '  _>  month  volunteers; 
6  months  in  General  Sullivan's  army;  2"/  months  and 
twelve  days,  which  I  claim  a  pension  for. 

The  following  will  show  that  his  claim  for 
pension  was  successful: 

WAR  DEPARTMENT. 

Revolution-ary  Claims. 

I    certify   that   in   conformity   with   the   law   of   the 

United  States  of  the  7th  June,  1832,  Joseph  Robbins, 

of  Nova  Scotia,  who  was  a  Private  in  the  war  of  the 

Revolution,  is  entitled  to  receive  eighty  dollars  and 

cents    per    annum,    during    his    natural    life, 

commencing  on  the  4th  of  March,  1831,  and  4th  of 
September  in  every  year. 

Given  at  the  War  Office  of  the  United  States,  this 
9th  day  of  January,  one  thousand  eight  hundred  and 
thirty-eight.  [Seal]     J.  R.  Pomteli,. 

Secretary  of  War. 
Examined  and  Countersigned, 
J.  L.  Edwards, 

Commissioner  of  Pensions. 

(The  Archer  Line). 
For  more  than  five  hundred  years  the  fam- 
ily of  Archer  has  been  of  some  note  in  Eng- 
land. Like  the  origin  of  most  patronymics  of 
the  earlier  Anglo-Sa.xon  period,  that  of  Archer 
appears  to  be  involved  in  some  obscurity,  and 
it  is  doubtful  whether  the  armorial  bearings  of 
the  family  were  derived  from  the  name  and 
that  still  earlier  from  the  occupation  or  pro- 
fession of  archery,  or  were  assumed,  either  in 
fanciful  reference  to  the  name  or  in  allusion  to 
the  tenure  by  which  John  Archer,  champion 
to  Thomas,  earl  of  Warwick,  held  his  estates 
of  that  noble,  namely,  annual  payinent  of 
twelve  broad  arrows.  The  Archer  family  of 
Umberslade  has  been  the  principal   family  of 


the  name  in  England.  The  line  of  descent 
down  to  the  time  that  the  American  ancestor 
of  the  Archer  family  left  England  is  given 
below : 

Fulbert  Archer  came  to  England  with  Will- 
iam, the  Conqueror,  and  his  name  is  on  the 
roll  of  Battle  Abbey. 

Robertus,  son  of  Fulbert  Archer,  was  of 
Tamworth,  Warwick  county,  England,  mar- 
ried Selida,  daughter  and  heir  of  Roger  de 
Hulehall ;  had  children :  Richard,  John  and 
William. 

William,  son  of  Robert  Archer,  married 
Margeria,  daughter  and  heir  of  John  Saway 
de  Oxton  Saway,  Leicestershire.  Children : 
Thomas,  John,  William  and  Flenry. 

John,  son  of  William  Archer,  married  Mar- 
gery, daughter  of  William  Barneville,  and  had: 
William,  Ela  and  John. 

John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Archer,  was  of 
Tamworth ;  married  Margery,  daughter  of 
William  Tracy  de  Tuddington,  and  they  had : 
Thomas  and  John. 

John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Archer,  married 
Isabell,  daughter  of  Radi  de  Erasat,  and  they 
had  :  William  and  Thomas. 

Thomas,  son  of  John  (3)  Archer,  was  of 
L'mberg,  of  Tainworth  or  Tanworth ;  married 
Margaretta,  daughter  and  heir  of  Walter  Cle- 
bury,  of  Clebury.  He  died  in  the  forty-sixth 
year  of  Edward  IIL 

Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Archer, 
married  Agnes,  daughter  of  John  Hanbury,  of 
Hanbury,  Staffordshire,  and  they  had :  Henry 
and  Richard.  He  died  in  the  fourth  year  of 
Henry  VL,  aged  eighty-four  years. 

Richard,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Archer,  mar- 
ried Alice,  daughter  of  William  Hugford, 
widow  of  Thomas  Lucy.  He  died  in  the  elev- 
enth year  of  Edward  IV..  aged  eighty-five. 

John  (4),  son  of  Richard  Archer,  married 
Christina,  daughter  and  heir  of  Rodi  Balklow, 
widow  of  Henry  Sewell. 

John  (5),  son  of  John  (4)  Archer,  was  of 
Tanworth ;  married  Alice,  daughter  of  Bald- 
win Montfort. 

Johannes,  son  of  John  (  5  )  Archer,  was  of 
Tanworth  ;  married  Alary,  daughter  of  I  lumph- 
rey  Stafl-'ord. 

Richard  (2),  son  of  Johannes  Archer,  mar- 
ried Matilda,  daughter  and  heir  of  Edward 
Delamore. 

Hutnfrey  Archer  de  Tanworth,  son  of  Rich- 
ard (2)  Archer,  married  Anna  Townsend, 
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Andreas  Archer,  son  of  Hunifrey  Arclier  de 
Tainvorth,  was  of  Tanworth :  he  (hed  there, 
April  6,  1629;  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Simon  Raleigh  de  Farnborow.  She  died  Au- 
gust 10.  1614.  Children:  Simon,  Thomas  and 
Richard. 

Richard  (3),  son  of  Andreas  Archer,  mar- 
ried Maria  Bull,  daughter  of  Roland  Bull. 
Richard  died  in  1646-47,  at  Xethope,  in  Ox- 
fordshire. 

Simon,  son  of  Richard  (3)  Archer,  married 
.\nne,  daughter  of  John  Ferres  de  Tanworth. 

The  connection  with  the  American  ancestor 
has  not  been  definitely  established,  but  he  was 
doubtless  from  a  branch  of  the  family  outlined 
above,  founded  by  John  Archer,  rector  of  Car- 
hayes,  instituted  there  about  1614.  The  rector 
had  a  son  Nicholas  who  inherited  from  his 
uncle,  Richard  Archer,  of  St.  Kew,  all  his 
jiroperty,  but,  dying  without  issue,  beciueathed 
liis  estate  to  the  eldest  son  of  his  brother  Ed- 
ward, who  married,  in  1683,  Judith  Swete. 
The  son  of  Edward  Archer  married  Sarah, 
co-heir  of  John  Addis,  of  W'hiteford.  John, 
the  .-\merican  immigrant,  came  from  Cornwall, 
and  was  perhaps  a  grandson  of  Edward  Archer, 
mentioned  above. 

(I)  John  Archer,  the  American  immigrant, 
was  the  progenitor  of  the  Archer  family  of 
Nova  Scotia,  as  well  as  of  many  in  New  Eng- 
land and  other  sections  of  the  country.  He 
came  to  America  during  the  French  and  In- 
dian wars,  1757-62,  having  been  impressed  in 
the  British  navy.  He  left  the  navy,  perhaps 
deserting,  like  many  seamen  who  were  forced 
to  enter  the  navy  against  their  wills,  and  he 
settled  at  Cherryfield,  Maine.  He  was  well 
educated  and  found  employment  in  his  new 
home  as  a  teacher  and  land  surveyor.  He  took 
up  a  lot,  afterward  occupied  by  his  son  John, 
situated  on  the  Beddington  road.  He  had  a 
family  of  twenty-three  children,  most  of  whom 
were  sons  and  nearly  all  of  whom  grew  to 
maturity.  The  youngest  of  the  family,  David 
Cobb  Archer,  who  lived  near  Cherryfield,  was 
well  known  to  travelers  in  his  day,  going  from 
Columbia  Falls  to  Jonesboro,  Maine.  John 
Archer  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in  the 
American  army,  a  private  in  the  artillery  com- 
pany of  Colonel  John  Allen's  regiment  in  1778- 
79,  under  Captain  Thomas  Robbins.  He  was 
also  in  Captain  Jeremiah  (I'Brien's  company 
of  rangers.  Colonel  Allen's  regiment,  serving 
at  Machias,  Maine,  late  in  the  year  1779.  John 
Archer  married  Elizabeth  Gates  Tupper,  niece 
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of  General  (jates,  of  the  American  army  at 
Saratoga,  etc.,  and  granddaughter  of  Governor 
Mayhew.  She  was  daughter  of  Peleg  ( born 
1731)  and  Deborah  (Fish)  Tupper,  born  at 
Sandwich,  Massachusetts.     Children:  William 

Gates,  married Mullhall,  of  Liverpool, 

Nova  Scotia,  and  had  two  children,  Henry  and 
Elizabeth:  Henry;  Robert;  John;  Thomas; 
Joseph  Tup|jer,  mentioned  below;  George; 
Allan  ;   Mary ;    Eliakini   and  David  Cobb. 

(II)  Joseph  Tupper,  son  of  John  Archer, 
was  born  at  Cherryfield,  Maine,  in  1782.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
and  at  home  under  his  father's  instruction. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  mason  and  stone-cutter. 
He  went  to  Yarmouth  and  Liverpool,  Nova 
Scotia,  when  a  young  man,  and  soon  engaged 
in  contracting  for  mason  work  in  that  vicinity. 
He  worked  on  many  public  buildings,  and,  in 
later  life,  did  much  cemetery  work,  at  which 
he  was  especially  skillful.  In  1854  he  removed 
to  Sudbury,  ^Massachusetts,  where  he  bought 
a  farm.  He  died  there,  October  11,  1863,  at 
the  advanced  age  of  eighty-one  years.  In  re- 
ligion he  was  an  active  and  consistent  Baptist. 
In  politics  a  Republican.  He  married  (first) 
Dorcas  Nickerson,  of  Harrington,  Nova  Scotia. 
He  married  (second)  Eleanor  Durkee,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Lydia'  (Lovette)  Durkee, 
of  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia.  Children  of  Jo- 
seph Tupper  and  Dorcas  (Nickerson)  Archer: 
Freeman,  born  May  8,  1812.  died  1885;  Jo- 
seph .Mien,  born  May  17,  1814,  died  November 
2"/.  1889.  Children  of  Joseph  Tupper  and 
Eleanor  (  Durkee)  Archer:  Dorcas  Eliza,  mar- 
ried Benjamin  Crosby ;  Mary  Eleanor,  born 
1820.  died  August  12,  1890.  married.  October 
14,  1841.  Charles  W.  Wynian.  of  Yarmouth, 
Nova  Scotia ;  George  Edward,  lost  at  sea  in 
1837;  Caroline,  married,  November  28,  1844. 
Joseph  Churchill,  of  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia  ; 
"Stephen  Durkee,  see  below ;  Lydia,  married 
Caston  Harris,  of  Boston,  Alassachusetts. 

(HI)  Stephen  Durkee,  son  of  Joseph  Tup- 
per Archer,  was  born  at  Yarmouth,  Nova 
Scotia,  September  22,  1826.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  town  of  Yarmouth.  Although 
his  schooling  was  ended  when  he  was  sixteen, 
he  was  a  lifelong  student.  He  learned  the 
mason's  trade  of  his  father  and  made  it  his 
life  business.  He  built  the  Yarmouth  Bank, 
also  the  Clements  and  Rierson  buildings.  Short- 
ly after  his  marriage,  in  1850,  he  removed  to 
New  York  City,  where  he  worked  at  his  trade 
for  three  vears  on  the  liible  House  building. 


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He  then  came  to  Sudbury,  Massachusetts, 
where  he  and  his  father  bought  a  farm,  which 
they  carried  on  for  four  years.  He  continuetl 
also  to  work  at  his  trade  in  the  vicinity.  He  then 
removed  to  Danvers,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
followed  his  trade  for  about  si.x  years,  thence 
going  to  Amesbury,  where  he  worked  for  three 
years.  In  1864  he  removed  to  Yarmouth. 
Nova  Scotia,  for  the  purpose  of  building  the 
courthouse  and  jail  there.  After  three  years 
he  located  at  Boston,  where  he  was  a  con- 
tractor. He  removed  to  Hyde  Park  and  was 
employed  by  the  h'rancis  Estate,  which  was 
located  on  the  present  site  of  Boston  College, 
and  remained  until  1891,  when  he  bought  an 
estate  at  Maiden  and  settled  there,  where  he 
lived  retired  for  the  remainder  of  his  days, 
and  died  December  8,  1902.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  South  Ba]itist  Church,  of  Boston,  and 
was  active  and  ])rominent  in  his  denomination. 
He  had  ])reviously  belonged  to  the  Baptist 
church,  of  Yarmouth.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Republican.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Ancient  Order  of  .American  Mechanics.  His 
portrait,  found  in  this  work,  has  been  placed 
here  by  his  daughter,  Mrs.  Emil  J.  F.  Ouirin, 
in  loving  remembrance  of  his  many  fine  qual- 
ities of  mind  and  heart. 

He  married,  January  15,  1850.  Mary  Robbins 
Magray,  who  was  born  at  Yarmouth,  May  21, 
1827,  daughter  of  Captain  John  and  Abigail 
(Robbins)  Magray,  and  a  lineal  descendant 
of  Elder  Thomas  Cushman,  passenger  in  the 
"Fortune"  in  1621,  and  of  Mary  Allerton, 
passenger  in  the  "Mayflower"  to  Plymouth,  in 
1620.  Children:  i.  Eudora  Frances,  born 
May  21,  1851  ;  married,  in  September,  1870, 
Joseph  E.  Webster,  of  Berwick,  Maine,  and 
they  had  twelve  children.  2.  George  Edward, 
born  February  15,  1853,  died  December,  1903; 
chief  architect  of  the  New  York  and  Lake  Erie 
Railroad  Company  for  seventeen  years,  and 
one  of  the  leaders  in  his  profession  in  this 
country;  married,  August  2,  1880,  Catherine 
Henry,  of  New  York  City,  and  had  two  chil- 
dren, Annie  Louise,  and  Viola  Agnes,  who 
married  Wilbur  Clements,  of  New  York  City. 
3.  Cecilia  Eleanor,  born  April  16,  1855:  mar- 
ried, September  2,  1880,  Emil  J.  F.  Ouirin,  of 
Tioga,  New  York  (see  Ouirin  H).  4.  Luella 
May,  born  .August  Ti,  1857;  married,  .April  2, 
1878,  Warren  \lontague,  of  Portland,  Maine, 
and  they  have  :  George  Warren,  Harry  Messen- 
ger and  Walter  Emil.  5.  Viola  .Alberta,  born 
July  2,   i860;  married,  July   15,   1884,  George 


L.  Haines,  of  Milton,  Massachusetts,  and  they 
have  one  child,  Luella  .Archer  Haines,  born 
July  27,  i8qi.  6.  Calvert  Bradford,  born  at 
Danvers,  .April  22,  1862;  rubber  manufacturer 
of  Milford,  Massachusetts;  married  (first), 
February  3,  1883,  Myra  Violet  Linscott ;  (sec- 
ond), February  14,  1889,  Mary  Poole;  chil- 
dren :  Stephen  Calvert,  Lillian  and  Alicia  Vio- 
let. 7.  .Agnes  Lillian,  born  January  25,  1865; 
married,  July  16,  1884,  Elmer  E.  Walter,  of 
Hyde  Park  ;  children  ;  Warren  Theodore,  born 
January  26,  1887;  Lucile  Agnes,  June  23, 
1 89 1  ;  Clara  Josephine,  February  6,  1894.  8. 
Stella  May,  born  November  18,  1867;  married, 
in  1893,  Captain  A.  S.  Maloney,  of  St.  An- 
drews, New  Brunswick,  deceased. 

Mary  Robbins  (Magray)  Archer,  mother  of 
Mrs.  Quirin,  was  the  daughter  of  Captain  John 
and  Abigail  ( Robbins )  Magray,  married  at 
Yarmc:)uth,  1803.  Captain  John  Magray  was 
born  at  Marblehead,  1774:  died  at  Yarmouth, 
November  9,  1845.  Abigail,  born  at  Plymouth, 
Massachu.setts,  September  17,  1788;  died  at 
Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia,  April  2,  1870,  was  the 
daughter  of  Joseph  Robbins,  born  at  Plymouth, 
December  11,  1756;  died  at  Yarmouth,  July 
8,  1859;  married,  June  6,  1779,  Elizabeth  Ste- 
phens, born  at  Plymouth,  March  15,  1760; 
died  at  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia,  October  27, 
1843.  Joseph  Robbins  was  the  son  of  Benja- 
min Robbins.  born  at  Plymouth,  1732,  drown- 
ed at  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia,  1762;  married 
Abigail  Cushman,  born  at  Kingston,  April  3, 
1737;  died  at  Yarmouth,  Nova  Scotia.  Abigail 
Cushman  was  the  daughter  of  Robert  Cush- 
man, born  at  Kingston,  July  2,  1698;  died 
there,  1751  ;  married  there,  April  17,  1725, 
Mercy  Washburn.,  born  at  Kingston,  1702. 
Robert  Cushman  was  the  son  of  Robert  Cush- 
man, born  at  Plymouth,  October  4,  1666;  died 
at  Kingston,  September  7,  1757  ;  married,  1697, 

Persis  ,  died  at  Kingston,  January  14, 

1743.  Robert  Cushman  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Cushman,  born  at  Plymouth,  September  16, 
1637;  died  there,  August  23,  1726;  married 
there,  November  17,  1664,  Ruth  Howland, 
born  at  Plymouth,  and  died  there,  between 
1672  and  1679,  daughter  of  John  Howland, 
who  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower,"  and  Eliza- 
beth Tille\',  daughter  of  John  Tilley,  of  the 
"Mavflower."  Thomas  Cushman  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  and  Mary  ( Lerton )  Cushman. 
married  1636.  She  died  1699,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Lerton,  of  the  "Mavflow^er,"  who  died 
in    New    Haven,    1659.   .  Elizabeth    .Stephens, 


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wife  of  Joseph  Robbins,  \va.s  the  daughter  of 
Edward  Stephens,  who  died  at  Carver,  April 
9.  1788;  married.  1747,  Phebe  Harlow,  born  at 
Plymouth,  October  21,  1728.  Phebe  Jrlarlow 
was  the  daughter  of  William  Harlow,  born  at 
Plymouth,  July  26,  1692;  died  there,  April  11, 
1731  ;  married  Mercy  Rider,  born  Plymouth, 
November  14,  1696;  died  there,  January  2, 
1772.  William  Harlow  was  the  son  of  Samuel 
Harlow,  born  at  Plymouth,  January  2f,  1052: 
married  Hannah  ,  who  died  at  Plym- 
outh. Samuel  Harlow  was  the  son  of  William 
Harlow,  who  died  at  Plymouth,  August  26, 
1 69 1  ;  married  Rebecca  Bartlett,  at  Plymouth. 
Rebecca  Piartlett  was  the  daughter  of  Robert 
and  Mary  (Warren)  Partlett.  Mary  Warren 
was  the  daughter  of  Richard  Warren,  of  the 
"JMayflower." 


Of  the  twelve  patentees  of  the 
DEYO     town   of    New    Paltz,    New    York, 

two  bore  the  name  Deyo  and  were 
father  and  son.  They  were  among  the  last  of 
the  twelve  to  come  to  come  to  the  new  world, 
the  others  having  been  in  .America  several 
years.  New  Paltz  was  one  of  the  few  Hugue- 
not settlements  in  this  country  and  perhaps 
the  only  one  in  which  the  stock  of  the  original 
settlers  was.  not  speedily  overwhelmed  by  a 
flood  of  newcomers  from  other  Eurojiean 
nationalities.  With  the  exception  of  Kingston, 
no  other  place  in  that  part  of  the  C(iuntrv  was 
settled  at  so  early  a  period.  The  New  Paltz 
clnirch  was  organized  exactly  forty  years  be- 
fore the  first  church  at  Poughkeepsie  was 
erected.  The  old  Deyo  house  in  the  village 
came  down  in  the  same  family  nearly  two  hun- 
dred years.  In  1675  Pierre  Deyo  was  still  in 
the  Palatinate,  as  shown  by  the  following  cer- 
tificate of  good  standing  antl  church  member- 
ship still  preserved  in  the  family  : 

This   is   to   certify    that    Peter    Doio   and    .\gatha 

Nickel,  both  in  honor  hving  in  C Pfahz,  Miitter- 

stadt.  circuit  of  New  Sladt.  have  hcen  united  in  mar- 
riage, the  intent  of  such  marriage,  having  been  an- 
nounced three  times  from  the  puh^it,  that  they  arc 
members  of  the  Reformed  Church  and  as  far  as  we 
know,  the  same  are  well  behaved  people. 

J.\coB  Amvot. 

Mutterstadt.  Curr  Pfaltz,  Pastor. 

21  January  1675. 

Christian  Deyo  was  quite  an  old  man  at  the 
time  of  settlement  of  New  Paltz  and  lived  only 
ten  years  afterward.  His  will  is  recorded  in 
book  A,  county  clerk's  office  in  Kingston.  He 
was  called  "Grandpere"  or  grandfather  in  the 


old  documents,  and,  in  fact,  was  the  grand- 
father of  most  of  the  children  in  the  new 
settlement.  His  son  I'ierre  (Peter)  was  a 
patentee,  as  were  his  four  sons-in-law,  Abra- 
ham Hasbrouck,  John  Hasbrouck,  Simon  Le- 
Fevre  and  Abraham  Du  liois. 

(  II  )  Pierre,  only  son  of  Christian  Deyo, 
was  of  Huguenot  extraction;  was  married  in 
the  German  Palatinate,  to  Agatha  Nickel,  and 
with  his  father  came  to  .America  in  1675.  He 
was  one  of  the  twelve  patentees  of  the  town 
of  New  Paltz,  lister  county.  New  York,  and 
tradition  says  that  he  lost  his  life  while  on  an 
evjiedition  to  find  a  route  from  New  Paltz  to 
the  river,  and  that  long  afterwards  a  buckle  of 
a  truss  that  he  wore  was  found.  It  is  probable 
that  this  was  Pierre,  son  of  I'ierre,  the  pat- 
entee, who  grew  to  manhood,  but  left  no  chil- 
dren. Pierre,  the  patentee,  left  four  sons;  i. 
Abraham,  born  at  Ilurly,  October  16,  1676; 
married  Elsie  Clearwater,  and  left  .Abraham 
(2),  Alarytje  and  Wyntje.  2.  Christian,  of 
whom  further.  3.  Pierre,  bajnized  at  New 
Paltz,  1683,  probably  the  one  lost  in  the  forest. 
4.  Hendricus,  baptized  at  Kingston,  October 
12.  1690;  married  Margaret  \'on  Bummel,  and 
left  a  large  family. 

(  HI  )  Christian,  son  of  Pierre,  the  patentee, 
and  Agatha  (Nickel)  Deyo.  was  baptized  at 
r.rooklyn.  New  York,  1681.  He  settled  in  the 
Sjiringtown  district,  where  descendants  yet  re- 
side. His  name  appears  in  a  list  of  taxpayers 
in  1712;  in  a  list  of  soldiers  of  Captain  Hoff- 
man's company  in  1716;  in  the  list  of  those 
who  built  the  first  stone  church  in  1720;  in  a 
list  of  freeholders  in  1728.  and  in  a  list  of 
slave  holders  in  1735.  His  name  a[ipears  as 
deacon  in  the  church  at  New  Paltz.  in  1733. 
and  as  elder  in  i7()5.  He  married,  at  New 
Paltz.  in  1702.  Marytje  De  Graff.  This  mar- 
riage is  recorded  on  both  the  church  books  of 
New  Paltz  and  Kingston.  He  left  children: 
I.  Moses,  born  1706;  married.  1728.  Clarissa 
Stokhard.  and  lived  about  a  mile  north  of 
Springtown.  His  name  appears  in  the  list  of 
New  Paltz  soldiers  in  1738.  He  and  his  wife 
joined  the  New  I^altz  church  in  1752.  2. 
Jacobus,  of  whom  further.    3.  Mary,  married, 

in    1731.   J Ackmoidi,   a   Scotchman,  and 

ancestor  of  the  Auchmoody  family. 

(  I\')  Jacobus,  son  of  Christian  and  Marytje 
I  De  ( iratif )  Deyo,  was  born  about  1708.  He 
left  the  Springtown  home  and  settled  in  Kings- 
tun,  where  he  married  in  1724.  In  1738  he  is 
friund  in  a  li'-t  of   fnot   soldiers  of   Kingston, 


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NEW  YORK. 


which  proves  liis  residence  there,  ahhough  the 
marriage  record  names  them  both  as  of  New 
I'altz.  Afterward  he  or  his  widow  removed 
to  Dutchess  county,  and  in  the  records  of  the 
Poughkeepsie  church  is  found  a  record  of  his 
widow's  second  marriage,  April  22,  1754.  He 
married  Janitje  Freer.  Children,  several  daugli- 
ters,  and  sons.  Jacobus  (2)  and  Peter. 

(V)  Jacobus  (2),  son  of  Jacobus  (i)  and 
Janitje  (Freer)  Deyo,  was  born  in  1732.  He 
was  twenty-two  years  old  when  his  mother,  in 
1754,  married  (second)  Richard  Gryn,  and  it 
is  supposed  that  he  then  left  home  and  settled 
at  Nine  Partners,  Dutchess  county,  New  York. 
He  married  and  had  issue. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  Jacobus  (2)  Deyo, 
was  born  about  1775,  and  settled  in  the  town 
of  Ghent,  Columbia  county.  New  York,  where 
he  married  and  reared  a  family.  Among  his 
sons  were  David,  Jonathan,  Israel  T.  and  Rich- 
ard. 

(VH)  Richard,  son  of  William  Deyo,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Ghent,  Columbia  county, 
New  York,  in  1819;  died  1888.  He  removed 
to  Broome  county,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  married  Caroline  B.,  daughter  of 
Jonas  and  Gertrude  Eckert.  Children :  Alar- 
tin  L. ;  Christina;  Joseph  H. ;  Israel  Tripp,  of 
whom  furtiier  ;  Gertrude  ;  R.  Herbert. 

(VIII)  Israel  Tripp,  son  of  Richard  and 
Caroline  B.  (Eckert)  Deyo,  was  born  in  the 
town  of  Union,  Broome  county,  New  York, 
January  28,  1854.  His  education  was  obtain- 
ed in  district  schools  and  at  the  high  school  in 
Binghamton,  where  he  was  graduated  in  1875, 
valedictorian.  He  entered  Amherst  College, 
whence  he  was  graduated  A.  B.,  class  of  1879, 
and  was  a  member  of  the  Delta  Kappa  Epsilon 
and  Phi  lieta  Kappa  ( jreek  letter  fraternities. 
For  several  years,  after  leaving  college,  he  was 
engaged  in  teaching,  being  principal  of  the 
school  at  Whitney's  F'oint,  New  York,  and 
later  an  instructor  at  the  State  Normal,  at 
Cortland,  New  York.  Deciding  to  embrace 
the  profession  of  law,  he  entered  the  law 
office  of  David  H.  Carver,  under  whose  per- 
ceptorship  he  continued  until  1883,  when  he 
was  admitted  to  the  bar.  A  partnership  was  at 
once  formed  with  David  H.  Carver,  and  under 
the  firm  name  of  Carver  &  Deyo  a  successful 
legal  business  w-as  transacted.  In  1901  Charles 
H.  Hitchcock  was  admitted,  constituting  the 
firm  of  Carver,  Deyo  &  Hitchcock,  as  it  re- 
mained until  the  death  of  Mr.  Carver,  in  1908. 
]\lr.  William  B.  Carver,  a  son  of  Mr.  D.  H. 


Carver,  was  then  adiuitted  to  the  firm,  and  the 
firm  name  was  changed  to  Deyo,  Hitchcock  & 
Carver,  as  it  still  remains.  This  is  one  of  the 
leading  law  firms  of  Binghamton,  command- 
ing an  extensive  clientage  and  holding  a  high 
position  at  the  New  York  bar.  In  1890-91- 
92-93  Mr.  Deyo  was  elected  a  member  of  the 
state  assembly,  where  he  rendered  important 
service  on  house  committees,  and  in  shaping 
beneficial  legislation.  He  was  appointed  by 
Governor  Flower  a  member  of  the  commission 
to  investigate  the  management  of  the  State 
Reformatory,  at  Elmira,  the  report  of  that 
commission  forming  the  basis  of  some  needed 
reforms  in  that  institution.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  New  York  State  Bar  Association  ; 
member  of  the  local  board  of  managers  of  the 
State  Normal  School,  at  Cortland;  director  of 
the  liinghamton  Gas  Works  ;  director  and  sec- 
retary iif  the  Deyo-Macey  Engine  Company, 
and  interested  in  other  business  enterprises  of 
his  city.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York 
State  and  Broome  County  Bar  associations, 
and  prominent  in  the  Masonic  Order,  holding 
all  degrees  of  the  York  Rite,  including  that  of 
Knight  Templar  and  all  of  the  Scottish  Rite, 
up  to  and  including  the  thirty-second.  In 
religious  connection  he  is  a  member  of  the 
Congregational  church,  which  l>e  serves  as 
trustee.  In  political  faith  he  is  a  Republican, 
and  an  ardent  supporter  and  active  worker. 

He  married,  in  Binghamton,  New  York. 
June  26,  1889,  Edith  A.,  daughter  of  Eliakim 
and  \'erena  .\.  \\'eld.  Children:  .Austin  \\  ., 
born  September  15,  1891  ;  Dorothy,  born  March 
22,  1899;  Martin  W.,  born  December  12,  1902. 


Eli  Sleeker  was  born  in  Duanes- 
MEEKER     burg,  of  an  old  New  England 

family,  and  removed  to  Quaker 
Lake,  Pennsylvania,  where  he  bought  a  tract 
of  land,  covered  with  the  primeval  forests, 
and  he  cleared  a  farm  and  brought  it  to  a  high 
state  of  cultivation.  This  farm  has  remained 
in  the  family  to  the  present  time  and  the  fam- 
ily burying-ground  there  contains  the  last  rest- 
ing places  of  many  of  the  family. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Eli  Meeker,  was  born 
in  Massachusetts,  where  his  homestead  still 
stands.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
and  worked  on  the  homestead  until  the  time  of 
his  marriage.  Then  he  located  at  liingham- 
ton.  New  York,  where  he  purchased  wild  lan<l. 
cleared  a  farm  and  conducted  it  for  many 
years.    He  lived  for  a  time  at  Ilawleyton,  New 


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York,  and  on  the  shore  of  Quaker  Lake,  Siis- 
((iiehanna  county,  Pennsylvania.  His  later 
years  were  spent  in  the  village  of  Ringhamton, 
with  his  son  Eli,  and  he  died  there  in  February, 
1892,  aged  eighty-six  years.  Fie  was  a  zealous 
Methodist  in  religion  and  often  walked  several 
miles  to  attend  church.  He  married  Sarah 
Finch,  of  Susquehanna  county.  Her  last  years 
were  spent  in  the  home  of  her  son  Eli,  where 
she  died,  aged  nearly  ninety.  Children :  An- 
drew ;  Eli  S.,  mentioned  below  ;  Oliver,  kill- 
ed in  the  civil  war ;  Samuel ;  Elvira,  married 
(first)  William  Bell,  (second)  George  Vos- 
hurg;  Deborah,  married  Frank  Rulison  ;  Ann 
Eliza;  \'an  Rensselaer;  Elijah;  .Alfred;  Lor- 
enzo. 

(Ill)  I"lli  S..  son  nf  Samuel  Meeker,  was 
born  near  Hawleyton,  January  29,  1833.  He 
had  a  common  school  education,  and  when 
twenty-two  years  of  age  engaged  in  the  lumber 
business  at  Hawleyton.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  ]iartner  in  the  firm  of  Weed.  Meeker  & 
Mundy.  wholesale  dealers  in  lumber.  In  1881 
he  came  to  Bingliamton.  New  York,  and  en- 
tered into  partnership  with  Waring  S.  Weed, 
under  the  name  of  W.  S.  Weed  &  Company, 
and  the  firm  did  an  extensive  business  in  lum- 
ber in  western  Pennsylvania,  as  well  as  a  large 
retail  business  in  blinds,  sash,  doors,  etc..  in 
Binghamton.  While  in  Hawleyton  he  was  a 
supervisor  and  school  commissioner.  In  Ring- 
hamton he  was  for  two  terms  alderman  from 
the  second  ward,  in  1888-89.  I"  politics  he 
was  a  staunch  Republican.  He  was  one  of 
the  commissioners  of  Ross  Park,  and  was 
president  of  the  Columbian  Manufacturing 
Company.  He  married  Samantha  L.  Morgan, 
who  was  born  at  Richfield  Springs,  New  York, 
and  lived  in  Madison  county.  He  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  Tabernacle  Methodist 
Episcopal  Church.  Children:  I.  Helen,  mar- 
ried George  F.  Twining,  and  had  one  son, 
Laverne,  who  married  \"iolet  Woodley.  and 
has  one  daughter.  Adelaide  Twining.  2.  Rollin 
Weston,  mentioned  below. 

(I\^)  Rollin  W^eston.  son  of  Eli  S.  Meeker, 
was  born  December  25,  1870,  at  Binghamton, 
and  was  educated  in  the  public  and  high  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  by  private  tutors.  In 
September,  1888,  he  began  to  study  law  in  the 
office  of  Hon.  Edmund  O'Connor,  and  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  at  Ringhamton,  February 
5,  1892,  just  after  he  came  of  age.  In  the  same 
office  in  which  he  read  law,  he  began  to  prac- 
tice and  was  soon  actively  engaged  in  litigated 


cases  and  trials  before  juries,  not  only  on  his 
own  account  but  was  also  associated  with  Mr. 
O'Connor  in  a  number  of  notable  cases.  Mr. 
Meeker  has  taken  a  ])rominent  place  among 
the  attorneys  of  the  county  and  enjoys  a  large 
practice.  He  is  at  present  president  of  the 
Broome  County  Rar  .Association,  and  a  mem- 
ber of  several  committees  of  the  New  York 
State  Bar  Association.  In  Masonic  circles  he 
is  well  known  throughout  this  section,  a  mem- 
ber of  Binghamton  Lodge;  of  Binghamton 
Chapter.  Royal  .Arch  Masons,  of  Ringhamton  ; 
of  Malta  Commandery.  Knights  Templar;  of 
C)tseningo  Consistory,  first  lieutenant  com- 
mander since  1895.  "'"c  years  in  all,  still  serv- 
ing ;  master  of  Otseningo  Lodge  of  Perfection, 
which  t)ffice  he  has  held  nine  consecutive  years  ; 
past  potentate  of  Katurah  Temple,  Mystic 
Shrine,  two  }'ears.  and  he  had  conferred  upon 
him  at  lioston.  1906,  thirty-third  degree  in 
Masonry,  a  distinction  attained  by  but  few. 
He  is  treasurer  of  the  Columbian  Manufac- 
turing Com])any  ;  secretary  of  the  Binghamtim 
Woolen  Company,  and  member  of  the  Chem- 
ical Fire  Company,  antl  of  the  Binghamton 
Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  he 
has  been  on  the  executive  committee  of  the 
Republican  League  of  the  Second  Ward,  and 
secretary  of  the  Second  Ward  Republican  Club. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist,  attending  and 
supporting  the  Tabernacle  Church. 

lie  married.  July  I.  i8<)3.  Sarah  Stoddard, 
daughter  of  John  and  Mary  (  Stoddard)  Lewis, 
l)oth  deceased,  a  prominent  family  in  Lisle. 
New  York.     Thev  have  no  children. 


Jonathan  Miller,  the  first  of  this 
MILLER  family  in  Pennsylvania. vi'as  born 
December  10.  1789.  probably  in 
the  old  home  of  the  family  in  Connecticut.  He 
settled  in  Pleasant  Mount.  \\'ayne  county. 
Pennsylvania.  He  acquired  large  tracts  of  land 
there  and  was  a  well-to-do  farmer  and  black- 
smith. He  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace  for  many  years,  and  was  a  useful  and 
influential  citizen.  He  married.  March  10, 
18 14.  Tryphena.  daughter  of  James  Rigelow 
(see  Rigelow  V).  Children,  born  at  Pleasant 
Mount:  i.  Jonathan,  mentioned  below.  2. 
John  G..  born  February  18.  i8i().  died  May 
15.  1S16.  3.  Mary  T.,  born  June  24.  1820. 
died  .August  20,  1848;  married,  September  3, 
1838.  Dr.  Rodney  T.  Harmes.  4.  James,  born 
March  31.  1826;  married  (first),  June  11, 
i8si.    .Anna    W.    .Smith,   and    (second)    Mary 


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.    5.  Joseph,  twin  of  James,  died  Febru- 

ar}-  4,  1831.  6.  Hervey  D.,  born  September  15, 
1830;  an  engineer,  was  killed  in  a  railway  acci- 
dent, September  zj,  1861  :  married,  August  17, 
1859,  Sarah  M.  Day. 

(II)  Major  Jonathan  (2)  Miller,  son  of 
Jonathan  (  i  )  Miller,  was  born  in  Pleasant 
Mount,  Wayne  county,  Pennsylvania,  (Jctoher 
29,  1814,  died  there  October  29,  1898.  Like 
bis  father  he  ];>ecame  a  blacksmith.  He  was  one 
of  the  leading  citizens  of  Pleasant  Mount, 
where  he  held  several  town  offices.  He  was 
the  constable  and  town  officer  for  many  years, 
and  known  to  everyone.  For  manv  years  he 
was  connected  with  the  state  militia,  and,  in 
1842,  he  was  elected  major  of  the  Seventh 
Regiment  of  Pennsylvania  \'olunteer  Militia, 
receiving  his  commission  from  the  governor, 
August  7,  1842.  He  married,  November  5, 
1834,  Polly  .\.,  daughter  of  .\bner  Stone.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Helen,  born  March  8,  1836;  married, 
January  i.  1857,  John  J.  Fulkerson,  and  had 
a  child,  Jennie,  who  married  Judson  Tififany. 
2.  Evaline  A.,  born  May  i.  1838;  married 
(first),  December  22,  1859,  George  VV.  War- 
ner, and  had  one  daughter,  Anna  W. ;  mar- 
ried (second),  December  13,  1866,  Robert 
Clark,  and  had  children:  Nellie  and  Mabel, 
twins.  3.  Henry  AI.,  born  November  18,  1843; 
married,  December  26,  1867,  Laura  E.  P.on- 
ham ;  children :  Nelson,  Robert,  Estella  and 
Grace.  4.  Sanford  J.,  born  May  20,  1849; 
married  (first),  April  8,  1880,  Libbie  Under- 
wood, and  (second) .     5.  Anna 

M.,  born  November  15,  1854,  died  September 
20,   1857.     6.  Frederick  D.,  mentioned  below. 

( III )  Frederick  D.,  son  of  Major  Jonathan 
(2)  Miller,  was  born  at  Pleasant  Mount,  Penn- 
sylvania, April  23,  1857.  He  was  educated  at 
the  Academy  at  Pleasant  Mount,  and  at  an 
early  age  began  his  business  life  as  clerk  in  a 
general  store,  where  he  remained  until  he  was 
twenty-one.  He  then  ojjened  a  general  store 
at  Herrick  Centre,  Pennsylvania,  and  two 
years  later  removed  to  Dinghamton,  New  York, 
and  became  floor  manager  for  the  firm  of  Hills 
McLean  &  Haskins,  where  he  remained  until 
1890.  He  next  held  various  positions  with  the 
Erie  Railway  Company  for  eight  years,  up  to 
1898,  when  he  engaged  in  the  undertaking 
business  in  Binghamton,  which  he  has  since 
conducted  in  a  very  successful  manner.  He 
is  a  member  of  Otseningo  Lodge,  No.  435, 
Free  and  .Accepted  Masons ;  Press  Club ;  New 
York  State  Indertakers'  .Association  and  Em- 


balmers'  Association.  He  married,  June  6, 
1878,  Josephine  G.,  daughter  of  Charles  A. 
and  Sarah  J.  (Sherwood)  Campbell.  He  has 
one  daughter,  Mabel  Pearl,  and  has  legally 
ado])ted  two  grandchildren,  Dorothy  Marie 
and  Ruth  .Sherwood. 

(The  Bigelow  Line). 

(II)  Daniel  Bigelow,  son  of  John  ((|.  v.) 
and  Mary  (Warren)  Bigelow,  was  born  in 
Watertown,  New  York.  December  i,  1630, 
died  about  171 5.  He  married  Abigail  or  Abial 
Pratt,  daughter  of  Thomas  Pratt,  and  settled 
in  Framingham,  in  1686,  where  he  was  a  tailor 
by  trade.  He  lived  near  the  east  end  of  what 
was  known  as  Gleason's  Poni.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him.  Children,  born  in  Framingham : 
Abigail,  October  28,  i68g ;  Daniel,  November 
24,  1691,  mentioned  below;  Abiel,  January  20, 
161)3:  Susanna,  March  4,  1696:  Ep'hraim,  May 
12,  1(598;  Lydia,  January  2,  1702. 

(III)  Daniel  (2),  .son  of  Daniel  (i)  and 
.Abigail  (  FVatt )  Bigelow,  was  born  November 
24,  1(391,  in  Framingham,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (first),  June  2"],  1723.  Rebecca,  born 
July  25,  1697,  died  July  7,  1738,  daughter  of 
Nathaniel  and  Anna  Fames.  He  married  ( sec- 
ond), July  17,  1746,  Prudence  Stone,  widow 
of  Ebenezer  Stone.  He  is  said  to  have  died 
in  1752,  and  his  brother  F]3hraim  was  adminis- 
trator of  his  estate.  Children,  born  in  Fram- 
ingham:  Rebecca,  May  15.  1726,  died  July  3, 
1729:  Daniel,  October  29,  1727,  died  March 
30,  1730;  Joseph,  October  28,  1729,  died  May 
18,  1730;  Daniel,  July  16,  1732;  Rebecca.  May 
ID,  1734,  died  July  20,  1734;  Joseph,  1736, 
mentioned  below  ;  .\.nn,  June  29,  1738,  died  the 
same  day. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and  Re- 
becca (Fames)  Bigelow,  was  born  in  Fram- 
ingham, in  173(1,  and  when  not  yet  of  age  went 
to  Leicester  to  work.  There  he  married,  .April 
30,  1756,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Captain  John 
Stebbins.  Soon  after  marriage  he  returned  to 
Framingham,  where  he  lived  until  he  was 
twenty-one  and  came  into  possession  of  his 
father's  estate  from  the  hands  of  his  Uncle 
Ephraim.  He  removed  to  Leicester  soon  after 
this,  and,  about  1766,  moved  to  Spencer,  where 
he  lived  until  his  tleath,  April  19,  1774.  His 
widow  married  ( second)  Ezekiel  Howe,  of 
Shrewsbury,  and  died  in  Shrewsbury,  April  5, 
i8o<').  Children:  John,  born  August  24,  1757; 
Joseph,  December  6,  1759;  James,  Jutie  7, 
1762,  mentioned  below  ;  Jabez,  March  17,  1764 ; 


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Daniel,  February  14,  ijdb;  William,  Jul)'  1, 
1768;  Sarah,  October  3,  1770;  Elizabeth,  Janu- 
ary 13,  I773- 

(V)  James,  son  of  Joseph  anil  Sarah  (  Steb- 
bins)  Digelow.  was  born  in  Leicester,  Alassa- 
chusetts,  June  7,  1762.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 18,  1783,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  (Iraham, 
and  they  moved  to  Mount  Pleasant,  Pennsyl- 
vania, where  he  died  in  1841.  Children  :  John  ; 
Tryphena,  married  Jonathan  Miller  (  see  Miller 
I);  Sarah;  Tryphosa,  born  1801,  married, 
1822,  Clayton  Rogers,  of  Towerville,  Wiscon- 
sin, she  died  1870.  and  he  died  i8(X),  children 
born  at  Mount  Pleasant:  John  S.,  Martha 
Ann,  Clayton  E.,  Cushman  S.,  Eldad  A.,  Earl 
M.,  Helen  M. 


The  surname  Skinner  is  like  a 
SKIXXER  large  class  of  English  trade 
and  business  names  adopted 
about  the  twelfth  century  as  family  names, 
like  butcher,  baker,  chantller,  merchant,  brewer, 
etc.  Skinner  means  simply  a  dealer  in  furs 
and  hides.  The  .Skinners  Company,  of  Lon- 
don, received  a  charter  of  incorporation  as 
early  as  the  reign  of  Edward  HL,  and  has  a 
coat-of-arms  of  ancient  date.  The  families  of 
Skinner  are  found  in  all  parts  of  England. 
The  Skinners  of  Le  I'lurtons  and  Ledbury, 
county  Hereford,  descended  from  Stephen 
Skinner  ( 1557),  elder  son  of  Stephen  Skinner, 
of  county  Herefiird.  .\rms  :  Sable,  a  chevron 
or  between  three  griffins'  heads  erased,  argent, 
a  mullet  for  tlifference.  Crest :  A  griffin's  head 
erased,  argent,  hokling  in  the  beak  a  hand, 
couped  gules  on  the  breast,  a  mullet  for  differ- 
ence. .\  common  device  in  various  Skinner 
arms  is :  .Sable,  three  griffins'  heads  erasetl, 
argent.  The  families  at  Cowley,  Devonshire,  in 
London,  in  county  Esse.x,  the  Isle  of  Wight, 
Dewlich,  and  various  other  localities,  also  bear 
arms.  Thomas  Skinner  was  lord  mayor  of 
London  in  1596. 

(I)  Sergeant  Thomas  Skinner,  immigrant 
of  the  Essex  county  families,  was  born  in 
1617,  in  England,  and  died  ALarch  2,  1703-04, 
in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  He  came  from 
Chichester,  county  Sussex,  England,  bringing 
with  liim  his  wife  and  two  sons.  He  lived  at 
one  time  at  Subdeanery  and  Parish,  Chichester. 
He  was  a  victualler,  and.  May  31,  1652,  was 
licensed  to  keep  an  inn  at  Maiden.  His  house 
there  was  situated  at  the  southeast  corner  of 
Cross  and  W'alnut  streets.  It  was  given  to 
Skinner's   son   Abraham,   March    13,    1694-93. 


He  was  admitted  freeman  May  18,  i()(y^.     He 

married     (first),    in    England,    Mary    , 

who  died  April  9,  1671  ;  (second  )  Lydia  (  Shep- 
ardson )  Call,  widow  of  Thomas  Call.  She 
died  December  17,  1723,  aged  eightv-seven. 
Children,  born  at  Chichester,  England  :  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Abraham,  bajitized  in  Pal- 
lant   I'arish  C'hurch,  September  29,   i(>49. 

(II)  Thomas  (  2  ) ,  son  of  Thomas  ( i )  Skin- 
ner, was  born  in  Subdeanery  and  Parish,  Chi- 
chester, England,  July  23,  1(143.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Mary  Pratt, 
of  Maiden,  Essex  county,  England.  Richard 
Pratt  was  baptized  there,  June  29,  1615,  died 
ifM)!.  Deacon  Thcimas  Skinner  removed,  with 
his  wife,  sons  Richard.  Penjamin,  Ebenezer, 
Nathaniel,  and  daughter  .\bigail,  to  Ctilchester, 
Connecticut,  where  he  was  one  of  the  original 
proprietors.  His  name  and  that  of  his  son 
Ebenezer  frequently  occur  in  the  early  records. 
He  held  various  town  officers  and  served  on 
important  committees.  He  and  his  son  Ben- 
jamin were  granted  lots,  January  21,  1702, 
and,  in  May,  1702,  he  drew  his  house  lot.  The 
diary  of  his  son  Thomas  has  lieen  iireserved 
and  gives  many  interesting  details  of  family 
history.  All  his  children  were  born  in  Maiden. 
His  wife  died  March  26,  1704.  Children: 
Mar_\-,  Ixjru  November  3,  i66(i;  Thomas,  No- 
vember 3,  i()f)8,  removed  to  Norton,  Massa- 
chusetts; -\biah,  June  if),  1671;  John,  April 
3,  t('>73,  mentioned  below ;  Richard,  June  2, 
1673;  Joseph,  January  13,  i()78;  Hannah,  died 
October  20,  1728;  Penjamin,  born  January  30, 
1681  ;  Ebenezer,  .\pril  2^.  1684;  Nathaniel, 
January  27,  1686;  Abigail,  February  17,  1691. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Tliomas  (2)  Skinner, 
was  born  April  3.  1673,  in  Maiden,  Massachu- 
setts. He  and  his  brother  Thomas  settled  in 
Norton,  Massachusetts,  though  for  many  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  church  at  Wrentham, 
Massachusetts,  in  which  his  children  were  bap- 
tized, 1701-17.  He  may  have  lived  in  Wrent- 
ham, though  probably  not,  for  the  births  of 
the  children  are  recorded  at  Norton.  The 
births  of  his  brother  Thomas's  children  were 
recorded  at  Wrentham,  The  Norton  history 
tells  us  that  John's  home  was  in  the  west  part 
of  the  North  Purchase  of  Taunton  (Norton), 
and  he  was  a  member  of  the  church  at  its 
organization.  He  died  at  Wrentham,  April  8, 
1734,  according  to  the  town  records.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  .     Children,  Ijorn  at  Norton 

and  baptized  at   Wrentham:      i.   Sarah,  born 
January  31,  1697,  bai)tized  Sejitember  11,  1 701. 


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2.  lolin.  born  December  17,  1700,  baptized 
September  11,  1701.  3.  Ezra,  mentioned  below. 
4.  Ebenezer,  "born  January  iq,  1707,  bajjtized 
Marcli  16,  1707;  married  Joanna  Bacon.  5. 
Hepsibab,  born  June  27,  171 1,  baptized  August 

26,  171 1.  6.  Abigail,  born  August  26,  1713, 
baptized  October  18,  1713;  married  Seth  Ricb- 
ardson.  7.  Jemima,  born  January  2.  1717, 
baptized  April  7,  17 17. 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  Jobn  Skinner,  was  born 
at  Norton,  April  26,  1703,  baptized  at  Wrent- 
ham,  April  26,  1703.  He  married  Elizabetb 
Swan,  or  Swaine.  January  8,  1724,  at  JMedford. 
Children,  born  at  Norton :  Timothy,  mention- 
ed below:  Elijah  and  Elisha.  twins.  February 

27,  1725-26;  Ezra,  February  14,  1730.  Per- 
haps others. 

(V)  Timothy,  son  of  Ezra  Skinner,  was 
born  at  Norton,  September  10,  1724:  married 
there,  November  6,  1748,  Hannah  Tiffany.  He 
settled  in  Mansfield,  Massachusetts,  originally 
a  parish  of  Norton.  Children,  born  at  Norton  : 
Elizabeth,  October  3,  1749:  John,  November 
12,  1751  ;  Elisha,  July  20,  1754;  Hannah,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1756.  Born  at  Mansfield:  Timothy, 
mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Timothy  (2).  son  of  Timothy  (i) 
Skinner,  was  born  at  Mansfield,  February  10, 
1761.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from 
Mansfield,  enlisting  September  2,  1777,  in  Cap- 
tain Silas  Cobb's  company.  Colonel  Dan  forth 
Keyes's  regiment :  also  a  private  for  six  months, 
June  28,  1778,  to  January  i,  1779,  in  Colonel 
John  Daggetts'  regiment,  and  in  Captain  Jo- 
seph Cole's  company.  Colonel  John  Jacobs's, 
regiment:  also,  in  1779.  in  Captain  Enoch 
Robinson's  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Fisher's 
regiment  (vol.  xiv,  Mass.  Rev.  Rolls,  p.  282). 
He  married,  at  Westmoreland,  New  Hamp- 
shire, September,  1790.  Ruth  Warner,  born  at 
Westmoreland,  November  6,  1770,  died  at 
Keene,  New  Hampshire,  where  two  of  her 
sons  lived.  July  2,  1849.  aged  seventy-eight 
years.  Children :  Alanson,  settled  in  Chester- 
field, New  Hampshire,  about  1815.  Barton, 
born  December  19,  1801,  resided  at  Chester- 
field, 1853-56.  and  died  at  Keene,  February  11, 
1865  ;  Warren  :  Cynthia  :  Avery,  mentioned 
below:  Hiram:  .\dol]3hus  ;  John:  Albert. 

(VII)  Hon.  Avery  Skinner,  son  of  Timo- 
thy (2)  Skinner,  was  born  in  Westmoreland, 
New  Hampshire,  June  9.  1796.  He  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  in  his  native  town  during 
his  boyhood,  attended  the  public  schools  there. 


and  taught  school  in  winter  in  order  to  com- 
plete his  education  in  the  Chesterfield  Acad- 
emy. In  1816  he  started  for  the  Black  River 
country  on  horseback,  and  ten  tla)s  later  reach- 
ed Watertown,  JefTfer.son  county.  New  York, 
where  he  remained  si.x  years  and  followed 
various  occupations.  In  1823  he  came  to  what 
is  now  Union  Square,  Oswego  county,  the 
name  of  which  he  gave.  He  cleared  a  farm, 
conducted  a  tavern,  and  was  appointed  post- 
master by  President  John  Quincy  Adams,  and 
held  the  office  more  than  fifty  years.  He  was 
one  of  the  founders  of  the  Alexico  Academy, 
and  trustee  and  secretary  for  many  years.  In 
1831  he  was  elected  to  the  assembly  of  New 
York,  and  reelected  in  1832.  In  1826  he  was 
elected  county  treasurer,  and  held  that  office 
by  reelection  from  term  to  term  for  a  period 
of  twelve  years.  In  1828  he  was  appointed 
county  judge  and  held  the  office  until  1839, 
when  he  declined  reelection.  He  represented 
the  county  in  the  state  senate,  1838-42.  He 
was  nominated  for  congress  in  1846,  and  was 
defeated  by  Hon.  William  Duer  by  a  few  votes. 
In  politics  he  was  a  strong  and  influential 
Democrat.  He  filled  the  many  offices  which 
he  held,  with  exceptional  ability  and  efficiency, 
being  fitted  not  only  by  natural  qualifications 
and  ability  but  by  good  training  and  sterling 
character,  and  for  many  years  was  one  of  the 
most  prominent  and  useful  citizens  of  the 
county.  He  married,  June  9,  1822.  Elizabeth 
Lathrop,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Ann 
(Jones)  Huntington.  Her  father  came  from 
Norwich,  Connecticut,  to  Mexico,  New  York, 
in  1804:  was  a  near  relative  of  Samuel  Hunt- 
ington, signer  of  the  Declaration  of  Independ- 
ence and  president  of  the  Continental  Con- 
gress (see  Huntington).  Avery  Skinner  mar- 
ried (second),  in  1834,  Charlotte  Stebbins,  of 
Watertown,  New  York.  Children:  i.  Lucretia, 
born  September  13,  1824,  died  Seiitembcr  27, 
1824.  2.  Timothy  Warner,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Solomon  Avery.  Irorn  July  23,  1829,  died 
September  6,  1830.  4.  Eliza  Huntington,  born 
July  13.  1833:  married  Charles  Richardson. 
Children  of  second  wife:  5.  Rev.  James  A., 
born  November  15,  1835:  Protestant  Epis- 
copal clergyman  of  New  York  City.  6.  Char- 
lotte G.,  born  January  22.  1837.  7.  Infant, 
died  December  14,  1841,  unnamed.  8.  Albert 
T..  born  November  12.  1841.  9.  Charles  R., 
August  4,  1844:  former  assemblyman  and  con- 
gressman, now  an  officer  of  the  custom  house, 


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New  York  Cit\'.  lo.  Mary  Grace,  born  Sep- 
tember 12,  i84r);  married  Hon.  Manrice  I,. 
AVright  (  see  Wright ) . 

(\"III)  Timothy  Warner,  son  of  Hon. 
Avery  Skinner,  was  born  at  Union  Stiuare, 
town  of  Mexico,  Oswego  county.  New  York, 
April  24,  1827.  [le  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  there  until  he  was  twenty-five  years  old. 
[■"or  several  years  he  taught  the  district  school 
in  winter,  and  had  charge  of  the  farm  in  sum- 
mer. In  1852  he  was  elected  a  justice  of  the 
])eace  of  the  town  and  served  two  terms.  He 
moved  to  the  village  of  Mexico  in  1853,  and 
has  resided  there  since  that  year.  In  1857  Mr. 
Skinner  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  and,  in  nji  1. 
after  practicing  tifty-five  )-ears,  he  is  the  oldest 
practicing  attorney  in  Oswego  county.  In  Ncj- 
vember,  1857,  he  entered  into  partnership  with 
Judge  Cyrus  Whitnew  in  the  law  and  banking 
firm  of  Whitney  iK:  .Skinner.  The  firm  con- 
tinued until  1870,  when  the  senior  partner  re- 
moved to  Oswego.  .Maurice  L.  \\'riglit,  brother- 
in-law  of  Mr.  Skinner,  then  became  his  part- 
ner, and  the  firm  name  became  Wright  iK: 
Skinner.  Since  1880,  when  the  firm  was  dis- 
solved, Mr.  Skinner  has  practiced  alone.  In 
public  life  Mr.  Skinner  has  had  a  long  and 
distinguished  career.  He  was  elected  surrogate 
of  Oswego  county  in  1863.  reelected  in  1870, 
and  again  in  1876.  serving  in  this  office  longer 
than  any  other  incumbent.  He  has  taken  an 
active  part  in  village  affairs,  and  was  jjresi- 
dent  of  the  incorporated  village  of  Mexico  for 
many  years.  For  many  years  he  was  one  of 
the  trustees  of  the  old  Alexico  Academy.  In 
politics  he  was  formerly  a  Democrat,  after- 
ward a  Republican.  He  is  also  prominent  in 
the  Masonic  fraternity,  a  member  of  the  lodge, 
and  past  high  jiriest  of  Mexico  Chapter,  No. 
135,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and  now  the  oldest 
Free  Mason  in  the  town.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Methodist.  He  married,  January  17,  1856. 
Sarah  Elizabeth  Calkins,  died  in  1861.  daugh- 
ter of  Minor  H.  Calkins.  He  married  (  sec- 
ond), August  18,  1862.  Sarah  L.  Rose,  born 
January  4,  1833,  died  May  23,  19 10,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Rose.  Child  of  first  wife:  i.  Lizzie 
B.,  born  June  18,  1857;  married  J.  B.  Stone, 
of  .Auburn.  New  Y'ork ;  children :  .\very  J., 
.\lliene.  Grace  and  Charlotte  Stone.  Children 
of  second  wife:  2.  Grace,  died  December  24, 
1894.  3.  .Avery  Warner,  born  August  18, 
1870:  graduate  of  Syracuse  University;  princi- 
pal of  Oneida  high   school,  later  principal  of 


Andes  Academy  and  of  the  Mexico  high  school, 
and  now  state  inspector  of  schools  of  New 
York :  married  Nancy  Brown  Bates,  of  Titus- 
ville.  Pennsylvania ;  children :  Margaret  and 
Charlotte. 

(The  Huntin.citon  Line). 

( I  )  Simon  Huntington,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  and  sailed  for  New  Eng- 
land, in  1^133,  with  his  wife  and  children,  but 
was  taken  ill  and  died  on  the  voyage,  of  small- 
pox. His  widow,  Margaret  (Barrett)  Hunt- 
ington, settled  with  her  children  first  in  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts,  where  she  married  ( sec- 
ond). 1633-36,  Thomas  Stoughton,  of  Dor- 
chester. They  removed  to  Windsor,  Connecti- 
cut, and  settled  there.  Margaret  was  probably 
born  in  Norwich,  England.  Practically  noth- 
ing is  known  of  Simon  Huntington — even  his 
name  was  a  mystery  to  the  early  genealogists 
of  the  family.  Children:  William,  settled  in 
.Salisbury,  in  1640:  Thomas,  settled  in  Con- 
necticut: Christopher,  settled  in  Norwich,  one 
of  the  founders:  Simon,  mentioned  below; 
.Ann,  mentioned  in  a  letter  written  by  Peter 
Barrett  to  his  sister.  Margaret  (  Barrett)  Hunt- 
ington. 

(11)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  in  England,  about  1630,  and 
came  to  .\merica  on  the  ill-fated  voyage  with 
his  mother,  in  1633.  He  settled  in  Norwich 
and  was  a  member  of  Mr.  Fitch's  church  there, 
and  a  deacon  of  the  church  until  1696,  when 
his  sons  succeeded  him.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  general  assembly  in  1674.  had  a  grant  of 
land  in  1686,  was  townsman  in  1690  and  1694. 
In  i^ii;4  he  was  on  a  committee  to  search  out 
anil  rejjort  the  deficiencies  in  the  public  records. 
He  served  on  the  committee  to  seat  the  meet- 
ing-house, i6<;)7-i7oo,  and  was  on  a  committee 
to  give  deeds  and  fix  titles  of  lands  in  dispute 
or  with  defective  title.  He  married.  October, 
1653.  Sarah,  daughter  of  Joseph  Clark,  of 
Windsor,  Connecticut.  She  died  1721,  aged 
eightv-eight.  He  died  at  Norwich,  June  28, 
1706,  aged  seventy-seven.  Children:  Sarah, 
born  at  Saybrook.  August,  1657,  married  Dr. 
.Solomon  Tracy :  Mary,  born  at  Saybrook,  .Au- 
gust, 1657,  married Forbes,  of  Preston  ; 

.Simo!i  Saybrook,  February,  1659,  succeeded 
his  father  as  deacon:  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 
Born  at  Norwich:  Elizabeth,  February,  1664, 
died  young;  Samuel,  March  i.  1665;  Eliza- 
beth, October  6,  1666,  married  Joseph  Backus; 
Nathaniel.  July  10,  1672,  died  young;  Daniel, 
March  13,  1673-76. 


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(Ill)  Deacon  Joseph  Huntington,  son  of 
Simon  Huntington,  was  born  at  Norwich,  Sep- 
tember, 1661,  and  (bed  at  Windham,  Decem- 
ber 20.  17 17.  In  1687  he  went  to  Windham, 
Connecticut,  and  built  his  house,  materials 
from  which  were  used  in  the  construction  of 
the  house  now  on  his  old  farm.  He  was  elect- 
ed deacon  in  Windham  church  in  1729.  He 
owned  land  in  \Villiamantic  and  in  W^indham. 
He  married,  November  28,  1787,  Rebecca, 
daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  Adgate.  Chil- 
dren :  Deacon  Joseph,  born  at  Norwich,  Au- 
gust 29,  1688,  married  July  6,  1719,  Elizabeth 
Ripley;  Nathaniel,  born  at  Norwich,  Septem- 
ber I,  1691.  Born  at  Windham  :  Jonathan,  Oc- 
tober 7,  1695,  married,  Noveiuber  7,  1734, 
Elizabeth  Rockwell,  (second),  August  7,  1754, 
Sarah  Norton;  David,  December  6,  1697,  mar- 
ried, June  30,  1725,  Mary  Mason,  born  Au- 
gust 31,  1707;  Solomon,  mentioned  below  ;  Re- 
becca, September  18,  1712  (doubtless  1702), 
married  January  24,  1734,  John  Crane;  Sarah, 
born  May  25,  1706,  married  March  28,  1728, 
Ebenezer  Wright ;  Mary,  August  4,  1707,  mar- 
ried Theophilus  Fitch,  of  Canterbury. 

( 1\' )  Solomon,  son  of  Deacon  Josejih  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  in  Windham,  February  6, 
1700,  and  died  April  30,  1752.  He  married, 
October  31,  1727,  Mary,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Margaret  (Griswold)  Buckingham,  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Thomas  and  Esther  (Hos- 
mer)  Buckingham,  born  June  5,  1705,  died 
September  7,  1778.  Children:  Solomon,  born 
November  24,  1728,  died  January  2,  1729; 
Margaret,  born  April  8,  1730;  Jeremiah,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  i72,2-2,i,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution; 
Rebecca,  June  7,  1735 ;  Solomon,  mentioned 
below;  Temperance,  October  6,  1739;  Mary, 
October  8,  1741 ;  Lydia,  Novemijer  2,  1744. 

(V)  Solomon  (2),  son  of  Solomon  (i) 
Huntington,  was  born  October  19,  1737,  and 
died  Marcli  3,  1809.  He  married,  March  28, 
1762,  Anna  Denison,  born  1742,  died  Septem- 
ber 6,  1807.  She  joined  the  church,  1770.  He 
was  prominent  in  town  atTairs.  Children,  born 
at  Windham :  Minor,  April  22,  1763,  removed 
to  Nova  Scotia,  1784;  Alathea,  November  29, 
1764;  Elizabeth,  January  15,  1767;  Anna  and 
Solomon  (twins),  April  7,  1770;  Joseph  Deni- 
son, October  28,  1778;  Mary,  February  25, 
1781. 

(\T)  Solomon  (3),  son  of  Solomon  (2) 
Huntington,  was  born  April  7,  1770,  and  mar- 
ried, October  25,  1801,  Anna  Jones,  of  New 
Haven.     He  removed  to  Mexico,  New  York. 


Children,  first  born  in  Connecticut,  the  rest  in 
Mexico:  Elizabeth  Lathrop,  September  13, 
1802,  married  Avery  Skinner  (see  Skinner)  ; 
William  Jones,  February  9,  1804;  Herbert 
Nelson,  April  9,  1807;  Benjamin  Lathrop,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1810;  Samuel  I'eck,  May  25,  1811  ; 
John  Lathrop,  March  24,  181 7. 


(HI)  Lieutenant  Sam- 
HCNTIN(;T0N  uel  Huntington,  son  of 
Simon  Huntington  (q. 
V.I,  was  burn  in  Norwich,  March  I,  1665, 
ilied  at  Lebanon,  May  10,  1717.  In  1700 
he  removed  to  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  after 
selling  his  house  and  lot  for  a  parsonage, 
r.efore  his  removal  he  had  been  in  public  life 
and  held  various  offices.  In  1692  he  was  elect- 
ed constable  and  he  had  been  one  of  the  towns- 
men. Ten  years  after  settling  in  Lebanon,  he 
was  appointed  by  the  citizens  of  Norwich  on  a 
committee  to  locate  the  new  meeting-house, 
about  which  a  serious  dispute  had  arisen.  He 
owned  much  land  both  in  Norwich  and  Leb- 
anon. His  name  was  on  the  list  of  members 
of  the  Lebanon  church  in  1707,  and  his  wife's 
name  in  1701.  He  married,  in  Norwich,  Octo- 
ber 29,  1686,  Mary,  daughter  of  William  Clark, 
of  Wethersfield ;  she  died  October  5,  1743. 
Children,  born  in  Norwich :  Elizabeth,  April 
24,  1688-89;  Samuel,  August  28,  1691  ;  Caleb, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  October  i,  1696;  Re- 
becca, February,  1698-99.  Born  in  Lebanon  : 
Sarah,  October  22,  1701  ;  John,  May  17,  1706; 
Simon,  /\ugust  15,  1708. 

( I\  )  Caleb,  son  of  Lieutenant  Samuel  Hunt- 
ington, was  born  at  Norwich,  Connecticut. 
February  8,  1693-94;  married  there,  January 
28,  1720,  Lydia  Griswold,  born  May  28,  1696. 
Children,  bom  at  Lebanon,  Connecticut :  Caleb, 
December  9.  1721  ;  Lydia,  June  3,  1722  ;  Elisha 
and  Elijah,  twins,  April  25,  1724;  Abner, 
March  6,  1726;  James,  .April  25,  1728;  Sus- 
anna. June  2T„  1730;  Ezekiel,  August  2,  1732, 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  Ezekiel.  son  of  Caleb  Huntington,  was 
born  at  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  August  2,  1732. 
He  lived  at  Lebanon,  and  perhaps  for  a  time 
at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  locating  after  the  revo- 
lution at  Stephentown,  Albany  county.  New 
York,  where  he  was  living  in  1790,  according 
to  the  first  federal  census,  with  two  males  over 
sixteen,  two  males  under  sixteen,  and  three 
females  in  his  family.  He  married  twice. 
Children,  born  at  Lebanon :  Joseph,  May  25. 
1758,  was  of  Rensselaerwyck,  New  York,  in 


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i/yo;  r.etsey,  Septeml)cr  3,  17(10,  livcil  at 
Cornwallis,  Nova  Scotia  ;  Estlier,  July  5,  1763  ; 
Ezekiel,  Novt-niber,  1764,  settled  at  Stephen- 
town,  and  was  head  of  family  there  in  1790; 
Daniel.  September  6,  1766;  Caleli,  mentioned 
below. 

(\'I)  Caleb  (2),  .son  of  Ezekiel  Hunting- 
ton, was  born  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  October 
4,  1770.  He  was  a  millwright  by  trade,  and 
settled  when  a  young  man  in  (Jtsego  county. 
He  came  to  the  town  of  Me.xico,  New  ^'ork, 
January  15,  1824,  and  was  contractor  and 
builder  of  many  of  the  mills  erected  in  Cen- 
tral New  York.  He  and  his  son  Edwin  own- 
ed and  operated  the  Huntington  Mills,  at  Mex- 
ico. He  married  (first),  in  1795,  Sarah  Joyce, 
who  died  September  13,  1823:  married  (sec- 
ond) Demaris  Wight,  ("aleb  died  in  Mexico. 
October  i,  1839.  Children:  Allen,  born  June 
12,  1797:  Eli,  December  22,  1799;  Harry,  De- 
cember 25,  1801  ;  Edwin,  of  whom  further; 
Willis  l'.,\May  9,  1808;  Lester  11. ;  Sarah  M., 
\o\ember  id,  1812:  Olive  .\..  December  12, 
1820. 

(\  n  )  Edwin  Huntington,  son  oi  Caleb  (2) 
Huntington,  was  born  in  Burlington,  Otsego 
county,  New  York,  June  I,  1805,  and  died  at 
Mexico,  C)swego  count}',  New  York,  May  20, 
1870.  He  attended  the  common  and  high 
schools  of  the  town  of  Mexico,  and  for  sev- 
eral years  was  a  school  teacher.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  millwright  of  his  father,  with 
whom  he  was  afterward  in  partnership,  own- 
ing and  ciperating  the  Huntington  Mills,  at 
^Mexico.  L'pon  the  death  of  his  father  he  suc- 
ceeded to  the  ownershi])  of  the  mills  and  con- 
ducted them  until  some  ten  years  before  he 
died.  In  connection  with  the  mills  he  had  a 
general  store  in  Mexico,  and  for  many  years 
was  postmaster  there.  In  early  life  he  was  an 
old-line  Whig  in  politics,  afterwards  a  Re- 
publican. He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episco]>al  church,  and  a  member  of 
the  order  of  Sons  of  Temperance.  He  died  May 
20,  1870.  Fie  married,  January  20,  1831,  Mary 
Charity  Gregory,  who  died  July  6,  1834.  He 
married  (second),  in  1835,  Lucy  Ann  Gregory, 
a  sister  of  his  first  wife,  wdio  died  January  i, 
1851.  He  married  (third),  June  3,  1853,  Mar)- 
E.  (Borden)  Hewett,  who  died  in  1881.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Marion,  born  March  20, 
1832,  died  in  infancy;  Mary  H.,  born  May  10, 
1834.  Children  of  second  wife;  Lester  B. ; 
Edwin  L.,  mentioned  below;  Sarah  H. ;  Lewis 
J.,  born  1846,  enlisted  during  the  civil  war  in 


Battery  L,  Ninth  Regiment  Artillery,  New 
York,  died  in  Washington,  D.  C,  July  9,  1864, 
of  fever  contracted  in  the  Wilderness  cam- 
paign. 

(\'I11)  Ca])tain  Edwin  L.  Huntington,  son 
iif  Edwin  Huntington,  was  born  in  Mexico, 
New  ^'ork,  July  8,  1839,  and  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  there  and  in  the  Mexico 
Academy.  Vrnm  1856  to  1858  he  was  in  Wis- 
consin and  Michigan.  In  1861,  when  Presi- 
dent Lincoln  called  for  volunteers,  after  the 
attack  of  Fort  Sumter,  he  was  one  of  the  first 
to  enlist,  and  from  first  to  last  during  the  civil 
war  was  active  in  service.  He  went  to  the 
front  in  the  first  regiment  that  left  the  county, 
being  mustered  in  as  a  private  and  winning 
promotion  from  grade  to  grade  until  he  was 
captain  of  his  company.  He  enlisted  in  Com- 
pany B,  Twenty-fourth  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry,  First  Brigade  (the  famous  Iron  Bri- 
gade), I-'irst  Division,  First  Army  Corps.  Mr. 
1  luntington  took  part  in  the  following  engage- 
ments during  the  years  1861-63;  Bailey's  Cross 
Roads,  July  25,  1861  ;  h'alls  Church,' October 
8,  18^)1;  Falmouth.  April  17,  1862;  Massa- 
ponax,  August  6,  1862;  Rappahamiock  River, 
.\ngust  22,  1862  ;  (iainesville,  .\ugust  28,  1862  ; 
Sulphur  Springs,  August  29,  i8(>2;  Groveton, 
August  29,  18(12;  I'uU  Run,  August  30,  1862; 
Little  River  Turnpike,  September  i,  1862; 
South  Mountain,  September  14,  1862;  Antie- 
tam,  .Sej)tember  17,  1862;  Fredericksburg,  De- 
cember 14-13,  1862;  Pollock's  Mill  Creek, 
.\pril  29,  i8()3;  Chancellorsville,  May  2-3,  1863. 
At  Chancellorsville  Mr.  Huntington  was  the 
only  private  in  Company  B  to  escape  injury, 
all  the  others  being  wounded  or  killed.  He 
was  slightly  wounded  at  Fredericksburg.  He 
was  honorably  discharged  and  mustered  out 
May  29,  1863.  He  reelisted  in  1863,  and  was 
commissioned  second  lieutenant  in  Captain 
Frank  Sinclair's  Battery  L,  Ninth  New  York 
.Artillery,  and  was  commissioned  captain  July 
6,  1863.  His  regiment  was  in  the  Second  Bri- 
gade, Third  Division,  Sixth  Army  Corps,  and 
took  ])art  in  the  following  engagements  in 
18(14-65;  Cold  Harbor,  May  31  to  June  12, 
1864;  Petersburg,  June  15-19,  1864;  Weldon 
Railroad,  June  21-23,  1864;  Washington,  July 
12-13,  1864;  Charlestown,  August  21,  1864; 
Summit  Point,  August  29,  1864;  Winchester, 
September  19,  1864;  near  Cedar  Creek,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1864;  assault  on  Petersburg  Works, 
March  25,  1864;  fall  of  Petersburg,  April  2, 
1865 ;  Sailors'  Creek,  April  6,  1865,  and  Appo- 


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matox  Court  House,  April  9,  1865.  He  was 
slightly  wounded  at  Cedar  Creek.  He  was 
honorably  discharged  and  mustered  out  Sep- 
tember 6,  1865. 

Upon  his  return  from  the  front  Captain 
Huntington  engaged  in  business  as  a  druggist, 
in  the  town  of  Mexico,  and  enjoyed  a  large 
and  flourishing  business  for  a  number  of  years. 
Since  the  war  he  has  been  prominent  in  the 
state  militia  and  in  the  public  service.  In  June, 
1878,  he  organized  a  company  which  was  at- 
tached to  the  Forty-eighth  Regiment,  New- 
York  National  Guard,  commonly  known  as 
the  Huntington  Guards,  and  for  a  period  of 
twelve  years  was  captain.  It  was  composed 
largely  of  veterans  and  won  the  reputation  of 
being  one  of  the  finest  companies  in  the  regi- 
ment. It  was  called  into  service  several  times, 
the  most  important  being  at  the  time  of  the 
railroad  riots  at  Hornellsville  and  otlier  parts 
of  New  York  state.  In  1880  Captain  Hunting- 
ton was  unanimously  nominated  for  the  office 
of  sherifif  of  Oswego  county,  on  the  first  ballot 
in  the  Re]niblican  county  convention,  being  the 
first  nominee  in  the  county  to  receive  the  nomi- 
nation for  this  office  without  a  contest.  He 
was  elected  bv  an  unusually  large  plurality. 
In  1894  he  was  elected  supervisor  of  the  town 
of  Mexico  and  reelected  from  year  to  year 
until  he  had  served  fourteen  years,  and  he  be- 
came one  of  the  most  prominent  members  in 
the  board  of  supervisors  of  the  county.  He 
has  always  been  a  Republican.  His  first  vote 
was  cast  for  Lincoln.  He  was  commander  of 
Melzar  I^ichards  Post,  No.  367,  Grand  Army 
of  the  Republic,  for  twenty-one  years,  and  the 
camp  of  Sons  of  Veterans  in  Mexico  was 
named  for  him.  He  has  always  taken  a  keen 
interest  in  village  improvement,  and  largely 
through  his  energy  and  support  the  electric 
lighting  system  was  secured.  In  the  move- 
ment to  raise  funds  for  the  soldiers'  monu- 
ment he  was  an  earnest  worker.  The  monu- 
ment was  erected  in  the  Mexico  cemetery. 
He  is  a  member  of  Mexico  Lodge,  No.  136, 
Free  Masons,  and  has  been  honored  with  all 
the  offices  in  succession ;  member  of  Mexico 
Oiapter,  No.  135,  Royal  Arch  Masons:  of 
Lake  Ontario  Commandery,  Knights  Templar. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist. 

He  married  (first),  September  i,  1868,  Flor- 
ence A.  Allen,  born  in  Mexico,  died  April  20, 
1888,  daughter  of  Alonzo  .'\llen.  He  married 
(second),  in  1891,  Mary  A.  Tourdot,  born  in 
Mexico,   1862,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary 


Tourdot.  Children:  i.  Edith  L.,  born  July  30, 
1871  :  married,  March  5,  i8gi,  Clinton  E. 
Avery :  child,  l<'lorence  Avery.  2.  Lulu  Adelle, 
born  March  22.  1875  :  married,  June  18,  1902, 
Dr.  L.  D.  Pulsifer,  of  Mexico:  children,  Allen 
Huntington  and  Helen  D.  Pulsifer. 


John  Everts,  or  Evarts,  immi- 
E\'ERTS  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
England,  and  settled  early  in 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  of  which  he  was  made 
a  freeman  by  the  general  court  in  March,  1637- 
38.  He  resided  there  several  years,  and  at 
least  two  of  his  children  were  born  there.  He 
removed  to  Guilford,  Connecticut,  and  took  the 
freeman's  oath  in  Connecticut,  February  5. 
1631-52.  In  1655  he  was  defendant  in  two 
civil  suits,  being  then  a  resident  of  (juilford. 
He  purchased  John  Mepham's  allotment  at 
Guilford,  for  twenty-one  pounds,  July  29, 
165 1.  In  1667  he  was  appointed  tithingman. 
He  is  said  to  have  lived  also  at  New  Haven 
for  a  time.  He  died  at  Guilford,  May  9,  1669. 
He  married  (first)  Elizabeth .and  (sec- 
ond). May  zy,  1663,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  John 
Pannelce,  who  died  in  November.  1688.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  John,  born  February  29, 
1639-40,  mentioned  below:  Judah,  October  27, 
1642,  at  Concord;  Daniel,  1643:  James,  1648: 
Elizabeth,  married  Peter  Abbott,  and  was  mur- 
dered by  her  husband  at  Fairfield,  for  which 
offence  he  was  tried,  convicted  and  executed, 
October  16,  1667. 

(II)  John  Everts,  son  of  John  Everts,  or 
Evarts,  was  Ijorn  at  Concord,  February  29, 
1639-40,  died  at  Guilford,  December  28,  1692. 
He  married  (first),  September  14,  1663,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Thoma's  French.  She  died  in  1668, 
and  he  married  (second)  Mary,  daughter  of 
Alexander  Bow,  of  Middletown,  Connecticut. 
She  died  April  25,  1700.  Children  of  first 
wife,  born  at  Guilford:  Mary,  born  August  12, 
1666:  John,  September  16.  1668.  Children  of 
second  wife,  born  at  Guilford:  Hannah,  No- 
vember 12,  1670:  Sarah,  June  4,  1673;  Eliza- 
beth, 1674:  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Me- 
hitable,  February  23,  1678-79:  Ebenezer,  Sep- 
tember 15,  1681  :  Silence,  January  26,  1683-84: 
Patience,  May  14,  1689. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Everts,  was 
born  at  Guilford,  July  24,  1673,  died  in  May, 
1739.  He  lived  at  East  Guilford,  where  he 
was  assessed,  in  1716,  for  sixty-six  pounds 
seven  shillings  six  pence.  He  married.  May  7, 
1707,  Margaret,  daughter  of  Dr.  Thomas  Hast- 


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ings,  of  Hatfield,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  at  (inilford:  John,  September  21,  1708, 
lived  at  Salisbury  and  New  Haven,  X'ermont; 
Margaret,  August  22,  1710;  Rllijah,  mentioned 
below;  Nathaniel,  May  9,  1719:  Sylvanus, 
March  31,  1721. 

(  I\' )  Elijah,  son  of  Nathaniel  Everts,  was 
born  at  (juilford,  April  4,  1712.  He  probably 
married Ciillette. 

(V)  Samuel  (iillett  Everts,  son  or  nephew 
of  Elijah  Everts,  was  born  at  (juilford,  Janu- 
ary 29,  174A.  Many  of  his  near  relatives  set- 
tled in  \'ermont  and  New  York.  In  1790 
Euther,  Ambrose,  Timothy,  Solomon,  Jesse, 
Jesse  Jr.,  James,  Gilbert  H.,  Edward,  Eber. 
Charles  and  Abner  were  heads  of  families  in 
New  Haven.  Salisbury,  Middlebury,  Sunder- 
land and  other  towns  in  \'ermont.  Many  of 
the  \'ermont  families  afterward  moved  to  New 
York  and  westward.  .\mos,  Jonathan  ami 
Solomon  were  heads  of  families  in  Massachu- 
setts, in  1790,  according  to  the  first  federal 
census.  Luther  Everts,  of  Lanesborough,  and 
Judah  Everts,  of  Stockbridge,  were  soldiers 
from  Massachusetts  in  the  revolution.  Eben- 
ezer  Everts,  a  brother  of  Samuel  Everts,  set- 
tled in  the  town  of  Me.xico,  Oswego  county, 
New  York,  in  1804,  clearing  a  farm  in  the 
southwest  ])art  oi  the  town,  and  had  sons  Fred- 
erick and  I'hilo  Everts.  Saiuuel  Everts  came 
to  Mexico  about  1804  and  settled  on  the  farm 
which  his  descendants  still  own  and  occupy. 
Samuel  married,  September  10,  1771,  .Sarah 
Fuller.  Their  sons  Elijah,  Walter,  Samuel 
and  Luther  Everts  took  up  farms  in  Me.xico. 
Children  of  Samuel  (jillette  and  Sarah  FN-erts : 
Elijah,  Samuel  (mentioned  below),  \VaIter, 
Luther,  Electa,  Sarah,  Asenatli,  (  )live  and 
Julia. 

(\'l )  Samuel,  son  of  Samuel  Cillett  FIverts, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  September  20,  1780, 
and  came  with  his  father  and  uncle's  family  to 
Mexico.  He  drew  land  and  cleared  a  farm  in 
Mexico  and  besides  following  farming  was  a 
land  surveyor.  He  gave  the  land  for  a  church 
in  his  neighborhood,  now  called  North  Mexico 
church.  He  married  Lucinda  Roberts.  He 
died  at  the  age  of  seventy  years;  his  wife  at 
the  age  of  eighty.  Children:  Myron,  mention- 
ed below ;  Alma,  Matilda,  Milton,  Sarah  and 
Avery,  the  last  dying  in  young  manhood,  the 
others  living  to  an  advanced  age. 

(\'n)  Myron,  son  of  .Samuel  Everts,  was 
born  in  ^lexico,  in  1816,  died  there,  in  1908,  at 
the  age  of  ninety-two.     He  attended  the  com- 


mon schools  of  his  native  town,  and  worked 
during  boyhood  on  his  father's  farm.  On  ac- 
count of  his  father's  illness,  he  had  to  take 
charge  of  the  farm  at  an  early  age,  and  he  fol- 
lowed farming  throughout  his  life.  Fie  was 
a  competent  and  successful  business  man.  In 
jjolitics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober 20.  1840,  Lucretia  Matthews,  born  x\pril 
3,  1820,  (lied  in  1892,  daughter  of  Edmund 
Matthews.  Fler  father  was  born  in  Massachu- 
setts, January  3.  1775.  died  September  2.  1848, 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Mexico,  t)swego 
county.  New  York;  married  (first),  iMcy 
liruce.  born  .March  11,  1780,  died  October  12, 
1803.  Edmund  Matthews  married  (second), 
December  24.  1806.  Lucy  McLellan,  born  Jan- 
uary 10,  1779,  died  February  2,  1862.  Child 
of  Edmund  and  Lucy  (Bruce)  Matthews: 
Charles  I!.  Matthews,  born  March  27,  1803. 
Children  of  Edmund  and  Lucy  (McLellan) 
.Matthews:  Henry  Matthews,  born  January 
25.  1808,  died  June  24,  1874;  Lucy  Mat- 
thews, born  December  11,  1810.  died  (Jctober 
8,  1861  ;  Pa.schal  P.,  born  August  5,  1812,  died 
in  Chicago,  Illinois,  in  1906,  one  of  the  great 
financiers  of  the  country,  who  achieved  his 
wealth  by  his  own  efforts,  who  married.  May 
I,  1840,  Louisa  Vinton,  born  November  11, 
1809,  anil  had  one  child,  Lucy  .Mice  Matthews., 
born  December  2,  1842,  died  .-\ugust  4,  1882; 
Emery  Matthews,  born  September  12,  1813,. 
died  in  i860;  Lucretia  Matthews,  married 
Myron  Everts,  as  stated  above.  Children  of 
Myron  and  Lucretia  Everts:  Edmund  M.,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Charles  IL,  mentioned  below. 

( VHI)  Edmund  M.,  son  of  Myron  Everts,, 
was  born  June  11,  1850,  in  Mexico,  on  tl'.e  old 
Matthews  homestead.  Fie  attended  the  iwblic 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  th.e  Mexico 
Academy.  For  nearly  fifty  years  he  lived  on 
the  farm  vvdiere  he  was  born  and  followed 
farming  from  his  early  youth.  In  1901  he  re- 
tired from  active  labor  and  since  the:i  he  has 
resided  in  the  village  of  Mexico.  In  ])oIitics 
he  is  a  Republican  ;  in  religion  a  Presbyterian. 
He  married,  September  25,  1879,  Margaret 
Cadby,  born  November  6,  1853,  in  Jefferson 
county.  New  York,  daughter  of  George  and 
Marg,?ret  (Dean)  Cadby.  Fler  father  was 
born  in  England  and  settled  in  Jefferson  county. 
New  York,  when  a  young  man.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Everts:  i.  Paschal  P.,  born  July 
I,  1880,  educated  in  the  public  scl.oi  L  and  a 
graduate  of  Mexico  Academy  and  Columbia 
College,  a  pharmacist  in  New  York  City :  mar- 


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ried,  June  28,  1905,  Mrs.  Ella  (Sherman) 
Mabey.  2.  Ethel  Lucretia,  February  9,  1888, 
a  graduate  from  the  Mexico  high  school  and 
academy,  also  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal 
School,  at  Oswego,  now  a  kindergarten  teacher. 
(\'III)  Charles  H.,  second  son  of  Myron 
Everts,  was  born  in  Mexico,  April  20,  1854, 
and  was  brought  up  on  the  old  Matthews  home- 
stead on  which  he  was  born.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  Mexico  Academy  and  the  State 
Normal  School,  at  Oswego.  After  completing 
his  education  he  engaged  in  farming  and 
other  occupations.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Mexico  Lodge,  No.  136,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  of  Mexico  Chapter,  No.  135,  Royal 
Arch  Masons ;  of  Ontario  Lake  Command- 
ery.  Knights  Templar,  of  Oswego;  of  Media 
Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  of  W'atertown ;  of  the 
Citizens  Club,  of  Syracuse.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  married,  December  29,  1883, 
Emma  E.  Aird,  born  in  Richland,  Oswego 
county.  New  York,  March  15,  1854,  daughter 
of  Robert  and  F'hilinda  (Tyler)  Aird.  Her 
father  was  born  in  New  Y'ork  state,  son  of 
Matthew  Aird,  who  was  born  in  Scotland,  and 
came  to  New  York  soon  after  1800.  Matthew 
Aird  married  Sarah  Howard  (see  Howard  V). 
Robert  Aird  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war, 
serving  three  years  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Tenth  New  York  Regiment,  \'olunteer  Infan- 
try, and  is  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army,  the 
Free  Masons,  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  a  Republican  in  politics ;  married 
Philinda  Tyler,  born  in  Pulaski,  Oswego  coun- 
ty. New  Y'ork,  daughter  of  William  and  Ruha- 
mah  ( Morton )  Tyler,  of  New  Haven,  (L)swego 
county,  previously  of  Connecticut.  William 
Tyler  was  a  farmer  at  New  Haven,  and  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812.  Child  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Charles  H.  Everts:  Myron  Aird,  born 
1887,  died  aged  two  months. 

(The  Howard  Line). 

(I)  Henry  Howard,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  doubtless  born  in  England,  and  he  settled 
early  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  He  also 
lived  at  Hartford.  He  was  a  malster  by  trade. 
He  was  born  probably  in  1623.  His  will  was 
proved  .\pril  4,  1709.  His  inventory  amounted 
to  five  hundred  and  thirty-one  pounds  fourteen 
shillings  six  pence.  He  married,  at  Hartford. 
September  28,  1648,  Sarah  Stone.  Children : 
Mary,  born  1651  :  Sarah,  1633  :  Elizabeth,  i()56  ; 
John  and  Lydia  (twins)  ;  Mary;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below. 


(11)  Samuel,  son  of  Henry  Howard,  was 
born  in  Hartford  or  Wethersfield,  about  1660, 
died  in  1716.  His  inventory  dated  May  30, 
17 16,  amounted  to  two  thousand  two  hundred 
and  five  pounds  seventeen  shillings  and  seven 
pence.  His  will  was  tlated  F'ebruary  23,  1716, 
proved  August  17  following.  He  was  a  pros-« 
perous  shop  keeper  or  merchant  at  Hartford. 
He  married  Susanna  .  Children,  men- 
tioned in  the  will,  the  daughters  being  minors : 
.Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Susanna,  Abigail 
and  Ruth. 

(  III  )  .Samuel  (2  ),  son  of  Samuel  ( i  )  How- 
ard, was  born  in  Hartford,  about  1690.  He 
and  his  mother  were  executors  of  his  father's 
will  in  1716,  and  he  inherited  house,  land  and 
business  at  Hartford.  He  was  in  business  in 
Hartford.  He  died  there  in  1749.  His  inven- 
tory shows  an  estate  valued  at  four  thousand 
four  hundred  pounds,  January  12.  1749-50. 
His  widow  Alice  sold  real  estate  in  1751  and 
the  estate  was  distributed  in  that  year.  She 
was  appointed  administratrix,  March  22,  1749- 
50.  He  had  only  one  son,  Samuel,  and  several 
daughters,  whose  names  are  not  known. 

( I\'')  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  How- 
ard, was  born  about  1720.  He  received  a 
double  share  from  his  father's  estate  in  175 1. 
Sons  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  James  ;  Ben- 
jamin ;  Daniel. 

(\  )  Samuel  (4),  son  of  Samuel  (3)  How- 
ard, was  born  at  Hartford,  and  removed  to 
Benson,  Rutland  county,  \'ermont,  according 
to  the  history  of  that  town,  with  several 
brothers.  In  1790  Samuel  Howard,  of  Ben- 
son, had  one  son  under  sixteen  and  three 
females  in  his  family,  accortling  to  the  first 
federal  census;  his*  brother  James  had  two 
sons  under  sixteen  and  tvv'o  females,  and  his 
brother  Benjamin  two  males  over  sixteen, 
three  under  that  age  and  two  females.  His 
brother  James  was  deacon  of  the  Benson  Con- 
gregational Church  in  1797,  and  died  in  1831, 
aged  sixty-eight.  All  of  the  brothers  lived  on 
Howard  Hill.  Sanuiel,  James,  Daniel  and  prob- 
ably Benjamin.  Samuel  Howard  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution  in  Captain  James  Davis's 
company  in  1781,  in  Connecticut,  and  went  to 
Vermont  about  1785.  He  was  selectman  of 
Benson  from  1791  to  1795;  in  1800,  from  1806 
to  1 81 6;  and  represented  the  town  in  the  state 
legislature  in  1815  and  1823.  He  died  there 
in  .'\pril,  183 1,  aged  seventy  years.  His  son. 
Major  Edward  S.  Howard,  was  an  active  an-d 
successful    man    in    lienson,    representative   to 


XEW  Y(  )RK. 


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the  legislature  in  1S42.  died  June  7,  1863,  aged 
seventy-two  years.  Sarah  lloward,  daughter 
of  Samuel  llovvard,  married  Matthew  Aird  and 
settled  in  Xew  York  state;  her  son,  Rohert 
Aird,  married  I'hilinda  Tyler  and  their  daugh- 
ter, Emma  E.  Aird,  married,  in  1883,  Charles 
H.  Evarts  (see  Evarts  VIII). 


Christopher  (Goodwin,  the  im- 
GOODWIX  migrant  ancestor,  was  horn 
in  luigland  and  settled  in 
C'harlestown,  Massachusetts,  wdiere  his  wife 
Mar}-  was  admitted  to  the  church,  August  9, 
1656.  He  was  a  mason  by  trade.  He  ilied 
there,  according  to  his  gravestone,  January  22, 
1682,  aged  sixty-five  years.  Children :  En- 
sign Nathaniel,  deputy  to  general  court  from 
Charlestown.  removed  to  Reading,  where  his 
son,  John  was  a  prominent  citizen  :  Christo- 
pher, mentioned  below  ;  John,  iiad  son  John, 
not  one  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  married,  1672, 
\\'illiam  ISrown;  Elizabeth,  born  March  13. 
1659:  Timothy,  bajitized  June  8,  1662. 

(II)  Christopher  (2),  son  of  Christopher 
(i)  Goodwin,  was  born  in  1647,  according  to 
his  deposition,  1682,  giving  his  age  as  thirty- 
five.  He  was  like  his  father,  a  mason  by  trade. 
He  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the  Charles- 
town  church,.  March  18,  1676-77.  He  married 
(first).  May  11.  1672,  Mercy  Crouch,  who  died 
July,  1678,  aged  twenty-five  ;  (  second  ),  Decem- 
ber 10,  1678,  Joanna  Johnson.  Children  (jf 
first  wife:  Mary,  born  December  15,  1672; 
Hannah,  baptized  April  30.  1676;  Mercy,  bap- 
tized June  6,  1680.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Deborah,  baptized  June  6,  1680:  Christo^jher, 
baptized  r)ctober  8.  1681  :  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Christopher  (2)  Good- 
win, was  born  about  1683-85,  in  Charlestown. 
He  resided  in  Boston,  Cambridge,  Maiden  and 
Charlestown.  He  was  a  housewright  by  trade, 
and  left  a  large  estate  for  his  day.  He  mar- 
ried   (first)   :    (second)    Lydia 

Sprague,  November  25,  1714:  (third),  Sep- 
tember 3,  1751,  Margaret  Gibbs,  who  died  in 
1759,  probably  a  Prentiss  of  Cambridge.  He 
was  taxed  in  Charlestown  1727-48;  was  of 
Cambridge  in  1724.  His  son  Edw^ard  was  ap- 
pointed administrator  February  19,  1753.  He 
owne'l  land  to  the  eastward  with  the  Plymouth 
Land  Company.  His  widow  Margaret  was  tax- 
ed in  1756.  Children  :  Edward  ;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Samuel, born  March  16,  1716-17. 

(I\')  John  (2),  son  of  John  (ij  Goodwin, 


was  born  about  1710.  and  was  baptized,  an 
adult,  November  2,  1736.  at  Charlestown.  He 
was  also  a  housewright.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  Sanford's 
company,  enlisting  January  11,  1777,  Colonel 
Phili|}  I').  ISradley's  regiment,  from  Connecti- 
cut ;  also  in  Captain  Jcinathan  Rudd's  com- 
[lany.  Colonel  Chapman's  regiment,  August 
2,  to  September  12,  1778;  also  in  an  inde- 
pendent company  from  Lebanon,  Connecticut, 
in  Twelfth  Regiment,  under  Cajitain  John. 
\aughan.  He  married  (first).  April  8,  1736, 
Ann  Davison,  who  died  June  14,  1752,  aged 
according  to  her  gravestone,  thirty-seven  years. 
He  married  (second)  (intentions  dated  March 
I.  1753),  Anna  Cox.  of  Boston.  He  was  tax- 
ed in  Charlestown,  \j2y-2[j.  In  1770  he  deed- 
eil  land  on  Bow  street,  formerly  owned  by  his 
father.  His  widow  had  a  claim  for  loss  on 
account  of  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  Chil- 
dren, born  and  baptized  at  Charlestown:  John, 
horn  November  j^.  1726,  Baptismal  dates: 
Ann,  .\pril  2;^.  1738:  Samuel,  December  30, 
1739;  Sarah,  February  21,  1742;  David,  Octo- 
ber 19,  1744;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below; 
Hannah,  May  2-.  1730;  William,  October  12, 
1735;  Elizabeth,  November  2~.  1737;  Rebecca, 
February  24,  1760;  Mary,  August  9,  1761  ; 
Abigail,  January   i,   1 7^)3. 

I  \' )  Jonathan,  son  of  John  (2)  Goodwin, 
was  born  at  Charlestown.  in  May,  1747,  and 
baptized  there,  July  26,  1747.  He  married,  in 
1768,  .Anna  Clark.'  He  and  his  brother  Will- 
iam located  at  Lebanon,  Connecticut.  In  171)0 
the  first  federal  census  shows  that  Jonathan 
had  two  males  over  sixteen,  one  under  that 
age.  and  two  females  ;  William  had  a  son  under 
sixteen  and  four  females,  wliile  .Samuel,  a  son 
of  Jt)nathan  or  William,  had  one  son  under 
si>  teen  and  two  females. 

(  \'I  )  Rev.  Jonathan  (2)  Goodwin,  son  of 
Jonathan  (  i  )  (ioodwin,  w'as  born  about  1770, 
in  Lebanon.  Connecticut,  or  came  there  with 
his  ])arents.  He  became  a  minister  of  the 
Bajjtist  church.  In  June.  1810,  a  committee 
was  appointed  by  the  church  at  Mansfield, 
Connecticut,  to  arrange  for  the  calling  of  Mr. 
(Goodwin,  and  he  preached  there  for  eighteen 
}'ears.  After  he  was  dismissed  from  Mans- 
field he  removed  to  Middletown,  Connecticut, 
to  the  \\'estfield  Society.  He  preached  for 
forty  years,  anil  was  well  known  and  highly 
respected.  In  1830  he  founded  the  Baptist 
church  at  Mexico,  New  York,  and  preached 
there  as  its  pastor  for  five  years,  after  which 


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he  returned  to  Connecticut.  He  married  Alary 
Cheever,  who  died  in  1825.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), in  1826,  Sarah  Wilcox,  who  died  in 
1829;  (third)  Abigail  Wilcox,  in  1835.  He 
died  at  Mexico,  aged  eighty  years.  Children  : 
Mar)';  Alilo;  Calvin,  mentioned  below;  I'hilo; 
Lucinda  ;  Jonathan,  born  at  Alansfield,  lulv  i. 
1812. 

(Vn )  Calvin,  son  of  Rev.  Jonathan  (2) 
Goodwin,  was  born  in  Lebanon,  Connecticut, 
December,  1800.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  in  Connecticut.  In  1828  he  came 
to  Mexico,  New  York,  and  settled  on  a  farm, 
which  is  now  the  site  of  the  village  of  Mexico. 
He  continued  to  follow  farming  until  1855, 
when  he  retired.  He  held  various  offices  of 
trust  and  responsibility.  For  many  years  he 
was  a  trustee  of  the  Baptist  church.  He  died 
in  Mexico,  in  1869.  He  married  (fir.st),  at 
Mansfield,  Coimecticut.  December  16,  1824, 
Emily  Hinckley,  born  there,  in  1802,  died  at 
Mexico,  1845.  He  married  (second)  Rhoda 
Druce,  died  in  1887.  Chiklrcn  of  first  wife: 
Josiah  Austin,  born  at  Mansfield,  September 
15,  1825;  Joseoh  Clark;  Henry;  George  H., 
mentioned  below ;  Lucia ;  Louisa.  The  two 
youngest  died  in  infancy,  and  George  H.  was 
the  only  survivor  in  191 1,  in  which  year  he  died. 

(VIII)  George  H.,  son  of  Calvin  Goodwin, 
was  born  in  Mexico,  New  York,  December  15, 
1833.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
Mexico  Academy.  He  studied  law  in  the 
offices  of  Judge  Cyrus  Whitney,  of  Orville 
Robinson  and  James  Noxon,  and  was  gradu- 
ated from  the  Albany  Law  School,  in  the  class 
of  1856.  He  practiced  his  profession  in  Os- 
wego county  and  in  the  state  of  California 
for  several  years,  but  was  afterwards  diverted 
in  some  degree  from  the  law  by  ill  health  and 
the  cares  devolving  upon  him  in  the  settle- 
ment of  various  estates,  and  in  recent  years 
gave  more  time  to  business  and  literature  than 
to  his  profession.  He  formerly  took  a  keen 
interest  in  politics  and  held  many  offices  of 
trust  and  honor.  He  was  chairman  of  the 
Democratic  county  committee  many  years,  and 
was  fre(|uently  chosen  delegate  to  state  and 
other  nominating  conventions  of  his  party.  In 
1879  he  was  president  of  the  incorporated 
village  of  Mexico,  and,  in  1883,  supervisor  of 
the  town,  being  the  only  Democrat,  with  one 
exception,  that  had  been  elected  supervisor  of 
the  town  for  fifty  years  or  more.  Mr.  Good- 
win traveled  extensively  both  in  this  country 
and  al)n  1,-1(1.  In  1882  he  \'isited  Ireland,  Englancl, 


France,  Italy,  Switzerland,  Germany,  Belgium 
and  Holland.  In  1889  he  made  a  more  ex- 
tended tour  in  the  east,  ascending  the  Nile 
river,  visiting  Palestine,  Syria,  Turkey,  Greece, 
and  many  islands  in  the  Mediterranean  Sea. 
i  le  has  traveled  in  almost  every  part  of  North 
.America.  W'hile  he  was  abroad  he  wrote  a 
series  of  letters  that  were  published  in  the 
local  newspapers  and  widely  copied  in  the 
newspapers  of  the  state.  In  recent  years  he 
silent  the  winters  in  California.  His  courtesy 
and  kindliness  of  manner,  his  social  qualities 
and  broad  culture  explain  in  some  degree  his 
popularity.  Vew  men  in  the  county,  if  any, 
were  as  well  known  and  highly  esteemed.  He 
married,  June,  1883,  Adelaide  E.  Alfred,  died 
April  II,  1884,  daughter  of  Charles  L.  Webb, 
of  Mexico.  Their  only  child,  Mabel  A.,  died 
.September  28,  1884. 


John    Richardson,    immi- 
RICHARDSOX     grant  ancestor. came  from 

England  about  1636  and 
settled  in  Watertown,  where  he  had  a  grant 
of  land  in  the  Beaver  Brook  Plowlands,  within 
the  present  city  of  Waltham.  His  name  is  not 
found  in  Watertown  after  1643,  as  he  doubt- 
less emigrated  from  there  with  many  others. 
There  was  a  John  Richardson  in  Exeter,  New 
Hampshire,  in  1642.  but  he  did  not  continue 
there.  It  seems  probable  that  he  was  inijili- 
cated  in  the  .Antimomian  controversy  in  1637, 
which  wt)uld  account  for  his  leaving  Water- 
town  in  1637,  and  if  he,  being  an  ardent,  im- 
pulsive, indiscreet  young  man.  was  a  favorer 
of  the  Rev.  Air.  Wheelwright,  it  is  quite  likely 
that  he  followed  the  latter  to  Exeter,  and  later 
to  W^ells.  Alaine,  where  Air.  Wheelwright  had 
])urchased  about  five  hunilred  acres  of  land,  in 
April,  1643.  Here  a  church  was  formed  with 
Wheelwright  as  its  pastor,  and  Richardson 
doubtless  was  one  of  its  members.  John  Rich- 
ardson, of  Exeter,  had  a  wife  there,  Hannah 
Tryer,  or  Truair.  It  is  safe  to  conclude  that 
this  John  Richardson  who  came  to  Watertown 
and  was  afterwards  in  Exeter  and  later  \\'ells. 
Alaine,  was  the  father  of  John,  who  appears 
in  the  latter  place  in  1673,  and,  in  1679,  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Clark,  of  Medfield,  Alassachu- 
setts.  There  is  no  mention  of  the  Aledfield 
Richardsons  until  1679. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Richard- 
son, was  born  about  1(150,  in  \\'ells,  Alaine. 
and  married,  Alay  i.  1678-79,  Rebecca,  daugh- 
ter of  Joseph  and  Alice  (Pepper)  Clark,  born 


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August  16,  iUm.  in  Aledfielil.  died  I-Vbruary 
17-  173S-39.  in  Slierborn,  Massachusetts.  She 
married  (second)  John  Hill,  of  the  latter  place. 
John  Richardson  first  appears  in  Medfield,  in 
1676,  when  he  was  credited  with  a  month's 
service  in  the  Medfield  garrison.  In  1678  he 
had  a  grant  of  land  from  the  town  on  the  west 
side  of  the  river.  February  21,  1675,  Medfield 
was  attacked  by  five  hundred  Indians  and  fifty 
buildings  antl  two  mills  were  destroyed  and 
twenty  people  killed.  During  this  time  John 
Richardson  was  doubtless  in  Maine,  but  after 
the  death  of  King  Philip,  in  August,  1676,  the 
war  ceased  in  Massachusetts,  but  continued  to 
rage  in  Maine,  and  he  then  moved  to  Medfield. 
His  home  there  was  very  near  the  present  village 
of  East  Medway,  which  was  up  to  171 3  a  part 
of  Medfield.  He  was  a  cordwainer  by  trade 
and  cultivated  a  small  farm  of  less  than  fifty 
acres.  He  was  a  member  of  the  MedfieKl 
church  before  1697,  as  was  also  his  wife.  He 
died  there  May  29,  1697,  about  fifty  years  of 
age.  No  will  is  founfl  on  record,  and  he  pos- 
sessed but  little  property.  The  inventory  of 
his  estate,  February  22,  1699,  included  a  home- 
stead of  twenty-six  acres,  with  orchard  and 
buildings,  valued  at  thirty  pounds,  eight  acres 
of  meadow  near  Boggastovv  Brook,  and  ten 
acres  of  upland  and  swamp  near  Bear  Hill. 
Powers  of  administration  were  granted  his 
widow,  July  18,  1700.  Children:  John,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Elizabeth,  born  September  24, 
1681  ;  Daniel,  August  31,  1685;  Joseph,  1687; 
Mehitable,  June  16,  1689;  Benjamin,  1693; 
Rebecca,  February  28,  1696-97. 

(HI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Richard- 
son, was  born  in  Medfield,  now  Medway.  April 
25.  1679.  He  was  a  cordwainer,  but  later  be- 
came a  husbandman,  and  was  also  a  carpenter. 
He  refused  the  real  estate  left  him  by  his 
father,  which  was  accepted  by  his  brother  Dan- 
iel. He  owned  considerable  land,  as  shown 
in  various  deeds.  He  and  his  wife  sold  to 
Nathaniel  Fairbank,  of  Wrentham,  two  parcels 
of  land  in  Wrentham.  For  two  hundred 
pounds  he  sold  to  his  son  Moses  of  Medway 
forty  acres  of  land  in  Medway.  He  died  in 
Medfield,  now  East  Aledway,  May  19,  1759, 
and  his  son  John  was  appointed,  February  13, 
1761,  his  administrator.  He  married,  about 
1699,  Esther,  daughter  of  John  Brack,  of  Mod- 
field,  born  there,  1679:  died  of  cancer,  x\ugust 
17,  1774.  Children:  Sarah,  born  April  25, 
1700:  John,  C)ctober  22,  1701  ;  David,  June 
10,  1703,  died  March  2^,  1723-24;  Jonathan, 
5 


February  i,  1704-05  ;  Esther,  January  2,  1706- 
07;  Mary,  September  9,  1709;  Joseph,  April 
3,  171 1  ;  Samuel,  January  3, 1713-14;  Solomon, 
mentioned  below;  Moses,  February  8,  1717; 
Asa,  October  16.  1720;  David,  December  6, 
1724. 

(  I\ J  Solomon,  son  of  John  (3)  Richard- 
son, was  born  April  21,  1716,  and  died  Novem- 
ber, 1771.  He  married,  at  Medway,  Rebecca 
Alann.  Children,  born  at  Medway:  Amasa, 
March  8,  1744;  Sarah,  October  24,  1746;  Asa, 
September  25,  1752;  Oliver,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Oliver,  son  of  Solomon  Richardson, 
was  born  in  Medway,  August  12,  1754.  He 
appears  to  be  the  Oliver  Richardson  who  set- 
tled .1  Oneida  county  probably  after  1790,  and 
removed  later  to  Oswego  county.  New  York. 
Children:  Oliver;  Reuben;  John  M.,  mention- 
ed below ;  Alvin ;  Edward.  Alvin  was  an 
assemblyman  of  New  Y'ork  state  from  Oswego 
county. 

(VI)  John  M.,  son  of  Oliver  Richardson, 
was  born  about  1775.  He  settled  in  Mexico, 
New  York,  and,  in  1838,  represented  his  dis- 
trict in  the  state  assembly.  He  cleared  a  farm 
in  the  wilderness  at  what  is  now  Mexico. 

(\'I1)  Alvin,  son  of  John  AI.  Richardson, 
was  born  about  1800,  in  Massachusetts,  and 
came  with  the  family  when  a  child  to  C)swego 
county.  He  was  apprenticed  to  a  blacksmith, 
and  followed  this  trade  many  years.  He  be- 
came one  of  the  leading  men  of  the  town,  for 
many  years  was  justice  of  the  peace  and  a 
faithful  town  officer  and  magistrate;  in  1868 
he  represented  the  town  in  the  state  assem- 
bly. He  married  Nancy  Douglass.  He  died 
in  1883,  at  the  age  of  eighty-three  years;  his 
wife  died  in  the  70's.  He  had  a  large  family, 
who  all  (lied  young  excepting  Charles  H.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(  Mil )  Charles  H.,  son  of  Alvin  Richard- 
son, was  born  in  Mexico,  New  York,  in  1823. 
In  his  youth  he  attended  the  public  schools  and 
worked  on  a  farm.  He  also  attended  the 
Mexico  Academy.  His  occu[)ation  through 
life  was  farming,  and  he  lived  in  his  native 
town.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Icjcal  lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows,  a  Baptist  in  religion,  and  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  married  Eliza  H. 
Skinner,  born  in  1833,  died  in  1880,  daugh- 
ter of  Hon.  Avery  Skinner  (see  .Skinner). 

( IX)  Webster  M..  only  child  of  Charles  H. 
Richardson,  was  born  in  Mexico,  New  York, 
August  25,  1853.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Mexico  Acad- 


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emy.  During  his  boyhood  he  worked  at  farm- 
ing, and  continued  to  make  farming  his  occu- 
pation when  a  young  man.  He  was  active  in 
poHtics  and  town  affairs,  and,  in  1880,  was  ap- 
pointed notary  public.  He  came  to  the  village 
of  Mexico  in  1884,  and  has  lived  there  since. 
For  twelve  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace, 
and  largely  occupied  with  his  duties  as  mag- 
istrate and  member  of  the  town  board.  For 
eleven  years  he  was  clerk  of  the  incorporated 
village  of  Mexico.  Since  August  i,  1899, 
he  has  been  postmaster  of  Mexico,  having 
been  appointed  by  President  McKinley  and 
reappointed  by  President  Roosevelt.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
Mexico  Lodge,  No.  136,  Free  Masons;  of 
Mexico  Chapter,  No.  135,  Royal  Arch  Masons  ; 
of  the  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star.  He  attends 
the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married,  April 
II,  1875,  Ida  A.  Bettinger,  born  February  27, 
1858,  daughter  of  Hiram  and  Ruth  (Rose) 
Bettinger,  of  Oswego  county.  Children:  i. 
Matie  E.,  died  aged  one  year.  2.  Alvin  W., 
born  Mav  24,  1878,  assistant  postmaster;  mar- 
ried Sadie  Eason  ;  children  :  Robert  and  Velma. 
3.  Charles  H.,  bom  May  19,  1884;  now  in  the 
employ  of  the  American  Express  Company  at 
Mexico. 


Phineas  Osborn  was  probably  a 
OSBORN  native  of  Vermont,  who  settled 
in  Herkimer  county,  New  York, 
and  removed  thence  to  Clayton,  Jeft'erson  coun- 
ty, New  York,  in  1817.  His  farm  in  Clayton 
was  about  three  miles  northwest  of  the  fjlls, 
three  miles  north  of  Depauville,  on  what  was 
known  as  "Elm  Flats."  He  married  Ann  Frame, 
and  they  ha<l  children  :  Caroline,  Clarissa,  Eliza, 
Mary,  Eleanor,  Duane,  Daniel  Webster,  Will- 
iam, Phineas  Alden  and  Orlando.  Another 
source  of  information  gives  Thomas  Schuyler. 
The  home  of  the  family  in  Vermont  has  not 
been  located,  but  it  may  be  said  that  the  first 
federal  census  of  Vermont,  taken  in  1790, 
gives  the  names  of  these  heads  of  family,  John, 
Joseph,  Lemuel;  Benjamin,  of  Tinmouth ; 
Isaac,  of  Pittsford. 

(II)  Orlando,  son  of  Phineas  Osborn,  was 
born  in  Clayton,  Jefferson  county.  New  York. 
May  II,  1835.  He  attended  the  district  school 
in  his  native  town,  anil  at  an  early  age  began 
to  learn  the  trade  of  miller  in  the  old  mill  at 
Depauville.  For  several  years  he  followed  his 
trade  in  Jefferson  county  and  then  in  Kansas 
and  .Arizona,  remaining  in  the  west  for  sixteen 


years.  In  1898  he  returned  to  New  York  state, 
and  in  partnership  with  his  son,  W.  H.  Os- 
born, purchased  the  mills  at  Woodville  and  the 
\'alley  Mills  in  Madison  county,  New  York, 
and  he  continued  in  business  to  the  end  of  his 
life.  He  died  January  6,  1905.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Universalist. 
He  married,  December  2^,  1858,  Elizabeth 
Faire.  wlio  was  born  in  Clayton.  September  3, 
1836,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Alargaret 
(  Bearon )  Faire.  Her  father  was  born  in 
Dublin,  Ireland,  of  English  parentage,  and  was 
a  iarge  landowner  in  Dublin.  He  came  to 
Canada  in  the  British  army  and  when  his  term 
of  service  expired,  he  settled  at  Clayton  and 
followed  farming,  and  for  many  years  worked 
in  the  .\shery,  Margaret  Bearon  was  a  native 
of  France  and  came  with  her  father's  family 
to  settle  in  Montreal,  Canada.  The  chiUlren 
of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (Bearon)  Faire 
were  :  William  ;  Mary  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Juliann  ; 
Marcella,  who  died  young;  Junia ;  Alice  Mar- 
cella ;  Joseph,  who  died  young ;  Ella  and  Lu- 
cinda.  Mr.  Faire  died  April  13,  1890,  and 
his  widow  died  in  the  following  year. 

Children  of  ( )rlando  and  Elizabeth  (  Faire  j 
Osborn  :  Clara  ;  Lorantine  ;  DeWitt  Clinton  ; 
William  H.,  mentioned  below  ;  P'rederick  ;  Eva, 
and  Charles,  the  latter  died  in  infancy. 

(HI)  William  H.,  son  of  Orlando  Osborn, 
was  born  in  Cape  Vincent,  Jefferson  county. 
New  York,  .August  16,  1864.  He  worked  in 
the  mill  with  his  father  during  his  boyhood. 
His  schooling  was  very  limited  even  for  those 
days.  When  he  was  fifteen  he  went  to  work 
in  a  mill  owned  by  his  uncle,  Phineas  .\lden 
Osborn,  at  Dexter,  New  York,  and  afterward 
worked  for  two  years  for  A.  H.  Herrick  & 
Son,  at  Watertow'n.  New  York.  .After  an- 
other year  in  the  employ  of  his  uncle  at  Dexter 
and  four  years  in  the  employ  of  Farwell  & 
Rhines,  of  Watertown,  he  entered  upon  a  busi- 
ness career  on  his  own  account.  He  had  ac- 
c|uired  a  broad  and  detailed  knowledge  of  the 
lousiness  and  a  wide  and  diversified  experience, 
entirely  through  his  own  efforts  and  perse- 
verance. In  1891  he  bought  the  old  Bryant 
mill  at  the  village  of  Evans  Mills,  New  York, 
and  contluctcd  it  until  he  sold  it  in  1895.  Two 
months  later,  in  May,  1895,  he  bought  the  old 
S.  H.  Pitcher  mill,  at  -Adams,  New  York,  and 
conducted  it  three  years.  In  1896,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  father,  he  bought  the  Woodville 
Mill.  In  March,  1898,  he  bought  the  .Almerion 
N.  Thomas  mill,  in  Alexico.   New  York,  an<l 


KEW  YORK. 


conducted  it  until  May  i8,  1910.  In  tlic  mean- 
time he  also  bought  a  half  interest  in  the  Pots- 
dam Mills  and  iield  this  interest  for  three  years, 
and  in  addition  to  his  various  sawmill  prop- 
erties, he  had  organized  the  Wright  &  Osborn 
Lumber  Company  and  had  an  extensive  busi- 
ness in  lumber  and  in  building  and  contracting. 
Before  he  sold  his  mill,  Mr.  Osborn  had  bought 
a  half  interest  in  the  Wilson  Canning  Com- 
pany, with  factories  at  Mexico,  in  Oswego 
county ;  Taberg.  Oneida  county,  and  at  Rush, 
Monroe  county.  The  comjiany  also  has  a 
leased  factory  at  Taberg.  The  business  of  the 
concern  is  extensive  and  among  the  largest  in 
this  line  in  northern  New  York,  having  a  total 
capacity  of  two  million  five  hundred  thousand 
cans  of  fruits  and  vegetables  per  annum,  and 
the  plant  is  run  to  its  full  caj^acity.  He  is 
also  the  treasurer  of  the  Wilson  Canning  Com- 
pany ;  vice-president  of  the  Citizens  National 
Bank,  of  Adams,  and  formerly  vice-president 
of  the  Majestic  Furniture  Coni[)any.  In  all 
liis  various  investments  and  enterprises  he  has 
been  highly  successful,  possessing  the  execu- 
tive ability  and  business  sagacity  to  bring  pros- 
perity to  every  undertaking,  an<l  is  noted  for 
iiis  fair  and  scjuare  business  methods.  Though 
an  exceedingly  busy  man,  he  has  never  neglect- 
ed the  recreations  and  diversions  necessary  for 
a  healthy  mind  and  body.  He  is  fond  of  driv- 
ing and  has  raised  and  owned  some  fine  horses, 
among  which  may  be  mentioned :  "Colonel  Os- 
born," with  a  record  of  2:o8'4:  "Mohonk." 
2:25;  "Prodigal  Queen."  z-.z^^y^;  "Miss  Bar- 
ney," 2:i3'4:  "John  Engart,"  three-year-old, 
2:21 '4.  and  many  others.  In  ]iolitics  he  is  a 
Republican. 

He  married  (first).  April  5.  1888,  Mary  C. 
Casler.  of  Dexter.  Jefferson  county,  daughter 
of  Melza  and  Lydia  Casler.  She  died  October 
31.  1895.  ^nd  he  married  (second).  June  27, 
1900,  Lillian  M.  Ingersoll.  who  was  born  at 
Palermo.  Oswego  county.  New  York.  Ajiril  i. 
1 87 1,  daughter  of  Alonson  and  Lydia  (Jen- 
nings) Ingersoll.  Children  by  first  wife  :  Leon 
C'.,  born  November  25,  1890.  now  manager  of 
the  Rush  Canning  Factory;  Gaylord  F..  born 
September  11,  1894;  Kent  M..  October  i,  1895, 
died  November  13,  1897. 


The  Lockwoods  of  Amer- 
LOCKWOOD     ica,  descendants  of  Robert 

and  Edmund  Lockwood. 
who  came  in  Governor  W'inthrop's  fleet,  are  of 
English  lineage.     The  Lockwood  arms,  as  de- 


rived from  Rev.  Richard  Lockwood,  rector  of 
Dingle)-  Church,  Northampton  county,  in  1530. 
are:  "Argent,  a  fesse  between  three  martlets 
sable."  Crest :  "On  the  stump  of  an  oak  tree 
erased  proper  a  martlet  sable."  Motto:  "Tutus 
in  L'ndis"  (secure  against  the  waves). 

The  line  herein  recorded  begins  with  Rob- 
ert Lockwood.  who  came  from  England  about 
i')3o:  settled  in  Watertown.  Massachusetts, 
where  six  of  his  ten  children  were  born.  He 
was  made  a  freeman,  March  9,  1637.  About 
1 64 1  he  removed  to  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  where 
he  died  in  1(138.  He  was  made  a  freeman  of 
Connecticut,  May  20,  1652;  appointed  sergeant 
at  Fairfield,  in  Alay,  1657.  He  married  Sus- 
annah — ■ ,  who  after  his  death  was  ap- 
pointed administratrix.  Of  the  ten  children  of 
Robert  and  Susannah  Lockwood,  Ephraim. 
luentioned  in  the  next  paragra])h  was  the  fifth. 

( II )  E])hraim,  son  of  Robert  and  Susannah 
Lockwood.  was  born  in  Watertown. Massachu- 
setts. December  i.  1641.  He  removed  to  Con- 
necticut with  his  father  wdien  a  youth ;  was 
made  a  freeman,  October.  \H^'j  \  married,  June 
8,  1665,  Mercy,  daughter  of  Alatthias  Sention 
(I),  of  Norwalk,  Connecticut.  Of  their  ten 
children.  Deacon  Eliphalet,  mentioned  in  next 
paragrajih,  was  the  fifth. 

(III)  Deacon  Eliphalet  Lockwood,  son  of 
Ephraim  and  Mercy  (Sention)  Lockwood, 
was  born  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  February 
2y,  1676.  died  there,  October  14,  1753.  He 
was  representative  to  the  general  assembly 
from  Norwalk,  1724;  deacon  of  the  church; 
married,  October  11,  1699,  May,  born  1673, 
died  March  6,  1761.  daughter  of  John  Gold, 
of  Stanford.  Of  their  nine  children.  Deacon 
Peter,  of  further  mention,  was  the  eighth. 

( I\  )  Deacon  Peter  Lockwood,  son  of  Dea- 
con Eliphalet  and  May  ( Gold )  Lockwood, 
was  born  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  March  16, 
1711.  died  in  Danbury,  Connecticut,  in  1775. 
He  served  as  representative  from  Norwalk 
six  terms,  between  1755  and  1764;  was  deacon 
of  the  church  before  removing  to  Danbury, 
wdiere  he  died.  He  married  (  first ),  September 
8,  1737.  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas 
Hawle_\'.  of  Ridgefield.  Connecticut;  she  died 
June  Ci.  1747;  married  (second).  January  I. 
1 75 1.  Elizabeth,  born  January  17.  1728.  daugh- 
ter of  David  and  Laurana  (  Piill )  Lambert,  and 
granddaughter  of  John  Bill,  of  Lebanon.  Con- 
necticut:  married  (third)  Hannah  Fitch.  C)f 
his  nine  children.  Lambert,  of  further  mention. 
was  the  eighth. 


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(V)  Lambert,  son  of  Deacon  Peter  and  his 
second  wife,  Elizabeth  (Lambert)  Lockwood, 
was  born  in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  July  17, 
1757,  died  February  11,  1825.  He  was  a  mer- 
chant of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  and  lived  on 
State  street.  He  was  of  full  stature,  fine  pres- 
ence and  affable  manner.  In  1792  he  built  a 
store  and  wharf  at  Bridgeport  and  had  a  dry 
goods  and  general  store ;  also  ran  a  packet 
sloop,  the  "Julia,"  to  New  York.  In  1806  he 
was  a  subscriber  and  organizer  of  the  Bridge- 
port Bank,  and,  in  1807,  a  director.  In  181 1 
was  chosen  first  clerk  of  the  Bridgeport  and 
Stratford  Burying-Ground  Association.  He 
was  a  public-spirited  man,  a  devoted  member 
of  the  Congregational  church,  and  his  home 
was  always  open  to  visiting  clergymen.  Dur- 
ing the  revolution  he  diil  active  service ;  was 
taken  prisoner  by  Colonel  Tryon  on  his  Con- 
necticut raid,  but  .soon  released,  as  the  Amer- 
icans were  closely  pursuing.  He  served  as  as- 
sistant deputy  quartermaster-general, his  widow 
Elizabeth  drawing  a  pension  of  six  hundred 
dollars  annually,  on  account  of  his  services. 
He  married,  December  5,  1793,  Elizabeth,  born 
March  i,  1771,  died  February  3,  1846,  daugh- 
ter of  Rev.  Azel  Roe,  D.  D.,  of  Woodbridge, 
New  Jersey.  Of  his  live  children,  Peter,  of 
further  mention,  was  the  third. 

(VI)  Rev.  Peter  Lockwood,  son  of  Lam- 
bert and  Elizabeth  (Roe)  Lockwood,  was  born 
at  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  February  9,  1798, 
died  at  Binghamton,  New  York,  November  16, 
1882.  He  was  graduated  at  Yale  College,  in 
1817;  Andover  Theological  Seminary,  in  1821  ; 
ordained  a  minister  of  the  gospel,  1823,  and 
for  a  time  preached  in  Virginia ;  was  settled 
as  pastor  at  Peekskill,  New  York,  1824.  The 
Presbyterian  church  was  established  in  Bing- 
hamton, New  York,  in  1817;  Rev.  Niles  was 
the  first  pastor,  serving  until  1823,  and  was 
succeeded  by  Rev.  Peter  Lockwood,  who  con- 
tinued as  pastor  until  1833.  He  filled  the  pul- 
pit and  was  pastor  in  charge  at  Cortland  and  at 
Berkshire,  Tioga  county.  New  York ;  then  re- 
turning to  his  former  charge  in  Binghamton, 
where  he  died,  aged  eighty-four  years  nine 
months  and  seven  days.  He  was  a  faithful 
Christian ;  a  devoted  minister  and  served  well 
his  Master's  cause.  A  successor.  Rev.  J.  P. 
Culliver,  D.  D.,  writes  of  him,  "I  had  always 
regarded  Mr.  Lockwood  since  I  knew  him,  as 
a  very  remarkable  man.  His  force  of  char- 
acter seemed  to  press  up  into  view  on  all  occa- 
sions and  in  all  directions,  as  from  an  inex- 


haustible fountain.  His  simplicity  and  art- 
lessness  were  even  more  remarkable,  as  it 
seemed  to  me.  Happy  shall  we  be  if  we  can 
bear  such  a  record."  He  married,  October  22, 
1822,  Matilda,  born  April  17,  1798,  died  July 
4,  1886,  daughter  of  Hon.  Abraham  and  Mary 
Sylvester  (Wells)  Davenport,  and  granddaugh- 
ter of  Hon.  Abraham  and  Elizabeth  (  Hunt- 
ington) Davenport,  and  granddaughter  of  Rev. 
Noah  Wells,  D.  D.,  and  his  wife,  Abigail 
( Woolsey  )  W^ells.  Rev.  Peter  Lockwood  and 
wife  celebrated  their  golden  wedding  and  spent 
an  entire  married  life  of  sixty  years,  he  being 
the  first  to  die.  Children:  i.  John  Davenport, 
born  October  9,  1825,  died  December  20,  1844, 
at  Yale  College,  where  a  monument  was  erect- 
ed to  his  memory  by  his  classmates.  2.  Theo- 
dore, born  June  30,  1827,  died  May  8,  1831. 
3.  Radcliffe  Boorman,  born  May  6,  1829,  died 
February  5,  191 1  ;  married,  June  3,  1896,  Mary 
Brewster  Angier,  born  June  23,  1868,  daugh- 
ter of  the  Rev.  Marshall  Bullard  Angier  and 
Emma  ( Brewster )  Angier,  who  was  in  the 
ninth  generation  from  Elder  William  Pirewster, 
of  the  "Mayflower."  Rev.  Marshall  B.  Angier 
preached  for  many  years  in  Windsor,  Broome 
county,  New  York.  4.  James  Boorman,  born 
May  31,  1831,  died  June  3,  1831.  5.  Mary 
Elizabeth,  born  February  28,  1835.  6.  Annie 
Matilda,  born  October  i,  1837,  died  March  30, 
1909;  married.  May  18,  1865,  Josiah  Salisbury 
Leverett,  born  Windsor,  Vermont,  January  24, 
1810,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth  (  Salisbury) 
Leverett.  John  Leverett  was  born  in  Boston, 
Massachusetts,  1758,  died  1821,  in  Windsor, 
Vermont.  Elizabeth  Salisbury,  his  wife,  was 
born  in  Boston,  1773;  married,  1803;  died 
1848  daughter  of  Deacon  Samuel  Salisbury 
and  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Sewell.  Children  of 
Annie  Matilda:  i.  John,  born  March  4,  1866; 
ii.  Theodore  Lockwood,  born  October  8,  1867; 
iii.  William  Josiah,  born  January  11,  1870;  iv. 
Annie  Matilda,  born  October  12,  1871,  died 
March  5,  1903  ;  v.  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  No- 
vember 2(1,  1873;  vi.  Samuel  Salisbury,  born 
June  4,  1875,  died  March  3,  1877.  7.  Theo- 
dosia  Davenport,  born  July  28,  1839,  died 
December  19,  1907;  married,  July  23,  1884, 
Henry  Harris  Jessup,  D.  D.,  born  April  19. 
1832,  died  .■\pril  28,  1910.  He  was  for  fifty- 
three  years  a  missionary  in  Beirut,  Syria,  and 
a  work  of  two  volumes  of  nearly  fifteen  hun- 
dred pages  has  been  published,  showing  the 
facts  of  his  wonderful  life  there. 


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(The  Davenport  Line). 

Matilda  (Davenport)  Lockvvood.  wife  of 
Rev.  Peter  Lockwood.  was  a  lineal  descendant 
of  Rev.  John  Davenjiort.  who  was  of  the 
seventeenth  generation  from  Ormers  de  Daven- 
port, born  1086.  and  assumed  the  local  name 
of  Davenport,  a  township  m  the  county  of 
Chester,  England. 

( I)  Rev.  John  Davenport,  son  of  John  and 
grandson  of  Henry  Davenport,  was  born  in 
the  ancient  city  of  Coventry,  Warwickshire. 
England,  in  1597.  His  father  was  a  merchant 
of  Coventry,  a  city  of  which  his  grandfather 
was  at  one  time  mayor.  He  pursued  his  aca- 
demical studies  at  the  grammar  school  in  Cov- 
entry, and,  in  1613,  was  admitted  to  Merton 
College,  Oxford  University.  After  two  years 
at  Merton,  he  removed  to  Magdalena  Hall,  in 
the  same  University,  where  he  received  the 
degree  of  A.  11.  He  was  cliaplain  at  Hilton 
Castle,  then  assistant  in  London,  and  soon 
after  vicar  of  St.  Stephens,  in  that  city.  This 
was  at  the  time  of  the  dreadful  plague  which 
carried  oi¥  thousands,  but  the  young  pastor 
remained  at  his  post.  He  next  returned  to 
Oxford,  where  he  received  the  degree  of  Mas- 
ter of  Arts  and  also  that  of  Bachelor  of  Divin- 
ity. Eor  the  next  few  years  he  lived  a  stormy  life, 
as  the  storm  of  intolerance  and  persecution 
was  now  ready  to  break  against  all  ministers, 
showing  the  faintest  signs  of  freedom  of 
thought,  or  action  contrary  to  the  authorities 
in  control  of  the  Established  Church.  His 
friendship  for  Rev.  John  Cotton  soon  result- 
ed in  his  liecoming  a  non-conformist,  a  result 
that  caused  him  to  resign  his  pulpit  and  forced 
liim  to  take  refuge  in  Holland.  His  next  re- 
solve was  to  collect  a  band  of  colonists  and 
seek  asylum  in  America.  They  sailed  on  the 
ship  "Hector,"  arriving  in  Boston,  June  26, 
1637.  In  the  fall  of  that  year,  with  Mr.  Eaton, 
he  journeyed  to  Connecticut,  where  they  select- 
ed a  spot  for  his  colony  to  settle,  Ouinnipiack, 
the  Indian  name,  at  the  head  of  a  harbor  four 
miles  from  Long  Island  sound.  .April  14,  1638, 
Air.  Davenport,  with  his  band  of  pilgrims,  ar- 
rived at  the  future  New  Haven.  He  was  then 
forty-one  years  of  age.  The  next  day  was  the 
Sabbath ;  service  was  held  under  the  spreading 
branches  of  an  oak  tree,  and  the  new  settle- 
ment consecrated  to  God.  In  1639  a  civil  gov- 
ernment was  formed  and  a  church  organized, 
Mr.  Davenport  being  chosen  pastor.  Two 
months  later  the  general  court,  consisting  of 
the  "seven  pillars"  of  the  church,  elected  offi- 


cers of  the  new  col(.)ny  of  New  Haven.  The- 
ojihilus  Eaton  was  chosen  governor  and  solemn  - 
ly  charged  by  Rev.  Davenport.  He  was  annual- 
ly chosen  governor  for  twenty  succeeding  years, 
until  his  death,  January.  1658.  In  1654  Rev. 
Davenport  brought  forward  a  plan  for  estab- 
lishing a  college  at  New  Haven,  the  town  mak- 
ing a  donation  of  land.  Governor  Hopkins 
donated  five  hundred  pounds  sterling.  The 
general  court  erected  the  college  school  into  a 
college  for  teaching  the  three  learned  lan- 
guages, Latin,  Greek  and  Hebrew.  Rev.  Dav- 
enport took  care  of  the  colony  school,  which 
after  his  removal  to  Boston  terminated  in  a 
grammar  school,  which  continued  to  hold  the 
Hopkin"s  fund.  This  was  not  the  origin  of 
Yale  College:  that  occurred  in  1700.  In  1667 
he  accepted  a  call  from  the  Second  Church,  of 
Boston,  where  he  was  installed  pastor.  Decem- 
ber 9,  after  fifty  years  in  the  ministry,  twenty 
in  England  and  thirty  years  in  New  Haven. 
He  did  not  long  live  to  minister  to  his  Boston 
congregation,  but  died  of  apoplexy,  March  15, 
1670.  His  tomb  is  in  the  burying-ground  of 
the  Stone  Chapel  Church,  on  Tremont  street, 
Boston.  A  broad  slate  stone  monument  marks 
the  spot  on  which  are  the  following  inscrip- 
tions: "Here  Lye  Intombed  the  Bodyes  of  the 
Pamous  Reverend  and  Learned  Pastors  of  the 
Eirst  Church  of  Christ  in  Boston,  viz :  Mr.  John 
Cotton  aged  67  years,  deceased  December  23, 
1652,  Mr.  John  Davenport  aged  72  years,  de- 
ceased May  15,  1670,  Mr.  John  Oxenbudge 
aged  ()C)  years,  deceased  December  28,  1674." 
He  was  a  great  man.    He  married,  in  England, 

Elizabeth ,  died  September  i,  1672,  aged 

seventy-three  years.  Pier  monument  was  dis- 
covered in  T831,  in  King's  Chapel  Burial- 
Oounds,  near  the  tomb  of  Governor  Winthrop, 
and  not  far  from  the  grave  of  her  husband. 

( II )  John  (2),  only  child  of  Rev.  John  (  i ) 
and  Elizabeth  Davenport,  was  born  in  Lon- 
don, and  did  not  accomjiany  his  parents  to 
America.  He  came  over  in  charge  of  Mr. 
Penwick,  in  1639,  in  one  of  the  only  two  ships 
that  ever  came  from  England  to  New  Haven. 
He  was  one  of  the  judges  of  New  Haven 
courts  in  1661.  After  removing  to  Boston 
with  his  father  he  was  register  of  probate,  but 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  March  21,  1677.  is  call- 
ed a  merchant.  He  married,  November  27, 
1663,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Rev.  Abraham  Pier- 
son,  of  Branf(.)rd,  Connecticut,  sister  of  Rev. 
Abraham  (2)  Pierson,  the  first  rector  of  Yale 
College. 


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(III)  Rev.  John  (3)  Davenport,  son  of 
John  (2)  and  Abigail  (Pierson)  Davenport, 
was  born  in  Boston,  February  22,  1668,  and 
was  baptized  by  his  grandfather  six  days  later. 
He  was  graduated  at  Harvard  College,  1687, 
and  began  preaching  in  1690.  In  1691  he  be- 
came assistant  to  Rev.  Air.  James,  of  East 
Hampton,  Long  Island.  In  1692  was  called 
to  the  Stamford  church,  Fairfield  county,  Con- 
necticut ;  taught  the  Hopkin's  grammar  school 
in  New  Haven  before  going  to  Stamford,  and 
was  a  member  of  the  corporation  of  Yale  Col- 
lege from  1707  until  his  death  in  1731.  He 
married  (first),  April  18,  1695,  Martha,  widow 
of  John  Selleck,  formerly  a  Miss  Gould,  who 
bore  him  seven  children ;  she  died  December 
I,  171 2,  and  is  buried  at  New  Haven.  He 
married  (second)  Mrs.  Elizabeth  Maltby, 
daughter  of  John  Morris,  by  whom  he  had  two 
children.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  .Abigai'. 
married  Rev.  Stephen  Williams,  D.  D.,  by 
whom  she  had  eight  children,  three  of  whom 
became  ministers.  2.  John,  married  Sarah 
Bishop,  and  was  one  of  the  twenty-four  orig- 
inal members  of  the  Congregational  church,  of 
New  Canaan,  Connecticut.  3.  Martha,  married 
Rev.  Thomas  Goodsell.  4.  Sarah,  married  Cap- 
tain William  Maltby,  and  had  a  son.  Rev.  John 
Maltby,  graduate  of  Yale  and  for  several  years 
pastor  of  a  church  in  Bermuda,  West  Indies. 
5.  Theodora,  died  young.  6.  Deacon  Deodate, 
married  Lydia,  daughter  of  Rev.  John  Wood- 
ward. 7.  Elizabeth,  married  Rev.  William 
Gaylord.  8.  Abraham,  of  further  mention.  9. 
Rev.  James,  graduate  of  Yale,  and  a  most  won 
derful  preacher  and  revivalist. 

(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  Rev.  John  (3)  and 
his  first  wife,  Martha  (Gould-Selleck )  Daven- 
port, was  born  1715,  and  was  graduated  at 
Yale  College,  1732,  and  became  one  of  the 
most  prominent  and  best  known  men  in  th.e 
state.  He  represented  Stamford  in  the  state 
legislature  for  twenty-five  sessions,  and  at  sev- 
eral times  was  clerk  of  the  house.  He  was 
state  senator  from  1766  to  1784,  judge  of  nro- 
bate  several  years,  and  judge  of  the  county 
court,  and  was  equally  active  in  the  Congrega- 
tional church,  holding  the  office  of  deacon, 
1759-89.  In  1776  he,  his  son  John  and  Tha  1- 
deus  Burr  were  sent  to  the  army  under  Wash- 
ington, to  assist  in  "arranging  it  into  companies 
and  regiments,"  and  to  commission  the  ofiicers 
appointed  by  the  assembly  for  the  battalions 
raised  by  the  state.  He  was  also  empowered 
to  arrest  and  bring  to  trial  persons  suspected 


of  irresolution  or  disloyalty.  "In  1777  he  was 
one  of  the  Committee  of  Safety  for  the  state 
and  was  always  consulted  by  Governor  Trum- 
bull and  General  Washington,  as  one  of  tht 
wisest  counselors  in  our  most  trying  days." 
An  instance  in  his  career  was  pleasingly  ren 
dcred  into  verse  by  John  G.  Whittier  and 
alludes  to  the  "Dark  Day"  in  Connecticut.  The 
legislature  was  in  session  at  Hartford  and  it 
was  the  general  opinion  that  the  day  of  judg- 
ment was  at  hand.  The  house  being  unable 
to  see  to  transact  business  adjourned.  A  pro- 
posal to  adjourn  the  council  was  under  con- 
sideration, when  the  opinion  of  Colonel  Dav- 
enport was  asked,  he  said,  "I  am  against  an 
adjournment.  The  day  of  judgment  is  either 
approaching,  or  it  is  not.  If  it  is  not  here, 
there  is  no  cause  for  adjournment.  If  it  is  I 
choose  to  be  found  doing  my  duty.  I  wish 
therefore  that  candles  be  brought."  He  held 
his  last  court  at  Danbury,  where  he  heard  a 
considerable  part  of  a  trial;  gave  the  charge 
to  the  jury,  then  retired  from  the  bench  and 
was  soon  after  found  dead  in  his  bed,  Novem- 
ber 20,  1789,  aged  seventy-four  years.  He 
held  the  title  of  A.  B.  from  Yale ;  deacon  from 
the  church ;  colonel  from  the  state  and  honor- 
able from  his  long  public  service.  He  was  best 
known  as  Colonel  Davenport  and  greatly  be- 
loved, especially  by  the  young.  He  married 
(first),  at  Windham,  Connecticut,  November 
16,  1750,  Elizabeth  Huntington,  whose  mother 
was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Timothy  Edwards  and 
the  sister  of  President  Jonathan  Edwards  ;  she 
died  December  17,  1773;  he  married  (second). 
.\ugust  8,  1776,  a  widow,  -Mrs.  Martha  Fitch. 
Child  by  first  wife :  John,  of  further  mention. 
(V)  John  (4),  son  of  Colonel  Abraham  and 
Elizabeth  (  Huntington  )  Davenport,  was  born 
in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  January  16,  1752; 
graduate  of  Yale  College,  1770,  where  he  was 
appointed  tutor  in  1773.  He  was  major  of 
militia  during  the  revolution.  In  1799  he  was 
elected  to  congress,  to  fill  the  vacancy  caused 
by  the  death  of  his  brother,  Hon.  James  Dav- 
enport. Here  he  was  continued  for  eighteen 
years.  He  served  on  important  committees, 
but  was  more  known  as  a  worker  than  as  a  de- 
bater. He  declined  reelection  in  181 7,  and 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life  at  his  country 
home  in  Stamford,  where  he  had  the  honor  to 
welcome  and  entertain  General  Lafayette,  He 
was  a  lawyer  by  profession  ;  deacon  of  the 
Congregational  church :  a  benevolent,  active 
and  exemplary  Christian;  died  November  28, 


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1830:  he  married.  May  7.  1780,  Alary  Syl- 
vester, daughter  of  Rev.  Noah  Wells,  D.  D. 
Children:  i.  Elizabeth  Huntington,  born  March 
4,  1781  ;  married  Judge  Peter  W.  Radcliffe,  of 
Brooklyn.  2.  John  Alfred,  graduate  of  Yale 
College,  and  for  fifty  years  was  a  well-known 
prosperous  merchant  of  New  York  City;  mar- 
ried, in  1806,  Eliza  Maria,  daughter  of  Dr. 
William  Wheeler,  of  Red  Hook,  New  York. 

3.  Mary  Wells,  born  September  12.  1785: 
married  James  Boorman,  of  New  York,  No- 
vember 10,  1810.  Tie  was  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Boorman,  Johnson  &  Company,  a  lead- 
ing firm  of  New  York  City:  ])resident  of  the 
Hudson  River  Railroad  Comjiany  :  founder  of 
the  P.ank  of  Commerce,  and  one  of  the  orig- 
inal members  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

4.  Theodosia,  died  aged  twenty-one  years.  5. 
Deacon  Theodore,  born  January  26,  1792,  re- 
sided for  sixty  years  in  the  mansion  erected 
bv  his  father,  in  1807,  on  Main  street,  Stam- 
ford; active  member  of  the  Congregational 
church  and  deacon ;  married,  May  9,  1833, 
Harriet  Grant  Chesebrough,  of  New  York.  6. 
Rebecca  Ann,  died  aged  twenty-two  years.  7. 
Matilda,  born  in  Stamford,  April  17,  1798; 
married  Rev.  Peter  Lockwood  (  see  Lockwood 
VI). 


This  is  a  very  old  family 
HASBROCCK     in  southern  New  York  and 

was  founded  by  Abraham 
and  Jean  Hasbrouck.  brothers,  who  were  among 
the  original  patentees  of  New  Paltz,  Ulster 
county,  and  were  active  in  both  civil  and 
ecclesiastical  afifairs  of  that  section.  Both  left 
a  large  progeny  and  their  descendants  have  to 
some  extent  intermarried.  Prom  L'lster  the 
family  spread  to  Orange,  Dutchess  and  other 
counties  in  the  vicinity,  and  is  now  very  numer- 
ously represented  throughout  the  region.  The 
family  was  conspicuous  in  the  settlement  and 
development  of  St.  Lawrence  county,  and  of 
various  sections  of  Central  New  York.  Abra- 
ham and  Jean  Hasbrouck  were  born  in  Calais, 
France,  of  which  town  their  father  was  also 
a  native.  The  latter  with  his  two  sons,  above 
named,  and  a  daughter,  who  was  the  wife  of 
Pierre  Ilayaar,  was  driven  out  of  France  by 
the  persecutions  of  the  Huguenots,  and  re- 
moved to  Mannheim,  Germany,  in  the  lower 
palatinate,  and  there  they  resided  several  years, 
being  higiily  respected  and  affiliating  with  the 
local  churches.  Numerous  other  families  were 
similarly    situated    and    a    considerable    group 


migrated  to  the  new  world  in  the  latter  part 
of  the  seventeenth  century,  settling  in  CIster 
county,  New  York.  Jean,  with  his  wife,  Anna 
Duyon  (Deyo)  Hasbrouck,  removed  in  1673 
from  Germany  and  settled  at  Esopus,  New 
York. 

(  1  )  .\braham  Hasbrouck  removed  from 
Mannheim  to  Holland,  whence  he  sailed  in 
April,  1675.  landing  at  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
thence  he  proceeded  direct  to  New  York,  and, 
in  July,  arrived  at  Esopus,  where  he  found  his 
brother  and  many  old  former  Europeon  friends. 
In  1677  a  group  of  these  including  the  Has- 
brouck brothers  obtained  a  patent  from  Gov- 
ernor Andros  to  a  large  tract  south  of  Kings- 
ton, where  they  settled  and  named  the  place 
New  Paltz.  Here  they  formed  what  was 
known  as  the  Walloon  Protestant  Church  after 
the  name  and  discipline  of  the  church  at 
( ieneva.  a  Calvinistic  organization.  For  about 
half  a  century  until  after  the  death  of  the  Has- 
brouck brothers  the  services  of  this  church 
were  conducted  in  the  French  language,  after 
which  it  was  changed  to  the  Dutch  language. 
.Abraham  Hasbrouck  was  a  member  of  the 
provincial  assembly,  and  was  major  of  the 
Lister  county  regiment  of  militia.  He  died  at 
New  Paltz,  Alarch  17,  1717.  He  married,  No- 
vember 17,  i'')75,  at  Hurley,  Marie,  daughter 
of  Christian  Deyo,  whom  he  had  known  in 
Euroije.  and  who  came  to  this  country  on  the 
same  vessel  with  him.  She  was  probably  a 
sister  of  his  brother's  wife.  Children:  Rachel, 
baptized  May  12,  1680,  in  New  York;  Anna, 
baptized  October  9,  1682,  in  Kingston,  died 
young;  Joseph,  baptized  October  23,  1684,  in 
New  Paltz;  Solomon,  October  17,  i68fi ;  Jonas, 
October  14,  1691  ;  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 
Some  others  died  in  infancy. 

(  II )  Benjamin,  youngest  surviving  child  of 
Abraham  and  Marie  (  Deyo)  Hasbrouck,  was 
baptized  May  31,  1696,  in  New  Paltz.  and  was 
one  of  the  original  grantees  of  the  Rumbout 
Patent,  in  what  is  now  Dutchess  county.  About 
1720  he  settled  near  Hopewell,  in  the  present 
town  of  Fishkill,  where  he  married,  February 
13,  1737,  Jannetje  De  Long  (sometimes  writ- 
ten De  Lange).  Children:  Daniel;  Benjamin; 
John ;  Jacob ;  Mary,  married  John  Halstead ; 
Heiltje,  married  Dr.  Nathaniel  House  ;  Francis. 

(Ill)  Daniel,  eldest  child  of  Benjamin  and 
Jannetje  ( De  Long)  Hasbrouck,  was  born 
about  1738,  in  Fishkill,  and  there  resided  on 
the  paternal  homestead.  He  married  Diana 
\*an  \'!ecken  and  their  familv  included  :  Tunis, 


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died  in  infancy.  2.  Benjamin,  born  Septem- 
ber 7,  1703;  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Parker, 
(second)  Margaret  Stedman,  four  children.  3. 
Mary,  born  October  23,  1705;  married  her 
cousin  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  Cheney,  seven 
children.  4.  Hannah,  twin  of  Mary,  married 
Cai)tain  Zachariah  Goodale,  eight  children.  5. 
Colonel  Thomas,  born  about  1708,  served  in 
the  French  and  Indian  war,  in  the  Eighth 
Massachusetts  Regiment ;  commissioned  captain 
at  Louisburg,  June  20,  1745,  by  Governor  Shir- 
ley; colonel  of  militia;  representative  to  the 
provincial  congress,  1774  and  1773  :  large  land 
owner  and  wealthy  business  man.  He  married 
his  second  cousin  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah  (  Squires )  Fessenden.  6.  Joseph,  born 
November  2,  1709;  married  Elizabeth  Tucker; 
four  children.  7.  Ebenezer,  died  at  age  of 
twenty  years.  8.  Ruth,  born  about  1713;  mar- 
ried Elias  Mason ;  three  children.  9.  John, 
born  about  1716;  married  Martha  Fessenden. 
10.  William,  of  further  mention.  11.  A  daugh- 
ter, died  young. 

( I\' )  William  (  2  ),  son  of  Benjamin  and  his 
second  wife,  Mary  (Herbert)  Cheney,  was 
born  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  about  1718. 
He  joined  the  Ashford  church.  May  16,  1742; 
bought  land  there  in  1746,  a  part  of  which  he 
later  sold  to  his  brother,  Colonel  Thomas 
Cheney.  He  was  a  farmer  and  figures  in  sev- 
eral land  transactions.  Six  of  his  children 
were  living  at  the  death  of  the  colonel  and 
inherited  shares  in  his  estate.  He  enlisted  in 
Fifth  Company,  Third  Regiment,  Colonel  Isaac 
Putnam,  ^Iay  i,  1775,  and  was  killed  June  17, 
1775,  at  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill.  His  name 
is  on  the  bronze  tablet  in  the  park  at  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts.  He  married  (first),  in 
.\shford,  Connecticut,  March  14.  1739,  Ruth, 
born  April  23,  1722,  died  October  16,  1756, 
daughter  of  Philip  Eastman.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), February  i,  1757,  Mehitabel  Chubb. 
Children:  i.  Ebenezer,  born  May  23.  1740; 
married  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Seth  and  Abi- 
gail Lyon,  eight  children.  2.  Thomas,  born 
July  I.  1742.  3.  Benjamin,  of  further  men- 
tion. 4.  William,  born  April  17,  1747.  5. 
John,  died  young.  6.  Joseph,  died  young.  7. 
Elizabeth,  born  September  6,  1752;  married 
John  Babyno.  8.  John,  died  young.  9.  Jo- 
seph, baptized  February  23. 1759.  10.  A  daugh- 
ter, twin  of  Joseph.  11.  John,  son  by  adoption, 
baptized  October  12,  1760. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2),  son  of  William  (2) 
and  his  first  wife.  Ruth   (Eastman)    Cheney, 


was  born  June  10,  baptized  June  27,  1744,  in 
Ashford,  Massachusetts,  where  he  continued 
to  reside.  He  married,  May  30,  1765,  Abigail, 
born  May  5,  1745,  died  September  21,  1790. 
daughter  of  John  Parry.  Children:  i.  Mehit- 
abel, born  September  26,  1766.  2.  Huldah, 
September  9,  1767.  3.  Thomas,  June  24,  1769. 
4.  Daniel,  of  further  mention.  5.  Abiel,  born 
August  10,  1773,  removed  to  Littleton,  Ver- 
mont: married  Irene  Munson.  6.  Elizabeth, 
August  2"],  1775.  7.  Benjamin,  September  12, 
1777.  8.  Nabbey,  born  May  17,  1779.  9.  John, 
August  17,  1781.  10.  Hannah,  November  19, 
1783.  II.  William,  Februarv  17,  1785.  12. 
Ruth,  July  31,  1788. 

(  \T  )  Daniel,  son  of  Benjamin  (  2  )  and  .Abi- 
gail (Parry)  Cheney,  was  born  in  .Ashford, 
Connecticut,  June  9,  1771,  died  in  the  town 
of  Olean,  New  York,  January  23,  1837.  At 
an  early  day  he  removed  from  Connecticut  to 
Essex  county.  New  York,  where  he  remained 
but  a  short  time,  later  settling  in  the  town  of 
Olean,  Cattaraugus  county,  where  he  was  high- 
ly respected  for  his  honest  and  kind  heart.  He 
married  Irene  Ashford,  who  died  November 
4,  1842,  aged  sixty-eight  years  and  five  months. 
Children:  i.  Sally,  married  a  Mr.  White.  2. 
Eunice,  married  a  Mr.  Randall.  3.  Rachel. 
4.  Welles,  born  April  6,  i8o5,  a  farmer  of 
Delevan,  New  York ;  married  Deborah  R. 
Hawkins,  and  had  Munson.  Nancy  L.  and 
Mehitabel.  3.  Mehitabel.  6.  John,  of  further 
mention.     7.  Lyman.     8.  Eletheer.    9.  Walter. 

(\  II  )  John,  son  of  Daniel  and  Irene  (Ash- 
ford) Cheney,  was  born  in  Olean,  Cattaraugus 
county.  New  York,  June  6,  18 13,  died  in  York- 
shire, same  county,  August  20,  1881.  He  spent 
his  whole  life  in  Cattaraugus  county,  except  a 
few  years  passed  in  the  present  town  of  (Gar- 
field, Pennsylvania,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
operating  a  sawmill.  He  was  a  successful 
farmer  and  by  energy  and  thrift  secured  a 
competence.  He  was  a  man  of  upright.  Chris- 
tian life  and  character,  honored  and  respected 
wherever  known.  He  was  active  in  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  held  several  im- 
portant town  offices.  In  political  preference 
lie  was  a  Republican.  He  married,  in  Penn- 
sylvania, September  20,  1840,  Sarah  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  Leonard  and  Mary  Hodges,  of  \\'arren, 
Pennsylvania.  Children:  i.  Clark  Abial,  born 
April  30,  1842,  in  Yorkshire.  New  York,  own- 
ed and  operated  the  Truman  Coal  Farm,  in 
Yorkshire ;  married,  August,  1863,  Jeannette, 
daughter  of  \\'illiani  and  Laura  (  Davis)  Lang- 


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made,  of  Yorkshire:  children:  Sarah  Belle, 
born  August  24,  1867 :  Georgia  Anna,  August 
26,  1873;  Fred  Mason,  born  February  6,  1876: 
Myrna,  born  October  11,  1883.  2.  Walter 
W'ilmot,  born  in  Warren  county,  Pennsylvania, 
July  6,  1844,  was  extensively  engaged  in  oil 
production  in  the  oil  fields  of  Pennsylvania 
and  Western  New  York,  with  residence  at 
Delevan,  New  York;  married,  March  10,  1873, 
Louise,  daughter  of  Henry  Strong,  of  Sar- 
dinia, New  York ;  child,  RIabel  Strong,  born 
January  8,  1879.  3.  Eunice  Irene,  born  March 
24,  1846:  married,  December  31,  1866,  Henry 
L.  Crooker,  of  Arcade  :  children  :  Charles  Fran- 
cis, born  April  16,  1872:  John  Cheney,  born 
December  26,  1874:  Walter  Elgene,  born  De- 
cember 16,  1878.  4.  Francis  John,  of  further 
mention.  5,  George  Hamline,  born  March  7, 
1850;  educated  in  the  public  schools,  Arcade 
Academy  and  Griffith  Institute,  Springfield, 
New  York,  and  Ten  Broeck  Free  Academy,  at 
Franklinville.  He  taught  in  the  public  schools 
several  years ;  was  principal  of  the  I'nion 
School,  at  Hinsdale,  New  York,  and  was  pro- 
fessor of  mathematics  in  Northern  New  York 
Conference  Seminary,  at  Antwerp,  New  York. 
He  prepared  for  the  ministry,  and,  in  1873-75, 
was  pastor  of  the  EUicottville  (New  York) 
circuit.  In  the  fall  of  1875  he  entered  Boston 
Cniversity  School  of  Theology,  being  grad- 
uated therefrom  in  1879.  He  joined  the  New 
England  Conference  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  in  1878,  on  probation,  being  ad- 
initted  to  full  connection  in  1880;  was  ordain- 
ed deacon  by  Bishop  Foster,  at  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts. April  8,  1877 ;  ordained  elder  by 
Bishop  Peck,  in  Worcester.  Massachusetts, 
April  10,  188 1.  He  has  filled  important  pul- 
pits in  Massachusetts,  and  is  an  eloquent,  suc- 
cessful minister  of  the  gospel.  He  married  Elea- 
nor Robinson,  of  Somerville.  Massachusetts : 
children:  Emily  M..  born  May  14.  1882;  David 
McGregor.  December  12,  1884:  Sarah  R..  June 
30.  1887;  Eleanor  R..  June  11.  1893.  6.  Charles 
Summer,  died  aged  five  years.  7.  Lyman 
Josiah.  born  October  11.  i860,  was  successively 
druggist  and  dry  goods  merchant  in  Delevan. 
New  York.  In  1892  he  was  appointed  clerk 
in  the  L'nited  States  railway  postal  service : 
prominent  in  local  politics  and  a  supporter  of 
the  Republican  party.  He  married,  in  .\rcade, 
Wyoming  county.  New  York,  March  8.  1882. 
Florence  N..  daughter  of  Charles  and  Ravilla 
Cagwin  :  children :  Lloyd  Lyman,  born  April 
23.  1884:  Clifford  Carleton.  June  17.  1887. 


(\T11)  Francis  John,  son  uf  John  and 
Sarah  A.  (  Hodges  )  Cheney,  was  born  in  War- 
ren. Pennsylvania.  June  5,  1848.  His  parents 
removed  to  Cattaraugus  county.  New  York,, 
when  he  was  six  years  of  age.  and  his  early 
education  was  obtained  in  the  district  schools 
during  the  winter  months,  his  summers  being 
spent  in  assisting  his  father  in  farming  opera- 
tions. He  remained  on  the  farm  until  he  was 
twenty  years  of  age,  working  and  studying. 
In  this  way  and  by  a  few  terms  at  Arcade 
Academy  he  prepared  for  college.  In  i8(-)8  he 
entered  Genesee  College,  and  was  graduated 
A.  B..  class  of  1872,  at  head  of  his  class,  the 
first  class  graduated  after  the  college  was 
merged  with  Syracuse  University.  Immedi- 
ately after  graduation  he  entered  upon  the  pro- 
fession of  teaching,  a  line  of  activity  he  has 
ever  since  continued  with  honor  and  success. 
His  fame  as  an  educator  is  more  than  state- 
wide, but  the  institutions  he  has  served  are  the 
best  witnesses  to  his  ability.  In  the  spring  of 
1872  (even  before  graduation)  he  was  elected 
to  the  chair  of  mathematics  in  the  Northern 
New  York  Conference  Seminary,  at  .\ntwerp 
(Ives  .Seminary  I.  where  he  remained  two 
years,  resigning  to  accept  a  call  to  the  principal- 
ship  of  Dryden  (New  York)  Union  School. 
Here  he  remained  seven  years,  finishing  a 
course  of  legal  study,  and,  in  1880,  was  ail- 
mitted  to  the  bar.  He  had  ilecided  to  settle 
in  the  west  and  devote  his  after  life  to  the 
jiractice  of  law,  all  necessary  arrangements 
Iiaving  been  made.  While  still  at  the  head  of 
Dryden  Union  School  he  received  such  a  flat- 
tering offer  from  the  Kingston  (New  York) 
board  of  education,  to  become  principal  of 
Kingston  Free  Academy,  that  his  western  plans 
were  abaniloned  and  the  offer  accepted.  He 
remained  at  Kingston  ten  years  at  the  head  of 
the  Academy,  raising  the  standard  of  the  school 
and  wonderfully  increasing  its  etificiency.  These 
years  had  thoroughly  established  his  standing 
as  an  educator,  and  his  services  were  frequent- 
ly sought  by  other  cities  and  institutions.  Syra- 
cuse L'niversitv  offered  him  the  chair  of  Eng- 
lish and  Belles  Lettres :  Olean.  New  York, 
elected  him  city  superintendent  of  schools, 
which  he  did  not  accept  because  the  Kingston 
board  of  education  did  not  want  to  release  him. 
In  i8t)o  he  was  a  candidate  for  the  principal- 
ship  of  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Greeley. 
Colorado.  Having  been  appointed  inspector 
of  high  schools  and  academies  of  New  York, 
by  the  board  of  regents,  he  withdrew  his  ap- 


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plication,  however,  although  it  was  so  favor- 
able considered  that,  it  is  said,  he  would  prob- 
ably have  been  appointed,  had  he  not  with- 
drawn it.  This  necessitated  severing  his  con- 
nection with  Kingston  Free  Academy,  although 
the  board  of  eilucation  offered  a  substantial 
increase  in  salary  and  such  an  increase  in 
teaching  force  as  to  leave  him  little  actual 
teaching,  but  his  decision  was  made  in  favor 
of  the  inspectorsliip.  The  "School  Bulletin" 
said  regarding  his  appointment :  "The  lioard 
of  Regents  are  to  be  congratulated  for  the 
good  sense  shown  in  the  selection  of  such  a 
man  for  the  place."  The  Kingston  papers 
spoke  of  his  departure  with  regret,  one  saying : 
"He  is  one  of  the  men  who  is  vastly  broader 
than  his  profession.  He  is  fully  abreast  of  the 
times  not  only  as  an  educator  but  as  a  man  of 
affairs."  He  only  held  the  inspectijrship  one 
year,  resigning  to  accept  the  appointment  of 
the  State  Normal  and  Training  School,  at  Cort- 
land, New  York.  He  began  his  duties  there 
with  the  opening  of  the  fall  term,  1891,  and 
now,  twenty  years  later  (1911),  he  is  still  the 
honored  head  of  the  institution.  These  have 
been  years  of  improvement  and  progress  for 
the  school,  years  also  broadening  and  strength- 
ening the  man.  The  school  has  doubled  in 
size,  buildings,  apparatus,  and  teaching  staff 
keeping  pace.  Mr.  Cheney  out  of  his  wide  ex- 
perience is  a  most  able  instructor  of  instructors 
and  much  in  demand  for  lectures  and  addresses 
before  educational  associations  and  other  soci- 
eties. In  i8go-Qi  he  was  president  of  the 
Associated  Academic  Principals,  of  the  state 
of  New  York,  and  holds  membership  in  the 
state  and  national  educational  associations.  In 
1885  he  made  a  tour  of  Great  Britain  and 
Europe,  visiting  the  principal  countries  and 
cities,  gathering  information  of  special  value 
to  him  in  his  profession.  In  1888,  after  an 
examination  at  the  School  of  American  His- 
tory, Syracuse  I'niversity  conferred  on  him  the 
degrees  of  .\.  M.  and  PIi.  D.  In  i8(/)  he  was  lay 
delegate  to  the  general  conference  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  being  sent  from  Cen- 
tral New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic Order,  belonging  to  Cortlandville  Lodge. 
Dr.  Cheney  married  (first),  July  30,  1873, 
Lydia  Henrietta,  died  March  21,  1896,  daugh- 
ter of  Buel  G.  and  Lucy  (Thornton)  Smith, 
of  Delevan,  New  York.  Child,  Genevieve 
(ado])ted),  born  May  q,  1885.  He  married 
(second),  July  20,  1898,  Clara  Jane,  daugh- 
ter of  John  J.  and  Margaret  (Livingston)  Rob- 


inson, of  Fort  Edward.     Child,  Clara  Frances, 
born  January  20,  1900. 


The  Keators  of  Cortland.  New 

KEATOR  York,  trace  from  Holland  an- 
cestry. The  name  is  an  uncom- 
mon one  in  early  days  and  the  present  form 
is  evidently  an  anglicized  form  of  a  Dutch 
name.  It  is  impossible  to  trace  definitely  be- 
yond John  Keator,  of  Ulster  county.  New 
York,  who  was  ambushed  and  slain  by  Indians 
with  another  of  his  family.  In  1676  John 
Keator  made  a  purchase  of  land  in  the  town 
of  Marbletown,  Ulster  county,  New  York. 
This  was  no  doubt  the  emigrant  from  Holland, 
and  founder  of  the  Ulster  county  family  of 
Keator.  The  name  is  met  with  in  the  Leister 
records  and  the  family  seem  to  have  borne 
well  their  part  in  the  development  of  the  coun- 
try. Among  the  founders  and  subscribers  to 
the  fund  for  erecting  the  first  house  of  worship 
for  the  Reformed  Protestant  Dutch  church,  at 
Marbletow^n  (where  the  Keators  seemed  to 
have  centered),  is  found  the  names  of  Au- 
gustinus,  Johannes.  Melgert  and  Jacob  Keator. 
This  church  was  organized  in  1737,  and  a 
church  built  in  1743.  Among  the  signers  in 
the  Troop  of  Horse  in  Ulster,  at  Kingston, 
June  9,  1775,  from  the  town  of  Marbletown, 
the  name  of  Johannes  Keator  is  second. 

(HI)  John  Keator,  of  Marbletown,  was 
born  about  1700,  and  was  probably  a  grand- 
son of  the  emigrant,  John  Keator,  of  whom 
nothing  seems  to  be  known  after  his  land 
purchase  in  1676.  John  (2)  Keator  was  killed 
b)-  Indians  and  there  is  no  record  of  his  family 
further  than  that  his  son  John  met  his  death 
at  the  same  time.  PTe  was  the  signer  to  the 
enlistment  rolls  in  1735,  his  father  being  among 
the  first  members  of  the  Dutch  Church,  at 
]\Iarbletown.  who  signed  the  subscription  list 
in  1743,  when  the  first  building  was  erected. 
He  is  enrolled  as  a  soldier  of  the  Third  Regi- 
ment I'lster  County  Militia  (Land  Bounty 
Rights).  He  was  undoubtedly  of  the  third 
generation  in  .America. 

(  I\')  John,  son  of  John  Keator,  was  of  the 
town  of  Marbletown,  P'lster  county.  New 
York,  where  he  was  born  about  the  year  1730. 
Nothing. further  can  be  told  of  him  than  that 
he  was  married  and  had  at  least  a  son  Cor- 
nelius, and  met  his  death  at  the  hands  of  the 
Indians. 

( V )  Cornelius,  son  of  John  Keator,  of 
Marbletown,  was  born  in  New  York,  in  17(13, 


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(lied  in  Roxbury,  Delaware  cuunt\',  about 
1856.  He  married  Elizabeth  Krom  from  near 
High  Falls,  Ulster  county.  After  his  marriage 
several  years  Cornelius  removed  to  the  town 
of  Roxbury,  Delaware  county,  New  York, 
where  descendants  are  yet  seated.  This  was 
when  that  town  was  yet  virgin  forest,  except- 
ing the  first  settler,  Isaac  Inman,  1788;  a  party 
of  twenty  families  from  Fairiield,  Connecticut, 
1789.  and  the  Scotch  settlement  of  John  Moore, 
on  the  headwaters  of  the  Delaware  river,  now 
known  as  Grandgorge,  then  called  "Moore's 
Settlement." 

(\  Ij  Joseph,  son  of  Cornelius  and  Eliza- 
beth (Krom)  Keator,  was  born  in  Marble- 
town,  Ulster  county,  New  York,  about  1784. 
He  was  living  at  Kingston  Creek,  that  county, 
in  1797,  and  from  there  went  to  Roxbury,  Del- 
aware county,  probably  at  the  same  time  his 
father  settled  in  that  town.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  general  trailer;  owning  considerable  prop- 
erty of  various  kinds.  After  an  active  life  in 
Delaware  county,  he  died  about  1820.  He 
married  Polly  Wight,  who  survived  him  until 
1852.  Children  :  Thomas  ;  Harvey  ;  Chauncey  ; 
Mary,  married  Noah  Dimmick ;  Hettie,  mar- 
ried Levi  ulead ;  Rachel,  married  John  T. 
Mead  ;  Betsey,  married  Jeremiah  G.  Baughton  ; 
Debby,  married  Jonas  Al.  Sweet. 

(VH)  Thomas,  son  of  Joseph  and  Polly 
(Wight)  Keator,  was  born  in  Roxbury,  Dela- 
ware county,  i\ew  York,  November  25,  1803, 
died  in  Cortland,  New  York,  June  19,  1879. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  and  for' 
a  time  followed  the  occupation  of  a  farmer, 
exchisively.  Later  he  established  a  small  mer- 
cantile business  at  what  is  now  \'ega.  not  far 
from  Roxbury.  He  continued  farming  and  in 
merchandise  until  1854,  when  he  removed  to 
Cortland,  New  York,  where  he  became  jiromi- 
nent.  He  purchased  what  is  now  known  as 
the  Wickwire  farm  and  for  a  time  was  engaged 
in  its  operation.  He  later  established  himself 
in  the  mercantile  business  in  the  village  of 
Cortland,  continuing  for  two  or  three  years. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and  unusual 
business  capacity.  In  1863  he  effected  the 
organization  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of 
Cortland,  and  was  elected  its  first  president, 
holding  that  important  office  until  his  death. 
He  was  president  of  the  village  corporation  of 
Cortland  and  in  many  ways  aided  in  the  devel- 
opment of  the  village.  In  Delaware  county  he 
was  a  member  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  church, 
but    after   coming    to    Cortland    attended    the 


Presbyterian  church.  He  was  broad-minded 
and  liberal  in  all  things,  giving  to  every  man 
his  justice,  and  leaving  behind  him  a  reputa- 
tion for  upright,  generous  dealing.  His  political 
creed  was  Whig,  later  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah,  born  1806,  died  May  8, 
1834,  daugliter  of  Samuel  Slaughson.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Betsey  More,  born  1812,  died 
1891,  daughter  of  Edwin  and  Charity  (Mc- 
Ginnis)  More,  granddaughter  of  John  and 
Betty  (Taylor)  More,  the  latter  coming  to 
the  United  States  from  Edinburg,  Scotland, 
their  native  land.  Children  by  first  marriage : 
I.  Samuel,  of  further  mention.  2.  Polly,  mar- 
ried R.  B.  Smith.  Children  by  second  mar- 
riage :  3.  Edward,  died  aged  seven  years.  4. 
Sarah,  deceased.  5.  Esther,  married  Oliver 
Porter,  whom  she  survives,  a  resident  of 
Homer  X'illage,  New  York  (1911).  6.  Jane, 
married  (first)  William  S.  Newkirk;  (second) 
Henry  C.  Rogers,  and  resides  in  Cortland.  7. 
Elizabeth,  married  Brainard  N orris,  who  sur- 
vives her.  8.  Joseph,  died  aged  thirteen 
years.  9.  Edward,  now  president  of  the  First 
National  Bank,  of  Cortland ;  married  Hattie 
L.  Jones,  of  Wilkes-Barre,  Pennsylvania  ;  chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  born  November  12,  1890  ;  Oliver 
Porter,  November  9,  1892;  Martin  Derby,  July 
14,  1899.  10.  Mary,  marrieil  William  1".  Chad- 
bourne. 

(\'II)  Samuel,  eldest  son  and  child  of 
Thomas  and  his  first  wife  Sarah  (Sally) 
(  Slaughson )  Keator,  was  born  in  Roxbury,. 
Delaware  county,  New  York,  August  26,  1826. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools ;  work- 
ed with  his  father  in  the  Roxbury  store  and  on 
reaching  the  age  of  twenty-one  years  was  ad 
mitted  to  a  partnership.  He  remained  in  busi- 
ness at  Ro.xbury  two  years  after  his  father's 
removal  to  Cortland,  then  disposed  of  his  en- 
tire interests  and  removed  to  Broome  county,. 
New  York,  where  he  took  charge  of  a  tannery, 
forming  a  partnership  with  his  father.  He 
continued  there  nine  years,  until  1865,  when  he 
removed  to  Cortland,  New  York,  which  has 
since  been  his  continuous  residence.  He  had 
large  farming  interests  and  dealt  extensively 
in  live  stock  for  many  years.  Upon  the  death 
of  Thoiuas  Keator,  in  1879,  he  succeetied  to 
the  presidency  of  the  First  National  Bank,  of 
Cortland,  holding  that  position  for  nine  years, 
and  is  still  a  member  of  the  board  of  directors. 
In  1903  Mr.  Keator  came  into  possession  of 
the  Cortland  Foundry  and  Machine  Shops., 
which  he  still  owns  and  operates.     He  has  led. 


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an  exceedingly  busy,  active  life  and  the  success 
that  has  attended  his  efforts  has  been  fairly 
earned.  He  has  worthily  and  capably  filled 
every  station  in  life  to  which  he  has  been 
called,  shirked  no  duty  and  faithfully  executed 
every  trust.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics, 
and  while  in  Delaware  county  was  town  col- 
lector. In  religious  faith  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 
He  married,  June  29,  1858.  Annie  S.  Stewart, 
born  in  Scotland,  died  in  Cortland  in  1903. 
Children:  i.  Sarah,  married  Charles  F.  Brown, 
a  leading  merchant  of  Cortland,  many  times  a 
member  of  the  state  legislature,  where  he  is  an 
important  and  useful  legislator ;  children : 
Florence  and  Thomas  Keator.  2.  Annie,  mar- 
ried Frank  J.  Peck,  of  Cortland ;  child,  Susan. 
3.  Clara,  married  Thomas  F.  Ward,  whom  she 
survives  :  children  :  Thomas  and  Madeline. 


"Burke's  Commoners,"  vol- 
WICKWIRE  ume  4,  states:  "The  family 
of  Ware  claims  a  descent 
from  Roger  de  Ware,  Lord  of  Isefield,  and  a 
Baron  of  Parliament  in  the  reign  of  Edward 
I."  The  founder  was  Jordan  Ue  la  War,  of 
Wick,  Gloucestershire,  England,  whose  de- 
scendants enjoyed  extensive  grants  of  land  in 
the  southern,  middle  and  western  counties  of 
England,  for  bravery  in  various  wars,  partic- 
ularly on  the  fields  of  Cressy  and  Poictiers. 
In  early  records  the  name  is  spelled :  War, 
Ware,  Warr,  Warre  and  Weare.  Arms  :  "Gules, 
a  lion  rampart  between  eight  crosslets,  argent." 
Crest :  "Out  of  a  ducal  coronet  or,  a  griffith's 
head  azure."  During  the  century  following  the 
grant  of  the  Manor  of  Wick  to  John  La  Warre 
(  1207)  the  Manor  gradually  acquired  the  name 
of  Wyke- Warre.  In  1290  the  parish  of  Wick- 
war  was  established.  The  advowson  of  the 
church  belonged  to  the  Warre  family,  passing 
from  them  after  the  death  of  Thomas.  Lord 
de  la  Warre,  governor  of  \'irginia,  when  the 
Manor  of  Wickwar  was  sold  to  Sir  Robert 
Ducie,  and  descended  to  his  heirs.  The  town 
of  Wickware  or  Wickwaire  lies  in  the  parish 
of  the  same  name  about  twenty-six  miles  south 
from  Gloucester  on  the  best  road  from  there 
to  Bath.  The  town  has  the  privilege  of  a 
weekly  market  and  a  yearly  fair,  granted  by 
Edward  I.  Wickware  as  a  surname  was  not  in 
use  until  1500  and  probably  first  came  from 
a  branch  of  the  family  resiiling  at  or  near  the 
Manor  of  Wick,  or  Wickwarre,  and  assumed 
that  name  to  distinguish  themselves  from  the 
main  l)ranch,  which  after  a  few  generations  had 


their  principal  seat  in  Sussex  county.  In  the 
earliest  entries,  the  name  is  spelled  Wyckwarre, 
Wyckwarr,  \\'yckware,  Wickwarre,  Wickwarr, 
and  Wickware.  There  are  many  entries  of  the 
name  prior  to  the  year  1700  in  various  parishes 
but  none  are  found  that  give  a  John  Wickwarr, 
whose  age  corresponds  with  the  supposed  age 
of  John  of  New  London  except  one.  John 
\A'ickware  baptized  May  18,  1656,  son  of  John 
Wickwarr,  of  Wotton-Under-Edge,  in  Glou- 
cestershire. His  father  died  when  he  was  less 
than  a  year  old  and  this  lack  of  a  paternal  care 
may  have  been  a  factor  in  his  determination 
to  seek  his  fortune  in  the  new  world.  The  fam- 
ily is  said  to  be  almost  extinct  in  England  and 
the  name  is  not  a  common  one  in  the  United 
States. 

( I )  John  \\'ickware  (Wickwire),  the  ances- 
tor of  the  American  family  uf  Wickware  and 
Wickwire,  settled  at  New  London,  Connecti- 
cut, in  1675.  He  is  supposed  to  have  been  the 
son  of  John  and  Mary  Wickware,  of  Wotton- 
Under-Edge,  England,  baptized  May  18,  1656, 
died  in  March  or  April,  1712.  He  was  a  soldier 
io  King  Philip's  war  and  was  engaged  in  the 
Great  Swamp  fight,  December  19,  1675,  when 
the  power  of  the  Narragansetts  was  broken. 
For  his  service  in  this  war,  he  afterwards  re- 
ceived from  the  general  court  a  grant  of  one 
hundred  and  forty  acres  of  land  in  Voluntown. 
His  name  appears  on  the  list  of  residents  in 
New  London,  in  1676;  he  settled  in  the  north 
parish  of  New  London,  now  known  as  Mont- 
ville.  He  was  one  of  the  seventy-seven  paten- 
tees of  New  London  named  in  the  patent  grant- 
ed by  Governor  Winthrop,  October  14,  1704. 
By  deed,  datetl  June  30,  1798,  he  and  Mary, 
his  wife,  granted  to  Rene  Grigon,  the  tract  of 
land  in  Voluntown,  received  for  his  service  in 
the  Indian  war.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
owned  several  tracts  of  land  besides  his  home- 
stead and  was  considered  a  man  of  wealth  for 
those  times.  The  use  of  the  word  "Mr."  be- 
fore his  name  in  the  clerk's  certificate  indicates 
the  social  position  as  it  was  only  applied  to 
men  of  social  rank.  He  married,  November  6, 
1676,  Mary,  daughter  of  George  and  Margery 
Tonge.  George  Tonge  was  an  early  settler  in 
New  London,  and,  in  1656,  the  general  town 
meeting  chose  him  to  keep  an  inn  for  five 
years.  In  those  times  only  trustworthy  citi- 
zens were  accorded  this  privilege.  In  the  same 
year  he  purchased  a  house  and  lot  on  the 
Thames  river,  "and  here  he  opened  the  house 
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and  which  being  continued  by  his  family,  was 
the  most  noted  inn  of  the  town  for  sixty 
years."  Children  of  John  and  Mary  (Tonge) 
Wickware :  i.  George,  born  October  4,  1677. 
2.  Christopher,  of  further  mention.  3.  John, 
born  December  2,  1685.  4.  EHzabeth,  born 
March  23,  1688-89  '<  married,  at  New  London, 
.September  9,  1708,  Jonas  Hamilton,  born  about 
1678,  son  of  David  Hamilton,  a  Scotchman  of 
Berwick,  Maine,  who  was  killed  by  the  In- 
dians, September  28,  1691.  He  and  his  wife 
were  baptized  at  New  London,  June  25,  1710. 
He  joined  the  church  at  New  London,  October 
8,  1738.  In  1748  Jonas  Hamilton  was  described 
in  a  petition  to  the  general  court  as  a  member 
of  the  church  in  the  parish  of  New  Salem. 
Children :  Jonathan,  Solomon,  Mary,  Eliza- 
beth, James,  Lucretia,  Daniel,  Ann.  5.  Jona- 
than, born  February  19,  1690-91.  6.  Peter, 
born  March  12,  1694.  7.  Ann,  born  Septem- 
ber 25,  1697  ;  married,  October  14,  1714,  James 
Brown,  of  Colchester,  who  was  probably  son 
of  James  and  Remembrance  (Brooks)  Brown, 
of  Colchester.  She  was  baptized  with  her 
daughter  Ann,  by  Rev.  James  Hillhouse,  Octo- 
ber 28,  1722.  Children:  James,  Ann,  Jonathan. 
(II)  Christopher  Wickwire,  second  son  of 
John  and  Mary  ( Tonge )  Wickware,  was  born 
January  8,  1679-80,  in  the  North  Parish  of 
New  London,  now  Montville.  On  January  16, 
1716-17,  he  conveyed  to  Lieutenant-Colonel 
John  Livingston  a  tract  of  land  at  New  Lon- 
don, the  deed  was  acknowledged  at  Norwich. 
One  of  the  points  described  in  the  deed  is  "a 
cellar  that  John  Wickwire  built."  In  1734  he 
removed  to  Lyme.  On  June  5,  1739,  Christo- 
pher Wickwire,  "of  New  London,  now  a  resi- 
dent in  Lyme,"  conveyed  to  Peter  Wickwire, 
his  farm  in  the  North  Parish,  near  Stony 
Brook.  He  married,  in  New  London,  Eliza- 
beth   .    Children:  i,  Ichabod,  of  further 

mention.  2.  .Solomon,  born  about  171 5.  "The 
Colonial  Records  of  Connecticut,"  volume  9, 
page  371,  show  that  in  May.  174S.  a  memorial 
was  presented  to  the  legislature  of  Connecti- 
cut by  Solomon  Wickwire  and  twenty-two 
others,  members  of  the  church  and  inhabitants 
of  the  society  or  parish  of  New  Salem,  "lying 
partly  in  Colchester  in  the  county  of  Hartford 
and  partly  in  Lyme  in  the  county  of  New 
Haven,"  praying  they  might  be  authorized  to 
call  a  minister  and  levy  a  ta.x  for  the  support 
of  the' church.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French 
and  Indian  war,  serving  in  Captain  Edmund 
Well's  Hebron  company,  in  1756.     3.  Nathan. 


4.  Elizabeth,  married  Joshua  Parker,  of  New 
London.  5.  Ann,  married  a  Mr.  Chapman, 
who  died  before  1747.  6.  Mary,  married  Na- 
thaniel Avery,  of  Lyme,  born  January  30, 
1702,  son  of  Samuel  and  Susannah  (  Palmes) 
Avery,  and  grandson  of  Captain  James  Avery. 
One  child,  Mary,  baptized  May  24,  1729.  7. 
James,  born  1725,  died  October  2^,  1726.  8. 
Zebediah,  baptized  March  22,  1729-30.  9. 
I'.ridgct. 

(  III  )  Ichabod,  son  of  Christopher  and  Eliz- 
abeth Wickwire,  was  born  about  1713,  died 
al)out  1763-64.  On  October  16,  1764,  his  son 
"Samuel  Wickwire  was  allowed  to  be  guardian 
to  Oliver  Wickwire,  bonds  given,  etc."  Oliver 
was  then  about  nineteen  years  of  age,  and  it  is 
])robable  that  the  appointment  was  necessary 
:ii  order  that  the  father's  estate  might  be  set- 
tled. About  1770  the  widow  and  children  re- 
moved to  Cornwall.  Ichabod  is  said  to  have 
served  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  and  to 
have  participated  under  General  Wolfe  in  the 
campaign  against  Quebec.  He  married,  at 
New  London,  March  19.  1736,  Deborah,  daugh- 
ter of  Jonathan  Fairbanks,«the  ancestor  of  the 
American  family,  who  came  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  to  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  1633.  He 
had  a  son  Jonathan  who  was  a  soldier  in  King 
Philip's  war,  serving  in  the  Mount  Hope  and 
several  other  campaigns.  Children  of  Ichabod 
and  Deborah  (Fairbanks)  Wickwire:  i.  Sam- 
uel, liorn  1738;  married  Jane  Brown.  2.  Elisal, 
born  1740:  married  John  Gilbert.  He  was  a 
soldier  (  with  James  Wickwire  and  John  Grant ) 
in  Captain  .Stephen  Hosmer's  New  Salem  com- 
[lany.  in  the  French  and  Indian  war  in  1755. 
3.  Oliver,  of  further  mention.  4.  Ichabtid,  born 
1746:  married  (first)  Widow  Huntley,  mar- 
ried (second)  Submit  Ford,  February  27,  1794. 

(I\')  Oliver,  son  of  Ichabod  and  Deborah 
(  Fairbanks)  Wickwire,  was  born  in  1745,  died 
August  17,  1829.  Gold's  "History  of  Corn- 
wall" says :  "Oliver  Wickwire  came  from  New 
London  county  before  the  time  of  the  Revolu- 
tion. He  settled  in  the  old  road  long  since  dis- 
continued, running  northeast  from  near  Ches- 
ter Wickwire's.  His  nearest  neighbor  in  the 
south  was  James  Douglas."  The  house  of 
C)i'ver  Wickwire  was  situate  1  on  Cream  Hill, 
in  the  northern  part  <.)f  Cornwall.  His  son, 
Newton  C.  stated,  in  1901,  that  Oliver  served 
in  the  war  of  1812.  He  married  (first)  Lois 
r>eckvvith.  born  1752,  died  January  28,  1813. 
.She  and  her  husband  were  both  buried  at 
Ljmc    Rock.      He    married    (second)    Widow 


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Mary  Gibbs  Havvley-  Children  by  first  mar- 
riage: I.  Esther,  born  1773,  at  Lyme;  married 
Lumaii  Howe ;  children :  Alvah  and  Lucretia. 
2.  Joseph,  born  1775,  at  Cornwall ;  died  Janu- 
ary 18.  1813.  3.  Joshua,  born  1781.  4.  Daniel, 
of  further  mention.  5.  Richard.  6.  Ransom. 
7.  Lois,  married  James  Robb.  of  Salisbury. 
Connecticut;  they  had  several  children.  8. 
Lucretia.  born  June  4.  1789;  married  Calvin 
Butler,  and  had  ten  children.  9.  Julia  D.,  mar- 
ried James  E.  Kellogg.  10.  Mary,  married 
Paul  Price,  born  1782,  son  of  Sergeant  Paul 
and  Sarah  (Berry)  (Viall)  Price,  of  Goshen, 
and  had  four  children.  Children  by  second 
marriage:  11.  Clarissa,  married  Lucius  Foote, 
born  June  22,  1815,  son  of  Colonel  Samuel 
and  Lucy  (Lord)  Foote.  12.  Newton  C,  born 
August  20,  1818.  13.  Jeannette,  born  1825: 
married  Charles  Page,  of  Aurora,  Illinois. 

(  V)  Daniel,  son  of  Oliver  and  Lois  (Beck- 
with )  Wickwire,  was  born  in  1782,  died  in 
1870.  In  April,  1825,  he  was  appointed  a 
member  of  a  committee  to  build  a  meeting- 
house for  the  society  of  North  Cornwall.  He 
was  the  owner  of  a  large  farm  of  over  a  thou- 
sand acres  in  Cream  Hill.  He  married,  at 
Cornwall,  December  30,  1803,  Mary  Scoville. 
Children:  i.  Irene,  born  January  12,  1806; 
married  Lewis  Dean,  and  died  March  3,  1824. 
at  birth  of  twins,  who  died  when  two  years 
old.  2.  Chester,  born  May  29,  1810.  3.  Ray- 
mond, of  further  mention.  4.  Mary,  born  De- 
cember 28,  1817,  died  July  30,  1850;  married 
Joseph  Kinney,  of  Cortland,  New  \'ork ;  chil- 
dren:  .-Kmelia,  married  Daniel  Smith,  after  her 
death  he  married  Sarah  Jane  Wickwire  ;  Helen, 
died  unmarried ;  Edgar,  deceased. 

(VI)  Raymond,  son  of  Daniel  and  Mary 
(Scoville)  Wickwire,  was  born  January  28, 
1816.  died  at  Cortland,  New  York,  September 
4,  1866.  He  married,  at  McGrawville,  New 
York,  February  2/,  1840,  Elmira,  daughter  of 
Homer  B.  Greenman,  born  at  Stephcntown, 
New  York,  son  of  Benjamin  Greenman,  born 
at  Block  Island.  Rhode  Island.  Homer  B. 
Greenman  married  Rachel,  daughter  of  David 
Waterbury,  born  at  Nassau.  New  York.  Ray- 
mond Wickwire  resided  at  Cortland.  New  York. 
Children:  i.  Mary  Celcstia.  born  February  13, 
1841  :  married,  September  18.  1861,  Edward 
Stilson,  born  July  i,  1839,  died  October  23, 
1868,  son  of  Ansyl  Ford  and  Susan  (Dewey) 
Stilson;  children  i.  Arthur  Ford,  born  Decem- 
ber 9,  1864.  married,  January  22.  1890,  Carrie 
Louise,  daughter  of  Henry  F.  and  Carrie  (Put- 


nam )  Benton.  Mrs.  Stilson  is  an  active  member 
of  the  Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution; 
children:  a.  Raymond  Putnam,  born  October  ii, 
1892,  died  December  11,  1893;  b.  Chester  Ben- 
ton, born  January  16,  1896;  ii.  Edward,  born 
March  9,  1867,  married,  March  4,  1891,  Mar- 
tha, daughter  of  Frank  \\\  Collins;  children: 
a.  Georgia  Jennette,  born  July  22,  1892;  b. 
Mary  Wickwire,  born  July  13,  1894;  c.  Laura 
Ford,  born  November  15,  1895;  d.  Edward, 
born  November  18,  1899.  2.  Chester  Franklin, 
of  further  mention.  3.  Chauncey  John,  born 
May  22,  1845,  died  October  14,  1872,  unmar- 
ried. 4.  Ella  Adelia.  born  January  13.  1849; 
married,  August  19,  1868,  Charles  W.  Sanders, 
M.  D.,  of  New  York  City,  son  of  Charles  W. 
Sanders,  the  author  of  "Sander's  Series  of 
School  Books."  He  graduated  from  Columbia 
College,  and  from  the  College  of  Physicians 
and  Surgeons  in  1878;  children:  i.  Grace  Eliz- 
abeth, born  August  18.  1870,  graduated  at 
\'assar  in  1890;  married  John  Hicks  Macy  (2), 
November  7,  1894;  he  died  in  1903;  children: 

a.  John  Hicks  (3),  born  .September  22,  1895; 

b.  Grace  Elinor,  born  August  31,  1897;  ii. 
Mary  Noxon,  born  November  6,  1876,  gradu- 
ated at  \'assar  in  1896,  class  president ;  mar- 
ried William  Henry  Hays,  October  19,  1898: 
he  graduated  at  Columbia  in  1896;  he  is  a 
member  of  the  L^niversity  Club;  children:  a. 
Ethel  Sanders,  born  June  12,  1901  ;  b.  Will- 
iam Henry  (2),  born  May  3,  1903;  c.  Grace, 
born  March  I,  1907;  iii.  Ethel  Blanche,  born 
February  28,  1879,  graduated  at  Miss  Brown's 
school  in  1897;  married  William  Stocking 
Gould,  April  20,  1898;  children:  a.  ?Ie!en 
Sanders,  born  June  18,  1900;  b.  William  Stock- 
ing (2),  born  Septetpber  12,  1903;  c.  Marian 
Ethel,  born  January  18.  1906.  5.  Theodore 
H.,  of  further  mention. 

(VII)  Chester  Franklin  Wickwire,  son  of 
Raymond  \Vickwire,  was  born  on  the  home- 
stead on  the  hill  south  of  McCjrawville,  May 
31,  1843,  ^T^l  '"IS  attended  the  public  schools 
o*  Cortlandville.  In  1865  he  came  to  Cort- 
land village  and  started  a  grocery  store  in 
the  north  part  of  the  Riley  building  on  the 
west  side  of  Main  street,  at  what  is  now  16 
Main  street.  For  forty-five  years  he  continued 
in  active  and  successful  business  there.  He 
died  Septemljer  14,  1910,  and  he  was  active 
until  a  few  days  before  his  death.  After  about 
a  year,  however,  he  sold  his  grocery  stock  and 
continued  in  the  hardware  business  in  the  same 
store,  under  the  firm  name  of  C.  F.  Wickwire 


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&  Company,  his  father  being  in  partnership. 
When  his  father  died  about  a  year  later,  his 
younger  brother,  Chauiicey  J.,  succeeded  to  his 
interests.  Chauncey  J.  died  October  14,  1872, 
and  was  succeeded  in  the  firm  by  the  youngest 
brother,  Theodore  H.  Wickwire,  the  name 
being  changed  then  to  Wickwire  Brothers,  and 
thus  it  lias  continued  since.  The  firm  bought 
the  Rose  building  on  the  opposite  side  of  Main 
street.  It  was  destroyed  by  fire  in  February, 
1884,  after  which  the  present  four-story  brick 
Wickwire  building  was  erected.  The  store 
has  been  located  in  this  building  since  its  erec- 
tion. In  1873  an  old  loom  came  into  the  pos- 
session of  the  firm  in  the  way  of  trade,  and 
Chester  F.  Wickwire,  who  was  gifted  with 
inventive  genius  and  mechanical  skill,  began  to 
experiment  with  the  loom  in  wire  weaving  and 
succeeded  in  making  it  operate  perfectly.  In 
1873,  accordingly,  the  firm  began  with  the  old 
loom  to  manufacture  wire  screen  and  other 
wire  goods  in  a  small  building  at  the  rear  of 
the  store.  More  looms  were  added  and  the 
business  grew  rapidly.  The  factory  was  en- 
larged until  it  occupied  all  the  available  space 
within  the  square.  In  1876  the  hardware  store 
was  sold,  and  in,  1881,  the  firm  began  to  draw 
fine  wire  for  use  in  the  business,  erecting  a 
large  brick  factory  for  the  purpose  on  South 
Main  street.  In  1884  the  wire  weaving  and 
wire  goods  departments  were  moved  to  this 
location.  The  business  was  incorporated  in 
1892,  under  the  same  name,  Wickwire  Brothers, 
of  which  Chester  F.  Wickwire  was  president, 
and  Theodore  H.  W'ickwire,  treasurer.  Other 
additions  were  made  from  time  to  time.  A  rod 
mill,  an  open-hearth  steel  plant  and  other  de- 
partments were  added.  This  industry  became 
the  most  important  in  Cortland.  The  present 
plant  occupies  thirty-six  acres  of  land,  nearly 
covered  with  buildings.  It  is  also  known  as 
the  largest  and  best  equipped  factory  for  tlie 
manufacture  of  wire  goods  in  this  country. 
The  machinery  used  in  weaving,  spooling, 
painting  and  finishing  wire  cloth  was  largely 
invented  by  Mr.  Wickwire,  and  nearly  all  built 
for  the  concern.  lie  could  operate  all  the 
machines  and  knew  every  detail  of  the  manu- 
facture, and  he  used  to  spend  much  time  in 
watching  the  machinery  and  making  improve- 
ments in  operations,  to  increase  the  efficiency 
or  production.  He  was  always  respected  and 
liked  by  his  employees.  He  avoided  labor 
troubles  through  his  fairness  and  considerate- 
ness. 

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He  was  a  clirector  of  the  First  National 
Bank  for  many  years  and  previously  had  been 
director  of  other  banks.  He  was  interested 
keenly  in  public  alYairs  and  gave  his  time  free- 
Iv  to  public  duties.  He  was  appointed,  June 
6,  1892,  one  of  the  five  sewer  commissioners  in 
charge  of  constructing  a  sewer  system  for  Cort- 
land, and,  in  iqoo,  the  same  sewer  board  be- 
came' under  the  city  charter  the  board  of 
public  works.  The  same  men  continued  in 
office  afterward  and  Mr.  Wickwire's  death 
brought  the  first  change  in  a  remarkably  able 
and  efficient  commission.  Mr.  Wickwire  was 
determined  to  have  public  work  performed 
right,  and  he  had  peculiar  opportunities  to 
carry  out  his  wishes  and  determination.  The 
slag  with  which  the  streets  are  paved  was 
given  by  Wickwire  Brothers  to  the  city,  and 
even  the  cost  of  crushing  and  preparing  this 
material  for  the  roads  was  borne  by  Wickwire 
Brothers.  For  many  years  Mr.  Wickwire  was 
a  trustee  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  For  all 
public  charities  and  many  private  needs  he  has 
given  freely.  His  greatest  single  gift  was  the 
handsome  new  hos|)ital,  which  was  nearly  com- 
pleted at  the  time  of  his  death,  and  which  he 
gave  to  the  city  and  county.  For  many  years 
he  was  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  hospital 
and  always  gave  liberally  of  his  tiiue  as  well 
as  his  money  for  this  institution.  He  took  the 
greatest  personal  interest  in  superintending  the 
erection  of  the  building.  He  made  various 
changes  from  time  to  time  to  improve  the 
hospital,  bearing  cheerfully  the  added  cost,  and 
it  is  believed  that  the  total  value  of  the  gift 
was  fully  a  hundred  thousand  dollars.  The 
forenoon  before  he  suffered  the  fatal  stroke  of 
paralysis  he  had  spent  at  the  hospital.  The 
building  will  be  one  of  the  finest  memorials 
to  the  first  citizen  of  Cortland.  Mr.  Wickwire 
was  also  director  of  the  Wickwire  Steel  Com- 
pany, incorporated  in  1907,  having  a  large, 
modern  plant  on  the  Niagara  river,  just  north 
of  Bufifalo.     T.  H.  Wickwire  Jr.  is  treasurer. 

The  following  editorial  from  the  Cortland 
Daily  Standard  shows  the  appreciation  of  Mr. 
Wickwire's  character  and  service  to  the  com- 
munity : 

It  is  only  the  simple  truth  to  say  that  the  death  of 
no  other  citizen  of  Cortland  could  cause  the  wide- 
spread and  deeply-felt  loss  which  follows  upon  the 
death  of  Chester  F.  Wickwire.  Xo  other  citizen 
has  done  so  much  for  the  place  in  so  many  ways,  or 
has  shown  such  interest  and  pride  in  its  progress 
and  welfare.  More  than  any  one  else  he  has  con- 
tributed to  make  Cortland   what  it   is,   not   only  by 


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laying  the  foundations  of  the  great  business  of  which 
he  was  head  and  lending  his  remarkable  mechanical 
genius  and  sound  judgment  tu  building  it  up  to  its 
present  proportions,  but  by  years  of  faithful,  intelli- 
gent and  self-sacrificing  service  on  its  board  of  pub- 
lic works,  and  last  of  all  by  the  splendid  gift  which 
he  recently  made  the  city  in  the  hospital  building 
which  is  not  yet  completed.  He  was  quiet  and  mod- 
est, simple  and  sincere,  kindly  and  genuine.  His 
word  was  never  given  to  be  broken,  and  his  sym- 
pathies and  acts  were  always  on  the  side  of  that 
which  was  straight  and  square  and  right.  Careful 
in  reacliing  his  conclusions,  he  stood  like  a  rock  when 
his  mind  was  made  up.  -And  there  was  throughout 
his  whole  career  an  unwavering  faithfulness  and 
perseverence  and  loyalty  in  whatever  his  hands  found 
to  do  which  won  admiration  and  commanded  success. 
The  story  of  the  great  mills  which  grew  up  from 
the  seed  of  an  old  liand-wire  loom  under  the  touch 
of  the  genius  of  the  man  reads  like  a  fairy  tale  of 
American  business.  Opportunity  knocked  at  his  door 
and  did  not  knock  in  vain.  But  not  one  man  in  a 
million  would  have  made  of  the  opportunity  \vhat  he 
did,  and  even  he  had  no  vision  of  what  it  would 
bring  in  its  train.  He  simply  saw  a  piece  of  machin- 
ery to  be  put  in  order  and  then  improved,  and  he 
did  the  work  and  did  it  well.  .And  so  it  was  with 
every  demand  which  increasing  business  and  enlarg- 
ing outlook  put  upon  him.  He  did  the  day's  duties  to 
the  best  of  his  ability,  without  self-consciousness  or 
greed,  and  he  grew  and  things  about  him  grew  with 
him. 

Those  who  worked  with  him  and  under  him  liked 
him  and  respected  him.  He  had  done  work  and  the 
hardest  kind  of  work  himself,  he  knew  what  a  fair 
day's  work  was,  and  he  was  never  unreasonable  or 
exacting,  but  always- appreciative  of  intelligent  and 
efficient  effort.  Few  employers  have  commanded  to 
a  greater  degree  the  sincere  affection  and  coniidence 
of  their  employees. 

As  he  was  in  business,  so  he  was  in  his  social  and 
domestic  life.  He  was  a  true  friend,  a  kind  and  gen- 
erous husband  and  father,  a  public-spirited  and  right- 
minded  citizen.  Friends  who  were  closest  to  him 
believe  that  what  he  had  already  done  for  his  city 
in  the  gift  of  a  hospital  building  by  no  means 'repre- 
sented all  that  he  had  in  mind.  While  few  men  as 
busy  as  he  was  give  the  public  more  and  better  serv- 
ice than  he  gave  to  Cortland  by  his  years  of  member- 
ship on  its  board  of  public  works,  his  modesty  led 
him  to  think  that  he  had  done  little  where  he  might 
have  done  much,  and  had  his  life  been  spared  it 
would  undoubtedly  have  been  still  richer  in  labors 
and  benefits  for  his  fellow  townsmen. 

His  death  means  a  loss  to  Cortland  which  no  one 
can  estimate.  He  was  its  most  honored  and  valiied 
citizen.  He  leaves  a  vacancy  in  the  community  which 
cannot  be  filled.  And  there  is  a  universal  and  heart- 
felt sympathy  with  those  to  whom  he  stood  in  the 
closest  relations  and  upon  whom  his  death  falls  with 
a  weight  all  the  harder  to  bear  because  he  was 
stricken  down  in  apparent  health  and  with  the  pros- 
pect of  years  of  usefulness  before  him. 

He  married.  October  2,  i8(t6,  Ardell  L., 
daughter  of  Sinieon  and  Sabrina  ( Rowley ) 
Rouse,  of  Cortland.  Children:  i.  Ra^^mond 
Chester,   born   .August   2,    1872,  died  January 


15,  1878.  2.  Charles  Chester,  born  June  23. 
1879,  mentioned  below.  3.  Frederic  Ross,  born 
January  16,  1883,  graduated  from  Andover, 
1902:  graduated  from  Yale,  1905;  a  director 
and  secretary  of  Wickwire  Brothers ;  also  di- 
rector in  Wickwire  Steel  Company,  and  suc- 
ceeded his  father  on  the  hospital  board. 

(\'III)  Charles  Chester,  second  son  of  Ches- 
ter I'ranklin  and  Ardell  L.  ( Rouse )  Wick- 
wire, was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York,  Jtme 
23,  1879.  He  was  educated  at  Cortland  Normal 
Sthool  and  Phillips  Academy,  at  Andover,  Mas- 
sachusetts, being  graduated  from  the  latter 
class  of  1898.  Immediately  upon  the  comjdc- 
tion  of  his  studies,  he  entered  upon  an  active 
business  life,  becoming  associated  with  his 
father  in  the  manufacturing  plant  of  "Wick- 
wire llrothers,"  in  Cortland.  He  rapidly  de- 
velope  1  fine  executive  qualities,  and,  in  1907, 
was  elected  vice-president  of  the  corporation, 
an  office  he  now  fills  (1911).  He  holds  other 
positions  of  trust  and  is  interested  in  other 
enterprises,  including  membership  on  the  board 
of  directors  of  the  National  Bank,  of  Cortland  ; 
director  of  Wickwire  Steel  Company,  near 
Buffalo.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  In  1904  he  was  presidential  elector, 
and  succeeded  his  father  on  the  board  of  public 
works.  Politically  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married,  October  9,  1902,  Mabel  Louise,  daugh- 
ter of  Hon.  Lawrence  Fitzgerald,  ex-state 
treastirer  of  New  York.  She  was  educated  in 
the  Cortland  schools,  and  at  Smith  College, 
where  she  was  graduated  in  class  of  1901. 
Children:  Helen  .\rdell.  born  September  18. 
1904:  Charlotte  Rouse,  March  20,  1909. 

(  VII )  Theodore  H.,  youngest  child  of  Ray- 
mond and  Elmira  (  Greenman  )  Wickwire,  was 
born  in  Cortland,  New  York,  March  29,  1851. 
In  1873,  '"  association  with  his  brother,  Ches- 
ter Franklin  Wickwire  (now  deceased),  he 
engaged  in  the  mantifacture  of  wire  cloth  and 
wire  goods,  under  the  firm  name  "Wickwire 
Brothers."  The  business  steadily  increased  in 
volume,  and,  in  1892,  was  incorporated  umler 
the  same  name,  with  Chester  F.  Wickwire, 
president,  and  Theodore  H.  Wickwire,  treas- 
urer. The  plant  is  very  large  and  is  well 
e(|tiipped  with  special  machinery  invented  by 
members  of  the  company.  Mr.  Wickwire  has 
numerous  other  business  activities.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Wickwire  Steel  Company,  with 
plant  on  the  Niagara  river,  just  north  of  Buf- 
falo :  vice-president  of  First  National  Bank, 
of  Cortland  ;  director  of  the  Second  National 


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Bank,  of  Cortland  ;  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  of 
Cortland  ;  secretary  of  the  local  board  of  the 
Cortland  State  Normal  School ;  director  of  the 
Albany  Theological  Seminary,  and  other  minor 
interests.  In  1896  he  was  presidential  electur 
for  the  state  of  New  York,  on  the  ticket  of  the 
Reiniblican  party.  He  married,  June  12,  1878, 
iMiinia  \'.  Woodmansee.  Children:  i.  Theo- 
dore Harry,  born  at  Cortland,  New  York,  April 
6,  1879;  prepared  for  college  at  Phillips  An- 
dover  Academy,  whence  he  was  graduated 
1898;  entered  Yale  University,  being  gratlu- 
ated  in  1903,  with  the  degree  of  A.  B. ;  mar- 
ried, at  Brooklyn,  New  York,  October,  1903, 
Sophie  Bremmer,  daughter  of  Charles  Gor- 
hani  Hedge,  and  has  sons,  Theodore  Harry 
(2),  born  September  27,  1906,  and  Hedge  W'.. 
born  February,  1910.  2.  Jere  Raymond,  born 
Jul\-  3,  1883:  graduated  at  Phillips  Andover 
Academy,  1902:  Yale  L'niversity,  1906,  degree 
of  A.  P>. ;  married,  April  21,  1908,  Constant 
Lounsberry,  daughter  of  Isaac  Bradley  John- 
son, of  New  York  City;  one  child,  Jere  R.  Jr.. 
born  March  31,  191 1.  3.  Ward  .\llington,  born 
March  31,  1885  :  entered  Yale  University,  class 
of   1909.     4.   Harriet  Allington. 


The  Kinney  family  of  Cortland, 
KINNEY  New  York,  trace  their  ancestry 
in  unbroken  male  line  to  the 
emigrant  who  landed  in  New  England  more 
than  two  and  one-half  centuries  ago.  He  was 
of  English  birth,  son  of  a  titled  Englishman, 
and  was  doubtless  reared  in  aflluence.  Like 
many  of  his  day  he  demanded  for  himself  en- 
tire freedom  in  matters  of  religion,  and  being 
denied  in  his  native  land,  he  joined  the  tide  of 
emigration  flowing  to  Holland,  the  one  bright 
s]X)t  in  Europe  where  religion  was  conceded 
to  be  a  matter  of  personal  arljustment  and  not 
to  be  governed  by  dictate  of  jirince  or  church 
potentate. 

(II)  Henry  Kinney,  born  in  England,  in 
1642,  was  the  son  of  Sir  Thomas  Kinney,  of 
Norfolk,  England,  who  had  been  knighted  for 
n  valuable  service  rendered  his  king.  Henry 
Kinney  came  to  America  from  Holland,  in 
1633,  and  settled  on  a  farm  at  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  died  in  1712.  He  served  in 
King  Philip's  war:  was  a  prosperous  farmer, 
and  a  most  religious  man,  often  officiating  at 
public  service  endeavoring  by  precept  and  ex- 
ample to  advance  the  cause  of  his  Master. 
He  held  public  office  in  Salem,  where  his  name 


is  found  as  Keyney,  Kenney,  Kenny,  Kinney 
and  Kinne.  He  married  Anna .  Chil- 
dren: John,  born  1651  ;  Thomas,  of  further 
mention;  Hannah,  born  1658:  Mary,  1659; 
Sarah,  1661  ;  Elizabeth,  it)()2 ;  Lydia,  1666; 
Henry,   1669. 

(III)  Thomas,  second  son  of  Henry  Kin- 
ney, was  born  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  1656, 
died  in  that  town,  1687.  His  name  appears  in 
the  "First  Booke  of  record  of  ye  proprietors 
of  ye  common  lands  in  Salem  and  of  their  first 
meeting  which  was  ye  29  day  of  June,  1713,  in 
a  list  of  ye  proprietors,"  as  Thomas  Kenney 
He  was  also  a  farmer  and  a  religious  man.  He 
married,  1677,  Elizabeth  Knight,  who  bore  him 
four  sons. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  eldest  son  of  Thomas 
(  I  )  and  Elizabeth  (  Knight  )  Kinney,  was  bo.rn 
at  Salem,  Alas.sachusetts,  1678,  died  at  Preston, 
Connecticut,  October  i,  1756.  In  1715  he  sold 
his  Salem  property  and  removed  to  Preston 
(now  Griswold),  Connecticut.  When  he  made 
deeds  for  his  Salem  property  he  signed  his 
name  Kinne  and  carried  that  spelling  to  Con- 
necticut with  him.  His  gravestone  on  the 
banks  of  the  Tackany  bore  the  same  form 
which  is  still  adhered  to  by  some  branches  of 
his  descendants.  He  was  one  of  the  founders 
and  a  deacon  of  the  "Second  Church  of  Christ" 
in  Preston,  now  the  First  Congregational 
Church,  of  Griswold.  He  married  Martha 
Cox,  who  bore  him,  between  1702  and  1727, 
ten  sons  and  six  daughters.  His  eldest  son. 
Jeremiah,  died  in  \'oluntown,  Connecticut; 
married  Mary  Strackweather  and  had  thir- 
teen children ;  another  son.  David,  married 
Eunice  Cogswell,  who  bore  him  twelve  chil- 
dren, of  whom  the  eighth.  Elizabeth,  was  the 
mother  of  eleven  children.  Amos,  fifth  child, 
married  Sarah  Palmer,  and  had  eight  children. 
His  son  served  in  the  revolution,  as  did  twenty- 
two  others  of  the  name  Kinne  from  Connecti- 
cut. 

(\  )  Moses,  sixth  scjn  of  TiKimas  (2)  and 
Martha  (Cox)  Kinney,  was  born  in  Salem. 
Massachusetts.  May  8,  17 10,  died  in  \'olun- 
town.  Connecticut,  1798.  He  married  Abigail 
Read.     Among  their  children  was  Ira. 

(  \'I)  Ira,  son  of  Moses  and  Abigail  (  Read) 
Kinney,  was  born  in  Vokmtown.  Connecticut. 

August  7,  1740.     He  married  Miriam , 

and  had  a  son  Moses. 

(\'II)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Ira  and  ^Miriam 
Kinney,  was  born  June  7.  1768.  died  at  Cort- 
land, New  York,  1853.     In  the  vear  1800  he 


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was  living  in  Preston.  Connecticut,  from 
whence  he  departed  on  this  long  overland  jour- 
ney to  Cortland  county,  New  York,  where  he 
had  selected  a  farm  in  the  town  of  Homer,  one 
and  one-half  miles  east  of  the  village  of  Cort- 
land. His  journey  took  him  through  an  un- 
broken wilderness  filled  with  the  wild  things  of 
the  forest,  ever  ready  to  do  him  harm.  The 
journey,  however,  was  safely  made.  He  im- 
proved his  farm  to  such  an  extent  that  it  was 
considered  one  of  the  very  best  in  Cortland 
county.  In  the  spring  of  1836  he  sold  this 
farm  to  his  son  Gilmore,  realizing  $6,000  for 
it.  He  then  settled  in  the  village  of  Cortland, 
where  he  resided  until  his  death.  In  early  life 
he  united  with  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
lived  according  to  the  strict  tenets  of  that  faith. 
His  punctuality  and  regularity  at  church  serv- 
ices were  proverbial  and  the  story  is  told  of 
his  horses  running  or  walking  away,  going  to 
the  church  where  they  stopped  long  enough 
for  the  family  to  alight  (had  they  been  there), 
then  proceeding  to  the  church  sheds  and  stand- 
ing orderly  until  Moses  came  after  them.  He 
was  very  positive  in  his  opinions  and  exceed- 
ingly loath  to  admit  himself  in  the  wrong,  but 
so  sturdy  and  inflexible  in  his  integrity  that  he 
held  the  respect  of  all.  He  was  appointed 
lieutenant  of  militia,  April  8,  and  ensign,  April 
29,  1805,  his  commission  bearing  the  signature 
of  Governor   Morgan   Lewis,   of   New   York. 

He  married  (first)  Adah ,  who  died  in 

Homer,  New  York,  February  23,  1810,  only 
surviving  the  burdens  of  a  pioneer's  wife  ten 
years.  In  1811  he  married  (second)  Polly 
Forbes,  who  died  in  Cortland,  New  ^'ork, 
April  13,  1838.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Bet- 
sey, born  September  10,  1789,  died  at  Delevan, 
Wisconsin  ;  ten  children.  2.  Moses,  born  March 
II,  1792.  died  June  i,  1849,  vvithout  issue.  3. 
Lorin,  born  September  18,  1794,  died  July  29, 
1 81 5,  without  issue.  4.  Gilmore,  of  further 
mention.  5.  Clarissa,  born  August  27,  1799, 
died  July  11,  1815.  6.  Azor,  born  October  13, 
1803.  7.  Olinda,  born  January  28,  180C). 
8.  Giles,  born  February  9,  1808.  Children  by 
second  marriage :  9.  Norman,  born  January  25, 
1812,  died  May  22,  1875.  10.  Adah,  born  No- 
vember 22,  1813,  died  January  28,  1819.  11. 
Anna,  born  February  23,  1816.  12.  Frances 
A.,  born  July  10,  1818.  13.  Esther  A.,  born 
February  14,  1822.  14.  Ronielia  F.,  born  June 
29.  1829. 

(Mil)   (iilmorc,  fdurth  cliild  of  Moses  (2) 
and  his  first  wife,  .\dah  Kinney,  was  born  July 


22,  1796,  at  Preston,  Connecticut,  died  at  Mc- 
(jrawville,  Cortland  county.  New  York,  De- 
cember 16,  1856.  He  came  to  Cortland  county 
with  his  parents  in  1800.  He  assisted  in  wrest- 
ing the  farm  from  its  wild  uncultivated  state, 
obtaining  his  education  at  a  school  three  miles 
distant,  taking  turns  with  his  two  other  brothers, 
during  the  three  winter  months  of  school.  He 
remained  with  his  father  until  his  marriage, 
then  rented  a  farm  on  the  share  plan,  meeting 
with  indifl'crent  success.  About  1828  he  was 
elected  constable  anfl  was  reelected  seven  suc- 
cessive years.  During  his  last  three  years  of 
office  he  was  also  under-sheriff  and  lived  in 
the  Cortland  county  jail,  then  located  at  the 
west  end  of  Court  street,  in  Cortland  Village. 
In  1836  he  purchased  the  homestead  farm  of 
his  father,  moved  there,  where  he  continued 
his  residence  until  the  spring  of  1840,  when 
he  sold  the  entire  property  of  one  hundred  and 
seventy-five  acres  and  removed  to  Cortland 
X'illage,  remaining  until  the  following  Decem- 
ber. For  the  next  seven  years  he  was  owner 
and  proprietor  of  the  McGrawville  Hotel;  dis- 
posing of  that  property  he  purchased  a  home 
just  west  of  the  hotel,  where  he  lived  until  his 
death.  He  was  a  successful  man  of  business 
and  left  his  family  a  competence.  He  joined 
the  Presbyterian  church  when  young,  but  in 
later  life  adopted  more  liberal  views  and  firm- 
ly believed  in  future  happiness  for  all.  He 
was  a  Whig  in  politics.    He  married,  February 

23,  1819,  Lois  Noble.  Children:  i.  Lorin  A., 
born  January  20,  1820,  tlied  May  17,  1836.  2. 
(Jrson  .Alonzo.  of  further  mention.  3.  Minerva 
A.,  born  January  9,  1823.  died  June  7,  1843. 
4.  Selina,  born  February  i,  1824;  married, 
February  i,  1866,  Alanson  Pike.  5.  Clarissa 
M.,  born  April  28,  1827:  married,  June  13. 
1850,  Lucius  Babcock.  6.  Edwin  R.,  born 
January  13,  1831  :  married,  January  14.  1852. 
Eleanor  Decker ;  children :  Arthur,  Emma, 
Mary,  Edwin,  who  died  June  4,  1857. 

(IX)  Orson  .\lonzo,  second  son  of  Gilmore 
and  Lois  (Noble)  Kinney,  was  born  in  Cort- 
land, New  York,  October  31,  1821,  died  at  Mc- 
Grawville, New  York,  June  17,  1896.  He 
attended  the  common  schools,  and  early  began 
working  on  his  father's  farm,  first  settled  by 
his  grandfather,  Moses  Kinney.  There  was  a 
great  deal  of  stock  raised  on  the  farm  and 
(irson  A.  made  trips  across  country  to  Phila- 
delphia, driving  the  cattle,  which  were  dis- 
posed of  on  arrival  at  the  city  mentioned.  In 
1846  he  settled  about  two  miles  south  of  Mc- 


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Grawville,  on  a  farm,  remaining  there  until 
1857,  when  he  removed  to  Blodgett's  Mills. 
In  1870  he  returned  to  the  village  of  McGraw- 
ville,  where  he  lived  until  his  death.  He  dealt 
extensively  in  real  estate,  built  many  residences 
and  did  much  to  improve  McGrawville ;  was 
town  trustee  many  years  and  aided  greatly  in 
every  movement  for  the  advancement  of  the 
town.  He  was  prominent  in  the  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  was  for  twenty  years 
a  member  of  the  old  lodge  and  became  a  char- 
ter member  of  the  new  lodge  instituted  in 
1880;  held  the  rank  of  past  noble  grand  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  was  a  Democrat  in 
politics.  He  married  (first)  February  25, 
1846.  lulia  E.  (jreenman,  of  Solon,  New  York, 
born  February  29.  1824,  died  July  24,  1876. 
He  married  (second)  Nancy  E.  Lamont,  of 
McGrawville.     Children,  all  by  first  marriage ; 

I.  Clarissa,  born  January  7,  1847,  died  Octo- 
ber 28,    1861.     2.   Clara  .Augusta,  born  .\pril 

II.  1848,  died  October  20.  1861.  3.  Roger, 
born  .April  10,  1850,  died  December  20,  1863. 
4.  Gilmore,  born  January  2,  1852,  resident  of 
\\'eehawken,  New  Jersey :  married  Celia  Os- 
born  :  children:  Benjamin,  born  May  6,  1875; 
Montrose,  September  22,  1876;  Julia,  Febru- 
ary 8,  1880:  Clarine,  Alarch  25,  1883;  (Jilmore, 
June  9,  1886:  Charles,  February  7,  1889.  5. 
Julia  Etta,  born  May  29,  1834:  married  Colo- 
nel Daniel  S.  Lamont:  children:  Elizabeth, 
born  December  i,  1881  ;  Julia,  September  22, 
1883,  died  August  26,  1902;  Frances  Cleve- 
land, November  18,  1888;  Catherine.  Cktober 
II.  1896.  6.  Orson  A.  (2),  of  further  men- 
tion. 7.  Jessie,  born  December  21,  i8()8,  died 
February  19,  1871. 

( X )  Orson  Alonzo  ( 2 ) ,  son  of  Orson  Alonzo 
fi)  and  Julia  E.  (Greenman)  Kinney,  was 
born  in  Rlodgetts  J^Iills,  Cortland  county.  New 
York,  February  8,  1866.  He  was  educated  at 
AIcGrawville  Free  Academy,  and  on  leaving 
school  at  the  age  of  seventeen  years  associated 
with  his  brother  for  several  years,  engaged  in 
ranching  in  Kansas.  From  1888  until  1892  he 
was  cashier  of  the  First  National  ISank,  of 
Dighton,  Kansas.  In  1892  he  returned  to 
Cortland  and  until  1899  was  employed  in  the 
ofifices  of  the  "Wickwire  Brothers"  manufac- 
turing plant.  In  1899  he  was  elected  secretary 
of  the  H.  F.  Benton  Lumber  Company  (  estab- 
lished in  1866.  incorporated  in  1899),  and  ujion 
the  death  of  Mr.  Benton,  in  1910,  was  elected 
president  of  the  corporation,  which  position  he 
now   holds    (1911).     He   is   an   elder   of   the 


Presbyterian  church,  of  Cortland  :  member  of 
the  McGrawville  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Cortlandville 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  Politically 
he  is  a  Democrat.  He  married  (first),  Octo- 
ber 26,  1887,  Sadie  G.  Taylor,  born  December 
29,  1865,  died  .August  29,  1893,  daughter  of 
\Vilson  Taylor,  of  East  Palestine,  Ohio.  He 
married  (second),  November  19,  1896,  Mar- 
garet Townsend,  of  Moravia,  New  York,  born 
February  8,  1872,  daughter  of  James  J.  and 
Amy  (.Arnold)  Townsend.  Children:  I.  Mar- 
garet Reade,  born  September  16,  1901.  2. 
Orson  .Alonzo  (3),  born  April  21,  1903,  died 
March  10,  1904.  3.  Daniel  Lamont,  born  July 
22,  1905. 


Lieutenant  William  Clark,  immi- 
CL.ARK  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in  Dor- 
setshire, England,  in  1609.  Ac- 
cording to  family  tradition,  he  came  to  New 
England  in  the  shi]i  "Mary  and  John,"  which 
left  Plymouth,  England,  .\iarch  30,  1630.  The 
name  of  William  Clark  also  appears  in  the  list 
of  passengers  who  took  "Oathes  of  Supremacy 
and  Allegiance  to  pass  for  New  England  in 
the  'Mary  and  John'  of  Lqndon,  Robert  Sayres, 
Master,  24th  Mar.  1633."  He  settled  at  Dor- 
chester, Alassachusetts,  before  1635.  There 
were  three  other  Clarks  among  the  first  set- 
tlers at  Dorchester,  who  were  buried  beneath 
one  gravestone,  which  bears  the  following  in- 
scription : 

Here  lie  tliree  Clarkes.  tlieir  ace  Hints  are  even. 
Entered  nn  earth,  carried  np  to   Heaven. 

The  name  is  by  many  families  spelled  with  a 
final  ''e." 

William  Clark  was  a  prominent  citizen  of 
Dorchester,  and  was  a  selectman,  1646-50.  In 
1653  he  was  one  of  the  petitioners  to  the  gen- 
eral court  of  Massachusetts  for  permission  to 
settle  in  the  "New  Country,"  now  Northamp- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  removed  to  that  town 
in  1659.  A  history  of  Northampton  says  "Lieu- 
tenant William  Clarke  moved  his  family  to 
Northampton  in  1639.  His  wife  rode  on  horse- 
back, with  two  baskets  called  'panniers'  slung 
across  the  horse,  carrying  one  boy  in  each 
basket  and  one  on  her  lap,  her  husband,  fifty 
vears  old,  preceding  on  foot."  From  the 
town  records  of  Northampton,  it  appears  that 
William  Clark  received  twelve  acres  of  land 
on  the  west  side  of  what  is  now  Elm  street. 


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bordering  on  Mill  river.  Here  he  erected  a 
log  house,  which  he  occupied  from  1659  to 
1681,  when  it  was  burned.  An  historian  says 
of  this  occurrence:  "Here  behold  a  sad  picture 
of  the  times !  Jack,  a  negro  servant  of  Sam- 
uel Wolcott,  of  Wethersfield,  set  fire  to  the 
house  of  Lieutenant  William  Clarke  by  taking 
a  brand  of  fire  from  the  hearth  and  swinging 
it  up  and  down,  for  to  find  victuals,  and  was 
sentenced  to  he  taken  from  the  bar  to  the  place 
whence  he  came,  and  then  to  be  hanged  by  the 
neck  till  he  was  dead,  and  then  to  be  taken 
down  and  burnt  to  ashes  in  the  fire.  He  con- 
fessed that  he  did  it  and  did  it  in  carelessness 
and  the  law  had  its  course."  The  new  house, 
erected  in  1681,  remained  standing  in  North- 
ampton until  1826.  Lieutenant  William  Clark 
organized,  in  1661,  in  Northampton,  a  train 
band  of  sixty  men,  for  defence  against  the  In- 
dians, and  he  commanded  the  company  in  King 
Philip's  war  and  other  Indian  wars.  He  was 
one  of  the  seven  incorporators  of  the  first 
church  in  Northampton ;  he  was  also  a  judge 
of  the  county  court.    He  married  (first)  Sarah 

,    who    died    September    6,    1675.      He 

married  (second)  Sarah  Cooper,  November  15, 
1676,  who  died  May  6,  1688.  He  died  at 
Northampton,  July  19,  1690.  A  monument  has 
been  erected  to  his  memory  in  the  Northamp- 
ton cemetery.  Children:  Sarah,  born  1638; 
Jonathan,  1639:  Nathaniel,  1642;  Experience, 
1643;  Increase,  1646;  Rebecca,  1648;  John, 
1651  ;  Samuel,  1653;  William,  1656,  mentioned 
below ;  Sarah,  1659. 

(II)  Captain  W'illiam  (2)  Clark,  son  of 
Lieutenant  William  (  i  )  Clark,  was  born  at 
Dorchester.  His  birth  is  recorded  as  follows: 
"Wm.  Clarke  ye  sonne  of  Wm.  Clarke  borne 
3 :5  :56."  When  he  was  three  years  old,  his 
father  removed  to  Northampton,  and  he  was 
carried  there  in  a  "pannier"  on  horseback.  He 
was  an  early  settler,  large  landowner,  and 
prominent  citizen  of  Lebanon,  Connecticut. 
He  was  one  of  the  purchasers  of  the  tract  of 
land  in  the  north  part  of  the  town,  known  as 
"The  Clarke  and  Dewey  Purchase,"  from 
Ow^anecho.  sachem  of  the  Mohegan  Indians, 
who  claimed  rights  under  Uncas,  and  was  also 
one  of  the  "fifty-one  original  land  proprietors." 
He  was  the  first  representative  of  Lebanon  in 
1705,  in  the  general  assembly,  and  continued 
in  that  office  for  thirteen  years.  He  was  also 
a  selectman  sixteen  years  and  town  clerk,  1700- 
25.  He  was  captain  of  militia,  and  served  in 
several  wars  with  the  Indians.     He  married 


(first)  Hannah  Strong,  at  Northampton,  July 

15,  1680.  She  died  January  31,  i(>93,  and  he 
married  (  second  ),  1(394,  Mary  Smith,  who  died 
April  2^,  1748.  He  died  at  Lebanon,  May  9, 
1725.  Children  of  first  wife:  Hannah,  born 
1682:  Abigail,  1683;  William,  1685;  Jonathan, 
1688.  mentioned  below ;  Thomas,  1690;  Joseph, 
1691  ;  Benoni.  1693.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Timothy,  1695:  Gershom,  1697. 

(  HI )  Jonathan,  son  of  Captain  William  (  2  ) 
Clark,  was  born  at  Northampton,  May  13, 
r688.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
died  at  Lebanon,  January  12,  1743.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Smalley,  January  6,  1713.  Child, 
Jonathan,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Clark,  was  born  at  Lebanon.  November  i. 
171 5.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  in- 
herited large  landed  property.  This  property 
he  sold,  and  lost  his  fortune  by  the  continental 
money  of  the  revolution.  In  1757  he  was 
selectman  of  Lebanon.     He  married,  January 

16,  1734,  Mercy  Dewey.  Children:  Hannah, 
born  1735  ;  Jonathan,  1737 ;  Dan.  1741  ;  Mercy, 
1745;  David,  1748:  Zerviah,  1751  :  Lemuel, 
1753:  Gershom,  1755. 

(V)  Lemuel,  son  of  Jonathan  (2)  Clark, 
was  born  at  Lebanon,  August  8,  1753,  died  at 
Candor,  New  York,  1831.  He  was  a  farmer 
by  occupation,  and  lived  successively  at  Leb- 
anon, Connecticut ;  Columbia  county.  New 
York ;  West  Stockbridge,  Lenox,  and  Loudon, 
now  Otis,  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts, 
and  Canaan,  Bridgewater  and  Candor,  New 
York.  He  served  in  the  revolution  for  a  short 
time,  and  his  name  is  on  the  roll  of  Captain 
David  Tilden's  company,  raised  in  Lebanon, 
April,  1775,  and  also  in  the  ofiicial  "List  of 
the  Men  who  marched  from  the  Connecticut 
Towns  for  the  Relief  of  Boston  in  the  Lexing- 
ton Alarm,  April,  1775."     He  married  

Children:   Sarah,   born    1773;   Lem- 


uel, 1775:  William,  1777,  mentioned  below; 
Erastus,  1779;  Ruth,  1781  ;  Daniel,  1783; 
Gershom,  1785;  Benjamin.  1787:  Ira,  1789; 
Gustavus,  1791  :  John  Flavin,  1793;  Amos, 
1794;  Alvin,  1797. 

(VI)  William  (3),  son  of  Lemuel  Clark, 
was  born  in  Lebanon,  September  22,  1777.  He 
became  a  well  educated  and  successful  Pres- 
bvterian  clergyman,  licensed  by  the  Berkshire 
Presbyterian  Association,  1803.  From  1803 
to  1808  he  was  a  missionary  in  western  New 
York.  He  preached  successively  at  Romulus, 
Ovid,  Wolcott,  Huron,  Hannibal,  Danby  and 


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Ira,  New  York.  He  was  a  fluent  and  im- 
pressive speaker,  an  ardent  friend  of  law  and 
order,  education,  all  social  and  moral  reforms, 
and  was  a  pioneer  in  the  crusades  against  in- 
temperance and  slavery.  He  was  distinguished 
for  his  fine  physique  and  commanding  pres- 
ence, strong  and  logical  mind,  ready  wit  and 
remarkable  memory.  He  married,  July  16, 
1807,  at  Cjenoa,  New  York,  Sophronia  Tillot- 
son.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  1808:  William, 
1810,  mentioned  below  :  Samuel,  181 1  ;  Darius, 
1814:  Sophronia,  1816:  Corintha,  1818:  Em- 
mons, 1827:  Tillotson,  1828. 

(VH)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3) 
Clark,  was  born  at  Ovid,  .Seneca  county.  New 
York,  February  9,  1810.  His  ancestors  on  his 
mother's  as  well  as  his  father's  side  served  with 
credit  in  the  revolution.  Two  of  his  younger 
brothers  were  John  T.  Clark,  late  judge  of  the 
state  of  Wisconsin,  and  General  Emmons 
Clark,  of  New  York  City,  for  twenty-five  years 
colonel  of  the  Seventh  Regiment,  and  since 
1866  secretary  of  the  New  York  health  de- 
partment. He  came  with  his  father  at  the  age 
of  six  years  to  Huron,  Wayne  county,  and  re- 
mained there,  except  for  about  two  years,  until 
he  was  twenty,  when  he  went  to  Lyons  to  study 
law.  Here  he  entered  the  office  of  Graham  H. 
Chapin  and  afterwards  that  of  John  M.  HoUey. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice  as  an  attorney 
at  law  in  the  supreme  court,  January,  1838, 
and  practiced  at  Lyons  for  two  years.  He  then 
entered  into  partnership  with  Hon.  John  M. 
Holley,  which  continued  until  the  latter's  death. 
While  a  member  of  congress,  January,  1841,  he 
was  admitted  under  the  system  then  in  force  in 
New  York,  as  a  counselor  of  law  in  the  su- 
preme court,  as  a  solicitor  in  chancery,  January. 
1838,  and  as  a  counselor  in  chancery,  January. 
1843.  In  March,  1842,  he  was  also  admitted 
to  practice  in  the  district  and  circuit  courts  of 
the  L'nited  States,  in  and  for  the  northern  dis- 
trict of  New  York,  From  the  time  of  Mr. 
Holley's  death,  Mr.  Clark  practiced  alone  to 
the  time  of  his  leaving  Lyons  for  Denver,  Colo- 
rado, except  for  a  few  years  when  Colonel  An- 
son S.  Wood,  late  of  \Volcott,  New  York,  was 
associated  with  him  under  the  firm  name  of 
Clark  &  Wood,  and  from  1870  to  1876,  when 
his  son,  William  H.  Clark,  was  associated  with 
him  under  the  firm  name  of  W.  &  W^  H.  Clark. 
Mr.  Clark  was  a  strong  and  convincing  advo- 
cate, and  was  particularly  well  known  as  a 
thoroughly  informed  and  safe  legal  advisor,  a 
reputation  which  gained  for  him  the  term  of 


'"Counselor"  Clark,  He  took  a  deep  interest 
in  politics,  first  as  a  Whig  and  afterwards  as  a 
Republican,  and  was  state  senator  in  1854-55, 
and  chairman  of  the  judiciary  committee.  In 
December,  1878,  Mr.  Clark  removed  to  Denver 
for  the  benefit  of  his  health,  which  had  been 
much  impaired  from  asthma.  While  on  his 
return  tu  that  city  from  a  visit  to  Lyons  he  fell 
from  a  train  near  Clyde,  Ohio,  July  9,  1890, 
and  was  instantly  killetl.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  Central  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Denver. 
He  married,  October  13,  1847,  Amelia  R.  Heer- 
mans,  formerly  of  Nassau,  New  York,  who 
died  October  16,  1880.  They  had  six  children, 
of  whom  two  died  when  very  young.  Surviv- 
ing children :  William  H.,  mentioned  below ; 
John  H.,  for  many  years  principal  of  the  Lyons 
L^nion  School,  afterwards  superintendent  of 
schools  at  Flushing.  New  York,  now  principal 
of  the  Flushing  high  school,  a  part  of  the 
(jreater  New  York  system;  Mrs.  James  W. 
Putnam,  of  Lyons,  New  York,  and  Mrs.  James 
II,  Brown,  of  Denver,  Colorado. 

(VIII)  William  Heermans,  son  of  Hon. 
William  (4)  Clark,  was  born  at  Lyons,  New 
York,  August  12,  1848.  He  was  educated  at 
Hamilton  College,  which  he  attended  in  1865- 
66,  and  at  Union  College,  1866-68,  from  which 
he  obtained  the  degree  of  A.  B.  He  took  the 
tlegree  of  A.  M.,  in  1871,  and  delivered  the 
Master's  oration  at  commencement  that  year. 
While  in  college,  he  took  the  Ingham  and  War- 
ner prizes  and  other  prizes  in  speaking  and 
writing.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Phi  Beta 
Kappa  .Society.  In  1869  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  and  practiced  law  until  April  i,  1876, 
in  which  year  he  bought  the  Cortland  Stand- 
ard, a  weekly  newspaper,  now  a  daily  and  semi- 
weekly.  Since  1903  he  has  also  been  presi- 
dent of  the  Norwich  ( New  York )  Publish- 
ing Company,  publishing  the  Norzvich  Daily 
Sun  and  Chenango  Scnii-U'eekly  Telegraph. 
He  is  also  president  of  the  Cortland  Standard 
Printing  Company.  In  1875  he  was  a  member 
of  assembly  from  Wayne  county,  and  was  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  committee, 
under  the  chairmanship  of  Chester  A.  Arthur. 
He  is  now  jiresident  of  the  local  board  of 
managers  of  the  State  Normal  and  Train- 
ing .School  at  Cortland,  postmaster  of  the 
city  of  Cortland,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
Cnion  P'ree  School  commissioners  of  Cort- 
land. He  married.  December  31,  1879,  Helen, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  Street,  D.  D.  ChU- 
dren:  .Antoinette,  born   1880:  Thomas  Street, 


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]\Iay  4.  1884,  (lied  May  12.  1909,  graduated 
from  Cortland  High  and  Normal  schools,  and 
from  Princeton  University,  1908,  and  was  a 
student  at  Harvard  Law  School  at  the  time  of 
his  death;  Eilward  Heermans,  1886;  Helen. 
1890. 


The  Saunders  family  is  one 
SAUNDERS  of  the  oldest  in  Rhode  Isl- 
antl,  Tobias  Saunders  hav- 
ing made  settlement  in  Taunton  as  early  as 
1643.  He  was  the  associate  of  Robert  Burdick 
when  they  were  arrested  and  brought  before 
Governor  John  Endicott  for  "forcible  entry 
into  the  Pequot  lands."  He  was  later  deputy 
and  an  important  man.  The  Cortland,  New 
York,  branch,  however,  claim  descent  from 
Jonathan  Saunders,  believed  to  have  been  an 
emigrant  from  England.  He  was  a  resident  of 
Stonington,  Rhode  Island,  a  member  of  the 
Seventh  Day  Baptist  Church  and  a  preacher. 
He  married  a  Miss  Sisson.  Children:  Benja- 
min, Cyrus,  Jonathan  (2).  Henry  Ziba,  Bina, 
and  Elisha. 

(H)   Cyrus,    son   of   Jonathan    and   

f Sisson)  Saunders,  was  born  near  Stonington, 
Rhode  Island,  Alay  19,  1772.  He  married  in 
his  native  state  and  with  his  young  wife  came 
to  Central  New  York,  settling  in  the  town  of 
Freetown,  Cortland  county,  in  1795,  where  he 
passed  fifteen  years  of  toil,  privation  and  lone- 
liness, being  the  first  settler  in  the  town.  He 
labored  hard  to  clear,  cultivate  and  pay  for  his 
farm.  When  the  last  payment  was  made  and 
he  deemed  himself  in  a  home  secure  from  debt 
he  found  to  his  dismay  that  his  title  was  imper- 
fect and  worthless.  He  lost  his  farm,  then  re- 
moved with  his  family  to  Factory  Hill,  in 
Homer  \'illage,  where  he  remainecl  until  the 
factory  burned  in  1815.  From  Homer  the 
family  removed  to  the  town  of  Solon,  settling 
on  fifty  acres  of  land  for  which  he  paid  three 
hundred  dollars.  This  tract  was  covered  with 
forest  and  here  Mr.  Saunders  had  practically 
to  begin  life  over  again.  The  first  step  was  to 
build  a  log  cabin,  then  clear  enough  land  to  raise 
a  crop.  For  nineteen  years  he  labored  on  his 
farm,  then  with  his  son.  Perry  H.,  went  to 
McGrawville.  New  York,  and  bought  the  card- 
ing and  cloth  dressing  mill,  which  had  been 
conducted  by  Eber  Wilcox  and  John  Peat.  This 
business  Saunders  &  Son  conducted  for  ten 
years,  then  removed  to  Cuyler,  in  what  was 
known  as  the  Kinney  settlement.  Later  he 
removed   to   Chautauc|ua   county.   New   York, 


where  he  died  in  1856.  He  married,  in  Rhode 
Island,  1794,  Nancy  (Nabbie)  Hiscock.  born 
near  Stonington,  Rhode  Island,  January  15,. 
1772,  died  in  Cortland  county.  New  York,  July 
18,  1852.  In  1796  she  took  her  infant  daugh- 
ter Nabbie  (later  a  resident  of  Westfield,  Chau- 
tauqua county),  and  made  the  journey  from 
Freetown  to  her  former  home  in  Rhode  Island, 
making  the  journey  on  horseback  in  company 
with  a  neighbor  woman.  A  year's  sojourn  in 
the  wilderness  where  she  seldom  saw  a  white 
woman  had  caused  such  a  longing  for  home 
and  kindred  that  she  was  willing  to  brave  the 
dangers  of  such  a  trip  to  see  again  her  loved 
ones.  The  journey  was  made  in  safety  as  was 
the  return,  both  ways  on  horseback.  Children : 
I.  Nabbie,  born  (October  2^.  1796,  married 
Gabriel  House,  and  at  age  of  eighty-nine  years 
was  in  good  health.  2.  Catherine,  born  May 
14,  1799;  married  Alvin  Hodges.  3.  Richard. 
4.  George.  5.  Lavinia,  born  February  8,  1802. 
6.  Almeda,  born  December  23,  1803;  married 
Henry  G.  Randall.  7.  Maria,  born  October  22, 
1805 ;  married  Billings  Browning.  8.  Cyrus 
(  M.  D. ),  born  June  4,  1807,  died  February  29, 
1858,  his  death  was  caused  by  drowning  in  his 
attempt  to  ford  a  river  while  on  his  way  to 
minister  to  a  sick  patient :  married  (first)  Sally 
Ann  Dunning,  (second)  Cynthia  Gallup.  9. 
Nancy  B.,  born  August  20,  1809  ;  married  Pres- 
ervoid  Bromley.  10.  Perry  Howlett,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  11.  Elisha,  born  November  22, 
1813:  married  Cordelia  C.  Chenev.  12.  Cvn- 
thia"; 

( III )  Perry  Howlett,  son  of  Cyrus  and 
Nancy  (Nabbie)  (Hiscock)  Saunders,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Cincinnatus,  Cortland 
county.  New  York,  May  11,  181 1,  died  Janu- 
ary 12,  1890.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  ;  was  his  father's  assistant  on  the  farm 
and  for  ten  years  engaged  in  business  with 
him  at  the  cloth  dressing  mill  in  McC^rawville. 
For  many  years  thereafter  he  was  engaged  in 
farming.  He  was  a  man  of  great  energy  and 
high  character,  commanding  the  respect  of 
all.  For  over  half  a  century  he  was  a  devoted 
member  and  active  worker  in  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  He  married,  April  23,  1835, 
Sarah  Emerson,  born  in  Groton,  Massachu- 
setts, January  2,  1816,  died  July  30.  1889, 
daughter  of  Dearborn  and  Sally  (  Brooks)  Em- 
erson. Children:  i.  Edwin,  born  May  10,  1837, 
married  Mary  Woodruff.  2.  Samuel,  born  De- 
cember 17,  1838,  died  July  6,  1905  ;  enlisted  in 
1 86 1  in  Company  G,  Seventy-sixth  Regiment, 


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a, 


New  York  \'olunteers ;  was  severely  wounded 
at  (Gettysburg,  which  later  caused  his  honor- 
able discharge  ivLnn  the  army ;  he  rose  to  the 
rank  of  lieutenant  of  Company  G;  married 
Alary  W'heelock.  3.  George  E.,  born  May  15, 
1840,  died  November  22,  1876:  married  Ber- 
tha E.  Kibbe,  died  April  4.  191 1.  4.  Sarah, 
born  January  29,  1842,,  died  November  23. 
1866:  married  \\'alter  Thompson.  5.  Juliette, 
born  September  3,  1843,  'I'^d  January  23, 
1866:  married  Ilomer  D.  Call.  f>.  Mary  E., 
born  September  17,  1845,  married  Almond  M. 
Kibbe.  7.  Charles  \V.,  born  August  24,  1847, 
married  Mary  Brown.  8.  Franklin  P.,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  <).  William  F..  born  July  20, 
1853.  married  Ellen  Skinner,  of  Syracuse.  10. 
Lucia  B..  born  May  28,  1835,  married  Samuel 
H.  McCuIlough  and  lives  in  Idaho.  11..  Fred- 
erick J.,  born  September  18,  i860,  married 
Alice  Bunnell. 

(IV)  Franklin  P.,  son  of  Perry  Hewlett 
and  Sarah  (Emerson)  Saunders,  was  born  in 
the  town  of  Fabius,  Onondaga  county,  New 
York,  February  27,  1849.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  the  town  of  Truxton 
(where  his  parents  had  removed),  and  at  the 
Seventh  Day  Baptist  Seminary  at  De  Ruyter. 
finishing  his  education  at  Cazenovia  Seminary. 
.After  completing  his  studies  he  engaged  in  the 
nursery  business  for  several  years,  represent- 
ing well  known  firms  of  Rochester  and  Syra- 
cuse. He  later  engaged  in  the  same  business 
on  his  own  account,  emjiloying  many  agents 
and  doing  a  successful  business  in  New  Eng- 
land and  in  New  York  state.  In  1879  he  mar- 
ried and  settled  on  a  farm  in  Truxton,  which 
he  operated  until  March,  1883.  when  he  re- 
moved to  Truxton  Village,  and,  in  1892,  re- 
moved to  Cortland,  New  York.  During  his  years 
of  residence  in  Truxton  Mr.  Saunders  gave 
special  attention  to  live  stock,  buying,  breeding 
and  selling,  shipping  mostly  to  tlie  New  York 
and  Philadelphia  markets.  He  was  a  most 
successful  farmer  and  stock  dealer  and  is  well 
known  all  over  the  county.  He  is  a  director 
of  the  Second  National  Bank,  of  Cortland, 
and  interested  in  other  business  enterprises  in 
Cortland.  He  has  devoted  much  of  his  time 
to  the  public  service  and  although  a  Republican 
in  politics,  he  obtained  strong  endorsement 
from  his  Democratic  friends  of  Democratic 
Truxton.  In  1887  he  was  elected  supervisor 
by  a  large  majority,  reelected  in  1888-89,  re- 
fusing another  nomination,  being  the  only  Re- 
publican so  honored  during  a  period  of  twenty- 


four  years.  In  1895  'i*^  was  tlie  candidate  of 
his  party  for  the  state  assembly,  and  was  elect- 
ed, receiving  two  thousand  more  votes  than  his 
nearest  opponent.  During  the  session  of  1896 
he  served  on  legislative  committees,  taxation 
and  retrenchment,  villages  and  internal  aft'airs. 
During  the  session  he  introduced  bills:  "Pro- 
viding for  the  issuing  of  railway  mileage- 
books  :  to  punish  the  pollution  of  streams  ;  to 
punish  violations  of  the  .Agricultural  Law  :  re- 
garding the  collection  of  taxes  ;  providing  that 
notices  of  political  primaries  shall  be  given  : 
relative  to  affidavits  under  foreclosure :  re- 
garding the  foreclosure  of  mortgages."  In 
1896  he  was  reelected  to  the  assembly  by  a 
large  majority,  serving  in  the  session  of  1897 
on  committees:  judiciary:  banks  and  public 
education,  and  was  chairman  of  committee  on 
printed  and  engrossed  bills.  Mr.  Saunders' 
life  has  been  a  successful  one  from  whatever 
point  viewed.  He  has  an  abundance  of  world- 
ly goods,  the  confidence  and  respect  of  his 
community,  has  been  honored  publicly  and  has 
a  nature  that  enjoys  and  appreciates.  He  is 
a  member  and  trustee  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  of  Cortland,  and  interested  in 
church  and  benevolent  work. 

He  married,  C)ctober  22,  1879,  Harriet  L. 
Peck,  born  in  Solon.  New  York,  .August  20, 
185.S,  daughter  of  Piatt  and  Mary  .Ann  (Kin- 
ney) Peck,  of  Solon,  granddaughter  of  Cap- 
tain .Stephen  N.  Peck,  and  the  ninth  in  line 
from  William  Peck,  the  progenitor,  who  was 
line  of  the  founders  of  the  New  Haven  colony. 
Children:  I.  Carrie,  born  August  8,  18S0,  died 
Jannarv  17,  1881.  2.  .Arthur  Franklin,  born 
Ausiist  I,  1882,  engaged  with  his  father  in  the 
cattle  and  live  stock  business :  married  Ger- 
trude Huber,  of  \'an  Etten,  New  York ;  child. 
Franklin  Arthur,  born  October  7,  1910.  3. 
-Anna  Harriet,  born  November  18,  1883,  died 
February  24,  1910;  married  Harry  A.  Jenni- 
son  :  child,  Harriet,  died  in  infancy.  4.  Fannie 
Sarah,  born  September  4,  1891.  5.  Helen 
Peck,  born  .\pril  8,  1897. 


This  name  is  not  as  numerous- 
TISD.ALE     ly   represented   in    .America   as 

many  others,  but  it  is  among 
the  earliest,  and  has  contributed  many  useful 
citizens.  Its  connection  with  the  settlement 
and  development  of  Central  New  York  has 
been  an  honorable  one,  and  it  is  still  associated 
with  the  annals  of  the  region.  It  appears  in 
the  early  New  England  records  with  various 


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spellings,  such  as  Tisdall,  Tisdel,  Tisdell  and 
numerous  other  forms.  The  English  arms  of 
the  family  represent  an  arm  passing  through 
a  crown  holding  a  javelin.  Among  the  earlier 
generations  were  Elkanah  Tisdale,  a  noted 
lawyer,  and  Nathan  Tisdale,  an  eminent  class- 
ical scholar  and  teacher  of  Lebanon,  Connecti- 
cut. The  family  has  its  part  in  the  various 
wars,  incident  to  the  building  and  preservation 
of  the  Union,  and  in  civil  affairs  has  taken  no 
mean  part. 

( I )  John  Tisdale,  ancestor  of  nearly  all  now 
bearing  the  name  in  this  country,  was  born  in 
England.  1615-20,  and  settled  in  Du.xbury, 
Massachusetts,  1636.  He  was  styled  "yeo- 
man," and  his  name  appears  on  the  list  of 
planters  and  proprietors.  He  brought  suit  in 
court,  June  7,  1636,  against  Stephen  Hopkins 
for  an  assault  and  battery  by  which  Tisdale 
was  dangerously  wounded,  and  Hopkins  was 
fined  five  pounds  and  costs.  He  was  admitted 
an  inhabitant  of  Duxbury,  1638:  was  among 
those  able  to  bear  arms  according  to  the  list 
of  1643:  constable,  1645:  removed  to  Taunton, 
where  he  was  living  December  26,  165 1,  when 
he  bought  lanils  of  William  Brett,  at  Dux- 
bury.  In  Taunton,  he  was  constable  in  1659: 
was  among  purchasers  of  Taunton  North 
Purchase,  1668;  selectman,  1674;  deputy  to 
Plymouth  general  court,  same  year.  He  was 
murdered  by  Indians  in  King  Philip's  war, 
June  2-].  1675.  His  wife,  Sarah,  died  Decem- 
ber, 1676.  His  will,  proved  November  2,  1676, 
bef|ueathed  to  sons,  John,  James,  Joshua  and 
Joseph ;  to  daughters,  Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Mary 
and  Abigail.  The  court  made  note  in  its  record 
that  the  two  younger  sons  had  endangered 
their  lives  in  protecting  the  property.  The 
estate  was  divided  by  agreement  between  these 
sons  and  the  three  sons-in-law,  John  Smith, 
James  Dean  and  Nathaniel  b'rench.  His  in- 
ventory amounted  to  one  hundred  and  fifty 
I)ounds.  He  owned  land  at  Taunton  and  near 
Assonet.  He  married  Sarah  Walker,  born 
1618,  died  December,  1678,  daughter  of  Widow- 
Walker,  of  Rehoboth.  Children  :  i.  John,  born 
in  Duxbury,  died  about  the  last  of  December, 
1677:  married,  November  23,  1664,  Ann, 
daughter  of  John  Ruggles,  of  Duxbury.  2. 
James,  born  1644,  died  January  15,  1715  ;  mar- 
ried, November  5,  1666,  Mary  Avery,  who  died 
September  9,  1713,  aged  sixty-six;  resided  at 
P>erkeley.  admitted  a  freeman.  May,  1670.  3. 
Joshua,  born  at  Duxbury,  1646,  died  aged 
seventy-two,    in    Freetown ;   married.   July    5, 


1688,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Henry  Andrews; 
she  died  1741  ;  resided  at  Taunton,  or  Assonet 
River.  4.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  5.  Eliza- 
beth, married  John  Smith.  6.  Sarah,  married 
James  Dean.  7.  Mary,  born  at  Taunton,  died 
there.  May  18,  1731.  8.  Abigail,  born  at  Taun- 
ton;  married,  February  i,  1683,  Edward  Bob- 
bett,  born  July  15,  1653,  son  of  Edward  Bob- 
bett :  child,  Edward,  born  February  i,  1684. 
Each  of  the  four  sons  named  his  oldest  son 
for  himself. 

( II)  Joseph,  fourth  son  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Walker)  Tisdale,  was  born  1656.  in  Duxbury, 
died  1721-22,  in  his  sixty-fifth  year.  He  set- 
tled in  Taunton,  of  which  Norton  was  former- 
ly a  part,  and  inherited  a  large  estate  of  his 
father.  He  married,  .\ugust,  1681,  Mary 
Leonard,  born  .\ugust  2,  1663,  daughter  of 
Major  Thomas  Leonard.  Their  children  were: 
I.  Joseph,  of  whom  later.  2.  Elkanah,  born 
1684.  3.  Mary,  1686.  married  Joseph  Winslow, 
of  Swansea.  4.  Hannah,  1688 ;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1710-11,  William  Hodges,  of  Norton, 
died  March  7,  1715.  5.  Sarah,  1690;  married 
Thomas  Reed,  of  Dighton.  6.  .Abigail  (twin). 
1(192;  married  Ephraim  Hayward,  of  Bridge- 
water.  7.  Elizabeth  (twin),  1692;  married 
Elkanah  Leonard,  of  Middleburg. 

(HI)  Captain  Joseph  (2)  Tisdale,  eldest 
child  of  Joseph  (i)  and  Mary  (Leonard)  Tis- 
dale, was  born  in    1682,  at  Taunton,  died  in 

1739.  He  married  there,  March  13,  1707,  Ruth, 
daughter  of  John  and  Bethiah  (  Frye)  Reed. 
She  died  August,  1748,  in  her  sixty-third  year. 
Their  children,  mentioned  in  his  will  of  May, 
1735,  were:  Job,  Joseph,  Loved,  Seth,  Eben- 
ezer,  Simeon  (father  of  James,  ancestor  of 
Samuel  R.  Tisdale,  merchant,  late  of  New 
York  City).  Bethsheba.  Mary  and  Hannah. 

(R')  Job,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  (2)  and 
Ruth  (  Reed  )  Tisdale,  was  born  1708,  in  Taun- 
ton, where  he  resided  and  died  May  19.  1755, 
at  the  age  of  forty-seven  years. 

( \ )   James,  son  of  Job  Tisdale,  was  born 

1740,  died  181 1.  He  resided  in  West  Taunton, 
was  a  Presbyterian  clergyman,  and  wrote  his 
own  funeral  discourse  in  preparation  for  his 
e.xpected  death.  He  married  .Abigail  Free- 
man, of  Norton.  Massachusetts,  December  22, 
1774,  and  among  their  sons  were  Leonard  and 
Rev.  James.  The  latter  was  graduated  from 
Brown  L'niversity.  1821,  studied  theology  with 
Rev.  A.  Cobb,  of  West  Taunton,  and  was  or- 
dained September  29,  1830,  over  the  churches 
in  Chiildhall  and  Granby,  Vermont,  whence  he 


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was  dismissed  May  4,  i83('i.  He  preached  four 
years  in  Dublin.  Xew  Haiupsliire,  seven  years 
in  Gilsum,  same  state,  and  after  October,  1851. 
in  Shutesbury,  Massachusetts. 

( \'I )  Leonard,  son  of  James  and  Abigail 
(  Freeman  )  Tisdale,  was  born  August  23,  1776, 
in  \\'est  Taunton,  died  February  18,  1850,  in 
Cortland,  New  York,  where  he  settled  in  1803- 
04.  Fie  married,  February  8,  1805,  Sallie 
Hicks,  born  February  18,  1774,  died  February 
8,  1862.  Children:  i.  Alonzo,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Minerva,  born  August  21.  1807;  married, 
June  3,  1832,  Noah  Ashley.  3.  Almira,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1809;  married,  January  i,  1829,  Alan- 
son  Van  \'alkenberg.  4.  Loring,  May  2,  1812; 
married,  February  18,  1836,  Sophia  Dutter- 
field.  5.  Evaline,  April  21,  1816;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1842,  Ephraim  Spencer,  and  died 
November  11,  1897.  6.  Orlando,  November  16, 
1818:  married  (first),  February  16,  1843,  Emily 
Eggleston,  who  died  March  16,  1844:  mar- 
ried (second),  November  7,  1849,  Ann  Wes- 
cott,  born  July  2"/,  1818.  7.  Orsamus,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1820:  married,  February  12,  1845,  Julia 
Sholes,  and  died  March  24,  1898.  8.  Lovinia, 
October  7,  1823;  married  (first),  October  12, 
1843,  L^c  Rose,  who  died  November  5.  1853; 
married  (second),  January  20,  1859,  Edwin 
Cook. 

(A'H)  Alonzo,  eldest  child  of  Leonard  and 
Sallie  (Hicks)  Tisdale,  was  born  December 
12.  1805,  in  Cortland,  where  he  died  July  7, 
1865.  He  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion, learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  and  con- 
ducted an  extensive  milling  business  at  Blod- 
getts  Mills,  also  had  a  saw  and  gristmill  there. 
He  was  captain  of  state  militia.  He  married, 
January  17,  1832,  Dorliska,  born  181 1,  died 
1899,  daughter  of  Loren  and  Nancy  (Salis- 
bury) Blodgett.  Children:  i.  Theresa,  born 
March  17,  1833.  died  February  21,  1908;  mar- 
ried Lucian  Hale;  children:  Wayland,  Clara, 
Frank.  Elvena.  Mabel.  2.  Aldoretta,  born 
1835,  died  March  3,  1908;  married  Rev.  W.  R. 
Stone ;  child,  Anna.  3.  Wayland  D.,  see  for- 
ward. 4.  Elvena,  born  1843:  married  Charles 
Hinman  ;  three  children :  William,  Carrie  and 
Frank. 

(\'ni)  Wayland  D.,  son  of  Alonzo  and 
Dorliska  (  Blodgett )  Tisdale,  was  born  in  Cort- 
land, New  York,  December  10,  1837.  He  was 
educated  in  the  town  schools  and  Cortland 
Academy.  He  taught  school  several  years, 
then  engaged  in  lumber  business  in  Cortland 
for  a  time,  later  engaged  in  coal  business,  under 


firm  name  of  W.  D.  Tisdale  &  Company,  and 
continued  in  coal  business  up  to  1874,  when  he 
went  with  the  Cortland  Wagon  Company,  and 
was  treasurer  of  that  company  from  1874  to 
1888.  He  was  president  of  the  Erie  and  Cen- 
tral New  York  railroad,  and  treasurer  for  five 
years,  or  until  they  sold  out  to  the  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  &  Western  railroad ;  at  the  pres- 
ent time  is  secretary  of  the  Cortland  &  Auburn 
railroad.  He  was  president  of  the  village  in 
1873  and  1894,  and  was  trustee:  was  elected 
member  of  assembly  in  1887-88,  and  served  on 
committees  on  banks  and  public  education,  and 
was  chairman  of  committee  on  villages.  Mem- 
ber of  Cortlandville  Lodge,  No.  470,  Free  and 
.Accepted  Masons.  He  married,  June  2,  1863, 
Rosetta  Burlingham,  of  Salon,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Philip  and  Hulda  (  Feet)  Burling- 
ham. Children:  i.  Glenn  A.,  born  July  zj, 
18*^)4;  educated  in  town  schools  and  Cortland 
Normal :  was  ticket  agent  at  Cortland  when 
sixteen  years  of  age ;  was  telegraph  operator 
and  manager  for  Western  L'nion  several  vears 
in  Cortland ;  was  -in  brokerage  business  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  for  ten  years ;  is 
now  with  the  Franklin  Automobile  Company, 
of  Syracuse.  He  married  Kate  Pratt,  of 
(iloversville.  New  York,  and  has  four  children: 
(jlenn  W.,  born  August  2,  1890;  Doris,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1896;  Katherine,  May  4,  1899; 
Hulda,  June  7,  1902.  2.  Maud,  born  July  23, 
1871,  died  July  2T.  1880. 


The  surname  Rowley  is  of  an- 
R()WLEY  cient  English  origin,  derived 
from  some  place  name  at  the 
time  (jf  the  adoption  of  surnames  in  England. 
Many  of  the  family  in  England,  as  well  as  in 
America,  have  been  distinguished  in  various 
walks  of  life.  There  are  several  coats-of-arms 
borne  by  Rowley  faiuilies  in  the  old  country. 
Most  of  the  American  colonial  families  of  thi'^ 
name  descended  from  Henry  Rowley,  men- 
tioned below. 

(  I )  Henry  Rowley,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England  and  diefl  in  Barnstable  or 
Falmouth,  Massachusetts,  in  1675.  He  was 
one  of  the  early  planters  of  Plymouth  and  was 
a  taxpayer  as  early  as  1632.  According  to 
some  accounts  he  came  with  Pilgrims  from 
Leyden  in  1630.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
in  1634,  after  removing  to  Scituate,  where  he 
and  his  wife  Anne  joined  the  church.  January 
8,  1634.  In  1638  he  removed  with  Rev.  John 
Lotlirop  to  the  new  settlement  at  Barnstable, 


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on  Cape  Cod.  He  was  a  deputy  to  tlie  general 
court  at  Plymouth.  In  1650  he  removed  to 
West  Barnstable  and  later  to  Falmouth.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah,  daughter  of  William 
Palmer.  He  married  (second),  October  17, 
1633,  Anne,  daughter  of  Deacon  Thomas  Blos- 
som, who  started  for  New  England  in  the 
"Speedwell"  from  Holland,  in  1620,  but  had 
to  return  ;  came  to  Plymouth  in  1629.  Chil- 
dren :  Moses,  mentioned  below ;  Joseph,  said 
to  have  gone  to  the  Barbadoes ;  Sarah,  mar- 
ried, April  II,  1646,  Jonathan  Hatch,  of  Barn- 
stable and  Falmouth. 

(II)  Moses,  son  of  Henry  Rowley,  was 
born  about  1630,  died  in  1705,  at  East  Flad- 
dam,  Connecticut.  He  married,  April  11,  1652, 
at  Barnstable,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Captain 
Matthew  Fuller,  soldier  and  surgeon-general 
of  the  colony.  She  died  at  East  Haddam  or 
Colchester,  Connecticut,  after  1714.  Moses 
is  mentioned  in  the  will  of  William  Palmer,  as 
legatee  "Moses  whom  1  love."  The  grand- 
father Palmer  gives  evidence  of  some  Part- 
ridge, that  "he  might  be. brought  up  in  the 
feare  of  God  &  to  that  end  if  his  father  suffer 
it,  I  give  Mr.  Partridge  five  pounds."  Ap- 
parently Moses  lived  with  his  grandfather, 
and,  March  7.  1653-54,  the  court  allowed  him 
a  cow  from  Palmer's  estate.  He  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  in  1677:  was  constable  at 
Falmouth  in  1681  ;  deputy  to  the  general  court 
in  1693.  He  bought  sixty  acres  of  land  of 
Jonathan  Gilbert,  at  Haddam,  Connecticut, 
originally  laid  out  to  John  Henderson,  May  3, 
1692,  by  deed  of  CJctober  4,  1^393.  He  prob- 
ably removed  to  Haddam  in  1691,  but  his 
wife  did  not  approve  of  the  removal,  for  she 
refused  to  sign  the  deeds,  and  in  a  deed  of  her 
dower  rights,  she  declares  that  her  husband 
left  her  without  support  and  dependent  on 
the  bounty  of  her  sons,  John  and  Moses.  His 
will  is  dated  August  16,  1704.  at  Haddam.  He 
left  his  homestead  to  sons,  Moses  and  Mat- 
thew. Children:  Mary,  born  March  20,  1653, 
married,  January  7,  1675,  John  Weeks,  of 
Falmouth;  Moses,  November  10,  1654;  Child, 
died  August  16,  1656;  Shubael  (twin),  born 
January  11,  1659,  married  Catherine  Cri])pen  ; 
Mehitable  (twin),  married  John  Fuller:  Sarah, 
September  16,  1662  ;  Nathan,  mentioned  below  : 
Aaron,  Alay  16,  1666,  married  Mary  Weeks; 
John,  October  22.  1667;  ]\Iatthew.  married 
Joanna . 

(III)  Nathan,  son  of  Moses  Rowley,  was 
born  at  Falmouth,  on  Cape  Cod,  in  1664.    He 


married  IMercy  Hatch,  born  April  27,  1667, 
at  Falmouth,  in  Barnstable,  daughter  of  Jon- 
athan and  Sarah  (Rowley)  Hatch.  Children, 
born  at  Barnstable:  Mercy,  August,  1691  ; 
Sarah,  October,  1693;  Elizabeth,  1695;  Alary, 
September,  1699;  Nathan,  April,  1700:  Moses, 
February,  1704-05  ;  John,  May  25,  1706  ;  Hatch, 
Alarch,  1706-07;  Mehitable,  May,  1709;  Alat- 
thew,  November  10,  1720,  mentionetl  below; 
Anna,  June  8,  1724. 

(IV)  Matthew,  son  of  Nathan  Rowley,  was 
born  at  Falmouth,  in  Barnstable,  November 
10,  1720,  died  there.  May  31,  1801.  He  was 
a  carpenter  by  trade  and  resided  at  Woods 
Hole.  Barnstable,  on  Great  Neck.  He  was  a 
grand  juror  in  1767;  highway  surveyor  in 
1758-61-72.  He  married,  February  24,  1744-45, 
Christina  \\'eeks,  of  Falmouth.  She  died 
Alarch  15,  1808,  aged  ninety-two  years.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Falmouth :  Mary ;  Nathaniel 
Chamberlain,  mentioned  below,  and  probably 
others. 

( \')  Nathaniel  Chamberlain,  son  of  Mat- 
thew Rowley,  was  born  at  Falmouth,  in  1756, 
died  in  1830.  He  came  to  New  York  state  be- 
fore the  year  1800,  and  settled  at  South  Cort- 
land in  1 82 1,  and  bought  a  farm  of  five  hun- 
dred acres.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion. He  married  (first) ;  (sec- 
ond) Lucy  Lamont.  born  in  1778,  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1851.  Children:  Philemon  C,  Lu- 
cina,  Moses,  Sabrina,  Nathan  Weeks,  Caroline, 
Silva,  Washington  and  Daniel. 

(VI)  Philemon  Chamberlain,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Chamberlain  Rowley,  was  born  in 
Greene  county,  New  York,  July  7,  1800,  died 
in  South  Cortland,  New  York,  Alay  26,  1874. 
He  came  with  his  father  to  South  Cortland  in 
1821,  and  engaged  in  business  in  a  general 
store  there  for  several  years.  He  brought  his 
stock  from  Albany  in  carts  and  carried  pro- 
duce to  market.  For  a  number  of  years  he 
conducted  a  four-horse  stage  line  between 
Cortland  and  Owego.  In  1835  he  sold  his 
projierty  in  Cortland  and  went  west,  driving 
in  his  own  carriage.  He  bought  land  in  Illi- 
nois, and  lived  there  for  a  time,  and  afterward 
in  Kalamazoo  county,  Michigan.  He  spent 
his  last  years  in  Cortland,  however,  and  died 
there.  He  was  captain  in  the  state  militia  in 
his  younger  days.  He  was  an  energetic,  cap- 
able and  upright  man.  He  married,  September 
17,  1823,  Alary  Sweet  Curtis,  born  November 
12,  1803,  died  November  24,  1882,  daughter 
of  Gideon   and   Fanny    (Rice)    Curtis.     Chil- 


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(Iren  :  Curtis,  born  December  29,  1825,  died  in 
1908,  in  Santa  Barbara,  California;  Addison 
Porter,  mentioned  below;  Mary  L.,  March  12, 
1832,  married  John  Gere;  Charlotte,  July  12, 
1835,  married  Frederick  Downs;  Charles  Mil- 
ton. July  10,  1838. 

(\'II)  Addison  Porter,  son  of  Philemon 
Chamberlain  Rowley,  was  born  at  Cortlancl- 
ville,  New  York,  June  2,  1830.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
Homer  Academy.  He  taught  school  for  a  time 
in  Russellville  .\cademy,  Camden,  South  Caro- 
lina. In  1851-52  he  had  a  general  store  at 
Congaree,  South  Carolina.  Upon  his  return 
to  New  York  he  settled  at  South  Cortland 
and  for  a  period  of  fifty-two  years  followed 
farming.  He  won  two  prizes  on  corn  raised 
on  his  farm,  exhibited  at  the  World's  Fair, 
Chicago.  He  dealt  also  in  live  stock  and  was 
general  agent  for  the  McCormick  farm  ma- 
chinery. From  1862  to  1894  he  was  post- 
master at  South  Cortland  and  during  this  long 
period  gave  the  utmost  satisfaction  to  both 
government  and  patrons  of  the  office.  He  has 
always  been  active  in  politics.  He  is  a  Repub- 
lican and  for  fifteen  years  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  registration.  lie  contributed  to 
the  Presbyterian  church  fund  for  the  church 
at  Cortland.  Since  1904,  when  he  retired  from 
active  business,  he  has  lived  at  Cortland  City. 
His  daughters  are  members  of  the  Daughters  of 
the  .American  Revolution. 

He  married,  in  1854,  Mary  E.  Smith,  of 
Pitcher,  Xew  York,  daughter  nf  .Moses  Smith 
and  .\urelia  (  Pierie )  Smith.  She  died  in 
1898.  Children:  Cora  May,  married  Lewis  E. 
Waters,  attorney  of  Syracuse,  Xew  York ; 
children :  Lewis  .Addison  and  Lillian  Louise 
Waters:  Lizzie,  died  in  childhood;  Louise, 
married   ( leorge   Harkness,   of   Cortland. 


Peter  \\'right,  immigrant  ances- 
WRIGIIT  tor,  was  one  of  three  brothers, 
said  to  be  grandsons  of  Sir 
Thomas  Wright,  of  Kilverston,  England,  who 
immigrated  to  .\merica  in  i'''36-37,  and  set- 
tled first  at  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  shortly 
after  at  Sandwich,  Massachusetts.  In  1653 
they  removed  to  Long  Island  with  Rev.  Will- 
iam Leveridge,  and  purchased  land  at  Oyster 
Bay  for  the  sum  of  four  pounds  sterling,  a 
quantity  of  beads  and  other  trinkets.  The 
other  brothers   were   Nicholas  and   Anthony. 

Peter  Wright  married  Alice .     He  died 

in  1669,  leaving  a  widow  and  eight  children. 


.Alice  married  (  second  )  Richard  Crale.  Chil- 
dren, among  them  Adam,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Adam,  son  of  Peter  Wright,  was  born 

March  20,  1663,  and  married . 

Children ;  Peter,  Rachel,  Deborah,  Thomas, 
James,  Solomon,  Abigail.  Reuben,  mentioned 
below-. 

(III)  Reuben,  son  of  Adam  Wright,  was 
born  February  11,  1726.  He  was  a  member 
of  the  Society  of  Friends  and  therefore  did 
not  engage  in  the  military  operations  during 
the  revolution.  He  was  a  miller  by  trade,  and 
during  the  war  his  mill  provided  flour  for  the 
.American  army,  and  at  one  time,  when  a  Brit- 
ish attack  was  feared,  a  brigade  was  sent  under 
General  Israel  Putnam  to  guard  it.  Like  many 
others,  who  had  faith  in  the  government,  he 
lost  heavily  by  the  depreciatitm  and  final  repu- 
diation of  the  continental  currency.  He  de- 
clined to  put  his  money  in  real  estate  when  it 
still  had  some  value  and  his  grandchildren  and 
their  children  used  thousands  of  dollars  of  it 
for  bookmarks  and  play  money.  He  lived  in 
the  town  of  Somers,  Westchester  county,  New 
York,  and  had  at  least  nine  children.  .Accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790,  p.  206,  he  had  at  that 
time  four  males  over  si.xteen,  three  under  six- 
teen and  si.x  females  in  his  family.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Sarah  Smith,  1754;  (second) 
Phcebe  (Juimby,  1770.  Children:  Thomas. 
James,  Elizabeth,  Sarah;  Reuben,  mentioned 
below;  Phcebe,  Mary,  Ephraim,  Hannah. 

{I\')  Reuben  (2),  son  of  Reuben  (i) 
Wright,  was  born  Alarch  26,  1778.  He  mar- 
ried, Alarch  3,  1808,  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Strang  (see  Strang  I\').  He  had 
thirteen  children  :  Caroline  .A. ;  Thomas  Strang, 
mentioned  below  ;  George  W.,  Joseph  .Sackctt. 
Ann  E.,  Mary  E..  Phoebe  Ouimby,  Susan,  Eliz- 
abeth. Ephraim  R.,  Charles,  .Abby  Jane,  Theron 
Oscar. 

(V)  Thomas  Strang,  son  of  Reuben  (2) 
Wright,  was  born  in  Somers,  Westchester 
county.  February  5,  1813,  died  a  resident  of 
Lisle,  New  York,  in  September,  1876.  He  was 
educated  in  the  common  schools  and  became  a 
prominent  contractor  and  builder.  He  was 
ambitious,  enterprising  and  capable,  and  was 
especially  noted  for  his  skill  in  building  rail- 
road and  other  bridges  and  erecting  churches 
and  other  large  edifices.  He  removed  to  Car- 
mel,  Putnam  county.  New  York,  soon  after 
his  marriage,  and  lived  there  for  seven  or  eight 
years.  He  then  removed  to  the  town  of 
Somers,   Westchester  county,   New   York,  on 


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the     \\  right   Homestead."     After    remaining 
there  for  one  year,  he  removed  to  Brooklyn 
New  \ork,  and  at  the  end  of  a  year  moved 
back  to  the  home.stead,  where  he  lived  for  three 
years.     Pie  finally  removed  to  a  farm  in  the 
town  of  Richford.  Tioga  county,  New  York 
in  the  spnng  of  1850.     During  this  time  his 
occupation  was  farming.     He  was  also  a  car- 
penter and  joiner,  master  workman.     In  i860 
he   removed    to   Lisle,    Broome    county,    New 
York,  and  he  died  a  resident  of  that  place  in 
September,  1876.     In  politics  he  was  a  Whig 
until  the  Republican  party  was  formed,  when 
he  became  a  member  of  the  latter  party  and 
continued  so  for  the  remainder  of  his  life    He 
married,  January   24,    1837,   Mary   Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Martha  Ann  (  Town- 
send)   Lrane,  born  July  29,  1818   (see  Crane 
■     VI).    .She  died  January  28,   1897,  at  the  resi- 
dence of  her  son,  Benjamin  T.,  who  was  named 
tor  her  maternal  grandfather,  Benjamin  Town- 
send,  who  was  of  Quaker  ancestry,  but  himself 
an  active   and   zealous    Methodist.     Children- 
Benjamin  Townsend,  mentioned  below  •  Sackett 
LeCrand:   Reuben  Augustus,   lives  at   Ithaca, 
^ew    York;    Alarj;   Augusta,   married    (first) 
l:rank  Stone,  (second)  William  J.  Walker,  and 
live   at   Elizabeth,    Colorado:   Morton    Crane- 
Amelia    Phebe,    married    Nelson    Ripley    and 
fives  in  Syracuse,  New  York;  Frederick  K  - 
bophia  Elizabeth,  married  William  N.  Haynes' 
(VI)    Benjamin  Townsend,  son  of  Thomas 
Strang  Wright,  was  born  in  Carmel,  Putnam 
county,   New   York,   February  28    1838      He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools  and  the 
Cortland   Academy,   at   Homer,   and   took   up 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  McDowell  & 
Edwards,   of   Lisle.    New   York.     He   turned 
away   from  the  law,  however,  on  account  of 
the  civil  war,  and,  in  1862,  enlisted  in  Company 
t'    ?  J  ,      Twenty-seventh    Regiment,    New 
'i^ork  Volunteer  Infantry,   for  two  years    but 
was  transferred  to  Company  H,  One  Hundred 
and    Sixty-eighth    New    York   Regiment,    and 
served  m  the  Army  of  the  Potomac.     In  186^ 
his  regiment  was  transferred  from  the  Army 
of  the   Potomac  to   Georgia,   with   the  troops 
sent  as  reinforcements  after  the  battle  of  Chick- 
amauga,  and  when   Sherman  marched  to  the 
sea  his   regiment   was   detailed  to  watch  and 
guard    the    bridge   across    the    Tennessee    at 
Bridgeport,  Alabama.     While  in  the  service  he 
was  on  a  gunboat  during  three  naval  eno-a<re- 
ments,  in  one  of  which  he  was  an  active  par- 
ticipant.    In  1863  he  took  part  in  a  hazardous 


mtantry  raid  to  within  a  few  miles  of  the  city 
of  Richmond   for  the   purpose  of  destroying 
certain  military  and  medical  stores  belonging 
to  the  Confederates.     The  raid  was  success" 
tuJ,  but  the  command  narrowly  avoided  cap- 
ture.     It    was   composed   of   volunteers    from 
several   regiments,  and  included  one  hundred 
and  forty  men  of  his  regiment,. who  were  sta- 
tioned finally  at  an  advantageous  position  at  a 
cross   roads,  a   few  miles   from   the  objective 
point  of^  the  expedition,  with  orders  to  hold 
the  position  at  all  hazards  and  keep  open  com- 
munication.    His  detachment  was  attacked  by 
a  .superior  torce  of  rebels  and  an  engagement 
lasting  several  hours  ensued,  but  the  position 
was  held  and  the  commanding  officer  especially 
commended  the  men  who  saved  the  day  and 
made  the  success  of  the  raid  possible 

He  was  mustered  out  of  service   with  the 
rank  of  corporal,  October  31,    1863,  and  im- 
mediately resumed  the  study  of  law.     He  was 
for  .several  months  a  clerk  in  the  office  of  the 
United  States  provost  marshal,  at  Owego  New 
York.     May  12,  1864,  he  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  and  began  to  practice  at  Whitney's  Point 
New  \  ork.    After  two  years  there  he  removed 
to    Marathon,    Cortland    county,    New    York 
where  he  practiced   for  the  ne.xt  eight  years' 
Since    1874,^  however,  he  has  been  located  at 
Cortland,  New  York.     At  Marathon  he  built 
up  an   extensive  practice  and   took  an  active 
and  prominent  part  in  public  affairs.     He  was 
attorney    and    counsel    for    the    incorporated 
village  of   Marathon   and    rendered    valuable 
service  in  that  capacity  in  drafting  the  by-laws 
ot  the  village.     He  was  one  of  the  founders 
in  Marathon  of  a  council  of.  the  Loyal  Lea^^ue 
and  was  for  several  years  its  president.    In  "the 
tall  of   1873  he  was  elected   district  attorney 
of  Cortland  county  and,  in  February  following- 
moved  his  office  to  the  county  seat  and  took  up 
his   residence   there   in    April.      As   a   district 
attorney  he  made  an  exceptionally  good  repu- 
tation for  ability  and  zeal  in  the  trial  of  cases 
Many  of  the  criminal  cases  in  which  he  secured 
convictions  were  important,  and  the  fines  and 
penalties  paid  into  the  county  treasury  durino- 
his  term  of  office  were  substantial  evidence  0I 
his  efficiency  as  a  public  prosecutor.     He  held 
the  office  until  1877  and  since  then  has  devoted 
himself  to  his  private  practice,  which  has  been 
very  large.     In  politics  he  is  a   staunch  Re- 
publican, though  he  has  on  occasion  given  an 
example   of   political    independence.      On   ac- 
count  of  his  good   fighting  qualities,   his   ad- 


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■versaries  in  politics  came  tu  calling  him  Ben- 
jamin "Tecumseh"  Wright,  and  the  nickname 
has  for  many  years  been  used  by  his  friends 
generally.  As  a  public  speaker  at  banquets,  in 
the  court  room,  on  the  political  platform,  and 
at  other  gatherings  he  has  won  a  reputation 
second  to  none  in  the  county. 

He  is  a  member  of  Grover  Post,  No.  98, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and  for  two 
consecutive  terms  was  its  commander.  In 
1880  he  was  inspector  general  of  the  Depart- 
ment of  New  York,  on  the  staiif  of  Hon.  L. 
Coe  Young,  department  commander,  and  his 
report  received  the  hearty  commendation  of 
the  annual  encampment  as  the  m<i^t  complete 
and  useful  one  ever  submitted.  He  was  also 
a  member  of  the  staff  of  General  Russell  .A. 
Alger,  national  commander,  and  is  now  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Russell  A.  Alger  National  Staff 
Association.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Cortland 
County  \'eterans  Association  and  other  organ- 
izations of  veterans  of  the  civil  war. 

Mr.  Wright  is  a  lover  of  nature  and  in  his 
younger  days  was  an  enthusiastic  sportsman. 
He  continues  to  enjoy  his  annual  seasons  of 
recreation  in  field  and  forest,  on  the  lake,  or 
beside  the  stream  with  rod  and  gun.  In  relig- 
ion he  is  a  Congregationalist  and  a  member  of 
the  First  Congregational  Church  and  Society 
of  Cortland,  has  been  a  member  of  its  board 
of  trustees  and  for  several  years  chairman  of 
the  board,  an  active  worker  in  the  Sunday 
school,  of  which  he  was  the  first  librarian.  He 
was  raised  a  Mason  in  Upper  Lisle  Lodge,  No. 
388,  and  afterward  became  a  charter  member 
of  Western  Light  Lodge  of  Free  Masons  at 
Lisle,  New  York,  and  its  first  junior  warden 
and  a  warden  thereof,  and  then  affiliated  with 
Marathon  Lodge,  at  Marathon,  .New  York, 
and  has  been  for  many  years  a  member  of 
Cortlandville  Lodge,  No.  470;  also  a  member 
of  Cortland  Chapter,  No.  194,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  by  affiliation  from  Ringhaniton  Chap- 
ter, No.  139,  and  is  now  a  member  of  Cortland 
Commandery,  No.  50.  Knights  Templar. 

He  married.  May  9,  1866,  Mary  .\nn  How- 
land,  born  December  23,  1840.  daughter  of  .\r- 
temas  and  Liicinda  L.  (  Raker)  Howland.  Chil- 
dren: Mary  Lida.  Elizabeth  Linncll,  Margaret 
Squires. 

(The   Strang   Line). 

( I  )  Daniel  L'Estrange.  or  Strang,  the  im- 
migrant ancestor,  was  born  in  Paris,  France. 
in  1656.  He  married  Charlotte,  daughter  of 
Francis  Hubert.     They  were  Huguenots,  and 


as  such  were  obliged,  upon  the  Rev(K-ation  of 
the  Edict  of  Nantes,  October  22.  i')85,  to  be- 
come refugees  and  to  flee  t(j  England.  There 
they  settled  in  London,  where  he  obtained  a 
lieutenancy  in  the  Guards  of  James,  Duke  of 
York,  then  King  of  Great  Britain.  In  1688  he 
immigrated  with  his  wife  to  America,  together 
with  other  French  Protestants,  and  settled  in 
.New  Rochelle,  New  York!  In  1697  he  re- 
moved to  the  town  of  Rye,  Westchester  county, 
New  York,  where  he  kept  a  hotel  for  a  time. 
Fkth  he  and  his  wife  died  there,  the  former  in 
1706,  the  latter  in  1722,  and  were  buried  in  the 
Episcopal  churchyard.  They  had  seven  chil- 
dren, of  whom  E)aniel,  mentioned  below,  was 
one. 

(  11  )  Daniel  (2).  snu  of  Daniel  (  i  )  Strang, 
was  born  in  England,  and  married  I'hcebe 
I'urdy.  They  had  eight  children,  of  whom 
Henry,  mentioned  below,  was  one. 

(HI)  Henry,  son  of  Daniel  12)  Strang, 
married.  1761.  Margaret,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Hazard,  of  the  Island  of  Nassau.  He  was  a 
lieutenant  or  captain  in  the  revolution  and 
had  a  brother  Joseph  who  was  a  major  in  the 
same  service.  Both  served  at  or  near  Harlem, 
New  York.  He  died  July  22,  1832,  aged 
ninety-three  years.  He  had  twelve  children, 
Thomas,  mentioned  lielow,  being  one. 

(I\')  Thomas,  son  of  Henry  Strang,  was 
born  in  1763,  and  lived  near  Crum  Pond,  in 
Westchester  county.  He  married  (  first )  Eliz- 
abeth Sammis.  and  ( second  )  Abigail  Brown. 
.Among  their  children  was  Margaret,  who  mar- 
rie  1  Reuben  Wright  (see  Wright  IV). 

(The  (_'rane  Line). 

(I)  Benjamin  Crane,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  about  1630.  and  was  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  as  early  as  1655.  Ellery  B.  Crane, 
in  his  "Crane  Genealogy"  says :  "It  is  not  posi- 
tively known  when  he  came  to  Wethersfield, 
but  Hinman,  in  his  'History  of  Connecticut 
Settlers.'  seems  t(j  think  that  he  came  from 
Massachusetts,  which  statement  all  investiga- 
tions thus  far  seem  to  warrant."  On  February 
24,  1656.  he  was  grantefl  a  home  lot  of  two  and 
a  half  acres  in  the  centre  of  the  town.  He  was 
admitted  a  freeman.  May  12.  1658,  and  his 
name  appears  on  the  court  records  in  1655-56. 
He  bought  of  John  Dixon  or  Dickenson,  Sep- 
tember 14.  16(14.  land  in  the  West  Field,  and 
there  built  his  dwelling-house  and  tanneries,  on 
Mud  Lane.  The  house  was  one  of  the  six 
houses  fortified  by  town  vote  in  1704.    He  also 


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had  a  grant  of  land  on  Beaver,  now  Tando's 
brook,  in  1660.  He  served  on  the  jury  in  1664, 
drew  land  in  the  allotment  of  1670,  and  pnr- 
chased  land  of  Daniel  Rose  in  1673,  and  other 
tracts  at  various  times.  In  May,  1682,  he  was 
one  of  those  who  petitioned  the  general  court 
for  liberty  to  "erect  a  plantation  in  the  Wabay- 
nassit  country"  (Windham  county).  He  car- 
ried on  his  tanning  business  about  a  mile  below 
the  village  on  the  Middletown  road,  and  the 
.spot  for  years  has  been  known  as  "Old  Crane's 
Tannery  Place."  At  his  death.  May  31,  1691, 
his  son  John  succeeded  to  the  business.  He 
married,  April  23,  1655,  Mary  liackus,  who 
died  July  8,  1717,  daughter  of  William  and 
Sarah  (Cliarles)  Backus.  Children :  Benjamin, 
born  March  i,  1656;  drowned  June  20,  1693; 
Jonathan,  December  i,  1658,  mentioned  below  ; 
Joseph,  April  i,  1661  ;  John,  April  30,  1663; 
Elijah,  16(55;  Abraham,  1668;  Jacob,  1670; 
Israel,  November  i.  1671  ;  Mary,  1673. 

(11)  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Crane,  son  of 
Benjamin  Crane,  was  born  December  i,  1658, 
died  in  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  March  12,  1735. 
He  was  one  of  the  settlers  of  Windham,  Con- 
necticut, and  at  the  first  public  meeting,  May 
18,  1691,  was  chosen,  with  three  others,  to  run 
the  town  lines.  During  that  summer  he  built 
and  set  in  operation  his  gristmill,  which  was 
on  the  site  of  what  is  now  known  as  Brig- 
ham's  Mills.  October  6,  i6gi,  he,  with  ten 
others,  petitioned  the  general  court  to  grant 
them  a  town  charter,  the  town  to  be  called 
Windham.  The  petition  was  granted  May  12, 
1692.  At  the  first  public  meeting,  June  12, 
1692,  he  was  chosen  one  of  the  "Townsmen," 
,  and  at  the  same  time  was  on  a  committee  to 
secure  a  minister.  He  held  also  various  minor 
ofifices.  In  May,  1695,  he  was  elected  ensign 
of  a  military  company  and  commissionetl  by 
the  general  court  in  October  of  that  year.  Janu- 
ary, 1695,  he  exchanged  property  with  Ser- 
geant William  Backus,  and  received  for  his 
gristmill,  a  new  dwelling-house  in  Windham, 
together  with  several  acres  of  land,  known  as 
the  "Hither  Place."  This  property  he  sold 
again  in  April  of  the  same  year.  January  30. 
1700,  he,  with  Rev.  Samuel  Whiting,  pur- 
chased a  lot  of  land  in  Windham,  which  they 
gave  to  the  town  for  a  "meeting-house  plat  or 
common."  It  was  afterwards  called  "Wind- 
ham Green,"  and  upon  it  the  first  meeting- 
house was  erected.  In  iCyc)8  he  and  Thomas 
Huntington  had  purchased,  in  behalf  of  the 
])roprict(irs  (if  W'indham,  a  tract  of  land  con- 


taining about  ten  thousand  acres,  lying  between 
Windliam  and  Norwich,  and,  in  1700,  this  tract 
was  made  over  to  him  and  Rev.  Samuel  Whit- 
ing to  lay  out  and  sell  to  settlers.  That  same 
year  he  received  permission  from  the  court  at 
Hartford  "to  keep  a  public  victualing  house 
for  the  entertainment  of  travelers  and  strang- 
ers, and  the  retailing  of  strong  drink,"  and,  in 
1703,  the  town  agreed  to  have  but  "one  ordi- 
nary. Lieutenant  Crane  to  keep  it."  He  was 
also  in  that  year  commissioned  lieutenant  by 
the  general  court.  The  following  year,  when 
the  Indian  war  broke  out  afresh,  the  military 
company  of  Windham  was  reorganized  and 
he  was  chosen  lieutenant.  He  was  exceedingly 
active  in  all  church  affairs,  and,  in  1726,  was 
chosen,  with  two  others,  to  act  with  the  dea- 
cons as  councillors  of  the  church.  June  26, 
1726,  at  the  first  court  of  common  pleas,  he 
was  one  of  the  first  set  of  jurymen  emjianelled 
in  the  county  of  Windham.  He  was  also 
deputy  to  the  general  court  from  Windham 
for  nine  years,  1701-03-05-07-14-17-18-21-22. 
July  3,  1734,  he  is  called  of  Lebanon.  He 
married  Deborah,  born  May,  1661,  died  1704, 
daughter  of  Francis  Griswold,  who  was  first 
in  Saybrook,  in  W^indsor,  in  1649,  and  in  Nor- 
wich, 1660.  He  died  June  6,  1735.  Children 
of  Jonathan  Crane:  Sarah,  born  November  16, 
1680;  Jonathan,  February  2,  1684;  John,  Octo- 
ber I,  1687;  Mary,  October  20,  1689:  Hannah, 
March  7,  1692;  Isaac,  April  6,  1694;  Joseph, 
]\Iay  17,  1696,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth 
(twin),  February,  1698,  died  same  year ;  Deb- 
orah (twin),  February,  1698,  died  same  year; 
.\bigail,  February  15,  1700. 

(Ill)  Joseph,  son  of  Lieutenant  Jonathan 
Crane,  was  born  May  17,  1696,  in  \Vindham, 
died  .August  20,  1781.  In  1713,  when  a  new 
meeting-house  was  built  in  Windham,  he  and 
several  other  young  men  built  a  pew  for  their 
own  use.  Some  time  before  1719  he  removed 
to  Fairfield,  and  that  year  married  and  re- 
ceived property  there  from  his  father-in-law, 
deed  dated  September  8,  1725.  Later  it  ap- 
pears that  he  removed  to  Norwalk,  and  thence 
to  South  East,  Putnam  county.  New  York. 
He  located  in  the  latter  town,  about  1730.  and 
on  the  east  branch  of  the  Croton  river,  built 
"Crane's  Alill."  In  1747  he  was  chosen  high- 
way master.  He  married,  1719,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel ,  of  Fairfield,  born  De- 
cember 13,  1695,  died  January  9,  1766.  Chil- 
dren: Zebulon,  born  January  25,  1721,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph,  October  2,  1722;  Mary, 


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I\Iay  30,  1726;  Thaddeiis,  March  27.  1728; 
Abigail,  April  3,  1730;  Anna,  April  12,  1732; 
Stephen,  May  19,  1734;  Adah,  October  25, 
1736. 

(I\  )  Zebulon,  son  of  Joseph  Crane,  was 
born  January  25,  1721.  He  married  Sarah, 
daughter  of  William  Belden,  of  Wilton,  Con- 
necticut, who  was  resident  of  Deerfield,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  the  fall  of  1696,  at  the  time  of 
the  French  and  Indian  raid  on  that  town.  In 
1769  Mr.  Crane  removed  from  Bedford,  West- 
chester county,  New  York,  to  Judeali,  now 
\N'ashington,  Litchfield  county,  Connecticut. 
Soon  after  his  wife  and  five  children  died, 
within  two  months  of  one  another.  In  1758 
he  was  captain  of  a  military  company  in  West- 
chester county,  from  which  men  were  taken 
for  service  in  the  French  war,  for  the  pur- 
pose of  "ranging  and  scouring  the  frontier." 
Children  :  John,  born  November  24,  1742,  men- 
tioned below  ;  William,  October,  1744  ;  Zebulon, 
August  7,  1746;  Elijah,  April  i.  1748;  Sarah, 
July  12,  1750;  Mary,  October  8,  1752,  died 
young;  Belden,  November  30,  1754,  died 
young:  Samuel,  April  11,  1757:  Abigail,  May 
26,  1759;  Stephen,  April  11,  1761,  died  young; 
Anna,  August  3,  1763,  died  young ;  Seth,  March 
I,  1766,  died  young. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Zebulon  Crane,  was  born 
November  24,  1742,  died  at  Carmel,  New  York, 
June  9,  1827.  He  marrieil,  March  i,  1764, 
Tamar,  daughter  of  John  and  Hannah  Car- 
penter, of  New  Castle,  Westchester  county, 
New  York  (see  Carpenter  XIII).  A  farm 
deeded  to  Joseph  Carpenter,  an  ancestor  of 
the  above,  in  1736,  is  still  in  possession  of  the 
Crane  family.  In  1769,  with  his  wife  and  two 
small  children,  he  removed  from  New  Castle 
to  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and  fifty  acres,  situ- 
ated near  Lake  Mahopac,  and  there,  in  1772, 
he  built  the  first  frame  house  in  that  part  of 
tiie  country.  It  was  a  public  inn,  where  town 
business  was  transacted  and  town  meetings 
held.  He  held  the  office  of  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  was  associate  judge  of  the  court  of 
common  pleas,  in  Dutchess  county,  before  the 
county  was  divided,  and  also  of  Putnam  coun- 
ty, after  it  was  established.  He  served  in  the 
revolution :  Private,  Third  Company,  New 
York  Line,  March  2  to  July  15,  1777;  captain, 
Fourth  Company,  Seventh  Regiment  (Lud- 
dington's  regiment),  elected  March  12,  1776. 
His  commission,  which  he  received  from  Gov- 
ernor Clinton,  is  now  in  the  possession  of  his 
youngest  grandson,  Benjamin  T.  Crane.  Dur- 
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ing  the  war  General  Charles  Scott,  with  his 
staft',  made  his  headciuarters  for  a  time  at  Johii 
Crane's  inn,  and  the  continental  troops,  in 
going  from  the  headquarters,  at  Salem,  West- 
chester, to  West  Point,  often  stopped  there. 
.•\n  interesting  story  is  told  of  one  of  his  ex- 
ploits during  the  war.  Receiving  information 
that  some  fifty  or  sixty  Tories,  enlisted  in  the 
P.ritish  army,  were  to  be  mustered  into  the 
service  on  a  certain  night  by  British  officers, 
sent  from  New  York  for  the  purpose,  he  re- 
solved to  prevent  the  muster,  and,  if  possible, 
capture  the  whole  party.  He  summoned  to 
his  aid  two  resolute  men  from  the  highlands, 
who,  armed  with  muskets  and  bayonets,  ac- 
companied him  after  dark  to  the  rendezvous 
of  the  Tories,  a  secluded  log  house,  having 
only  one  door  and  one  window.  On  arriving 
at  the  place,  he  became  assured  that  the  Tories 
and  officers  had  assembled  and  then  quietly 
staticmed  his  two  men,  one  at  the  door  and  one 
at  the  window,  and  riding  furiously  about  the 
house  in  a  loud  voice  delivered  orders  station- 
ing imaginary  troops  about  the  building.  The 
men  in  the  house  were  deceived.  When  one 
attempted  to  look  out  he  was  met  with  a 
bayonet  thrust  from  the  guard  at  the  door. 
Crane  demanded  the  surrender  of  the  party 
and  declined  to  parley.  The  Tories  gave  in 
and  the  two  guards  were  sent  into  bind  the 
prisoners.  The  rage  and  humiliation  of  the 
helpless  prisoners  may  be  imagined  wdicn  they 
disci  ivered  how  they  had  been  tricked.  .At 
the  first  town-  meeting  of  Carmel,  April  7, 
1795,  he  was  chosen  town  clerk,  and  also  com- 
missioner of  highways.  He  was  active  in 
church  work,  and  with  his  family  went  on 
horseback  from  their  home  near  Alahopac  to 
attend  service  in  the  old  log  church  near  "Tilly 
Foster  Mines,"  and  later  aided  in  the  erection 
and  support  of  the  Gilead  Presbyterian  Church, 
at  Carmel. 

He  was  an  untlinching  patriot,  and  a  notable 
man  on  account  of  his  integrity  and  superior 
business  capacity  in  the  management  of  public 
matters.  In  his  private  life  he  was  a  man  of 
great  kindness  of  heart,  a  firm  friend  and  an 
indulgent  parent.  In  person  he  was  of  medium 
size,  of  good  proportion,  with  mild  blue  eyes 
and  a  great  dignity  of  manner.  His  children 
and  grandchildren  were  endowed  with  unusual 
attainments  and  of  high  personal  character.  His 
wife  Tamar  was  born  December  i,  1747,  died 
at  Carmel,  January  i,  1823.  Children  :  Joseph, 
born  June  3.  1766:  Adah,  June  6,  1768;  Ste- 


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phen,  November  i,  1770:  John,  June  6,  1773; 
Zillah,  October  3,  1775:  Nathaniel,  February 
28,  1778,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  June  27, 
1780:  Arabella,  December  25,  1784;  Clorinda, 
October  2,  1787. 

(VI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Captain  John  Crane, 
was  born  February  28,  1778,  died  September 
27,  1855.  He  married,  October  3.  1799,  Mar- 
tha Ann  Townsend,  born  November  12,  1783, 
died  May  i,  1825,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Town- 
send,  of  Mahopac.  Their  home  was  in  Put- 
nam county.  New  York.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  1812.  Children:  John  Arthur,  born  July 
4,  1800,  died  September  9,  1804;  Tamar  Ann, 
January  4,  1802,  died  December  17,  1825; 
James  Townsend,  May  3,  1804,  died  December 
14,  1826;  Caroline  Eliza,  June  20,  1806:  Fred- 
erick Augustus,  October  17,  1808,  died  Decem- 
ber II,  1826;  Charlotte  Louisa,  December  2"]. 
1 8 10:  Joseph  Hatfield,  September  11,  181 3, 
married  Ann  Eliza  lirown,  November,  1839, 
died  February  17,  1864;  Nathaniel  Morton, 
February  23.  iSiCi,  married  Amelia  P.  Tabor, 
May  4.  1844,  died  December  25,  1891  ;  Mary 
Elizabeth,  July  29,  1818,  married  Thomas 
Strang  Wright'  January  24,  1837  (see  Wright 
V)  ;  Augusta  Sophia,  September  12,  1821  ; 
Benjamin  Townsend,  January  24,   1824. 

(The   Carpenter  Line). 

(IX)  Richard  Carpenter,  son  of  William 
Carpenter  ( q.  v.),  was  of  Amesbury,  England, 
and  was  buried  there,  September  21,  1625.  He 
had  a  son  William,  mentioned  below. 

(X)  William,  son  of  Richard  Carpenter, 
was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this  branch  of 
the  family.  He  was  the  first  person  of  the 
name  who  made  permanent  settlement  in 
America.  He  sailed  from  Dartmouth,  Eng- 
land, May  I,  1635,  and  arrived  in  New  Eng- 
land, June  24,  1635,  going  first  to  Hingham 
and  then  to  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  where 
he  arriveil  April  20,  1635.  lie  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  Providence  and  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  First  Baptist  Church  in 
America,  in  1638-39.  He  soon  removed  to 
Pautuxet,  about  four  miles  south  of  Provi- 
dence, later  known  as  Cranston.  He  served 
many  years  in  the  general  court  as  deinity  and 
was  a  very  prominent  man.  He  sufifercd  in  the 
Indian  outbreak,  and,  on  January  27.  1676,  lost 
two  hundred  sheep,  fifty  head  of  cattle  and  fif- 
teen horses.  His  house  was  set  on  fire  and 
attacked  by  about  three  hundred  Indians,  but 
the   flames    were   extinguished.      Two   of    his 


household  were  killed.  He  died  September  7, 
1685.  His  will  was  datetl  February  10,  1680, 
with  codicil  March  15,  1684,  and  proved  Octo- 
ber I,  1685.  He  married,  in  England,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  William  and  Christiana 
(  Peak  )  .Arnold,  born  in  Cheselbourne,  Dorset- 
shire, England.  November  23,  1611.  William 
Arnold,  her  father,  was  born  June  24,  1587, 
died  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  about  1676. 
Her  mother,  Christiana  (Peak)  .Arnold,  was 
the  daughter  of  Thomas  Peak.  Children :  Jo- 
seph, born  about  1635,  mentioned  below  ;  Lydia, 
born  in  Providence,  about  1638.  Born  in  Pau- 
tuxet: Ephraim,  about  1640;  Timothy,  about 
1643;  V\'illiam,  about  1645;  Priscilla,  about 
1648:  Silas,  1650;  Benjamin,  about  1653. 

(XI)  Joseph,  son  of  \\'illiam  Carpenter, 
was  born  in  England,  at  Amesbury,  in  Wilt- 
shire, about  1635.  He  came  to  New  England 
with  his  father  and  settled  first  at  Providence. 
He  married,  .April  21,  1659,  Hannah  Carpenter, 
born  at  Weymouth,  Alassachusetts,  February 
3,  1640,  daughter  of  William  Carpenter,  of 
Rehoboth,  Massachusetts.  Joseph  Carpenter 
settled  at  Warwick,  where  he  had  a  corn  mill. 
His  house  was  on  the  south  side  of  the  Pau- 
tuxet river,  at  the  wading  place  near  the  falls. 
As  early  as  1663  he  was  at  Long  Island,  to 
make  negotiations  with  the  Indians  for  the 
purchase  of  land  at  Oyster  Bay,  but  did  not 
settle  there  until  1667,  as  he  had  considerable- 
trouble  in  getting  possession  of  the  land,  where 
he  proposed  to  erect  a  sawmill  and  a  fulling 
mill.  He  built  a  house  about  1668,  at  what  is 
now  Glen  Cove,  which  continued  to  be  used  as 
a  dwelling-house  until  1835.  It  was  the  first 
house  there  and  the  site  may  still  be  seen.  His 
wife  died  about  1673:  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Ann,  daughter  of  Francis  and  Elizabeth 
(Luther)  Weeks.  She  was  baptized,  with  her 
brothers.  .Samuel,  John  and  Joseph,  in  the 
Dutch  church  at  New  York,  in  1647.  Her 
father,  Francis  Weeks,  was  one  of  the  five 
persons  who  was  with  Roger  Williams  in  the 
canoe  when  he  first  landed  at  Providence. 
Roger  Williams  said  of  him  that  "he  was  a 
poor  young  lad  who  came  with  them  at  the 
re(|uest  of  John  .Smith  (miller)."  As  he  was 
not  of  age,  a  ])ortion  of  land  was  set  off  for 
him  and  held  by  the  proprietors  until  he  reach- 
ed legal  age.  Me  was  an  early  settler  at  Hemp- 
stead. Long  Island,  and,  March  \~.  1637,  was 
made  t(nvnsman  there.  In  1658  he  and  his 
wife  were  heavily  fined  for  entertaining  Quak- 
ers, and  soon  after  removed  to  Oyster  Bay, 


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where  he  died,  1687-88.  Letters  of  adminis- 
tration were  granted  on  the  estate  of  Josejih 
Carpenter,  July  9,  1684.  Children:  Joseph, 
born  i()to;  Daughter,  1662,  married  WilHam 
Thornicraft;  Tamsen,  1664:  WiUiam,  1666; 
Xathaniel,  1668,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
1672-73.  Children  of  second  wife:  .\nn,  1676; 
Benjamin,  1680;  John.  1683. 

(XII)  Xathaniel,  son  of  Joseph  Carpenter, 
was  born  in  1668,  the  first  white  child  born  at 
Mosquito  Cove,  Long  Island.  He  sold  land 
there  April  16,  1719.  and  removed  to  Xortli 
Castle,  near  Rye.  \\'estchester  county.  He 
bought  land  in  Xorth  Castle  of  Job  Wright. 
May  15.  1729.  He  died  after  1730.  Children: 
Hannah,  born  about  1691  ;  Joseph;  Robert; 
Benjamin  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Anne  ;  Abi- 
gail :  Xathaniel,  and  perhaps  Samuel  and 
others. 

(XIII)  John,  son  of  Xathaniel  Carpenter, 
was  born  at  Mosquito  Cove,  about  1698.  He 
married  Hannah .  He  settled  at  Fred- 
ericksburg. Dutchess  county,  where  he  died. 
His  will  was  dated  October  31,  1777,  and 
proved  December  21,  1781.  bequeathing  to  wife 
Hannah ;  grandson  Caleb,  son  of  his  son 
Gabriel ;  grandson  Joseph,  son  of  Tamar  and 
John  Crane;  grandson  Joseph,  son  of  Sarah 
and  Henry  Lewis;  grandson  Benjamin,  son 
of  daughter  Anne.  Children:  Gabriel,  born 
1735;  Anne  or  Ame,  Xovember  25,  1738:  Jo- 
seph; Tamar,  married  John  Crane  (see  Crane 
\')  ;  Sarah. 

Conrad  Davis  was  born  in  W'ash- 
DA\TS     ington,  New  Jersey,  a  descendant 

of  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  New 
Jersey.  According  to  tradition  three  brothers 
:ame  from  Wales  and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of 
vvhat  is  now  Washington.  Conrad  Davis  was 
1  prominent  and  well-to-do  citizen.  He  con- 
ducted a  general  store,  distillery  and  hotel. 
During  the  revolution  he  furnished  supplies 
for  Washington's  troops  as  suttler  at  X'alley 
Forge  and  at  other  times,  and  he  was  compen- 
sated by  the  government  afterward  by  a  grant 
)f  six  thousand  six  hundred  acres  of  land, 
^e  is  supposed  to  have  built  the  first  bridge 
)ver  the  Delaware  river  and  the  first  road  into 
Calley  Forge,  over  which  he  carried  supplies 
o  W^ashington"s  army,  and  through  him  the 
irmy  was  saved  from  starvation.    He  married 

Weller.    They  had  a  son  Conrad,  men- 

ioned  below. 


(II)  Conrad  (2),  son  of  Conrad  ( i)  Davis, 
was  also  born  in  Washington,  New  Jeisey,  and 
he  lived  and  died  in  that  town.  He  succeeded 
to  his  father's  business  and  estate,  and  was  a 
man  of  considerable  wealth  and   standing  in 

the  community.     He  married  Weller. 

Children:  John  P..  Jacob  W. ;  Job  J.,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Edward.  Rachel.  Mary  and  Lena. 
(  HI)  Job  J.,  son  of  Conrad  (2)  Davis,  was 
born  in  \\'ashington,  New  Jersey,  in  1826, 
died  in  1895.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter, 
and  engaged  in  business  as  a  contractor  and 
builder.  He  married  Susanna  P.  Watts,  of 
Paterson,  New  Jersey.  Her  father  was  a 
native  of  England.  Children:  i.  Jacob  W., 
treasurer  of  the  J.  E.  Davis  Alanufacturing 
Company  ;  married  Katherine  Fox  ;  children  : 
Charles,  Mary  and  Blanche.  2.  Rosa,  lives  at 
Washington.  Xew  Jersey.  3.  Louise,  married 
John  Christian,  of  Xew  I'.runswick.  4.  Sarah, 
married  David  Bibinger,  a  native  of  Germany. 
5.  John  E.,  mentiijned  below.  6.  (jeorge  B., 
for  a  time  vice-president  of  the  J.  E.  Davis 
Manufacturing  Company. 

(  I\')  John  Edward,  son  of  Job  J.  Davis, 
was  born  in  Washington,  New  Jersey,  May  i, 
1863,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  sch()ols 
of  his  native  town.  When  he  left  school  he 
began  to  work  in  tlie  organ  factory  of  D.  F. 
Beatty.  at  Washington,  Xew  Jersey,  and  con- 
tinued there  for  three  years.  He  was  after- 
ward employed  by  various  piano  manufac- 
turers in  New  York  City ;  Xorwich,  Xew 
York,  and  Hazelton,  Pennsylvania.  He  re- 
turned to  Washington,  and,  in  1893,  engaged 
in  the  coal  business,  in  i)artnership  with  R.  L. 
Cline.  under  the  firm  name  of  R.  L.  Cline  & 
Company.  He  was  also  in  partnership  with 
his  brother  in  the  poultry  business,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Davis  Brothers.  In  1898  he 
began  to  manufacture  piano  backs  in  Washing- 
ton, under  the  corporate  name  of  Washington 
Manufacturing  Company,  and  continued  suc- 
cessfully until  1903,  when  he  came  to  Cort- 
land, Xew  York,  and  bought  the  factory  of 
the  W'hitney  Carriage  Company,  in  which  he 
began  to  manufacture  cases  and  piano  backs. 
The  business  was  incorporated  as  the  J.  E. 
Davis  Manufacturing  Company.  The  plant 
is  located  on  East  Court  and  Pendleton  streets, 
with  offices  at  57  East  Court  street.  Piano 
cases,  backs,  trusses,  pilasters,  bridges  and 
other  parts  are  manufactured  for  piano  manu- 


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facturers.  The  business  of  the  concern  lias 
grown  enormously  and  its  customers  are  found 
in  all  parts  of  the  country.  The  plant  is  one 
of  the  largest  of  its  kind,  having  floor  space 
of  one  hundred  and  ten  thousand  feet,  and  it 
is  equipjied  with  one  of  the  most  modern  and 
efficient  wood-working  plants  to  be  found  any- 
where. The  company  employs  about  three 
hundred  hands  regularly.  The  officers  of  the 
company  are:  President,  John  Edward  Davis; 
secretary,  B.  M.  Ashby  ;  treasurer,  J.  W.  Davis. 
The  facilities  of  the  company  for  economical 
and  superior  work  have  been  planned  largely 
by  the  president.  The  unseasoned  lumber 
comes  to  the  factory  in  train  loads,  and  is  un- 
loaded from  a  private  siding  at  the  factory 
and  stored  in  the  immense  kilns,  which  have  a 
capacity  of  six  hundred  thousand  feet  of  lum- 
ber, furnished  with  some  twelve  miles  of  steam 
pipes.  Sixty  carloads  of  lumber  can  be  dried 
at  one  time.  In  the  busy  season  the  company 
saws  more  than  twenty-five  thousand  feet  of 
lumber  and  produces  more  than  two  hundred 
piano  backs  and  one  hundred  piano  cases  daily. 
In  politics  Mr.  Davis  is  an  independent,  in 
religion  a  Presbyterian.  He  is  a  member  of 
Knights  of  Pythias,  and  Piano  Club  of  New 
York. 

He  married,  in  1891,  Althea  D.  Hulsizer,  of 
Asbury,  New  Jersey,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hul- 
sizer. They  have  one  daughter,  Althea  C, 
born  November  17,  1898,  at  VVashington,  New 
Jersey. 

Joshua  Jennings,  immigrant 
JENNINGS     ancestor,   was  born  as  early 

as  1620,  in  England.  The 
first  record  of  him  in  this  country  is  that  of  his 
marriage,  at  Hartford,  December  22,  1647,  to 
Mary  Williams,  of  that  town.  In  1650  he  set- 
tled in  Fairfield  with  other  Hartford  men.  The 
tradition  of  the  family  says  that  he  landed 
first  at  what  is  now  Bridgeport,  and  went  to 
Barlow's  Plain.  "He  was  an  intelligent  and 
industrious  man,  worthy  citizen  and  maintain- 
ed an  excellent  reputation.  He  died  in  1675, 
leaving  a  good  estate  to  his  wife  and  children." 
From  him  have  descended  many  prominent 
citizens.  Green  I-'arms,  which  was  formerly 
part  of  Fairfield,  is  composed  largely  of  Jen- 
nings descendants.  "Their  name  is  associated 
with  thrift  and  prosperity;  honest,  industrious 
and  orderly  lives ;  tlomestic  in  their  habits,  or 
fond  of  home  life;  retiring,  not  seeking  pub- 


licity." They  were  also  patriotic,  as  the  records 
show,  ready  to  risk  property  and  life  in  defence 
of  their  country.  Children :  Joshua,  married 
Mary  Lyon  ;  Joseph,  married  (  first )  Abigail 
Gurney,  and  (second)  Sarah  Bulkeley;  Mich- 
ael;   John,    married    Sarah    ;    Samuel, 

mentioned  below  ;  Matthew,  married  Hannah 

Wheeler  ;  Isaac,  married Beers  ;  Mary, 

married    Curtis ;    Elizabeth,    married 

Smith. 

(11)  Samuel,  son  of  Joshua  Jennings,  mar- 
ried Sarah,  daughter  of  Michael  Grumman. 
He  died  in  1734,  and  his  will  was  dated  1728. 
Children:  Michael, baptized  .September 9,  1694; 
Elizabeth,  March  9,  1696;  Patience,  September 
25,  1698;  Sarah,  February  11,  1699;  Samuel, 
March  22,  1702;  Eunice,  January  21,  1705; 
Dorothy,  November  13,  1709;  Nathan,  May 
18,  1711,  mentioned  below;  Benjamin,  Septem- 
ber 20,  171 3. 

(in  )  Nathan,  son  of  Samuel  Jennings,  was 
baptized  May  18.  1711,  died  in  1757.  He  mar- 
ried   ,  and  had  children,  born  in 

I'airfield:  David,  Jabez,  Michael,  James,  Na- 
thaniel, Eliphalet,  Nathan ;  Anne,  married 
Alexander  Hamilton;  Sarah,  married  a  Air. 
Jackson. 

( IV )  The  sons  of  Nathan  Jennings  settled  at 
Willington  and  Ellington,  Connecticut.  Accord- 
ing to  the  first  federal  census  of  1790,  an  "Em" 
Jennings,  doubtless  meant  for  one  of  the  sons, 
had  two  males  over  sixteen,  two  under  that 
age  and  three  females  in  his  family,  living  in 
Ellington.  At  Willington,  an  adjacent  town 
of  Tolland  county,  there  were  Nathaniel,  with 
three  sons  under  sixteen  and  two  females ; 
Davis,  with  two  sons  over  sixteen  and  two 
females ;  Nathan,  with  two  sons  over  sixteen, 
one  under  that  age  and  three  females  ;  Nathan- 
iel 2d,  with  two  sons  under  sixteen  and  two 
females  and  Widow  Jennings  with  one  son 
under  sixteen  and  two  females.  Some  of  these 
were  grandsons  of  Nathan. 

(V)  Oliver  Jennings,  grandson  of  Nathan 
Jennings,  was  born  at  Fairfield  or  Ellington, 
Connecticut.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, in  Colonel  Huntington's  regiment,  a  cor- 
poral, reported  missing  after  the  battle  of  Long 
Island,  August  27,  1776.  He  was  taken  pris- 
oner and  died  on  a  British  ])rison  ship.  Chil- 
dren: Lucinda.  Cordial  and  Oliver. 

(\T)  Cordial,  son  of  Oliver  Jennings,  was 
born  before  1776.  He  removed  to  Cornwall, 
\'erniont,    in    later    life.      He    married    Lucy 


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Foote  Gunn,  of  an  old  Connecticut  family. 
Children  :  Slierben,  mentioned  below  ;  Betsey ; 
David ;  Chauncey,  born  in  Cornwall,  \'ermont. 
April  3,  181 1  :  Bradford. 

(VII)  Sherben,  son  of  Cordial  Jennings, 
was  born  in  Ellington,  Connecticut,  about  1800. 
He  married  Sabrina  Smith.  Children,  born  in 
\'erniont  or  Xew  York  state :  Cordial,  men- 
tioned below :  Clarinda,  Ebenezer,  Mary, 
Henry,  Lucinda,  William,  David  and  Adelaide. 

(VIII)  Cordial  (2),  son  of  Sherben  Jen- 
nings, was  born  in  V'ermont,  about  1820.  He 
went  to  New  York  state  with  his  parents  and 
located  in  the  town  of  Venice,  removing  after- 
ward to  Moravia,  Xew  York.  He  had  a  coiu- 
mon  school  education.  He  was  a  farmer,  hotel 
keeper,  and  dealer  in  lumber  and  produce,  an 
earnest,  capable  and  well-to-do  citizen.  He 
retired  from  active  business  some  five  years 
before  he  died.  He  was  a  Congregationalist  in 
religion.  He  was  a  Free  Mason  and  a  member 
of  the  Royal  Arch  Chapter.  He  married  Irene 
Mellen,  of  Homer,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Jeremiah  and  Fannie  (Alills)  Mellen.  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Jennings:  i.  Clarence 
Mills,  born  July  27,  1856,  in  Venice,  New- 
York,  a  coal  and  ice  dealer  in  Cortland  ;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  J.  Story  and  has  a  son,  Frank 
S.,  bom  May  17,  1889.  2.  Frank  Smith,  men- 
tioned below. 

(IX)  Dr.  Frank  Smith  Jennings,  son  of 
Cordial  (2)  Jennings,  was  born  February  16, 
1859,  at  Moravia,  New  York.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  graduated  froiu  the 
Moravia  high  school.  He  received  his  medical 
education  at  Syracuse  University  and  the  I'ni- 
versity  of  the  City  of  New  York,  from  which 
he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  in 
the  class  of  1880.  He  began  to  practice  medi- 
cine in  Moravia,  and  after  two  years  located 
at  Dryden,  New  York,  where  he  continued  for 
a  period  of  seventeen  years.  He  came  to  Cort- 
land in  1900,  and  since  then  has  been  in  gen- 
eral practice  in  that  town.  He  is  a  meiuber  of 
the  town,  county  and  state  medical  societies 
and  of  the  American  Medical  Association.  He 
was  postmaster  of  Dryden  during  the  Harrison 
administration.  He  is  a  member  of  Cortland- 
ville  Lodge,  No.  470,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  He  is  one  of  the  vestrymen  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  in  1880.  Mary  Givens,  of  Dry- 
den, daughter  of  William  R.  and  Nancy  (La- 
mont)    Givens   (see  Givens).     They  had  one 


child,  Laura,  born  June  6,  1884,  died  July  27, 
1905  ;  married  R.  F.  Smith,  of  Cortland  ;  child, 
Laura  Jennings  Smith,  born  July  27,  1905. 

(The  Givens  Line). 

( I )  Samuel  Givens,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  Ireland,  and  brought  up  in  England. 
He  came  to  America  with  his  father,  when  a 
young  boy.  His  father's  name  is  thought  to 
have  been  Samuel.  He  fought  in  the  war  of 
the  revolution  in  1776,  when  only  sixteen  years 
of  age,  and  his  father  was  in  the  same  war. 
He  lived  in  Orange  county.  New  York,  where 
he  married  Jane  King.  He  removed  to  Dry- 
den, Tompkins  county,  New  York,  in  1804. 
He  had  a  large  grant  of  land  there  from  the 
state,  and  this  was  very  likely  given  for  serv- 
ices rendered  in  the  revolutionary  war.  Chil- 
dren :  Amos  ;  Charles,  mentioned  below  ;  Will- 
iam. Margaret,  Letty,  Sarah,  Katie  and  Jane. 

(II)  Colonel  Charles  Givens,  son  of  Sam- 
uel ( iivens,  was  liorn  in  ( )raiige  county,  New 
York,  and  came  to  Dryden,  New  York,  with 
his  parents,  when  he  was  six  years  of  age.  He 
was  colonel  in  the  New  York  state  militia, 
and  was  very  prominent  in  the  affairs  of  the 
town  of  Dryden,  being  supervisor,  and  holding 
other  offices  all  his  life,  until  he  was  obliged 
to  decline  the  nominations  offered  him.  He 
married  Laura  Kingsley.  Children  :  Thomas  ; 
William  R.,  mentioned  below;  Edward,  Lor- 
etta,  Harrison,  Charles  and  Laura. 

(III)  William  R.,  son  of  Colonel  Charles 
Givens.  was  born  in  Dryden,  Xew  York,  April 
13.  1821.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  and  at  the  old  Ithaca  .\cademy.  .Mter 
leaving  here  he  taught  school  for  twelve  years 
and  worked  on  the  farm  summers.  In  1862 
he  bought  the  Fortner  place  of  one  hundred 
and  fifty  acres,  and,  in  1865,  he  bought  the 
William  Trapp  property  of  fifty-eight  acres, 
and  a  part  of  the  Scofield  property  and  the 
Allen  property,  all  adjoining  each  other.  In 
[idlitics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  held  many 
offices  in  town,  being  a  prominent  and  re- 
spected citizen.  He  was  generous  in  support- 
ing school  and  church  affairs,  and  was  a  con- 
scientious and  well-to-do  citizen.  When  twen- 
ty-seven years  of  age  he  married  Nancy,  daugh- 
ter of  Archibald  Lamont,  of  the  Isle  of  Bute. 
Scotland.  She  was  born  in  1824,  died  May  18. 
1901.  He  died  October  22,  1892.  Children: 
.Archibald,  Ella,  Laura;  Mary,  married  Dr. 
Frank  Smith  Jennings  (see  Jennings  IX). 


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Jacob  Crutts  ( formerly  spelled 
CRUTTS     Krutz)  was  one  of  the  pioneers 

in  Dryden,  New  York,  in  1800, 
from  Oxford,  New  Jersey.  He  had  a  son 
Jacob. 

(II)  Jacob  (2),  son  of  Jacob  (i)  Crutts, 
was  born  in  Dryden,  1819,  and  died  there.  He 
was  a  miller  by  trade.  He  married  Alary  Ann 
Banfield,  who  died  in  1892,  aged  eighty-one 
years.  Children:  i.  Edwin,  born  January  31, 
1836,  died  in  191 1  ;  had  a  common  school  edu- 
cation, and  attended  high  school  at  Ithaca, 
under  Professor  S.  D.  Carr ;  married  Ellen, 
daughter  of  Solomon  Whipple,  of  Barton, 
Tioga  county.  New  York;  in  1891  he  inherited 
one  hundred  and  seventy-five  acres  of  his 
father's  estate;  in  1889  he  bought  the  Henry 
Sayle's  property  in  \'arna,  which  is  a  part  of 
Dryden,  and  also  owns,  together  with  his 
brother,  three  other  farms  and  village  propert}-, 
and  the  Varna  gristmills ;  one  of  the  largest 
farmers  in  the  town  ;  children :  Mrs.  Alice  L. 
Mix ;  Emma  L.,  married  George  Frisbie,  and 
Ella  P.,  married  Myron  English.  2.  William 
B.,  mentioned  below.  3.  Merenus.  4.  P.urt. 
deceased.    5.  Emma,  married  Charles  Whipple. 

(III)  W'^illiam  B.,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  Crutts, 
was  born  in  Dryden,  August  zy,  1838.  He  had 
a  common  school  education,  and  also  attended 
the  high  school  at  Ithaca,  under  Professor  S. 
D.  Carr.  He  owned  the  Crutts  homestead  of 
one  hundred  and  forty  acres,  which  has  been 
in  the  family  since  1800.  He  owned  other 
property,  and  was  a  farmer  and  miller  by 
trade,  running  the  Varna  gristmills,  in  com- 
pany with  his  brother.  He  died  May  20,  1891, 
mourned  by  a  large  number  of  friends,  who 
well  appreciated  his  high  character  and  great 
ability.  He  married  Olive  Bryant,  of  Ithaca, 
born  in  1849,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Abigail 
(Freeman)  liryant.  Children:  i.  Minnie,  mar- 
ried Edwin  S.  Burr,  of  Dryden,  and  they  have 
one  child,  .Abigail.  2.  Cora.  3.  Fred,  married  Ella 
Wescott,  and  have  Pauline ;  lives  on  homestead 
in  Dryden.  4.  Lewis  Solomon,  mentioned  below. 
5.  Carrie,  married  Burt  Miller,  of  Dryden,  has 
one  son,  DeWitt.  6.  Jacob,  a  miller  in  X'arna, 
married  Mary  Emhart. 

(IV)  Lewis  Solomon,  son  of  William  B. 
Crutts,  was  born  in  Dryden,  May  13,  1870. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  during  his  boyhood  worked 
on  his  father's  farm  there,  and  in  the  mill.  He 
and  his  brother  succeeded  to  the  ownership  of 
the  mill  of  their  father  and  thev  continued  in 


the  milling  business  until  1897.  From  that 
time  to  1905  Mr.  Crutts  conducted  a  mill  at 
Varna,  New  York.  During  the  next  two  years 
he  was  engaged  in  farming.  He  came  to  Cort- 
land in  1907,  and  since  then  has  been  in  the 
milling  business  there,  and  a  dealer  in  flour, 
feed,  grain  and  hay,  farm  implements,  etc.  He 
occu])ies  a  leading  position  among  the  mer- 
chants of  this  section.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Alethodist  Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  November  7.  1895,  Carrie  M., 
daughter  of  Ernest  and  Ida  (Nixon)  Snyder 
(see  Snyder  V).  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Crutts  have 
no  children.  They  reside  in  an  attractive  home 
at  Cortland. 

(The   Snyder   Line). 

(I)  Christopher  Snyder,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  to  America  in  1746-47,  and  settled 
in  Oxford,  New  Jersey.  In  the  spring  of  1801, 
he  came  from  New  Jersey,  with  his  son  Peter, 
to  the  town  of  Dryden.  and  purchased  lot  43 
of  W'illiam  (joodwin.  In  the  fall  of  1802  he 
moved  his  family  there,  coming  in  a  party  of 
thirty-two  persons,  on  a  journey  which  was 
full  of  happenings  and  lasted  eighteen  days. 
The  eastern  half  of  the  lot  fell  to  him,  and 
the  western  to  Peter.  He  had  a  son  Peter, 
and  a  daughter  who  married  George  Dart. 

(II)  Peter,  son  of  Christopher  Snyder,  was 
born  in  Oxford,  New  Jersey,  December  26, 
1752,  died  July  23,  1832.  He  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolutionary  army,  enlisting  in  New  Jer- 
sey, and  his  flintlock  musket  was  brought  home 
and  remained  in  the  family  until  recently, 
when  it  was  sold  at  a  vendue.  In  1801  he 
came  from  New  Jersey  with  his  father,  and 
purchased  the  lot  of  \\'illiam  Goodwin.  In 
choosing  he  had  the  western  half  of  this  lot, 
and,  in  the  fall  of  1802,  he  moved  with  his 
family  and  household  goods  in  two  wagons  to 
their  new  home.  His  sons,  William,  Jolin  and 
Abraham,  drove  twenty-five  cows  the  whole 
distance.  Before  the  moving  he,  with  the  other 
men,  had  chopped  the  timber  on  six  acres,  and 
in  the  fall  had  cleared  the  land  and  sowed  it 
with  wheat,  before  they  returned  to  New  Jer- 
sey. He  later  puichased  the  whole  of  lot  42, 
six  hundred  and  forty  acres,  and  of  this  he  gave 
one  hundred  and  six  acres  to  each  of  his  sons 
and  fifty-three  to  each  of  his  daughters.  .Among 
the  party  of  thirty-two  to  move  to  Dryden 
were  Jacob  Crutts  and  wife,  Henry  Naile,  wife 
and  child,  and  Christopher  Snyder  with  his 
family.  Peter  Snyder  married  Mary  Shane, 
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mentioned  below  ;  William,  John,  ami  Abra- 
ham. 

( III )  Henry,  son  of  Peter  Snyder,  was  born 
May  2,  1781,  died  in  Dryden,  August  29.  1870. 
He  came  with  his  father  in  1 80 1,  and  helped 
to  clear  the  land  before  the  family  moved  to 
Dryden.  He  received  one  hundred  and  six 
acres  of  land  from  his  father,  when  it  was 
given  to  the  children.  He  married  Mary  Teeter, 
who  died  aged  ninety-two  years.  He  had  a 
son  Peter  T.,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Peter  T.,  son  of  Henry  Snyder,  was 
born  May  6,  1808,  in  Dryden,  died  May  I, 
1874.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  married  Ann 
Maria  Lason,  born  July  5,  1810,  died  April 
19,  1891.  He  had  a  son  F.rnest,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Ernest,  son  of  Peter  T.  Snyder,  was 
born  in  Dryden,  March  2,  1844.  He  had  a 
common  school  education,  and  is  a  self-edu- 
cated and  self-made  man.  His  first  business 
enterprise  was  started  in  Cortland,  New  York, 
anfl  was  a  meat  business,  which  he  conduct- 
ed until  his  father's  death.  In  1878  he  bought 
the  homestead  and  his  father's  estate,  which 
consisted  of  eighty-six  acres,  and  has  been  in 
the  family  since  iSoi.  He  is  a  man  of  influ- 
ence in  the  town  and  takes  an  active  interest 
in  school  matters.  He  is  a  man  highly  re- 
spected for  his  fine  character.  At  the  age  of 
twenty- four,  he  married  (first)  Ida,  born  De- 
cember 14,  1849,  died  April  21,  1885,  daughter 
of  \\'illiam  and  Priscilla  (Chadwick)  Nixon. 
In  1890  he  marrieil  (second)  Olive,  daughter 
of  Jacob  Seaman.  Children  by  first  wife:  i. 
Carrie  I\I.,  married  Lewis  Solomon  Crutts  (see 
Crutts  IV).  2.  Eva  AI.,  married  Leroy  Sny- 
der, of  Cortland,  New  York.  3.  Ina  P>.,  mar- 
ried Archibald  Davenport,  of  Ithaca,  New- 
York,  and  has  three  children :  Gwendolyn, 
Doris.  Kermit  E. 


The  name  of  Benson,  or  as  it  was 
BENSON  originally  spelled,  Bensingh,  is 
supposed  to  have  been  Swed- 
ish. The  first  family  of  the  name  in  America 
was  largely  identified  with  the  history  and 
landed  interests  of  the  town  of  Harlem,  now 
a  part  of  New  York  City. 

Dirck  Benson,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from  Groningen,  Holland,  and  had  lived  also  at 
Amsterdam,  where  he  married  Catalina,  daugh- 
ter of  Samson  Berck  and  Tryntie  van  Rech- 
teren.  He  came  to  tliis  country  about  1648, 
and  settled  first  in  New  Amsterdam.    Here  he 


bought  a  house  and  lot  near  the  fort,  August 
27,.  1649,  and  the  following  year,  one  on  Broad- 
wav.  On  June  29,  1654,  at  his  desire,  the 
director  and  council  allowed  him  "to  leave  this 
place  to  promote  his  own  affairs."  He  went 
to  F"ort  Orange,  where  he  built,  U])on  a  lot 
which  had  been  granted  him,  CJctober  23,  1653. 
He  was  a  carpenter  by  tra<le  and  proved  him- 
self a  worthy  and  industrious  citizen.  He 
worked  (in  the  new  church  built  in  1656,  and, 
in  1658,  loaned  the  deacons  one  hundred 
guilders.  He  died  February  12,  1659,  three 
years  later,  his  widow  marrying  Harman 
Tomasz  Hun.  Children:  Dirck,  born  1650; 
Samson,  mentioned  below;  Johannes,  1655; 
Catrina.  1657;  ]\Iaria,  1659. 

(II)  Samson,  son  of  Dirck  Benson,  was 
born  in  1652,  and  married  (first)  Tryntie  van 
Deusen,  sister  to  the  wife  of  John  van  Deu- 
scn,  who  was  the  mother  <>i  all  his  children 
but  line.  He  married  (second)  (irietie,  daugh- 
ter of  Abraham  Kermer,  and  widow  of  Cap- 
tain (acob  van  Tilburg.  Picnson  was  her  third 
husband  and  survived  her.  lie  was  a  potter 
by  trade  and  was  known  as  the  "pottebacker." 
His  pottery  has  not  been  located,  but  he  owned 
a  house  and  lot  on  Smith,  now  William  street, 
below  Maiden  Lane.  He  died  June  2,  1730. 
Children:  Catalina,  born  1675,  died  1706; 
Derick,  1677 ;  Teuwes  or  Matthew,  mentioned 
below:  Harman,  1681  ;  Samson,  1684;  Robert, 
1686:  William,  1687;  Elizabeth,  1689;  Johan- 
nes, 1692:  Helena,  1694;  Maria,  1696;  Hen- 
ricus,  1698.  Child  of  second  wife:  Catalina, 
1 707. 

(  HI )  Matthew,  son  of  Samson  (i  )  Benson, 
was  born  in  1679,  and  died  in  1721.  He  mar- 
ried, 1706,  Catrina,  daughter  of  Jonathan  Pro- 
vost. He  was  a  mason  by  trade.  Children : 
Samson,  mentioned  below :  Catharine,  born 
i7ifS;  Catalina,  1719. 

(I\')  Samson  (2),  son  of  Matthew  Ben- 
son, was  born  1713,  and  married,  1735,  Jan- 
netie  Arment.  Children:  Matthew,  born  1741 ; 
lonathan,  mentioned  below  ;  Lucas,  1746  ;  Cor- 
nelius, 1748. 

{  \' )  Jonathan,  son  of  Samson  (2)  Benson, 
was  born  in  1744,  and  appears  to  have  been 
the  Jonathan  who  settled  in  Montgomery  coun- 
ty. According  to  the  census  of  1790  he  had 
two  sons  under  sixteen  and  seven  females  in 
his  family. 

( \T )  Zacheus,  son  of  Jonathan  Benson,  it 
is  believed,  settled  in  Oneida  county.  New 
York.     He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812. 


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His  wife  Polly  died  in  1817.  They  had  sons: 
Francis,  mentioned  below,  and  Gideon,  and 
perhaps  other  children. 

(VII)  Francis,  son  of  Zacheus  Benson,  was 
born  in  Oneida  county,  New  York,  in  1806, 
and  died  in  1887,  at  the  age  of  eighty-one 
years.  He  followed  farming  all  his  active  life, 
mostly  in  Rroome  county,  New  York.  He 
married  Sally  M.  Lovejoy  and  they  had  one 
son,  James  Herbert,  mentioned  below. 

(VTII)  Dr.  James  Herbert  Benson,  son  of 
Francis  Benson,  was  born  in  Broome  county. 
New  York,  May  16,  1848.  In  his  youth  he 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  and  attended  the 
district  school.  He  received  his  medical  edu- 
cation in  the  eclectic  colleges  of  New  York 
and  Chicago,  and  began  to  practice  in  Otsego 
county,  New  York.  After  fifteen  years  there 
he  came  to  Delaware  county,  where  he  prac- 
ticed two  years,  and  then  went  to  Illinois, 
where  he  practiced  for  the  next  seven  years. 
Returning  to  his  native  state  in  1901,  he  locat- 
ed at  Cortland,  New  York,  where  he  has  since 
practiced.  Dr.  Benson  is  a  member  of  Orient 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  of  Delaware  county. 

He  married,  in  1870,  Delia  A.  Heath,  of 
Windsor,  Broome  county.  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  Sylvester  Heath.  Children:  i.  Lila  J., 
married  Edward  J.  Dickson,  of  Delaware 
county,  New  York,  private  secretary  of  Dr. 
Cameron  in  the  agricultural  department,  Wash- 
ington, D.  C.  2.  Orton,  born  January  15,  1872, 
a  tobacco  dealer  at  Springfield,  Massachusetts  ; 
married  Lena  Irish,  of  Otsego  county.  New 
York,  and  had  Clarence  and  Woodruff.  3. 
Bessie  E.,  married  John  Tyler  Betts,  a  marble 
and  granite  dealer,  at  Cortland,  New  York. 


The  origin  of  this  name  is 
ECiGLESTON  remote  and  some  clue  to 
its  beginning  may  be  found 
in  the  spelling  Eaglestonc,  as  sometimes  found 
in  early  records.  It  also  appears  as  Eglestone, 
Egleston,  and  in  various  other  forms.  Previ- 
ous to  the  revolution  in  the  New  England  rec- 
ords it  appears  Egleston,  and  after  the  revolu- 
tion the  second  "g"  is  added.  It  has  been 
long  cons].)icui)us  in  the  j)rofessions  in  New 
England  and  New  York,  as  well  as  many 
other  states,  and  has  contributed  many  worthy 
citizens  in  all  sections  of  the  country. 

The  immigrant  ancestor  of  those  bearing  the 
name  in  this  country  was  born  about  1590,  in 
England,  and  came  to  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
setts, in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  in   iTi^o. 


His  name  appears  with  a  great  variety  of  spell- 
ings, such  as  Begat,  Bagget,  Beget  and  Bigod. 
The  form  usually  accepted  is  the  first  above 
given.  He  was  made  a  freeman  at  Dorchester 
in  1631,  and  was  one  of  the  original  members 
of  Mr.  Warham's  church,  which  removed  from 
Dorchester  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  in  1635. 
He  died  there  September  i,  1674,  "ner  100  yer 
ould."  It  is  evident  that  the  recorder  of  his 
death  had  no  definite  means  of  ascertaining 
the  age.  In  court  at  Hartford,  in  1645,  Begat 
Egleston  testified  that  he  was  fifty-five  years 
of  age.  His  first  wife,  Mary,  died  December 
8,  1C157.  and  he  married  (second)  Alary  Tal- 
cott,  of  Hartford,  who  survived  him.  She 
contributed  four  shillings  in  cloth  for  the  re- 
lief of  the  poor  in  other  colonies  in  1676.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  of  the  first  wife:  James  and 
Samuel  (twins),  born  in  England;  Thomas, 
Mary,  Sarah,  Rebecca,  Abigail,  Joseph  and 
Benjamin. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Begat  and  Mary  Egles- 
ton, was  born  in  England,  about  1620,  was  a 
freeman  at  Windsor,  in  1637,  and  died  Decem- 
ber I,  1679,  in  that  town.  He  was  a  soldier 
and  participated  in  the  Pequot  fight  for  which 
he  received  a  grant  of  fifty  acres  of  land  in 
1671.  About  1648  he  acquired  by  purchase  his 
first  ]Mece  of  land  in  Windsor,  formerly  the 
property  of  Samuel  .\llen,  being  the  first  south 
of  Broad  street,  and  the  road  running  east  of 
it.  In  1676  he  contributed  one  shilling  one 
pence  for  the  relief  of  the  poor  in  other 
colonies. 

His  death  occurred  at  the  early  age  of  fifty- 
nine  years,  after  a  very  short  illness,  and  he 
made  no  will.  His  children  at  that  time  were  all 
minors.  He  left  considerable  land  which  was 
divided  among  his  sons  by  mutual  agreement, 
August  28,  1701.  He  married  Esther,  or  Hes- 
ter, sister  of  Roger  Williams,  of  Windsor,  who 
was  early  at  Dorchester  and  returned  to  that 
town  in  1647,  or  earlier.  She  was  said  to 
have  been  the  first  white  female  child  born  in 
Hartford.  She  died  July  10,  1720.  Children: 
James,  John  :  Thomas,  mentioned  below  ;  Hes- 
ter, Nath.'uiiel,  Isaac,  .Abigail,  Deborah  and 
Hannah. 

(III)  Thumas,  third  son  of  James  and  Hes- 
ter (Williams)  I'lgleston,  was  born  July  27, 
t66i,  in  Windsor,  where  he  died  April  6,  1732. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  that  town,  probably  on  the 
lot  north  of  St.  Cabriel's  Church,  and  his  estate 
was  valued  at  three  hundred  and  eighty-seven 
jiounds  nine  '>hillings  four  pence.     He  married 


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'Grace  Hoskins,  born  July  28,  1666,  in  Wind- 
sor, died  March  27,  1739,  daughter  of  Anthony 
and  Isabel  (Brown)  Hoskins,  of  Windsor, 
granddaughter  of  John  Hoskins,  who  came  to 
Dorchester  from  England  in  1630.  Children: 
Thomas,  Grace.  Mary,  Hannah :  Jedediah, 
mentioned  below ;  Isabel ;  Deborah,  Mary, 
Mindwell,  Joseph,  Ephraim  and  Hester. 

(I\')  Jedediah,  second  son  of  Thomas  and 
Grace  (Hoskins)  Egleston,  was  born  June  11. 
1696,  in  Windsor,  where  he  was  a  farmer,  and 
died  July  15,  1766.  The  inventory  of  his  estate 
was  made  January  6,  1767,  and  it  was  admin- 
istered by  his  son  Thomas.  He  married  Sarah 
Moore,  born  September  12,  1704,  daughter  of 
John  (3)  and  Abigail  (Strong)  Aloore,  grand- 
daughter of  John  (2),  who  was  a  son  of  Dea- 
con John  ( I )  Moore,  the  last  named  a  son  of 
Thomas  Moore,  of  Dorchester,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  Sarah,  Lydia,  Grace  (died  young), 
Isabel,  Jedediah,  Thomas  (died  young),  Lois, 
Grace.  Thomas  and  Elijah. 

(  Y )  Thomas  ( 2 )  Egleston.  third  son  of 
Jedediah  and  Sarah  ( Aloore )  Egleston,  was 
born  September  26,  174(1,  in  Windsor,  and  was 
a  noted  fisherman.  \Yith  his  sons  he  owned 
the  best  fishing  place  on  the  Connecticut  river, 
north  of  Middletown.  This  was  situated  on 
the  Deerfield  lot,  four  miles  north  of  the  state 
house,  and  is  still  known  as  "Thomas  Egles- 
ton's  Fishing  Place."  In  1859  this  was  owned 
by  the  heirs  of  Timothy  Mills.  Opposite,  on 
the  west  side  of  the  street,  stands  a  brick  build- 
ing, erected  in  1760,  the  bricks  said  to  have 
been  made  by  Thomas  Egleston.  He  was  a 
revolutionary  soldier,  enlisting  June  24,  1776. 
in  Captain  Job  Couch's  company.  Colonel  Philip 
Burr  Bradley's  regiment.  This  body  was  sta- 
tioned during  the  summer  and  early  fall,  of 
that  year,  at  Bergen  Heights  and  Paulus  Hook, 
now  Jersey  City.  In  November  it  was  trans- 
ferred across  the  river  to  the  defence  of  Fort 
Washington,  where,  with  hundreds  of  others. 
Thomas  Egleston  was  captured  by  the  British 
forces,  November  16.  of  that  year.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  February  13,  1766,  Rebecca,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Rebecca  Drake,  born  Janu- 
ary 24,  baptized  February  2,  1745,  and  died 
1775.  He  married  (second).  February  26, 
1778,  Ann  Clark.  Children,  born  of  the  first 
wife,  and  baptized  at  Windsor  :  Sarah.  Rebecca, 
Jedediah.  Elijah.  Francis.  EHhu,  Joseph  (men- 
tioned below),  Henry,  George  and  Ann. 

( VI)   Joseph  Eggleston.  fifth  son  of  Thomas 
(2)  and  Rebecca  VOrake)   Egleston,  was  bap- 


tized August  I  1.  1782,  at  the  W  intlsor  church, 
and  removed  to  Sherburne,  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  about  1808.  Some  fourteen 
vears  later,  he  settled  in  the  town  nf  Cnrt- 
iandville,  Cortland  county.  New  York,  where 
he  was  a  farmer,  and  died.  He  married. 
October  14.  1802,  Harriet  Goodrich,  of  Cole- 
brook.  Connecticut,  who  died  in  Cortland- 
ville,  1850.  Children:  1.  Joseph  Francis,  bap- 
tized at  Windsor,  July  3.  1803.  2.  Ann.  died 
voung.  3.  Fanny,  baptized  July  5,  1807,  in 
Windsor;  died  in  i8fi2,  in  Cortland.  4.  Hiram, 
resided  in  Alden.  New  York,  where  he  died 
childless.  5.  Asahel  G.,  mentioned  below.  6. 
George.  7.  Julia,  married  Cortland  Corwin, 
of  Cortland,  and  had  two  daughters.  8.  Emily, 
died  young.  9.  Delia,  married  George  Ban- 
croft, resided  in  Whitewater.  Wisconsin,  and 
had  three  children. 

(VII)  Asahel  G..  third  son  of  Joseph  and 
Harriet  (Goodrich)  Eggleston.  was  born  in 
1810,  in  Sherburne;  died  June  23,  1897.  He 
was  about  twelve  years  of  age  when  his  par- 
ents removed  to  Cortlandville.  He  always  fol- 
lowed farming  in  Cortland  county.  New  York ; 
he  had  a  large  farm,  and  was  active  up  to  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  held  various  town  and 
village  offices.  He  was  a  Presbyterian.  He 
married,  July  7.  1842,  Louise  Kenney,  born  in 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1814,  died  July  i, 
1897.  daughter  of  Jabez  Kenney.  Children: 
Antoinette,  deceased ;  Josei)h  Emmett.  men- 
tioned below. 

(\TII)  Joseph  Emmett.  only  son  of  Asahel 
G.  and  Louise  (Kenney)  Eggleston.  was  born 
in  Cortland.  New  York,  November  I.  1847. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  academy  and 
State  Normal  School,  of  Cortland,  New  York ; 
studied  law  in  the  office  of  Waters  &  Waters, 
in  Cortland ;  admitted  to  New  York  state  bar 
in  1875.  and  to  United  States  courts  in  1881. 
He  practiced  law  for  a  time  in  company  with 
Mr.  Waters,  under  firm  name  of  Waters  & 
Eggleston,  and  later  was  alone  in  practice.  In 
1889  he  was  elected  county  judge  and  surro- 
gate of  Cortland  county.  New  York,  which 
office  he  has  held  ever  since.  He  is  a  director 
in  the  Second  National  Bank,  of  Cortland,  and 
trustee  of  the  State  Firemen's  Home  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  member  of  Cortlandville  Lodge. 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

He  married,  September  2,  1874.  Alta  B.. 
daughter  of  Rensselaer  R.  and  Olive  Moore, 
of  Cincinnatus.  New  York.  They  have  one 
daughter,  Aria,  a  graduate  of  the  State  Normal 


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School,  at  Cortland,  also  of  the  National  Park 
Seminary,  Washington,  D.  C,  and  she  took  a 
course  at  the  Currie  Oratory  School,  of  Bos- 
ton, Massachusetts,  and  is  now  a  teacher. 


Dr.  Johannes   Mounies  de 

MONTANYE  la  Montanye  was  born  in 
OR  Saintonge,  France,  i  S95.  He 

MANTANYE  married  Rachel  Deforest, 
sister  of  Jesse  De  Forest, 
at  Leyden,  December  12,  1626.  He  came  to 
Harlem  in  1637,  took  up  Montanye  Flats,  was 
secretary  of  the  Flarlem  Colony,  and  later  was 
in  command  at  Fort  Orange  (now  Albany), 
as  vice-director,  until  i(/')4,  when  possession 
was  taken  by  the  British.  He  died  in  Holland, 
in  1670,  having  gone  there  with  Governor  Stuy- 
vesant,  after  the  British  occupation  of  New 
York. 

(H)  Jan  (or  John),  son  of  Dr.  Johannes 
Mounies  de  la  Montanye,  came  to  Harlem  soon 
after  his  father,  and  entered  business  with  \'in- 
cent  Pikes.  He  returned  to  Holland  and  mar- 
ried Peternella  Pikes  there,  about  1654.  Re- 
turned to  New  York  in  1655,  ^^d  soon  after 
settled  in  Harlem  and  took  up  Montanye  Point ; 
was  secretary  and  teacher  at  Harlem  until  his 
death,  in  1672.  His  first  wife  died  and  he 
married  (second)  Maria  Vermilye,  June  10, 
1663. 

(IH)  \'incent,  son  of  Jan  or  John  Mon- 
tanye, was  born  in  Harlem,  New  York,  1657. 
He  married,  March  5,  1684,  Adriana,  daughter 
of  Jan  Thomas  Aken.  He  was  living  in  1713, 
but  died  soon  after. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Vincent  Montanye, 
born  1691,  was  shopkeeper  in  New  York;  lived 
and  died  in  Prince  street.  New  York ;  his  death 
occurring  October  12,  1761.  He  married,  No- 
vember 25.  1718,  Rebecca  Bruyn  ;  she  survived 
him;  they  had  fifteen  children. 

(V)  John  T.,  son  of  Tliomas  Montanye, 
was  born  1743 :  lived  in  New  York  on  the 
breaking  out  of  the  war  of  the  revolution.  He 
married  Mary  Blain. 

(VI)  Peter,  son  of  John  T.  Montanye,  later 
called  also  Mintonye,  born  in  New  York,  in 
1775,  with  brothers,  Isaac  and  Jacob,  came  to 
Western  New  York.  Peter  settled  in  Dryden, 
but  later  in  Sempronius,  New  York,  and  died 
there,  in  1856.    He  married . 

(VII)  William,  youngest  son  of  Peter  Mon- 
tanye, was  born  in  Dryden,  New  York,  May 
24,  1808;  died  in  Florida,  in  1880.  His  edu- 
cation  was   received   in   common   schools ;   he 


learned  the  carriage  maker's  trade  in  Dryden, 
New  York,  and  carried  on  wagon  making,  and 
later  was  a  merchant  in  Freetown.  New  York, 
up  to  1865,  when  he  removed  to  Cortland,  New 
York.  He  was  supervisor  at  Freetown  during 
the  war,  and  for  some  years  previous  was  a 
member  of  county  board  of  supervisors.  Dur- 
ing the  war  he  was  active  in  enlisting  men  for 
the  service  and  keeping  up  supplies  for  them. 
He  married  Betsey  Fuller,  daughter  of  Eleazer 
haulier,  of  Freetown,  a  descendant  of  the  Fullers 
who  came  to  Plymouth  in  the  "Mayflower." 
Here  the  name  began  to  be  "Mantanye."  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Cornelia,  married  J.  H.  Delavan,  she 
died  .August,  1907.  2.  William  Jameson,  see 
forward.  3.  .Austin  F.,  living  at  present  time. 
(VIII)  William  Jameson,  son  of  \\'illiam 
Mantanye,  was  born  at  Freetown.  Cortland 
county.  New  York,  October  17,  1843.  He 
remained  at  Freetown  until  the  civil  war.  He 
attended  the  district  school,  and  after  he  was 
twelve  years  old  worked  on  a  farm  every 
summer.  As  a  student  he  was  cjuick  to  learn, 
and  he  was  a  great  reader.  In  the  fall  of  1859, 
and  again  in  i860,  he  attended  the  Homer 
Academy,  then  one  of  the  most  famous  schools 
in  the  state.  In  the  winter  of  1860-61  he 
taught  school  in  the  lumbering  district,  on  the 
north  fork  of  the  Cowanesque,  near  Westfield, 
Tioga  county,  Pennsylvania,  where  a  brother 
uf  his  father  resided,  returning  to  farm  work 
in  the  spring,  intending  to  resume  study  at 
Homer  the  following  autumn.  Rut  the  civil 
war  broke  out  that  spring,  and,  after  the  dis- 
aster at  Bull  Run  and  on  the  fir.st  call  for  three 
years  troops,  he  enlisted  in  Company  D,  Sev- 
enty-sixth New  York  Infantry,  at  the  age  of 
seventeen,  and  served  through  the  war  at  the 
front  in  the  .Army  of  the  Potomac.  He  was 
wounded  at  second  Bull  Run,  .August  29,  1862. 
but  not  seriously,  and  returned  to  his  regiment 
next  day.  .At  Gettysburg  he  was  taken  pris- 
oner, July  I,  1863,  and  paroled  on  the  field  July 
4,  but  as  the  government  held  the  parole  to  be 
illegal  he  soon  after  returned  to  his  company 
without  exchange.  In  the  fall  of  1863  he  was 
called  to  Washington  to  take  a  commission  in 
the  First  Regiment  of  the  Cnitcd  States  Color- 
ed Troops,  then  being  organized,  but  conclud- 
ing he  was  not  suited  for  the  position,  being 
then  only  nineteen  years  of  age.  he  declined  it 
and  returned  to  his  company.  In  January,  1864, 
he  reenlisted  as  a  veteran  volunteer  in  his  old 
company,  and,  in  October,  1864,  on  the  expira- 
tion of  the  term  of  the  regiment,  he  was  trans- 


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ferred  to  the  One  Hundred  and  Forty-seventh 
New  York,  thence  to  the  Ninety-first  New 
York,  from  which  he  was  discharged,  July  3, 
1865,  by  reason  of  the  close  of  the  war.  Thus 
he  served  nearly  four  years,  first  in  the  I-'irst 
Army  Corps,  under  Reynolds  and  I^oubleday, 
until  that  corps  was  destroyed  at  Gettysburg, 
where  the  Seventy-si.xth  New  York,  leading 
the  Corps,  opened  the  battle  with  tlie  I^'irst 
Infantry  fire.  After  that  he  served  in  the  Fifth 
Corps,  of  which  the  remnant  of  the  old  First 
Corps  formed  the  Third  Division,  and  he  was 
present  at  the  surrender  of  Lee,  .\pril  9,  1865. 
During  his  army  service,  and  particularly  while 
in  winter  quarters,  Mr.  Mantanye  continued 
his  study  and  reading,  and  he  also  kept  a  diary 
which  has  since  been  used  by  writers  on  army 
life.  On  his  return  from  the  army,  in  1865. 
Mr.  Mantanye  came  to  Cortland,  his  father 
having  that  year  removed  to  Cortland.  He 
entered  on  the  study  of  law  with  Hon.  Arthur 
Holmes,  then  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of 
the  county.  In  May,  1867,  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  at  Binghamton,  and  soon  after  com- 
menced the  practice  of  law.  which  he  has  ever 
since  continued.  Before  his  admission  he  had 
committed  the  code  of  procedure  to  memory, 
and  he  has  always  been  an  authority  on  prac- 
tice, frequently  consulted  by  other  lawyers.  In 
May,  1869,  he  removed  to  Marathon  and  open- 
ed an  office,  continuing  practice  there  until 
1888,  when  he  removed  to  Cortland,  which  has 
since  been  his  residence. 

Mr.  Mantanye  has  been  a  prominent  Repub- 
lican all  his  life,  casting  his  first  vote  for  Lin- 
coln, in  1864,  at  the  age  of  twenty-one,  send- 
ing it  from  the  front.  He  supported  Horace 
Greeley,  in  1872,  as  a  Republican  and  one  of 
the  founders  of  the  party,  still  holding  to  that 
party,  and  refusing  to  pass  over  to  the  opposite 
side,  as  so  many  did.  His  father  was  of  the 
"Free  Soil"  party  that  supported  Birney,  in 
1848,  and  John  P.  Hale,  in  1852,  and  which,  by 
the  accession  of  W'higs  in  1854-55,  became  the 
Republican  party.  In  the  first  Republican  cam- 
paign, in  1856,  though  only  thirteen  years  of 
age,  he  was  a  leader  in  a  band  of  boys  at  Free- 
town, organized  into  a  "Fremont  and  Dayton" 
marching  club,  having  a  liberty  pole  and  flag 
of  its  own  in  front  of  his  father's  wagon  works. 
The  flag  is  still  retained  as  an  interesting  relic. 
After  the  war  he  was  active  in  the  party,  fre- 
quently a  delegate  to  state  conventions,  and  a 
member  of  the  Republican  county  committee. 


and  a  popular  leader.  In  1882-83  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  committee 
from  the  Onondaga,  Cortland  district,  and  of 
the  executive  committee  of  the  state  organiza- 
tion. He  was  never  a  seeker  for  office  for 
himself,  and  never  was  a  candidate  until  1893, 
when,  without  any  previous  canvass,  he  was 
nominated  as  a  delegate  to  the  constitutional 
convention  of  1894,  from  the  twenty-fifth  sen- 
ate district,  then  composed  of  Cortland,  Broome, 
Tioga,  Chenango  and  Delaware  counties,  and 
was  elected.  In  that  convention  he  was  promi- 
nent as  a  speaker  and  worker,  and  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  important  committee  on  powers  and 
duties  of  the  legislature,  and  on  county  and 
town  officers.  He  introduced  some  amend- 
ments which  were  adopted  and  two  that  were 
not  finally  adopted,  but  eventually  will  be  a 
part  of  the  organic  law.  One  of  these  was  to 
make  the  term  of  office  of  governor  and  lieu- 
tenant-governor four  years,  and  make  them 
ineligible  to  election  for  the  next  succee<ling 
term.  This  was  at  first  agreed  to  in  committee, 
but  later  on  was  defeated.  The  other  was  a 
provision  for  biennial  sessions  of  the  legis- 
lature— No.  83  on  the  file.  It  was  at  first 
adopted  by  the  committee,  as  appears  by  con- 
vention document  No.  22,  but  later  a  rally  of 
the  politicians  caused  its  defeat.  In  1897  it 
was,  on  the  suggestion  of  Governor  Black,  in- 
troduced in  the  legislature  and  passed,  but 
failed  in  the  legislature  of  i8g8.  Fie  also  advo- 
cated the  amendment  as  to  employment  of 
convicts  in  penal  institutions,  forbi<lding  their 
labor  being  sold  out  to  contractors,  and  it  was 
adopted.  In  June,  1895,  ^^^'-  Mantanye  was 
appointed,  by  Governor  Morton,  as  a  member 
of  the  state  commission  of  prisons,  created  by 
the  constitution  of  1894.  with  jurisdiction  over 
all  penal  institutions,  and  having  the  duty  of 
reporting  a  svstem  for  the  employment  of  con- 
victs under  the  revised  constitution.  Mr.  Man- 
tanye was  at  once  elected  vice-president  of  the 
commission,  and  reelectefl  in  1896.  As  he  was 
the  only  member  who  had  given  the  subject 
previous  study  he  was  made  chairman  of  the 
committee  on  annual  report  to  formulate  the 
new  system.  This  he  did  in  such  a  careful  and 
reasonable  way  that  the  report  was  adopted  by 
the  commission  and  handed  to  the  legislature 
of  1896.  He  was  tiien  put  upon  the  committee 
on  legislation,  and  had  charge  of  the  drafting' 
and  introduction  of  the  proposed  laws  in  ac- 
cordance with  the  report.     These  laws  chang- 


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ing  the  prison  labor  system,  with  some  amend- 
ments to  the  county  law  and  penal  code,  were 
explained  to  the  legislature  by  Mr.  Mantanye 
and  were  enacted.  By  these  laws  the  taking  of 
convicts  from  without  the  state  by  peniten- 
tiaries to  board  was  ended  and  the  different 
institutions  were  relegated  to  their  original  pur- 
poses by  requiring  felons  to  be  sent  to  the 
reformatory  and  state  prisons,  and  misdemean- 
ants to  the  jails,  penitentiaries  and  houses  of 
refuge.  The  labor  of  convicts  is  also  to  be 
utilized  in  producing  supplies  for  the  public 
institutions,  so  that  the  state  has  the  full  value 
of  the  labor  in  reduction  of  taxation,  instead 
of  selling  it  out  to  syndicates  for  small  prices 
and  thus  enabling  them  to  carry  on  a  ruinous 
competition  with  industries  of  free  labor.  The 
system  has  proved  successful,  and  is  being 
adopted  in  other  states.  Great  improvement 
was  made  in  jails,  penitentiaries  and  other 
prisons.  The  prisoners  were  classified  and 
graded  as  required  by  the  law  of  i88g,  with  a 
view  of  introilucing  the  reformatory  system  in 
the  state  prisons,  which  makes  good  citizens  of 
law  breakers,  instead  of  putting  them  into  a 
permanent  criminal  class,  as  under  the  old  sys- 
tem. Mr.  Mantanye  continued  as  chairman  of 
the  committee  on  annual  report  of  the  com- 
mission, and  drew  the  report  for  189S,  pre- 
sented to  the  legislature  of  1899.  It  was  an 
interesting  document,  giving  a  retrospect  of 
the  conditions  existing  when  the  commission 
was  appointed  and  of  the  many  improvements 
and  economies  since  inaugurated  and  carried 
on  at  the  instance  of  the  commission.  To  Mr. 
Mantanye.  more  than  to  any  other  one  person,  is 
owing  the  great  reforms  put  in  successful  oper- 
ation in  the  prison  system  of  the  state,  and 
which  are  being  copied  in  other  states  and 
countries.  Yet  he  is  modest  and  unassuming, 
claiming  no  special  credit  or  honor  for  himself, 
but  giving  it  all  to  the  commission. 

Since  1901.  when  he  retired  from  the  com- 
mission of  prisons,  he  has  devoted  his  time  to 
his  law  practice,  which  is  large,  particularly  in 
caring  for  and  settling  estates.  While  often 
consulted  in  jiarty  matters  and  having  large 
influence  he  has  retired  from  more  active  polit- 
ical work,  feeling  that  forty  years  of  activity 
has  earned  for  liim  a  rest.  Mr.  Mantanye  is  a 
member  of  the  Tioughnioga  Club;  secretary  of 
the  Association  of  the  Seventy-sixth  Regiment. 
New  York  Volunteers,  and  was  the  first  colonel 
of  the  Cortland  Encampment  of  the  ITnion 
\'ctcran  Legion,  of  which  he  is  still  a  member, 


and  a  member  of  the  Grand  Army  of  the  Re- 
public, Grover  Post,  No.  98,  Cortland,  New 
York. 


Thomas    Sherwood,    immi- 

SHERWOOD  grant  ancestor,  was  born 
in  Ipswich,  Suffolk  county, 
England,  in  1593;  died  in  October,  1655,  at 
Fairfield,  Connecticut.  He  came  to  Boston  in 
the  ship  "Frances,"  in  1634,  giving  his  age  as 
forty-eight,  and  accompanied  by  his  wife  Alice, 
aged  forty-seven,  and  children  :  Ann,  aged  four- 
teen ;  Rose,  aged  eleven ;  Thomas,  ten ;  Re- 
becca, nine.  They  resided  for  several  years  in 
Massachusetts,  but  settled  in  Fairfield  as  early 
as  1645,  and  owneil  land  there  before  1650. 
In  his  will,  dated  July  21,  1655,  he  mentions 
all  his  children.  He  married  (first)  Alice  Sea- 
brook,  (second)  Mary  Fitch.  Children:  Ann, 
born  1620;  Rose,  1623;  Thomas,  1624;  Re- 
becca, 1625  ;  Stephen  ;  Matthew,  1633  ;  Tam- 
sen :  Margery;  Ruth;  Abigail;  Mary;  Isaac. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Sher- 
wood, was  born  in  England,  in  1623-24.  and 
came  with  his  parents  in  1634.  He  went  from 
Boston  to  ^\'ethersfield,  and  thence  to  Fair- 
field, where  he  settled.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman,  at  Hartford,  October  13,  1664.  He 
was  the  first  miller  on  Mill  Run,  Fairfield.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah  Wheeler,  who  died  be- 
fore August  21,  1669,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Ann  Wheeler.  He  married  (second)  Ann, 
daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Mary  Turney.  He 
married  (third)  Elizabeth,  widow  of  John 
Cable  Jr.  He  married  (fourth)  Sarah  Coley, 
widow  of  Peter  Coley,  and  daughter  of  Humph- 
rey Hyde.  Children  of  first  wife;  Thomas, 
born  1654,  of  Eastchester,  New  York;  Sarah, 
married  John  Whitlock.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Mary,  married  David  Whitlock;  Benja- 
min; Samuel:  Ruth;  Hannah;  Abigail.  Chil- 
dren of  third  wife:  Isaac,  mentioned  below; 
Phebe,  married  Samuel  Bradley. 

(HI)  Isaac,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Sherwood, 
was  born  in  Fairfield,  died  in  1748.  He  settled 
in  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1690.  He 
married  Mary  .  Children:  Isaac,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Rebecca,  Elizabeth  and  John. 

(IV)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (t )  Sherwood, 
was  born  about  1720,  or  earlier,  in  Norwalk. 
He  married  Alary  Hayes.  1  lis  three  sons.  Jon- 
athan, Isaac  and  Samuel,  settled  in  Williams- 
town,  Massachusetts.  Some  of  the  sons  of 
Samuel  and  Isaac  were  soldiers  in  the  revolu- 
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distinguish  him  from  his  uncle  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below,  died  at  Williamstown,  August  7, 
1825,  in  his  sixty-ninth  year,  and  his  wife 
Martha  died  there,  September  24,  1824,  in  her 
sixty-second  year  ;  their  gravestones  are  stand- 
ing; also  the  gravestone  of  their  daughter 
Anne,  who  died  October  19,  1813,  in  her  twen- 
ty-seventh year.  Stephen.  Timothy  and  Sam- 
uel were  soldiers  in  the  revolution  from 
Williamstown,  grandsons  of  Isaac  and  Mary 
(Hayes)  Sherwood.  Another  grandson,  James, 
married,  June  i,  1789,  at  Williamstown,  Hul- 
dah  Stratton,  and  the  marriages  of  four  grand- 
daughters are  recorded :  Mary  3d,  married,  at 
Williamstown,  February  25,  1785,  John  Mc- 
Nichols;  Polly,  married,  March  22,  1789.  Iz- 
bund  Gregory ;  Betty  Sherwood,  married,  De- 
cember 14,  1786,  Thomas  Fowler  ;  Rhoda  Sher- 
wood, married,  November  22,  1787,  at  Pownal, 
\'ermont.  Stephen  Pratt.  In  1790,  according 
to  the  first  federal  census,  the  following  sons 
and  grandsons  were  of  Williamstown :  James 
Sherwood,  with  two  males  over  sixteen,  one 
male  under  sixteen  and  three  females ;  Jona- 
than, two  males  over  sixteen,  two  under,  two 
females :  Jonathan  Jr.,  one  over  sixteen,  one 
under  and  three  females  ;  Stephen,  two  males 
over  sixteen  and  seven  females ;  Samuel,  one 
over  sixteen,  one  under  and  two  females.  Tim- 
othy, of  the  adjoining  town  of  West  Stock- 
bridge,  and  Benjamin,  of  New  Ashford,  also 
having  families  at  the  time  of  the  census,  were 
doubtless  of  this  family.  Children:  Isaac,  born 
1742,  died  at  Williamstown,  August  19,  1814, 
wife  Mary  died  October  2,  1808,  aged  seventy- 
one:  Jonathan,  mentioned  below  ;  Samuel,  died 
at  \\'illiamstown,  April  12,  1801,  aged  sixty- 
two.     Probably  others. 

(V)  Jonathan,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Sherwood, 
was  born  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut,  in  June, 
1746.  He  settled  before  the  revolution  at 
Williamstown,  Massachusetts.  Jonathan  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private  in  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Clark's  company,  Colcjnel  Benja- 
min Simond's  regiment,  of  Berkshire  county, 
and  tooiv  part  in  the  battle  near  Bennington, 
Vermont,  Au?ust  16,  1777,  and  was  engaged  in 
conveying  prisoners  to  Pittsfield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  corporal  of  the  same  company 
and  regiment,  September  7  to  30,  marching  to 
Pawlet,  Vermont,  by  order  of  Major-General 
Lincohi.  He  removed  from  \Mlliamstown,  in 
1798,  to  Fairfield.  Herkimer  county.  New 
York.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Jacob 
and  Sally  (Bradley)  Leach.     Her  father  was 


descended  from  Lawrence  Leach,  born  1589,. 
surgeon  to  Edward  III.,  of  England.  Jona- 
than Sherwood  died  January  17,  1799. 

(\T)  Henry,  son  of  Jonathan  Sherwood, 
was  born  in  Williamstown,  May  16,  1777;  died 
July  8,  1831.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Fairfield, 
New  York.  He  married  Abigail  Evans.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Fairfield,  New  York:  Henry  J., 
mentioned  below  ;  Gaylord  N.  and  Elizabeth. 

(\TI)  Henry  J.,  son  of  Henry  Sherwood, 
was  born  in  Fairfield,  New  York,  November 
II,  1817;  died  February  9,  1866,  in  Memphis, 
New  York.  He  was  a  general  merchant  at 
Memphis  and  Elbridge,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried, August  10,  1 841,  Ann  Benham,  born  in 
Cohocton,  Steuben  county.  New  York,  July  6, 
1820,  died  August  14,  1883.  Children:  (iay- 
lord  :  Isabel ;  James  D.,  lives  in  Cortland,  mar- 
ried Anna  Rice,  and  has  a  daughter,  Sarah 
Emily :  Silas  William,  mentioned  below. 

(  VIII )  Silas  William,  son  of  Henry  J.  Sher- 
wood, was  born  in  ^lemjihis.  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1859.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  was  for  a  time  in  the  wholesale 
boot  and  shoe  business  in  Syracuse,  New  York. 
He  came  to  Cortland,  New  York,  in  1878,  and 
engaged  in  the  retail  grocery  business,  in  part- 
nership with  his  brother  James  D.,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Sherwood  Brothers.  They  car- 
ried on  this  business  for  ten  years,  when  he 
retired  from'  the  firm  and  accepted  a  position 
in  the  business  office  of  H.  F.  Benton,  who 
conducted  a  lumber  business.  When  the  H.  F. 
Benton  Lumber  Company  was  incorporated, 
in  1899,  he  was  elected  treasurer  of  tlie  com- 
pany, and  has  held  that  office  since.  He  is 
active  in  public  aiTairs  in  Cortland,  and  is  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trade.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 
He  married,  August  22,  1883,  Jeannette  Cleve- 
land, daughter  of  Henry  F.  and  Caroline  Lu- 
cretia  (Putnam)  Benton  (see  Benton  VIII). 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Sherwood  have  no  children. 

(The   Benton  Line). 

(I)  John  Benton  was  of  the  parish  of  Epp- 
ing,  county  Essex,  England,  and  was  married 
there.  May  25,  1618,  to  Mary  Southernwood. 
He  was  probably  the  son  of  Andrew  and  Maria 
Benton.  Children  :  Andrew,  baptized  October 
15,  1620,  mentioned  below:  Thomas,  baptized 
August  25,  1622;  Marie,  baptized  June  29, 
1625:  Elizabeth,  baptized  August  31,  1628," 
John,  baptized  March  10,  1639. 

(II)  Andrew   Benton,  immigrant  ancestor. 


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was  the  son  of  John  Benton,  of  Epping,  coun- 
ty Essex,  England,  and  was  baptized  at  Epping, 
October  15,  1620.  In  tlie  apportionment  of 
land  at  Miiford,  Connecticut,  in  November, 
1639,  he  was  allotted  parcel  No.  64.  It  con- 
tained three  acres,  and  was  situated  on  the 
west  side  of  Half  Mile  Brook.  To  this  there 
was  afterwards  added  several  other  parcels  of 
land.  He  married  (first),  about  1649,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  George  Stocking,  of  Hart- 
ford, a  first  settler  there,  in  1636.  They  united 
with  the  church  in  Miiford,  he  on  March  5, 
1648,  and  she  on  October  13,  1650,  and  were 
dismissed  to  Hartford,  March,  1666.  They 
had  removed  to  the  latter  town  as  early  as 
1662.  She  died  about  1672,  and  he  married 
(second),  probably  in  1673,  Anne,  daughter  of 
John  Cole,  "a  godly  man  of  some  public  trust." 
She  was  the  "bewitched  maid"  on  whose  ac- 
count, chiefly,  Nathaniel  Greensmith  and  his 
wife  were  hanged  for  witchcraft,  on  January 
-5-  1663.  Goffe,  the  regicide,  who  was  then 
in  hiding  at  Miiford,  writes  in  his  diary,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  that  after  the  hanging  "the  maid 
was  well,"  and  Cotton  Mather's  "Magnalia," 
in  1684,  says  of  her,  that  "she  is  restored  to 
health,  united  with  the  church,  and  living  in 
good  repute."    She  died  April  19,  1685. 

Andrew  Benton  held  various  public  offices 
in  Hartford;  fence  viewer  in  1663-64,  juror 
in  1664-67,  freeman  in  May,  1665,  antl  sup- 
pressor of  "disorders  during  public  worship" 
and  collector  of  minister's  rates  in  1667.  In 
February,  1670,  he  separated  to  the  Second 
Church,  with  his  wife,  daughter  Hannah,  and 
his  fathers-in-law.  Stocking  and  Cole.  He  died 
July  31,  1683,  and  was  buried  in  Center  Church 
cemetery,  where  his  gravestone  may  still  be 
seen.  Children,  all  e.xcept  the  youngest  born 
in  Milfortl:  John,  April  9,  1650,  died  May  24, 
1650;  Hannah,  baptized  November  23,  1651  ; 
Andrew,  baptized  August  12,  1653;  Mary, 
April  14,  1655;  John,  October  7,  1656:  Sam- 
uel, August  15,  1658;  Joseph,  1660;  Dorothy, 
probably  1662.  Children  of  second  wife,  burn 
in  Hartford:  Ebenezer.  baptized  January  4. 
1674;  Lydia,  baptized  February  13,  1676;  llan- 
nah,  baj)tized  January  26,  1679;  John,  baptized 
May  30,  1680,  died  young. 

(Ill)  Samuel,  son  (jf  .Andrew  Benton,  was 
born  August  15,  1658,  in  Miiford,  and  lived  in 
Miiford  and  Hartford,  and  for  a  time  in  Tol- 
land, Connecticut,  where  he  and  his  son  were 
first  proprietors  in  1716.  He  married,  prob- 
abh'  in   i(>y').  Sarali,  daughttr  of  William  ancl 


Sarah  Chatterton,  of  New  Haven,  born  there, 
July  19,  1661.  He  died  testate,  in  Hartford, 
April  10,  1746.  Children,  born  in  Flartford: 
Samuel,  August  8,  1680;  Sarah,  September  28, 
1685;  Hannah,  March  14,  1688:  Abigail,  De- 
cember 9,  1 691  :  Caleb,  March  i,  1694;  Daniel, 
June  25,  1696,  mentioned  below ;  Jacob,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1698  ;  Moses,  April  26,  1702  ;  Lydia, 
April  26,  1705.  His  son  Daniel's  name  appears 
in  a  petition  res]3ecting  lands  in  Coventry,  in 
1718.  Samuel  Benton,  then  living  in  Hart- 
ford, gave  a  deed  of  Tolland  lands,  in  1719,  to 
Daniel  Benton,  of  Hartford,  "his  living  son." 

( IV )  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  I'lenton,  was 
born  June  25,  i6<)6,  lived  in  Hartford  and  Tol- 
land, died  in  Tolland.  He  united  with  the 
Second  Church,  September  21,  1718.  He  mar- 
ried, January  3,  1722,  Mary,  daughter  of  John 
Skinner,  of  Hartford.  Children,  born  in  Tol- 
land: Mary,  October  17,  1722,  died  March  16, 
1723;  Daniel,  January  6,  1724,  mentioned 
below;  William,  November  12,  1725;  Mary, 
April  9,  1727,  died  October  4,  1745;  Elijah, 
June  30,  1728;  Sarah,  May  8,  1730,  died  young  ; 
Hannah,  July  12,  1731,  died  young;  John,  June 
17,  1732,  died  young;  Siloam,  December  11, 
1733,  died  young;  Lydia,  May  2,  1735;  Abi- 
gail, November  23,  1736. 

(V' )  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (  i)  Benton, 
was  born  in  Tolland,  January  6,  1724,  and 
spent  his  life  there.  He  married,  November 
,3,  1747,  Mary  Wheeler.  Children:  Elisha, 
born  August  9,  1748,  a  revolutionary  soMier ; 
Mary,  August  31,  1750;  Daniel,  April  29,  1752; 
Azariah,  March  39,  1754,  a  revolutionary  sol- 
dier; Hannah,  May  3,  1756,  died  October  18, 
1757;  Hannah,  February  18,  1758  ;  Jacob.  April 

22,  1760,  mentioned  below;  Nathan.  May  3, 
1764:  Silas,  June  6,  1766. 

(\T)  Jacob,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Benton,  was 
born  April  22,  1760.  and  lived  in  Tolland.  He 
was  a  revolutionary  soldier  at  the  age  of  seven- 
teen and  saw  four  years'  service.  He  was  a 
dragoon  at  the  battle  of  Saratoga,  and  was 
present  at  the  surrender  of  Burgoyne.  October, 
1777.  He  was  pensioned  in  1818,  and  the  wit- 
nesses in  his  pension  say:  "A  man  of  veracity, 
a  fine,  honorable,  honest  man."  He  married 
(first),  March  14,  1782.  Sarah  Weston,  of 
Willington,  Connecticut.     She  died  September 

23.  1787.  He  married  ( second),  July  i,  1789, 
Sarah  Ladd,  of  Tolland,  who  survived  him. 
He  died  July  9,  1843.  Children  of  first  wife: 
.\nn,  born  February  1.  1783;  William,  .August 
-'().   1785.     Children  of  second  wife:  .\znriah. 


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June  8.  1790;  Ruth,  December  8,  i/yi  :  Daniel, 
Alay  3,  1794;  Susanna,  February  19,  179O; 
Chester,  February  5,  1798,  mentioned  below; 
Jacob,  June  i,  1802. 

(VII)  Chester,  son  of  Jacob  Benton,  was 
born  at  Tolland,  Connecticut,  February  5,  1798, 
died  at  Cortland,  New  York,  November  23, 
1875.  He  moved  to  Cortland  and  w^as  a  pros- 
I)erous  farmer.  He  married,  I'^-bruary  9,  1826, 
Tirzah  I'orter  Loomis,  born  March  2"],  1804, 
died  July  18,  1887.  Children,  born  at  Cort- 
land: George  C,  born  February  7,  1827;  Al- 
phonzo  L.,  November  9,  183 1  ;  Henry  Francis, 
mentioned  below;  Melvin  P.,  March  5,  1841. 

(  \'ni )  Henry  Francis,  son  of  Chester  Ijen- 
ton,  was  born  at  Cortland,  New  York,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1837,  died  there,  April  20,  1910.  He 
spent  his  youth  on  the  homestead  on  South 
Hill,  in  Cortland,  and  he  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  When  he  came  of 
age  he  followed  his  brother  George  C,  who 
had  gone  west  and  was  a  lumber  merchant  in 
Chicago,  and  located  at  Bloomington,  Illinois, 
where  he  engaged  in  business,  but  after  a  year 
or  two  he  was  induced  to  return  home  by  his 
parents,  who  had  been  left  alone  on  the  farm. 
He  then  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  in 
Cortland,  in  the  firm  of  Chamberlain  &  Ben- 
ton, in  partnership  with  Norman  Chamber- 
lain. In  1866  he  sold  his  interest  in  that  firm 
and  bought  the  lumber  yard  of  John  Barnes 
and  during  the  remainder  of  his  active  life 
continued  in  the  lumber  trade.  His  business 
grew  to  large  proportions.  In  January,  1891), 
the  business  was  incorporated  as  the  H.  ]•". 
Benton  Lumber  Company.  The  other  stock- 
holders an  1  directors  were  his  son-in-law,  Silas 
W.  Sherwood,  who  had  been  associated  in 
Inisiness  with  him  for  many  years,  and  Orson 
.\.  Kinney.  Mr.  Benton  became  president  of 
the  corporation  and  retained  that  office  as  long 
as  he  lived,  though  he  withdrew  from  the 
active  management  of  the  business  to  a  large 
e.vtent. 

When  the  Second  National  l!ank  was  estab- 
lished, in  1882,  Mr.  B.enton  became  one  of  the 
first  board  of  directors  and  continued  a  di- 
rector as  long  as  he  lived.  He  was  elected  vice- 
president  in  January,  1901,  and  held  the  office 
at  the  time  of  his  death.  From  time  to  time 
he  was  interested  financially  in  various  busi- 
ness enterprises  in  Cortland.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  incorporated  village  of  Cortland 
one  year.  He  took  an  active  part  in  all  the 
movements  designed  to  better  conditinns  anfl 


inijirove  the  town.  He  held  the  esteem  and 
confidence  of  all  his  townsmen  and  took  rank 
among  the  most  substantial  and  reliable  men 
of  the  community.  Through  almost  his  whole 
life  he  was  a  member  of  the  Cortland  Presby- 
terian Church,  and  he  was  infiuential  and  be- 
loved in  that  society,  h'or  many  years  he  was 
sujjerintendent  of  tlie  .Sunday  school,  which 
he  had  attended  from  boyhood.  For  nearly 
forty-two  years  he  had  been  a  member  of  the 
church  session,  the  longest  service  of  any  man 
in  the  church,  and  during  all  those  years  he 
was  the  faithful  clerk  of  the  body.  He  was 
elected  clerk  for  the  first  time,  October  31, 
i8'i8.  "lie  has  been  the  deeply  consecrated 
member,  tlie  wise,  discreet  and  conservative 
counselor,  and  the  active  and  energetic  worker 
in  all  that  pertained  to  the  welfare  of  the 
chiu-ch.  Throughout  his  whole  life  he  has  been 
liberal  in  beneficence.  Wherever  there  was  a 
person  in  need  he  was  sure  to  find  a  hearty 
sympathizer  and  a  ready  helper  in  Mr.  Benton, 
though  it  was  all  so  quietly  done  that  few  ever 
heard  of  it.  In  every  way  !Mr.  Benton  will  be 
sadly  missed  in  this  community." 

He  married,  June  11,  i8fii,  Caroline  Put- 
nam, of  Cortland,  who  died  June  19,  i8i)<).  She 
was  born  November  2"].  1839,  daughter  of 
Hrmilton  and  Jeamiette  (Cleveland)  Putnam. 
Children:  r.  Jeannette  Cleveland,  married  Silas 
\V.  Sherwood  (see  Sherwood  \TII).  2.  Mary 
Putnam,  married  Charles  Wickham  Parker,  of 
Chicago  ;  children  :  Henry  Benton  Parker,  born 
June  15,  1890;  Charles  Grosvenor  Parker, 
March  14,  1896;  Caroline  Putnam  Parker,  De- 
cember 24,  1898.  3.  Carrie  Louise,  married 
Arthur  Ford  Stilson  ;  children:  Chester  Ben- 
ton, born  January  16.  i8c/i,  in  Cortland,  and 
one  child  who  died  aged  fourteen  months.  Ray- 
mond Putnam. 


The  Perkins  family  is  an  an- 
PERKINS     cient  one  in  England.  The  first 

of  the  name  of  whom  there  is 
record,  and  from  whom  the  family  is  descenrl- 
ed.  is  "Peter  Alorley,  alias  Perkins,"  who  lived 
in  the  time  of  Richard  II.,  and  was  an  officer 
in  the  household,  or  steward  of  the  court  of 
Sir  Hugh  Despenser.  about  1300.  The  name 
is  spelled  variously  Peterkins,  Parkins,  Pcrk- 
ings  and  Perkins.  Several  of  the  name  lived 
in  the  neighborhood  of  Newent,  county  Glou- 
cester, England,  and  the  immigrant  John  is 
sai'  to  have  come  from  that  part  of  England. 
(  I )   John  Perkins,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 


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NEW  YORK. 


was  born  in  1590,  probably  in  Xewent,  county 
Gloucester,  England.  He  sailed  from  Bristol, 
December  i,  1630,  in  the  ship  "Lion,"  William 
Pierce,  master,  with  his  wife  and  five  children. 
He  was  in  the  company  with  Rev.  Roger  Will- 
iams, and  after  a  stormy  voyage  of  sixty-seven 
days,  they  landed  at  Boston,  February  6,  1631. 
He  settled  first  in  Boston,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman,  May  18,  1631.  He  was  one  of  a 
committee  of  four  to  settle  the  bounds  between 
Roxbury  and  Dorchester,  November  7,  1632. 
He  removed,  in  1633,  to  Ipswich,  and  had  sev- 
eral grants  of  land.  His  house  was  near  the 
river,  at  the  entrance  to  Jeffries  Neck,  on  what 
is  now  East  street.  He  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1636,  and  on  the  grand  jury  in 
1648  and  1652.    His  will  was  dated  March  28, 

1634.     He  married  Judith  -^^ — '■ .     Children: 

John,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas,  born  in  1616 ; 
"Elizabeth,  1618;  Mary,  1620;  Jacob,  1624; 
Lydia,  1632,  baptized  at  First  Church,  Boston, 
June  3,  1632. 

(H)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Perkins, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1614,  and  came  to 
New  England  with  his  parents.  He  had  a 
grant  of  land  in  Ipswich,  in  1634,  and  other 
grants,  and  owned  an  island  called  Hog  Island. 

He    married,    about    1635,    Elizabeth    — . 

The  following  is  from  a  paper  by  Rev.  Thomas 
Cobbet :  "About  5  or  6  years  after  (an  intend- 
ed attack  upon  "Nahumkeick"  by  the  Indians) 
in  the  first  planting  of  Ipswich  ( as  a  creditable 
man  informs  me,  namely  Quartermaster  Per- 
kins) the  Tarratines  ur  Easterly  Indians  had  a 
design  to  cut  them  off  at  the  first,  when  they 
had  but  20  or  30  men,  old  and  young  belonging 
to  the  place  (and  that  instant  most  of  the  men 
had  gone  into  the  bay  about  their  occasions, 
not  hearing  there  of)  it  was  thus  one  Robin,  a 
friendly  Indian,  came  to  this  John  Perkins, 
then  a  young  man  then  living  in  a  little  hut 
upon  his  father's  island  on  this  side  of  Jeffries 
Neck,  and  told  him  that  on  such  a  Thursday 
morning,  early  they  would  come  four  Indians 
to  draw  him  to  goe  down  the  Hill  to  the  water 
side,  to  truck  with  them,  which  if  he  did,  he 
and  all  neare  him  would  be  cut  off ;  for  there 
were  40  burchencanoues,  would  lie  out  of  sight, 
in  the  brow  of  the  Hill,  full  of  Armed  Indians 
for  that  ])urpose  ;  of  this  he  forthwith  acquaints 
Mr.  John  Winthrop,  who  then  lived  there,  in 
a  howse  near  the  water,  who  advised  him  if 
such  Indians  came,  to  carry  it  ruggedly  toward 
them,  and  throated  to  shoot  them  if  they  would 
not  be  gone,  and  when  their  backs  were  turned 


to  strike  up  the  drum  he  had  with  him  besides 
his  two  nuiskets,  and  then  discharge  them  ;  that 
those  6  or  8  young  men,  who  were  in  the 
marshes  hard  by  a  mowing,  haveing  theyr  guns 
each  of  them  ready  charged,  by  them,  might 
take  the  Alarme  and  the  Indians  would  per- 
ceive theyr  plot  was  discovered  and  haste  away 
to  sea  againe ;  which  was  accordingly  so  acted 
and  tooke  like  eff'ect ;  for  he  told  me  that  pres- 
ently after  he  discovered  40  such  canoues 
sheare  off  from  under  the  Hill  and  make  as 
fast  as  they  could  to  sea.  And  no  doubt  many 
godly  hearts  were  lifted  up  to  heaven  for  de- 
liverance at  Salem  and  this  at  Ipswich." 

John  Perkins  opened  the  first  ordinary  or 
inn  in  Ipswich  and  was  chosen  cjuartermaster 
of  the  military.  He  was  one  of  several  to  sign 
a  petition,  February  16,  1681-82,  to  resist  the 
claims  of  Mason  to  a  title  to  lands  about  Glou- 
cester. He  was  engaged  in  the  coast  fisheries  and 
used  a  part  of  what  is  Little  Neck  for  curing  his 
fish,  as  early  as  1645.  He  gave  his  sons  farms 
before  his  death.  He  died  December  14,  1686, 
and  his  wife,  September  27,  1684.  Children: 
John,  born  in  1636,  died  1659;  Abraham,  1640; 
Jacob,  1646;  Luke,  1649;  Isaac,  1650;  Nathan- 
iel, 1652  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas  ; 
Sarah. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (2)  Perkins, 
was  born  at  Ipswich,  in  1655,  and  married,  in 
1677,  Hannah,  daughter  of  Twift'ord  and  Han- 
nah West.  He  had  a  deed  of  land  in  Ipswich 
from  his  father,  on  which  he  had  built  a  house 
in  1674.  He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  Xarra- 
gansett  war,  and  for  his  services  then  received 
a  portion  of  land  at  \'oluntown,  on  the  eastern 
border  of  Connecticut.  This  land  afterwards 
came  into  possession  of  his  son  Ebenezer,  who 
settled  upon  it.  Samuel  Perkins  was  a  cord- 
wainer  by  trade.  He  died  intestate  in  1700. 
His  wife  survived  him  and  was  administratrix 
of  his  estate.  Children:  Samuel,  born  Novem- 
ber 26,  1679 ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, June  13,  16S5;  John,  May  12,  1692. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Samuel  Perkins,  was 
born  in  Ipswich,  February  3,  1681.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  August  14,  1710,  at  Preston,  Con- 
necticut, Hannah  Safford.  He  married  (sec- 
ond)  — .     He  was  a  farmer  by 

occupation  and  removed  from  Ipswich  to  Pres- 
ton, where  he  bought  one  hundred  and  twenty- 
three  acres  of  land,  October  27,  1714.  He 
sold  this  land  in  1716,  and  removed  to  Volun- 
town,  and  settled  on  the  land  given  his  father 
for  services  in  the  Narragansett  war.    Novem- 


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ber  17,  1735,  he  sold  this  land,  and  removed 
to  Coventry,  Rhode  Island.  He  died  in  the 
latter  place,  before  1754.  Children,  recorded 
in  Preston:  Newman,  born  March  8,  171 1; 
Samuel,  May  18,  1712;  Oliver,  April  29,  1713: 
Charity,  July  4,  1714;  EUenher,  July  26,  1718; 
Lemuel,  April  2,  1720;  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below  ;  John.  Child  of  second  wife:  Margaret. 
1720,  married,  December  26,  1751.  Levi  Adams, 
of  Canterbury,  Connecticut. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Perkins,  was  born  in  Voluntown,  Connecticut, 
July  I,  1721.  He  settled  at  Coventry,  Rhode 
Island,  and  married  there,  March  22,  1741, 
Abigail  Pratt.  Children :  Mary,  born  Septem- 
ber 28,  1742;  Hannah,  June  25,  1744;  Martha, 
November  10,  1746;  John,  menticined  bclnw: 
Ebenezer,  April  18,  1752;  Abigail,  November 
6,  1754;  Francis,  March  3,  1757;  William, 
June  12,  1761. 

(VI)  John  (3),  son  of  Ebenezer  (2)  Per- 
kins, was  born  at  Coventry,  Rhode  Island. 
January  2,  1749,  according  to  the  town  rec- 
ords, and  died  at  P)Urlington,  Otsego  county. 
New  York,  November  i,  1812.  (His  birth 
before  the  change  in  the  calendar,  in  1752, 
accounts  for  the  different  day  of  the  month 
given  as  his  birthday,  viz:  January  13).  When 
he  was  twenty  years  old  he  settled  in  Foster, 
Rhode  Island,  and,  in  1785,  removed  to  Pow- 
nal,  Vermont,  where  he  resided  for  six  years. 
He  came  to  Burlington,  New  York,  in  1794. 
and  settled  there  on  a  farm.  He  was  a  minute 
man  in  the  revolution,  in  Rhode  Island,  with 
the  rank  of  orderly  sergeant.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Harrington,  wlio  was  born  June  i. 
1749.  Children:  Sarah,  Abigail,  Elizabeth, 
Joanna  ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ;  Martha, 
Mary,  John,  Josiah,  Caleb  and  Joshua. 

(VII)  Ebenezer  (3),  son  of  John  (3)  Per- 
kins, was  born  in  Foster,  Rhode  Island,  April 
30,  1777,  and  died  in  Burlington,  New  York. 
October  28,  1 85 1.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he 
went  with  his  parents  to  Vermont,  and  thence 
to  Piurlington,  New  York,  before  his  parents, 
cleared  land  and  built  a  house  for  the  family, 
which  came  a  year  later.     He  married  Ruth 

.    Children :  John  S.,  mentioned  below  : 

Amy,  Ebenezer,  Thomas,  Ruth  and  Truman. 

(VIII)  John  S.,  son  of  Ebenezer  (3)  Per- 
kins, was  born  in  Burlington,  Otsego  county. 
New  York,  March  22,  1796,  and  died  in  Virgil, 
New  York,  August  18,  1854.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  from  early 
youth  followed  farming  for  a  livelihood.     In 


1820  he  came  to  Virgil,  but  two  years  later  he 
returned  to  his  native  town.  In  1833  he  set- 
tled permanently  in  Virgil,  however,  and  lived 
there  on  a  farm  during  the  rest  of  his  life.  He 
married,  March  2,  181 5,  Sally  Elster,  who 
was  born  May  4,  1797,  and  died  y\ugust  19, 
1885.  Children  :  John  Casper,  mentioned  below ; 
Ebenezer,  Thomas,  Judson  Vinton,  Amy  and 
Phebe. 

(IX)  John  Casper,  son  of  John  S.  Perkins, 
was  born  at  Burlington,  in  1815,  and  died  at 
Virgil,  January  9,  1883.  After  attending  the 
public  schools  of  Burlington  and  Virgil,  in 
which  he  received  a  good  education,  he  taught 
school  in  Virgil  for  a  time.  His  principal  occu- 
pation in  life,  however,  was  farming,  and  he 
lived  most  of  the  time  in  Virgil.  In  his  younger 
days  he  was  active  in  the  state  militia.  Like  his 
father  and  ancestors  for  generations  before 
him,  he  was  a  zealous  and  earnest  member  of 
the  Baptist  church. 

He  married  (first)  Achsah  J.  Sessions,  born 
May  23,  1819;  (second)  Catherine  Jane  Price, 
born  September  26,  1818.  died  February  18, 
1896.  d'hild  of  first  wife:  i.  John  Horace, 
born  November  30,  1842,  a  market  gardener 
in  Cortland,  New  York,  who  married  Meliona 
Oakes,  and  has  eight  children:  Fre<I,  Frank, 
Ella.  Dell,  Grace,  Ada,  Cora  and  Hattie.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  2.  Josephine,  born  Sep- 
tember 23.  1845;  married  John  Stillman,  and 
had :  Frank  B.,  Emma,  William  J.,  Earl  and 
Eva.  3.  Achsah,  born  April  20,  1848.  died 
January  19,  1849.  4.  Emma  V.,  born  January 
4,  1853,  died  May  31,  1857.  5.  William  Jay. 
mentioned  below. 

( X )  William  Jay,  son  of  John  C.  Perkins, 
was  bom  in  Virgil,  Cortland  county.  New 
York,  February  2,  1855.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools,  at  the  old  Cortland 
Academy,  and  at  the  Cortland  State  Normal 
School.  When  he  was  seventeen  years  old  he 
became  a  clerk  in  a  drug  store,  and,  three 
years  later,  was  admitted  to  partnership  by 
F.  H.  Cobb,  in  the  manufacture  of  confection- 
ery, importing  and  dealing  in  foreign  fruits, 
nuts,  tobacco,  etc.  The  firm  was  known  as 
Cobb  &  Perkins,  and  continued  with  the  ut- 
most success  until  1895,  a  period  of  twenty 
years.  In  1896  Mr.  Perkins  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  druggist  in  Cortland.  When  his 
store  was  destroyed  by  fire,  in  March,  1905, 
he  decided  to  retire  from  business.  He  has 
continued  to  make  his  home  in  Cortland,  how- 
ever,  and  has  spent  much   time  in  travel  in 


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this  country,  and  was  in  San  Francisco  at  the 
time  of  the  great  eartiiquake.  In  pohtics  he  is 
Republican,  and  he  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  education.  He  has  followed  his  fam- 
ily in  religious  beliefs,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Baptist  church.  For  a  number  of  years 
he  was  on  the  board  of  directors  of  the  Na- 
tional Bank  of  Cortland. 

He  married,  in  1878,  Mary  E.  Howe,  of 
Cortland,  born  October  21,  1857,  daughter  of 
Albert  and  Eliza  J.  (Simmons)  Howe.  They 
had  one  chikl,  E.  .-Mida,  died  January  19,  1891, 
aged  four  and  a  half  years. 


The  record  of  the  Jewett  family 
JEWETT  in  America  begins  with  the  set- 
tlement of  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts. In  1638  about  sixty  families,  led  by  Rev. 
Ezekiel  Rogers,  came  from  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, and  began  the  settlement  of  Rowley,  early 
the  following  season.  Among  these  pioneers 
were  the  brothers,  Ma.ximilian  and  Joseph 
Jewett.  men  of  substance  from  Bradford, 
Yorkshire,  England,  and  they  were  the  ances- 
tors of  most  of  the  Jewetts  in  this  country,  a 
large  family,  which  included  many  members 
of  distinction  in  various  walks  of  life.  The  most 
widely  known  person  bearing  the  name  is  un- 
doubtedly Miss  Sarah  Orne  Jewett,  the  author, 
of  South  lierwick,  Maine.  In  ancient  records 
the  name  apjicars  as  Juet.  Juit,  Jewit,  and  in 
various  other  forms,  but  in  all  cases  the  spell- 
ing preserves  the  j^ronunciation. 

(I )  Edward  Jewett  was  a  resident  of  Brad- 
ford, in  the  West  Riding  of  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land, where  he  was  a  clothier.  His  will  was 
dated  February  16,  1614,  and  proved  by  his 
widow,  July  12,  1615.  He  married,  in  Brad- 
ford. October  1,  1604,  Mary,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam Ta\lor.  Their  children,  baptized  in  lirad- 
ford.  were :  William,  Maximilian,  Joseph  and 
Sarah,  perhaps  others  who  died  young. 

( II )  Deacon  Maximilian  Jewett,  second  son 
and  child  of  Edward  and  Mary  (Taylor) 
Jewett,  was  ba]itized  December  31,  1609,  in 
Bradford,  England.  He  came  to  Rowley,  ^las- 
sachusetts,  with  the  Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers,  in 
1639,  and  was  made  a  freeman  there,  May  13, 
of  the  following  year.  He  had  a  two-acre 
house  lot,  in  1643.  "u  liradford  street.  He 
was  a  leading  man  in  the  affairs  of  the  town, 
and  was  several  times  its  representative  in  the 
general  court,  having  been  also  very  early  a 
deacon  of  the  chunh.  He  was  accompanied 
on  his  journey  to  Massachusetts  by  his  wife 


.\nn,  who  was  buried  November  9,  1667,  and 
he  married  (second),  August  30,  1671,  Ellen, 
widow  of  John  Boynton.  He  died  October  19, 
1684.  His  will  is  on  file  at  Salem,  Massachu- 
setts, among  the  Essex  county  papers.  It  dis- 
poses of  a  considerable  amount  of  property, 
indicating  that  he  was  a  man  of  substance. 
His  widow  Ellen  was  married  for  the  third 
time,  June  i,  1686,  to  Daniel  Warner  Sr.,  of 
Ipswich,  whom  she  survived,  and  died  in  Row- 
ley, .August  5,  1689.  The  children  of  Maxi- 
milian Jewett,  all  by  his  first  wife,  were:  Eze- 
kiel, Hannah,  Mary,  Elizabeth,  I'aith,  Joseph, 
Sarah  (died  young),  Sarah  and  Priscilla. 

(Ill)  Two  men  named  Jewett  appear  in 
Rowley,  Massachusetts,  about  the  middle  of 
the  seventeenth  century,  and  there  is  a  persist- 
ent tradition  in  the  family  that  they  were 
nephews  of  Maximilian  and  Joseph  Jewett. 
Xumerous  transactions  on  record  indicate  that 
they  were  in  some  way  connected,  but  nothing 
can  be  discovered  to  prove  this  connection. 
They  were  sup])osed  to  have  been  sons  of  Will- 
iam Jewett,  and  to  have  followed  their  uncle  to 
this  country.  John  Jewett,  born  about  1636- 
^y.  appears  first  in  the  records  of  Rowley, 
\Iassachusetts,  April  2,  1661,  on  which  date  he 
married  Elizabeth  Cummings,  daughter  of 
Isaac  Cummings,  of  Topsfield,  Massachusetts. 
The  latter  deeded  to  John  Jewett,  a  farm  in 
Topsfield,  .-Xjiril  28,  1661,  in  consideration  of 
his  marriage  to  Cummings'  daughter.  She 
died  in  Ipswich,  July  g,  1679,  and  Jewett  mar- 
ried (second),  probably  in  Lynn,  Elizabeth 
Chadwell,  of  that  town,  widow  of  Benjamin 
Chadwell,  and  only  child  of  Joseph  Howe,  of 
Lynn.  John  Jewett  was  made  a  freeman  at 
I]wwich,  I'ebruary  21.  1676,  and  died  there 
between  October  21  and  November  29,  1708. 
His  widow  married  (third)  Deacon  Ezekiel 
Jewett.  Children  by  first  marriage:  Elizabeth, 
Hannah:  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Abigail 
(died  young),  John,  Abigail,  David  and  Mary. 
By  second  marriage:  Daniel,  Jonathan,  Dorcas 
and  Rebecca  (twins). 

(1\')  Isaac,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth ( t'ummings  )  Jewett,  was  born  about  1665- 
67,  in  Ipswich,  where  he  was  a  blacksmith  in 
early  life.  He  settled  in  Thompson,  Connecti- 
cut (then  a  part  of  Killingly),  about  1715,  in 
which  year  he  and  his  wife  were  dismissed 
from  the  Rowley  church  to  assist  in  forming 
a  church  in  the  parish  of  Thomj)son.  In  the 
dixision  of  common  lands  at  Thompson,  No- 
\cnil)er    11.    1720,  he   received   fifty-two  acres 


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of  land,  and  his  son  Isaac  twelve  and  one-half 
acres.  In  the  second  division,  I^ebruary  2, 
1722,  he  received  sixty-three  acres  one  hundred 
rods  of  land.     He  married  in  Topsfield,  June 

12,  1695,  Dorcas  Hovey,  of  that  town.  Chil- 
dren: Isaac.  .Abigail;  David,  mentioned  below, 
and  Dorcas. 

(V)  David,  second  son  of  Isaac  antl  Dorcas 
(Hovey)  Jevvett.  was  born  in  Ipswich  and 
baptized  in  Rowley,  January  25,  1708.  He 
settled  in  Thompson  and  there  married,  Octo- 
ber 9.  1734,  Sarah  (or  Susannah)  Stevens. 
Their  children,  born  there,  were :  Stephen. 
mentioned  below :  .David.  Susannah  and  Jo- 
seph. 

1  \  ]  )  .Stcplien,  eldest  child  of  David  and 
Sarah,  or  Susannah,  ( Stevens )  Jewett,  was 
born  October  5,  173'),  in  Thompson,  and  re- 
sided there  until  soon  after  his  marriage.  He 
was  admitted  to  the  church  in  Thompson  with 
his  wife,  and.  about  I7(xi.  removed  to  Lanes- 
boro,  Massachusetts.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  serving  as  a  sergeant  in  Captain 
Asa  Barns'  company,  Colonel  Patterson's  regi- 
ment of  minute  men,  which  marched,  April  22, 
1775,  and  served  twenty-five  days.  He  again 
enlisted  under  the  same  captain.  May  17.  1775. 
in  Colonel  B.  Ruggles  Woodbridge's  regiment, 
and  served  two  months  sixteen  days.  .\  return 
of  the  same  company  dated  Se]>tember  28. 
1775,  included  the  name  of  Stephen  Jewett  as 
a  private,  and  his  order  for  a  bounty  cuat.  or 
its  equivalent,  was  dated  November  13,  1775, 
at  Cambridge.  He  was  a  private  under  the 
same  captain  and  marched  to  Manchester,  July 

13,  1777,  on  the  alarm  for  that  district.  He 
served  fifteen  days  on  this  enlistment,  and  his 
son  David  was  a  member  of  the  same  comoany. 
He  married  (first),  in  Oxford,  Massachusetts. 
March  3,  1757,  Mehetable  Harris,  tlaughter  of 
Timothy  and  Mary  (Stearns)  Harris,  of  Ox- 
ford, born  there  August  3.  1735,  died  in  Lanes- 
boro,  October  23.  1772.  He  married  (second), 
December  15.  1778,  Sarah  Hatch,  of  Lanes- 
boro.  Children  of  first  marriage :  David,  Eliz- 
abeth. Timothy,  Silence,  Joannah.  Ezekiel  and 
Roger.  Children  of  second  marriage :  Walter, 
mentioned  below:  Stephen,  born  .August  18, 
1783,  and  Alehetable.  Stejihen  Jewett  died  in 
Danbury,  Connecticut,  and  may  have  passed 
his  last  years  in  that  town.  The  family  tradi- 
tion states  that  the  son  named  below  was  born 
in  Connecticut. 

(VH)  Walter,  fifth  .son  of  Stephen  Jewett. 
and  eldest  child  of  his  second  wife.  .Sarah  I  latch, 


was  born  about  1780,  according  to  the  family 
tradition  in  Connecticut,  and  died  in  Cortland, 
New  York,  at  the  home  of  his  son,  Homer  O. 
Jewett,  March  5,  1855.  He  settled  in  Lebanon, 
Madison  count}',  New  York,  in  January.  1806, 
and,  in  1832,  removed  to  Homer,  Cortland 
county,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  a  farm, 
embracing  about  one  hundred  and  thirty  acres. 
(Jlenwood  cemetery  is  part  of  this  tract.  When 
he  settled  in  Lebanon  he  [)urchased  a  tract  of 
heavily  wooded  land,  which  he  cleared  largely 
by  his  personal  labor.  To  this  he  added  until 
he  was  the  owner  of  nearly  three  hundred 
acres.  He  built  a  schoolhouse  upon  his  land, 
where  his  own  and  neighbors'  children  received 
primary  instruction,  the  district  school  being  a 
long  distance  away.  He  was  an  industrious 
and  successful  farmer,  and  removed  to  Homer 
in  order  to  secure  better  educational  advan- 
tages for  his  children.  He  married  (first). 
May  8.  1804,  Betsey  Rockwell,  born  October 
31,  1785,  died  March  31,  1835.  He  married 
(second)  Elizabeth  Collins.  Children,  all  by 
first  marriage :  Elvira,  born  November  26, 
1805;  Mary  Scott,  August,  1807,  died  May  17, 
1833:  Laura  Maria.  May  C\  i8og;  Myron 
Starr,  May  4,  181 1  :  Minerva,  July  2,  1813; 
Diantha  Christiana,  February  14,  1815:  Ruth 
•Ann,  .April  8.  1817;  Homer  Octavius.  mention- 
ed below :  Ambrosia  Elizabeth,  Octolier  4, 
1 82 1,  died  September  12,  1832. 

(  \  HI)  Dr.  Homer  Octavius  Jewett,  second 
son  of  Walter  and  Betsey  (Rockwell)  Jewett, 
was  born  March  31,  1819.  in  Lebanon,  Madi- 
son count)'.  New  York,  and  died  January  30, 
1901.  in  Cortland,  New  York.  He  was  a  small 
boy  when  his  parents  moved  to  Homer.  He 
attended  the  conunon  schools  of  his  neighbor- 
hood and  graduated  from  Cortland  .Academy, 
at  Homer.  For  three  years  he  alternated  as 
teacher  and  student.  In  1839  he  took  up  med- 
ical instruction  in  the  office  of  Dr.  A.  B.  Ship- 
man,  at  Cortland,  and  at  the  same  time  con- 
tinued teaching,  his  labors  in  that  behalf  and 
his  studies  consuming  fifteen  hours  of  each 
day.  He  was  anxious  to  complete  his  medical 
education  and  to  earn  his  own  way,  so  labored 
industriously,  l^efore  railroads  were  in  ex- 
istence he  went  to  Ohio,  travelling  by  canal  to 
Buffalo,  and  engaged  for  a  time  in  teaching. 
Lie  then  entered  the  medical  department  of 
New  York  L'niversity,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  Alarch,  1843.  He  often  spoke 
in  gratitude  of  the  kindness  of  Dr.  Martyn 
Paine,    his   preceptor    in    the    university,    who 


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gave  to  young  Jewett  the  use  of  his  private 
office  and  library,  thus  enabhng  him  to  com- 
plete his  medical  course  in  less  than  the  usual 
time.  For  a  short  time  he  engaged  in  practice 
with  his  former  preceptor,  Dr.  Shipman,  at 
Cortland,  and  then  settled  at  Summer  Hill, 
Cayuga  county,  New  York,  where  he  met  with 
considerable  success.  In  1849  he  settled  at 
Cortland,  where  for  fifty  years  he  was  actively 
engaged  in  the  practice  of  his  beloved  pro- 
fession. Success  in  his  chosen  calling  had 
greater  place  in  his  mind  than  its  emoluments, 
and  he  was  wont  to  treat  rich  and  poor  alike, 
regardless  of  financial  consideration.  His  rides 
over  the  roads  of  Cortland  county  were  made 
in  all  kinds  of  weather,  at  all  hours  of  the  day, 
and  much  of  his  study  was  carried  on  in 
his  carriage  or  sleigh,  while  visiting  distant 
patients.  He  was  an  admirer  of  good  horses 
and  was  often  dependent  upon  the  intelligence 
of  these  well-trained  animals  to  convey  him 
safely  through  snowdrifts  and  over  rough 
roads,  while  he  was  engaged  in  study.  Dr. 
Jewett  took  very  few  vacations,  was  known 
as  an  exceptionally  skillful  surgeon,  and  was 
considered  one  of  the  best  read  physicians  of 
the  state.  He  was  esteemed  quite  as  highly  as 
a  citizen  and  died  widely  regretted.  He  gave 
no  attention  to  political  matters,  or  other  inter- 
ests outside  of  his  profession,  finding  his  re- 
ward in  the  sense  of  duty  done.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  of  the  State  Medical  Associa- 
tion, was  a  member  of  its  council,  vice-presi- 
dent, and  president  of  its  Third  Branch  Asso- 
ciation. He  was  a  member  of  the  Cortland 
County  Medical  Society  and  of  the  New  York 
Medico-Legal  Society.  He  was  a  frequent 
contributor  to  medical  journals,  was  accurate 
in  diagnosis  and  in  surgical  operations,  the 
family  physician  of  many  leading  families  of 
Cortland  county.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  the  oldest  practitioner  in  that  district. 

He  married,  October  i,  1850,  Matilda  El- 
mira  Ingalls,  born  July  2,  1828,  at  Summer 
Hill,  Cayuga  county.  New  York,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  Ingalls.  She  died  in  Cortland,  June 
16,  1907.  Children:  i.  Granville  Sharp  Pat- 
terson, born  July  30,  1851,  resides  on  the 
paternal  homestead  in  Cortland.  He  married 
(first),  August  23,  1882,  Anna  M.  Etheridge, 
who  died  April  5,  1898,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond), November  26,  1903,  Nellie  A.  Lennon, 
who  died  January  31,  1908.  He  married 
(third),  August  22,  1910,  M.  Frances  McHale. 
2.  Alden  March,  mentioned  below.    3.  George 


Walter,  born  May  11,  1855,  died  at  the  age  of 
three  years  thirteen  days. 

( IX)  Alden  March,  second  son  of  Dr. 
Homer  O.  and  Matilda  E.  (Ingalls)  Jewett, 
was  born  December  21,  1852,  in  Cortland,  and 
pursued  his  studies  in  the  academy  and  State 
Normal  School,  of  that  town.  In  1871,  in  his 
nineteenth  year,  he  entered  the  employ  of  Delos 
Saunders,  a  jeweler  of  Cortland,  and  remained 
with  him  three  years,  in  the  meantime  master- 
ing the  trade.  For  the  next  eleven  years,  he 
was  employed  in  Pennsylvania,  and  returned 
to  Cortland  in  1886.  At  this  time  he  opened  a 
store  on  his  own  account,  and  since  that  date 
has  continued  upon  the  same  site.  His  uniform 
courtesy  to  patrons  and  his  shrewd  business 
management  have  brought  to  him  much  suc- 
cess, and  his  store  is  one  of  the  best  estab- 
lishments of  the  kind  in  Central  New  York. 
Mr.  Jewett  is  active  in  the  social  life  of  the 
community,  being  a  member  of  Cortlandville 
Lodge,  No.  470,  F.  and  A.  M.,  of  Cortland ; 
Cortland  Chapter,  No.  194,  R.  A.  M. ;  Central 
City  Council,  No.  13,  of  Syracuse;  and  Cort- 
land Commandery,  No.  50  K.  T.  He  is  also 
one  of  the  charter  members  of  Cortland  Lodge 
of  Perfection,  A.  A.  O.  N.  M.  S.  J.  U.  S.  A., 
and  a  member  of  Central  City  Consistory,  S. 
R.  M.,  of  Syracuse,  and  a  member  of  Kalurah 
Temple,  A.  A.  N.  M.  S.,  at  Binghamton.  He 
is  past  commander  of  Cortland  Commandery, 
and  past  thrice  potent  master  of  Cortland 
Lodge  of  Perfection.  For  many  years  he  has 
been  vestryman  in  Grace  Episcopal  Church. 

He  married,  August  2S.  1890.  Clara  Lucy 
Smith,  daughter  of  Judge  Abraham  P.  and 
Mary  E.  (Bronson)  Smith,  of  Cortland  (see 
Smith  IV).  They  have  one  daughter,  Helen 
Etheridge  Tewett,  born  June  6,  1891. 

(The  Smith  Line). 

(I)  Henry  Smith  (Henri  Schmidt)  was 
born  in  1748,  in  Germany,  and  located,  when 
a  young  man,  in  Walkill,  New  York.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  serving  in  the  Sec- 
ond New  York  Regiment,  and  died  in  Killa- 
wog,  Broome  county.  New  York,  in  October, 
1829. 

(II)  Abraham,  son  of  Henry  Smith,  was 
born  in  1778,  in  Coxsackie,  New  York,  and 
died  in  Virgil,  Cortland  county.  New  York,  in 
1863.  He  was  an  early  resident  of  that  town 
and  engaged  in  agriculture.  He  married  Nancy 
Hunt,  daughter  of  Dr.  Japhet  Hunt,  the  first 
white  child  born  in  Cortland  county,  in  171 1. 


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(III)  Nathan,  son  of  Abraham  and  Nancy 
(Hunt)  Smith,  was  born  in  Virgil,  April  8, 
1808,  died  in  Cortland,  October,  1884;  mar- 
ried Lucy  Mallory. 

(IV)  Abram  P.,  son  of  Nathan  and  Lucy 
(Mallory)  Smith,  was  born  April  6,  1831,  in 
the  eastern  part  of  the  town  of  Virgil,  and 
died  July  4.  1897,  in  Cortland.  After  attend- 
ing the  common  schools  of  his  native  town, 
he  attended  Cortland  Academy,  at  Homer,  and 
the  State  Normal  School,  at  Albany,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  1853.  After  teach- 
ing one  year  at  the  head  of  the  Marathon 
schools,  he  decided  to  take  up  the  study  of  law 
and  entered  the  office  of  Hon.  Horatio  Ballard, 
in  Cortland,  with  whom  he  continued  his 
studies  until  admitted  to  practice  in  the  state 
courts,  January  8,  1856.  In  November,  of  the 
same  year,  he  was  elected  district  attorney  for 
Cortland  county,  in  which  position  he  con- 
tinued three  years,  and,  in  1859,  was  the  Re- 
publican candidate  for  county  judge.  At  the 
opening  of  the  civil  war,  he  enlisted  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Seventy-sixth  New  York  \'olunteer 
Infantry,  known  as  the  "Fighting  Seventy- 
sixth,"  which  was  recruited  chiefly  in  Central 
New  York.  On  the  organization  of  the  regi- 
ment he  was  commissioned  quartermaster,  with 
the  rank  of  lieutenant,  and  served  until  May, 
1862,  when  he  resigned  to  resume  his  law  prac- 
tice in  Cortland.  He  was  elected  judge  and 
surrogate  of  Cortland  county  in  1867,  and 
served  continuously  sixteen  years,  the  longest 
period  in  which  the  office  had  been  held  by  the 
same  person  up  to  that  time.  He  was  admitted 
to  practice  before  the  LTnited  States  courts, 
January  4,  1874.  Down  to  the  expiration  of 
his  term  as  judge  he  hafl  practiced  independ- 
ently, and  soon  after  admitted  to  partnership 
his  son,  David  Eugene  Smith,  and  for  one  year 
this  firm  was  in  active  practice  under  the  title 
of  A.  P.  &  D.  E.  Smith.  At  the  end  of  this 
time  the  latter  was  succeeded  by  Dorr  C. 
Smith.  In  1889  the  latter  gave  way  to  Henry 
A.  Dickinson  and  the  firm  of  Smith  &  Dickin- 
son continued  in  active  practice  until  the  death 
of  its  head.  Judge  Smith  was  noted  as  a  jury 
lawyer  and  was  occupied  in  the  trial  of  an 
enormous  number  of  cases.  As  a  judge  he 
was  clear,  firm  and  concise,  and  his  decisions 
were  rarely  called  in  question.  He  was  a  power 
in  the  councils  of  the  Republican  party,  and 
was  often  in  detuand  as  a  public  speaker,  being 
witty  and  fluent,  and  exercised  a  wide  influ- 
ence among  the  people  of  Central  New  York. 


He  compiled  a  history  of  the  Seventy-si.xth 
Regiment,  which  has  since  been  the  standard 
work  in  that  line.  He  was  a  member  of  Grover 
Post,  No.  98.  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic, 
and  was  socially  congenial  and  popular  in  the 
community.  He  was  very  helpful  to  many 
young  men  who  were  ambitious  to  make  a  start 
in  the  profession,  and  wasimiformly  kind  and 
sympathetic  with  all. 

Fie  married  (first)  Mary  Elizabeth  Bronson, 
born  May  27,  1837,  in  Virgil,  and  died  in  Cort- 
land, July  31,  1872.  He  married  (second) 
Mrs.  Ellen  P.  Stedman.  There  were  four 
children  of  the  first  marriage,  namely:  Bron- 
son, David  Eugene.  Nora  and  Clara  Lucy. 
The  first  and  third  died  in  childhood.  David 
Eugene,  born  January  i,  i860,  now  holds  the 
chair  of  mathematics  in  Columbia  College, 
New  York,  and  is  the  author  of  many  mathe- 
matical text  books.  Clara  Lucy,  born  Febru- 
ary 28.  1869,  was  married,  August  28,  1890,  to 
Alden  March  Jewett.  of  Cortland,  as  above 
noted.  She  is  an  active  member  of  the  Daugh- 
ters of  the  American  Revolution,  of  which  she 
is  a  past  regent  (see  Jewett  IX). 


George  Bates,  said  to  have  been 
B.\TES  born  in  England,  located  at  Brim- 
field,  Hampshire  county,  Massa- 
chusetts, before  1735.  He  married  at  Brim- 
field,  December  6,  1735,  Rebecca  Dick.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Brimfield :  Mary,  October  9, 
1736:  George  Jr.,  December  23,  1737:  Samuel, 
November  9,  1738,  married  Eunice  Sherman 
and  lived  at  Brimfield :  Hepzibah,  Februarv  2, 
1741  ;  Thomas,  January  18,  1743;  Asa,  May 
20,  1745;  Lemuel,  mentioned  below;  Elisha, 
Marcli  25,  1749. 

(II)  Lemuel,  son  of  George  Bates,  was 
born  at  Brimfield,  March  4,  1747.  He  left  his 
native  town  about  1800,  and  located  in  what 
is  now  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  driving  through  the 
wilderness  with  other  pioneers,  and  he  owned 
a  hundred  acres  in  what  is  now  the  heart  of 
the  city  of  Cincinnati.  He  was  a  saddler  by 
trade,  and,  in  addition  to  his  trade,  was  a 
dealer  in  cattle,  and  operated  the  ferry  across 
the  river  to  the  Kentucky  shore.  He  was  seized 
with  malarial  fever,  like  so  many  of  the  other 
pioneers  in  this  section  of  the  country,  and 
was  obliged  to  leave  the  place.  He  stopped 
on  his  way  home,  at  Syracuse,  New  York,  and 
later  decided  to  locate  at  Homer,  New  Y'ork, 
where  he  bought  a  farm  on  which  he  spent  the 
rest  of  his  life.    He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 


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tion  from  Brinifield,  sergeant  in  Captain  Eben- 
ezer  Stoddard's  company  (Second  Hampshire) 
in  1782,  and  was  engaged  in  suppressing  the 
insurgents  at  Northampton.  He  married  Faire- 
zinah  (also  given  Resinah)  Thompson,  of 
Scotch  ancestry.  She  died  at  Homer,  New 
York,  August  3,  1852,  aged  ninety-eight  years, 
Cliildren :  Sally,  born  at  Brimfield,  November 
20,  1773:  daughter.  March  24,  1776;  Joseph 
Thompson,  October  17,  1778;  Patty,  February 
5,  1781  ;  Samuel,  July  20,  1783;  Ransford, 
May  19,  1785;  Bathsheba,  November  27,  1787; 
Lemuel,  mentioned  below ;  Barbara ;  Hepsi- 
bath ;  Tabitha ;  Fairezinah,  April  ij,  1797; 
Nabby,  February  10,  1799. 

(HI)  Lemuel  (  2),  son  of  Lemuel  ( i )  Bates, 
was  born  in  lirimfield,  in  1790,  and  died  in 
Homer,  New  York,  August  29,  1882,  aged, 
according  to  his  gravestone,  ninety-one  years. 
He  was  a  young  lad  when  the  family  went 
west,  and  he  returned  with  them  to  Homer,  and 
he  followed  farming  there  all  his  active  life. 
He  married  (first)  Anna  Stephens,  who  died 
April  27.  1825,  aged  twenty-four  years;  (sec- 
ond) I'hebe  Ann  Sweet,  who  died  June  19, 
1856,  aged  fifty-one  years.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Calvin,  Stephen  S.  and  Joseph  T.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Horton  S.,  Henry;  Will- 
iam, mentioned  below ;  Augustus,  Ballard,  El- 
nora,  Nancy,  Caroline  and  Pliebe. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Lemuel  (2)  Bates, 
was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York,  April  21, 
1831,  and  died  September  14,  1904,  aged  sev- 
enty-three. He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schtx)ls  and  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith  in 
his  native  town,  where  he  lived  until  i860, 
when  he  removed  to  Freetown,  New  York.  He 
followed  farming  in  connection  with  his  black- 
smith business.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
lodge  of  Free  Masons,  at  Moulton,  New  York, 
and  of  the  Ba])tist  church.  He  married  (  first) 
Elvira  Woodruff,  born  in  1832,  dietl  December 
4,  1862,  daughter  of  Madison  and  Hannah 
(Russell)  W'oodruff,  of  Cortland.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Margaret  Borthwick,  of  Free- 
town, New  York,  who  survives  him  (1911). 
Children  of  the  fir.st  wife:  Eugene  Wallace, 
mentioned  below ;  Frank  W.,  died  February 
24,  1874,  aged  nineteen  years.  Children  of 
second  wife:  George,  Merton,  Martha,  Nellie 
and  Jennie. 

(V)  Eugene  Wallace,  son  of  William  Bates, 
was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York,  October  13, 
1853,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  common 


schools,  Cortlandville  Academy,  Normal  Scho(_)l 
of  Cortland,  and  took  a  commercial  course  at 
Lovett's  Commercial  College,  of  Binghamton, 
New  York.  For  three  years  after  he  left 
school  he  was  a  bookkeeper  in  Cortland,  and 
afterward  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  grand- 
father, Madison  Woodruff,  a  manufacturer  of 
pottery,  in  Cortland,  and  continued  with  him 
for  eight  years.  In  1885  he  bought  out  the 
business  of  his  employer  and  carried  it  on 
alone  for  about  six  years.  After  selling  the 
pottery  business  he  was  for  a  time  a  retail 
grocer,  but  since  1895  he  has  been  in  the  insur- 
ance and  real  estate  business  in  Cortland,  and 
has  achieved  notable  success.  From  January, 
1901,  to  January  i,  191 1,  he  was  assessor  of 
the  city.  In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist,  and 
was  on  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Methodist 
church.  He  is  a  member  of  \esta  Lodge.  No. 
255,  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Cortland.  In  politics 
he  is  Re])ublican. 

He  married,  in  1874,  Flla  I'almer,  born  at 
Cortlandville,  May  16,  1853,  died  November 
25,  190*1,  daughter  of  I'rosper  and  Lucy  (Still- 
man  )  Palmer,  of  Cortland.  They  had  one  son, 
I*".  .Albert  Bates,  born  in  1875,  now  a  clerk  in 
the  office  of  the  Lehigh  \'alley  Railroad  Com- 
pany, at  Cortland ;  married  Anna  Wright,  of 
Homer,  New  York,  daughter  of  Lewis  Wright, 
and  they  have  two  children :  Eugene  W.  and 
Uarlene  W.  Bates. 

Air.  E.  W.  Bates  married  (second),  Decem- 
ber 17,  1907,  Helen  O.  Brooks,  daughter  of 
James  A.  and  Ophelia  Brooks,  of  McGraw- 
ville,  New  York. 


( I\  )  Joseph  Thompson  Bates. son 
Pi.\ TES  of  Lemuel  (2)  Bates  (q.  v.),  was 
born  in  Homer,  New  York,  in 
1822,  and  is  now  living  at  L^nion,  Broome 
county.  New  York.  He  had  a  public  school 
education.  He  learned  the  trade  of  harness- 
maker,  and  for  several  years  was  emi^loyed 
as  a  journeyman  at  his  trade  in  Marathon, 
New  York.  He  came  to  Cortland,  where  he 
was  for  thirty  years  constable  and  deputy 
sherilif  of  the  county  during  part  of  that  time. 
In  1890  he  retired  from  active  business  and  for 
several  years  has  made  his  home  with  his  son 
and  daughter  in  Union.  He  has  a  wide  ac- 
quaintance throughout  Cortland  and  the  coun- 
ty, and  is  held  in  high  esteem  by  all  who  know 
him.  He  married  .Sarah  Hatfield.  Children: 
Rosetta;  .Mien;  .Anna;  Theodore  T.,  mention- 


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ed  below :  Ida ;  Rev.  William,  a  Baptist  min- 
ister at  Union ;  A'lina,  lives  with  her  brother. 
Rev.  William,  at  Union. 

(V)  Theodore  Thompson,  son  of  Joseph 
Thompson  Bates,  was  born  at  Cortland.  Au- 
gust I,  1853,  and  was  educatetl  there  in  the 
common  schools.  At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  was 
apprenticed  to  the  trade  of  tinsmith  at  Homer, 
Xew  York,  and  afterward  aKo  learned  the 
trade  of  plumber  at  Cortland.  In  1882  he 
embarked  in  business  in  Cortland,  in  the  firm 
of  Bates  &  Hollister,  plumbers  and  tinsmiths, 
and  the  firm  continued  until  1885.  when  it  be- 
came Smith,  Kingsbury  &  Bates,  afterward 
Smith  &  Bates,  and  finally  T.  T.  Bates,  without 
a  partner.  In  1906  the  present  partnershi]) 
was  fcirmed,  under  the  name  of  T.  T.  Bates  & 
Son.  Mr.  Bates  has  been  very  successful  in 
business  and  is  counted  among  the  most  sub- 
stantial men  of  affairs  in  the  community.  He 
is  well  known  in  the  Masonic  fraternity,  in 
which  he  has  taken  the  thirty-second  degree. 
He  is  a  member  of  Cortlandville  Lodge,  l-"ree 
and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  has  been 
worshi]iful  master:  of  Cortland  Cha])ter,  No. 
194,  Ro>al  Arch  Masons,  of  which  he  has  been 
high  priest;  of  Cortland  Commandery,  Xo.  50, 
Knights  Templar,  of  which  he  has  been  com- 
mander:  of  (Jtseningo  X'alley  Consistory,  of 
Binghamton,  and  of  Kalurah  Temple,  ^lystic 
Shrine,  of  Binghamton.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks,  of  Cortland.  He  married,  in  1874. 
Theresa  C.  Carn.  of  Homer,  Xew  York,  born 
in  1855,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary  (  Hare  ) 
Carn.  Children,  born  in  Cortland:  .\rthur 
Earl,  mentioned  below;  Mabel  Irene,  died  in 
infancy. 

( \T  )  .\rthur  Earl,  .son  of  Theodore  Thom|i- 
son  Bates,  was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York. 
May  15.  1878,  and  educated  in  the  ])ul>lic 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the  State 
Normal  School,  at  Cortland.  He  learned  the 
plumbing  business  in  the  employ  of  his  father. 
and,  in  igo6,  was  admitted  to  partnership. 
Since  then  the  business  has  been  conducted 
under  the  firm  name  of  T.  T.  P>ates  &  Son.  He 
is  a  member  of  Cortlandville  Lodge,  Eree  and 
Accepted  Masons ;  of  Cortland  Cha])ter,  Xo. 
194.  Royal  Arch  Masons  ;  of  Cortland  Com- 
mandery, Xo.  50,  Knights  Templar,  and  was 
raised  a  Mason,  exalted  to  chapter  and  knight- 
ed to  commanflery  by  his  father.  He  is  past 
master. 

He   married,    Eebruarv    12.    I90().   (irace   L. 


B)Ogardus,  of  near  Mason  City,  Iowa,  born 
June  26,  1885,  daughter  of  Seymour  and  Jessie 
(  Webster )  Bogardus.  Children  :  .Arthur  Sey- 
mour, born  July  2^.  1908:  Blanche  Bogardus, 
I'^eliruarv   S.   l<)tO. 


lie  fore  the  general  adoption  of 
D.V\  IS  surnames  in  Great  Britain  the 
Welsh  people  were  accustomed  to 
distinguish  those  bearing  the  same  Christian 
name  from  one  another  by  adding  the  father's 
name  with  a  possessive,  as  "Harry's,"  "David's" 
and  these  were  in  time  shortened  and  slightly 
varied,  thus  forming  the  very  fre(|uent  names 
among  those  peo])le.  of  Williams,  Jones,  Harris 
and  Davis.  The  family  whose  history  is  herein 
outlined  was  anioni^"  those  early  planted  in 
New  England,  and  has  furnished  citizens  to 
New  York  and  other  states,  who  have  been 
noted  for  energy,  probity,  ability  and  high 
moral  character.  There  were  numerous  Amer- 
ican immigrants  bearing  the  name  early  located 
in  northeast  Massachusetts.  Francis  Davis 
was  a  resident  of  An;esbury,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  1640.  James  Davis  was  in  Newbury 
before  that  date.  John  Davis  was  located  in 
I[)swich,  and  a  second  John  Davis  was  among 
the  early  residents  of  Newbury. 

(  I )  Dolor  Davis  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
very  numerous  family  which  has  been  down 
to  the  present  time  prominently  identified  with 
Massachusetts.  He  came  from  the  county  of 
Kent,  England,  although  undoubtedly  of  Welsh 
ancestry,  and  settled  first  at  Cambridge,  Mas- 
^achusetts.  wdiere  he  received  a  grant  of  land, 
Augu>t  4.  1634.  His  wife  and  three  children 
came  over  in  the  following  year,  accompanied 
by  her  brother.  General  Simon  Willard,  one 
of  the  fomiders  of  Concord  and  Lancaster, 
Massachusetts.  Dolor  Davis  was  a  carpenter 
and  builder  and  removed  from  Cambridge  to 
Duxburv,  where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  the  Plymouth  colony,  March  5,  1639.  He 
and  his  wife  were  dismissed  from  the  church  of 
Duxbury  and  joined  the  church  at  Barnstable, 
Massachusetts,  .\ugust  27,  1648.  He  had  a 
land  grant  in  Duxbury,  in  1640,  and  was  sur- 
veyor of  highways,  constable  and  a  member  of 
various  committees  in  Barnstable.  In  1655  he 
left  the  Plymouth  colony,  and  returning  to 
Massachusetts  purchased  one  hundred  and 
fifty  acres  of  land  in  Ci:incord.  Eleven  years 
later  he  returned  to  Barnstable,  where  he  died 
in  June.  1673.  Dolor  Davis  married  (first), 
in  England,  March  29,  1624.  Margery  Willard, 


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who  was  baptized  Xovember  7,  1602,  at  Horse- 
monden,  Kent,  England,  and  died  prior  to 
1667.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Richard  Will- 
ard,  a  j'eomaii  of  Horsemonden.  His  will  made 
September  13,  1672,  mentions  his  second  wife 
Joanna,  and  states  that  his  sons,  Simon  and 
Samuel,  had  already  received  their  portions  of 
his  estate.  Children :  John,  of  Barnstable,  born 
in  England,  about  1626,  inherited  the  paternal 
homestead  ;  Mary,  born  in  England,  1631  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, born  in  England ;  Lieutenant  Simon, 
born  about  1638.  probably  in  Cambridge,  died 
in  Concord,  in  1713  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  : 
Ruth,  born  at  Barnstable.  March  24.  1645. 

(11)  Samuel,  third  son  of  Dolor  and  Mar- 
gery (VVillard)  Davis,  was  probably  born  in 
Concord,  Massachusetts,  in  which  town  he 
lived  and  died.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman, 
March  21,  i6go.  and  resided  in  that  part  of 
the  town  which  became  Bedford,  where  his 
homestead  has  continued  in  the  family  for 
many  generations.  It  is  located  on  the  edge 
of  the  river  meadow,  on  the  road  from  Con- 
cord to  Bedford,  and  the  gld  well,  which  is  still 
in  use.  is  believed  to  have  been  dug  by  Samuel 
Davis.  The  date  of  his  death  is  not  recorded, 
but  he  was  living  as  late  as  1714.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  January  11,  1666,  at  Lynn.  Mary 
Medow.  who  died  October  30.  17 10.  He  mar- 
ried (second).  October  18.  171 1.  Ruth  Taylor, 
who  died  August  16,  1720.  Children:  Mercy, 
died  in  her  second  year  ;  Samuel,  born  June  21. 
i6f)9,  resided  in  Bedford;  Daniel,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  born  August  12,  1677,  married 
John  Stearns ;  Eleazer,  August  26,  1680,  re- 
sided in  Bedford;  Lieutenant  Simon,  July  9, 
1683,  was  one  of  the  most  prominent  citizens 
of  Rutland,  Massachusetts ;  Stephen,  March 
30,  1686,  resided  in  Bedford. 

(IH)  Daniel,  second  son  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  (Medow)  Davis,  was  born  March  26. 
1673.  in  Concord,  and  lived  in  that  town.  When 
tiie  new  town  of  Bedford  was  set  off,  in  1729. 
his  farm  was  included  in  that  town.  He  died 
February  10.  1741.  He  married.  July  27.  1698. 
Mary  Hubbard,  born  June  3.  1682,  daughter 
of  Jonathan  and  Hannah  (Rice)  Hubbard. 
Siie  married  (second)  Ebenezer  Staples,  of 
Mendon.  and  died  I-'ebruary  2.  1769.  Daniel 
Davis'  children:  Jonathan,  born  February  15. 
1700;  Daniel,  September  19,  1701,  lived  in 
Bedford;  Mercy,  November  11,  1703,  died  in 
her  sixth  year;  Ephraim,  January  27,  1706; 
Nathan.  March  31.  1708:  .Xmos,  April  18. 
1711;  Josiah.  July   k).   1713:   N'athaniel,  men- 


tioned below;  Mary,  April  4,  1719;  Ezra,  died 
two  months  old ;  Hannah,  diet!  thirteen  years 
old;  Mercy,  born  July  23.  1725. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  seventh  son  of  Daniel  and 
Mary  (Hubbard)  Davis,  was  born  December 
3,  1715,  in  that  part  of  Concord,  now  Bedford, 
and  settled  in  Rutland,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  resided  several  years.  In  1763  he  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Rockingham,  Vermont, 
where  he  was  a  prominent  citizen,  being  a 
foundation  member  of  the  church  and  one  of 
the  donors  of  land  for  the  meeting-house  and 
cemetery.  He  died  there,  r)ctober  26,  1802. 
The  family  tradition  says  he  was  twice  mar- 
ried, but  record  of  only  one  marriage  can  be 
found.  This  was  in  Bedford,  April  16,  1741, 
the  bride  being  Susanna,  daughter  of  John  and 
Catherine  ( Whiting )  Lane.  She  was  born 
.April  8.  1720,  in  that  part  of  Billerica  now 
Bedford,  and  died  July  30,  1795.  One  family 
tradition  says  that  his  second  wife  was  Mary 
Lane,  born  1717.  C)nly  seven  children  are 
found  of  record,  the  first  four  born  in  Rutland. 
They  were;  Nathaniel,  died  young;  Susanna, 
born  March  26,  1743;  Hannah,  August  25, 
1745.  died  unmarried;  Levi.  May  20,  1753; 
Nathaniel,  1754,  married  Lydia  Harwood.  lived 
in  Rockingham ;  Joshua ;  John  Lane,  mention- 
ed below. 

(Y)  John  Lane,  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Sus- 
anna (Lane)  Davis,  was  born  November  8, 
1737.  possibly  in  Northfield,  Massachusetts, 
whence  the  family  tradition  says  he  removed 
to  Rockingham,  but  this  is  doubtful.  Per- 
haps he  was  born  in,  or  near  Rutland,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolu- 
tion and  a  ijensioner.  and  lived  in  Chester 
and  Rockingham.  X^ermont.  and  died  Decem- 
ber 29.  1839.  He  married,  in  Rockingham, 
I*"ebruary  28,  1 799.  Susanna  Lucius,  born  July, 
1762,  died  December  5.  i8(X),  in  her  ninety- 
ninth  year.  The  record  of  the  marriage  states 
that  he  was  a  resident  of  Chester  and  she  of 
Rockingham.  Children:  Ofa,  born  July  12. 
1800.  died  at  the  age  of  two  years;  John  Lane, 
mentioned  below  ;  Eri  Luther.  April  20.  1804, 
died  Se])tember  ifi.  1877;  Calvin  Emerson, 
June  15.  1806;  James  Warren.  May  4.  1809; 
Laura  A..  July  20.  t8ii  ;  Hiram  John.  August 
i(),  1813;  George,  May  3,  1815.  The  sixth  is 
not  recorded  in  Rockingham. 

(\T)  John  Lane  (2),  eldest  surviving  son 
of  John  Lane  (i)  and  Susanna  (Lucius) 
Davis,  was  born  June  2.  1802.  in  Rockingham. 
\'ermont.  died  in  Freeville.  New  York,    lanu- 


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ary  15,  1886.  He  was  apprenticed  or  "bound 
out"  at  an  early  age,  to  a  "Parson"  Whiting, 
of  Rockingham,  Vermont,  with  whom  he  re- 
mained as  apprentice  boy  for  many  years, 
doing  chores,  working  on  the  grounds  and 
waiting  upon  the  master.  He  was  denied  the 
usual  advantages  given  to  New  England  boys 
in  the  w-ay  of  education,  and  was  allowed  to 
go  to  school  only  three  months  during  his  boy- 
hood. He  had  no  money  with  which  to  buy 
his  books,  but  he  tinally  procured  an  old  spell- 
ing book  and  then  quarried  out  a  slate  and 
rubbed  it  down  with  another  stone  to  give  it 
the  proper  surface.  Nevertheless  he  always 
seemed  to  be  well  educated — wrote  a  fine  hand  ; 
composed  and  spoke  grammatically ;  was  a 
natural  mathematician,  and  an  omnivorous 
reader,  and,  with  it  all,  was  blessed  with  a  very 
retentive  memory.  The  wages  of  young  men 
in  those  days  were  small,  but  he  used  to  boast 
that  between  his  twenty-first  and  twenty-fourth 
year  he  had  saved  up  the  sum  of  three  hun- 
dred dollars,  all  he  earned,  which  was  con- 
sidered a  fair  start  in  life.  He  followed  his 
sweetheart,  Mary  Boynton,  a  school  teacher, 
from  \'ermc)nt  -to  AIcLean,  New  York,  where 
he  worked  with  his  future  brother-in-law  at 
the  carpenter  trade.  During  the  early  part  of 
his  life  he  was  elected  to  the  office  of  constable, 
and  was  also  overseer  of  highways,  collector, 
etc.  He  was  noted  for  his  industry,  temper- 
ance and  public  s]Mrit.  He  was  also  a  man  of 
e.xceedingly  courteous  and  kindly  manners. 
which  he,  doubtless,  acquired  during  his  early 
training  in  New  England.  He  was  a  devoted 
Whig  and  a  constant  reader  of  the  Albany 
Weekly  Journal  and  the  New  York  Tribune. 
which,  with  him,  were  almost  household  gods. 
He  enjoyed  such  authors  as  Theodore  Parker, 
Dickens,  Thackeray  and  the  like.  His  admira- 
tion for  public  men  and  measures,  especially 
of  his  own  party,  was  always  in  evidence,  and, 
as  an  illustration  of  his  zeal,  wdien  word  was 
passed  around  that  Henry  Clay  was  to  speak 
at  the  State  Fair  at  Syracuse,  in  the  "forties," 
which  was  before  the  day  of  railroads,  this 
ardent  follower  of  the  Kentucky  statesman, 
although  at  a  busy  season  of  the  year,  drove 
from  his  home  to  Syracuse  during  the  night, 
some  fifty  miles,  reaching  the  city  in  the  morn- 
ing of  the  day  the  address  was  to  be  de- 
livered, attending  the  meeting  and  was  back 
to  his  fields  at  work  the  second  morning.  That 
trip  and  address  was  an  event  in  his  life.  He 
not  only  could  describe,  with  great  accuracy 


and  vividness,  the  appearance  of  the  noted 
orator,  but  could  repeat  almost  word  for  word 
the  address  that  he  delivered.  He  was  most 
skillful  and  thorough  in  all  his  duties  as  stock- 
man and  farmer,  and  was  most  highly  respect- 
ed by  all  his  friends  and  neighbors,  and  owned 
a  fine  farm  near  the  village  of  McLean,  New- 
York.  He  was  an  exceedingly  strong,  active 
man  until  he  was  taken  with  a  fatal  malady  at 
the  age  of  eighty-three.  He  married  Mary, 
daughter  of  Abraham  and  Betsey  (Marsh) 
Boynton,  in  1830.  Their  children  were:  Byron, 
Lucius,  Eliza,  George  B.  and  Mary.  A  me- 
morial window,  dedicated  to  him  and  his  wife, 
Mary  (Boynton)  Davis,  was  placed  in  the 
Universalist  church,  at  McLean,  by  his  family, 
in  the  year  1907. 

(  VII)  Lucius,  second  son  of  John  Lane  (2) 
and  Mary  (Boynton)  Davis,  was  born  July  30, 
1834,  in  McLean,  New  York,  and  now  (1911) 
resides  at  Cortland,  New  York.  He  was  a 
man  of  high  integrity  and  character  and  pos- 
sessed of  wonderful  fortitude  and  physical 
courage.  Many  incidents  of  his  life  would 
make  the  ground  work  of  a  thrilling  romance. 
His  early  life  around  McLean  was  uneventful. 
He  was  a  farmer  boy  until  early  in  1861.  He 
went  into  the  oil  region  of  western  Pennsyl- 
vania, just  then  developing,  and  located  at  Oil 
Creek.  His  opportunities  for  success  were  fast 
developing  when  Fort  Sumter  was  fired  on 
and  President  Lincoln  made  his  call  for  volun- 
teers. He  was  invited  to  join  an  Ohio  regi- 
ment being  raised  near  the  Pennsylvania  line, 
where  he  was  then  located,  but  preferred  to 
go  home  and  go  to  the  front  with  his  old 
friends  and  acquaintances,  who  were  then  en- 
listing. He  came  back  home  and  being  with- 
out any  political  influence  or  backing  that 
would  enable  him  to  become  an  officer,  he  en- 
listed, July,  1861,  as  a  private  in  the  Seventy- 
sixth  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry,  then  being 
organized  at  Cortland.  With  this  regiment  he 
left  for  the  front  in  January,  1862,  and  par- 
ticipated in  the  battles  of  Cedar  Mountain, 
Gainesville,  Second  Bull  Run,  South  Moun- 
tain, Antietam,  besides  minor  skirmishes,  dur- 
ing the  campaign  of  1862.  At  Gainesville  he 
was  wounded  in  the  left  breast,  a  wound  that 
would  have  been  fatal  but  for  the  fact  that  the 
bullet  was  jiartially  stopped  by  a  roll  of  blankets 
he  was  carrying  over  his  shoulder.  At  Sec- 
ond Bull  Run,  General  Doubleday's  brigade. 
of  which  the  Seventy-sixth  Regiment  was  a 
part,  was  in  an  exposed  position  in  a  ravine. 


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confronted  by  a  large  part  of  tliu  Confederate 
army.  A  driver  of  an  ammunition  wagon  had 
brought  up  a  load  of  ammunition,  and  had 
been  shot,  together  with  the  lead  mule  of  the 
six  mule  team,  and  in  the  change  of  position 
this  wagon  was  between  the  two  lines  and  only 
a  short  distance  from  either,  on  a  field  being 
swe])t  constantly  by  bullets,  (jeneral  Double- 
day  riding  up  and  observing  the  position  of 
this  wagon,  and  realizing  that  he  was  about  to 
retreat  and  this  wagon  of  ammunition  would 
fall  into  the  hands  of  the  enemy,  called  for  a 
volunteer  soldier  to  go  with  a  member  of  his 
stafif  to  bring  back  that  w^agon  or  destroy  it. 
The  duty  was  one  of  great  danger  and  no  one 
could  be  blamed  for  holding  back,  but  Lucius 
Davis  stejiped  forward  and  volunteered  for  the 
service.  Leaving  his  gun  with  one  of  his  com- 
rades, he  went  with  the  officer  and  attempted 
to  bring  off  the  wagon  of  ammunition,  but 
with  the  lead  mule  killed,  the  others  were  un- 
manageable and  could  not  be  driven  or  led. 
While  engaged  in  trying  to  bring  back  the 
wagon,  the  Indlets  of  the  enemy  were  singing 
about  their  ears,  going  through  the  to])  of  the 
wag(jn  and  exposing  these  men  to  the  risk  of 
death  every  moment.  Learning  that  they  could 
not  bring  the  wagon,  they  built  a  fire  under  it, 
opened  some  boxes  of  powder  and  made  pre- 
parations to  explode  it.  The  enemv  then 
charged,  but  having  fired  the  train  the  two 
men  made  their  way  in  safety  to  their  own 
lines,  while  the  wagon  was  exploded  and  de- 
stroyed before  it  could  be  reached  by  the  Con- 
federates. .Again  on  the  same  day  when  one 
of  the  Union  batteries  had  opened  fire  on  the 
enemy  and  its  shells  were  falling  and  explod- 
ing in  this  ravine  where  the  regiment  lay  out 
of  sight.  General  Doubleday  again  called  for  a 
volunteer  to  go  up  on  the  hill  in  the  face  of 
the  Confederate  batteries'  fire,  and  give  the 
order  to  the  L'nion  battery  to  cease  firing. 
.Again  Lucius  Davis  volunteered  for  this  haz- 
ardous service,  and  made  a  run  up  the  hill,  ex- 
j)osed  to  exploding  shells  on  all  sides,  success- 
fully performed  his  mission  and  observing  that 
the  balance  of  the  army  had  retreated,  returned 
to  his  general  and  advised  him  that  his  support 
had  left  him  and  that  he  had  better  withdraw, 
which  he  did  at  once,  (ieneral  Doubleday  then 
said  to  him,  "You  are  a  brave  man. — come  to 
my  tent  to-night  and  1  will  see  what  I  can  do 
for  you."  But  in  the  retreat  there  was  no 
opportunity  to  see  the  general,  nor  did  he 
have  the  inclination  to  seek  out  jiromotion  or 


reward  for  the  service  he  had  performed. 
Nevertheless,  shortly  afterward  he  was  pro- 
moted to  be  orderly  sergeant  of  his  company 
by  the  colonel  of  the  regiment,  undoubtedly 
upon  the  recommendation  of  General  Double- 
day,  "for  bravery  and  strict  attention  to  busi- 
ness." and,  on  February  7,  1863,  he  was  com- 
missioned by  Governor  Seymour,  of  New  York, 
second  lieutenant,  with  rank  from  November 
II,  1862.  On  May  19,  1863,  he  was  commis- 
sioned first  lieutenant  in  Company  C,  Seventy- 
si.xth  Regiment,  by  Governor  Seymour,  as  a 
further  appreciation  of  his  gallantry.  At  the 
battle  of  South  ^Mountain,  which  was  fought 
largely  in  the  night,  while  on  the  firing  line,  a 
bullet  cut  the  rim  of  his  straw  hat  completely 
off  close  to  his  head.  .At  this  battle,  standing 
by  a  comrade,  IMell  Luther,  he  called  Luther's 
attention  to  a  Confederate  crawling  toward 
them  in  a  cornfield.  Luther  could  not  see  the 
approaching  enemy,  so  he  coolly  borrowed 
Luther's  gun,  took  careful  aim,  and  fired.  The 
crawling  ceased. 

In  the  campaign  of  1863  he  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Chancellorsville  and 
Gettysburg,  besides  other  minor  engagements. 
At  Fredericksburg  his  regiment  was  engaged 
in  throwing  up  a  fortification,  at  the  same  time 
being  exposed  to  the  fire  from  the  canon  of  a 
Confederate  battery,  and  with  the  shells  burst- 
ing around  them,  the  men  became  somewhat 
nervous  while  they  were  exj^osed.  The  canon 
were  at  such  a  distance  that  one  could  see  the 
puff  of  smoke  several  seconds  before  the  ball 
or  shell  would  reach  the  point  where  it  was 
directed.  Noticing  this  Lieutenant  Davis  told 
the  men  to  work  until  he  should  give  them 
warning:  so  standing  upon  the  exposed  en- 
trenchment, he  watched  the  batteries,  and 
when  he  saw  the  puff  of  smoke,  gave  warning 
and 'the  men  would  then  droji  into  entrench- 
ment out  of  danger,  while  he  remained  on  top 
coolly  pacing  back  and  forth,  without  taking 
any  precaution  for  his  own  safety. 

At  Gettysburg  the  Seventy-sixth  Regiment 
was  marching  in  front  of  the  First  Corps 
which  opened  the  battle,  and  Company  C,  com- 
manded by  Lieutenant  Davis,  was  marching  in 
front  of  this  regiment,  so  that  this  company 
opened  the  battle  of  Gettysburg,  firing  the 
first  shot.  They  had  marches  through  the 
town  and  deployed  in  battle  line  on  Seminary 
Ridtre.  where  in  an  open  field  they  made  a 
stand  in  the  face  of  the  advance  guard  of  the 
Confederate  armv.     A  Union  batterv.   which 


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iiad  been  driven  in  from  some  advanced  posi- 
tion, came  tearing  back  through  the  Hne,  throw- 
ing the  men  of  this  company  and  the  regiment 
into  more  or  less  confusion,  but  they  were 
rallied  and  steadied  by  Lieutenant  Davis,  who 
closed  the  files  and  led  them  gallantly  into  the 
face  of  the  fire  of  the  enemy.  At  this  time, 
while  handing  a  gun  to  a  wounded  comrade, 
who  had  fallen,  and  who  was  likely  to  fall  into 
the  hands  of  the  enemy,  he  was  shot  through 
the  right  hand,  but  doing  tlfe  wound  up  with 
his  handkerchief,  and  placing  a  tourniquet  on 
his  wrist  and  fastening  it  with  a  stick,  which 
he  held  under  his  arm,  he  continued  in  com- 
mand of  his  company.  For  several  hours, 
fighting  against  tremendous  odds,  they  held 
their  line,  permitting  the  main  part  of  the 
L'nion  army  to  come  up  and  form  in  battle 
line  behind  them,  where  the  main  battle  was 
fought.  When  it  was  necessary  to  retreat 
Lieutenant  Davis  brought  his  men  back  in 
good  order  in  the  face  of  a  very  heavy  fire, 
with  men  dropping  all  around  him,  and  taking 
careful  pains,  as  guns  would  fall  from  their 
hands,  to  stop,  pick  up  the  gun  and  break  it, 
so  that  it  would  not  fall  into  the  hands  of  the 
foe.  For  a  part  of  the  distance,  when  the  fire 
was  heaviest,  and  it  appeared  that  no  man 
would  get  ofl^  in  safety,  he  marched  backward, 
•SO  that  if  he  fell  he  would  not  be  shot  in  the 
back. 

As  they  passed  through  (Gettysburg  he  took 
possession  of  a  house,  established  it  as  a  tem- 
porary hospital  and  directed  his  men  to  bring 
in  as  many  as  they  could  of  their  wounded 
comrades.  He  waited  here  until  he  saw  his 
brigade  colors  going  past,  and  then  realizing 
that  the  whole  line  was  in  retreat,  and  if  he  re- 
mained longer  he  would  be  captured,  he  gave 
some  last  directions  for  the  comfort  of  the 
wounded  soldiers  and  left  to  join  his  retreating 
comrades,  being  practically  the  last  man  to 
leave  the  city  before  it  was  occupied  by  the 
Confederates. 

During  this  time  he  had  also  received  some 
injury  or  wound  in  his  left  leg,  below  the  knee, 
which  at  that  time  was  not  thought  to  be 
serious.  The  wound  that  he  received  in  the 
hand  before  noon,  was  not  dressed  until  after 
dark  at  night,  when  he  was  advised  by  the 
surgeon  that  his  hand  must  be  amputated.  He 
refused  to  submit  to  this  operation,  saying  that 
he  could  save  his  hand,  and  after  consulting 
his  regimental  surgeon  and  having  the  wound 
dressed  he  retired  with  some  other  officers  to 


a  farm  house,  near  R(iund  Top.  where  he 
watched  the  next  two  days  battle,  being  unable 
to  participate  and  being  compelled  to  go  with 
little  food  and  drink  and  no  care  until  after 
the  battle  was  over,  when,  with  three  other 
wounded  men,  he  employed  a  farmer  to  carry 
him  to  the  railroad  some  distance  away,  where, 
with  other  wounded,  he  got  into  a  freight  car 
and  went  to  Wilmington,  Delaware,  a  journey 
of  several  hours  without  food  and  care,  and 
was  then  transferreil  to  a  train  and  taken  to  a 
hospital  in  Philadelphia.  From  there  he  soon 
left  for  his  home,  where  he  might  be  cared  for 
by  his  mother  and  his  local  doctor,  and  was 
there  greeted  with  great  affection  by  his  family 
and  neighbors,  he  having  been  reported  in  the 
newspapers  among  those  killed  at  (Gettysburg. 
After  his  wounds  healed  he  attempted  to  re- 
turn to  the  war,  but  the  examining  surgeon 
declared  him  physically  unfit  and  reluctantly 
he  was  compelled  to  accept  a  discharge  on  No- 
vember 9,  1863.  He  subsequently  received, 
January  10,  1871.  in  consideration  of  his  dis- 
tinguished services,  a  commission  as  brevet 
major  from  Governor  Hoffman,  of  New  York. 
At  the  close  of  the  war  he  accepted  a  posi- 
tion as  superintendent  of  construction  of  tele- 
graph lines  along  the  Milwaukee  and  LaCrosse 
railroad,  in  Wisconsin.  This  was  a  country 
sparsely  settled  and  inhabited  by  a  tribe  of 
Indians,  which  caused  great  trouble  among  the 
settlers  by  thievery  and  acts  of  violence.  On 
one  occasion,  while  riding  along  the  Mississippi 
river,  on  the  Wisconsin  side,  he  stopped  over 
night  with  a  settler  who  had  a  wife  and  small 
babe.  During  the  night  the  house  was  attack- 
ed by  the  Indians,  who  broke  windows  and 
battered  down  the  door,  and  caused  the  set- 
tler, his  wife  and  Lieutenant  Davis  to  take 
refuge  in  the  loft  overhead.  In  the  darkness 
of  the  night  the  settler  was  lowered  from  the 
window  by  a  rope  taken  from  a  bed  by  Lieu- 
tenant Davis,  to  row  across  the  river  to  Win- 
ona, Minnesota,  for  help,  leaving  Lieutenant 
Davis  to  protect  the  woman  and  babe.  The 
Indians  raised  one  of  their  number  on  their 
shoulders  through  a  trap  door  in  the  floor  of 
the  loft,  but  when  he  grasped  the  sides  to  draw 
himself  up.  Lieutenant  Davis  seized  an  a.xe 
and  cut  his  fingers  oft',  causing  him  to  drop 
back.  Then  with  a  shotgun  and  a  revolver, 
which  he  had.  Lieutenant  Davis  opened  fire 
on  the  Indians  below  and  stootl  them  oft'  until 
the  settler  returned  with  help.  A  large  number 
of   Indians    were    captured    and    the    rescuers 


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found  six  dead  Indians  in  the  lower  part  of 
the  cabin  who  had  been  shot  down  during  the 
encounter. 

He  returned  to  the  east  about  1868  and  re- 
ceived the  appointment  of  postmaster  of  the 
village  of  Marathon,  Cortland  county.  About 
1870  he  was  appointed  railway  mail  clerk  on 
the  Southern  Central  railroad,  taking  the  first 
mail  over  that  road,  and  was  subsequently 
transferred  to  a  similar  position  on  the  Erie 
railroad.  His  health  failing  in  1876  he  took 
up  farming  in  Virgil,  Cortland  county,  and  in 
the  town  of  Groton,  Tompkins  county,  until 
about  1892,  when  the  wound  in  the  left  leg, 
which  had  given  him  trouble  ever  since  the 
war,  became  so  serious  that  he  was  obliged  to 
have  the  leg  amputated  above  the  knee.  He 
then  retirecl  from  active  life,  moving  in  the 
fall  of  1892  to  Cortland,  where  he  has  since 
resided. 

He  married,  September  2},,  1863,  Harriett 
Francis,  born  August  23.  1839,  in  Virgil,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Richard  and  Caroline 
(Gager)  Francis.  Children:  Leland  G.,  Row- 
land L.  and  Ralph  H. 

(V'HI)  Rowland  Lucius,  second  son  of 
Lucius  and  Harriett  (Francis)  Davis,  was 
born  July  10,  1871,  in  Dryden,  Tompkins  coun- 
ty, New  York.  His  early  life  was  spent  on  a 
farm  in  the  town  of  Virgil,  and  the  town  of 
Groton,  obtaining  a  preliminary  education  in 
the  district  schools  and  in  the  graded  school  at 
McLean.  Subsec|uently  he  attended  the  State 
Normal  School,  at  Cortland,  where  he  gradu- 
ated in  June,  1896,  and  entered  the  Cornell 
College  of  Law  the  following  September,  and 
graduated  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  in  June, 
1897,  having  completed  the  then  two  years 
course  in  one  year.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  on  July  6,  1897,  '"I'l  began  the  practice  of 
his  profession  in  the  city  of  Cortland.  In 
1899  he  was  elected  police  justice  of  the  village 
of  Cortland,  which  office  was  subsequently 
made  that  of  city  judge,  when  Cortland  be- 
came a  city  in  1900,  in  which  year  he  was  re- 
elected, serving  until  January  i,  1903.  He 
has  continued  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  the  city  of  Cortland,  as  a  member  of  the 
firm  of  Davis  &  Lusk.  taking  an  active  part 
in  mnnv  important  trials.  He  early  took  an 
active  interest  in  Republican  politics  in  Cort- 
land county,  and  was  secretary  of  the  Repub- 
lican county  committee  from  1898  to  1901, 
and  chairman  of  the  Republican  county  com- 
mittee in   1907-08-09,  and  has  been  frequently 


a  delegate  to  state,  judicial  and  other  district 
conventions. 

He  married,  June  15,  1905,  Iva  A.  Yager, 
of  Cortland,  daughter  of  Edwin  M.  and  Hattie 
(Hunt)  Yager,  born  January  2.  1883.  Their 
children  are:  Rowland  L.  (2),  born  August  3, 
1907,  and  Harriet  Iva,  May  2,  1910. 


John  Ingersoll,  immigrant 
INGERSOLL  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
'  land,  and  settled  early  at 
Hartford,  Connecticut.  Thence  he  went  to 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  about  1655,  and 
later  to  Westfield,  but  finally  returned  to 
Northampton.  He  died  at  Westfield,  Septem- 
ber 3,  1684.  He  married  (first)  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Thomas  Lord,  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers of  Hartford,  about  1651.  She  died  at 
Northampton  in  January,  1657,  aged  about 
twenty-six  years.  He  married  (second)  Abi- 
gail, daughter  of  Thomas  Bascom,  one  of  the 
first  settlers  of  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where 
she  was  born  and  was  baptized  June  7,  1640. 
He  married  (third)  Mary  Hunt,  sister  of  Jon- 
athan Hunt,  of  Northampton,  about  1667. 
Mary  Hunt's  mother  was  Mary  Webster, 
daughter  of  John  Webster,  one  of  the  first 
settlers  of  Hartford,  and  fifth  governor  of  the 
colony  of  Connecticut.  Mary  Ingersoll  died 
at  Westfield.  September  i,  1690.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Hannah,  born  i6;2:  Dorothv,  1654; 
Margery,  January,  1656.  Giildren  of  second 
wife:  Abigail,  January  11,  1659;  Sarah,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1660:  Abiah.  Ausrust  24.  1663:  Hester, 
September  9,  1665.  Children  of  third  wife: 
Thomas,  Alarch  28,  1668:  John,  October  19, 
1669,  at  Westfield;  Abel,  November  11,  1671 ; 
Ebenezer,  October  15,  .1673;  Joseph,  October 
T^.  1671;:  Mary,  November  17,  1677;  Ben- 
jamin, November  15,  1679;  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below. 

Jonathan,  son  of  John  Ingersoll.  was  born 
at  Westfield,.  May  10,  1681.  died  November 
28.  1760  ('srravestone).  In  1707  he  was  a  resi- 
dent of  ATilford.  Connecticut.  He  married,  in 
T7I2,  Sarah  Miles,  widow  of  John  Mi'es,  and 
daughter  of  Samuel  Newton,  of  Milford, 
'"•randdnusrhter  of  Robert  and  Mary  Newton. 
She  died  February  1.1,  T748,  in  the  sixty-sec- 
ond vear  of  her  atre.  Children  :  Jonathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Sarah,  born  Jime  t8.  1716,  died 
voung;  ]\Tarv,  December  14,  1718;  D.Tvid,  Sep- 
tember 4,  T72o;  Jared,  Tune  3,  1722;  Sarah. 

Rev.  Jonathan  (2)  InefersoU,  son  of  Tona- 
than  (i)  Ingersoll,  was  born  in  17T3,  at  Strat- 


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ford,  Connecticut.  He  graduated  at  Yale  Col- 
lege in  1736,  and  entered  the  ministry,  being 
licensed  by  the  Presbytery  of  New  Jersey,  at 
Elizabethtown,  February  18,  1736.  He  lived 
for  a  time  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  and  was 
afterward  installed  as  pastor  of  the  Congre- 
gational church,  at  Ridgefield,  Connecticut, 
the  second  pastor  of  that  church.  He  was  a 
man  of  fine  mind  and  good  heart,  and  served 
his  parish  with  great  ability  and  fidelity  until 
he  (lied,  October  2,  1778,  in  the  fortieth  year 
of  his  ministry.  In  1758  he  was  chaplain  of 
the  colonial  troops  in  the  French  and  Indian 
war,  and  served  at  Lake  Champlain.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1740,  Dorcas,  daughter  of  Rev.  Joseph 
Moss,  of  Derby,  Connecticut.  She  died  No- 
vember 29,  181 1,  in  her  eighty-sixth  year.  Chil- 
dren: Sarah,  l)orn  October  28,  1741  ;  Dorcas, 
October  15,  1743;  Jonathan,  April  16,  1747; 
Mary,  December  20,  1748:  Mary  (2d)  ;  Abigail, 
May  2,  1751  ;  Joseph,  August  11,  1753;  Han- 
nah, April  9,  1756;  Esther,  August  10,  1760; 
Moss,  June  6,  1763:  Anne,  April  5,  1765. 

Jared,  brother  of  Rev.  Jonathan  (2)  Inger- 
soll,  was  born  June  3,  1722,  in  Alilford.  He 
was  graduated  from  Y'ale  College  in  1742,  and 
soon  afterward  settled  in  the  practice  of  law 
at  New  Haven.  In  1757  he  went  to  Great 
Britain  as  agent  of  the  colony,  receiving  a 
special  appointment  from  the  general  assem- 
bly of  Connecticut.  He  went  again  in  1764, 
and  was  appointed  stamp  master.  ,\t  that 
time  he  was  a  po]Hilar  and  influential  lawyer, 
but  the  indignation  against  the  .^tam])  Act  ex- 
tended to  the  official  in  charge  of  the  enforce- 
ment of  the  law  and  a  mob  assembled  and 
compelled  him  to  resign  his  office.  The  resig- 
nation was  dated  at  Wethersfield.  September 
ig,  1765.  In  1770  he  was  appointed  by  the 
Crown,  judge  of  the  vice-admiralty  court,  in 
the  middle  district  of  the  colony,  and  went  to 
Philadelphia  to  reside.  At  the  beginning  of 
the  revolution  he  returned  to  New  Haven,  and 
died  there.  He  earned  the  reputation  of  being 
one  of  the  ablest  and  most  eloquent  lawyers  of 
his  time.  He  was  of  open,  frank  and  engaging 
manner  and  very  successful  in  his  practice. 
He  married  (first)  Hannah  Whiting,  who  died 
in  1779,  daughter  of  Colonel  Whiting,  and 
granddaughter  of  Rev.  John  Whiting.  He 
married   (second),  in  1780,  Hannah  Ailing. 

(I)  Isaac  Ingersoll,  a  descendant  of  the 
Connecticut  family  mentioned  above,  was  born 
in  Connecticut.  He  settled,  after  the  revolu- 
tion, in  the  town  of  Pawling,  Dutchess  county. 


New  Y'ork,  where  he  was  living,  according  to 
the  first  federal  census  in  1790,  and  had  in  his 
family  two  males  over  sixteen,  one  under  that 
age,  and  two  females. 

(II)  Daniel  D.,  son  of  Isaac  Ingersoll,  was 
born  in  1787,  in  Connecticut,  and  removed 
with  the  family  to  New  Y'ork  state,  when  very 
young.  He  came  to  Cincinnatus,  New  York, 
about  1825,  among  the  first  settlers,  and  lived 
there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died  there, 
March  8,  1857.  He  had  a  common  school  edu- 
cation and  learned  several  trades,  being  natur- 
ally skillful  with  all  sorts  of  tools.  He  was 
an  excellent  cabinet-maker,  and  an  expert  ma- 
chinist. For  many  years  he  operated  a  saw- 
mill, and  he  devised  the  first  successful  shingle- 
sawing  machine.  A  gifted  musician,  he  played 
the  violin  remarkably  well  and  made  many  ex- 
cellent violins,  He  married  Eunice  P>urton, 
born  in  1790,  died  at  Cincinnatus,  New  Y'ork, 
May  28,  1853,  daughter  of  Lewis  and  Lois 
Burton.  Children :  Stephen  Miles,  mentioned 
below,  and  Aman<Ia. 

(HI)  Stephen  Miles,  son  of  Daniel  D.  In- 
gersoll, was  born  in  Connecticut,  or  New  Y'ork, 
July  8,  1819,  and  moved  with  his  ]3arents  to 
Dutchess  county.  He  died  at  North  Pitcher, 
New  Y'ork,  May  14,  1899.  He  came  to  Cin- 
cinnatus in  childhood  with  his  parents  and  was 
educated  there  in  the  common  schools.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  painter  and  wagon  maker, 
and  for  many  years  had  a  wheelwright  and 
carriage  shop  at  Willet,  New  Y'ork.  He  lived 
some  years  in  Chenango  county,  and  later 
located  at  Taylor,  Cortland  county.  New  York. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist;  in  politics  a 
Democrat.  He  married,  February  3.  1842, 
Betsey  Mericle,  of  Cincinnatus,  born  there 
May  I,  1822,  died  there  January  12,  190K 
Children:  David  Franklin,  born  February  8, 
1843.  settled  in  the  west;  Francis  Miles,  men- 
tioned below:  George  .Ylfred,  born  April  14, 
1847.  died  October  21,  1901  :  Adelbert  E.,  born 
June  18,  1849,  a  farmer  and  dealer  in  country 
produce;  Henry  DeWitt,  born  May  30,  1851,  a 
dealer  in  livestock  at  North  Pitcher,  New 
York. 

(IV)  Francis  Miles,  son  of  Stephen  Miles 
Ingersoll,  was  born  in  Willet,  New  York, 
February  22,  1845,  3id  was  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools.  He  began  to  work  in  his 
father's  carriage  shop  and  afterward  learned 
the  trade  of  carpenter,  working  at  that  trade 
until  1873,  when  he  came  to  Cortland,  New 
York,  in  the  employ  of  the  Cortland  Wagon 


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•Company.  He  was  associated  with  this  con- 
•cern  in  various  important  relations  for  a  period 
of  twenty-three  years.  Since  1893  he  has  de- 
voted his  attention  to  his  private  affairs,  hav- 
ing extensive  real  estate  interests  in  Cortland 
and  elsewhere.  He  is  a  member  of  John  L. 
Lewis  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows,  of  Cortland ;  of 
the  Cortland  Encamjiment  and  Canton  Cort- 
land, and  of  Bright  Light  Rebekah  Lodge.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist,  in  jjolitics  a 
Democrat.  He  married  (first).  1866,  Melissa 
Hinman,  of  Marathon,  died  in  1872,  daughter 
of  Lyman  Hinman.  He  married  (second), 
July  4,  1874,  Sarah  Hammond,  of  Marathon, 
daughter  of  Delos  and  Betsey  (Cleveland) 
Hammond.  Child  of  first  wife:  Lettie,  mar- 
ried John  Bowen,  of  Marathon.  Child  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Fred  ^L  D.,  born  October  23,  1877, 
employed  in  the  office  of  the  F'ilot  Generator 
Company,  in  the  Hudson  Terminal  Building, 
50  Church  street,  New  York  City ;  married 
Edith  Niyer.  of  Cortland,  and  has  one  son. 
Donald  B.,  born  July  12,  1904. 


Deacon  John  Warfield,  im- 
\\'.\RFIELD  migrant  ancestor  of  the  Mas- 
sachusetts family,  settled  first 
at  Dedhani,  and  later  at  Mendon,  Massachu- 
setts, in  1683.  He  resided  on  the  George  place, 
Mendon.  and  was  a  prominent  citizen,  deacon 
and  se.xton  of  the  church,  antl  the  first  school- 
master of  the  town.  He  married  (first)  Eliza- 
beth Sanford,  who  died  March  24,  1669;  (sec- 
ond) Pergrina ,  who  died  Ajiril  i,  1671  ; 

(third)  Hannah  Randall.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  John,  born  .August  20,  1662,  married 
Hannah ,  deeded  homestead  to  son  Sam- 
uel before  he  died,  providing  for  daitghter 
Mary,  and  mentioning  son  Elihu  in  the  deed. 
2.  Elizabeth.  .August  29.  i(^()S-  Children  of 
third  wife:  3.  Ithamar,  March  28,  1676  (an 
Ithamar  was  living  in  western  Massachusetts 
in  1790,  ])robably  a  grandson).     4.   Ephraim. 

October  4,  1679;  married  Hannah ,  and 

had  Samuel.  Eliphalet.  Hannah,  John,  Lydia, 
Experience.  Rachel  and  Ephraim,  as  shown  by 
the  will  of  F,li])halet  in  i74<;.  5.  Elihu,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Mary,  at  Mendon,  .\pril  17. 
1685.     7.  Elizabeth,  March  8,  1688. 

(II )  h~lihu,  son  of  John  Warfield,  was  b"rn 
at  Dedham,  .\i)ril  27,  1682.  His  wife  Mary 
died  September  15.  1717,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah .   His  estate  was  distributed, 

in  1744,  to  widow  Sarah,  then  wife  of  William 
Sprague,  and  the  children,  as  follows  (by  first 


wife)  :  1.  Mary,  born  November  7,  1715;  niar- 
ritd  Jonathan  Hayward.  2.  Elizabeth,  .April 
29,  1717:  married  Eleazer  Carpenter,  of  Reho- 
both.  Children  of  second  wife:  3.  Elihu,  born 
October  24,  1722.  4.  Sarah,  October  5,  1724; 
married  John  Albee.  5.  Job,  July  7.  1726; 
married.  June  12,  1 75 1,  Huldah  Thayer. 

(III)  Josiah,  nephew  of  Elihu  \\'arfield, 
was  born  about  1720.  In  1774  Josiah  and  Job 
Warfield,  undoubtedly  cousins,  had  settled  in 
Charlemont,  Hampshire  county,  Massachu- 
setts, coming  with  other  settlers  from  Mendon 
and  vicinity  (see  "History  of  Charlemont"). 
The  names  of  his  grandchildren  indicate  a 
close  relationship  with  Elihu  Warfield.  As  he 
came  with  Job,  son  of  Elihu;  and  as  Elihu,  a 
son  of  John,  was  guardian  of  Job  when  he 
was  fourteen  years  old,  it  is  probable  that  Jo- 
siah was  son  of  John,  mentioned  above,  among 
the  children  of  the  immigrant.  The  records 
are  not  available  to  prove  his  parentage,  but 
his  place  in  the  family  is  not  to  be  doubted. 

(IV)  Joshua,  son  of  Josiah  \\'arfield,  was 
born  at  Mendon,  .April  15,  1737.  and  went  with 
his  father  to  Charlemont,  locating  in  the  por- 
tion now  known  as  the  town  of  Coleraine.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Coleraine, 
in  Captain  Lawrence  Kemp's  comjiany,  Febru- 
ary 23  to  April  ID,  1777,  at  Ticonderoga ;  also 
a  fifer  in  Captain  .Valium  Ward's  company. 
Colonel  David  Wells'  regiment  ( Hampshire 
county),  from  September  22  to  October  18, 
1777,  and  was  at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne,  Sep- 
tember 23,  1777.  From  July  13  to  October  10, 
1780,  he  was  in  Captain  Isaac  Newton's  com- 
])any.  Colonel  S.  Murray's  regiment.  He  was 
on  a  descriptive  list  of  date,  .April  28.  1781, 
when  his  age  was  stated  as  twenty-three  years, 
liis  height  five  feet  five  inches,  and  complexion 
light,  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  enlisted  for 
three  years,  and.  in  1782,  we  find  him  in  Cap- 
tain Noah  .Allen's  company,  Colonel  Joseph 
X'ose's  regiment,  at  Quarters  Y'ork  Hutts.  For 
five  years  or  more  he  was  almost  constantly 
in  the  army.  He  died  July  21.  1833.  He  mar- 
ried, Alarch  23.  1784.  Prudence  Buck,  born 
Novemlier  4,  1760,  died  June  7.  1833.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Betsey,  born  March  23,  1783.  2. 
(cisiah.  h>bruary  6,  1787.  3.  Sary,  November 
21,  1788.  4.  Joshua.  .August  10,  T790.  3. 
Job,  .April  21,  1792.  6.  Prudence,  .August  6, 
1794.  7.  Palmer.  May  23,  1796.  8.  Jerusha, 
June  8,  1798.  <).  Elihu.  .April  8.  1801.  10. 
Dorothea,  June  1,   1803. 

(\")   Joshua   (2),  son  of  Joslnia   (i)   War- 


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field,  was  born  in  Coleraine,  August  lo,  1790, 
and  died  1870.  He  came  to  Xew  York  state 
in  1827,  and  settled  at  Groton.  Tompkins  coun- 
ty, driving  to  Albany  from  bis  former  home 
and  thence  coming  by  the  Erie  canal  to  Syra- 
cuse. Xew  York.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers 
in  the  town  and  lived  there  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  He  married,  December  20,  181 5, 
Catherine  Thompson,  born  June  23,  1793,  died 
December  21,  1869,  daughter  of  Ste])hen 
Thompson,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion. Children:  i.  William  Lyman,  burn  De- 
cember 2,  1816.  died  April,  1877.  2.  Thurber. 
January  29.  1818,  mentioned  below.  3.  Asa 
"H.,  December  14,  1819.  4.  Catherine.  July  29, 
1821,  died  August  22,  1845.  5-  Eliza  A..  July 
22,  1823.  6.  Samuel  N.,  December  8,  1826, 
died  September  29.  1857.  7.  Nancy,  h'ebruary 
26,  1829,  died  August  2^.  1835.  8.  I'hebe. 
born  September  3.  1836. 

(\'I)  Thurber,  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Warfield. 
was  born  in  Massachusetts,  at  Coleraine,  or 
vicinity.  January  29.  181 8.  died  at  Cortland. 
New  York.  September  17.  1900.  He  was  nine 
years  old  when  he  came  to  Xew  York  with  his 
parents,  and  he  lived  at  Groton.  Tompkins 
county,  until  1857,  and  was  educated  there  in 
the  public  schools.  All  his  life  he  was  a  farmer. 
After  1857  he  made  his  home  at  Cortland.  New 
York.  In  politics  he  was  a  Whig,  and  in  later 
years  was  a  great  admirer  and  earnest  follower 
of  Horace  Greeley,  the  great  editor  of  the 
Neiv  York  fribiinc,  from  the  time  it  was 
founr'ed  until  he  died.  The  only  time  he  voted 
anv  other  than  the  Republican  ticket,  after  the 
Republican  party  was  founded,  was  when 
Greeley  himself  was  candidate  for  President 
on  the  Democratic  ticket.  In  religion  he  was 
liberal  in  his  views  and  belonged  to  no  denomi- 
nation. He  married  (first),  November  26. 
1840,  Rhoda  Little,  born  in  Tompkins  coimty. 
September  3,  181 7,  died  July  12,  1874,  daugh- 
ter of  Rarzilla  and  Hepsibah  (Howe)  Little. 
He  married  (second)  Lucy  A.  (  Perigo )  War- 
field,  widow  of  William  L.  Warfield,  and  she 
survives  him.  Children,  all  by  first  wife:  1. 
Hepsy,  died  in  childhood.  2.  Hepsy  Catherine, 
born  November  6.  1843.  "^I'^fl  April  23.  1880; 
married,  January  i,  1861,  George  D.  Calkins, 
who  died  December  22.  1883.  3.  Elbert  Joshua, 
mentioned  below. 

(VH)  Elbert  Joshua,  son  of  Thurber  War- 
field,  was  born  in  Groton,  Tom]3kins  county. 
New  York,  March  27,  1833.  He  was  but  two 
years  old  \vhen  the  family  came  to  Cortland. 


and  he  attended  the  district  schools  there  and 
the  Cortland  Normal  School.  He  worked  at 
farming  in  his  boyhood  and  for  three  years 
after  leaving  school,  and  then  for  three  years 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  butter  and 
cheese.  While  in  the  west  he  learned  the  trade 
of  brick  mason  and  followed  it  for  four  years, 
returning  to  Xew  York  state  in  1882,  and  for 
a  short  time  he  was  employed  at  his  trade  in 
Syracuse.  In  1884  he  came  to  Cortland  again, 
and  in  partnership  with  D.  C.  Reers,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Beers  &  Warfield,  engaged  in  the 
business  he  has  since  followed  as  a  mason  and 
contractor.  The  firm  has  had  the  contract  for 
mason  work  on  many  of  the  business  buildings 
and  manufacturing  plants  in  the  city  of  Cort- 
land, such  as  the  great  Wickwire  plant,  the 
Cortland  Wagon  Company,  the  Garrison  Block, 
the  Cortland  House,  the  Wallace  Block.  In 
their  line  of  trade  the  members  of  this  firm 
stand  among  the  foremost  in  the  city.  Mr. 
Warfield  was  trustee  of  the  incorporated  vil- 
lage of  Cortland  for  four  years,  and  has  also 
been  on  the  board  of  fire  commissioners  and 
the  board  of  ]iolice  commissioners  of  the  city. 
He  is  a  member  of  \'esta  Lodge.  ( )dd  P'ellows. 
He  married,  (Jctober  3,  1883.  Flva  F.  Town- 
lev,  born  at  McLean.  Xew  York.  .November 
in.  i8sc).  daughter  of  Lucius  anil  (  )ctavia 
(Marsh)  Townley.  Her  father  was  born  at 
Ludlowville.  Tompkins  county.  Xew  York. 
February  7.  1822.  son  of  Smith  T<iwnley.  who 
liverl  in  Pennsylvania.  Charles  Townley.  father 
of  Smith  Townley.  was  born  in  1762.  and 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war.  Effingham 
Townley.  father  of  Charles  Townley.  was  born 
in  1729,  and  married  Jemima  Earle.  Richard 
Townley,  father  of  Effingham  Townley,  set- 
tled in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey.  Xicholas  Town- 
ley,  father  of  Richard  Townley.  died  in  1687, 
aged  seventy-six  years.  The  ancestry  of  the 
Townley  line  in  England  has  been  traced  to 
the  year  1473.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
\A'arfield:  i.  Louise,  born  July  7.  1887;  mar- 
rieil.  December  13.  i^jcx).  Jose])h  F.  Twenty- 
man,  electrician  of  Cortland.  2.  Claude  Town- 
ley,  born  September  2.  1893.  ,3-  Mildred  lone, 
born  December  13.  1896. 


The  P>eers  family  a]5pears  to  have 
BEERS     originated  in  the  parish  of  West- 

cliffe.  countv  of  Kent.  England,  at 
a  place  called  Bere"s  of  lever's  Court.  William 
de  Bere.  of  liere's  Court,  was  bailiff  of  Dover 
about    1273.   and    Xicholas   de    Bere  held   the 


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Manor  of  Bere's  Court  in  the  twentieth  year 
of  the  reign  of  Henry  III.  Of  this  family  was 
Roger  Byer,  or  Bere,  who  died  in  the  reign  of 
Queen  Alary.  In  1542  his  son  John  purchased 
the  Horsman  Place,  in  Dartford,  said  to  have 
been  a  mansion  of  some  note.  In  his  will, 
dated  1572,  John  Beer  founded  four  ahns- 
houses  in  Dartford,  and  devised  his  mansion 
to  his  eldest  son  Henry.  His  grandson,  Ed- 
ward Beer,  died  unmarried  in  1627,  bequeath- 
ing Horsman  Place  to  John  Twistleton,  of 
Drax. 

(I)  Martin  Beer,  or  Bere,  of  Rochester,  is 
the  first  ancestor  to  which  the  American  fam- 
ily can  be  traced  in  an  unbroken  line.  He  was 
living  in  Rochester,  county  Kent,  in  i486; 
married  a  daughter  of  Thomas  Nyssell,  of 
Wrotham,  England. 

(II)  John  Beer,  son  of  Martin  Beer,  or 
Bere,  married  Faith,  daughter  of  John  Roy- 
den,  of  Rochester,  and  had  James  and  Mary. 

(III)  James  Beer,  son  of  John  Beer,  mar- 
ried Dorothy,  daughter  of  John  Kingswood, 
gentleman,  of  Rochester,  and  had  two  sons, 
John  and  James. 

(IV)  John  (2)  Beer,  son  of  James  Beer, 
lived  at  Gravesend ;  married  Mary,  daughter 
of  Robert  Selby,  of  Yorkshire.  Children : 
John ;  Samuel ;  Richard,  known  as  captain, 
born  1607,  came  to  America  in  1635,  and  locat- 
ed at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  represented 
his  town  in  the  general  court  tliirteen  years, 
commanded  a  company  in  the  Pe(|uot  war  and 
was  slain  by  Indians  near  Xorthfield,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1675  ;  James,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary. 

(V)  James  (2)  Beer,  son  of  John  (2)  Beer, 
of  Gravesend,  was  a  mariner  and  died  before 
1635.  His  widow  Hester  died  in  1635,  and  in 
the  same  year  their  two  sons,  Anthony  and 
James,  accompanied  their  uncle,  Richard  Beers, 
to  America.  James  located  in  Fairfield,  Con- 
necticut, in  1657,  and  purchased  a  house  and 
lot  in  1659,  and  another  lot  in  1661,  in  Green- 
field. He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1664.  He 
died  in  1694.  Anthony,  the  other  son,  is  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Anthony  Beers,  from  whom  most  of 
the  Connecticut  families  of  this  surname  are 
descended,  son  of  James  (2)  Beers,  was  born 
at  Gravesend,  England.  He  came  to  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts,  with  his  uncle,  Richard 
Beers,  and  took  the  freeman's  oath  there.  May 
6,  1657.  He  then  removed  to  the  adjacent 
town  of  Roxbury,  and,  in  1658,  to  Fairfield, 
Connecticut.     He  was  a  mariner,  and  was  lost 


at  sea  in  1676,  his  widow  Elizabeth  surviving 
him.  Children :  Samuel,  born  at  Watertown, 
May  9,  1647,  died  young;  Ephraim,  July  5, 
1648;  John,  mentioned  below;  Esther,  October 
16,  1654;  Samuel,  May  2,  1657,  died  aged  four 
months;  Barnabas,  September  6,  1658;  Eliza- 
beth, April,  1661,  at  Fairfield. 

(VII)  John  (3),  son  of  Anthony  Beers, 
was  born  at  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1652.  He  was  a  soldier  and  was  severe- 
ly wounded  in  King  Philip's  war,  December 
19-  1675,  took  part  in  the  Xarragansett  fight, 
and  died  soon  afterward.  He  joined  the  church 
at  Stratford,  Connecticut.  About  1667  he 
bought  a  house  lot,  "bounded  east  by  the  street, 
west  by  the  burying  place,  south  by  a  highway 
four  rods  wide,  and  north  on  the  common 
land."  That  highway  now  leads  to  the  Strat- 
ford Congregational  burying-ground.  He  and 
his  wife  had  but  one  child  recorded,  Samuel, 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Samuel,  son  of  John  (3)  Beers, 
was  born  November  9,  1679,  "died  at  Newtown, 
March  12,  1725.  He  married,  in  1706,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  (Titharton) 
Sherman,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Jane  Titharton.  Children :  Mary,  born  July  9, 
1708,  in  Stratford;  John,  September  i,  1710; 
Samuel,  June  26,  1712;  Daniel,  November  23, 
1714;  Abraham,  at  Newtown;  Nathan,  men- 
tioned below;  Hannah,  May,  1722;  Abigail, 
April  17,  1724. 

( IX )  Nathan,  son  of  Samuel  Beers,  was 
born  at  Newtown,  Connecticut,  February  10, 
1719,  and  followed  the  trade  of  blacksmith  in 
his  native  town  and  at  Norwalk.  He  died  June 
18,  1805,  and  his  wife,  Lydia  (Hawley)  Beers, 
died  June  30,  1776,  aged  seventy-one.  Chil- 
dren :  Nathan ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below ; 
Samuel.  Lydia,  Hannah,  Abijah,  Ezekiel, 
Sarah,  Abigail,  Mary,  Anna  and  Esther. 

(X)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Nathan  Beers,  was 
born  about  1740,  in  Norwalk  or  vicinity.'  He 
settled  in  Minisink,  Orange  county.  New  York. 
According  to  the  census  of  1790  he  had  two 
sons  (three  males)  over  sixteen,  one  under 
sixteen  and  two  females  in  his  family. 

(XI)  A  son  of  Ebenezer  remained  in 
Orange  county.  Among  his  children  were  John  ; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Irene  and  Rebecca. 

(XII)  Joseph,  son  of  Beers,  came 

from  Orange  county.  New  York,  and  settled 
in  Cortland,  New  York,  where  he  died,  aged 
sixty-seven  years.  For  many  years  he  follow- 
ed his  trade  as  brick  mason,  at  Cortland,  and 


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for  about  twenty  years  he  followed  farming. 
He  married  Mehitable  Winters,  of  Long  Island, 
who  died  February  19,  1873,  aged  sixty-one 
years.  Children  :  John,  Jonas,  Elmira  ;  David 
Clark,  mentioned  below  ;  Charles  F.  and  Henry. 

(XIH)  David  Clark,  son  of  Joseph  Beers, 
was  born  in  Middletown,  Orange  county,  New 
York,  December  21,  1843,  ^"'^l  came  with  his 
parents  to  Cortlandville,  New  York,  when  he 
was  four  years  old,  and  received  a  common 
school  education  there.  He  enlisted,  October 
4,  1861,  in  Company  A,  Seventy-sixth  Regi- 
ment, New  York  Infantry,  and  served  until 
September  i,  1865,  when  his  company  was 
mustered  out,  at  the  close  of  the  civil  war.  His 
company  was  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac,  and 
he  took  part  in  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run, 
the  battles  of  Gettysburg,  Cedar  Moimtain, 
Chancellorsville,  and  all  the  other  engagements 
in  which  his  company  participated.  He  was 
wounded  at  Bull  Run  and  (iettysburg.  At  the 
close  of  the  term  of  his  enlistment  Mr.  Beers 
returned  to  Cortland,  learned  the  trade  of 
mason  and  worked  at  it  a  number  of  years. 
In  18S4  he  formed  a  partnership  with  E.  J. 
Warfield,  a  sketch  of  whom  appears  elsewhere 
in  this  work.  The  firm  of  Beers  &  Warfield 
prospered  from  the  first  and  has  done  a  large 
share  of  the  business  in  its  line  as  contractors 
and  builders  in  the  city  of  Cortland.  Many  of 
the  business  buildings,  mills,  factories,  hotels 
and  residences  have  been  built  by  this  firm. 
Mr.  Beers  served  the  village  corporation  for 
two  years  as  trustee,  before  Cortland  was  in- 
corporated as  a  city.  He  is  a  member  of 
Grover  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of 
which  lie  is  past  commander. 

He  married,  in  1871,  Helen  M.  Wadsworth, 
born  in  Homer,  April  26,  1851,  daughter  of 
Ela  and  Amanda  (Howe)  Wadsworth  (see 
Wadsworth  VIII).  Children:  Carrie,  died  in 
childhood;  Harry,  born  January  11,  1878,  a 
mason  by  trade;  Gertrude,  died  aged  twelve 
years;  William,  born  March  22,  1884,  mar- 
ried Catherine  Dugan,  of  Binghamton,  New 
York;  Lena,  October  19,  1888.  married  John 
M.  Smith,  of  Syracuse,  New  York. 

(The    Wadsworth    Line). 

The  surname  Wadsworth  is  derived  from 
the  Anglo-Saxon  words  Waldes-worth,  mean- 
ing Wood's  Court,  and  from  very  ancient  times 
has  been  in  use  in  Yorkshire,  England,  where 
it  is  still  common.  The  surname  Walworth 
had  the  same  origin.  The  only  coat-of-arms 
9 


of  Wadsworth  is  of  the  Yorkshire  family,  and 
is  described :  Gules,  three  fleurs-de-lis,  stalked 
and  slipped,  argent.  Two  immigrants  of  the 
family,  probably  sons  of  Thomas  Wadsworth, 
came  from  England  to  America  in  the  early 
settlement,  Christopher,  William,  mentioned 
below.  The  Bible  that  Christopher  brought 
with  him  is  still  preserved  in  the  Cowler  fam- 
ily of  Hartford.  He  settled  in  Duxbury,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  became  a  prominent  citizen. 

(  I )  William  Wadsworth  came  with  his 
brother  Christopher  in  the  ship  "Lion,"  land- 
ing at  Boston,  Sunday,  September  16,  1632, 
after  a  voyage  of  twelve  weeks.  It  is  believed 
that  he  was  here  earlier  and  had  returned  to 
England.  He  was  born  about  1600.  He  was 
admitted  freeman  of  Massachusetts  Bay  Col-  - 
ony,  November  6,  1633.  He  settled  in  Cam- 
bridge, and  when  the  town  was  organized  was 
elected  to  the  first  board  of  selectmen,  and 
served  in  1634-35.  From  Cambridge  he  came 
to  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  the  Hooker  com- 
pany, and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his 
days.  He  died  in  1675.  He  was  among  the 
more  wealthy  and  substantial  proprietors  of 
the  town.  He  was  collector  in  1637;  select- 
man, 1642-47,  and  active  in  church  and  state 
affairs.  His  home  lot  was  co-extensive  with 
the  present  scjuare  bounded  by  Asylum,  Trum- 
bull and  West  Pearl  streets,  and  the  road  to 
the  river,  and  continued  in  the  family  imtil 
1773.  when  it  went  into  the  hands  of  George 
and  William  Burr,  relatives.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rev.  Samuel 
Stone.  Children  of  first  wife:  Sarah,  married 
John  Wilcox;  William,  died  in  infancy;  Mary, 
married  Thomas  Stoughton ;  John,  mentioned 
below.  Children  of  second  wife:  Elizabeth, 
1645;  Samuel,  1646;  Joseph,  captain,  immor- 
talized in  history  by  his  exploit  in  hiding  the 
colonial  charter  in  the  Charter  Oak ;  Sarah, 
1650;  Thomas,  1651  ;  Rebecca.  1656. 

(II)  John,  son  of  William  Wadsworth,  was 
born  in  Hartford.  He  was  an  early  settler  of 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  where  he  lived  until 
his  death,  in  1659.  He  was  one  of  the  most 
prosperous  and  influential  citizens.  In  1669 
of  eighty-four  taxable  estates  his  was  third, 
with  a  valuation  of  one  hundred  and  eighty- 
three  pounds.  He  was  sergeant  of  the  mili- 
tary company,  and  member  of  what  was  later 
called  the  state  senate.  He  was  present  when 
his  brother.  Captain  Joseph  Wadsworth,  con- 
cealed the  charter.  He  married  Sarah  Stanley, 
also    born    in    Hartford,    who    survived    him. 


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Children :  Sarah,  born  1657 ;  Samuel.  1660, 
mentioned  below:  John,  1662;  Mercy,  1665; 
William,  1671  ;  Nathaniel  (twin),  1677;  James 
(twin),  1677;  Thomas,  if)8o;  Hezekiah,  1^183. 

(  III  )  Samuel,  son  of  John  Wadswcjrth.  was 
born  in  1060,  in  Farniington,  Connecticut.  In 
1699  and  171 1  he  represented  the  town  in  the 
general  assembly,  and,  in  1713,  he  was  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  militia.  He  married,  at  Farming- 
ton,  in  i68y,  Hannah  Judson.  Children,  born 
at  Farniington:  Hannah.  1693:  Sarah,  1695; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

( I\' )  Samuel  (  2 ),  son  of  Samuel  (  i  )  Wads- 
worth,  was  born  in  Farniington,  in  1689,  died 
there,  in  1745.  He  married  (first),  in  1728, 
Susanna  Fenn,  who  died  in  1732,  and  (sec- 
ond), in  1737,  Rebecca  Porter.  Child  of  first 
wife:  James,  born  1729.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Asa,  married, 
at  Tyringham,  Massachusetts.  February  19, 
1761,  Sarah  Hill:  Hannah. 

(\')  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Wads- 
worth,  was  born  at  Farniington,  and  settled 
with  his  brothers  at  Tyringham.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain  Ezekiel 
Herrick's  company.  Colonel  Brown's  regiment 
(Berkshire  county),  from  Tyringham,  June 
29  to  Julv  21.  1777,  reinforcing  the  northern 
army.  lie  married  Thankful .  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Tyringham :  Reuben,  mentioned 
below:  Susanna  and  Ezekiel  (twins),  June  7, 
1767;  Silas,  May,  1770:  Sarah,  May  23  or 
June  15,  1773;  Amos  and  James,  September 
30,  1775  (twins). 

(\T)  Reuben,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Wads- 
worth,  was  born  at  Tyringham,  Massachusetts, 
December  6,  1762,  died  in  1837.     He  married 

Rtith  .     Chililren,  born  at  Tyringham: 

Electa,  born  1784,  married  Gideon  Hobart : 
.Archibald,  mentioned  below:  Berenice,  1793; 
Sylvester;  Samuel  F..  born  1798. 

(VH)  .Archibald,  son  of  Reuben  Wads- 
worth,  was  born  at  Tyringham,  in  1787,  died 
in  1873.  He  settled  at  Homer,  New  York,  and 
became  a  prominent  and  respected  farmer  of 
that  town.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  He  married  Eunice  Main, 
who  (lied  in  1872,  aged  seventy-nine  years. 
Children,  born  at  Homer:  Manly,  born  1817; 
Ela,  mentioned  below ;  Waty  jane,  married 
Erastus  Goodell ;  Electa,  1831,  married  Syl- 
vester Kinney. 

(\'Ul)  Ela.  son  of  .-Xrchibald  Wadsworth, 
was  born  in  Homer,  New  York,  in  1826.  He 
was  a   f;irnuT  in  Cortland  all   his  active  life. 


He  married,  in  1847,  .\nianda  Howe.  Chil- 
dren: Alvea  A.,  born  1849,  died  1863;  Helen 
M.,  i8si,  married  David  C.  Beers  (see  Beers 
.XllI):  William  H.,  i8s2,  died  1861  :  Harvey 
F,.,  1856,  died  1858:  Myron  H.,  1858,  died 
iS(n  :  ^lary  L.,  1861,  married  George  T.  Latti- 
nier ;  Clark  H.,  1863.  married  Estella  Fierce : 
Marvin  W..  1866,  married  Xenia  Doran  ;  Mil- 
ton E.,  1869. 

The  family  of  Edgcomb  is  a 
EDCiCr)Mr>  very  old  and  distinguished 
family  in  Devonshire,  Eng- 
land, and  has  been  settled  in  the  parish  of  Mil- 
ton Abbot  from  a  remote  period.  Certain  old 
documents  relative  to  them  are  written  in  the 
Norman-F"rench,  and  in  them  the  name  ap- 
pears as  "de  Eggescombe."  In  the  mansion 
of  the  elder  family  there  is  an  inscription  on 
an  old  gateway  dated  "R.  E.."  1292.  Th.» 
name  was  derived  from  the  seat  and  is  spelled 
variously  in  old  documents  as  Eggescombe, 
F^dgescombe,  Edgecomb  and  Edgecumbe. 

(  I )  John  Edgcomb,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  the  son  of  Nicholas  Edgecomb,  of  Plym- 
outh. England,  and  is  supposed  to  have  set- 
tled first  in  Kittery,  Maine,  as  early  as  1640. 
A  Nicholas  Edgecomb,  probably  the  father  of 
[olin,  was  instnnnental  in  establishing  a  settle- 
ment on  Casco  Bay,  and  visited  it  in  1658. 
John  Edgcomb  did  not  remain  permanently  in 
Kittery,  but  removed  to  New  London,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  settled  about  1673.  He  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  land  through  the  Connecti- 
cut assembly  in  1663.  His  estate  consisted  of 
a  "homestead  in  the  town  plot  and  two  con- 
siderable farms."  He  married  (first),  Febru- 
ary 9,  1673.  Sarah,  daugliter  of  Edward  Stal- 
li(jn.  He  married  (second)  Elizabeth,  widow 
of  Joshua  Flempstead.  Children:  John,  born 
November  14,  1675:  Sarah,  July  29,  1678: 
Joanna,  March  3,  1679 :  Nicholas,  January  2^. 
1681-82:  .Samuel,  1689;  Thomas,  mentioned 
below. 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Edgcomb,  was 
born  1694.  in  New  London,  and  settled  in 
Norwich  before  1720.  He  married  (first) 
Catherine  Copp.  He  married  (second)  Esther 
Post.  The  latter  survived  him  but  a  few 
months.  While  on  her  way  to  New  London, 
she  was  thrown  from  her  horse  and  severely 
hi'rt.  She  lived  for  two  weeks  in  great  agony, 
and  though  the  best  medical  skill  was  eni- 
jiloyed.  she  died  May  20,  1746,  at  the  age  of 
forty.      He   died    in    Norwich.    September    16, 


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1745.  Children  of  first  wife:  Thomas,  died 
in  Norwich,  April  29,  1755;  John,  was  in  the 
expedition  against  Cape  Breton,  and  died  there 
after  the  surrender  in  1746,  aged  twenty:  Jon- 
athan, a  seaman  by  occupation,  taken  by  a 
Spanish  privateer  August  3,  1752,  carried  U> 
Spain,  and  imprisuned  there  for  several  months, 
he  escaped  and  reached  a  h'rench  port  in  safety, 
worked  his  passage  to  England  on  an  English 
vessel,  but  was  seized  by  a  press  gang  and 
forced  on  board  a  man-of-war;  after  a  year's 
service  he  again  escaped,  and  finally  reached 
home.  November  30,  1754,  is  said  to  have 
settled  in  \'ermont ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Edgcomb, 
was  born  1730,  and  married,  ^lay  7,  1752, 
Dorothy  Smith,  of  Groton,  Connecticut.  He 
settled  there,  and  was  by  trade  a  cabinet- 
maker, also  a  farmer.  He  was  an  important 
member  of  the  society  for  the  prcjpagation  of 
the  gospel  in  foreign  parts.  He  was  deacon 
of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church,  vestryman 
or  warden  from  17(15  to  17^17,  and  a  man  of 
great  worth.  He  died  August  14,  1795,  and 
his  wife,  Januar}-  14,  1813,  aged  eiglity-four. 
Children:  Katherine.  born  March  8,  1753.  died 
March  14,  1759:  Dorothy,  December  8,  1754: 
David,  June  8,  1756;  Elizabeth,  January  15, 
1758;  Samuel,  February  28,  1760:  Gilbert. 
March  3,  1762,  mentioned  below:  Jabez.  Octo- 
ber 6,  1763:  Hannah,  May  27,  1765:  Thomas. 
June  29,  1767;  Asa,  April  14.  1772,  died  Sep- 
tember 4,  1774. 

(IV)  Gilbert,  son  of  Sanniel  ICdgcunib,  was 
born  March  3,  1762,  and  married,  June  21. 
1790,  Lucy  AUyn,  of  North  (iroton.  Connecti- 
cut, now  Ledyard.  He  removed  thence  to 
Broughton,  where  his  children  were  born.  He 
was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution,  and  enlisted 
when  only  fifteen  years  old.  He  was  with 
Washington  at  \'alley  Forge,  and  serve<l 
through  a  three  years'  campaign.  He  receiveil 
an  honorable  discharge  in  1780.  September 
6,  1781,  he  volunteered  in  defence  of  F"ort 
Griswold.  The  garrison  consisted  of  one  hun- 
dred and  sixty  men,  of  whom  eighty-four  were 
killed  on  the  spot.  The  remaining  seventy-six 
were  taken  prisoners,  placed  on  board  a  irian- 
of-war  and  carried  to  New  York.  Here  they 
were  imprisoned  in  an  old  sugar  house  until 
after  the  surrender  of  Cjeneral  Cornwallis. 
when  they  were  discharged.  In  1820  he  re- 
moved to  Cortland,  New  York.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation:  a  man  of  sound  mind 
and  unyielding  will.  Children,  born  in  Brough- 


ton :  Lucy,  April  14,  1795;  Gilbert,  September 
~7-  1797;  Erastus,  October  15,  1803;  Isaac 
.\llyn,  mentioned  below. 

(\  )  Isaac  Allyn,  son  of  Gilbert  Edgcomb, 
was  born  May  12,  1806,  in  Ciroton,  died  July 
(),  i860.  He  married,  1828,  Clarissa  Wood- 
ruff, born  in  I-"armington,  Connecticut,  .\ugust 
19.  1800.  died  October  [5,  1865,  daughter  of 
(iedor  and  Sarah  (Ingham)  Woodruff.  Her 
father,  (iedor  Woodruff,  was  born  July  20, 
1761,  served  three  years  in  the  revolutionary 
war,  he  was  the  son  of  Zebulon  Woodruff, 
born  March  11,  1718.  The  latter  was  the  son 
of  Joseph,  born  in  1679,  son  of  John,  born 
1643,  son  of  Matthew  Woodruff".  Children : 
I.  Charles  A.,  born  May  9,  1829  ;  married  Mary 
J.  Tucker,  November  6,  1876;  child,  Charles 
R..  burn  Julv  25,  1882,  lived  in  Spafford,  New 
\'(irk.  2.  Frances  J.,  November  23,  1830; 
married  Irving  A.  Wheeler,  of  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  1859;  lived  in  Providence.  3. 
Sarah  T.,  June  16,  1832:  married,  in  1858, 
Gilbert  I.  Honywell :  lived  in  Homer,  New 
Viirk.  4.  Isaac,  October  16,  1834,  mentioned 
below.  5.  Martin,  June  7,  i83(>;  married,  No- 
vember 13,  i86f),  Eiuily  G.  Merritt,  a  shoe 
dealer  by  occupation,  in  Cortland:  six  chil- 
dren :  Lena  E.,  born  December  2^.  1867  :  Louis 
E.,  August  24,  1869;  J.  Cirace.,  November  23. 
1873;  ^I-  Clenn.  October  3,  1875:  AUvn  I., 
.\pril  25,  1878:  R.  Irene,  June  28,  189'!.  6. 
George  W.,  November  2^,  1840;  married  F. 
Eudell  Sc|uires,  July  9,  1872:  child,  James  E., 
born  July  9,  1873,  (lied  November  24,  1878.  7. 
Clark  A..  January  22,  1843  :  marrieil.  Novem- 
ber, i8fi8,  Atldie  Lyon;  children:  Oliver  C, 
born  1870:  Addie  A.,  July  18,  1875:  lived  in 
South  Frankfort,  Alichigan. 

(  \'I )  Isaac,  son  of  Isaac  Allyn  Edgcomb, 
was  born  in  (jroton.  New  York,  October  16, 
1834,  and  received  his  education  in  the  com- 
uKin  schools  of  liis  native  town.  In  1852  he 
came  to  Cortland.  New  York,  and  learned  the 
harness-maker's  trade.  He  continued  in  this 
business  until  1900,  when  he  retired.  He  has 
always  been  actively  identified  with  the  Meth- 
odist church,  in  Cortland,  and,  for  forty  years, 
has  been  its  steward  and  trustee.  He  married, 
March  13,  1861.  Evaline  D.,  daughter  of  Isaac 
and  Nancy  (  Peabody  )  Spencer,  born  in  X'irgil. 
New  York.  December  25.  1834.  Her  father 
was  the  son  of  Amos  Spencer,  who  married 
Dorcas  Woodcock ;  they  iiad  twelve  cliildren. 
ten  sons  and  two  daughters.  Amos  Spencer 
was  the  son  of  Thomas  Spencer,  who  was  a 


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descendant  of  William  Spencer,  of  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  in  1631.  Both  Thomas  and 
Amos  Spencer  served  as  captains  in  the  revolu- 
tion. Child  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Edgcomb:  Ernest 
Isaac,  born  January  10,  1867;  he  was  educated 
in  the  State  Normal  School,  in  Cortland,  and 
graduated  in  1884;  also  at  Syracuse  Univer- 
sity, from  which  he  graduated  in  1888.  He 
then  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Nottingham 
&  Goodell,  of  Syracuse,  and  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  in  1891.  He  practices  law  in  Syracuse, 
and  is  also  professor  of  law  in  Syracuse  Uni- 
versity. He  is  at  present  attorney  for  the 
Beebe  trolley  lines,  which  run  out  of  Syracuse, 
and  surveyor  of  customs  for  the  port  of  that 
city.  For  several  terms  he  was  chairman  of 
the  board  of  supervisors  in  Syracuse,  and  offi- 
ciated as  such  when  the  new  courthouse  was 
erected,  as  well  as  member  of  the  building 
committee,  the  building  costing  $1,400,000.  He 
is  a  member  of  several  college  fraternities  and 
other  fraternal  organizations,  and  steward  in 
the  First  Methodist  Church.  He  married, 
April  20,  1898,  Grace,  daughter  of  Frank  J. 
Webb,  of  Syracuse.  They  have  one  son,  Julian 
Webb,  born  December  3,  1902. 


The  Newton  family,  which  is 
NEWTON     one  of  the  most  numerous  in 

New  England,  is  of  English 
origin,  and  was  founded  in  America  early  in 
the  colonial  period.  It  is  still  very  numerously 
represented  throughout  New  England,  and  is 
identified  with  the  best  interests  of  that  sec- 
tion, contributing  its  proportionate  share  to  its 
development  and  progress.  Representatives 
are  now  scattered  over  distant  states. 

(I)  Richard  Newton,  whose  birthplace  and 
ancestry  has  been  the  subject  of  many  years 
study  by  well  equipped  genealogists,  arrived 
in  Massachusetts  prior  to  1645,  in  which  year 
he  was  admitted  a  freeman  of  the  colony  and 
resided  for  several  years  in  Sudbury.  In  com- 
pany with  John  Howe  and  others  he  petition- 
ed for  the  settlement  of  Marlborough,  whose 
incorporation  as  a  town  they  secured  in  1666, 
and  removing  thither,  he  located  in  that  part 
of  the  town  which  was  afterwards  set  off  as 
Southborough.  He  lived  to  be  nearly  one 
hundred  years  old,  and  died  about  August  24, 
1 701.  The  Christian  name  of  his  wife  was 
cither  Anna  or  Hannah,  and  she  died  Decem- 
ber 5,  1697.  Their  children,  as  shown  by  the 
records  of  Marlborough,  were:  John,  born 
1641  ;  Moses,  1646;  Ezekiel ;  Joseph;  Hannah, 


April  13,  1654,  died  uimiarried ;  Daniel,  De- 
cember 21,  1655.    There  may  have  been  others. 

(II)  Daniel,  fifth  son  of  Richard  and  Anna 
(probably  Loker)  Newton,  was  born  Decem- 
ber 21,  1655,  probably  in  Sudbury,  and  died 
November  20,  1739,  in  Marlborough.  He  lived 
in  that  part  of  the  town  which  was  subsequent- 
ly set  off  as  Southborough.  He  married,  in 
Alarlborough,  December  30.  1679,  Susannah 
Morse,  born  January  11,  1663,  in  Watertown, 
Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Sus- 
annah (Shattuck)  Morse.  Children:  i.  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  below.  2.  Benjamin,  born  May 
I,  1683;  married,  October  3,  1712,  Abigail 
Knapp,  of  Newton.  3.  Susanna,  born  Febru- 
ary 14.  1684.  4.  Isaac,  born  March  12,  1686; 
married  Sarah .  5.  Ephraim,  born  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1689;  married.  May  29,  171 1,  Chris- 
tian Ripley.  6.  Abraham,  born  Alarch  2,  1691 ; 
married,  October  20,  1709,  Rachel  Newton. 
7.  Mary,  born  July  26,  1693,  died  August  12, 
171 1.  8.  Samuel,  born  August  10,  1695,  died 
1 77 1.  9.  Nathaniel,  born  September  4.  1697. 
10.  Lydia,  born  August  24,  1699;  married,  Au- 
gust 12,  1719,  Samuel  Morse.  11.  Mary,  born 
May  10.  1702;  married,  September  i,  1725, 
Othniel  Taylor,  of  Worcester. 

(HI)  Daniel  (2),  eldest  child  of  Daniel  (i) 
and  Susanna  (  Morse)  Newton,  was  born  May 
29,  1681,  in  Marlborough,  where  he  probably 
passed  his  life.  He  married  Sarah  Hutton, 
and  they  were  the  parents  of  Daniel ;  Ezekiel. 
mentionetl  below  ;  Elizabeth  ;  William  ;  Judith, 
died  young:  Judith:  Robert,  and  Joanna. 

(IV)  Ezekiel,  second  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and 
Sarah  (Hutton)  Newton,  was  born  August 
27,  1707,  in  Marlboroug-h,  and  resided  in  South- 
borougli,  where  he  was  a  farmer.  No  record 
of  his  death  appears.  He  married,  May  31, 
1 73 1,  in  Marlborough,  Tirzah,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  and  Bethiah  (Rice)  Newton,  whose 
ancestry  is  as  follows: 

Moses,  son  of  Richard  Newton,  was  born  in 
1646,  and  resided  in  Marlborough.  October 
27,  1668,  he  married  Joanna  Larkin,  who  died 
December  25,  1713.  and,  on  April  14,  1714,  he 
married  for  his  second  wife,  Sarah  Joslin.  She 
died  November  4,  1723.  Moses  was  the  father 
of  eleven  children.  He  distinguished  himself 
in  defending  the  town  against  the  savages  dur- 
ing King  Philip's  war.  In  relation  to  this  inci- 
dent the  Rev.  Asa  Packard  wrote  the  follow- 
ing account : 

The  Sahliatli  when  Mr.  Brimsmead  was  in  sermon 
(March    20,    1676),    the    worshiping    was    somewhat 


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dispersed  by  the  outcry  of  "Indians  at  the  dor." 
The  confusion  of  the  first  moment  was  instantly 
increased  by  a  fire  from  the  enemy:  but  the  God 
whom  tliey  were  worshiping  shielded  tlieir  lives  and 
limbs,  excepting  the  arms  of  one  Moses  Newton, 
who  was  carrying  an  elderly  and  infirm  woman  to 
a  place  of  safety.  In  a  few  moments  they  were 
sheltered  in  their  fort,  with  the  mutual  feelings 
peculiar  to  such  a  scene.  Their  meeting  house  and 
their  dwelling  houses  left  without  protection,  were 
burnt.  Fruit-trees  pulled  and  hacked  and  other 
valuable  effects  rendered  useless  perpetuated  the 
barbarit}'  of  the  savages  many  years  after  the 
inhabitants  returned.  The  enemy  retired  soon  after 
their  first  onset,  declining  to  risk  the  enterprise 
and  martial  prowess  of  the  young  plantation. 

Jonathan,  son  of  Moses  and  Joanna  (Lar- 
kin)  Xewton,  was  born  September  30,  1679, 
in  Marlborough,  and  married  there,  October 
26,  1708,  Bethiaii  Rice,  born  October  29,  1682, 
•daughter  of  Daniel  and  r.ethiali  (Ward)  Rice. 
Children :  Tirzali,  married  Ezekiel  Newton ; 
Jonathan,  Tabitha,  Bethiah,  Johanna,  Heph- 
ziba,  David,  Thankful,  Gideon,  Nathan  and 
Elnathan. 

Children  of  Ezekiel  and  Tirzah  (Newton) 
Newton :  Elizabeth,  born  February  19,  1832, 
in  Marlborough  ;  Alexander,  February  14, 1733  ; 
Nehemiah,  June  23,  1736;  Persis,  February 
18,  1741  ;  Ezekiel,  mentioned  below;  Daniel, 
May  20,  1749.  All  except  the  first  are  record- 
ed in  Southborough. 

(V)  Ezekiel  (2),  son  of  Ezekiel  (i)  and 
Tirzah  (Newton)  Newton,  was  born  August 
30,  1745,  in  Southborough,  and  resided  in 
Marlborough  until  1776,  or  later,  and  probably 
resided  elsewhere  thereafter.  He  was  a  private 
in  Captain  Josiah  White's  company,  of  Lieu- 
tenant-Colonel Benjamin  Flagg's  division, Colo- 
nel Samuel  Denney's  (Worcester  county)  regi- 
ment, which  marched,  August  21,  1777,  on 
alarm  and  was  turned  back.  He  is  credited 
with  five  days'  service,  including  two  days' 
( forty  miles )  march  home.  Roll  dated  Spen- 
cer. He  died  December  5,  1792,  but  this  date 
does  not  appear  on  any  public  records.  He 
probably  resided  in  Marlborough  at  the  time. 
Diligent  search  fails  to  disclose  the  tnaiden 
name  of  his  wife  Tabitha.  who  was  born  Au- 
gust 14,  1746.  Four  of  his  children  are  re- 
corded in  Marlborough :  Persis,  born  March 
16,  1771  :  Polly,  March  29,  1772;  Haven,  De- 
cember 29,  1773;  Windsor,  January  15,  1776. 
Private  records  indicate   four  other  children. 

(VI)  Ezekiel  (3),  son  of  Ezekiel   (2)  and 

Tabitha  ( )  Newton,  was  born  .\pril  12, 

1788,  in  Northborough,  and  died  February  11, 


1852,  at  Groton,  New  York.  He  was  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade  and  lived  for  some  years  in 
North  Concord,  now  Lisbon,  New  Hampshire, 
where  he  was  toll-keeper  of  the  bridge  over 
the  Ammonusuc  river.  The  present  name  of 
Lisbon  was  adopted  in  1824.  For  fifty  years 
previous  there  had  been  two  Concords  in  the 
state  of  New  Hampshire.  In  181 1  he  removed 
from  Lisbon  to  Tompkins  county.  New  York, 
and  settled  first  at  Groton  City,  New  York. 
Soon  after  removing  to  Summer  Hill,  New 
York.  He  married  in  Bolton,  Massachusetts, 
April  16,  18 10,  Rebecca  Moore,  born  January 
9,  1787,  in  that  town;  died  June  9,  1871,  in 
Cortland,  New  York.  The  record  of  his  mar- 
riage in  Bolton  calls  hitn  "Ezekial  Newton  of 
North  Concord,  New  Hampshire."  Children  : 
I.  Charles,  mentioned  below.  2.  Elihu  Reed, 
born  September  18,  181 2,  died  October  7, 
1899,  at  Wayne,  Pennsylvania.  3.  Ezekiel  A., 
born  October  25,  1814,  at  (jroton.  New  York, 
died  there,  July  9,  1859.  4.  Orissa,  born  April 
14,  1816,  at  Groton.  5.  Albert,  born  July  10, 
1817,  at  Groton,  died  December  6,  1906.  6. 
Nancy  E.,  born  April  14,  1820.  died  Novem- 
ber, 1868.  7.  Adelia  C,  born  August  13,  1822, 
died  March  10,  1897.  8.  Caroline  M.,  born 
June  13,  1824,  died  September,  1896.  9. 
George  M.,  born  August  24,  1826,  living  at 
Groton,  New  York.  10.  Andrew,  born  Sep- 
tember 10,  1828,  died  February  12,  1837. 

(VII)  Charles,  eldest  child  of  Ezekiel  (3) 
and  Rebecca  (  Moore )  Newton,  was  born  April 
23,  181 1,  in  North  Concord,  New  Hampshire, 
and  died  November  14,  1894,  in  Groton,  New 
York,  where  he  was  a  farmer.  He  married, 
June  15,  1834,  at  Summer  Hill,  New  York, 
Mary  Woolsey,  of  that  town,  born  August  i, 
1812,  died  June  2,  1891,  in  Groton.  Children: 
I.  George,  born  Alarch  19,  1835,  died  June  5, 
1857.  2.  Rebecca  Jane,  born  December  6, 
1837;  married  Myron  F.  Thomas,  of  Groton, 
New  York ;  resides  in  Pasadena.  3.  Charles 
Burdette,  born  August  16,  1840.  resides  in 
Groton.  4.  Hiratri,  born  March  Ti,  1848,  died 
May  22,  1849.  5-  W'illiani  Henry,  born  De- 
cember 29.  1850.  died  July  23,  1851.  (\.  Will- 
iam Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  William  Henry,  son  of  Charles  and 
Mary  (Woolsey)  Newton,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 15,  1853,  in  Locke,  New  York,  and  learn- 
ed the  trade  of  carriage  trimming.  He  was 
in  the  coal  and  lumber  business  in  his  younger 
days,  in  (jroton.  New  York.  In  1883  he  locat- 
ed at  Cortland,  New  York,  where  he  engaged 


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in  the  manufacture  of  carriage  goods  and  is 
still  conducting-  a  prosperous  business  at  tha: 
place.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church. 
He  married,  June  6,  1876,  in  Groton,  Mary 
Alida  Williams,  born  June  6,  1856,  in  that 
town,  daughter  of  James  Williams,  a  native  of 
the  same  jilace,  and  Lydia  Ellen  ( Brown ) 
Williams,  born  .-Kugust  6,  1726,  daughter  of 
David  Brown,  of  Groton,  Massachusetts,  who 
was  son  of  David  Brown,  of  Plum  Hollow, 
\'ermont,  who  served  in  the  revolutionary  war. 
(IX)  Earle  Williams,  only  child  of  William 
Henry  and  Mary  A.  (Williams)  Xewton,  was 
born  February  9,  1879,  in  Groton,  New  York. 
He  was  educated  at  Cortland  Normal  School 
and  Phillips  Andover  .Academy,  graduating  in 
1899.  After  graduation  he  went  into  the  office 
of  his  father's  manufacturing  plant  until  De- 
cember I,  T<)oi,  when  he  was  taken  into  part- 
nershi])  with  his  father  at  Cortland,  and  to- 
gether they  conducted  a  business  under  the 
firm  name  of  W.  H.  Newton  &  Son.  He 
married.  June  22,  1909,  in  Colora,  Maryland, 
Anna  Moore,  born  February  16,  1883,  in  that 
town,  daughter  of  William  H.  Moore,  whose 
father  was  a  Quaker  farmer  living  at  that 
place,  and  India  S.  (Christie)  Moore,  of  Col- 
ora, Maryland. 

(The   Williams   Line). 

(i)  Deacon  William  Williams,  of  Salem, 
Massachusetts,  born  November  11,  1749,  died 
August  8,  1854.  He  married  Hiphza  Samson, 
and  they  had  ten  children. 

(2)  Benjamin,  son  of  Deacon  William  Will- 
iams, born,  Savoy,  Massachusetts,  November 
14,  1783,  died  June  2,  1872;  married,  April  6, 
1808,  Rebeckah  Morton.  He  came  to  Groton, 
New  York,  in  i8o(j.    They  had  eight  children. 

(3)  James,  son  of  Benjamin  Williams,  was 
born  in  Groton,  New  York,  April  i,  1821,  and 
died  March  26,  1899.  He  married  Lydia  Ellen 
Brown,  born  August  6,  1826.  Child:  Mary 
Alida,  born  June  6,  1856,  in  Groton,  New 
York,  married.  January  6,  1876,  William  Henry 
Newton  (see  Newton  VIII). 


William  Knox,  according  to  the 
KNOX  history  of  P.landford,  Massachu- 
setts, came  to  that  town  from  Bel- 
fast. Ireland,  in  1737.  There  was  a  large  settle- 
ment of  Scotch-Irish  in  this  town.  His  brother, 
Adam  Knox,  said  to  have  been  born  in  1719,  in 
Ulster  i^rovince,  north  of  Ireland,  settled  in 
Boston,  in  1737.   William  had  three  sons  :  John, 


mentioned   below ;   William,   and   Adam ;   and 
probably  daughters. 

( II)  John,  son  o''  William  Kno.x,  was  born 
about  1730.  and  probably  came  with  his  father 
to  l>landford.  Massachusetts.  The  name  of  his 
wife  is  not  known.  He  lived  at  Bland  ford,  evi- 
dently following  farming,  as  did  his  father. 
He  had  sons:  William:  James,  mentioned 
below:  Elijah,  and  John:  and  probably  daugh- 
ters. 

(III)  Captain  James  Knox,  son  of  John 
Knox,  was  born  as  early  as  1 760.  He  was  a 
private  in  Captain  John  Ferguson's  company, 
Colonel  Timothy  Danielson's  regiment,  from 
Bland  ford,  from  April  20,  1775.  to  .\ugust. 
and  later  in  the  year.  He  was  sergeant  from 
Bland  ford,  in  Captain  .Aaron  Coe's  company. 
Lieutenant  Colonel  Timothy  Robinson's  regi- 
ment. Oliver  and  John,  sons  of  .Adam  Knox, 
were  soldiers  from  Bland  ford,  also  David,  son 
of  William.  .Afterward  James  Knox  was 
known  as  captain,  and  doubtless  held  a  com- 
mission in  the  militia  as  captain.  He  was  one 
of  the  earliest  settlers  of  the  town  of  Windsor, 
Itroome  county.  New  York,  whither  he  went 
after  the  war,  living  for  a  time,  apparently  at 
Hillside.  In  1790  he  appears  to  be  a  resident 
of  Hillside,  according  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus, but  he  must  have  removed  soon  to  Broome 
county,  as  the  history  states  that  he  came  there 
in  1786,  or  a  little  later.  The  same  authority 
states  that  he  was  an  officer  in  the  revolution, 
and  we  have  given  his  record  as  sergeant.  He 
may  have  had  other  service  not  appearing  on 
the  records,  which,  of  course,  are  not  complete. 
He  is  said  to  have  been  one  of  W^ashington's 
Lifeguards.  With  his  family  he  located  near 
the  north  part  of  the  valley  on  the  old  home- 
stead, latelv  owned  by  Milton  Knox,  a  descend- 
ant. He  married  Lydia  Stratton.  Children : 
lames.  Hezekiah.  Charles.  Henry,  William, 
Caleb  and  Ira,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Ira,  son  of  Captain  James  Knox,  was 
born  in  Windsor,  Broome  county.  New  York, 
November  17,  180T,  died  March  to,  187 1.  Edu- 
cated in  his  native  town,  he  turned  naturally  to 
the  calling  of  agriculture  and  followed  it  suc- 
cessfully. In  all  matters  pertaining  to  the  wel- 
fare of  the  community,  political  and  otherwise, 
he  was  keenly  interested,  and  he  served  in  the 
state  militia  when  a  young  man. 

He  married,  September  2,  1835,  Anna  Doo- 
little.  born  at  Colesville.  New  York,  .August 
27,  t8ii,  died  March  4,  1884.  daughter  of  Abel 
Doolittlc,  who  was  born  July  27,  1780,  and  died 


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March  ii.  1868.  Her  father  married,  June  14, 
1804,  Hannah  Sage,  born  November  2(),  1778, 
died  April  i.^,  1854.  Children  of  Ira  and  Anna 
(Doohttle)  Knox:  Milton:  Stratton  Sage, 
mentioned  below ;  James. 

(\')  Hon.  Stratton  Sage  Knox,  .son  of  Ira 
Knox,  was  born  in  Colesville,  Rroome  cotmty, 
New  York,  February  5,  1843.  His  early  school- 
ing was  received  in  the  public  schools,  and  at 
Windsor  Academy.  Later,  he  sj^ent  part  of 
his  time  teaching  school  and  part  in  getting  a 
higher  education.  In  i86g  he  came  to  Cort- 
land, and  two  years  later  was  graduated  from 
the  State  Normal  School,  of  that  town.  In 
the  fall  of  1871  he  entered  upon  an  optional 
course  at  Wesleyan  I'niversity,  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  and  in  the  following  year,  left 
college  to  begin  the  study  of  law  in  the  ofifice 
of  M.  M.  Waters,  of  Cortland,  where  he  con- 
tinued until  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  in 
September,  1875,  at  the  general  term  in  .Schnec- 
tady.  New  Y'ork.  Before  the  close  of  the  year 
he  had  entered  intopartnership  with  M  r.  Waters 
and  the  firm  continued  until  1881,  when  Mr. 
Waters  removed  to  Syracuse.  During  the 
years  1883-89  he  was  coimty  judge  and  surro- 
gate. In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  In  1895 
he  was  retained  by  the  National  Hank  of  Cort- 
land, as  attorney,  having  charge  of  its  legal 
afifairs.  and,  since  1897.  he  has  been  president. 
Judge  Knox  was  a  prime  mover  in  the  plan 
to  provide  a  sewer  system  for  Cortland,  and 
he  was  appointed  on  the  first  board  of  sewer 
commissioners  in  1892,  and  has  been  president 
of  the  board  ever  since.  During  the  years 
1895-97  '"IS  was  attorney  of  the  village  corpor- 
ation, and  it  was  during  his  term  of  ofifice  that 
the  village  began  to  pave  the  streets,  and  the 
Railroad  street  ]5aving  was  done.  He  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Cortland  Savings  Rank.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Cortlandville  Lcxlge  of 
Free  Alasons ;  of  Cortland  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  Masons,  was  master  of  the  lodge  for  five 
years,  and  district  deputy  of  twenty-seventh 
district  for  two  years.  He  has  held  many 
positions  of  private  trust,  especially  in  the  set- 
tlement of  important  estates,  anfl  for  many 
years  has  had  one  of  the  largest  practices  in 
the  surrogate's  court  of  this  county. 

He  married,  December  23,  1873,  Myra  W., 
daughter  of  Merton  M.  and  Elizabeth  (  Bra- 
don)  W'aters.  She  died  May  8,  1905.  They 
had  no  children.  His  home  is  in  the  city  of 
Cortland. 


The  family  of  Lusk  is  of  Scotch 
LL'SK  origin,  and  first  ajjpeared  in  Amer- 
ica in  the  early  ])art  of  the  eight- 
eenth century.  At  that  time  three  brothers  of 
the  name,  John,  Thomas  and  William,  settled 
in  Connecticut,  and  from  them  have  descend- 
ed all  of  the  name  in  that  state.  Their  history, 
however,  is  but  fragmentary,  and  is  gathered 
mostly  from  town  and  church  records  and 
gravestone  inscrijitions,  in  the  towns  of  New- 
ington,  Farmington,  New  Britain,  Enfield  and 
other  places  in  Connecticut.  From  these  sources 
we  learn  that  there  was  a  Stephen  Lusk  in 
Newington,  in  171 5,  also  a  John  Lusk,  of  New- 
ington,  about  1740,  the  latter  ajiparently  an 
earlier  settler  of  Plainfield,  Windham  county, 
Connecticut.  John's  two  brothers,  Thomas 
and  William,  the  latter  with  his  wife,  came  to 
Newington  church,  by  letter,  from  Meriden, 
Connecticut.  August  13,  1749.  General  Levi 
Lusk,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  is  supposed 
to  have  been  a  son  of  this  William.  All  these 
families  lived  in  that  part  of  Farmington  which 
adjoined  Newington,  and  were  ]iractically  con- 
temporary. James,  of  Farmington,  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  a  younger  brother  of  the 
three  above  mentioned. 

( I )  John  Lusk,  immigrant  ancestor  of  this 
branch,  was  of  Plainfield,  Connecticut,  in  1740, 
and,  September  17th,  of  that  year,  received 
from  Jacob  Cibbs,  of  Wethersfield,  half  an 
acre  of  land  in  Newington.  March  19,  1743- 
46,  being  then  of  Wethersfield.  he  purchased 
four  acres  of  land,  again  in  Newington.  Later 
deeds  give  records  of  other  purchases  of  land 
by  him,  all  in  Newington,  near  the  Farming- 
ton   line.     He  married    (first)   Janet . 

who  died   at   Newington,   May  2.   1742,  aged 

thirty-three.  He  married  (  second)  Jane . 

who'died  February  3.  1788.  aged  eighty-three. 
He  died  July  24.  1788.  aged  eighty-six.  All 
three  were  buried  in  the  Newington  church- 
yard. Children  of  second  wife,  recorded  in 
Wethersfield:  William,  born  September  12, 
1744,  mentioned  below;  John,  February  20, 
1748:  Eunice,  May  9,  1730:  Samuel.  January 
29,  1752. 

(II)  William,  son  of  John  Lusk,  was  bom 
in  Wethersfield,  September  12,  1744.  He  mar- 
ried, March  30,  1769.  Elizabeth  Gibbe.  Chil- 
dren :  Chester ;  Simon ;  James,  mentioned 
below :  William. 

(HI)  James,  son  of  William  Lusk.  was  born 
1770,  died  April  24,   1808.     He  married  and 


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had    children:    W'ilHam,    Frankhii,    Simon    J., 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Simon  J.,  son  of  James  Lusk,  was 
born  August  19,  1807,  died  July  21,  1894,  at 
Lisle,  Broome  county,  New  York.  He  was  a 
pioneer  in  the  latter  section,  to  which  he  came 
from  Connecticut,  and  was  actively  engaged 
in  farming  all  his  life.  He  was  a  vigorous  and 
powerful  Scotchman  and  eminently  fitted  for 
the  hardships  and  dangers  of  a  frontier  life. 
He  married  Rebecca  Mercereau,  born  in 
Broome  county.  April  12,  181 1,  died  Novem- 
ber II,  1893.  Children:  Cornelius  M.;  Sam- 
uel R.,  mentioned  below ;  Franklin  ;  Eliza  J., 
married  Ira  Cook;  Olive  A.,  married  Orlando 
Benedict ;  William  ;  Susan  :  James  Lanning ; 
George  A. ;  Charles. 

(V)  Samuel  R.,  son  of  Simon  J.  Lusk,  was 
born  in  Lisle,  Broome  county.  New  York,  Au- 
gust 27,  1835,  died  September  6,  1896.  In 
1862  he  enlisted  in  the  One  Hundred  and 
Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  Company  E,  and 
served  throughout  the  war.  He  was  in  the 
battles  of  Chancellorsville,  Gettysburg  and 
Lookout  Mountain.  In  the  latter  engagement 
he  was  wounded  in  the  head  and  never  fully 
recovered,  and  finally  died  from  this  wound. 
For  a  number  of  years  he  was  engaged  in  the 
grocery  business  in  Centre  Lisle,  New  York. 
He  married,  about  iS,Ci6.  Clara  M.  Root,  born 
in  Lisle,  September  7,  1847,  <l'^cl  November 
13,  1886,  daughter  of  William  and  .Anna 
(Burghardt)  Root.  Child.  Clayton  R.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Clayton  Riley,  son  of  Samuel  R.  Lusk, 
was  born  in  Lisle,  December  21,  1872.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  scliools  of 
his  native  town,  later  attended  the  Cortland 
Normal  School,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1895,  afterward  entered  Cornell  L^niversity, 
from  which  he  graduated  in  1902.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  the  same  year,  and  located 
in  Cortland,  in  [lartnership  with  Rowland  L. 
Davis,  under  the  firm  name  of  Davis  &  Lusk. 
In  1904  he  was  elected  city  judge  and  served 
for  two  terms.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Phi 
Delta  Phi  fraternity,  the  Tioughnioga.  and  the 
Cortland  City  clubs,  and  of  the  Elks  and  the 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Cort- 
land. In  religion  he  is  an  Episcopalian.  He 
married,  June  23,  1904,  Anna,  (laughter  of 
Eli  and  Grace  (Lee)  Mix.  Her  father,  Eli 
Mix,  was  born  at  Chenango  Forks.  New  York, 
in  1835,  died  in   1903.     Tie  tiiarried  Grace  F.. 


daughter  of  Samuel  and  Rhoda  Ann  (Miller) 
Lee.  He  was  the  son  of  John  Mix,  bom  at 
Chenango  Forks,  and  Henrietta  (Parsons) 
Mi.x.  John  was  the  son  of  Jesse  Bradley  Mix, 
who  was  born  in  New  Haven,  Connecticut, 
and  came  to  Chenango  Forks,  in  1816,  and 
Rebecca  (Gilbert)  Mix,  also  of  New  Haven. 
Jesse  Bradley  Mix  was  the  son  of  Nathaniel 
Mix,  born  in  New  Haven,  1796,  and  Thankful 
(Ailing)  Mi.x.  Nathaniel  Mix  was  the  son 
of  Nathaniel  Mix,  born  in  New  Haven,  1724, 
and  Sarah  (Bradley)  Mix.  Nathaniel  Mix 
was  the  son  of  Nathaniel  Mix,  born  in  New 
Haven,  1692,  died  1756,  and  Rebecca  (Lines) 
Mix,  second  wife.  Nathaniel  Mix  was  the  son 
of  Nathaniel  Mix,  born  in  New  Haven,  1651, 
died  1725,  and  Mary  (Pantry)  Mix.  Nathan- 
iel Mix  was  the  son  of  Thomas  Meeks,  or  Mix, 
who  was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  of  London, 
England,  a  member  of  the  New  Haven  colony, 
in  1643.  He  married,  in  1649,  Rebecca  Turner. 
Child  of  Clayton  R.  Lusk:  Elinor  Mix,  born 
October  14,  1908. 


W'illiam  Peck,  immigrant  ancestor, 

PECK     was  born   in  the  city  of  London, 

England,   or   its   vicinity,   in    1601, 

and  married  there,  about  1622,  Elizabeth . 

He  sailed  from  London  in  the  ship  "Hector," 
with  his  wife  and  son  Jeremiah,  and  arrived  at 
Boston,  Massachusetts,  June  26,  1637.  It  is 
])robable  that  he  came  in  the  company  of  Gov- 
ernor Eaton,  Rev.  John  Davenport  and  others, 
principally  from  London.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  the  New  Haven  colony, 
in  1638.  and  his  autograph  signature  is  affixed 
to  the  fundamental  agreement  or  constitution, 
June  4,  1639.  for  the  government  of  the  infant 
colony.  October  20,  1640.  he  was  admitted  a 
freeman.  He  was  trustee,  treasurer  and  gen- 
eral business  agent  of  the  Colony  Collegiate 
School,  established  on  the  basis  of  the  Hopkins 
fund.  He  was  by  occupation  a  merchant,  and, 
from  1659  until  his  death,  a  deacon  of  the 
church  in  New  Haven.  His  name  usually  ap- 
pears on  the  records  with  the  title  of  "Mr.," 
then  a  prefix  of  respect  and  distinction.  His 
home  lot  and  dwelling-house  and  shop  were  on 
Church  street.  His  first  wife,  Elizabeth,  died 
December  5,  1683,  and  he  married  (second) 
Sarah,  widow  of  W'illiam  Holt.  He  died  Octo- 
ber 4,  1694,  and  was  interred  in  the  okl  bury- 
ing-ground  now  under  the  Center  church.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  leremiah,  burn  in  London, 


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1623,  mentionetl  below;  John,  Xew  Haven, 
1638:  Joseph,  New  Haven,  January,  1641; 
Elizabeth,  Xew  Haven,  April,  1643. 

(H)  Jeremiah,  son  of  William  Peck,  was 
born  in  the  city  of  London,  or  its  vicinity,  in 
1623,  and  came  to  this  country  with  his  parents 
in  1637.  He  received  a  very  good  education, 
acquired  in  part  before  he  left  London.  He 
is  said  by.  Cotton  Mather  "to  have  been  bred 
at  Harvard  College,"  but  his  name  does  not 
appear  in  the  catalogue  of  graduates.  In  the 
year  1656.  and  for  some  time  previous,  he  had 
preached  and  taught  school  at  Guilford,  and 
continued  to  <lo  so  until  i6(')0,  when  he  took 
charge  of  the  Collegiate  School,  at  Xew  Haven. 
This  was  a  colony  school,  established  by  the 
general  court  in  1659,  and  was  intended  to  fit 
young  men  for  college.  He  remained  there 
until  the  summer  of  1 66 1,  when  the  school  was 
temporarily  suspended  for  lack  of  funtls.  In 
the  autumn  of  that  year  he  was  invited  to 
preach  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut,  and,  it  is  sup- 
posed, ordained  there,  and  settled  as  a  min- 
ister, September  25,  1661.  .After  a  few  years 
there  was  some  dissatisfaction  with  his  min- 
istry and  a  misunderstanding  as  to  the  pro- 
visions of  his  agreement  of  settlement.  Al- 
though this  was  amicably  arranged  he  left  Say- 
brook  and  returned  to  Guilford,  in  1666.  He 
had  been  for  some  time,  together  with  numer- 
ous ministers  and  churches  in  the  Xew  Haven 
and  Connecticut  colonies,  decidedly  opposed 
to  the  "Half-way  Covenant,"  and  especially 
hostile  to  the  union  of  the  two  above-named 
colonies,  under  the  charter  of  Charles  II.  On 
this  account  he  decided  to  emigrate  from  the 
colony,  and,  in  1666,  removed  to  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  became  one  of  the  first  set- 
tlers. Soon  after  his  arrival  at  Newark  he 
was  settled  in  Elizabethtown,  as  the  first  min- 
ister there,  in  1669  or  1670.  In  1670,  and 
again  in  1673,  he  was  invited  by  the  people  of 
Woodbridge,  New  Jersey,  and,  in  1676,  by  the 
people  of  Greenwich,  Connecticut,  to  become 
their  minister,  but  in  both  cases  declined.  Sep- 
tember, 1678,  he  was  again  invited  to  settle  as 
a  minister  at  Greenwich,  and  removed  thither 
in  the  autumn  of  1678.  Here  he  became  the 
first  settled  minister  and  remained  until  16S9. 
when  he  resigned  on  account  of  dissatisfaction, 
caused  by  his  refusal  to  baptize  the  children  of 
non-communicants.  In  1691  he  became  the 
first  settled  minister  of  the  church  in  Water- 
bury.  Here  he  continued  until  his  death,  June 
4,  1699.     He  was  a  man  of  much  usefulness. 


both  as  a  teacher  and  minister  in  the  frontier 
settlements,  and  possessed  considerable  energy 
antl  ability. 

He  married,  November  12,  1636.  Johannah, 
daughter  of  Robert  Kitchell,  of  (iuilford,  who 
came  to  Xew  Haven  in  the  comjjany  of  Eaton, 
Davenport  and  others,  in  1638,  and  the  follow- 
ing year  settled  in  Guilford,  where  he  was  a 
prominent  man  and  one  of  the  first  planters. 
He  migrated  to  Xewark,  in  1666,  and  died 
there,  about  1672.  His  wife  died  in  Green- 
wich, in  1682.  Johannah  (Kitchell)  Peck  sur- 
vived her  husband  and  died  in  Waterbury,  in 
171 1.  Children:  Samuel,  born  January  18, 
1 659,  mentioned  below  ;  Ruth,  born  New  Haven, 
.April  3,  1661  ;  Caleb,  Saybrook.  1663:  Anne, 
Saybrook,  1665:  Jeremiah,  Newark,  1667; 
Joshua,  Elizabethtown,  1673. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Jeremiah  Peck,  was 
born  at  (iuilford.  January  18,  1659.  He  re- 
moved to  Greenwich,  with  his  father,  in  1678. 
and  became  a  man  of  large  wealth  and  influ- 
ence. I'^or  fifty  years  he  was  justice  of  the 
peace,  and  held  other  important  positions  in 
Greenwich.  He  married,  November  27,  1686, 
Ruth,  daughter  of  Peter  Ferris,  of  Stamford, 
Connecticut.  Her  father  was  a  son  of  Jeffrey 
Ferris.  Children,  born  in  Greenwich :  Samuel, 
March,  1688,  mentioned  below;  Jeremiah,  De- 
cember 29,  1690;  Joseph,  May  i,  1692;  David. 
December  15,  1694;  Nathaniel,  August  15, 
16197:  Eliphalet,  1699:  Theophilus,  March, 
1702;  Peter,  about  1704;  Robert,  1706.  He 
(lied  at  Greenwich,  April  28,  1746,  and  his 
wife.  September  17,  1745,  aged  eighty-three. 
Their  gravestones  are  still  standing  in  the  old 
Greenwich  cemetery. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Peck, 
was  born  in  Alarch,  16188,  in  Greenwich.  He 
was  a  carpenter  by  trade  and  also  a  farmer. 
He  lived  in  that  part  of  Greenwich  known  as 
C)UI  Greenwich,  and  died  there,  in  December. 

1733.     He  married,  in  171 5,  Elizabeth  . 

She  survived  him.  and,  in  1735,  married  (sec- 
ond) John  Clogson,  and  removed  to  Redding. 
Connecticut,  where  she  died.  Children,  born 
in  Greenwich:  Alary.  1716:  John,  1718,  men- 
tioned below  :  Samuel,  April,  1720;  Ruth.  Janu- 
ary, 1724. 

(V)  John,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Peck,  was 
born  in  1718,  in  Greenwich.  He  lived  in  Old 
Greenwich,  on  a  small  farm,  near  the  shore  of 
r^ong  Island  sound,  and  died  in  Greenwich, 
September,  1771.  He  married,  1741,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  Adams.     She  died  in  Clifton 


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Park,  New  York,  January  ii,  1814,  aged  nine- 
ty-five years.  Children,  born  in  Greenwich : 
John,  November  12,  1742,  mentioned  below; 
Heath,  1745  ;  Nathan,  1747  ;  Sarah,  1749  ;  Ruth, 
July  II,  1751  ;  Abijah,  April  3,  1758:  Abigail, 
September  30,  1760;  Elizabeth,  July  19,  1763. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Peck,  was 
born  November  12,  1742,  in  Greenwich.  He 
served  as  a  soldier  in  the  French  war ;  was  in 
the  caiiijiaign  of  1759,  and  remained  in  the 
army  until  the  treaty  of  peace  in  1763.  In 
1772  he  removed  from  Greenwich  to  that  part 
of  Great  Nine  Partners,  which  is  now  the  town 
of  Stanford,  Dutchess  county,  New  York.  Late 
in  1780  he  again  removed  to  that  part  of  Little 
Nine  Partners,  which  is  now  the  town  of 
Milan,  in  the  same  county,  where  he  lived  until 
May,  1788.  when  he  returned  to  Stanford.  In 
1792  he  removed  to  the  west  of  the  Hudson 
river,  now  the  town  of  Hunter,  Greene  county. 
New  York.  On  account  of  the  unfavorable 
climate  and  remote  situation  of  this  location, 
he  removed  again,  in  February,  1785,  to  the 
town  of  Sherburne,  Chenango  county.  New 
\  ork.  He  lived  there  and  in  the  adjoining 
town  of  Norwich  until  his  death,  in  Sherburne, 
September  19,  1819.  After  his  removal  from 
Greenwich,  in  1772,  he  lived  always  on  the 
borders  of  civilization  and  endured  all  the 
hardships  and  labors  of  frontier  life.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  enterprising  and  valuable 
pioneers  in  the  settlement,  of  the  state  of  New 
York.  His  occupation  was  that  of  a  farmer. 
He  had  but  little  education,  but  great  natural 
talents,  firmness  and  energy.  He  married, 
October,  1764,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Nathan 
Northrop,  of  Salem,  New  York.  She  was  born 
in  the  latter  place,  October  28,  1746,  died  in 
Smyrna,  New  York,  November  11,  1830.  Chil- 
dren, bom  in  Greenwich:  Samuel,  1763,  died 
1768;  Joel,  December  2,  1767;  Sarah,  Decem- 
ber I,  1769:  Mary,  October  28,  1771.  P>orn  in 
Stanford:  Phebe,  August  16,  1774:  Stephen, 
October,  1776,  died  there,  December,  1777; 
Stephen  Northrop,  May  14,  1778,  mentioned 
below;  John,  September  11,  1780.  P>orn  in 
Milan:  Nathan,  January  27,  1783;  Betsey, 
April  I,  1786. 

(VII)  Stephen  Northrop,  son  of  John  (2) 
Peck,  was  born  in  Stanford,  New  York,  May 
14,  1778.  He  was  a  farmer  by  ocupation,  and 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of  Solon, 
New  York.  1800.  He  died  there,  August  17, 
1874.    He  was  a  man  of  genial  characteristics. 


sound  common  sense  and  agreeable  habits,  and 
as  such  was  esteemed  by  all  who  knew  him. 
He  married  (first)  Lydia  Philips,  December 
4,  1800,  and  (second)  Clarissa  Hobart,  Octo- 
ber 3,  1849.  Children,  born  in  Solon :  Polly, 
September  22,  1801  ;  Lyman,  December  24. 
1803.  mentioned  below;  Hiram.  May  25,  1806; 
Nathan,  January  31,  i8ck);  Emily,  October  15, 
1811;  Stephen  N.,  May  13,  1814;  Piatt,  June 
II,  1817;  Smith  \\'.,  Niarch  25,  1820;  John, 
June  10,  1823;  Sally.  October  8,  1825. 

(VIII)  Lyman,  son  of  Stephen  Northrop 
Peck,  was  born  December  24,  1803,  in  Solon, 
and  died  at  Cortland,  New  York,  April  30, 
1877.  He  was  a  farmer  in  his  native  town 
during  the  major  part  of  his  active  business 
life.  After  he  retired  he  lived  in  Cortland. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  P)aptist  church,  at 
Solon.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re]niblican.  He 
married,  September  25,  1828,  Alniira  Thomp- 
son, born  October  10.  1806,  died  June  25,  1896. 
She  was  a  daughter  of  Zenas  Thompson,  of 
Scotch  ancestry,  from  one  of  the  families  that 
came  to  New  England  early.  Children:  i.  Dr. 
Northrop  J.,  a  dentist  of  Independence,  Iowa: 
died  July  16,  1888.  2.  Lyman  Jr.,  farmer  and 
justice  of  the  peace  at  Solon  ;  died  January  30, 
1887.  3.  Hon.  Rufus  T.,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Charles  Townley,  mentioned  below.  5.  Dr. 
Melvin  D.,  phvsician  and  surgeon  in  the  pen- 
sion department  at  W'ashington,  D.  C.  6.  Bur- 
dett.  dietl  in  Canada,  in  1867.  7.  Euphemia, 
died  in  infancy. 

(IX)  Hon.  Rufus  T.  Peck,  son  of  Lyman 
Peck,  was  born  in  Solon,  December  24,  1836. 
and  died  July  24,  1900.  at  .\ul)in-n.  New  York. 
His  early  education  w,as  obtained  in  the  com- 
mon schools,  and  at  the  New  York  Central 
College,  and,  for  fourteen  years,  he  was  a 
successful  school  teacher.  For  three  years  he 
was  in  business  as  a  general  merchant  in  his 
native  town.  In  the  fall  of  1874  he  was  elect- 
ed, on  the  Rejiublican  ticket,  to  the  office  of 
school  commissioner  of  the  northern  district 
of  Cortland  county,  was  reelected,  and  served 
two  terms.  He  was  nominated  again,  but  de- 
clined a  third  term.  He  read  law  in  the  office 
of  Hon.  R.  Holland  Duell,  of  Cortland,  and 
was  admitted  to  the  bar  at  the  January  term 
of  the  supreme  court,  held  at  Albany,  in  1876, 
but  he  ])racticed  law  only  in  connection  with 
his  own  business  affairs.  In  I'ebruary,  1876, 
he  became  financially  interested  in  the  jiublish- 
ing  business  of  Major  L.  11.  Evarts,  of  Phila- 


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delpliia,  and  the  firm  became  Evarts  &  Peck, 
publishers  of  many  city  and  county  histories 
in  the  L^nited  States. 

In  the  fall  of  1888  he  was  elected  assembly- 
man from  Cortland  county,  and  served  three 
terms  with  distinction,  from  1889  to  i8gi. 
None  of  his  predecessors  had  been  honored 
with  three  terms  since  the  earliest  years  of  the 
county.  \\  ith  good  reason  he  could  regard 
his  legislative  career  with  pride  ami  satisfac- 
tion. He  was  one  of  the  most  industrious  and 
energetic,  as  well  as  one  of  the  ablest  of  mem- 
bers, attending  promptly  and  faithfully  to  any 
local  business  committed  to  him,  whether  by 
his  political  friends  or  his  opponents.  ISecause 
of  his  business  training,  his  popularity  and 
great  influence  with  fellow-legislators,  he  took 
a,  position  of  leadership  in  the  assembly  and 
secured  the  jiassage  of  a  number  of  important 
bills,  among  which  may  be  mentinued  the  "dis- 
trict quota"  bill,  in  accordance  with  which  the 
school  money  was  afterward  apportioned 
among  the  school  districts  of  the  state.  He 
was  also  instrumental  in  securing  the  enact- 
ment of  the  law  making  the  first  appropriation 
for  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Cortland.  In 
1893,  while  Cortland  was  joined  with  C)non- 
daga  county  in  a  state  senatorial  district,  Mr. 
Peck  was  the  Republican  candidate  for  state 
senator,  but  was  prevented  from  taking  the 
office,  after  election,  on  account  of  the  mi.xing 
of  ballots  between  difl^erent  districts  in  Onon- 
daga county.  With  the  vote  of  the  districts 
in  which  the  wrong  ballots  were  used,  Mr. 
Peck  was  elected,  but  without  them  he  was 
defeated  and  the  court  construed  the  ballot 
law  in  such  a  way  that  the  will  of  the  ])eoplc 
was  defeated.  In  his  church  relations  Mr. 
Peck  was  a  Baj^tist,  uniting  with  that  denomi- 
nation in  early  manhood,  and  for  many  years 
trustee  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  of  Cort- 
land. During  the  last  year  of  his  life,  his 
health  was  failing,  and  he  was  in  a  private 
sanitarium,  at  Auburn,  at  the  time  of  death. 

He  married  (first),  June  25,  1859,  Susan 
Wells,  born  August  22.  1835,  in  Kings  town- 
ship, Ontario,  Canada,  and  died  at  Cortland, 
New  York,  August  31,  1889.  He  married 
(second),  December  14.  1892,  Jeanette  Dut- 
ton,  of  Perry,  Iowa.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife:  I.  Louise  N.,  born  July  8,  i860:  mar- 
ried William  E.  Albee,  of  Minneapolis.  2. 
Arthur  R.,  born  March  28,  1862,  real  estate 
agent  and  broker  at  Syracuse,  New  York; 
married  Carrie  Aldrich,  and  has  one  son,  .\ld- 


rich  R..  born  in  1896.  3.  Frank  John,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Fred  Ross,  born  August  28, 
1869,  a  coal  dealer  in  Syracuse,  New  York. 

(X)  Frank  John,  son  of  Hon.  Rufus  T. 
Peck,  was  born  in  Aurora,  province  of  Ontario, 
Canada,  March  15,  1864.  When  he  was  about 
a  year  old,  however,  his  parents  returned  to 
New  \''ork,  and  located  at  Solon,  Cortland 
county.  He  attentled  the  puljlic  schools  there 
and  at  Cortland,  whither  the  family  removed 
when  he  was  ten  years  old.  For  a  time  he 
was  a  student  in  the  State  Normal  School.  He 
was  in  the  employ  of  Cobb  &  Perkins,  a  whole- 
sale concern,  for  a  3'ear.  His  business  career 
really  began,  however,  in  the  National  Rank  of 
Cortland,  in  which  he  became  a  clerk  in  1882. 
His  ability  and  faithfulness  wt)n  him  promotion, 
and  he  became,  in  the  course  of  time,  the 
cashier,  a  position  he  has  filled  with  signal  suc- 
cess and  discretion  since  1889.  He  is  a  di- 
rector in  the  Cortland  National  Bank,  and 
treasurer  of  the  Warren-Tanner  Dry  Goods 
Company,  of  Cortland.  For  two  terms  he  was 
treasurer  of  the  incorporated  village  of  Cort- 
land. He  is  treasurer  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  of  which  he  is  a  prominent  worker. 
Ill  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  June  10,  1894,  Annie,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Keator  ( see  Keator  VIII ).  They 
have  one  child,  Susan,  iKirn  i^eiitember  22. 
1896 

( IX  )  Charles  Townley,  son  of  layman  Peck, 
was  born  in  Solon,  September  10,  1848,  died 
in  Cortland,  February  i,  1905.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  Solon,  also  the  old 
academy  at  McCJrawville,  and  the  Cortland 
Normal  School.  For  several  years  he  taught 
school  in  Solon,  and  was  in  business  tiiere 
later.  He  kept  a  general  store  anrl  was  post- 
master. In  1882  he  removed  to  Cortland  and 
began  the  manufacture  of  horse  powders,  in 
which  business  he  continued  until  his  death. 
For  twii  years  he  served  as  trustee  of  the 
village  of  Cortland.  He  was  a  Republican  in 
|)olitics  and  a  member  of  the  Methodist  church. 
He  was  also  a  member  of  Cortlandville  Loilgc, 
I'Vee  and  .Accepted  Masons.  He  married,  .April 
17,  1878,  in  Washington,  D.  C,  Kate  McClel- 
land, daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  Eliza- 
beth (Hodgson)  McClelland,  of  Washington. 
Her  father,  John  McOelland,  was  born  in 
Washington,  and  died  there,  in  1885,  aged 
sixty-nine  years.  He  was  a  machinist  by  trade, 
and  had  an  iron  foundry.  He  was  the  inven- 
tor of  a  fire  plug  that  is  still  used.     In   1861 


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he  was  made  captain  of  Company  D.  District 
of   Columbia    Volunteers,    and    served    in   the 
defense  of  Washington  until  relieved  by  the 
northern   troops.     In   1845   he  married   Cath- 
erme   Elizabeth   Hodgson,  who  died  in   1872, 
aged  fifty-two  years.    He  was  the  son  of  John 
McClelland,   who   was  bom   in  Londonderry, 
Ireland,  1774,  of  Scotch  parents.     He  came  to 
America  and  settled  in  Frederick,  Maryland, 
but,  m   1800.  removed  to  Washington,  where 
he  was  one  of  the  first  settlers.     He  was  a 
Presbyterian,  was  the  first  trustee  of  the  old 
church,  which  is  now  known  as  the  New  York 
Avenue    Presbyterian    Church.     He    married 
Mary  Miller,  of  Frederick,  and  after  his  mar- 
riage he  and  his  wife  started  on  horseback  on 
their  wedding  journey  for  Washington.     He 
died  in   1845.     Children  of  Charles  Townley 
Peck:     I.  Charles  Vernon,  born  in  Cortland, 
December  6,    1882,  educated   in   the  Cortland 
Normal  School,  now  a  member  of  the  Peck 
Furniture    Company,    of    Cortland;    married 
August  2-],  1908,  Josephine  E.  Pinney,  of  Ell- 
ington, Connecticut ;  one  son,  Charles  Vernon, 
born  October  31,  1909.     2.  Elizabeth  McClel- 
land, born  April  27,   1886;  married.  Ottober 
II,  1910,  Willis  A.  Schleit,  of  Syracuse,  New 
York,  assistant  salesmanager  for  Pierce,  But- 
ler &  Pierce,  of  Syracuse. 


(VIII)  John  Peck,  son  of  Stephen 
PECK     Northrop  Peck    (q.  v.),  was  born 
at  Solon,  June  10,  1823,  died  May 
21,  1888.     He  succeeded  to  the  homestead  of 
his  father  and  followed  farming  all  his  active 
years.      In   addition   he   owned   several   other 
valuable  farms  in  Solon  and  other  real  estate 
in  Cortland,  and  was  a  prosperous  and  sub- 
stantial citizen.     He  was  an  active  and  promi- 
nent member  of  the  Baptist  church.     He  mar- 
ried, July  23,  1862,  Caroline  Kinney,  born  at 
Cortland,  New  York,  April  9,  1842,  daughter 
of  Buel  and  Charlotte  Ann  (Leonard)  Kinney. 
Children:  i.  Lottie  Maria,  born  July  21    i86v 
married    (first),   February  22,    1883,   John  C.' 
Peet;  (second)    Emmett  Jennings, 'a  druggist 
of  Cortland.     2.  Linus  W.,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Miles  John,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ida  Louise, 
born    October   4,    1871  ;   married,   October   4,' 
1899,  Earl  B.  Lovell,  head  of  the  engineering 
department    of    Columbia    University,     New 
York   City.      5.    Cora    Etta,   born    March    14, 
1874;  married,  August  13,  1896,  Carlos  [.Cole- 
man, attorney  and  farmer. 

(IX)   Linus  Willard,  son  of  fohn  Peck,  was 


born  May  16,  1866,  in  Solon,  New  York,  and 
was  educated  in  the  union  schools  at  McGraw- 
ville,  and  at  the  Eastman  Business  College,  at 
Poughkeepsie,   New  York.     When  his   father 
died  in   1888,  he  succeeded  to  the  homestead, 
which  he  still  owns,  and  for  several  years  he 
carried  on  the  farm.     In  1894  he  removed  to 
Cortland,  New  York,  and  afterward,  in  part- 
nership with  his  brother,  Miles  J.   Peck,  en- 
gaged in  business  there  under  the  firm  name 
of  Peck  Brothers,  dealers  in  all  kinds  of  farm 
machinery  and  implements,  farm  wagons  and 
horse    furnishing   goods.      In    1897    the   firm 
established  a   lumber  business   in  addition  to 
the  other  lines  of  trade.     In   1902  Mr.   Peck 
withdrew   from  the  firm  and  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  lumber  trade  and  has  continued  suc- 
cessfully to  the  present  time,  with  offices  at 
Cortland.     He  has  also  extensive  farming  and 
real  estate  interests  in  Cortland  and  vicinity. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  and  is 
holding  the  office  of  deacon.     In  politics  he  is 
a  Prohibitionist.     He  married.   Tune   i,   1887, 
Jennie  L.   Smith,  born  at  Cortlandville,  New 
York.  y\pril  6.  1867,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Louise  (Henderson)   Smith.     Her  father  was 
a  soldier  in  the  Union  army  in  the  civil  war,  a 
private   in   Company   A,   One    Hundred    and 
Fifty-seventh  New  York  Regiment,  and  took 
part  in  fourteen  hard-fought  engagements  and 
several  other  skirmishes.    Children  of  Mr.  and 
Mrs.   Peck:  Lena  May,  born  March  8,   1889: 
John  Carl,  February  i,  1895. 

(IX)   Miles  John,  son  of    lohn   Peck,  was 
born   in   Solon,   New  York,   RIarch    10,    1869. 
He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  the  New  York  Central  College,  at 
McGrawville,  New  York.    After  the  death  of 
his    father,   he   had    the   management   of   five 
farms  belonging  to  the  estate,  comprising  five 
hundred   and   ten   acres,   and   continued   until 
1893.  when,  owing  to  an  injury  received  in  a 
railroad  wreck  while  he  was  on  his  way  to  the 
World's  Fair  in  Chicago,  he  had  to  give  up 
farming.     For  a  time  he  represented  the  Mc- 
Cormick   farm  machinery  in  this  section  and 
carried  on  an  extensive  business  in  that  line 
for  several   years.     He   sold   sixty-three   ma- 
chines the  first  season  and  to  celebrate  his  suc- 
cess, invited  his  customers  to  a  banquet  and 
had  a  parade  with  a  brass  band.    He  was  also 
for  a  time  employed  in  the  Cortland  Foundry 
and  Machine  Company.     In  1896  he  formed  a 
partnership  with  his  brother,  Linus  W.,  under 
the  firm   name  of  Peck   Brothers.     The  firm 


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began  business  February  i.  1896,  in  the  store 
at  97  Main  street,  Cortlancl,  with  a  spacious 
storehouse  in  the  rear,  deahng  in  agricultural 
machinery,  farm  implements,  wagons,  sleighs, 
horse  furnishing  goods  and  farm  supplies.  In 
1897  the  firm  engaged  also  in  the  lumber  busi- 
ness, and,  April  i,  1899,  moved  to  the  armory, 
on  Main  street.  This  building  had  a  floor 
space  of  eighty  by  two  hundred  and  twenty 
feet,  and  was  divided  into  two  departments. 
The  horse  furnishing  department,  manufactory, 
warerooms  and  office  occupied  a  space  thirty 
by  sixty,  and  the  display  rooms  for  implements, 
machinery  and  vehicles  the  remainder  of  the 
building.  The  lumber  yard  was  in  the  rear  of 
this  building.  After  ten  years  the  firm  was 
dissolved  and  Linus  W.  continued  in  the  lum- 
ber business,  while  Miles  J.  was  employed  by 
the  Equitable  Life  Insurance  Company,  of 
New  York,  for  a  time.  He  has  been  interested 
in  various  other  enterprises  and  all  of  them 
have  proved  successful.  He  bought  five  hun- 
dred acres  of  timber  land  in  Solon,  New  York, 
cleared  it  and  made  a  handsome  profit.  In 
1907  he  bought  the  Wickwire  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  seventy-two  acres,  near  the  city 
of  Cortland. 

Probably  no  dairy  in  Central  New  York  is 
attracting  more  attention  from  people  inter- 
ested in  fancy  stock  than  this.  The  farm  was 
for  years  in  possession  of  the  Wickwire 
Brothers  and  was  known  far  and  near  as  the 
"Wickwire"  farm.  It  now  enjoys  just  as  great 
prominence  as  the  "Peck"  farm,  and  it  is  an 
interesting  fact  that  at  one  time  it  was  owned 
by  Moses  Kinney,  a  greatgrandfather  of  Mr. 
Peck. 

Having  in  view  the  creation  of  a  model  dairy 
farm,  Mr.  Peck  began  at  once  to  rearrange 
and  enlarge  the  barns,  which  with  the  erection 
of  three  silos  gives  him  ample  room  to  carry 
on  the  dairy  business  with  the  least  possible 
expense.  With  the  buildings  in  readiness  he 
began  the  formation  of  a  dairy  that  has  become 
famous  over  a  wide  territory.  It  is  at  the  pres- 
ent time  composed  of  seventy-six  grade  Hol- 
steins,  and  the  amount  of  milk  obtained  from 
them  is  enormous,  as  will  be  seen  farther  along 
in  this  article.  The  stables  are  white  as  lime 
can  make  them,  and  they  are  kept  very  neat, 
a  feature  that  counts  for  much  in  the  disposal 
of  milk. 

Sixty-eight  cows  are  milked  and  the  amount 
they  produce  is  the  test  of  their  value.  At  the 
present   time   the   yield    from   the   sixty-eight 


cows  is  one  thousand  five  hundred  and  fifty 
(|uarts,  or  an  average  of  forty-nine  pounds  a 
clay  to  a  cow.  This  gives  a  sum  total  of  nearly 
three  thousand  three  hundred  pounds  each  day. 

Of  course  some  of  the  cows  are  greater  pro- 
ducers than  others,  and  a  few  individual  rec- 
ords will  be  interesting.  One  of  the  herd  gives 
ninety-one  pounds  a  day,  two  others  eighty- 
five  pounds  each,  and  fifteen  others  an  average 
of  seventy  pounds  each,  and  it  may  be  well  to 
state  that  only  two  milkings  are  made  in  a  day. 
Thirty  of  the  cows  produce  an  average  of  sixty 
pounds  a  day,  or  twenty-eight  forty-quart  cans. 
These  figures  seem  startling,  and  they  are 
startling  to  one  not  familiar  with  present-day 
dairying,  and  they  place  the  Peck  herd  among 
the  leading  dairies  of  the  state. 

The  amount  of  feed  consumed  by  this  dairy 
is  another  interesting  feature,  for  to  produce 
such  extraordinary  results  the  cows  must  be 
well  fed  and  watered.  In  round  numbers  the 
entire  herd  is  given  the  following  ration  daily: 
One  thousand  one  hundred  pounds  of  mixed 
grain,  one  thousand  pounds  of  cabbage,  six 
hundred  and  fifty  pounds  of  hay  and  one  thou- 
sand five  hundred  and  fifty  pounds  of  ensilage. 
The  cows  are  all  watered  in  the  stalls.  The 
milk  goes  daily  to  McGrawville,  where  it  is 
cooled  and  then  shipjied  to  New  York. 

To  keep  up  the  high  standard  of  his  dairy  Mr. 
Peck  is  continually  buying  and  selling,  and  the 
calves  he  hires  raised  to  the  age  of  three  years 
by  outside  parties  whose  land  is  not  as  valuable 
as  his  is.  He  has  customers  for  his  stock  all 
over  the  country,  and  especially  on  Long 
Island  is  the  demand  for  cows  from  "Peck's 
dairy"  very  great. 

Notwithstanding  the  large  amount  of  feed 
consumed  bv  his  stock,  Mr.  Peck  raises  an 
ample  supply  and  really  has  more  ensilage  than 
he  can  use.  Some  of  the  land  raises  fine  tim- 
othy hay,  but  instead  of  feeding  this  he  sells 
it  and  buys  alfalfa.  What  new  seeding  he 
does  is  entirely  to  clover  instead  of  timothy. 
By  rea.son  of  the  large  quantity  of  fertilizer  he 
has,  the  land  yields  heavy  crops,  and  Mr.  Peck 
buys  the  best  of  seed  obtainable.  For  instance, 
last  year  he  sent  to  Wisconsin  for  twenty-five 
bushels  of  a  species  of  heavy  yielding  oats, 
paying  fifty  dollars,  or. two  dollars  a  bushel. 
The  yield  on  nine  acres  was  eight  hundred 
bushels,  while  the  ordinary  crop  of  our  com- 
mon oats  is  about  fifty  bushels  to  the  acre. 
And  now  Mr.  Peck  is  selling  part  of  these 
oats  at  one  dollar  and  a  half  a  bushel  for  seed. 


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Mr.  Peck  has  established  one  of  the  largest, 
if  not  the  largest,  market  of  the  highest  grade 
Holstein  cattle  in  the  state  of  New  York. 

He  is  a  member  of  Vesta  Lodge,  Independ- 
•ent  Order  of  Odd  F"ellows,  and  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  was  sii])erintendent  of  the  First 
Baptist  Church  Sunday  school  for  five  years. 

He  married,  December  26,  1889,  (jertrude 
M.,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Louisa  (Hender- 
son)  Smith,  of  Cortland,  and  sister  of  his 
brother's  wife.  Children :  Elizabeth  L.,  born 
in  Solon.  1893 ;  Stanley,  died  aged  eighteen 
months;  Lawrence  (twin),  born  in  Cortland, 
December  18,  1902;  Leslie,  twin  of  Lawrence. 


Captain  James  Sands,  the  immi- 
SANDS  grant  ancestor,  is  said  to  have 
come  from  Reading,  Berkshire, 
England.  He  was  born  in  England,  in  1622. 
The  history  of  Block  Island  asserts  that  he 
was  son  of  Henry  Sands  (Saudis  or  Sandys), 
of  Boston,  the  first  of  the  name  in  this  country, 
but  it  ap])ears  more  likely  that  the  two  were 
brothers.  Henry  was  at  Rowley  in  1639,  and 
admitted  a  freeman  October  6,  1640;  returned 
to  Boston  before  1648,  when  he  assigned  a 
(|uarter  interest  in  the  ship  "Welcome"  ;  died 
in  1651.  His  first  child  was  born  in  iC)38, 
according  to  the  records. 

Captain  James  Sands  is  said  to  have  come 
first  to  Plymouth,  in  New  England.  The  his- 
tory of  Block  Island  relates  in  detail  the  story 
of  his  contract  to  build  a  house  for  the  famous 
Airs.  Anne  Hutchinson,  in  1642,  after  she  was 
exiled  from  Boston.  He  abandoned  the  job, 
after  a  threatening  visit  from  the  Indians,  and 
Mrs.  Hutchinson  and  her  entire  household 
were  slain  in  the  house  afterward.  Eastches- 
ter,  where  the  house  was  located,  could  be 
reached  by  vessel  from  Long  Island  sound. 
Sands  had  a  grant  of  land  next  the  "round 
meadow,"  in  Portsmouth,  October  5,  1643,  and 
he  bought  more  land  in  1654.  He  was  a  free- 
man in  1655,  and  a  commissioner  of  Rhode 
Island  in  1637,  but  on  account  of  illness  could 
not  serve.  He  was  one  of  the  original  settlers 
(if  lilock  Island  (or  New  Shoreham).  Rhode 
Island,  and,  in  1661,  received  Lot  Xo.  12,  in 
the  north  part  of  the  island,  in  the  first  division. 
In  1664  he  was  ordered  to  c(jme  before  the 
governor  of  Rhode  Island  to  qualify  as  con- 
stable or  conservator  of  the  ])eace  at  Block 
Island,  the  governiuent  of  whicli  Rhode  Island 
assumed.  He  was  the  first  de]iuty  to  the  gen- 
eral assembly.      In    1670  he  and   four  others 


were  appointed  to  make  a  rate  and  assess  taxes 
there.  In  1671  he  sold  his  property  at  Ports- 
mouth. During  King  Philip's  war  he  was 
assistant  warden.  .\  large  storehouse  was 
garrisoned  by  him  and  the  women  and  children 
of  the  island  gathered  there  for  safety.  Three 
French  privateers  landed  a  force  on  the  island, 
July  3,  1689,  plundered  the  inhabitants,  killed 
their  cattle,  etc.,  making  headquarters  in  the 
house  of  Sands,  "which  was  large  and  ac- 
comadable  for  their  purpose  and  not  far  from 
the  harbor."  His  will,  with  codicil,  dated  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1695.  was  proved  May  6,  1695,  his 
wife  Sarah  named  as  executrix.  To  his  chil- 
dren he  bequeathed  four  hundred  acres  of 
land,  fifty-six  head  of  cattle,  three  hundred 
sheep,  horses,  thirty  swine,  a  negro  woman, 
house,  barn,  mill  and  considerable  other  per- 
sonal estate.  His  widow  Sarah  gave  the 
negress  Hannah,  March  9,  1699,  to  her  grand- 
daughter, Sarah  Sands,  daughter  of  Eilward  ; 
the  negress  Sarah  to  granddaughter.  Catherine 
Niles;  a  negro  boy  to  grandson.  Sands  Ray- 
mond, and  a  negro  girl  Rose  to  granddaughter, 
Elizabeth  Raymond,  the  slave  girls  to  be  free  at 
the  age  of  thirty,  the  boy  at  thirty-three.  The 
widow's  will  was  dated  October  17,  1703.  and 
[proved  June  13,  1709,  bec|ueathing  considerable 
personal  property  to  children  and  grandchil- 
dren. His  gravestone  is  standing  at  Block 
Island.  He  died  March  13,  1695.  He  mar- 
ried Sarah  Walker.  In  religion  he  was  a  Bap- 
tist and  a  friend  of  Roger  Williams.  He  was 
the  first  freeman  on  the  island  and  the  fore- 
most citizen,  the  first  deputy  to  the  general 
court  and  he  ]irocured  the  citizenship  of  the 
islanders  and  ])rocured  the  to\\'n  charter.  Three 
of  his  four  sons  removed  to  Cow  Neck,  now 
Sands  Point,  on  Long  Island  on  the  sound, 
though  they  kept  their  farms  on  the  island  and 
returned  every  spring  to  shear  their  sheep. 
Children  :  i.  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Sarah, 
married,  February  14,  1671,  Nathaniel  Niles. 
3.  Mercy,  married,  .\pril  29,  1683.  Joshua  Ray- 
mond. 4.  James,  married  Mary  Cornell ;  willed 
rights  in  (ioshen.  Orange  county.  New  York. 
5.  Samuel,  lived  at  Cow  Neck,  will  proved  in 
Rhode  Island,  1716.  6.  Edward,  born  1672, 
died  1708. 

(  II  )  John,  son  of  Captain  James  Sands,  was 
born  in  1652,  and  died  at  Cow  Neck,  Long 
Island,  .March  15,  1712:  married  Sybil  Ray, 
born  March  19,  1665,  died  December  23,  1733, 
daughter  of  Simon  and  Mary  (Thomas)  Ray. 
He    was    deputy    to   the   general   assembly   in 


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1678-80-yo:  captain  in  i()8o.  and  freeman  in 
1684.  In  1696  lie  removed  from  Block  Island 
to  Cow  Xeck.  He  and  his  wife  are  buried  in 
the  famil\-  lot,  which  he  gave  for  the  jnirpose 
of  a  burial  ground.  He  bought  his  farm  at 
Cow  Neck,  in  iCk^i,  of  Richard  Cornell,  of 
Rockaway,  adjoining  the  farm  of  his  brother, 
Samuel  Sands.  Children :  John,  mentioned 
below;  Nathaniel,  liorn  1687:  Edward,  i6yi  ; 
George,  1694:  Mary,  1(197:  Catherine,  1700; 
Dorothy,  1703:  Abigail,  1708. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  Captain  John  (2) 
Sands,  was  born  in  ESlock  Island,  January  22, 
1683-84,  and  died  on  the  homestead,  Cow 
Neck,  August  15,  1763.  The  gravestones  of 
both  John  and  wife  are  preserved  in  the  Sands 
burying-ground  at  Cow  Neck.  He  lived  at 
Cow  Neck  until  ten  years  after  his  marriage 
and  then  moved  to  the  interior  of  Cow  Neck, 
where  he  lived  until  about  1733,  when  he  re- 
moved to  his  father's  homestead,  which  he 
purchased  from  his  brother  Nathaniel.  He 
married  at  .Newport,  Rhode  Island.  September 
9,  1706,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Robert  (iuth- 
rie.  She  was  born  on  Pdock  Island,  June  24, 
1690,  and  died  at  Cow  Neck,  February  10, 
1769.  His  will  was  dated  February  27,  1759, 
and  was  proved  September  30,  1763.  Chil- 
dren (authority.  Bunker's  "Long  Island  Gene- 
alogies") :  I.  John,  born  1708;  married  (first), 
in  1734,  Elizabeth  Sands;  (second),  1736,  Eliz- 
abeth Cornell.  2.  Robert,  December  26,  17 10; 
died  unmarried,  Ajjril  12,  1735.  3.  Edward, 
January  17,  1711-12;  ancestor  of  all  the  pres- 
ent families  of  this  surname  on  Block  Island. 
4.  Mary,  1715,  died  March  15,  1724.  3.  George, 
1717,  died  young  probabl}'  (not  the  George 
who  died  January  15,  1777).  6.  Anne,  March 
16,  1719;  married  (first)  Christopher  Dean; 
(second)  David  Brooks.  7.  Nathaniel,  No- 
vember 30,  1721,  died  1783:  married  Alercy 
Sands.  8.  Joshua,  March  22,  1725,  died  1787. 
9.  Simon,  July  12,  1727,  died  1782:  married 
(first)  Catherine  Tredwell,  (second)  Sarah 
Sands.  10.  ("lideon,  October  22,  1729;  married 
Mary  Sands.  11.  Mary,  born  about  1731-32; 
married  Samuel  Gifford.  12.  George,  men- 
tioned below.  13.  Benjamin,  November,  1735, 
died  1824;  married  Mary  Jackson.  (Some 
records   from  "Descent  of  Comfort  Sands"). 

(I\')  George,  son  of  John  (2)  Sands,  was 
b(.irn  .April  17,  1733,  at  Sand  I'oint,  and  died 
in  Middletown,  Delaware  county.  New  York, 
August  8,  1816.  He  married  Jemima,  daugh- 
ter of  Abel  and  Ruth   Smith.     He  settled"  at 


Middletown,  Delaware  county,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming.  Among  his  children  was  Abel, 
mentioned  below. 

(\')  Abel,  son  of  George  Sands,  was  born 
.\pril  9,  1758,  and  died  at  Middletown,  New 
York,  June  11,  1821.  He  married  Elizabeth 
llrooks,  of  Poughkeejisie,  New  York,  and  she 
died  September  8,  1825,  aged  fifty-seven  years. 
Children:  Edward;  Isaac:  (ieorge  H.,  men- 
tioned below,  and  several  daughters. 

(  \T  )  ( ieorge  H.,  son  of  Abel  Sands,  was 
born  in  Middletown,  June  5.  1792,  and  died 
there,  February  24,  1849.  He  was  educated 
in  the  district  schools  and  followed  farming. 
He  was  also  a  general  merchant,  postmaster  of 
the  town,  and  justice  of  the  peace.  In  his 
younger  days  he  was  active  and  prominent  in 
the  state  militia,  rising  to  the  rank  of  colonel 
in  command  of  his  regiment.  He  was  espe- 
cially zealous  in  promoting  the  welfare  and 
assisting  in  the  development  of  the  town  and 
region  in  which  he  lived.  l:>y  his  first  wife, 
he  had  several  children.     He  married  (second) 

Jane,  daughter  of  Samuel  and (  Yaple) 

Smith,  born  May  4.  1817.  She  is  now  living 
with  her  son  in  Cortlan  ',  at  the  advanced  age 
of  ninety-four  years.  Children  of  second  wife: 
I.  Ellen  Jane,  living  with  her  brother,  George 
S.  Sands.  2.  George  S.  (posthumous),  men- 
tioned below.  Jane  (Smith)  Sands  married 
(second)  Chancy  Keator,  by  whom  she  had 
two  children:  Mary  .'\Iida,  deceased  wife  of 
William  J.  Walker,  and  Livia  Elizabeth,  wife 
of  Clark  Olds,  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania. 

( YII )  Hon.  George  Smith  Sands,  son  of 
George  H.  Sands,  was  born  in  Middletown, 
August  19,  1849,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  there.  Pie  was  afterward  a  student  at 
Andes  Collegiate  Institute,  Andes,  Delaware 
county,  and  Delaware  Academy,  at  Delhi,  New 
York;  in  1867-68  he  attended  the  Cortland- 
ville  .Academy,  and  in  the  winter  of  i868-6()  he 
was  employed  in  the  First  National  Bank  of 
Cortland,  whither  the  family  removed  in  April, 
1867.  The  experience  and  training  he  received 
in  the  bank  he  found  of  incalculable  value  to 
him  in  later  years.  At  the  opening  of  the 
State  Normal  School,  in  Cortland,  he  was  en- 
rolled as  one  of  the  first  students,  and  he  pur- 
sued the  classical  course  there  until  May,  1870, 
when,  deciding  to  study  law,  he  became  a  stu- 
dent in  the  office  of  M.  M.  Waters,  Esq.  In 
due  course  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  No- 
vember, 1873.  During  the  vacation  of  1869 
he  was  employed  in  the  large  store  of  James 


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S.  Squires  &  Company.  In  1873  he  was  elect- 
ed town  clerk,  holding  the  office  for  two  years ; 
in  1876  he  was  elected  justice  of  the  peace,  and 
reelected  in  1880,  serving  for  six  years  and 
executing  the  important  duties  of  this  office  as 
magistrate  and  member  of  the  town  board  with 
fidelity  and  ability.  He  resigned  in  1883, in  order 
to  devote  his  entire  attention  to  his  practice, 
which  had  grown  rapidly  in  the  meantime.  In 
politics  Mr.  Sands  has  always  been  a  Repub- 
lican. In  1896  he  was  prominently  mentioned 
as  one  of  the  candidates  for  the  Republican 
nomination  for  justice  of  the  supreme  court, 
in  the  sixth  judicial  district.  Mr.  Sands  re- 
luctantly accepted  the  nomination  for  member 
of  assembly  at  the  convention  in  1898,  when 
the  party  was  divided  by  factional  strife,  and 
was  elected.  In  recognition  of  his  services  as 
a  wise  and  able  legislator  he  was  renominated 
the  following  year,  and  was  reelected  by  a 
united  party.  In  the  legislature  he  supported 
all  party  measures,  although  he  disagreed  with 
the  majority  of  his  party  in  some  very  import- 
ant measures  on  which  caucus  action  was  not 
taken.  As  a  member  of  the  committee  on 
codes,  claims  and  federal  relations,  he  was  re- 
quired to  devote  much  of  his  time  to  the  pre- 
liminary examination  of  proposed  laws  and  he 
became  known  as  one  of  the  few  who  gave 
such  work  conscientious  attention.  Codes  com- 
mittee stands  fourth  in  the  list  of  importance 
in  the  assembly.  In  his  second  term  he  served 
on  the  special  statutory  revision  committee, 
judiciary  and  other  important  committees.  He 
is  trustee  of  Cortland  Savings  Bank. 

Mr.  Sands  is  a  member  of  Cortlandville 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  No.  470;  of  Cortland 
Chapter,  No.  194,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  and 
has  served  several  terms  as  master  of  his  lodge 
and  has  been  assistant  grand  lecturer  in  this 
district.  His  home  is  on  Main  street,  Cort- 
land.    He  is  unmarried. 


The  surname  Phelps  is  a  varia- 
PHELPS     tion  of  the  spelling  of  Phillips, 

meaning  son  of  Philip,  in  the 
case  of  the  original  ancestor  using  it.  The 
spelling  of  the  surname  has  been  varied  and  a 
number  of  different  family  names  are  traced 
to  the  same  origin.  One  family  of  the  Phelps 
claims  to  be  descended  from  the  Guelph  fam- 
ily of  Germany,  to  which  Queen  Victoria  be- 
longed, but  no  proof  in  the  records  has  been 
found  to  establish  the  claims.  Some  branches 
of  the  American  family  of  Phelps  are  descend- 


ed from  the  ancient  Phelps  family  of  Tewks- 
bury,  Gloucestershire,  England.  The  ancient 
coat-of-arms  is  described  thus :  Sable,  lion 
chained  and  rampant.  Various  branches  of 
the  family  bear  coats-of-arms  in  England. 

(I)  James  Phelps,  progenitor  of  most  of 
the  Americans  of  this  surname,  was  born  about 
1520,  and  is  supposed  to  have  been  a  brother 
of  Francis  Phylppe,  of  Nether  Tyne,  Stafford- 
shire, England.    He  married  Joan ,  who 

was  given  permission  to  administer  on  his 
estate.  May  10,  1588.  Children,  baptized  in 
the  Tewksbury  AblDcy  Church,  England :  Will- 
iam, August  4,  1 560,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas, 
August  10,  1563;  George  (Giles),  September 
5,  1566;  Alice,  December  24,  1572,  married, 
June  21,  1595,  John  Hope;  Edward,  May  10, 
1578;  Keneline,  October  16,  1580;  Richard, 
October  16,  1583:  Robert,  July  18,  1594;  Nich- 
olas. 

(II)  William,  son  of  James  Phelps,  was 
baptized  at  Tewksbury  Church,  August  4, 
1560,  died  probably  in  161 1.  He  married  Dor- 
othy   ,  who  administered  his  estate,  and 

died  in  1613.  Children,  baptized  at  Tewks- 
bury: Mary,  September  4,  1587,  died  young; 
Mary,  April  23,  1588;  Thomas,  June  24.  1590; 
Dorothy,  February  29,  1595;  William,  August 

19,  1599;  James,  July  14,  1601  ;  Elizabeth, 
May  9,  i<x)3;  George,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  George,  son  of  William  Phelps,  was 
born  at  Tewksbury,  England,  about  1606.  He 
came  to  New  England  with  his  brother  Will- 
iam, sailing  from  Plymouth,  England,  March 

20,  1630,  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"  four 
hundred  tons.  Captain  Squab,  with  one  hun- 
dred and  forty  passengers;  and  landing  at  Nan- 
tasket.  now  Hull,  Massachusetts.  He  was  one 
of  the  original  thirty  settlers  at  Dorchester 
with  his  brother,  and  was  a  member  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Warham's  church.  He  had  a  grant  of  six 
acres  of  land  there,  January.  1632.  He  was 
elected  one  of  ten  men  to  order  the  affairs  of 
the  colony  for  one  year.  He  was  admitted  a 
freeman.  May  6,  1635.  In  the  fall  of  1635  he 
was  one  of  the  founders  of  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut. His  home  there  was  at  the  junction 
of  Farmington  and  Great  rivers,  the  latter 
now  the  Connecticut,  the  second  lot  south  of 
Lonmis  property,  and  a  very  desirable  farm. 
He  had  an  orchard  of  a  thousand  trees.  He 
married  (first),  in  1637,  Philury,  daughter  of 
Phili])  Randall.  Her  father  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  emigrated  to  New  England  in  the 
shi])  "Mary  and  John"  with  his  father.  Good- 


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man  Randall,  was  in  Dorchester  in  1630,  and 
in  Windsor  in  1635.  She  was  a  member  of 
Rev.  Mr.  Warham's  church,  and  died  in  Wind- 
sor, April  29,  1648.  He  married  (second) 
Widow  Frances  Dewey,  November  16,  1648. 
Her  first  husband  was  Joseph  Clark.  He  re- 
moved to  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  in  1670, 
and  was  a  juror  at  Hartford  and  Springfield. 
His  will  is  dated  June  6,  1687.  Children  of 
first  wife,  born  at  Windsor:  Isaac,  August  26, 
1638 ;  Child,  died  1647  ;  Abraham,  January  22, 
.1641;  Child,  died  1647;  Abigail,  died  1649; 
Joseph,  born  June  24,  1647.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Jacob,  February  7,  1650,  mentioned 
below;  John,  February  15,  1651-52;  Nathaniel, 
December  9,  1653. 

(IV)  Jacob,  son  of  George  Phelps,  was  born 
in  Windsor,  February  7,  1650.  He  married, 
May  2,  1673,  Dorothy,  daughter  of  lohn  and 
Dorothy  (Lord)  Ingersoll,  born  Hartford, 
1654;  died  Westfield,  Massachusetts.  Her 
father,  John  Ingersoll,  came  from  England  to 
Hartford,  in  165 1,  and  was  of  Northampton, 
Massachusetts,  1666;  Westfield,  1668-69.  He 
married  three  times.  Dorothy  Lord  was  the 
daughter   of    Thomas    Lord,   gentleman,   and 

Dorothy  ,  of  England,  and  was  one  of 

the  first  and  most  prominent  families  of  Hart- 
ford. Jacob  Phelps  settled  in  Westfield,  and 
died  there,  October  6,  1689.  His  widow  mar- 
ried second  Mr.  Root.  Children,  born  in  West- 
field  :  Dorothy,  October  18,  1674,  died  Febru- 
ary 2,  1675 ;  Dorothy,  May  20,  1675  ;  Hannah, 
November  26,  1677;  Israel,  April  3,  1681  ; 
Benjamin,  January  8,  1683-84;  Joseph,  August 
5,  1686;  Jedediah,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Jedediah,  son  of  Jacob  Phelps,  was 
born  m  Westfield,  December  7,  1688.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Janes,  who  died  in  Lebanon 
Connecticut,  April  10,  1757.  He  settled  in 
Lebanon,  with  three  of  his  brothers,  and  from 
1708  to  171 1  the  land  records  show  several 
purchases  of  real  estate  in  Lebanon.  He  died 
there,  February  13,  1752.  Children,  born  in 
Lebanon:  Elizabeth,  December  3,  1709;  Abi- 
gail, November  4,  1710;  Jacob,  April  16,  1713; 
Paul,  mentioned  below;  Silas,  January  27,' 
1720;  Jeremiah.  June  26,  1724;  Lucy,  June 
26,  1725;  Jedediah,  June  20,  1727. 

(VI)  Paul,  son  of  Jedediah  Phelps,  was 
born  m  Lebanon,  April  25,  1717.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation,  and  settled  in  Lebanon, 
where  he  died  April  13,  1752.  He  married, 
December  11,  1740,  Jerusha,  born  in  Lebanon, 


December  6,  1720,  died  there,  March  17,  1752, 
daughter    of    William    and    Mercy    (Bailey) 
Dewey.     Children,  born  in  Lebanon :  Jemima, 
August   13,   1741;  Zerviah,  October  8,    1742; 
Jerusha,  May  29,   1744;  Lurany,  August  30, 
1746,    died   young;    Paul,    October    19,    1748, 
mentioned  below;  Lurany,  January  14,   1751. 
(VII)    Paul   (2),  son  of  Paul   (i)    Phelps, 
was  born  in  Lebanon,  October  19,  1748.     He 
married  (first)  Zerviah,  daughter  of  John  and 
Sarah    (Huntington)    Calkins.      He    married 
(second)  Theodosia  Root.     He  settled  first  in 
Lebanon,  and  after  the  death  of  his  first  wife 
removed  to   Mansfield,   Connecticut.     Thence 
he  went  to  Westfield,  Massachusetts,  and  then 
to   Pennsylvania,   where   he   died.     He  is   re- 
ferred to  in  the  will  of  his  father,  dated  No- 
vember 22,  1762.    The  Mansfield  town  records 
give  the  baptism  of  Jedediah,  October  3,  1784, 
with   the   foregoing  six   children,   "all   of  the 
household  of  Paul  and  Zerviah  Phelps."    Chil- 
dren, born  at  Lebanon:  Anna,   September   i, 
1768:  Simeon,  October  4,  1771  ;  Zerviah,  No- 
vember 16,  1773;  Elijah,  October  I,  1775.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Westfield:  John,  May  18,  1779; 
Solomon,  April  25,    1781  ;  Jedediah,  baptized 
October  3,  1784;  Paul,  baptized  May  21,  1786, 
according  to  Mansfield  church  records,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VIII)  Paul  (3),  son  of  Paul  (2)  Phelps, 
was  born  in  Alansfield,  January  30,  1786.  He 
settled  first  in  Shaftsbury,  Vermont,  and  later 
in  Palmyra  and  Walworth,  Wayne  county, 
New  York.  He  traveled  on  the  road  with  a 
tin  peddler's  cart  for  many  years,  and  was  also 
a  farmer.  He  married,  February  21,  1809. 
Freelove  Wait,  born  October  5,  1785.  Chil- 
dren: Phebe,  born  December  29,  1809;  Per- 
milia,  August  12,  181 1  ;  Philinda,  August  9, 
1812,  married  Orswin  Shapley ;  Philo,  men- 
tioned below;  Lucy  Ann,  April  25,  1818,  mar- 
ried Wooster  Howard ;  Lyman,  December  27, 
1819;  William  Bowen,  June  14,  1822;  Arsena 
Ann,  September  24,  1825 ;  Henry  fames,  De- 
cember 5,  1827,  died  June  7,  1828." 

(IX)  Philo,  son  of  Paul  (3)  Phelps,  was 
born  September  14,  1815,  at  Shaftsbury,  Ver- 
mont, died  in  Cortland,  New  York,  September 
6,  1886.  He  is  supposed  to  have  come  to  Cort- 
land with  his  parents  when  quite  young.  He 
received  a  common  school  education,  and 
worked  for  the  Cadeys  in  Dryden,  New  York, 
for  a  number  of  years.  He  came  to  Cortland 
before  the  railroads  were  built  there,  and  did 


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contract  teaming  and  trucking.  He  also  dealt 
in  butter  and  jjroduce,  which  he  took  over  the 
road  to  Albany.  Syracuse  and  Binghamton. 
He  was  actively  engaged  in  this  work  until 
within  two  years  of  his  death.  He  was  a  Re- 
publican in  politics.  He  married,  September 
I),  1837,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Royal  and  Eunice 
(  .\twater)  Shapley,  born  in  X'irgil,  New  York, 
June  2y,  1814,  died  June  17,  1892.  Children: 
I.  Andrew  S.,  born  September  2";,  1838,  soldier 
in  the  civil  war;  lives  in  Joliet,  Illinois,  manu- 
facturer. 2.  Mary  E.,  \\>r\\  8,  1840,  deceased. 
3.  William  E.,  October  21,  1841,  deceased.  4. 
.Amanda  J.,  June  5,  1843,  ^Hed  March  g,  1844. 
3.  ISyron  M.,  November  30.  1843,  with  Ijenton 
Lumber  Company,  Cortland;  married,  i8fi8, 
Nellie  Barber;  children:  Herbert  J.,  born  ( )c- 
tober  7,  1870:  Webb  Barber,  June  3,  1881, 
married  Nettie  .\.  Waldo,  daughter,  Lucy  G., 
born  March  28,  1908.  6.  Frances  A.,  October 
18,  1847,  died  September  7,  1904;  married 
(first)  Patrick  Mallory,  (second)  James  E. 
Lombard.  7.  John  Hoiuer,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Frank  A.,  l^^bruary  14,  1834,  mentioned 
below.  9.  Emily  L.,  November  6,  1838;  mar- 
ried L.  R.  Lewis. 

(X)  John  Homer,  son  of  I'hilo  I 'helps,  was 
born  in  Cortland,  August  13.  1849.  He  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools  and  at  Cortland 
Academy.  As  a  young  man  he  worked  on  a 
farm,  and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter.  He 
worked  at  the  latter  trade  for  some  years, 
went  to  work  for  the  Benton  Lumber  Com- 
pany, of  Cortland,  in  1879,  and  has  been  with 
them  since.  He  is  the  superintendent  and 
foreman  of  the  plant,  and  a  stockholder  in  the 
company.  He  has  been  chief  engineer  of  the 
fire  department  in  Cortland  and  was  its  first 
paid  chief.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
church.  He  married,  June  29,  1874,  Olive  L. 
Hakes,  born  in  Fabins,  New  York,  June  22, 
1 83 1,  daughter  of  Jesse  and  Catherine  (Jones) 
Hakes.  Children  :  i .  Nora,  born  March  f),  1875, 
lives  at  home.  2.  Earl  M.,  October  30,  1876, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Bertha  Lazette,  October 
18,  1882,  died  March,  1883.  4.  PVances,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1883:  married  Delmer  S.  Rowe.  of 
Cortland ;  son,  John  Phelps.  5.  Jesse  Hakes, 
mentioned  below. 

(NI)  I'larl  M.,  son  of  John  Homer  Phelps, 
was  born  in  Cortland,  October  30,  1876,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Cortland, 
and  in  the  Normal  School  there.  He  also  took 
a  course  in  dairy  husbandry  at  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, and  then  went  into  the  milk  business 


in  Cortland.  He  handles  also  butter,  cheese 
and  eggs,  and  has  continued  in  the  business  for 
about  ten  years.  He  is  a  member  of  Cortland- 
ville  Lodge,  No.  470,  Free  and  .Accepted 
Masons,  of  Cortland.  In  religion  he  is  a  Meth- 
odist. He  married.  December,  1902,  Jessie 
Price,  born  in  Liverpool,  New  York,  May  24, 
1874,  daughter  of  William  Joshua  Taylor  and 
Mary  .Ann  (Leii-f)  Price.  Her  father  was 
"  born  in  Poulshot.  Wiltshire,  England,  Septem- 
ber 10,  1839,  came  to  America  in  1846,  with 
his  parents,  returned  to  England,  and,  in  1855, 
returned  to  America  again.  He  served  through 
the  civil  war  and  now  lives  in  Liverpool,  New 
York.  He  married  Mary  .Ann  Leifif,  of  Liver- 
])Ool,  New  York,  born  February  27,  1845,  died 
December  5,  1901.  Their  children  were:  Lil- 
lian, Sidney  and  Jessie.  Children  of  Earl  M. 
Phelps :  Clarion,  born  December  20,  1903 ; 
Earl  M.,  October  i.  1903;  Florence.  May  23, 
1907 ;  John  Homer,  January  22,  1909. 

(XI)  Jesse  Hakes,  son  of  John  Homer 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Cortland,  May  3,  1887. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
the  Cortland  high  school  and  the  Cortlaufl 
Business  College  and  began  his  business  career 
in  the  employ  of  his  brother  in  the  dairy  and 
produce  business.  In  December,  1909,  he  en- 
tered the  insurance  business,  and,  in  January, 
lyio,  was  appointed  general  agent  of  the  North 
.American  Insurance  Company,  a  position  he 
now  holds.  He  is  a  member  of  Cortland  City 
Lodge.  Knights  of  Pythias.  In  politics  he  is 
an  indeiiendent,  and  in  religion  a  Methodist. 
He  married,  July  13,  1903,  Lillian  M.  Howard, 
born  at  Cortland,  New  A'ork,  September  23, 
1884,  daughter  of  William  .A.  and  Catherine 
(Plulbert)  Howard.  Children  :  John  Howard, 
born  February  14,  1908 ;  Olive  Katherine.  July 
8,  19 10. 

(  X  )  Frank  .Augustus,  youngest  son  of  Philo 
Phelps,  was  born  at  Cortland,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1834.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  the  Cortlandvillc  .Academy 
and  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Cortland.  Dur- 
ing his  youth  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm 
and  he  learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith  when  a 
young  man.  He  was  a  clerk  for  four  years 
in  stores  at  Scranton,  Pennsylvania;  Auburn 
and  Cortland,  New  York.  For  twenty-five 
vears  he  w'as  em])loyed  in  the  H.  F.  Benton 
LumbfT  Company  mill,  manufacturing  sash 
and  blinds.  Since  1002  he  has  been  in  the 
employ  of  the  United  .States  government,  being 
a  niral  free  delivery  carrier  of  mails  from  the 


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Cortland  post  office.  He  has  always  taken  a 
keen  interest  in  politics  and  has  served  the 
town  as  collector  of  taxes,  and  city  as  super- 
visor in  sixth  ward  two  terms.  He  resigned 
the  office  of  supervisor  to  accept  his  present 
office  in  the  mail  service.  He  has  heen  chair- 
man of  the  Republican  village  committee.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Baptist,  an  active  member  and 
deacon  of  the  First  Baptist  Church,  of  Cort- 
land. For  four  years  he  was  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school,  and  for  seven  years  a 
trustee,  most  of  that  time  being  chairman  of 
the  board.     His  home  is  in  Cortland. 

He  married.  September  y.  1874,  Harriet  Lu- 
ella  \"an  Buren,  born  in  Cortland.  Xovember 
26,  1853,  daughter  of  John  Calvin  Van  Buren, 
born  April  25.  1834,  died  May  2,  1906,  and 
Rosalthea  M.  (Chaffee)  Van  Buren, born  April 

3.  1837.  died  July  17,  1910.  Moses  \'an  Buren, 
father  of  John  Calvin  \"an  Buren,  was  born 
.April  4.  iSti.  died  June  2.  1876,  married.  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1832,  Anna  Maria  Baker,  born  March 
20,  1812,  died  Xovember  11,  1870.  Dow  \'an 
Buren,  father  of  Moses  \'an  Buren,  was  born 
March  15,  1781,  died  March  24.  1856,  married 
Maria  Gardner,  born  May  7,  1781.  died  Janu- 
ary 25,  1854.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Phelps:  I.  Henry  Emmett,  born  September  29, 
1873,  a  gas  fitter  and  plumber  in  Irvington. 
Xew  Jersey:  married,  September  8,  1897,  Flor- 
ence Foote,  of  Ithaca.  New  York,  born  .April 
-?•  '879:  child,  Margaret  Beatrice,  born  Jul>' 
7.  i8<;9,  in  Cortland.  2.  Millicent  Louise,  born 
November  14.  1880:  married,  September  1. 
ic^oq.  Floyd  Eugene  McAllister,  of  the  firm 
of  John  McAllister  &  Son,  commission  mer- 
chants of  Cortland.  3.  Robert  .Arthur,  born 
November  15,  1884,  now  with  the  I'ough- 
keepsie  Light,  Heat  and  Power  Company. 
Poughkeepsie,  .Xew  York;  married.  June  2(», 
1907,  Katherine  T.  Uniacke.  of  Poughkeepsie. 

4.  Frank  Eugene,  born  April  9,  1887.  a  plumber 
by  trade :  married  Jessie  Whiting,  December 
31,  1907.  5.  Benjamin  Harrison,  born  April 
10,  1889,  lives  with  his  parents;  has  been  in  the 
government  mail  service  since  he  was  seven- 
teen, first  as  substitute  postman,  and,  since 
190S,  as  regular  carrier. 


(Ill)   William   (2)    Phelps,  son 
PHELPS     of  William  (i)   Phelps  (q.  v.), 
was  baptized  in  Tewksbury  Ab- 
bey Church,  Tewksbury,  England.  August  19, 
1599.     There  is  no  record  of  his  wife  or  date 
of  his  marriage.   He  lived  for  a  time  in  Tewks- 


bury, however,  and  his  first  child  was  born 
there.  Shortly  afterwards,  he  removed  to  one 
of  the  southern  counties,  and,  March  20,  1630, 
with  his  wife,  six  children  and  brother  George, 
emigrated  to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Mary 
and  John."  This  ship  carried  one  hundred 
and  forty  passengers,  who  had  been  organized 
into  a  church  before  sailing.  They  landed  at 
-Xantasket,  now  Hull,  Massachusetts,  May  30. 
1^130,  and  settled  in  Dorchester,  the  first  settlers 
and  founders  of  that  town.  William  Phelps 
took  an  active  jiart  in  town  affairs  and  was 
made  freeman  during  the  first  six  months.  No- 
vember 9.  1630,  he  was  one  of  a  jury  of  twelve, 
at  tiie  first  jury  trial  in  the  New  England 
colony.  September  2J.  i')3i.  he  was  chosen 
constable;  May  9,  1632,  one  of  a  committee 
of  sixteen,  chosen  by  the  colony  to  see  about 
the  raising  of  a  public  stock.  In  1635  he  was 
a  delegate  to  the  general  court.  He  was  sev- 
eral times  apjiointed.  with  others,  to  lay  out 
and  settle  the  bounrls  between  towns.  In  1635 
Rev.  Mr.  Warliam,  with  sixty  of  his  church 
in  Dorchester,  removed  to  the  settling  of  Wind- 
sor, Coimecticut.  Among  his  followers  were 
William  Phelps  and  his  family,  and  brother 
( ieorge. 

From  the  beginning,  William  Phelps  took 
a  prominent  place  in  the  town  of  Windsor, 
ajid,  March  3,  1636,  was  one  of  seven  com- 
missioners a]3pointetl  to  govern  the  new  colony, 
then  under  the  control  of  the  Massachusetts 
Company.  In  1638  the  settlers  of  Windsor, 
Wethersfield  and  Hartford  met  at  the  latter 
place,  and  adopted  a  constitution  for  the  Con- 
necticut colony,  now  declared  to  be  outside 
the  jurisdiction  of  Massachusetts.  This  docu- 
ment was  drawn  up  by  the  presiding  magis- 
trate, Roger  Ludlow,  with  the  assistance  of  the 
magistrates,  of  whom  William  Phelps  was  one. 
He  held  the  office  of  magistrate  from  1639  to 
1643,  1656  to  1662.  He  was  also  deputy  in 
1651.  Many  records  of  purchase  and  sale  of 
land  by  him  are  to  be  found  in  the  land  records 
of  Windsor.  He  was  one  of  the  most  promi- 
nent and  highly  respected  men  in  the  colonv, 
and  was  accorded  the  title  of  Mr.,  given  only 
to  people  of  distinction.  His  first  wife  died 
in  1O35.  and  he  married  (second),  in  1638, 
Mary  Dover,  one  of  the  ])assengers  on  the  ship 
"Mary  and  John,"  and  a  member  of  the  Dor- 
chester and  Windsor  church.  He  died  in 
Windsor,  July  14,  1672,  and  his  wife,  Novem- 
ber 27,  1675.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  in 
England:  Richard,  baptized  in  Tewksburv.  De- 


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cember  26,  1619;  William,  born  1620;  Sarah, 
1623;  Samuel,  1625;  Nathaniel,  1627;  Joseph, 
1629.  Children  of  second  wife  :  Timothy,  born 
in  Windsor,  mentioned  below ;  Mary,  born  in 
Windsor,  March  2,  1644. 

(IV)  Lieutenant  Timothy  Phelps,  son  of 
William  (2)  Phelps,  was  born  in  Windsor, 
September  i,  1639,  died  in  17 19.  He  lived  in 
Windsor,  on  the  old  homestead,  on  land  pur- 
chased by  his  father  from  the  Indians.  He 
was  freeman,  May  2,  1664.  He  was  chosen 
lieutenant  of  the  train  band  in  Windsor,  May, 
1690,  and  captain,  May,  1696.  He  was  ap- 
pointed a  lieutenant  by  the  general  court,  in 
1709,  and  served  in  Queen  Anne's  war,  under 
Colonel  William  Whiting,  Captain  Matthew 
Allyn's  company.  He  married,  March  19, 
1661,  Mary,  daughter  of  Edward  Griswold,  of 
Killingworth,  Connecticut,  born  in  Windsor, 
baptized  October  13,  1644,  died  before  her 
husband.  Children,  born  in  Windsor:  Timo- 
thy, November  i,  1663;  Joseph,  September  27, 
1666,  mentioned  below;  William,  February  4, 
1669;  Cornelius,  April  26,  1671  ;  Mary,  Au- 
gust 14,  1673;  Samuel,  January  29,  I'^VS  •  ■^'''" 
thaniel,  January  7,  1677;  Sarah.  December  27, 
1679;  Abigail,  June  3,  1682;  Hannah,  August 
2,  1684;  Anne,  October  2,  1686:  Martha,  No- 
vember 12,  1688. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Timothy  Phelps,  was 
born  in  Windsor,  September  27,  1666,  died 
August  30.  1 7 16.  He  married,  November  18, 
1686,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Phillury 
(Thrall)  Hosford,  born  in  Windsor,  Septem- 
ber 27,  1666,  died  probably  in  Hebron.  Her 
father  was  a  man  of  considerable  property  for 
those  times,  and  left  her  on  his  death,  one  hun- 
dred pounds.  Joseph  Phelps  settled  first  in 
Windsor,  but  removed  about  17 10  to  Hebron, 
where  he  owned  a  large  amount  of  land.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Windsor:  Sarah,  August  14, 
1687;  Mary,  June  8,  1689;  Joseph,  March  16, 
1692;  Abigail,  October  15,  1693.  died  young; 
Edward,  1697 ;  Benoni,  June  24,  1699,  prob- 
ably died  young;  John,  September  20,  1703, 
mentioned  below;  Abel,  February  19,  1705; 
Daniel,  March  28,  1707;  Ichabod,  April  3, 
1708;  Jonathan,  1710;  Abigail,  December, 
1714. 

(VI)  John,  son  of  Jose])h  Phelixs,  was  bom 
in  Windsor,  September  20,  1703,  died  in  Heb- 
ron, iH'bruary  10,  1769.  He  married  (first) 
Anna,  daughter  of  Obadiah  and  Mindwell 
(Phelps)  Hosford  (of  line  of  George  Phelps), 
I'ebruary   11   or   14,   1725.     She  was  born  in 


Windsor,  February  2t,,  1705,  died  in  Hebron, 
in  1740.  He  married  (second),  1742,  Mind- 
well  Hosford,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife,  born  in  Hebron :  Aaron, 
March  25,  1728-29,  died  April  7,  1743;  Anna, 
March  25,  1728-29;  John,  September  27,  1730, 
mentioned  below;  Sarah.  October  4,  1733; 
Amos.  May  30,  1736;  Roger,  December  24, 
1738.  Children  of  second  wife:  Aaron,  March 
31,  1743;  Mindwell,  1744;  Sarah,  March  30, 
1745;   Nathan,   1750,  died  young,  unmarried. 

(VII)  Sergeant  John  (2)  Phelps,  son  of 
John  ( I )  Phelps,  was  born  in  Hebron,  Sep- 
tember 27,  1730,  died  there.  He  served  as  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  Fourth  Connecticut 
Regiment,  Colonel  John  Durkee,  Captain  Hin- 
man's  company,  for  three  years.  He  was  made 
sergeant,  August  27,  1778,  discharged  March 
14,  1780.  He  was  for  a  time  under  (General 
Sullivan  in  New  York,  and  after  his  discharge 
soon  reenlisted.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupa- 
tion and  settled  in  Hebron.  He  married,  Janu- 
ary 16,  1755.  in  Lebanon,  Deborah  Dewey, 
born  in  Lebanon,  died  in  Hebron.  Children, 
born  in  Hebron:  Anna,  November  12,  1755; 
John,  r)ctober  19,  1757;  Obadiah,  January  21. 
1759;  Jared,  October  15,  1760:  Norman,  No- 
vember 8,  1763;  Nathan,  December  31,  1765, 
mentioned  below  ;  Benjamin,  February  3,  1768; 
Dudley,  March  8,  1771  ;  Keziah,  June  10, 1773; 
Sarah,  June  10,  1778. 

(VIII)  Nathan,  son  of  Sergeant  John  (2) 
Phelps,  was  born  in  Hebron,  December  31. 
1765,  died  in  I'ecket,  Massachusetts,  Novem- 
ber 5,  1841.  He  married,  April  C),  1786,  Abi- 
gail Fuller,  born  Hebron,  November  25,  1766, 
died  in  Becket,  April  J,  1853.  She  was  a  sis- 
ter of  his  brother  Jared's  wife.  He  settled  in 
Becket.  Children,  born  in  Becket:  Cynthia, 
January  16,  1787;  Abigail,  July  19,  1789,  died 
August  18.  1791  ;  Abigail,  May  26,  1791  ; 
Alvah,  June  5,  1793,  died  August  22,  1793; 
Nathan,  August  19,  1794:  Elizabeth,  June  3, 
1797;  Harvey,  March  19,  1800;  Dudley,  June 
10,  1802,  died  .\ugust  9,  1S17;  Denise,  Octo- 
ber 5,  1804;  Benjamin,  July  14,  1807;  Alvah. 
August  2,  1810;  Gideon,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Gideon,  .son  of  Nathan  Phelps,  died 
in  Triangle,  New  York,  about  1871.  The  gene- 
alogy does  not  give  his  name  in  the  list  of  chil- 
dren. He  was  a  farmer  at  Triangle,  Broome 
county.  He  married  Martha  .  Chil- 
dren: Rudolphus,  Harvey,  Dudley,  Philip; 
Seth,  mentioned  below ;  Baruch. 

(X)  Seth,  son  of  Gideon  Phelps,  was  born 


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in  Triangle,  August  22,  1836,  died  December 
14,  1910.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  afterward 
taught  school  there.  In  later  years  he  fol- 
lowed farming  for  his  occupation.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  of  Triangle  and 
for  many  years  superintendent  of  its  Sunday 
school.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He 
married,  April  14,  1858,  Caroline  Brockett, 
born  May,  1836,  in  Chenango  county,  daugh- 
ter of  Willis  and  Martha  (Hubbard )  Brockett. 
Children :  Theodore,  mentioned  below  ;  Carrie, 
October  28,  1862,  married  (first)  George  Har- 
rison, of  Smithville,  New  York,  and  had  one 
child,  Rollin  T.,  married  (second)  Edward  J. 
Jones,  of  Triangle,  a  farmer ;  Eugene,  born 
March  17,  1870,  contractor,  living  in  Staten 
Island,  New  York;  Mary  D.,  twin  of  Eugene, 
a  school  teacher. 

(XI)  Theodore,  son  of  Seth  Phelps,  was 
born  in  Triangle,  Broome  county,  New  York, 
November  11,  1859.  He  attended  the  public 
and  select  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  fol- 
lowed the  lumber  business  for  three  years  in 
Broome  and  Chenango  counties,  for  nine  years 
carried  on  farming  in  Triangle,  and  for  nine 
years  was  in  the  retail  grocery  business  in 
Itaska,  Broome  county,  New  York.  In  1905 
he  came  to  Homer.  New  York,  and  since  then 
has  been  engaged  in  the  grocery  business  in 
that  town  with  abundant  success.  Since  1905 
he  has  been  postmaster  of  Little  York.  He 
married.  May  18,  1887,  Hattie  Edson,  of  Wind- 
sor, Broome  county.  New  York,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Chloe  (Edwards)  Edson.  Chil- 
dren: Helen  E.,  born  September  23,  1890,  a 
student  of  Syracuse  University ;  Genevieve  I., 
October  18,  i893,attendingHomer  high  school. 


The  pedigree  of  this  family  traces 
ADAMS  the  ancestor,  according  to  one  ac- 
count, to  Ap  Adam,  the  father  of 
John,  or  Lord  Ap  Adam,  who  was  called  to 
parliament  by  Edward  I.,  as  Baron  of  the 
Realm,  from  1296  to  1301,  and  states  that  he 
came  out  of  the  Marches  or  Borders  of  Wales 
into  Devonshire.  This  statement  has  been  dis- 
credited by  genealogists,  though  proof  of  error 
seems  as  much  wanting  as  proof  of  correct- 
ness. If  correct,  the  lineage  includes  kings  of 
England  and  France,  and  goes  back  to  Charle- 
magne. 

(I)  Henry  Aflams,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
bom  in  England,  and  came  from  Braintree, 
England,   to   Braintree,   Massachusetts,   about 


1632-33.  He  was  allotted  forty  acres  of 
land  for  the  ten  persons  in  his  family,  Feb- 
ruary 24,  1639-40.  President  John  Adams, 
a  descendant,  believed  that  Henry  Adams 
came  from  Devonshire,  and  erected  a  monu- 
ment to  him  in  the  old  burying-ground  at 
Braintree,  now  Quincy,  with  this  inscription, 
"In  memory  of  Henry  Adams,  who  took  flight 
from  the  Dragon  persecution  in  Devonshire, 
England,  and  alighted  with  eight  sons  near 
Mount  Wallaston.  One  of  the  sons  returned 
to  England ;  and  after  taking  time  to  explore 
the  country,  four  removed  to  Medfield,  and 
two  to  Chelmsford.  C)ne  only,  Joseph,  who  lies 
here  at  his  left  hand,  remained  here — an  orig- 
inal proprietor  in  the  township  of  Braintree." 
The  monument  commemorates  "the  piety,  hu- 
mility, simplicity,  prudence,  patience,  temper- 
ance, frugality,  industry  and  perseverance"  of 
tlie  Adams  ancestors. 

President  John  Quincy  Adams,  however, 
dissented  from  the  conclusion  of  his  father 
that  Henry  Adams  was  from  Devonshire.  Sav- 
age agrees  with  the  younger  Adams  that  the 
immigrant  was  from  Braintree,  county  Essex, 
England,  and  some  of  the  sons  were  from 
Chelmsford,  in  that  county.  It  is  generally  be- 
lieved that  the  wife  of  Henry  Adams  returned 
to  luigland.  with  the  daughter  L'rsula,  and 
died  there.  Henry  Adams  died  at  Braintree, 
October  6,  1646,  and  was  buried  on  the  8th. 
In  his  will,  proved  June  8,  1647,  he  mentions 
sons  Peter,  John,  Joseph,  Edward,  Samuel, 
and  daughter  L'rsula.  Children,  born  in  Eng- 
land:  Lieutenant  Henry,  born  1604,  married, 
November  17,  1643.  in  Braintree,  Elizabeth 
Paine,  settled  in  Medfield  ;  Lieutenant  Thomas, 
1616;  Captain  Samuel,  1617;  Deacon  Jona- 
than, 1619;  Peter,  1622;  John,  about  1624; 
Joseph,  1626;  Ensign  Edward,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  Ensign  Edward  Adams,  son  of  Henry 
Adams,  was  born  in  1630,  in  England,  and 
came  with  his  parents  to  Braintree,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1632  or  1633.  He  settled  with 
three  other  brothers,  in  Medfield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  ensign  and  selectman  and  repre- 
sented the  town  in  the  general  court  in  1689- 
92-1702.  He  died  November  12,  1716,  in  Med- 
field, "the  last  of  the  original  settlers."  He 
married  (first),  1652,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Rich- 
ard and  Agnes  (Bicknell)  Rockvvood.  She 
died  March  3,  1676-77:  he  married  (second), 
1678,  Widow  Abigail  (Craft)  Ruggles.of  Rox- 
bury.  Massachusetts,  who  died  in  1707;  mar- 


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ried  (third).  January  0,  1709-10,  Sarah  Tay- 
lor. Children,  born  in  Medfield:  Lydia,  born 
July  12.  1653  ;  Captain  Jonathan.  April  4.  1653  : 
John.  I'"ebruary  18.  if>57-S^-  Elias,  February 
18.  1658-39.  married  a  great-granddaughter  of 
Miles  Standish ;  Sarah.  May  29.  1660;  Lieu- 
tenant James.  January  4.  1661-62;  Henry.  Oc- 
tober 29.  1663.  mentioned  below;  Mehitable. 
March  30.  1665;  Elisha.  August  25,  1666;  Ed- 
ward, June  28.  1668;  Ijethia,  April  12,  1670, 
died  1672;  Bethia.  August  18.  1672.  died 
young ;  Abigail.  June  25,  1673,  died  young : 
Miriam,  February  26,  1676-77,  died  young. 

(Ill)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Ensign  Edward 
Adams,  was  born  October  29.  1663.  in  Med- 
field. lie  married  (first),  December  10.  1(^191. 
Patience,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mar)' 
(  Wight )  Ellis.  She  was  born  February  22, 
166S-69,  died  1693.  He  married  (second). 
1697-98,  in  Providence.  Rhode  Island,  Ruth 
Ellis,  sister  of  Patience,  born  October  31.  1670. 
He  married  (third)  }klrs.  Hannah  Adams,  at 
Canterbury,  Connecticut.  He  removed  first 
to  Providence,  where  he  married  his  second 
wife,  and  had  several  children  born.  Thence 
he  removed  to  Canterbury,  about  1706,  where 
he  spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  died 
there.  June  22,  1749.  His  last  wife.  Hannah, 
died  Alarch  20.  1748-49.  His  will  was  made 
Sejitemher  10.  1748.  and  ])roved  July  21.  1749. 
He  be(|ueathed  to  his  wife  the  goods  she 
brought  with  her  for  her  three  daughters, 
names  his  three  sons.  David,  Solomon  and 
Ebenezer,  giving  to  the  first  mentioned  twenty 
pounds,  and  to  the  other  two.  ten  pounds  each. 
To  his  three  daughters.  Hannah  Burnap.  Ruth 
Kingaley  and  Patience,  he  gave  four  hundred 
pounds  in  bills  of  credit.  A  residue  of  his 
property  was  to  go  to  Henry  and  Jose])h.  and 
liis  son  David  and  son-in-law,  .Abraham  Bur- 
nap,  were  named  as  executors.  Children,  born 
in  Medfield,  of  first  wife:  David,  September 
3,  1692;  Hannah,  February  21,  1693-94.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife,  born  in  Providence:  Solo- 
mon, April  23,  1699;  Henry,  October  14,  1700: 
Ruth,  Ai)ril  10,  1702;  Ebenezer  (twin),  Feb- 
ruary I  I.  1704:  Patience  (twin)  ;  Joseph,  men- 
tioned below. 

( I\' )  Joseph,  soTi  of  Henry  (2)  .Xdams. 
was  born  in  Providence.  July  28.  1706.  died  in 
New  Marlborough,  Massachusetts,  October. 
1769.  He  settled  in  New  Marlborough,  and 
was  one  of  the  five  jjcrsons  who  formed  the 
first  church  in  that  town.  He  married,  1738, 
Miriam,  daughter  of  Moses  and  Mary  (John- 


son) Cleveland,  born  January  30,  1718-19,  died 
in  New  Marlborough,  June  18,  1766.  Her 
father.  Closes  Cleveland,  had  a  brother  Aaron, 
who  was  the  father  of  Grover  Cleveland.  Her 
mother  was  Mary  (Johnson)  Cleveland,  daugh- 
ter of  Obadiah  Johnson,  of  Canterbury.  Con- 
necticut. Children,  born  in  Canterbury:  .Mary. 
September  2ji„  1738:  Aaron,  .April  14.  1741, 
died  young:  Huldah.  June  26,  1743.  jjorn  in 
•New  Marlborough:  Captain  Simon,  March  12, 
1746,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution;  Corporal 
Moses.  November  30.  1748.  mentioned  below; 
Henry.  September  30.  1750;  Sergeant  Zebe- 
diah.  July  5.  1733.  soldier  in  the  revolution; 
Alice.  December  8.  1733  ;  Joseph.  April  3.  1758. 
died  August  18.  1858;  Aaron.  July  20.  1761, 
soldier  in  the  revolution. 

(  \' )  Moses,  son  of  Joseph  Adams,  was  born 
in  New  Marlborough,  November  30.  1748.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  enlisted  from 
Lenox.  Massachusetts,  corporal  in  Captain 
.'foul's  company.  .April  ig.  1773.  served  seven- 
teen days;  enlisted  May  8.  1773.  Captain  Noah 
.Allen's  company.  Colonel  Edward  Wiggles- 
worth's  regiment,  served  one  month,  one  day; 
reported  dead,  August,  1777,  at  Valley  Forge. 
He  married  .Ann  Willard,  a  sister  of  Dr.  Will- 
iam W^illard.  Children,  born  in  Lenox :  Nor- 
man, died  young  of  yellow  fever,  at  Philadel- 
phia ;  Moses,  born  about  1772-73.  mentioned 
below;  Captain  Lyman.  April  12.  1773. 

(\'l)  Moses  (2).  son  of  Moses  (i  )  Adams, 
was  born  in  Lenox,  about  1^/2-7^,  died  in 
Wayne  county.  New  York,  in  1842.  He  mar- 
ried Sylvia  Johnson,  who  died  December  5. 
1832.  aged  seventy-five,,  He  removed  from 
Lenox  to  L^nion  (now  Lisle),  Broome  county. 
New  York.  Children,  born  in  L^nion  (now 
Lisle):  Norman.  .August  10.  1794;  Charles, 
June  14.  1707;  Louisa.  March  7.  1798;  Har- 
riet. Sejitcmber  24.  1799;  Closes.  January  10. 
1802.  mentioned  below;  Edward.  Jime  30. 
1804;  George.  April  13,  1806;  Walter.  Febru- 
ary 23.  1808;  A'alentine,  February,  1810,  died 
March  11.  1811. 

(\TI)  Moses  (3).  son  of  Moses  (2)  Adams, 
was  born  in  Union  village,  town  of  Lisle.  Jan- 
uarv  ID.  1802.  died  in  Alarathon.  New  York, 
lanuarv  21,  1890.  He  was  bound  out  at  the 
age  of  eight  years,  and  lived  with  his  guardian, 
with  the  exce[)tion  of  a  few  years,  until  the 
death  of  the  latter.  He  was  left,  by  will,  the 
farm,  the  farming  utensils,  and  one-half  of  the 
stock.  He  continued  to  live  on  this  farm  and 
to  carr\-  it  on  until  1S61.  when  he  removed  to 


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Marathon.  In  ])olitics  he  was  originally  a 
Whig,  but  upon  the  formation  of  the  Repub- 
lican jiarty  became  a  member  of  the  latter 
party.  He  served  as  assessor  and  supervisor 
of  his  town  for  a  number  of  years.  He  mar- 
ried, October  28,  1824,  -Vnn,  daughter  of  Moses 
Lockwood,  born  in  Pound  Ridge,  Westchester 
county.  New  York,  .\pril  6,  1803,  (Jied  in 
Marathon,  March,  1893.  Children:  Lyman, 
born  October  31,  1825.  mentioned  below  ;  Mary 
Ann,  July  24,  1828.  marrieil  Charles  Brink, 
deceased;  Eveline,  January  29,  1830,  married 
Benjamin  B.  Woodworth,  lived  in  Cortland  : 
Charles  C,  Alay  30,  1832;  Helen  A..  August 
21,  1834,  married  Edward  Dunham  Robie,  a 
retired  United  States  naval  engineer,  lives  in 
Washington.  D.  C. ;  John  O.,  April  7,  1837: 
Walter.  I'ebruarv  ').  1840,  of  Marathon.  Xew 
York. 

(\'lll)  Lyman,  son  of  Mcjses  (3)  Adams. 
was  Ijorn  in  Marathon,  C^ctober  31,  1825,  and 
received  a  common  school  education  in  the 
town  of  Lisle.  Here  he  remained  until  he  was 
twenty-two  years  old.  He  then  taught  school 
for  three  months,  and  later  went  into  a  store 
in  Broome  county  as  a  clerk,  and  also  clerked 
in  a  store  at  East  \'irgil.  At  the  end  of  a  few 
months,  in  1849.  he  returned  to  his  native 
town,  Marathon,  and  stayed  there  as  a  clerk 
for  about  five  years.  In  October,  1853.  he 
went  into  a  general  mercantile  business  with 
R.  P.  Burhans  as  partner.  At  the  end  of  a 
year  they  took  into  partnership  Anson  Peck, 
and  after  two  years  more  Mr.  Burhans  went 
out  of  the  business,  which  was  then  conducted 
under  the  firm  name  of  Peck  &  .\dams.  In 
i860  James  H.  Tripp  was  taken  into  the  firm 
and  the  name  became  Peck,  .\dams  &  Tripp. 
After  a  short  time  they  closed  out  the  business, 
and  dissolved  the  partnership.  Messrs.  .\dams 
and  Tripp  then  removed  to  Canandaigua,  New- 
York,  where  they  were  employed  in  a  bank. 
At  the  end  of  a  year  there,  they  returned  to 
Marathon,  leased  their  old  storeroom,  and  car- 
ried on  a  mercantile  business  until  1883,  when 
they  again  closed  it  out.  Before  this  they  had 
together  conducted  a  private  banking  business, 
wdiich  had  been  highly  successful,  and.  in  1883, 
set  about  organizing  a  bank,  into  which  they 
merged  their  own  banking  interests.  In  1884 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Marathon,  was 
started,  with  Mr.  Tripp  as  president,  and  Mr. 
.Adams  held  the  position  of  cashier  until  his 
death.  Mr.  Adams  distinguished  iiimself  in 
business  as  a  shrewd,  practical  and  conserva- 


tive man,  of  good  judgment  and  unquestion- 
ed integrity.  He  was  a  Republican  in  poli- 
tics, but  had  given  little  time  to  political  mat- 
ters. He  served,  however,  as  supervisor  of 
the  town  for  two  years. 

He  married  (first),  September  15,  1853. 
Ruth,  daughter  of  William  and  Lucy  ( Church) 
S(|uires,  of  Marathon,  died  January  6,  1863. 
He  married  (second),  September  11,  1865, 
Louisa  M..  daughter  of  William  L.  Denton. 
Child  of  first  wife,  born  in  Marathon:  Edgar 
L.,  .April  2J.  1857,  mentioned  below.  Child  of 
second  wife,  born  in  Marathon:  Augusta  D., 
August  15,  1873,  died  January  30,  1904,  mar- 
ried Thaddeus  R.  Clark,  of  Marathon. 

(IX)  Edgar  L..  son  of  Lyman  Adams,  was 
born  at  Marathon,  New  York,  April  27,  1857. 
He  began  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  tovi'n,  and,  like  many  successful 
men,  is  still  educating  himself.  The  Mara- 
thon Jndcpciuicnt  was  established  in  July,  1870, 
and  in  the  follow'ing  April  he  became  an  ap- 
prentice in  the  office  of  that  new-spaper.  In 
the  fall  of  1872  he  entered  the  emj^loy  of  his 
father's  firm  as  clerk,  but  a  mercantile  life  was 
not  attractive,  and,  in  1874,  he  returned  to  the 
office  of  the  Independent,  and  worked  in  vari- 
ous positions  until  .April,  1876,  when  he  ac- 
cepted a  position  as  local  editor  of  the  Cort- 
land Democrat,  then  owned  by  B.  B.  Jones. 
Two  months  later  he  was  called  back  to  Mara- 
thon to  take  charge  of  the  Independent,  on  ac- 
count of  the  failing  health  of  its  publisher, 
Wallace  Kelley,  and  when  the  business  was 
sold,  in  December  following,  he  continued  as 
editor  of  the  ]iaper,  in  the  employ  of  the  new 
owners,  lirooks  &  Day.  This  firm  was  suc- 
ceeded, May  I,  1878,  by  Brooks  &  .Adams,  the 
interests  of  the  jimior  partner  having  been  ac- 
quired by  Mr.  Adams,  and  with  the  exception 
lit  a  brief  period,  Mr.  xAdams  has  been  editor 
and  pr(>]:)rietor  ever  since.  For  a  time  he  was 
on  the  staiT  of  the  Syracuse  Sunday  Times, 
having  leased  the  Independent  from  1880  to 
1881.  As  a  writer,  especially  of  humorous 
paragraphs,  Mr.  Adams  has  won  a  national 
rejnitation.  The  paragrajjhs  that  brightened 
his  newspaper  week  after  week  gave  it  a  wide 
circidation  and  were  copied  extensively  in  other 
publications.  In  recent  years  the  pressure  of 
numerous  business  interests  and  public  duties 
have  restricted  his  output  as  a  writer,  but  his 
wit  is  in  evidence  from  time  to  time  in  the 
Independent  and  in  after-dinner  speeches. 

"Brick"  Pomerov.  editor  of  Pomerov's  Dem- 


NEW  YORK. 


ocrat,  and  a  wit  of  national  reputation,  said  of 
Mr.  Adams  in  an  article  entitled  "The  Humor- 
ous Writers  of  America"  :  "The  Cortland  Dem- 
ocrat, N.  Y.,  independent,  is  another  paper, 
whose  editor  has  sense,  wit  and  ambition,  Ed. 
L.  Adams  is  its  editor,  and  he  is  fast  making 
his  paper  noted  in  causing  people  to  inquire 
as  to  the  size  and  whereabouts  of  Marathon. 
His  paper  is  largely  quoted,  as  its  paragrajjhs 
are  unusually  pointed,  witty  and  close-fitting. 
Almost  any  man  can  write  a  long  article,  but 
it  takes  a  good  man  to  let  go,  when  he  has  said 
enough."  Mr.  Adam's  connection  with  the 
New  York  State  Press  x\ssociation  has  made 
him  widely  accjuainted  among  the  newspaper 
men  of  the  state  and  he  enjoys  the  personal 
friendship  of  many  prominent  writers.  A  con- 
temporary editor  recently  wrote  a  sketch  of 
Mr.  Adams,  in  which  he  said  :  "He  is  manifest- 
ly a  character  and  a  leader.  Everybody  loves 
Edgar,  partly  because  he  is  full  of  wit,  full  of 
ideas,  full  of  energy  and  life  and  is  an  all- 
round  good  fellow,  and  partly  because  he  is 
just  lovable.  *  *  How  Marathon  would  sur- 
vive without  Edgar  L.  Adams  is  a  problem. 
He  has  dip])ed  into  various  branches  of  liter- 
ary work — humorous,  pathetic,  political  and 
just  plain  news  items.  He  has,  we  believe,  re- 
frained from  poetry.  His  readers  can,  there- 
fore, look  back  over  his  career  and  forgive 
many  of  his  sins.  As  a  humorous  writer  he 
has  in  his  time  pleased  such  raucous  critics  as 
the  once  famous  'Brick'  I'omeroy,  who  praised 
his  humorous  work;  and,  away  along  in  the 
twenty-first  century,  we  will  say,  when  obitu- 
ary writers  or  rather  historians,  set  forth  the 
annals  of  the  truly  great  and  good,  it  is  not 
improbable  that  the  name  of  Edgar  L.  Adams 
will  shine  forth  in  letters  of  burnished  gold 
with  such  contemporary  humorists  as  George 
Ade,  Wu  Ting  Eang,  Rorge  Jailey  of  the 
Houston  Post,  Chauncey  Depew,  E.  Tracey 
Sweet  of  the  Scranton  Tribune-Republican, 
Irvin  S.  Cobb  and  others  of  the  present  day 
who  are  helping  to  brighten  life  with  their 
wit  and  wisdom.  At  even  a  still  more  remote 
period,  when  some  enterprising  mahatma  is 
pawing  around  among  the  sjiooks  in  search  of 
a  convivial  s])irit  to  drive  away  the  blues,  we 
hope  Edgar  may  be  found  in  his  little  sanctum 
in  Marathon,  buried  in  his  paper — The  Inde- 
pendent—  for  somebody  must  read  it,  you 
know.  In  the  meantime,  he  is  publishing  a 
newspaper  worth,  among  other  considerations. 


any  farmer's  cordwood  and  turnips  in  pay- 
ments of  arrears  on  subscription." 

It  is  hardly  necessary  to  add  that  the  Inde- 
pendent exerts  a  large  and  wholesome  influ- 
ence in  the  community  by  virtue  of  its  inde- 
pendent and  jniblic-spirited  policy.  He  is  vice- 
president  of  the  New  York  State  Press  Asso- 
ciation. He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Demo- 
cratic county  committee  and  often  represents 
his  party  as  delegate  to  nominating  conven- 
tions. He  was  president  of  the  village  of 
Marathon  in  1894-95.  For  sixteen  years  he  was 
a  member  and  twelve  years  secretary  of  the 
board  of  education  of  Marathon.  He  was  the 
nominee  of  his  party  for  assemblyman  in  this 
district.  He  declined  a  nomination  for  county 
treasurer  in  1893.  He  was  one  of  the  prime 
movers  in  securing  a  municipal  water  works 
and  served  on  the  original  water  commission, 
and  is  now  a  member  of  that  body. 

He  is  a  stockholder  of  the  First  National 
Bank  and  was  one  of  the  founders  and  for 
three  years  was  vice-president  of  the  Climax 
Road  Machine  Company.  He  is  a  member  of 
Marathon  Lodge,  No.  438,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons,  of  Marathon ;  of  Cortland  Chapter. 
No.  194,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Cortland 
Commandery,  No.  50,  Knights  Templar;  of 
Katurah  Temple.  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Bingham- 
ton.  For  three  years  he  was  president  of  the 
A.  H.  Barber  Hose  Company  of  the  local  fire 
department.  He  attends  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

He  married.  May  13,  1879,  Ella  V.  Court- 
ney, born  July  21,'  1861,  of  Willet.  Cortland 
countv,  daughter  of  Ojcar  and  Carshena 
(Over)  Courtnev.    Thev  have  no  children. 


The  surname  P>enedict  is  de- 
BENEDICT     rived  from  the  Latin  bencdic- 

tus,  meaning  blessed,  used  as 
a  personal  or  baptismal  name  in  Latin  coun- 
tries, and,  in  fact,  throughout  all  Europe.  St. 
Benedict  founded  the  Romau  Catholic  Order 
of  Benedictine,  in  .\.  D.  520,  fourteen  Popes 
taking  this  name  between  574  and  1740. 

( I )  Thomas  Benedict,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Nottinghamshire,  England,  in 
1617.  According  to  family  traclition,  ajiparent- 
Iv  verified,  he  was  the  only  representative  of 
his  family  when  he  came  to  .America.  His  an- 
cestors, original  from  the  districts  of  France, 
and  of  Latin  ancestry,  fled  to  Germany  on  ac- 
count of  religious  persecution,  thence  to  Hoi- 


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land  and  finally  settled  in  England.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  liridgum,  or  Bridghani.  who  came 
to  New  England,  in  1638,  in  the  same  ship. 
The  family  history  was  written  in  1755,  by 
Deacon  James  Benedict,  who  had  his  facts 
from  the  wife  of  the  immigrant,  viz:  "Be  it 
remembered  that  one  William  Benedict  about 
the  beginning  of  tiie  fifteenth  century  (doubt- 
less meaning  about  the  year  1500),  who  lived 
in  Xi)ttinghamshire,  England,  had  a  son  born 
unto  him  whom  he  called  William  after  his 
own  name  (an  only  son)  and  this  William, 
the  second  of  the  name,  had  also  an  only  son 
whom  he  called  William,  and  this  third  W'ill- 
iam  had  in  the  year  1617  one  only  child  whom 
he  called  Thomas  and  this  Thomas'  mother 
dying,  his  father  married  the  widow  Bridgum. 
Now  this  Thomas  was  put  out  an  ajjprentice 
to  a  weaver  who  afterwards  in  his  twenty-first 
year  came  over  to  New  England  together  with 
his  sister-in-law  (step-sister)  Mary  Bridgum. 
Afterwards  said  Thomas  was  joined  in  mar- 
riage with  Mary  Bridgum.  After  they  had 
lived  some  time  in  the  Bay  parts  ( Massachu- 
setts) they  removed  to  Southold,  Long  Island, 
where  were  born  unto  them  five  sons  and  four 
daughters,  whose  names  were  Thomas,  John, 
Samuel,  James,  Daniel,  Betty.  Mary.  Sarah  and 
Rebecca.  From  thence  they  removed  to  a 
farm  belonging  to  the  town  called  Hassama- 
mac.  where  they  lived  some  time.  Then  they 
removed  to  Jamaica  on  said  island  where 
Thomas  their  eldest  son  took  to  wife  Mary 
Messenger  of  that  town.  And  last  of  all  they 
removed  to  Norwalk,  Fairfield  county,  Con- 
necticut, with  all  their  family  where  they  all 
married."  The  generations  are  given  down  to 
the  time  of  writing,  March  14,  1755,  by  James 
Benedict,  of  Ridgefield,  Connecticut. 

Traces  of  Thomas  Benedict  are  found  on 
the  records  at  Jamaica.  December  12.  1662, 
when  he  was  appointed  to  lay  out  the  south 
meadows  and  was  voted  a  home  lot.  He 
served  on  other  committees  and  held  various 
■offices.  He  was  appointed  magistrate,  March 
20,  1663,  by  Peter  Stuyvesant,  the  Dutch  gov- 
ernor of  New  Amsterdam.  In  the  same  year 
he  signed  the  petition  for  annexation  to  Con- 
necticut. He  was  lieutenant  of  the  town,  De- 
cember 3,  1663;  was  a  grantee  of  Elizabeth- 
town.  February  8,  1665,  he  was  appointed 
■one  of  the  two  delegates  from  Jamaica  to  a 
general  meeting  of  Long  Island  towns  in  New 
York.  This  is  thought  to  be  the  first  English 
legislative  body  convened  in  New  Y'ork.   April 


7,  1665,  he  was  appointed  lieutenant  of  the 
foot  company  of  Jamaica.  After  coming  to 
Connecticut  he  was  town  clerk  of  Norwalk, 
1665,  and  reappointed  the  following  year.  He 
continued  to  hold  this  office  until  1674,  and 
after  an  interval  of  three  years,  was  again 
appointed.  The  records,  in  his  own  handwrit- 
ing, are  still  preserved,  and  are  legible  and 
properly  attested  by  his  own  signature.  He 
was  selectman  for  seventeen  years,  ending  in 
1688.  As  early  as  1669  he  was  a  freeman: 
representative  to  the  general  assembly  in  1670, 
and  again  in  1675.  In  May,  1684,  he  and  three 
others  were  appointed  by  the  general  court  to 
plant  a  town  at  Pa(|uiage.  This  town  was 
later,  1687,  called  Danbury.  "His  good  sense 
and  general  intelligence,  some  scientific  knowl- 
edge and  his  skill  as  a  ]ienman,  made  him  their 
recourse  when  pa])ers  were  to  be  drafted, 
lands  to  be  surveyed,  and  apportioned  or  dis- 
putes to  be  arbitrated.  It  is  evident  that  very 
general  respect  for  his  judgment  prevailed, 
and  that  trust  in  his  integrity  was  equally 
general  and  implicit."  It  is  highly  probable 
that  he  was  concerned  in  establishing  the 
church  both  at  Southold  and  Huntington,  and 
was  also  identified  with  the  founding  of  the 
first  Presbyterian  church  in  America,  at  Ja- 
maica, in  1662.  He  was  deacon  of  the  Nor- 
walk church  during  the  last  years  of  his  life. 
His  will  was  executed  February  28,  1689-90. 
Of  his  household  James  Benedict  wrote: 
"Thomas  Benedict  and  Mary,  his  wife,  who 
walked  in  the  midst  of  their  house  with  a  per- 
fect heart.  They  were  strict  observers  of  the 
Lord's  day  from  even  to  even."  Many  of  his 
descendants  followed  in  the  office  of  deacon  of 
the  church.  "The  savor  of  his  piety,  as  well 
as  his  venerable  name,  has  been  transmitted 
through  a  long  line  of  deacons  and  other  godly 
descendants  to  the  seventh  generation."  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas,  died  November  20,  1688-89  '< 
John  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  James  ;  Dan- 
iel;  Elizabeth,  married  John  Slauson ;  Mary, 
married  John  Olmsted ;  Sarah,  married  James 
Beebe ;  Rebecca,  married  Dr.  Samuel  Wood. 
( II)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  P>enedict,  lived 
with  his  father  until  after  his  removal  to  Nor- 
walk, Connecticut.  He  married  diere  (first) 
name  unknown.  He  married  (second),  July 
7.  1678,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  Thomas  An- 
drews, of  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  In  the  fall 
of  1684  and  the  following  spring,  he  with  sev- 
eral others,  mostly  connections  of  the  Benedict 
family,    purchased    land    of    the    Indians    and 


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made  the  first  settlement  at  Danbury.  "They 
soon  built  a  little  church,  only  forty  feet  by 
thirty;  when  its  frame  was  raised  every  person 
in  the  town  was  present  and  sat  together  on 
the  sills."  Samuel  Benedict,  who  had  been  a 
deacon  when  living  in  Norwalk,  was  also  first 
deacon  of  this  church.  In  the  patent  of  Dan- 
bur}',  granted  by  the  general  assembly.  May, 
1702,  he  is  named  as  patentee.  His  will,  made 
at  Danbury,  April  15,  1718,  was  recorded 
March  20,  1719.  Children:  Joanna,  born  Oc- 
tober 22.  1673;  Samuel.  March  5,  1C175 ; 
Thomas,  March  27,  1679;  Nathaniel,  mention- 
ed below:  Abraham,  June  21,  i()8i  ;  Rebecca, 
married,  June  18,  1712,  Samuel  Piatt;  Esther. 

(III)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Samuel  Benedict, 
made  his  will  January  19,  1767,  and  it  was 
proved  December  11,  1767.  It  mentions  wife 
Sarah,  sons  Isaac  and  Nathaniel,  also  grand- 
son John,  of  Cornwall.  The  inventory  of  his 
estate  amounted  to  two  hundred  and  twenty- 
one  pounds  three  shillings  seven  pence.  Chil- 
dren: John;  Isaac,  born  in  1719,  menlioncd 
below;  Nathaniel;  Samuel,  1726. 

(IV)  Isaac,  son  of  Nathaniel  Benedict,  was 
born  in  1719,  and  married  Mary  Videtto,  of 
Danbury,  who  died  November  2,  1803.  He 
died  September  15,  18 13,  at  Monterey,  Alassa- 
chusetts.  He  bought  land  in  Tyringiiam,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in  1772,  but  was  living  in  Danbury. 
when  he  made  his  will,  August  3,  1801.  Chil- 
dren: Abigail,  September  30,  1745:  Abel,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  November  21,  1750;  Sam- 
uel, July  29,  1753  ;  Priscilla,  July  6,  1755  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, February  3,  1761  ;  Rebecca,  November 
20,  177 1. 

(V)  Abel,  son  of  Isaac  lienedict,  was  born 
October  i,  1748,  and  married  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Hezekiah  and  Hannah  (Judd)  Benedict. 
Hezekiah  Benedict  was  the  son  of  James, 
grandson  of  James,  and  great-grandson  of 
Thomas  Benedict.  He  was  a  royalist  in  the 
revolution,  moved  to  Schoharie  coimty,  about 
1775-76,  and  died  there.  Hannah,  wife  of 
Abel  Benedict,  was  born  T747,  and  died  De- 
cember 28,  1799.  Abel  Benedict  was  a  lieu- 
tenant in  the  revolution.  He  lived  at  Mon- 
terey, and  died  there,  December  20,  1819.  Chil- 
dren: Mary,  died  young;  Hannah,  married 
Sereno   Dwight,   of   Aurelius;    Lucy,   married 

Pearce,  of  I'ompey;  Jemima,  married 

Stephen,  son  of  Gilbert  Ijenedict ;  Phebe,  died 
yoimg;  Clarissa,  married  Ethel,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel Bt'nedict ;  Isaac,  born  May  29,  1775; 
Abel,  mentiiined  below. 


(\T)  Abel  (2).  son  of  Abel  (i)  Benedict, 
was  born  February  11,  1777,  and  married,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1799,  Betsey,  daughter  of  Samuel 
W'adsworth,  who  died  June  4,  1840.  He  died 
.November  25,  1824,  at  Cortian<l,  New  York. 
Children:  Laura,  born  September  1,  1800;  Al- 
bert, November  4,  1802 ;  Eliza,  September  22, 
1804,  died  October  15,  1815;  Horace,  men- 
tioned below;  Luke,  January  14,  1809;  Julia, 
July  17,  181 1  ;  William,  May  16,  1813,  died 
May  13,  1814;  Oren,  April  20,  1816,  died  No- 
vember, 1824:  Orilla,  April  20,  1816;  Cieorge 
\V.,  November  28,  1818:  Rensselaer  D.,  Janu- 
ary ^o,  1821,  died  March,  i8()i  ;  Almon  F., 
October  8,  1824. 

(  \  II )  Horace,  son  of  Abel  (2)  Benedict, 
was  born  October  21,  1806,  married,  F^ebruary 
I,  1844,  Nancy  L.,  born  1826,  daughter  of 
Levi  Bonney.  He  lived  in  Cortlandville,  New 
York.  Children :  Archibald  W.,  born  August 
20,  184s:  Byron  A.,  mentioned  below;  Lovina 
.\I..  May  10,  1848;  Orilla,  July  23,  1849; 
Emma  M..  July  13,  1851  ;  Elmer  IL,  June  18. 
i8f)i.  died  February  17,  1862:  Irving  A.. 
March  8,  1863. 

(  \  HI)  Byron  .\lmon,  son  of  Horace  Bene- 
dict, was  born  in  Cortlandville,  Cortland  coun- 
ty. New  York,  October  11,  1846,  and  died  at 
Cortlantl,  -March  16,  1908.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  and  Cortland  Academy,  and  was 
graduated  from  Hamilton  College,  .\fter 
leaving  college  he  began  the  study  of  law  in  the 
office  of  Judge  W.  H.  Shankland  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar.  He  became  the  junior  part- 
ner in  the  well-known  law  firm  of  Duell  & 
P>enedict,  wdiich  continued  until  the  death  of 
Judge  Duell,  after  which  he  was  alone  in  prac- 
tice at  Cortland.  During  the  six  years  jjrior 
to  his  death,  he  also  had  an  office  in  Syracuse, 
but  continued  to  reside  in  Cortland.  Twice  he 
was  elected  district  attorney  of  Cortland  coun- 
ty, and  for  many  years  he  was  one  of  the 
leaders  of  the  bar.  In  addition  to  his  law- 
business  he  was  interested  financially  in  vari- 
ous enterprises  and  ac(|uired  large  holdings 
in  real  estate.  He  was  a  director  and  attorney 
of  the  Cortland  National  I5ank  and  one  of  the 
promoters  .'uid  owners  of  the  o])era  house  in 
Cortland.  In  religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian. 
While  in  college  he  was  a  member  of  the  Theta 
Delta  Chi  fraternity,  of  Hamilt(jn. 

He  married,  in  1870,  .\nna  T.  Clapp,  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  born  Se])tember  22, 
1847,  daughter  of  Aaron  and  Priscilla  S. 
(Ilurlhurt)    Cla])]).      Her   father  was  born   in 


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Nortlianipton,  Massachusetts,  and  was  de- 
scended from  one  of  the  most  prominent  of 
the  early  colonial  families  of  Drirchester.  Mas- 
sachusetts, his  grandfather,  Thomas  Clapp, 
being  one  of  the  presidents  of  Yale  College. 
Children:  I.  Bessie,  born  November  13,  1879: 
married,  July  30,  1902,  William  H.  Mctiraw. 
of  Cortland,  of  the  firm  of  McGraw  &  Elliott, 
druggists;  cliild :  Harvey  Benedict  McGraw, 
born  June  20,  1904.  2.  Harriet  Priscilla.  born 
January  30,  i8c86;  married,  December  20,  1908, 
Levi  Richard  Chase,  a  lawyer,  of  Cortland,  and 
ex-district  attorney.  3-  Florence  .A.,  died  in 
infancy. 


The  name  Hulbert  is  spelled 
HULRERT     in    different    ways,    Hulbert, 

Hulburt,  Hulbut,  Hurlbut,  be- 
ing among  those  most  commonly  used.  The 
coat-of-arms  of  the  English  family  is:  Quar- 
terly argent  and  sable,  in  the  sinister  chief  and 
de.xter  base,  each  a  lion  rampant,  or,  over  all 
a  bend  gules,  charged  with  the  amulets  of  the 
third. 

(I)  Thomas  Hulbert,  or  Hurlbut,  came  to 
America  early,  and  was  a  soldier  under  Lionel 
Gardiner  in  the  fight  at  Saybrook,  Connecticut, 
in  1635.  It  is  supposed  that  he  came  with 
Gardiner  in  a  fishing  vessel,  July  10,  1635.  In 
an  encounter  with  the  Pequot  Indians,  in  1637, 
he  was  wounded  by  an  arrow,  almost  through 
the  thigh.  An  account  of  this  skirmish  was 
left  in  a  manuscript  by  Lionel  Gardiner,  he 
being  urged  to  w-rite  it,  as  he  said,  by  Robert 
Chapman.  Thomas  Hulbert  and  Major  Mason. 
They  were  a  company  of  ten  men  and  were 
attacked  by  about  a  hundred  Indians,  whom 
they  successfully  held  off  until  they  reached 
their  homes.  Thomas  Hulbert  was  a  black- 
smith by  trade,  and  after  the  Pequot  war  estab- 
lished himself  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut, 
where  he  was  one  of  the  early  settlers.  He 
was  clerk  of  the  train  band  in  1640,  deputy  to 
the  general  court,  grand  juror,  and  constable 
in  1644.  He  had  grants  of  land  in  Wethers- 
field, for  his  services  in  the  Indian  wars.  It 
is  said  that  the  house  occupied,  in  1888,  by 
Miss  Harriet  Mitchell,  in  Wethersfield,  was 
on  the  site  of  his  house.     He  married  Sarah 

.  Children  :  Thomas  ;  John,  born  March 

8,  1642:  Samuel;  Joseph;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below ;  Cornelius. 

(II)  Stephen,  son  of  Thomas  Hulbert,  was 
born  in  Wethersfield,  Connecticut,  about  1649. 
He  was  twice  married.     .According  to  one  au- 


thority, he  married.  December  12,  1678,  Doro- 
thy   ,  and  acciirding  to  another,  he  mar- 
ried, on  the  same  ilate,  Pliebe .  He  is  sup- 
posed to  have  been  a  mechanic  by  occupation. 
He  was  granted  by  the  town  of  Wethersfield, 
February  2^.  1694,  "a  jiiece  of  land  8  feet  in 
breadth,  70  feet  in  length,  flanking  upon  his 
nwn  lot  next  his  house  to  set  a  shop  upon." 
There  is  nu  recurd  nf  his  death  nor  of  the 
deaths  of  either  of  his  wives.  Children  (if 
.Stephen  and  Dorothy,  the  first  four  born  in 
Wethersfield:  .Stephen,  Se]5tember  17,  1679; 
Thomas,  January  2^.  1681,  mentioned  below  r 
Joseph,  July  10,  1683;  I'.enjamin,  October  29, 
"1685:  Pl"ui)e.  .\ugust'2,  1688;  Dorothy,  March 
5,  1690. 

(HI)  Thomas  (  2 ),  son  of  Stephen  Hulbert, 
was  born  in  Wethersfield,  January  23,  i(58i. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  spent  his 
life  in  his  native  town.  He  married.  January 
II,  1703,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  Meekins. 
of  Wethersfield,  or  East  Hartford,  and  grand- 
daughter of  the  immigrant,  John  Biddle,  of 
Hartford.  He  died  April  10,  1761.  His  will 
was  dated  November  19,  1755,  and  left  one- 
third  of  the  estate  to  his  wife  during  her  life. 
Children,  born  in  Wethersfield :  Stephen,  Feb- 
ruary 3.  1706;  Hannah,  March  8,  1708;  John, 
October  i,  1710;  Rebecca.  January  12,  1713; 
Thomas,  February  19,  171 5;  Amos,  .\pril  14. 
1717:  Elijah,  December  9,  1719;  Elizabeth. 
1721  ;  Timothy,  mentioned  below. 

( I\' )  Timothy,  son  of  Thomas  ( 2 )  Hulbert, 
was  born  in  Wethersfield,  January  16,  1723. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation  and  lived  in  his 
native  town.  He  owned  also  land  in  Glaston- 
bury, Connecticut,  wdiich  he  had  received  from 
his   father's   estate.      He   married,   C)ctober   5, 

1737,  Sarah  Clark.  Both  his  name  and  that 
of  his  wife  a])pear  in  the  catalogue  of  Wethers- 
field church,  1758.    He  died  August,  1773,  and 

his  widow  married   (second)   Collins, 

and    ( third  )    ' Chamberlain.     Children, 

born    in    Wethersfield :    Timothy,    August    12, 

1738,  mentioned  below  ;  Titus,  April  15,  1760; 
Sarah.  January  7,  1762:  Philip,  .September  30, 
1764,  died  Xovember  30,  1766;  Ruth,  Novem- 
ber 22.  1766;  Philip,  January  7,  ijCnj. 

(V )  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Timothy  (i) 
Hulbert,  was  born  in  Wethersfield,  .August  12. 
1758.  He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  but 
was  afterwards  a  farmer.  He  lived  in  Pitts- 
field,  where  he  applied  to  be  exempt  from 
church  taxation.  He  died  July  12,  1838.  He 
married  (first),  March  7,  1784,  Mary  Robbins. 


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born  in  Pittsfield,  January  13,  1765,  died  there 
June  4,  1809.  He  married  (second),  March, 
181 1,  OHve  Caldwell,  born  in  Pittsfield,  died 
there,  October  16,  1855,  or  1856.  Children, 
born  in  Pittsfield:  Elizabeth,  December  14, 
1784:  Stephen,  July  31,  1786;  Mary,  January 
17,  1788;  Timothy,  October  2,  1789,  mentioned 
below;  Huldah,  September  11,  1791 ;  Sarah, 
June  14,  1793,  died  June  27,  1793;  Sarah 
(twin),  September  16,  1794;  Polly  (twin), 
died  September  17,  1794:  Oren,  October  26, 
1796;  Julia  Ann,  August  13,  1798;  William 
Hayes,  November  ii,  1800:  Laura  Maria, 
March  5,  1803;  Royal  Alonzo,  July  17,  1804; 
Jerome  P)Onaparte,  August,  1806. 

(VI)  Timothy  (3),  son  of  Timothy  (2) 
Hulbert,  was  born  in  Pittsfield,  October  2, 
1789.  About  1810  he  removed  to  Truxton, 
New  York,  where  he  lived  until  his  death, 
May  20,  1848.  He  was  a  carpenter  and  joiner 
by  trade,  and  did  a  wonderful  amount  of  busi- 
ness. Much  of  his  handiwork  in  those  lines 
has  remained  until  to-day  as  a  witness  of  his 
careful  workmanship  and  honest  efforts.  He 
became  the  owner  of  a  large  farm  and  attain- 
ed prominence  and  high  standing  in^  his  com- 
munity. During  his  younger  years  he  organ- 
ized a  military  company,  of  which  he  was 
made  captain.  His  commission,  dated  April 
8,  1822,  was  signed  by  Governor  DeWitt  Clin- 
ton, and  his  company  was  assigned  to  the  One 
Hundred  and  Twenty-fourth  Regiment,  state 
militia.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  of  an 
uncompromising  type,  and  an  ardent  supporter 
of  his  party  at  all  times.  He  represented  his 
town  on  the  board  of  supervisors  for  years, 
and  was  once  a  candidate  for  the  nomination 
of  member  of  assembly.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Methodist,  and  trustee  of  the  local  society. 
He  married,  February  i,  1817,  Mehitabel 
Miner,  of  West  Bloomfiekl,  New  York,  born 
July  20,  1797.  He  had  six  sons,  all  of  whom 
were  in  the  produce  business ;  two  located  in 
New  York  (I'ity,  where  they  were  large  pro- 
<luce  dealers  and  exporters,  and  the  other  four 
scattered  throughout  the  state,  buying  and 
raising  produce.  Children  :  Emily  Eliza,  born 
March  24,  1818;  William,  December  26,  1819; 
Pauline,  March  9,  1822,  died  August  29.  1823; 
Lafayette,  June  29,  1824,  mentioned  below; 
Jerome,  February  23,  1827,  mentioned  below; 
George  Allen,  September  27,  1829,  mentioned 
below:  Marvin  Miner,  November  7,  1832;  Ed- 
win Murray,  Jainiary  2,  1836. 

(\'n)    Lafayette,  son  of  Timothy  (3)  Hul- 


bert, was  born  in  Truxton,  New  York,  June 
29,  1824.  He  was  a  produce  dealer  and  ex- 
porter in  New  York  City,  and  was  associated 
with  his  brother  William.  He  carried  on  busi- 
ness there  as  late  as  1863.  He  married  Helen 
Miner,  of  Jersey  City,  New  Jersey.  Children: 
Ernest  M.,  mentioned  below ;  Marvin  Miner, 
born  June  i,  i860,  died  January  26,  1861  ; 
Leila. 

(VIII)  Ernest  M.,  son  of  Lafayette  Hul- 
bert. was  born  in  New  York  City,  in  1854,  died 
in  Cortland,  New  York,  September  20,  1905. 
He  attended  the  schools  of  New  York  City, 
also  Holbrook  Military  School  on  the  Hudson, 
and  Peekskill  Military  School.  He  prepared 
for  West  Point,  but  on  account  of  his  father's 
death,  was  obliged  to  give  it  up.  He  removed 
to  Cortland  and  went  into  the  hardware  busi- 
ness with  William  Newkirk.  Later  he  became 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  window  screens 
with  W.  J.  Greenman.  He  had  besides  e.xten- 
sive  real  estate  interests  in  Cortland,  and  dur- 
ing the  later  years  of  his  life  was  retired  from 
active  life.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  He  married  Ella  Roe,  daughter 
of  Jerome  and  Mary  (Roe)  Hulbert  (see  Hul- 
bert VII).  Child,  Louis  Roe,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Louis  Roe,  son  of  Ernest  M.  Hul- 
bert, was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York,  April 
17,  1 881.  He  attended  the  Cortland  Normal 
School,  Cascadilla  Preparatory  School,  and 
Williams  College,  Williamstown,  Massachu- 
setts. After  finishing  his  college  course,  he 
entered  the  manufacturing  plant  of  his  father 
in  Cortland.  In  January,  1910,  he  began  the 
manufacture  of  slioes  in  Cortland  in  company 
with  H.  R.  Rice,  under  the  firm  name  of  Rice- 
Hulbert  Shoe  Company.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married,  June, 
1906,  Irene,  daughter  of  William  and  Esther 
(Jennings)  Hout.  They  have  one  son,  Ernest 
Hout,  born  August,  1907. 

(VII)  Jerome,  son  of  Timothy  (3)  Hul- 
bert, was  born  February  23,  1827,  in  Truxton, 
New  York.  He  received  a  common  school 
education,  and  afterwards  learned  the  trade  of 
harness-maker.  He  did  not,  however,  con- 
tinue that  occupation  for  any  length  of  time, 
but,  in  1855,  entered  the  wholesale  produce 
business  with  four  of  his  brothers.  He  re- 
mained in  this  latter  business  throughout  his 
life  and  was  eminently  successful  in  it.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  nuich  interested 
in  the  cause  of  good  government,  and  radically 
o[i]i()sed  to  the  rule  of  party  bosses.    He  never 


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sought  office,  however.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Presbyterian,  and  a  very  active  member  of  that 
church.  For  years  he  was  the  superintendent 
of  the  Sunday  school,  also  president  of  the 
Young  Men's  Christian  Association.  He  was 
a  man  of  rare  attainments,  and  held  in  the 
highest  respect  by  all  who  knew  him.  In  his 
business  relations  he  united  keen  judgment, 
strict  integrity  and  an  unusual  sense  of  jus- 
tice. In  his  home  life  he  was  loyal  and  most 
indulgent  to  the  members  o_f  his  family.  He 
was  public  spirited  and  always  ready  to  take 
up  any  work  which  would  contribute  to  the 
prosperity  and  welfare  of  his  town.  He  lived 
the  greater  part  of  his  life  in  Marathon.  He 
married  Mary,  daughter  of  Sylvester  Roe  (see 
Roe  VI).  He  died  in  Marathon,  December 
17,  1884.  Child,  Ella  Roe,  married  Ernest  M. 
Hulbert  (see  Hulbert  \III). 

(\'II)  George  .Allen,  son  of  Timothy  (3) 
Hulbert,  was  born  September  2~,  1829,  in 
Truxton,  New  York.  He  attended  the  local 
schools,  and,  in  1851,  entered  Cortlandville 
Academy  to  prepare  for  Yale  College.  He 
did  not,  however,  enter  college,  but  instead 
commenced  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
Judge  Daniel  Hawks,  then  county  judge  and 
surrogate  of  Cortland  county.  He  continued 
his  study  of  law  in  the  offices  of  H.  &  K.  L. 
Ballard,  at  Cortland,  and  with  Hon.  Charles 
Mason,  justice  of  the  supreme  court  of  Hamil- 
ton, Madison  county.  For  advanced  legal  study 
he  spent  a  year  at  the  law  school,  at  Ballston 
Spa,  Saratoga  county,  and  finished  his  course 
at  the  Albany  Law  School.  In  1834  he  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  bar  and  began  the  practice  of  his 
profession  in  Hornellsville,  Steuben  county. 
After  spending  fourteen  months  in  that  city 
he  removed  to  Chicago,  Illinois,  where  he  en- 
tered the  office  of  John  H.  Kedzie  and  re- 
mained about  a  year.  He  then  returned  to  the 
east,  and  became  engaged  in  a  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Onondaga  county.  In  1864  he  re- 
moved to  Marathon,  New  York,  and  with 
four  of  his  brothers  entered  the  wholesale  pro- 
duce business,  under  the  name  of  William  Hul- 
bert &  Brothers,  with  headquarters  in  New 
York  City.  He  and  his  brother  Jerome  had 
charge-  of  the  purchasing  at  Marathon.  The 
firm  prospered  and  they  became  leaders  in  the 
butter  and  cheese  business  in  New  York  City. 
They  continued  for  thirty  years,  and  each 
brother  accumulated  a  fine  fortune.  After  the 
death  of  Jerome,  George  Allen  Hulbert  dis- 
continued the  produce  business  and  resumed 


the  practice  of  law,  which  he  continued  imtil 
his  death. 

In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  of  the  Stephen 
A.  Douglas  type,  and  throughout  the  civil  war 
was  a  strong  Unionist.  Though  he  never 
sought  office,  he  was  found  to  be  a  safe  and 
disinterested  assistant  in  party  councils  and 
served  for  many  years  on  town  and  county 
committees.  He  was  at  one  time  one  of  the 
supervisors  of  the  town  and  was  justice  of 
the  peace  for  twenty-three  years.  He  was  also 
notary  public.  During  his  term  of  office  the 
honesty  and  justice  of  his  decisions  were  never 
c|uestioned,  and  the  dignity  with  which  he 
presided  over  his  court,  and  the  order  which 
he  insisted  upon  in  it,  tended  to  raise  the 
standard  of  the  office  in  the  county  at  large. 
He  was  a  man  of  more  than  ordinary  ability 
and  of  high  attainments,  honorable  and  straight- 
forward in  all  his  dealings,  of  excellent  busi- 
ness instincts,  and  possessed  of  the  confidence 
of  his  fellow-citizens.  He  was  keenly  inter- 
ested in  the  improvement  of  the  village  of 
Marathon,  and  added  much  to  its  architectural 
beauty  by  the  erection  of  several  buildings, 
notably,  in  1886,  a  three-story  business  block 
on  Main  street.  The  ground  floor  of  this 
building  is  devoted  to  stores,  the  second  to 
offices,  and  the  third  to  a  public  hall,  equipped 
with  a  stage  and  scenery.  The  use  of  this  hall 
has  been  free  for  all  public  entertainments.  In 
1898  he  also  erected  one  of  die  handsomest 
residences  in  the  village.  Besides  these  build- 
ings he  has  also  improved  other  dwellings  in 
the  town.  In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist  and 
an  ardent  worker  in  that  church. 

He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Richard  and 
Mary  (Hinkley)  Smith,  born  in  Fabius,  New 
York.  Her  father,  Richard  Smith,  was  from 
New  Bedford,  Massachusetts,  and  in  his  day 
was  a  well-known  sea  captain.  He  was  born 
in  Dublin,  Ireland.  Her  mother,  Mary  (Hink- 
ley) Smith,  was  born  in  Barnstable,  Cape  Cod, 
Massachusetts.  Mrs.  Hulbert  is  one  of  the 
best  musicians  in  Central  New  York,  and  was 
for  several  years  organist  of  the  Methodist 
church  in  Marathon.  She  has  continued  her 
husband's  plans  for  improving  the  property 
and  adding  to  the  prosperity  and  appearance 
of  the  village.  Mr.  Hulbert  died  March  12, 
1900. 

(The  Roe  Line). 

(Ill)  Nathaniel  (2)  Roe,  son  of  Nathaniel 
(i)  Roe  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  1700,  and  died  in 
1789.      He   married    Elizabeth    Phillips,   born 


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1702,  dic-d  1788.  Children:  I'hillijjs :  James, 
inentioned  Ijelow ;  Xathaniel.  William.  Han- 
nah, Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Deborah. 

(I\')  James,  son  of  Xathaniel  [2)  Roe,  was 
born  in  Kingston,  New  York,  April  4,  1744. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  mar- 
ried, October  19,  1770,  Elizabeth  Elting.  Chil- 
dren :  James,  Elizabeth ;  John  Elting,  men- 
tioned below ;  Sylvester,  Ann,  William,  Na- 
thaniel, Rachel ;  Peter,  grandfather  of  the 
author,  E.   I'.  Roe. 

(V)  John  Elting,  son  of  James  Roe,  was 
born  in  Kingston,  in  1774.  He  married  and 
among  his  children  was  Sylvester,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  Sylvester,   son   of   John    Elting   Roe, 

was  born  in  180 1.     He  married , 

and  among  their  children  was  Mary,  born 
18^1,   married    lerome   Hulbert    (see    Hulbert 

vfi).  ■ 

Thomas  Charnick  Glover,  of  an 
GLO\'ER     ancient    English    family,    lived 
and   died    in    Lancashire,   Eng- 
land, leaving  sons  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 
and  Charnick. 

{II)  Thomas,  son  of  Thomas  Charnick 
Glover,  was  born  in  Lancashire.  England, 
about  1760.  He  came  to  this  country  at  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  with  his  brother  Char- 
nick, and  at  the  close  of  the  revolutionary  war 
settled  in  Schoharie  county.  New  York,  among 
the  pioneers,  and  followed  farming  there  dur- 
ing the  remainder  of  his  life.  He  had  three 
sons,  Henry,  John  and  Jacob,  and  four  daugh- 
ters. 

(IV)  Henry,  grandson  vi  Thomas  (dover, 
was  born  at  .Sharon,  Schoharie  county.  New 
York,  September  rg,  181 1,  died  at  Troups- 
burg.  New  York,  March  28,  1865.  He  married 
Eliza  McDowell,  born  at  (l)tego,  Otsego  county. 
New  York.  March  i,  1814,  died  Eebruary  3, 
1887,  at  St.  Paul.  Minnesota.  Children:  i. 
Charles,  born  May  14.  1835 ;  married  Ruth 
Morey.  2.  Jeanette,  September  i.  1836.  died 
January  14.  1873;  married  William  J.  I.oucks. 
3.  Margaret,  February  18,  1838;  married 
Alonzo  H.  Haxton.  4.  Martha,  November  23. 
1839;  married  William  Chase.  5.  Henry,  April 
8,  1840,  mentioned  below.  6.  Matilda,  April 
22,  1843;  married  R.  Mcl^lroy.  7.  Lucy  Ann. 
October  16,  1844;  married  Sanuiel  Olmstead. 
8.  George  W..  December  13,  1845:  married 
Harriet  Tiffany.  <>.  William.  Se])tember  23. 
1847,  died  .September  18,  1887;  married  Delia 


Holt,  a  widow.  10.  Maryetta,  November  4, 
183 1  ;  married  Lafayette  Stowe;  she  died  about 
one  year  after  marriage. 

(  \' )  Henry  (2).  son  of  Henry  (I)  Glover, 
was  born  at  Skaneateles  Junction,  Onondaga 
county.  New  York.  April  8.  1840.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools.  In 
his  younger  days  he  lived  in  Te.xas  Valley, 
Cortland  county.  New  York,  and  followed 
lumbering.  For  the  past  forty-four  years, 
however,  he  has  made  his  home  in  the  town  of 
Lisle,  Broome  county.  New  York,  and  has 
followed  farming.  He  is  a  staunch  Democrat 
and  has  served  as  deputy  sheriff.  He  married 
Mary  Loesa,  born  December  7,  1848.  died 
April  17,  191 1,  daughter  of  Joseph  Sparrow, 
who  came  of  a  prominent  Cape  Cod.  Massa- 
chusetts, family.  Her  mother  was  Azubah 
(  Close  )  Sparrow.  Children  :  i.  Clyde  \'.,  born 
June  II,  1878,  died  November  28,  1879.  2. 
F.  Ray.  born  .November  8,  1880,  engaged  in 
the  poultry  business  at  Lisle,  New  York ;  mar- 
ried Grace  L.  Glezen.  3.  Harold  Jay,  men- 
tioned below. 

(  \'l  )  Harold  Jay.  son  of  Henry  (2)  Glover, 
was  born  in  Lisle.  liroome  county.  New  York, 
March  29,  1883.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  graduated  from 
the  Lisle  high  school  and  from  the  Lowell 
Piusiness  College,  at  Hinghamton,  New  York. 
He  began  the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of 
.\ttorney  Paige,  of  Lisle,  and  began  his  law 
course  in  the  Law  School  of  Syracuse  L^niver- 
sity.  f'ecause  of  his  health  he  was  compelled 
to  give  up  his  studies  at  the  university,  and.  in 
February.  1906.  he  entered  the  office  of  Milo 
C.  Paige.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  Oc- 
tober, 1903,  and  remained  as  law  clerk  in  the 
office  of  Air.  Paige  for  a  short  time.  He  came 
to  Marathon,  New  York,  in  February,  1909, 
and  opened  an  office.  Since  then  he  has  been 
in  general  practice  in  that  town,  and  he  also 
has  an  insurance  business  in  connection  with 
his  legal  ])ractice.  In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat and  he  has  been  the  nominee  of  his  party 
for  asseiubhnian  in  the  district,  which  com- 
prises Piroome  county.  He  is  member  of  the 
State   Par  .\ssociation. 


"He  beareth  gules  two  chev- 
P.\R.SO.\'S     rons    ermine    between    three 

eagles  displayed  or:  Piy  the 
name  of  Parsons.  Crest :  An  eagle's  head 
erased  at  the  thigh,  standing  on  a  leopard's 
head — guK's."     .Such   is   the  distinction   which 


NEW  Y(  )RK. 


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Charles  I.,  in  1634,  bestowed  upon  his  faithful 
subject,  Sir  Thomas  Parsons,  hart.,  of  Great 
Milton,  or  Great  Torrington,  the  immediate 
ancestor  of  the  founder  of  the  family  of  tliat 
surname  in  America,  and  himself  a  descendant 
of  an  English  family  of  great  antiquity,  dating 
to  Walter  Parsons,  of  Mulso,  Ireland,  1290. 
and  back  of  him  in  England  to  the  time  of  the 
Conquest,  for  the  Parsons  of  Ireland  went 
there  from  h^ngland. 

Cornet  Joseph  Parsons,  son  of  Sir  Thomas 
Parsons,  bart..  and  said  to  have  been  an  officer 
in  the  English  army,  sailed  from  Gravesend. 
England.  July  4.  1635.  in  the  barque  "Trans- 
port." Edward  Walker,  master,  for  Boston, 
and  next  appears  with  William  Pynchon"s  col- 
ony of  planters  who  founded  a  settlement  at 
Agawam.  now  Springfield,  Massachusetts,  in 
the  year  1636.  On  July  15,  of  the  same  year, 
his  name  a]i])ears  as  witness  to  a  deed  of 
cession  from  the  Indians  of  the  Connecticut 
valley  to  Pynchon"s  company,  conveying  to 
them  all  the  lands  in  the  region  of  Springfield, 
for  the  "consideration  of  eighteen  yards  of 
wampum.  18  coats.  18  hatchets,  18  hoes  and 
[8  knives":  but  the  consideratidu  was  fair, 
for  William  was  a  just  man  and  they  who  com- 
prised his  comjiany  of  planters  were  all  just 
and  honorable  men  and  none  others  were  ad- 
mitted inhabitants  of  his  plantation.  Cornet 
Joseph  Parsons  was  born  in  (jreat  Torrington. 
near  Exeter,  Devonshire,  England,  and  on  his 
voyage  to  New  England  was  accompanied  b\' 
his  brother  llenjamin  and  others  of  the  family, 
but  it  is  with  him  and  his  descendants  that  we 
treat  ])articularly  in  these  annals.  lie  was  a 
man  of  considerable  imjKirtance  in  the  planta- 
tion at  /\gawam  and  Springfield,  and.  in  1642. 
he  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  new  planta- 
tion at  Northam])tiin  and  cjue  of  the  first  pur- 
chasers of  Indian  lands  there  in  i')43.  He  was 
a  fur  trader  and  had  the  sole  right  of  barter 
and  traffic  in  furs  in  the  valley,  fijr  which 
right  he  paid  annually  the  sum  of  twelve 
pounds.  He  accumulated  a  large  estate  in 
lands  and  goods.  He  died  October  g,  1683. 
1  le  married,  November  2(S,  1646.  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Margaret  (  Eord  )  Pliss.  of 
Hartford.  Connecticut.  Children:  [oseph.  lx>rn 
Novemljer.  1647:  I'enjamin.  1649.  tiled  same 
year:  John.  August  14,  1650;  Samuel,  January 
-?!•  1653,  settled  in  Durham.  Connecticut: 
Ebenezer.  May  i,  1655,  killed  by  Indians  in 
King  Philip's  war,  September  8,  1675  ;  Jona- 
than, June  6,  1657  ;  David,  April  30.  1659,  died 


yi.iung:  Mary.  June  jj,  1661,  accused  with  the 
heresy  of  witchcraft  and  tried  before  the  court 
of  assistants,  Poston.  May  13.  1692,  and  ac- 
c|uitted  iif  the  charge:  Hannah,  .August  I, 
iri()3  :  Abigail,  September  3,  1666.  married  John 
Cotton :  Hester.  December  24,   1672. 

(  I )  Timothy  Parsons,  a  descendant  of  Cor- 
net Josqjh  Parsons,  was  born  April  7,  t8oi. 
died  in  the  village  of  Maine,  New  York,  April 
18.  1877.  He  came  to  the  above-mentioned 
village  in  1837.  from  Otsego  county.  New 
\"nrk.  and  lived  there  most  of  his  life.  He  was 
a  farmer  and  wagon  maker  by  trade.  He  mar- 
ried. May  24.  1821.  Deborah  Knott,  born  May 
17.  1805.  died  March  i.  1881.  Children: 
Eunice  Amanda,  born  May  16,  1822,  died 
March  3,  1879:  married  Abe  Curtiss ;  Delos 
Timothy.  Octtiber  5,  1823,  died  young:  Will- 
iam Albert:  .Sally,  Eebruary  5.  1827.  died  Eeb- 
ruary  15.  191 1  :  Henry,  deceased:  Walter,  de- 
ceased: Maria,  deceased:  Melissa,  married  M. 
I).  Newton,  lives  in  Downey,  California:  Eva, 
October  24.  1847.  married  h'rank  M,  Perry, 
lives  at   Whitney's  Point.  New  York. 

(  11  I  William  Albert,  son  of  Timothy  F'ar- 
sons.  «as  Ixirn  in  Butternuts,  Otsego  county. 
New  York.  May  i.  1825.  died  July  12,  1905. 
He  removed  with  his  parents  to  the  town  of 
Maine.  Broome  county.  New  York,  when 
twelve  years  of  age.  He  received  a  common 
school  education  and  became  a  farmer.  He 
was  actively  engaged  in  farming  for  about 
forty  years,  but  during  the  later  years  of  his 
life  was  retired.  He  also  had  a  sawmill.  In 
politics  he  was  at  first  a  Republican,  and  later 
a  strong  Prohibitionist.  In  religion  he  was  a 
F!a[)tist.  as  were  all  of  his  family.  He  mar- 
ried. January  2",  1848.  Cynthia  ]\Iaria.  daugh- 
ter of  Adin  and  Emily  L.  (  North)  Ross,  liorn 
in  Candor.  Tioga  county.  December  28.  1830. 
died  March  30,  1904.  Children:  i.  Clarence 
.A.,  born  June  3.  1849:  married,  in  1872,  .Ade- 
laide M.  I'oole.  of  Oswego,  New  York :  is  a 
court  stenographer  in  the  I'nited  States  court, 
and  lives  at  413  West  One  Hundred  and  Fifty- 
fourth  street.  New  York  City  :  children  :  Harry 
K.,  deceased  :  Charles  E.,  Grace  Isabelle,  Clar- 
ence A..  Eva  Louise.  Robert  M..  Florence  Ade- 
laide. 2.  M.  Eva.  born  June  22.  1853.  "i  teacher 
in  Ilion.  New  York.  3.  Minnie  R..  born  De- 
cember 3.  1861.  died  July  21,.  1891  :  married 
Andrew  J.  Doughty.  4.  Son.  born  May  15. 
1864.  f1ied  in  infancy.  5.  Bert  Ross,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill)    Bert    Ross,    son    of    William    Albert 


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Parsons,  was  born  in  Carolina,  Tompkins 
county.  New  York,  August  2,  1872,  and  was 
educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  town,  the 
Candor  Free  Academy,  and  the  Waverly  high 
school.  After  leaving  school  he  was  for  sev- 
eral years  a  bookkeeper.  In  1894-95  he  began 
the  study  of  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr. 
Gamble,  of  Waverly,  and,  in  1896,  entered  the 
Eclectic  Medical  Institute,  Cincinnati,  Ohio, 
from  wdiich  he  graduated  in  1899.  He  then  re- 
turned to  New  York  and  passed  a  successful 
examination  in  the  University  of  the  State  of 
New  York.  In  August,  1899,  he  removed  to 
Marathon,  New  York,  and  commenced  the 
practice  of  his  profession.  He  has  made  his 
liome  there  since.  He  has  been  coroner  of 
Cortland  for  nine  years.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Cortland  County  and  State  Medical  soci- 
eties. He  is  also  a  member  of  the  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows ;  the  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons,  of  Marathon,  also  of  sev- 
eral college  fraternities.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican, and  in  religion  a  Methodist.  He 
married,  October  4,  1899,  Rosabelle  Springer, 
of  Tioga  county,  daughter  of  George  and  Ruth 
Elizabeth  (Stevens)  Springer.  Children:  Harry 
D.,  born  March  8,  1904;  Russell  G.,  Septem- 
ber 25,  1907. 

John  Fish,  immigrant  ancestor,  is 
FISH     believed  to  have  come  to  this  country 

as  early  as  1637,  and  to  have  settled 
first  in  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  In  1655  he  was 
located  in  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  be- 
tween the  above-mentioned  dates,  lived  prob- 
ably in  Stratford,  Connecticut.  He  had  a  home 
lot  and  about  six  acres  of  land  there,  which  he 
sold,  September  29,  1655,  to  John  Willcockson. 
The  location  of  this  lot  is  shown  on  a  map 
drawn  by  Rev.  Benjamin  L.  .Swan,  and  print- 
ed in  tlie  "Hawley  Recor<l,"  page  432,  where 
it  is  marked  as  belonging  to  John  Willcockson. 
The  same  year,  he  removed  to  New  London, 
and  remained  there  for  a  short  time.  In  1668 
he  had  lived  in  Stonington,  Connecticut,  long 
enough  to  become  an  inhabitant  of  that  town. 
This  required  a  two  years'  residence.  At  that 
time  he  was  one  of  the  forty-three  inhabitants 
to  whom  a  house  lot  was  granted.  His  allot- 
ment was  No.  5,  and  was  retained  by  him 
during  his  life.  August  6,  1674,  he  was  act- 
ing town  clerk  at  a  town  meeting.  In  1675  he 
was  one  of  three  hundred  volunteers  from 
Connecticut,  in  King  Philip's  war,  and,  in 
1700,  received  for  his  services  a  grant  of  land 


in  the  town  of  Voluntown,  which  had  been  set 
aside  for  the  Indian  war  volunteers.  As  he 
had  then  been  dead  for  a  number  of  years,  the 
grant  came  into  the  possession  of  his  son  Sam- 
uel, who  in  his  will  divided  it  between  his  own 
sons,  Moses  and  Aaron.  It  is  still  owned  by 
their  descendants. 

August  22,  1679,  John  Fish  was  chosen  and 
unanimously  voted  school-master  for  the  town 
of  Stonington,  to  instruct  children  in  reading, 
writing,  arithmetic  and  grammar.  December 
5,  1680,  he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Con- 
gregational church  of  Stonington.  He  was  a 
land  surveyor  and  laid  out  many  of  the  public 
grants  of  Stonington.  In  this  work  his  brother- 
in-law,  Gershom  Palmer,  was  associated  with 
him  during  the  years  1680-81.  By  grant  and 
purchase,  he  became  proprietor  of  consider- 
able tracts  of  land  in  Groton  and  Stonington 
and  other  neighboring  towns.  He  married 
(first) Eland,  who'  belonged  to  an  an- 
cient and  honorable  family  of  Yorkshire,  Eng- 
land. August  25,  1681,  he  married  Widow- 
Hannah  (Palmer)  (Hewitt)  Sterry.  She  was 
a  daughter  of  Walter  and  Rebecca  (Short) 
Palmer,  and  married,  April  26,  1659,  Captain 
Thomas  Hewitt,  who  was  a  sea-faring  man. 
and  never  returned  from  one  of  his  voyages. 
In  1670  she  petitioned  the  general  court  for 
permission  to  marry  again,  and,  on  December 
2"],  1 67 1,  married  (second)  Roger  Sterry.  The 
latter  died  before  1680,  and  she  married 
(third),  as  above  stated,  John  Fish.  Children 
of  John  Fish,  all  by  first  wife:  John;  Jona- 
than ;  Samuel,  bom  1656,  mentionetl  below : 
Mary.  The  records  of  the  Congregational 
church  at  Stonington  ^how  the  baptisms  of 
Samuel,  Mary  and  John,  March  13,  1680,  all 
of  whom  were  adults  at  that  time. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Fish,  was  born  in 
1656,  accortling  to  his  gravestone  record,  it  is 
supposed  in  New  London,  and  died  February 
27.  1733-  He  was  a  soldier  in  King  Philip's 
war,  and  received,  in  1700,  as  a  return  for  his 
military  service,  a  grant  of  land  in  Voluntown. 
This  grant   he  afterwards  bequeathed   to  his 

son  Samuel.   He  married  (first)  Sarah , 

who  died  December  11,  1722,  aged  sixty-two 
years.  He  married  (second)  Widow  Dorothy 
(Wheeler)  Smith.  Both  he  and  his  first  wife 
arc  buried  in  the  old  Packer  burying-ground  in 
Groton,  Connecticut.  Children:  Samuel,  bap- 
tized April  18,  1695,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 
baptized  April  18,  1695 ;  David,  baptized  April 
18,  1695,  married,  March  30,  1721,  Grace  Pal- 


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nier;  Margaret,  baptized  April  i8,  1695,  mar- 
ried Gideon  Cobb :  John,  baptized  November 
8,  1696,  married,  July  19,  1726,  Esther  John- 
son, died  July  4,  1782. 

(III)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Fish, 
was  baptized  April  18,  1695,  died  January  20, 

1724.     He  married  Sarah .     Children: 

Captain  John,  born  about  1712;  Captain  Dan- 
iel, 1714;  Sarah,  married Morse:  Eliz- 
abeth, married Rose  ;  Samuel,  mention- 
ed below ;  Jane,  married  Rev.  Timothy  Wight- 
man. 

(IV)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Fish, 
was  born  about  1720,  at  Stonington.  The  rec- 
ords of  his  family  are  not  available,  but  it  is 
thought  that  he  was  the  father  of  Elias,  men- 
tioned below.  In  1790,  according  to  the  first 
federal  census,  there  were  ten  families  of  Fish 
in  New  London  county.  Aaron  and  Sprague 
Fish  were  neighbors :  Samuel,  John  and  John 
Jr.  lived  in  the  same  vicinity,  and  Nathan  and 
Sands.  The  size  of  the  families  and  ages  of 
children  indicate  that  Nathan,  Ambrose  and 
Aaron  were  probably  a  generation  older  than 
the  others.  John,  John  Jr.,  Samuel,  Ebenezer, 
Sands,  Sprague  and  Elias  had  no  sons  over 
sixteen  years  in  their  families.  Elias  is  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Elias,  son  or  nephew  of  Samuel  (3) 
Fish,  born  1760-65,  had  one  son  under  sixteen 
and  two  females  in  his  family,  in  1790.  The 
names  next  his  on  the  census,  which  was  evi- 
dently taken  according  to  residence,  were  those 
of  Joseph  Holley  and  Increase  Stoddard.  He 
was  a  sea-faring  man,  and  followed  the  sea  for 
many  years,  also  working  at  the  trade  of  ship- 
carpenter.  In  later  life  he  settled  in  Otsego 
county,  New  York,  where,  after  farming  some 
years,  he  died.  Children :  Samuel,  Gurdon, 
Jerry,  Eldridge ;  Laura,  born  1803,  married 
Dr.  Gerrit  P.  Judd,  son  of  Dr.  Elnathan  Judd, 
of  Paris,  New  York,  and  they  lived,  for  many 
years,  as  missionaries  in  Honolulu,  Hawaiian 
Islands:  Sybil,  married  James  Tracy. 

(VI)  Eldridge,  son  of  Elias  Fish,  was  born 
November  22,  1798;  died  October  10,  1865,  in 
Cortland  county,  New  York.  He  lived  at 
Schuyler  Lake,  Otsego  county.  New  York,  and 
at  Solon.  He  was  a  lay  preacher,  or  exhorter, 
in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  an  earnest 
Abolitionist,  and  a  man  of  strong  convictions 
and  strict  piety.  He  followed  farming  for  a 
vocation.  He  married,  August  27,  1821,  Bet- 
sey Taft,  born  at  Schuyler  Lake,  August  11, 
1800,    died    May,    1871,    daughter    of    Daniel 


Taft,  a  descendant  of  Robert  Taft,  of  Mendon, 
Worcester  county,  Massachusetts,  from  whom 
President  Taft  also  descends.  Children:  i. 
Prosper  W.,  born  July  26,  1822,  died  in  Cali- 
fornia, August  16,  1901.  2.  Eunice,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1824,  died  October,  1861.  3.  Laura, 
born  September  9,  1826,  died  May,  1898.     4. 

Bessie,  born  183 1  ;  married  Barnett.   5. 

Edwin  R.,  born  March  4,  1835,  died  in  the 
service  in  the  civil  war,  November  3,  1863.  6. 
Susan  A.,  born  July  9,  1838.  died  January  8, 
1S99.    7.  James  Elias,  mentioned  below. 

(\TI)  Rev.  James  Elias  Fish,  son  of  Eld- 
ridge Fish,  was  born  in  Solon,  Cortland  county. 
New  York,  August  28,  1842.  He  attended  the 
[Hiblic  schools  at  Solon  and  McGrav\'ville,  and 
then  studied  for  the  ministry.  From  1888  to 
1896  he  was  engaged  in  evangelistic  work,  and, 
in  the  meantime,  studied,  in  order  to  prepare 
for  the  ministry,  and,  in  1897,  was  ordained  in 
the  Congregational  church,  at  Lester,  Broome 
county.  New  York.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Con- 
gregational church,  at  Lester,  until  October  21, 
1901,  and  since  then  he  has  supplied  churches 
at  Lapeer,  Cincinnatus,  Whitney's  P'oint  and 
Cortland.  New  York.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
to  volunteer  in  response  to  the  call  of  Presi- 
dent Lincoln,  at  the  beginning  of  the  civil  war, 
and,  September  9,  1861,  he  was  mustered  into 
the  service,  in  Company  A,  Tenth  New  York 
Cavalry.  His  regiment  was  attached  to  the 
Army  of  the  Potomac,  and  he  took  part  in  the 
battles  of  Fredericksburg,  Brandy  Station,  Mid- 
dleburg.  Gettysburg,  and  others  of  importance. 
He  was  discharged  for  disability,  in  October, 

1863- 

Air.  Pish  studied  medicine  for  two  years 
and  a  half,  when  a  young  man,  and  afterward 
he  continued  his  experiments,  until  he  perfect- 
ed the  formula,  which,  for  the  past  thirty 
years,  he  has  had  on  the  market  under  the 
trade  name  of  Wormwood  Ointment.  The 
business  of  manufacturing  the  proprietary 
article  has  become  one  of  the  leading  industries 
of  the  town  of  Marathon,  and  the  product  has 
a  large  sale  in  all  parts  of  the  country,  and 
testimonials  of  its  worth  have  been  received 
from  many  diliferent  states.  Mr.  Fish  is  a 
member  of  Hiram  Clark  Post,  No.  154,  Grand 
Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Marathon.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  an  independent. 

He  married  (first),  February  3,  1864,  Alice 
E.  May,  born  August  2.  1845,  fl'^"^'  February 
2,  1886,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Catherine 
(Rose)    May.     He  married   (second),  March 


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27.  1888,  Mattie  L.  Pierce,  of  Hamilton,  Madi- 
son county.  New  York,  daughter  of  William 
and  Charlotte  ( Waj- )  Pierce,  of  Otselic  Cen- 
ter, Chenango  county.  Children  of  first  wife: 
I.  Edwin,  born  February  10,  1865,  resides  in 
Ijuffalo;  married  limma  Kern,  and  has  two 
children — Alice  and  Alva.  2.  Frederick  U.. 
born  P'ebruary  21,  1867,  an  artist,  lives  at 
Canastota.  New  York;  married  Lizzie  Harri- 
son, daughter  of  Rev.  George  Harrison,  and 
has  one  child — Earl.  3.  X'innie,  born  May  4, 
1876;  married  Charles  Morgan,  of  Toledo, 
Ohio,  son  of  (ieneral  Morgan:  child — Charles 
Morgan.  4.  P.essie,  born  .\ugust  28,  1882: 
married  Arthur  Stolberg :  no  children. 


The  name  Bouton  is  of  French 
BOUTON     origin,  and  from  1350,  for  two 

centuries,  the  court  records  of 
France  abound  with  the  name.  Nicholas  Bou- 
ton, who  bore  the  title  of  Coimt  Chanilly, 
Baron  Montague  de  Naton.  was  born  about 
1580,  and  was  the  father  of  Harard  and  John, 
twins,  and  Noel,  all  of  whom  were  Huguenots 
and  refugees  during  the  persecutions  of  the 
Protestants  by  the  Catholics.  Noel  afterwards 
returned  to  France,  where  he  distinguished 
himself,  and  was  subsequently  made  Marshal 
of  all  I'Vance. 

(I)  Tohn  Bouton,  immigrant  ancestor,  sail- 
ed from  Gravesend,  England,  July,  1635,  and 
landed  in  Boston,  Massachusetts,  in  December 
of  that  year.  He  was  then  aged  twenty.  He 
lived  first  in  Boston,  then  in  Watertown,  and 
early  in  the  settlement  of  Hartford,  Coimecti- 
cut,  removed  there.  In  1651  he  removed  again 
to  Norwalk,  Connecticut,  where  he  became  an 
influential  citizen.  In  1671,  and  for  several 
years  after,  he  was  a  representative  in  the 
general  court  of  Connecticut,  and  held  other 

offices  in  Norwalk.     He  married  Alice , 

who  survived  him,  and  married  (second)  Mat- 
thew Marvin,  as  his  second  wife.  Her  will 
was  dated  December  i,  1680,  and  mentioned 
her  son,  John  Bouton ;  daughters,  Bridget  Kel- 
logg, Abigail  Bouton.  Rachel  .Smith,  and  grand- 
children, Ruth  and  Rachel  Piouton,  and  Sarah 
Brinsmcad.  Among  their  children  were :  John, 
mentioned  below;  Richard,  born  about  if'3(), 
died  in  Norwalk,  June  27,  1665,  married  Ruth 

;  liridgct,  born  about  1642,  marrieil,  in 

1660,  Daniel  Kellogg,  lived  in  Stockbridge. 
Massachusetts. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  ISouton, 
married   (first)   .Abigail,  daughter  of  Mattliew 


Marvin,  by  a  first  wife.  She  was  born  at 
Hartford,  about  1640,  and  was  living  in  1680, 
when  she  was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  her  step- 
mother, .Alice  Marvin,  formerly  wife  of  John 
I'outon  (  I ).  Hemarried  (  second)  MarySteven- 
son.  He  lived  in  Norwalk.  His  will  was  dated 
December  25,  ijof),  and  he  died  between  that 
date  and  February  18,  1706-07.  In  his  will  he 
mentioned  wife  Mary,  sons  John,  Matthew, 
Joseph,  Thomas,  Richard  and  daughters  Rachel, 
.\bigail,  Mary  and  Elizabeth.  Children,  born  in 
Norwalk:  John,  September  30,  1659,  mention- 
ed below  ;  Matthew,  December  24.  1661  :  Rachel. 
December  16,  1667;  Abigail,  April  1.  1670; 
Mary,  May  26,  1671  :  Joseph,  about  1674: 
Thomas,  about  1676:  Elizabeth,  1679:  Rich- 
ard, 1680. 

(Ill)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Bouton, 
was  born  in  Norwalk,  September  30,  1659, 
died  before  January  2,  1704-05.  His  estate 
was  divided  November  21,  1705.  among  "six 
children  living."  The  si.xth  was  probably  Dan- 
iel. Matthew,  his  brother,  and  John,  his  son. 
were  administrators.  He  settled  in  Norwalk, 
where  he  c)wned  land  jointly  with  his  brother 
Matthew,  which  he  sold,  January  25,  1693. 
The  town  records  of  Danbury  show  that  he 
owned  land  there,  and  those  of  New  Canaan 
that   he    was   among   the   constituents   of   the 

Society    of   that   place.      He   married    

Children :  John,  over  twenty-one  at 


time  of  inventory,  married  Sarah,  daughter  of 
Jakin  Gregory,  mentioned  in  his  grandfather's 
will:  Abigail,  born  1689:  Mary,  1692;  Na- 
thaniel, 1695:  Eleazer,  1701-02;  Daniel,  1705. 

(IV)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  (3)  Bouton, 
was  born  in  Norwalk,  J695.  He  was  one  of 
the  constituents  of  New  Canaan.  In  his  will, 
dated  1775,  he  makes  no  mention  of  his  son 
John  and  daughter  Rebecca,  who  probably  died 
before  that  date.     He  married  (first)  Hannah 

;    (second)    Mary .      Children, 

born  in  New  Canaan :  Flannah,  November  24. 
1721:  .Abigail,  February  28.  1723;  Nathaniel, 
September  6,  1726;  Samuel,  April  11,  1730; 
Jehiel,  February  17,  1732:  Mary,  November 
II.  1734:  John,  July  23,  1737;  Daniel,  October 
24,  1740:  Rebecca,  1742. 

(\')  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (1) 
P.outon.  was  born  in  New  Canaan,  September 
6,  1726.  He  married  (first),  April  13,  1755, 
Lydia  Penoyer,  born  .April  15,  1724.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Rachel  Kellogg,  of  Norwalk. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Nathaniel,  baptized 
.September  7,  1756:  James,  bajitizcd  December 


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4,  1757;  Lydia.  baptized  May,  1761,  married 
Elnathan  Weed  (see  Weed  V)  ;  Mary,  bap- 
tized October  2,  1763.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Enos,  born  February  2-j ,  1770;  Nathan- 
iel, born  Poundridge,  New  York,  1778;  James, 
born  Poundridge,  married  Abby  Baker ;  Eli- 
asaph,  born  Poundridge,  married  Polly  Slau- 
son  ;  Daughter,  married  Samuel  Young  ;  Eliza, 
born  Poundridge ;  Rachel,  born  ]\)undridge, 
married  Simeon  Luce. 

(TIk-    Weed    Line). 

(I)  Jonas  Weed,  immigrant  ancestor,  came 
from  England  in  the  company  of  Sir  Richard 
Saltonstall,  in  1630,  and  settled  first  at  Water- 
town,  Massachusetts.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man. May  18,  1631,  and  was  dismissed  from 
the  church  at  Watertown  to  that  at  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut.  March  24.  1636.  He  set- 
tled about  1642,  in  Stamford,  Connecticut.  His 
will  was  dated  November  16,  1672,  and  his 
inventory  was  dated  June,  1676.  He  bequeath- 
ed to  his  children :  John,  Daniel,  Jonas,  Sam- 
uel and  four  daughters.  Children :  John,  mar- 
ried Joanna  Westcoat.  and  Hved  in  Stam- 
ford :  Daniel,  mentioned  below  ;  Jonas,  mar- 
ried r)ethia  Hawley  ;  Samuel ;  Mary,  married 
Ceorge  Abbott;  Dorcas,  married  James 
Wright;  Hannah,  married  Benjamin  Hovt ; 
Sarah. 

(H)  Daniel,  son  of  Jonas  Weed,  was  born 
about  1650,  probably  at  Stamford.  He  lived 
in  Stamford  and  in  the  adjacent  town  of  Rye, 
Westchester  county,  New  York,  where,  before 
his  death,  according  to  probate  records,  he  had 
been  living  for  twenty  years.  He  died  No- 
vember 29,  1697,  and  the  probate  records  give 
the  ages  of  the  children  in  1698,  from  which 
their  dates  of  birth  are  computed,  viz :  Sarah, 
born  November  18,  1675;  Abraham,  August 
18,  1680;  Daniel,  mentioned  below:  Ebenezer, 
October  22,  1692  ;  Nathaniel,  October  22,  1696. 
(HI)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Weed, 
was  born  March  19,  1685,  according  to  the 
probate  records,  which  state  that  he  was  thir- 
teen years  old,  March  19.   i6g8.     He  married 

Elizabeth .  Children,  born  in  Stamford: 

Ekiniel.  November  12,  1709;  Elizabeth,  Febru- 
ary 16,  1711-12;  Hezekiah,  September,  171 5; 
Reuben,  mentioned  below ;  Deborah,  May  2, 
1724;  Nehemiah. 

(IV)  Reuben,  .son  of  Daniel  (2)  Weed, 
was  born  at  Stamford,  October,  1717.  He 
married  there,  June  28,  1738,  Lydia  Hawley. 
Qiildren,  born  at  Stamford:  Reuben,   Febru- 


ary 3,  1740;  Abigail,  December  3,  1741  ;  John, 
March  21,  1742-43;  Eliphalet,  April  28,  1745; 
Lydia,  December  31,  1749;  Sarah,  February 
23-  1755  :  Elnathan,  mentioned  below. 

( \' )  Elnathan,  son  of  Reuben  Weed,  was 
born  at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  April  14,  1758, 
died  April  11,  1844.  He  removed  to  Pound- 
ridge, Westchester  county.  New  York,  and 
served  in  the  American  army  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war.  He  married  Lydia  Bouton,  of 
Poundridge  (see  Bouton  V).  She  was  bom 
March  26,  1761.  Children:  Jared,  born  April 
8,  1783;  Stephen,  mentioned  below;  Betsey, 
April  30,  1788;  Sally  Hoyt,  October  12,  1790; 
Elnathan,  November  11,  1792;  Abigail,  Octo- 
ber 30,  1796;  Samuel,  December  14,  1799; 
Mary  Anna,  January  12,  1801  ;  Louisa,  March 
7,  1803;  Joseph  W.,  July  19,  1806. 

(VI)  Stephen,  son  of  Elnathan  Weed,  was 
born  September  8,  1785,  died  August  9,  1859. 
He  married,  about  1805,  Julia  Waring.  Chil- 
dren:  Diantha,  married  William  Doubleday: 
Julia  .\nn,  married  Charles  VV.  Sanford;  Har- 
riet, married  \Villiam  Boyd  ;  Betsey,  mention- 
ed below  ;  Waring,  married  Mary  Ayers  ;  Alex- 
anler,  married  Jennie  Cowan  ;  Mary  Louisa. 

(VII)  Betsey,  daughter  of  Stephen  Weed, 
was  born  March  3,  1813.    She  married,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1840,  Rev.  Samuel  Webster  Bush,  who 
was  born  in  1806,  in  Fairfax  county,  Virginia, 
and  was  brought  up  in  Albany,  New  York,  in 
the  Webster   family,  and  was  educated  there 
in   the   public   schools.      He   studied   law   and 
after  he   was  admitted   to  the  bar,  practiced 
for   a    few   years.      He   decided,   however,   to 
enter  the  ministry  and  took  up  the  study  of 
theology  at  the  Auburn  Theological  Seminary. 
Flis  finst  pastorate  was  at  Binghamton,  New 
York,  in  charge  of  the  Congregational  church. 
Subsequently   he    was   pastor   at    Skaneateles, 
New  York,  where  he  was  located   for  seven 
years ;    at    Norwich,    New    York,    where    he 
preached  three   years ;  at   Cooperstown,   New 
York,    eight   years.      Afterwards   he    returned 
to  Binghamton,  and  during  the  last  years  of 
his  life  was  chaplain  of  the  Inebriate  Asylum 
there.      He   died   at    Binghamton,   March   20, 
1877.     Of  great  scholarly  and  literary  attain- 
ments, Mr.  Bush  had  a  most  winning  person- 
ality   and    devout    pious    character,    and    was 
greatly  beloved  by  his  parishioners. 

Children:  Julia  Charlotte  Bush,  born  April 

13,  1842,  now  residing  in  Binghamton;  Mary 
Louisa  Bush,  born  January  18,1844,  flied  July 

14.  1881  ;  Frances  Bush,  born   May  30,   1850, 


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resides  in  Binghamton  ;  Arthur  Sanford  Web- 
ster Bush,  born  April  29,  1859,  resides  in 
Binghamton. 

The  Hilton  family  is  of  old  Eng- 
HILTON     lish    origin.      The    first    of    the 

name  in  this  country  were  two 
brothers,  William,  mentioned  below,  and  Ed- 
ward, who  came  over  from  London  with  Mr. 
David  Thompson,  in  1623,  to  begin  a  planta- 
tion at  Piscataqua.  The  place  of  settlement 
was  at  Dover  Neck,  seven  miles  from  Ports- 
mouth, in  the  limits  of  New  Hampshire.  They 
were  all  fishmongers  by  trade,  and  were  sent 
over  not  only  to  fish,  but  also  to  plant  vine- 
yards, discover  mines,  etc.  Exhaustive  search 
of  the  records  of  the  Fishmongers'  Company, 
of  London,  by  Charles  H.  Pope,  in  1907,  failed 
to  reveal  the  names  of  the  three  men,  but  a  tax 
roll  of  London,  made  in  1641,  brought  to  light 
by  Mr.  Gerald  Fothergill  (see  "New  Eng. 
Reg.,"  Ixi),  gives  the  name  of  Edward  Hilton 
in  the  list  of  fishmongers,  with  the  memo- 
randum "Newe  England"  after  it.  This  indi- 
cates that  Edward  had  certainly  been  in  busi- 
ness in  London  and  had  continued  the  sale  and 
shipment  of  fish  to  a  recent  date.  No  trace 
of  his  native  parish  or  his  ancestry  have  been 
found.  He  was  the  leader  of  the  little  planta- 
tion, and  received  the  patent  for  the  land — the 
Squamscott  Patent — as  it  was  called,  includ- 
ing what  is  now  known  as  Dover,  Durham, 
Stratham,  and  parts  of  Newington  and  Cjreen- 
land,  etc.  The  council  for  New  England  "for 
and  in  consideration  that  Edward  Hilton  and 
his  Associates  hath  already  sundry  servants 
to  plant  in  New  England  at  a  point  called  by 
the  natives  Wecanacohunt  otherwise  Hilton's 
Point,  lying  some  two  leagues  from  the  mouth 
of  the  river  Piscatacjuack  *  *  where  they  have 
already  built  some  houses  and  planted  cornc. 
And  for  that  he  doth  fiu-ther  intend  by  Divine 
Assistance  to  transport  thither  more  people 
and  cattle  *  *  *  a  work  which  may  especially 
tend  to  the  propagation  of  Religion  and  to  the 
great  Increase  of  Trade  *  *  convey  to  him 
all  that  part  of  the  River  Pascataquack  call- 
ed or  known  by  the  name  of  Wecanacohunt  or 
Hilton's  Point  *  *  with  the  south  side  of 
the  River  and  three  miles  into  the  Maine  land 
by  all  the  breadth  aforesaid,"  etc.  Possession 
was  given  in  the  name  of  the  Council  by  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Wiggin  and  others,  July  7,  163 1. 
(Suj).  Court  files,  New  Eng.  Reg.,  xxiv.,  264). 
Part  of  this  land  was  sold  to  individual  set- 


tlers, part  to  the  Lords  Say  and  Brook  and 
some  to  New  England  gentlemen.  Edward 
Hilton  settled  in  Exeter,  after  some  time,  and 
signed  the  petition  of  its  inhabitants  in  the 
year  1642.  That  same  year,  he  was  appointed 
by  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Government  one  of 
the  local  justices  of  the  court,  sitting  with  the 
magistrates  on  the  highest  questions  and  act- 
ing by  themselves  in  cases  not  beyond  certain 
limits.  On  account  of  this  office,  the  general 
court  held  him  to  be  exempt  from  taxation,  in 
1669.  He  filled  other  important  offices  and 
was  highly  honored  in  the  colonies.  In  1653, 
he  had  a  grant  of  lanH  com]:)rising  the  whole 
village  of  Newfields,  wdiich  was  made  to  him 
in  return  for  his  setting  up  a  sawmill,  and  a 
considerable  part  of  this  later  grant  has  re- 
mained to  this  day  in  the  possession  of  his 
descendants.  He  was  selectman  of  Exeter 
from  1645  nearly  every  year  up  to  1652.  In 
1657,  he  was  one  of  the  committee  of  two 
from  that  town  to  meet  the  committee  from 
Dover  to  settle  the  bounds  between  the  two 
towns.  He  has  been  called  "The  Father  of 
New  Hampshire."  He  died  early  in  1671. 
The  name  of  his  first  wife  is  unknown.  He 
married  (second)  Jane,  daughter  of  Hon.  Alex- 
ander Shepley. 

A  possible  clue  to  the  ancestry  of  Hilton  is 
found  m  the  record  of  a  suit  brought  in  the 
Piscata(|ua  court  by  William  Hilton,  April  4, 
1642,  respecting  a  payment  to  "Mr.  Richard 
Hilton  of  Norwich  (  Northwich)."  Mr.  H.  F. 
Waters  found  a  record  at  Wotten-undcr-edge. 
Gloucestershire,  England,  of  the  baptism  of  a 
child  of  Richard  Hilton,  "coming  out  of  New 
England." 

(I)  William  Hilton,  immigrant  ancestor,  of 
this  branch,  and  brother  of  Edward,  came  from 
London  to  Plymouth,  Massachusetts,  in  the 
"Fortune,"  November  11,  1621.  Soon  after 
his  arrival,  he  wrote  a  letter  of  great  historical 
and  personal  interest,  published  by  Captain 
John  Smith  in  his  "New  England  Trialls,"  in 
the  edition  of  1622.  His  wife  and  two  children 
followed  him  in  the  "Anne,"  July  or  August, 
1623,  but  their  names  are  not  known.  In  the 
allotment  of  land,  1623,  he  received  one  acre, 
and  his  wife  and  children  three  acres.  He 
was  in  Plymouth  in  1624,  but  as  his  name  does 
not  appear  in  the  list  of  those  present  at  the 
division  in  1627,  it  is  probable  that  he  had  re- 
moved before  that  date,  to  the  settlements  on 
the  Piscataqua.  July  7,  1631,  he  was  one  of 
the   witnesses   to   the   livery   of   seizin   to   his 


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brother  Edward,  of  the  lands  embraced  in  the 
Squamscott  of  Hilton's  Patent,  dated  March 
12,  1629-30.  December  4,  1639,  he  was  grant- 
ed land  on  the  other  side  of  the  river,  and, 
February  3,  1640,  it  was  agreed  at  Exeter,  that 
"Mr.  William  Hilton  is  to  enjoy  those  marshes 
in  Oyster  River  which  formerly  he  had  pos- 
session of  and  still  are  in  his  possession."  He 
was  made  freeman,  Alay  19,  1642,  antl  that 
same  year,  had  a  grant  of  land  of  twenty  acres, 
at  Dover.  In  1644,  he  was  deputy  to  the  gen- 
eral court  at  Boston  from  Dover.  About  this 
time,  he  removed  to  Kittery  Point,  Maine.  At 
a  court  held  at  Gorgeana,  June  27,  1648,  he 
was  licensed  to  keep  the  ordinary  at  the  mouth 
of  the  F'iscataqua,  and  also  to  run  a  ferry.  He 
removed  to  York,  alj<jut  165 1,  and,  November 
22,  1652,  when  the  Massachusetts  Commission- 
ers arrived  there  to  receive  the  submission  of 
the  inhabitants  he  was  one  of  the  fifty  persons 
who  acknowledged  themselves  subject  to  the 
government  of  Massachusetts  Bay  and  took 
the  oath  of  freemen.  At  a  town  meeting,  held 
at  York,  December  8,  1652,  it  was  ordered  that 
he  should  have  the  use  of  the  ferry  for  twenty- 
one  years.  He  was  selectman.  1652-53-54,  and 
had  grants  of  land  from  the  town,  July  4,  1653, 
and  June  4,   1654.     His  first  wife  was  Anne 

,  who  came  over  in  1623.   It  is  supposed 

that  he  had  a  second  wife,  Frances,  who,  after 
his  death,  married  Richard  White.  He  died 
1655  or  1656,  and  letters  of  administration 
were  granted  June  30,  1656,  to  Richard  White. 
His  children  were:  William,  mentioned  below, 
and  periiaps  others. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Hil- 
ton, lived  in  York.  He  had  a  grant  of  land 
from  the  town,  August  25,  1679,  and  others,  at 
later  dates.  He  married  Ann,  whose  maiden 
name  may  have  been  Beale.  He  died  between 
March,  1699,  and  June,  1700.  His  wife  sur- 
vived him.  Children :  William,  mentioned 
l)elow  ;  Hannah,  married  (first),  about  1708, 
John  Cole,  (second)  Mark  Shepard ;  Ben- 
jamin :  Dorcas,  married  Samuel  Moor ;  prob- 
ably others. 

(III)  William  (3),  son  of  William  (2) 
Hilton,  was  born  about  1679,  i"  Dover,  New 
Hampshire,  or  York,  Maine.  He  received  sev- 
eral grants  of  land  in  York,  in  1702-03,  and,  in 
171 1,  was  still  a  resident  of  that  town,  styling 
himself  fisherman.  He  bought  land  in  Man- 
chester, Massachusetts,  November  22,  1709, 
and  had  a  dwelling-house  in  that  part  called 
Black   Cove.      He  bought   other   land   adjoin- 


ing. September  30,  17 14,  and  is  then  called 
of  Manchester,  fisherman  and  coaster.  He 
hatl  also  a  dwelling-house  at  Muscongus  and 
bought  land  there,  February  i,  1719-20.  He 
appears  to  have  been  extensively  engaged 
in  the  fisheries  and  coasting  trade  of  the  latter 
town,  made  great  improvements  and  owned  a 
large  stock  of  cattle  there.  December  i,  1715, 
he  was  made  one  of  a  committee  to  procure  a 
minister  for  Manchester,  and,  March  12,  1715- 
16,  was  one  of  the  selectmen.  He  was  also 
one  of  the  tythingmen  in  17 17,  and,  in  1718, 
one  of  the  "Chow  erds  and  feld  Driveers." 
He  married,  June  2,  1699,  Margaret  Stilson, 
daughter  of  James  and  Margaret  (Gould) 
Stilson,  born  in  1679,  died  in  Manchester,  No- 
vember, 1763.  She  married,  December  8, 
1727,  John  Allen,  who  died  about  1737.  Her 
mother  was  Margaret  Gould,  daughter  of  Alex- 
ander and  Margaret  (Brown)  Gould,  born  in 
New  Harbor,  now  Bristol,  Maine,  about  1659. 
Her  grandmother,  Margaret  Brown  was  the 
daughter  of  John  and  Margaret  (daughter  of 
Frances  Hayward)  Brown.  John  Brown  was 
the  son  of  Richard  Brown,  of  Barton  Regis, 
Gloucester,  England,  and  settled  in  Pemaquid, 
at  the  head  of  New  Harbor,  now  Bristol, 
Maine. 

About  1686,  1687  or  1688,  Margaret  Stilson 
was  captured  by  the  Indians,  together  with  her 
mother  and  brother  James,  and  carried  to  Can- 
ada. At  the  same  time,  her  father,  James  Stil- 
son, was  fired  upon  and  killed  when  crossing 
the  water  at  Muscongus  in  a  canoe,  and  the 
youngest  child,  a  baby  in  arms,  was  burned  to 
death.  The  mother,  after  remaining  in  cap- 
tivity for  several  years,  was  released,  and  mar- 
ried in  Marblehead.  March  30,  1696,  Thomas 
Pitman,  and  died  January,  1750.  The  two 
children  remained  in  Canada  several  years 
longer,  but  were  finally  ransomed.  James  re- 
moved to  Newcastle  and  Portsmouth,  New 
Hampshire. 

William  Hilton  died  in  Manchester,  June 
21.  1723,  and  was  buried  in  the  old  burying- 
ground  there.  The  inscription  on  his  grave- 
stone called  him  lieutenant.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth, baptized  in  Marblehead,  December  8, 
1700:  Stilson;  Mary,  baptized  in  Marblehead, 
April  16,  1704;  Margaret,  baptized  in  Marble- 
head, May  26,  1706:  Joshua,  baptized  in  Mar- 
blehead, March  14,  1707-08;  William,  men- 
tioned below ;  Samuel,  born  in  Manchester, 
May  16,  1713;  Thomas,  baptized  in  Marble- 
head,   August    14,    1715;    Benjamin,    born    in 


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Manchester,  August  27,  1717;  Amos,  baptized 
in  Marblehead,  March  12,  1720-21. 

(IV)  W'iUiam  (4),  son  of  William  (3)  Hil- 
ton, was  born  in  Manchester,  Massachusetts, 
and  married  there,  December  i,  1731,  Alary 
Lee.  He  is  supposed  to  have  lived  on  his 
father's  homestead,  at  Muscongus,  and  to  have 
carried  on  farming  at  Broad  Cove,  the  com- 
munication between  the  two  places  being  by 
water.  In  the  summer  of  1758,  he  and  his 
three  sons,  William,  Richard  and  John,  had 
just  landed  at  the  latter  place,  and  were  on 
their  way  to  the  farm,  when  they  were  fired 
upon  by  Indians  in  ambush.  William  was  shot 
flead,  and  the  father  was  badly  wounded  in  the 
knee  by  an  Indian  who  had  rushed  forward 
and  seized  William's  loaded  gun  as  the  latter 
fell.  Richard  discharged  his  gun  at  one  of 
the  Indians  and  wounded  him  in  one  knee,  so 
that  he  was  a  cripple  for  life.  Many  years 
afterwards,  the  same  Indian,  then  very  old 
and  lame,  visited  the  place,  and  affirmed  that 
his  lameness  was  occasioned  by  a  shot  from 
a  white  man,  at  the  very  spot  where  this  fight 
occurred.  The  two  sons,  with  their  father, 
made  their  way  back  to  Muscongus,  where  the 
latter  died  from  the  wound  shortly  after.  The 
body  of  William  was  buried  on  the  bank  where 
he  was  killed,  but  was  many  years  later,  taken 
up  and  reinterred  in  the  same  coffin  with  the 
body  of  his  brother  Richard.  Children,  born 
in  Manchester:  Mary,  .August  26,  1732;  Will- 
iam, December  29,  1734;  James,  June  27,  1737, 
mentioned  below;  Richard,  September  i,  (?) 
1739;  Anna,  December  12,  1741.  Children 
born  after  the  parents  left  Manchester:  John, 
whose  only  daughter  married  Thomas  Hilton ; 
Ebenezer,  died  at  the  age  of  four;  Ruth,  mar- 
ried (finst)  Enoch  Avery,  (second)  Samuel 
Waters,  Esq. ;  Elizabeth,  baptized  in  Manches- 
ter, August  12,  1750;  Joseph,  settled  in  New 
Milford;  Mathias,  died  young. 

(V)  James,  son  of  William  (4)  Hilton,  was 
born  at  Manchester,  Massachusetts,  June  27, 
1737,  and  was  bajitized  July  10  following.  He 
removed  with  the  family,  about  1742,  to  Bristol, 

Maine.     He  married  Sarah  .     He  died 

at  Bristf)l  and  his  will  was  dated  July  2,  1799, 
and  the  inventory  was  dated  September  2  fol- 
lowing. The  will  be(|ucathed  to  children — 
William,  Mary  Merritt,  Jane,  James,  John, 
Margaret,  Sarah,  Susan,  IClizabeth,  Nancy, 
Joshua  and  Joseph.  In  1798  William,  Joshua 
and  John,  of  this  family,  were  taxed  in  Bristol, 
in  the  United  .States  direct  tax.    Children,  born 


at  Bremen  (Bristol):  William,  born  July  4, 
1760;  Mary,  May  4,  1762;  Jane,  August  16, 
1764;  James,  December  16,  1766;  John,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Joshua,  in  Bristol,  July  10,  1770, 
resided  in  Bremen;  Joseph,  July  18,  1772; 
Samuel,  November  6,  1775;  Margaret,  March 

14.  1777- 

(V'l)  John,  son  of  James  Hilton,  was  born 
at  P)ristol,  Maine,  March  10,  1768,  and  died 
at  Bremen,  May  9,  1833;  married  Sally  Blunt, 
who  was  born  at  Bristol,  April  6,  1767,  and 
died  at  Bremen,  February  16,  1841,  daughter 
of  Ebenezer  and  Catherine  Blunt.  He  resided 
at  I'remen,  and,  in  1790,  had,  according  to  the 
first  federal  census,  three  females  inhisfamih'. 

Children:  I.  James  Poor,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Catherine  Blunt,  born  .\ugust  5,  1795,  ilied 
December  20,  1823,  at  Bremen;  married,  in 
1817,  John  Hilton  (7),  son  of  John  (6)  and 
Jane  Hilton  ;  after  her  death  he  went  west.  3. 
Ebenezer  Blunt,  born  June  27,  1797;  married, 
in  1825,  h'liza  Hilton  (7)  ;  died  in  Minnesota, 
in  1879-80;  she  was  (laughter  of  Jacob  and 
.Sally  (.Xverill)  Hilton;  removed  to  Minne- 
sota in  1856.  4.  Hannah,  born  December  2, 
1798,  died  at  Des  Moines,  Iowa,  .April  24. 
1841  ;  married,  .second  wife,  John  Hornby,  of 
Bremen,  and  removed  to  Iowa  in  1839.  5. 
Harriet,  born  April  29,  1800,  died  at  Jefferson, 
Maine,  T852;  married  (first).  May  11,  1820, 
James  Hilton  (6),  son  of  John  and  Jane  (Hil- 
ton) Hilton ;  married  (second)  Roeuel  Peaslee 
(7).  7.  Eliza  Blunt,  born  May  22.  1803. 
died  March  2,  1877,  at  Alna.  Maine;  married, 
second  wife.  Warren,  .\verill,  of  .Alna.  8. 
John,  born  May  9.  1805,  died  June  18,   1807. 

9.  John  Thurston,  born  June  24,  1807,  died 
February  7,  1873,  at  Bremen,  Maine;  married 
(first),  June  24,  1832,  Abigail  Glidden,  who 
died  .\pril.  1850,  (second)  Julia  A.  Weymouth. 

10.  Jane  Yates,  or  Yeats,  born  .August  4,  1813, 
or  1819,  died  May  31,  1853;  married  Samuel 
F.  Huzzey ;  resided  at  Bremen,  Maine. 

(VII)  James  Poor,  eldest  child  of  John 
Hilton,  was  born  in  Bremen,  Maine,  January 
8,  1794,  and  died  there,  in  1884.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  spent  his  life  in  his  native  town. 
He  was  postmaster  of  the  town  in  1849,  and 
represented  his  district  in  the  legislature.  In 
j)olitics  he  was  a  Republican  in  later  years. 
He  married  Mary  .\verill  Hilton,  born  at  .Mna, 
Maine,  November  6,  1795,  died  at  Iiremen, 
November  7,  1868,  daughter  of  Jacob  and 
.Sally  Hilton.  Her  father  was  born  at  Alna, 
h'ebruary    21.    1767,   died   there,    February   8, 


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1847;  her  niotlu-r,  Sally  Averill,  was  born 
June  22,  1777,  died  l^eceniber  14,  1859;  they 
had  eleven  children.  Samuel  Hilton,  father  of 
Jacob,  was  born  October  7,  1741,  died  at  Alna. 
August  21),  i8oy:  married  Judith  Carter,  who 
died  February  14,  1800:  they  had  eleven  chil- 
dren. 

Children  of  James  Poor  Hilton,  born  and 
recorded  at  Bremen:  Caroline  H.,  June  16, 
1818;  Edwin  Averill,  September  7,  1820; 
Francis  T.,  March  5,  1823.  died  in  1824:  Mary 
C,  September  6,  1823:  John  V..  January  4, 
1828,  mentioned  below;  James  11.,  .Xjiril  8. 
1830:  Sarah  E.,  June  2,  1832:  Herman  .S., 
August  23,  1834,  died  November  10,  1852; 
Jacob  Emery,  Decemlier  11,  1838.  died  Janu- 
ary 3,  1863. 

(\'ni)  John  F.,  son  of  James  Tcmr  lliltim, 
was  born  at  Bremen,  Maine,  Jaimary  24,  1828, 
died  at  Damariscotta,  Maine,  March  7,  1882. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of 
Damariscotta  and  spent  his  active  years  in 
that  town,  a  ship-joiner  by  trade,  emiiloyed  in 
the  ship-yards  there.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican and  for  fourteen  years  he  served  on 
the  board  of  selectmen  of  that  town.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Laura  A.  Plummer,  of  Bristol, 
Maine.  He  married  (second)  Lizzie  A.  Weeks, 
of  Jefferson,  Maine.  Child  of  first  wife:  1. 
Frank  L.,  mentioned  below.  Child  of  second 
wife:  2.  Mary,  deceased. 

(IX)  hVank  L.,  son  of  John  F.  Hilton,  was 
born  in  Damariscotta,  Alaine,  .Vugust  12,  1857. 
He  attended  the  iniblic  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  the  Lincoln  Academy,  at  New  Castle, 
Maine.  He  learned  the  carpenter's  trade,  and 
followed  it  until  twenty-one  years  old  in  his 
native  town,  .\fter  two  years  spent  in  a  sea 
voyage,  he  came  to  Truxton,  New  York,  in 
1880,  and  has  made  his  home  there  since  then. 
For  three  years  he  was  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness, and,  in  1883,  he  engaged  in  the  wholesale 
produce  business  in  Truxton,  in  partnershij) 
with  Otis  D.  Patrick,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Hilton  &  Patrick.  The  firm  has  continued 
with  notable  success  to  the  present  time.  He 
is  also  one  of  the  owners  of  the  Bryant  Furni- 
ture Comjjany,  manufacturing  furniture  at 
Truxton.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and 
he  has  been  town  clerk  of  Truxton.  In  IQ02 
he  was  appointed  postmaster  and  has  continued 
in  that  ofifice  to  the  jiresent  time.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  De  Ruyter  Lodge,  Free  Masons,  of 
De  Ruyter,  New  York ;  the  Cortland  Chapter, 
Royal    Arch    Masons,    of    Cortland,    and    the 


Cortland  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Cortland:  of  Katurah  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine, 
of  Binghamtou,  New  York  ;  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of  Cortland. 

He  married,  in  1882,  Josephine  Hall,  of 
Truxton,  New  York,  born  1864,  died  January 
20,  1910,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Mary  (Rob- 
ertson) Hall.  Air.  and  Mrs.  Hilton  had  no 
children. 


Dr.  Japeth  or  Japhet  Hunt,  was 
11 1 'XT     born  in   171 1,  and  settled  early  in 

.Xobletown,  Columbia  county.  New 
^'ork,  near  S])cncertown  and  Hillsdale  and 
what  is  now  .\usterlitz.  New  York.  Near  him 
settled  a  brother,  John  Hunt.  Neither  can  be 
traced  to  any  of  the  other  Hunt  families  in 
the  colonies,  and  it  is  likely  that  they  were 
immigrants,  though  jjossibly  of  the  Westches- 
ter county  famil}-.  John  Hunt  lived  to  be 
nearly  a  hundred.  His  farm  adjoined  that  of 
Ca|)tain  John  C"ollins.  In  1790  the  first  federal 
census  shows  that  John  Hunt,  of  Hillsdale, 
had  in  his  family  two  males  over  sixteen,  five 
under  that  age  and  four  females.  Samuel, 
eldest  son  of  John  Hunt,  had  two  males  over 
sixteen  and  one  female:  his  wife  was  Sally 
(  Bagley)  Hunt,  and  their  descendants  have 
been  prominent  in  Hillsdale.  Another  son  of 
John.  John  Hunt  Jr.,  had,  in  1790,  two  sons 
under  sixteen  and  seven  females.  Pelatiah 
Hunt,  a  nei)hew  of  Dr.  Ja])eth  or  Japhet  Hunt, 
and  presumabl)'  also  a  son  of  John  Hunt,  had 
five  sons  under  si.xteen  and  three  females  in 
his  family  at  Hillsdale ;  from  other  sources  we 
know  that  Gideon  and  Seth  Hunt  were  brothers 
of  Pelatiah.  In  1790  Dr.  Japeth  or  Japhet 
Hunt,-  according  to  the  census,  was  at  Hills- 
dale, and  had  in  his  family  two  males  over 
sixteen,  two  under  that  age  and  four  females. 
That  number  corresponds  with  the  family  rec- 
ord. Dr.  Jajx'th  Hunt  was  a  surgeon  in  the 
army,  during  the  French  and  Indian  war  and 
the  revolution.  He  died  March  7,  1808,  aged 
ninety-six  years.  He  married  Elizabeth  Davis. 
He  settled  in  Marathon,  in  1796,  the  first 
pioneer  there,  taking  up  land  in  the  south  part 
of  the  [present  village  and  built  a  log  house  on 
land  now  or  lately  owned  by  G.  P.  Sf|uires, 
between  the  river  and  highway.  Dr.  Hunt 
was  buried  in  the  Marathon  burial-ground. 
Children:  i.  John,  mentioned  below.  2.  Will- 
iam, married  Anne,  daughter  of  Matthew  Cole. 

3.  James,  lived  and  died  in  Genoa,  New  York, 

4.  Betsey,  married  Oliver  Mack  and  lived  in 


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Genoa,  moving  to  Indiana  in  1796.  5.  Nancy, 
married  Abram  Smith,  and  died  December  28, 
1808,  leaving  sons  Cyrus  and  Nathan,  the  latter 
of  whom  was  father  of  Judge  A.  P.  Smith,  of 
Cortland.    6.  Hannah,  married  Nathan  Thorp. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Dr.  Japeth  Hunt,  was 
born  in  Hillsdale  or  Nobletown,  near  the  New 
York-Massachusetts  line,  in  disputed  territory, 
July  T."].  1765,  died  at  Marathon,  August  8, 
1815.  He  settled  in  IMarathon,  in  1796,  buying 
a  hundred  acres  of  land  and  building  the  first 
dwelling-house — a  log  hut — within  the  present 
limits  of  Marathon.  He  brought  with  him  his 
wife,  a  daughter,  three  years  old,  and  a  son, 
six  months  old.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace 
for  fifteen  years,  and  held  that  office  at  the 
time  of  his  death.  He  married,  at  Hillsdale, 
December  25,  1791,  Lydia  Mallory,  born  Oc- 
tober 17,  1760,  died  May  7,  1856.  Children, 
first  two  born  at  Hillsdale:  i.  Naomi,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1792,  married  Charles  Richardson.  2. 
Japeth,  born  October  26,  1795.  died  February 
20,  1796.  3.  Samuel  M.,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Mary,  December  17,  1800,  married  Cyrus 
Phelps.  5.  Elizabeth,  January  27,  1803,  mar- 
ried Jacob  Meecham.  6.  Lydia,  July  26,  1805, 
married  Horace  McClary  and Huntley. 

7.  Joanna,  July  25,   1808,  married  Ira  Lynde. 

8.  Susanna,  March  8,  181 1,  married  Ira  Lynde. 

(III)  Dr.  Samuel  M.  Hunt,  son  of  John 
Hunt,  was  born  at  Marathon,  Cortland  county, 
New  York,  October  8,  1798,  the  first  white 
child  born  in  that  town.  His  first  schooling 
was  received  there  in  a  barn  used  for  a  school- 
house,  later  in  a  ]irimitive  log  house,  the  win- 
dows of  which  were  of  oiled  paper.  He  enter- 
ed Cortland  Academy  in  1819.  He  studied 
medicine  under  Dr.  P.  B.  Brush,  of  Bingham- 
ton,  and  was  licensed  by  the  Medical  Society 
of  Chenango  county,  in  1823,  when  Dr.  Henry 
Mitchell  was  president.  He  practiced  first  at 
Sharp's  Corners,  on  the  Otselic  river,  now 
the  town  of  Triangle,  Broome  county.  New 
York.  Afterward  he  located  at  Lisle,  in  the 
same  county,  and  later  at  Union  and  Maine, 
also  in  Broome  county.  But  for  many  years 
he  practiced  in  his  native  town.  He  was  an 
able  and  successful  physician  and  surgeon,  prac- 
ticing for  many  years  in  Marathon.  He  wrote 
an  account  of  the  Hunt  family  for  "Goodwin's 
History  of  Cortland  County"  (1859),  and  was 
accounted  a  man  of  rare  literary  attainments, 
a  useful  and  honored  citizen.  He  married, 
December  11,  1823,  Maria  Havens.  Children: 
I.  Charles  H.,  born  September  4,   1824:  mar- 


ried Anne  DeP.  Livingston.  2.  Dr.  John  W., 
born  February  28,  1826,  at  Upper  Lisle, 
Piroome  county,  where  his  father  was  then 
living:  died  December  12,  1859:  was  a  promi- 
nent Free  Mason,  and  grand  scribe  of  the  Sons 
oi  Temperance ;  deputy  county  treasurer  and 
assistant  secretary  of  state  of  New  York  ;  mar- 
ried Eliza  S.  Hobart.  3.  Daniel  Delos,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Duray,  born  June  9,  1834; 
married  a  daughter  of  Chester  Cooke.  5.  De- 
Forest,  born  August  15,  1842.  6.  Eliza  M., 
August  31,  1844. 

(IV)  Daniel  Delos,  son  of  Dr.  Samuel  M. 
Hunt,  was  born  at  L'pper  Lisle,  Broome  coun- 
ty, New  York,  March  12,  1828,  died  at  Mara- 
thon, April  6,  1890.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools,  and  during  his 
boyhood  worketl  at  farming.  From  the  farm 
he  entered  upon  a  mercantile  career  and  was 
clerk  in  various  general  stores  in  the  vicinity. 
In  his  twenty-fourth  year  he  engaged  in  the 
dry  goods  business  on  Cortland  street,  Mara- 
thon, in  the  second  building  standing  at  the 
north  end  of  the  bridge.  He  was  for  many 
years  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  the 
town.  In  1869  he  built  the  Mansard  Block, 
then  deemed  an  innovation  in  business  build- 
ings, and  moved  his  store  into  it.  He  admitted 
to  partnership,  about  this  time,  Oscar  Wildey, 
who  retired  from  business  in  1875.  In  1882 
he  admittetl  to  partnership,  his  son-in-law,  C. 
M.  Chapman,  and  the  firm  continued  to  the 
time  of  the  death  of  the  senior  partner.  Mr. 
Hunt  was  a  man  of  much  public  spirit,  favor- 
ing the  projects  that  tended  to  improve  the 
village  and  benefit  the  people.  One  who  knew 
him  wrote:  "D.  Delos  tlunt  pursued  a  business 
career  in  Marathon  of  nearly  forty  years  and 
left  behind  him  a  record  of  probity  and  integ- 
rity that  has  engraven  his  name  high  among 
the  men  who  made  Marathon  a  busy  hive  of 
industry.  Personally  and  socially  he  was  of 
an  agreeable  and  pleasant  nature;  kind  and 
charitable :  ever  willing  to  lend  a  helping  hand 
and  zealous  of  his  good  name  and  business 
ability.  The  news  of  his  death  came  upon  the 
community  like  a  shock,  though  his  long  ill- 
ness had  prejiared  his  friends  to  expect  the 
worst.  His  death  was  mourned  by  all  who 
knew  him  and  who  realized,  many  of  them, 
that  they  had  not  only  lost  a  dear  jiersonal 
friend,  but  that  his  departure  from  among 
them  would  be  a  serious  loss  to  the  comnnmity. 
His  long,  last  illness  was  a  rare  example  of 
|)atience,  liojie fulness  and  fortitude."     He  was 


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keenly  interested  in  town  and  village  affairs 
and  held  the  offices  of  trustee  and  president  of 
the  incorporated  village  of  Marathon. 

He  married,  January  24,  1853,  Esther  A. 
Carley,  born  December  4,  1830.  died  May  12. 
1909,  daughter  of  Alanson  and  Sally  (Cort- 
right)  Carley  (see  Carley  VII).  Children:  i. 
J.  Warren,  resides  in  Marathon.  2.  Corrie  L., 
born  in  1859;  married,  in  1880,  Carlton  M. 
Chapman,  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  son  of 
Charles  A.  Chapman.  He  was  in  partnership 
for  many  years  with  Daniel  Delos  Hunt,  her 
father,  but  retired  some  years  ago  on  account 
of  ill  health  and  is  now  traveling  salesman. 
They  have  one  daughter,  ."^nna  Louise,  born 
March  17,  1883,  married  John  D.  Han.son,  of 
Grand  Rapids.  Michigan,  and  has  a  daughter, 
Esther  Dorothy,  born  April   13,  1910. 


Buchanan  is  one  of  the  old- 
BUCHAN'AN     est    and   most    honored    of 

Scotch  surnames.  The  fam- 
ily was  in  Stirlingshire  as  early  as  the  year 
1200.  An  important  branch  of  the  family  went 
to  Ulster,  north  of  Ireland,  in  the  early  days 
of  the  dispossession  of  the  Irish  and  settle- 
ment by  Scotch  and  English  Protestants  under 
King  James  in  1610  and  afterward.  The  name 
of  Captain  William  Buchanan  of  Lord  of  Ards' 
Quarters,  county  of  Down,  appears  in  the  list 
of  those  ordered  to  remove  under  a  Declara- 
tion of  Commissioners,  May  23,  1653,  in  ac- 
cordance with  a  plan  of  the  English  govern- 
ment to  remove  all  popular  Scots  from  Ulster 
to  certain  districts  in  Munster.  This  shows 
that  the  family  was  then  well  known  in  county 
Down.  It  flourished  especially  in  the  adjacent 
county  of  Tyrone  and  in  the  census  of  births 
in  1890  we  find  that  out  of  twenty-four  births 
that  year  in  all  Ireland,  twenty-one  were  in 
Tyrone. 

(I)  James  Buchanan,  American  immigrant, 
came  to  this  country  from  the  north  of  Ire- 
land, doubtless  from  the  family  at  Tyrone, 
and  settled  among  the  pioneers  in  Orange 
county.  New  York,  as  early  as  1737.  He  died 
April  6,  177s,  and  is  buried  in  Goodwill  church- 
yard, near  Alontgomery.  New  York. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Buchanan,  was 
born  in  Oranee  county.  New  York,  lived  in 
Orange  and  Herkimer  counties,  and  died  about 
1808  in  Herkimer  county.  He  enlisted  and 
served  as  .sergeant  of  Captain  Theodore  Bliss' 
company,  Second  Artillery,  of  the  Continental 
Army,  under  Colonel  John  Lamb,  on   March 


-3-  ^777'  *'-"■  three  years.  His  name  last  ap- 
peared on  muster  roll  for  November  and  De- 
cember, of  177c).  He  also  served  as  a  private 
in  Captain  William  Talbert's  company,  (Tolonel 
James  McClaughry's  regiment,  of  New  York 
militia,  and  was  ordered  into  service  by  Gov- 
ernor Clinton  to  reinforce  the  garrison  at  West 
Point  at  the  time  General  Cornwallis  was 
marching  down  the  river.  He  married  Miriam 
Eager,  of  an  old  Massachusetts  family.  Chil- 
dren :  Thomas ;  James  E.,  mentioned  below ; 
William,  John,  Watkins,  Polly  and  Martha. 

(III)  James  E.,  son  of  John  Buchanan,  was 
born  in  Orange  county.  New  York,  April  24, 
1788,  died  atY'ortlandville  \'illage,  McGraw, 
New  York,  December  29,  i860.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  i8i2.  He  came  to  Cort- 
land county  in  January,  1818.  and  was  one  of 
the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  town  of  McGraw- 
ville,  coming  thither  from  Herkimer  county. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  All 
his  active  life  he  followed  farming.  In  relig- 
ion he  was  a  Congregationalist :  in  politics  a 
Democrat.  He  married,  January  ig,  1814, 
Sally  Farmer,  born  June  2t,,  1793,  in  Herkimer 
county,  died  in  McGraw,  Ne\y  York,  Septem- 
ber 4,  1878,  daughter  of  John  Farmer.  Chil- 
dren: John  F..  born  November  26,  1814,  died 
December  29,  1876:  James,  April  18,  1817, 
died  .April  12,  1868:  Sophia.  December  30, 
1819,  died  January  8.  1820;  Miriam,  July  6, 
1821,  died  March  13,  1900,  married  David 
Short;  Sally,  .August  18,  1824,  died  November 
4,  1826:  William  Willard.  mentioned  below; 
San  ford,  born  May  21,  1828.  died  December 
6,  1849;  Thomas  \\'atkins.  February  16,  1832, 
died  January  19,  1877. 

(IV)  William  W^illard,  son  of  James  E. 
Buchanan,  was  born  July  3,  1826,  in  McGraw- 
ville.  New  York,  died  September  23,  1886.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  Homer  Acadeiuy,  and  for  a  few  years 
taught  school  in  Cortland  county.  During  most 
of  his  life,  however,  he  followed  farming  at 
Cortlandville.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 
He  was  an  active  member  of  the  Presbvterian 
church,  at  McGrawville.  He  married,  Febru- 
ary 20,  183 1,  Amelia  Hatfield,  born  Septem- 
ber 20,  1828,  in  Cortlandville,  and  is  now  liv- 
ing with  her  son  at  McGraw,  New  York.  She 
is  a  daughter  of  Williaiu  and  Ann  (Smith) 
Hatfield.  Their  only  child  was  W'illiam  J., 
mentioned  below. 

(V)  William  J.,  son  of  William  Willard 
Buchanan,    was    born    in    McGrawville,    New 


NEW  YORK. 


York,  September  13,  1857.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
Union  High  School,  of  McGrawville.  He 
commenced  his  business  career  in  1879,  in  the 
employ  of  P.  H.  McGraw  &  Son,  in  the  manu- 
facture of  corsets.  He  continued  with  the 
McGraw  Corset  Company,  as  the  concern  was 
known  after  incorporation,  for  a  period  of 
twenty  j'ears  and  for  many  years  he  was  super- 
intendent of  the  plant.  In  1901  he  organized 
the  Empire  Corset  Company,  of  which  he  has 
since  been  ]iresi(lent,  and  the  business  has 
grown  to  large  proportions.  The  plant  is 
modern  and  designed  for  efficiency  and  com- 
fort of  the  workers.  The  factory  is  thirty- 
si.\  by  three  hundred  feet,  two  stories  high, 
with  basement.  The  basement  is  devoted  to  a 
cutting  room  and  printing  plant  and  for  a  stock 
room  where  the  steel  stays,  rubber  cloth  and 
other  goods  used  in  the  factory  are  kept.  It 
is  interesting  to  note  that  forty  tons  of  these 
steel  stays  are  kejit  on  hand.  In  the  printing 
plant  all  the  box  labels  used  in  the  business  are 
printed.  In  another  |>art  of  the  basement  also 
are  the  two  stri])fol<Ier  machines  of  a  new 
automatic  tyjje,  jiiade  especially  for  the  corset 
business.  The  fold  and  cut  are  made  in  one 
operation,  the  cloth  strips  being  for  the  inner 
side  of  the  corset  to  cover  the  stays.  In  the 
east  end  of  the  basement  is  an  Acme  self- 
clamping  cutter  with  new-style  friction  gear 
for  cutting  square  cloth.  The  corsets  are  cut 
out  from  brass  ])atterns  with  knives,  forty- 
eight  thicknesses  being  cut  at  each  time.  The 
scraps  are  sorted  into  two  grades  and  sold  to 
paper  mills.  More  than  five  thousand  yards 
of  cotton  cloth  and  one  hundred  and  fifty 
dollars  worth  of  elastic  webbing  are  used  daily. 
On  the  first  floor  are  the  offices,  the  paper 
box  stock-room,  the  label  room,  packing  and 
shipping  departments.  On  the  second  floor  the 
rough  work  of  construction,  such  as  the  as- 
sembling of  parts,  boning,  staying,  girdling, 
are  performed,  and  for  this  purpose  there  are 
fifty-two  needle  and  sixty-three  three-to-ten 
needle  machines,  ojierated  by  steam  power  and 
geared  to  three  thousand  three  hundred  stitches 
a  minute.  ( )ne  ten-needle  machine  of  the 
latest  type  is  used  for  narrow  girdles  only. 
rCearly  all  the  machines  are  of  the  latest  pat- 
terns from  the  best  makes.  In  the  finishing 
room  on  this  floor  the  corsets  are  comjjleted. 
This  room  contains  sixteen  new-style  binding 
machines  of  the  compound  feed  type,  doing 
two  thousand  stitches  a  minute.     In  this  room 


also  are  the  eyelet  machines,  not  unlike  the 
Mergenthaler  linotype  machines  of  the  printers, 
and  the  single  needle  machines  for  plain  stitch- 
ing with  which  the  lace  and  hose  supporters 
are  attached  to  the  corset,  running  at  the  rate 
of  four  thousand  stitches  a  minute.  When 
the  corset  is  complete  it  is  rolled  by  a  machine 
designed  for  the  work  and  bo.xed,  after  in- 
spection, and  ready  for  shipment.  One  in- 
genious and  wonderful  machine  in  this  room 
is  that  which  threads  the  ribbon  within  the 
lace.  In  a  small  room  on  this  floor  starch  is 
s])rayed  by  machinery  upon  the  finished  corset, 
which  is  then  taken  to  the  laundry.  The  power 
house  contains  a  steam  engine  of  one  hundred 
and  five  horse  power  and  a  thirty-five  kilo- 
watt dynamo.  Water  for  the  plant  is  pumped 
from  an  eighty-three-foot  well. 

The  "Never  Rust"  corset,  the  "Sorosis"  and 
the  "Reduzyou"  styles,  manufactured  by  this 
company,  have  proved  extremely  popular  and 
are  known  throughout  the  country.  The  com- 
pany emi)loys  two  hundred  and  fifteen  women 
and  thirty-five  men.  Four  traveling  salesmen 
are  kept  busy  and  the  goods  are  sold  not  only 
in  this  country,  but  in  Cuba,  Mexico,  Canada 
and  other  foreign  countries.  In  1910  the  com- 
pany manufactured  one  hundred  thousand 
dozen  corsets,  anil  in  some  days  the  plant  has 
produced  four  hundred  dozens.  The  officers 
of  the  company  are:  William  J.  Buchanan, 
president;  Harry  C.  Chaffee,  secretary;  Hart- 
ley K.  Alexander,  treasurer.  A  sketch  of  Mr. 
Chaffee  apjiears  elsewhere  in  this  work.  Mr. 
Alexander  was  born  in  1866,  in  East  Homer; 
for  thirteen  years  he  was  bookkeeper  for  the 
P.  H.  McGraw  &  Son's 'corset  factory.  He  is 
a  graduate  of  the  Elmira  School  of  Commerce; 
is  ex-])resident  of  the  village,  member  of  the 
water  board  and  board  of  education,  steward 
of  the  Methodist  church  and  treasurer.  Mr. 
J.  H.  Hill,  superintendent  of  the  cutting  room, 
and  a  director  of  the  company,  is  an  expert  in 
the  art  of  designing  corsets. 

Mr.  Buchanan  is  keenly  interested  in  the 
village  in  which  his  business  is  located.  He 
was  president  of  the  incorporated  village  in 
1892-93-94-95  ;  has  been  secretary  of  the  fire 
de])artment ;  was  president  of  the  board  of 
education  for  several  terms  and  is  at  present 
railroad  commissioner  of  the  town  of  Cortland- 
ville.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  which  for  a  number  of 
years  he  has  been  an  elder  and  treasurer. 

He  married,  in   1884,  Marcia  Hollister,  of 


NEW  YORK. 


Cortlandvillf,  born  January  i,  1861,  daughter 
of  Harvey  D.  and  Martha  (Thonijjson  )  floUis- 
ter.  They  have  one  son,  W'ilham  Harvey,  born 
September  11,  1894. 


John   Hunt,  like  his  brother.   Dr. 

HUNT  Japeth  Hunt,  has  never  been  traced 
and  the  evidence  or  rather  lack  of 
evidence  indicates  that  both  came  from  Eng- 
land. Among  the  descendants  of  John  is  a 
tradition  that  he  came  from  Roxbury,  Con- 
necticut. Roxbury  was  formerly  part  of  Wood- 
bury, Connecticut,  and  is  not  an  old  town, 
comparatively  speaking.  Its  records  are  not 
good,  and  no  trace  of  this  family  is  found 
either  in  Woodbury  or  Roxbury.  The  family 
may  have  stayed  there  but  a  short  time  and 
then  joined  the  tide  toward  New  York  state. 
John  and  Dr.  Japeth  settled  in  Columbia  coun- 
ty, near  the  town  of  Hillsdale.  John  lived  to 
be  nearly  a  hundred  years  old.  Ilis  farm  ad- 
joined that  of  Captain  John  Collins.  The 
first  federal  census  shows  that  John  Hunt,  of 
Hillsdale,  had  in  his  family  two  males  over 
sixteen,  five  under  that  age  and  four  females. 
Some  of  the  sons  had  already  families  of  their 
own.  A  full  list  of  his  children  has  not  been 
found.  Children:  i.  John  Jr.,  had  in  1790  at 
Hillsdale  two  sons  under  sixteen  and  seven 
females.  2.  Samuel,  had  two  males  over  six- 
teen and  one  female ;  one  account  states  that 
Samuel  was  the  eldest.  3.  Pelatiah,  had  in 
Hillsdale  five  sons  under  sixteen  and  three 
females.  4.  Gideon.  5.  Seth,  mentioned  below. 
Probably  others. 

(H)  Seth,  son  of  John  Hunt,  was  born 
about  1745,  probably  in  Connecticut,  and  set- 
tled with  his  father  and  uncle  in  Columbia 
county.  New  York.  He  married  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  David  Irish.  They  had  a  son  Ransom, 
mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Ransom,  son  of  Seth  Hunt,  was  born 
in  1768,  in  Connecticut.  He  and  his  brother- 
in-law,  Abram  Rlaklee,  located  at  Otego,  New 
York,  coming  from  Bennington,  Vermont,  and 
Ransom  Hunt  cleared  a  farm  in  the  wilder- 
ness there  and  built  his  log  house.  As  the 
settlement  grew  he  erected  a  sawmill  and  grist- 
mill, the  first  in  that  section,  and  for  many 
years  kept  a  tavern.  He  was  a  prominent  citi- 
zen :  he  represented  the  district  in  the  state 
assembly,  and  was  a  member  of  the  constitu- 
tional convention  for  the  state  of  New  York. 

He  married  Sabra  Blaklee,  of  an  olrl  Con- 
necticut   family,   born   in    1768,   died    May   3, 


1848.  Children;  i.  Ranscjm,  was  a  Baptist 
minister  and  lived  in  Otego  ;  married  Mehitable 
Follett ;  four  children :  Seth,  John,  Susan  and 
Jane.  2.  By  ram,  born  August  8,  1791  ;  was 
also  a  Baptist  minister ;  moved  to  the  vicinity 
of  Knoxville.  Pennsylvania,  and  was  the  father 
of  ten  children,  whose  descendants  are  still 
living  there.  3.  Russell,  of  Corning,  New 
York :  was  the  father  of  four  children.  4.  Ann. 
married  Mason  Hughston,  of  Otego,  New 
York :  nine  children.  5.  Laura,  married  Oba- 
diah  Blaklee,  of  Otego.  New  York;  no  chil- 
dren.    6.  Harvey,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Harvey,  son  of  Ransom  Hunt,  was 
born  January  3,  1808,  in  Otego,  New  York, 
and  died  there,  November  30,  1888.  He  re- 
ceived a  good  education  in  the  public  schools 
and  became  a  lawyer.  In  addition  to  his  law 
practice  he  was  occupied  in  farming.  He 
served  thirteen  years  as  weigher  in  the  Custom 
House,  in  New  York  City.  In  early  life  he 
was  a  Democrat,  afterward  a  Republican.  He 
served  the  town  for  several  years  as  supervisor 
and  was  chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors 
of  the  county.  He  was  elected  an  assembly- 
man from  Otsego  county,  reelected  and  served 
two  terms  in  the  legislature,  1841-42.  He 
married  (first),  March  5,  1827,  Louisa  Sco- 
field,  born  January  22,  1808,  in  Troy,  New 
York,  died  in  1843.  ^^^  married  (second) 
Wealthy  Birdsell,  born  at  Otego,  New  York, 
in  1812,  died  November  3,  1889,  daughter  of 
Michael  and  Wealthy  (Webster)  Birdsell, 
Wealthy  Webster  was  relatefl  to  Daniel  Webs- 
ter, the  statesman.  Children  of  first  wife:  i. 
George  W.     2.  Theodore  L.,  resides  at  Otego. 

3.  Ira  Wallace,  living  at  Neanah,  Wisconsin. 

4.  Helen  A.  5.  Susan.  6.  Albert,  lives  at 
Binghamton ;  married  Adelaide  Bates :  chil- 
dren: Harvey  A.,  William  B.,  Maud  and  Ruth. 
Children  of  second  wife:  7.  Dr.  Dwight  B.,  a 
physician  at  Otego,  New  York.  8.  Dr.  Will- 
iam B.,  a  physician  in  New  York  City-  9- 
Eva,  died  in  infancy.  10.  James  B..  mentioned 
below. 

(\')  James  B.,  son  of  Harvey  Hunt,  was 
born  at  Otego,  New  York,  March  25,  1856. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  followed  farming  when  a  young 
man.  He  learned  the  trade  of  wheelwright 
and  wagon-maker  in  Otego,  and  followed  it 
until  1890,  when  he  came  to  Cortland,  New 
York,  to  work  for  the  McGraw  concern  as  a 
blacksmith.  After  twelve  years  in  this  factory,, 
he  left  to  engage  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 


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count  in  Cortland.  He  carried  on  a  wagon 
manufacturing  business  until  January,  1911, 
when  he  bought  a  manufacturing  plant  in 
Homer,  New  York,  and  reorganized  the  Homer 
Wagon  Company,  of  which  he  is  president  and 
secretary.  This  concern  has  done  a  large  and 
flourishing  business.  Mr.  Hunt  is  a  member 
of  Vesta  Lodge,  No.  255,  Odd  Fellows,  of 
Cortland.  For  many  years  he  was  a  singer  of 
considerable  note  in  Central  New  York,  and 
sang  in  church  choirs,  concerts  and  in  public ; 
was  a  member  of  the  celebrated  Cortland  City 
Quartette. 


There  were  a  number  of  Colo- 
AIcGRAW  nial  pioneers  named  McGrath 
or  McGraw,  sometimes  spelled 
also  Magrath,  Megrath,  Magraw  and  Megraw. 
In  1790,  according  to  the  first  federal  census, 
there  was  quite  a  numerous  family,  the  second 
generation,  or  perhaps  the  third,  in  the  town  of 
Mohawk,  Montgomery  county.  New  York. 
Christopher  McGraw  had  two  males  over  six- 
teen, and  one  female  in  his  family ;  his  son 
Christopher  Jr.  had  two  sons  over  sixteen  and 
two  under  that  age  and  four  females.  Daniel 
and  Edward  had  young  families  and  Margaret, 
evidently  a  widow,  was  head  of  a  separate 
family  containing  herself  and  a  daughter. 

During  the  revolution  there  were  Daniel  Mc- 
Grath, of  Amherst,  Massachusetts;  John  Mc- 
Grath, of  Maine :  James  McGrath,  of  Rutland, 
Massachusetts  (McGrow)  ;  Moses,  of  Boston, 
aged  forty-five  in  178 1.  A  Lieutenant  John 
McGraw  or  Megraw  appears  to  have  lived  at 
Natick,  Needham,  and  perhaps  Sudbury  and 
Concord ;  was  in  the  recruiting  service ;  also 
probably  the  same  man  who  was  in  Captain 
Joseph  Butler's  company  and  Colonel  Nixon's 
regiment ;  married  Jane  Chamberlain,  of  Need- 
ham,  at  Needham.  March  18,  1776.  Some  of 
these  Massachusetts  families  located  in  Ver- 
mont. 

(I)  Samuel  McGraw,  son  of  a  Scotch-Irish 
pioneer  in  X'ermont,  was  born  October  17, 
1772.  The  first  settlers  of  Plymouth,  Ver- 
mont, where  he  lived  for  a  time,  came  about 
the  year  1800  and  he  probably  came  a  few 
years  later,  but  in  1803  he  located  in  Cortland- 
ville,  New  York,  and  is  said  to  have  come 
thither  from  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  He 
lived  for  a  time  at  Blodgett's  Mills.  In  1806 
he  came  to  what  is  now  the  town  of  McGraw 
and  built  the  first  log  house  there;  in  181 1  he 
built  the  first   frame  house  in  the  town.     He 


became  a  leading  citizen,  owned  much  of  the 
land,  and  the  village  and  postofifice  of  Mc- 
Grawville  and  McGraw  were  named  for  him. 
He  died  at  McGraw,  February  6.  1836. 

He  married,  in   1794,  at   Bennington,  Ver- 
mont,   Elizabeth    Whitcomb,   who    was    born 
February  i,  1775,  died  July  7,  i860.    Children: 
I.  William,  born  January  28,  1796,  died  Octo- 
ber 22,  1862;  married  Sally  Barnum ;  had  ten 
children.      2.    Harry,    mentioned    below.      3. 
Hiram  (twin  of  liarry),  born  September  25, 
1797,  died  July,  1798.    4.  Hiram,  born  January 
24,  1800,  died  April  5.  1877;  married"  (first) 
Pliilena  Graves;  (second)  Martha  Sturtevant. 
5.  Betsey,  September  24.  1802,  died  December 
5,  1879;  married  Reuben  G.  Dowd.     6.  John, 
May  30,    1804,  died  June  2"],    1848;  married 
Minerva  Graves.     7.   Samuel,   September   25, 
1806,  died  December  14,  1889;  married  (first) 
Jerusha    Eaton:    (second)    Nancy    Clark.      8. 
Marcus,  born  October  31,  1808,  died  May  16, 
1870;  married  (first)  Louisa  Eaton;  (second) 
Eliza  Y.  Munson.    9.  Marcia,  January  3,  181 1, 
died   May  2.   1855;  married  Rev.   George  G. 
Hapgood.     10.  Newton,  June  30.   1813;  mar- 
ried  Rowena   Jones.      11.   Elinor,   October  8, 
1815,  died  December  4,  1886;  married  Thomas 
Rogers.     12.  Maria,  November  19,  1817,  died 
March  6,  1897;  married  David  W.  Greenman. 
(II)    Harry,  son  of  Samuel  AIcGraw,  was 
born  September  25,  1797,  in  X'ermont  or  Con- 
necticut,   died    at    McGrawville,    New    York, 
May  16,  1849.     He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.    When  his  father  died  he  became  head 
of  the  family,  and  from  1818  to  1849  he  con- 
ducted  a   general   store   in    McGrawville   and 
was  first  postmaster  there  from  1827  to  1849. 
In  politics  he  was  a  prominent  Whig:  he  was 
a  member  of  the  state  assembly  in  1843,  ^"'^ 
assessor  and  supervisor  of  the  town.     He  at- 
tended the  Presbyterian  church  of  which  his 
ancestors   had   been   members.      He   inherited 
much   real   estate   from  his   father  and  it  in- 
creased in  value  rapidly  under  his  care.    Much 
of  his  fortune  was  made  in  real  estate.     He 
married,   in    Cortlandville.   New   York.   Janu- 
ary   13,    1820,    Sally   Smith,  born   October   2, 
1793,  "died  May  i,  1874,  daughter  of  Captain 
Joseph  and  Rhoda  (Parker)  Smith  (see  Smith 
V).      She  was   a   devout   Christian   and   kind  ■ 
mother.     Children,   born   at   McGrawville:    i. 
Lucetta.  born  January  11,  1821  :  married  Rev. 
E.  B.  Fancher :  resides  at  McGrawville :  chil- 
dren :  Ezra  B.,  Edward  P.,  Sarah  L.,  Cynthia, 
Henrv   R.  and  Minnie   (twins),  the  latter  of 


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whom  died  in  infancy,  and  James  R.  Fancher. 
2.  Perrin  H.,  mentioned  below.  3.  Pamelia. 
February  3,  1825 ;  married,  in  McGrawville, 
1855,  Henry  M.  Kingman,  son  of  Oliver  and 
Betsey  Kingman ;  merchant  of  Cincinnatus ; 
has  one  adopted  daughter,  Carrie  E.  Kingman. 
4.  Alarinda,  July  14,  1827;  married,  Septem- 
ber 5,  i860,  in  ^IcGrawville,  Henry  C.  Hend- 
rick,  M.  D.,  born  Guilford,  New  York,  Sep- 
tember II,  1827,  son  of  Leontes  and  Zilpha 
(Farnham)  Hendrick ;  surgeon  during  the 
civil  war,  president  of  the  examining  board  of 
United  States  surgeons,  Cortland ;  resides  at 
McGrawville:  child,  Henry  Delos  Hendrick, 
born  October  11,  186 1.  5.  Delos,  October  21, 
1829,  a  merchant  and  produce  dealer  at  Mc- 
Grawville. 6.  Louisa  Maria,  October  21,  1832, 
died  February  i,  1833. 

(HI)  Perrin  H.,  son  of  Harry  McGraw, 
was  born  in  McGrawville,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 28,  1822,  died  October  i6,  1899.  He  at- 
tended the  public  sehools  of  Cortland,  Homer 
and  Mexico.  New  York.  He  began  his  busi- 
ness career  as  a  general  merchant  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother  Delos.  The  firm  then 
extended  the  business  and  built  up  an  extensive 
produce  and  commission  trade,  especially  in 
butter  and  cheese.  He  withdrew  from  the 
produce  business  to  establish  the  corset  manu- 
facturing business,  which  he  conducted  in  a 
factory  at  McGrawville,  under  the  name  of 
the  I\IcGraw  Corset  Company,  and  he  con- 
ducted the  business,  which  was  eminently  suc- 
cessful and  which  grew  to  very  large  propor- 
tions, until  he  retired  in  1890,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded as  manager  by  his  son,  Albert  Perrin 
McGraw. 

In  politics  Mr.  McGraw  was  in  early  life  a 
Whig,  but  a  leading  and  influential  Republican 
during  his  later  life.  He  succeeded  his  father 
as  postmaster  of  McGrawville  ;  represented  the 
district  in  the  state  assembly  in  1854;  was  state 
senator  for  two  years  in  1859-60,  and  held 
other  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  At  the  be- 
ginning of  the  civil  war  he  assisted  the  state 
authorities  to  organize  a  regiment  and  was 
appointed  its  quartermaster.  He  served  seven 
months  in  the  One  Hundred  and  Fifty-seventh 
Regiment  of  New  York  Volunteer  Infantry. 

No  public  improvement  made  during  the 
active  life  of  Mr.  McGraw  can  be  mentioned 
in  which  he  was  not  interested.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  and  during  the  entire  existence 
of  the  institution  was  president  of  the  New 
York  Central  Academy  ;  the  principal  promoter 


and  first  president  of  the  U.  C.  &  C.  railroad, 
chartered  April  9,  1870,  and  completed  to  Mc- 
Graw, September  18,  1897,  by  N.  A.  Bundy, 
as  the  Erie  &  Central  New  York  Railroad. 
Mr.  McGraw  was  a  leader  in  the  educational 
and  church  matters  of  the  village,  and  for 
many  years  was  an  elder  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  Largely  through  his  ambition,  energy 
and  consummate  business  ability,  a  rural  com- 
munity was  transformed  into  a  thriving  manu- 
facturing center. 

He  married,  April  26,  1846,  Louisa  Pritch- 
ard,  born  June  9,  1824,  died  A])ril  23,  1890, 
daughter  of  Garrett  and  Philena  Pritchard,  of 
Solon,  New  York.  Children,  born  at  McGraw- 
ville: Mary  Louisa,  February  3,  1853,  died 
December  16,  1864;  Albert  Perrin,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Albert  Perrin,  son  of  Perrin  H.  Mc- 
Graw, was  born  in  McGraw,  New  York,  June 
12,  1856.  He  attended  the  common  schools 
and  fitted  himself  to  enter  college,  but  he  was 
attracted  to  a  business  career  and  at  the  age 
of  twent\-two became  associated  with  his  father 
in  the  manufacture  of  corsets.  When  his  father 
retired  from  the  business  in  1890  he  became 
the  manager  and  was  treasurer  and  secretary 
of  the  corporation,  the  McGraw  Corset  Com- 
pany. The  business  which  his  father  estab- 
lished and  built  up  to  remarkable  success  con- 
tinued to  thrive  and  increase  under  the  admin- 
istration of  the  son.  In  addition  to  the  manu- 
facture of  corsets,  the  company  made  waists,, 
skirts  and  other  garments.  The  McGraw  skirts 
and  waists,  corsets  and  other  products  acquired 
a  national  reputation.  In  1897  the  A.  P.  Mc- 
Graw Corset  Company  absorbed  the  old  com- 
pany, and  Mr.  A.  P.  AIcGraw  became  its  presi- 
dent and  treasurer.  In  1908  Mr.  McGraw  sold 
the  business  and  since  then  has  devoted  his 
time  to  his  dairy  farm  and  spring  water  busi- 
ness. This  is  one  of  the  largest  and  best  dairy 
farms  in  this  region,  comprising  two  hundred 
acres  of  land  near  the  village  of  McGraw. 
The  dairy  buildings  are  models  of  cleanliness 
and  equipped  with  all  the  wonderful,  new 
dair)-  machinery  and  apparatus.  He  has  a  herd 
of  twenty  or  more  Holsteins  and  Ayrshires 
and  they  are  kept  in  the  pink  of  condition  by 
proper  care  and  diet.  The  butter  from  his 
dairy  finds  a  local  market  and  nearly  every 
family  in  the  village  of  McGraw  is  supplied 
with  milk  from  this  dairy.  Water  for  the 
dairy  is  supplied  by  an  artesian  well  bored  in 
1908  to  a  depth  of  one  hundred  and  fifty-five 


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feet  and  a  half  and  so  excellent  is  the  quality 
that  it  has  found  a  market  among  those  careful 
to  use  pure  water.  A  chemist  who  analyzed 
the  water  re]5orted :  "This  is  very  pure  from  a 
•chemical  and  bacteriological  standpoint.  Spec- 
troscopic tests  prove  the  absence  of  injurious 
metals  or  minerals.  For  table  use  I  recom- 
mend the  water  with  confiflence."  Every  bot- 
tle of  the  water  is  labeled  "Tres-Pur"  and  is 
shipped  in  various  sizes  of  receptacles  from 
quarts  to  five  gallons.  Mr.  McGraw.  in  addi- 
tion to  the  interests  mentioned  has  been  inter- 
ested in  the  manufacture  of  wagons,  paper 
and  wooden  boxes,  etc.,  and  at  present  is  in 
partnership  with  his  son,  Charles  A.  McGraw, 
in  the  manufacture  of  corset  laces,  under  the 
name  of  the  McGraw  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany. 

Mr.  Mc(iraw  is  an  active  and  prominent 
member  of  the  I'resbyterian  church  and  has 
been  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school  for 
a  period  of  nearly  thirty  years.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican  and  he  has  been  a  member 
of  the  Republican  county  committee,  president 
of  the  incorporated  village  and  of  the  board  of 
education  of  McGraw.  He  has  traveled  ex- 
tensively both  in  this  country  and  abroad.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  McGrawville  Lodge,  No. 
320,  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  Camp  No.  36,  Sons 
of  Veterans. 

He  married.  January  18,  1882,  Emeline  M. 
Childs,  born  September  13,  1859,  in  Walling- 
ford,  Vermont,  daughter  of  Hon.  Charles  D. 
and  Mary  Cornelia  (Munson)  Childs.  Her 
father  was  born  June  29,  1830,  son  of  Abial 
Childs;  her  mother,  Mary  Cornelia  (Alunson) 
Childs,  was  born  January  13,  1835,  died  Sep- 
tember 17.  1866.  Mrs.  .'\.  P.  McGraw  is  a 
]5rominent  member  of  the  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  of  which  she  is  regent, 
of  the  Presbyterian  church  and  various  social 
and  charitable  organizations.  Children:  Charles 
Albert,  mentioned  below  ;  Agnes  Childs,  born 
November  12,  1891. 

(V)  Charles  Albert,  son  of  Albert  Perrin 
McGraw,  was  born  at  McGraw,  Cortlandville, 
New  York,  December  28,  1886,  and  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  village 
and  at  the  Cortland  high  school.  He  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  corset  business 
as  bookkeeper  and  general  manager  of  the 
A.  P.  McGraw  Corset  Company.  After  the 
business  was  sold,  in  i(/38,  he  and  his  father 
entered  jiartncrshi])  in  the  manufacture  of 
corset  laces  at  Mc(  iraw,  under  the  name  of  the 


McGraw  Manufacturing  Company,  and  the 
junior  partner  has  charge  of  the  business.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  is  serving  as 
treasurer  of  the  village  of  McGraw,  and  in 
religion  a  Presbyterian. 

He  married,  June  29,  1910,  Josephine  Louise 
Patrick,  of  Truxton,  New  York,  born  Febru- 
ary 7,  1888,  daughter  of  Otis  D.  and  Louise 
Frances  (  Kenney )  Patrick. 

(The  Smith  Line). 

(  I  )  Richard  Smith,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
a  proprietor  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  in 
1641,  and  must  have  been  of  age  at  that  time. 
A  gravestone  at  Ipswich  is  said  to  read  "Died 
September  2,  1714,  aged  eighty-five."  If  this 
is  the  same  Richard,  and  no  trace  of  any  other 
is  found,  the  age  or  date  of  death  must  be 
given  or  copied  wrong.  He  must  have  been 
born  as  early  as  1629.  His  daughter  married 
Edward  Gilman  Jr.,  who  bought  land  of  him 
at  Ipswich,  October  9,  1647.  This  land  he 
mortgaged,  December  25,  1648,  to  his  father, 
Edward  Gilman  Sr.,  who  sold  it  October  2, 
165 1,  to  his  brother  (brother-in-law),  Richard 
Smith,  of  Shroppum  (Shropham),  county 
Norfolk,  England.  If  this  transaction  is  stated 
correctly,  there  was  probably  a  Richard  Smith 
Sr.,  father  of  the  Ijiswich  man.  Chilflren,  as 
given  by  Hammett :  Richard,  mentioned  below  : 
Elizabeth,  married  Edward  Gilman,  of  Exeter  : 
Mary,  married  Philip  Call,  John  r)urr  and 
Henry  Bennett ;  Martha,  married  John  Rogers. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (  i)  Smith, 
may  be  the  Richard  whose  death  has  been  men- 
tioned. He  married,  November  16,  1659,  Han- 
nah Cheney,  of  Newbury,  She  was  born  No- 
vember 16,  1642,  daughter  of  John  and  Martha 
CheTiey.  Children,  born  at  Ipswich:  Richard, 
died  July  22,  1700;  Daniel,  died  June  8,  1725: 
Nathaniel,  married  Elizabeth  Fuller ;  John, 
married,  December  4,  1702,  Mercy  Adams; 
Joseph,    mentioned    below:    Hannah,    married 

Chadwcll ;     Martha,    married    Jacob 

I'.oardman;  Dorothy,  married,  December  4, 
1702,  Robert  Rogers;  Elizabeth,  died  in  1747. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Smith, 
was  born  at  Ipswich,  July  16,  1685.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1710,  Joanna  Fellows.  He  removed 
to  Sudbury  late  in  life  and  is  buried  at  East 
Sudbury,  now  Wayland,  where  he  died  May  3, 
1754.  Ilis  wife  Joanna  died  there,  September 
25,  1781,  aged  ninety-two  years.  Children: 
losepli,  mentioned  Ijelow  :  Ephraim.  died  .April 
20,  1809,  aged  eighty-two,  at  Wayland. 


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(IV)  Captain  Joseph  {2)  Smith,  son  of 
Josepli  (i)  Smith,  was  born  in  Ipswich  in 
1716,  died  at  East  Sudbury,  March  9,  1803. 
His  wife  Abigail  died  there  December  29,  1814. 
aged  ninety-three  (gravestone).  Children,  born 
at  Sudbury  :  Samuel,  born  June  17,  1742  ;  Mar- 
tha, December  7,  1743:  Joseph,  mentioned 
below;  Abigail,  August  16,  1747;  Jane,  Febru- 
ary 26,  1751  :  Mary,  June  5,  1753 ;  Isaac,  March 
5,  1755:  /\aron,  November  3,  1756;  David, 
July  12,  1759. 

(V)  Captain  Joseph  (3)  Smith,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Joseph  (2)  Smith,  was  born  at  Sudbury, 
November  I,  1745,  died  at  Barre,  September  I, 
1809.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from 
Sudbury  and  Natick.  He  was  sergeant  in  Cap- 
tain Joseph  Morse's  company.  Colonel  John 
Paterson's  regiment.  May  to  August,  1773  ;  also 
in  Captam  Moulton's  company.  Colonel  Ezekiel 
How's  regiment  (Fourth  Middlesex)  of  Sud- 
bury and  afterward  of  Captain  Morse's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Putnam's  regiment.  He  was  on 
a  list  of  names  of  men  raised  for  the  conti- 
nental service  as  returned  by  Lieutenant  John 
Megraw  to  Colonel  Ezekiel  How,  February  7, 
1778.  He  was  lieutenant,  ensign  and  quarter- 
master in  Colonel  Rufus  Putnam's  regiment 
(  P'ourth  and  Fifth)  seven  months  and  twenty- 
three  days  as  ensign,  two  months  anrl  thirteen 
days  as  quartermaster  and  twenty-four  months 
and  twenty-four  days  as  lieutenant:  adjutant 
and  lieutenant  from  January  to  December, 
1780:  lieutenant  in  Ca])tain  Joshua  Henson's 
company.  Colonel  Putnam's  regiment  of  light 
infantry  in  1781  ;  reported  in  command  of  his 
company  with  Marquis  de  Lafayette  in  April, 
1781,  and  June  15,  1781.  Always  called  cap- 
tain after  the  revolution.  He  married,  at  Barre, 
December  14,  1786,  Rhoda  Parker,  of  Barre. 
Children,  born  at  Barre:  Rufus,  November  8, 
1787:  Abigail,  August  16,  1789:  Aaron,  No- 
vember 4,  1 791  ;  Sally,  October  2,  1703,  she 
removed  to  Homer,  New  York,  in  1816,  two 
years  after  her  father  died,  and  she  married, 
January  13,  1820,  Harry  McGraw  (see  Mc- 
Graw  II). 

At  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill  Smith's  com- 
pany was  stationed  northwest  of  the  hill, 
toward  Cambridgeport,  to  prevent  those  on  the 
hill  from  being  flanked.  He  was  with  the 
army  at  Long  Island  and  White  Plains  and 
one  of  the  twelve  hundred  who  stormed  Fort 
Stony  Point.  He  spent  the  winter  at  Valley 
Forge,  where  he  had  the  small-pox  and  suf- 
fered greatly.    He  afterwards  went  south  with 


Washington's  army  and  v\as  ni  many  of  the 
principal  battles  and  was  at  the  surrender  of 
Cornwallis  at  Yorktown.  He  commanded  one 
of  the  light  infantry  companies  and  was  one 
of  the  officers  called  together  by  Washington 
when  he  delivered  his  farewell  address.  His 
company  disbanded  in  1783,  and  he  returned 
to  Lis  home  in  Barre.  He  owned  a  farm  of 
one  hundred  and  seventy-three  acres,  being 
known  as  the  Rocking  Stone  F"arm,  from  a 
famous  rocking  stone  located  upon  it.  He  was 
adjutant  under  General  Lincoln  in  Shay's  re- 
bellion. He  served  on  the  IJarre  school  com- 
mittee, and  was  town  treasurer  in  1792.  He 
was  an  inn  holder.  His  first  location  in  Barre 
was  easterly  of  the  E.  W.  Heminway  house  on 
the  opposite  side  of  the  road.  In  1801  he 
erected  a  tavern  which  he  conducted  for  twelve 
years,  and  which  is  now  a  dwelling-house  oppo- 
site the  school  house  of  District  No.  9. 


Roger  Burhngliam,  nn- 
BURLlNGll.VM  migrant  ancestor,  died 
September  i,  1718.  He 
came  to  this  country  as  early  as  1654,  in  which 
year  he  settled  in  Stonington,  Connecticut.  In 
1660  he  was  of  Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  and 
September  25,  1671,  of  Providence.  On  the 
latter  date  he  and  two  others  were  appointed 
to  make  a  rate  and  levy  an  assessment  at  Mas- 
hantatack.  In  1690  he  was  elected  deputy 
from  Warwick,  but  there  being  much  debate 
in  the  assembly  as  to  the  legality  of  the  elec- 
tion, it  was  ordered  that  he  should  not  be  ac- 
cepted. He  was  a  member  of  the  town  coun- 
cil in  1698.  September  6,  1704,  he  deeded  to 
his  son  Peter,  his  house  and  fifty  acres,  sub- 
ject to  the  use  and  profits  for  Roger  and 
wife  for  life.  His  will  was  made  November 
28,  171 5,  and  proved  September  13,  1718.  His 
wife  Alary  was  made  executrix,  but  as  she 
died  soon  after,  the  eldest  son  John  took  ad- 
ministration.     Roger   married    Mary   , 

who  died  in  1718.  Children:  John,  born  Au- 
gust I,  1664,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1667 ;  Mary,  married,  December  19, 
1689,  Amos  Stafiford,  died  1760;  Jane,  mar- 
ried (first)  John  Potter,  (second),  1711,  Ed- 
ward  Potter  ;   .Alice  ;   Mercy  :  Roger,   married 

Eleanor ;  Peter,  died  1712,  unmarried: 

Elizabeth,  born  January  9,  1684 :  Patience, 
born  1 68  5. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Roger  Burliiigham,  was 
born  .August  I,  1664,  and  lived  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.     He  married,   Marv,  daughter 


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of  Moses  and  Mary  (Knowles)  Lippitt.  He 
had  received  on  the  death  of  his  brotlier  Peter, 
the  latter's  deed  of  gift  of  their  father's  home- 
stead, dwehing-house,  etc.,  which  Peter  had 
received  from  his  father  some  time  before. 
December  23,  1712,  John  took  the  house  and 
fifty  acres  for  himself,  and  divided  the  remain- 
der of  the  property  eciually  between  his  other 
brothers,  Thomas  and  Roger.  He  also  pro- 
vided that  if  their  father  and  mother  needed 
assistance,  all  three  brothers  should  be  at  equal 
charge.  March  18,  1719,  he  sold  to  Samuel 
Gorton,  son  of  Captain  Benjamin  Gorton,  a 
mansion  house  and  sixty  acres  of  land  in 
Providence,  for  three  hundred  and  ninety 
pounds.  Children:  John;  Roger;  David,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Barlingstone,  born  January  25, 
1698;  Benjamin;  Elisha. 

(HI)  David,  son  of  John  Burlingham,  was 
born  about  1690,  died  January  27,  1755.  He 
lived  at  Gloucester,  Rhode  Island.  March  6, 
1719,  he  had  a  legacy  by  will  from  his  grand- 
mother,   Mary   Lippitt.     He   married  . 

Children,  born  at  Gloucester:  INIary,  July  9, 
1729;  Benedict,  November  19,  1731  ;  Thomas, 
August  13,  1734,  mentioned  below;  David, 
October  26,  1736,  married  Mehitable  Bishop; 

,  August  5,   1739;  Shutely,  August  12, 

1741  ;  Sarah,  February  19,  1744,  died  Decem- 
ber 9,  1745;  Patience,  March  9,  1746;  Elisha, 
September' 6,  1749;  Benjamin,  March  18,  1753. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  David  Burlingham, 
was  born  at  Gloucester,  Rhode  Island,  August 
13,  1734.  He  married .  Chil- 
dren: Lydia,  born  October  15,  1757;  Thomas. 
April  16,  1760;  Nathan,  February  24,  1762. 
mentioned  below;  Esek,  March  24,  1765;  Pa- 
tience, August  5,  1767;  Charles,  November  8, 
1769;  Jean.  April  19.  1772,  married,  March  7, 
1793,  Jesse  Mowry;  Creta.  July  14,  1778,  mar- 
ried, March  13,  1804, ;  James, 

February  i,  1782. 

(V)  Nathan,  son  of  Thomas  Burlingham, 
was  born  February  24,  1762,  and  married.  May 
13,  1782,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Richard  Bart- 
lett.  They  were  married  by  Rev.  John  Smith, 
Esquire.  He  settled  in  Lanesboro,  Massa- 
chusetts. According  to  the  census  of  1790,  he 
had  at  that  time  one  male  over  sixteen,  one 
under  sixteen  and  four  females  in  his  family. 
.Among  his  children  was  George,  mentioned 
below. 

(VI)  George,  son  of  Nathan  Burlingham, 
was  born  in  Lane.sboro,  Massachusetts,  about 
1785-90,  died  in  Solon,  New  York,  June,  i860. 


He  came  to  New  York  state  in  his  youth  and 
settled  in  Solon,  Cortland  county.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Hannah  Welch,  (second)  Joanna 
Whitman.  Children  of  first  wife:  Hopkins, 
mentioned  below  ;  George  ;  Philip  ;  James  ;  Har- 
vey ;  Ann ;  Hulda,  married  Brigham. 

Children  of  second  wife:  Martha  Jane,  mar- 
ried Giles  Martin ;  Mary  Matilda,  married  De- 
witt  Shattuck. 

(VII )  Hopkins,  son  of  George  Burlingham, 
was  born  in  Massachusetts,  and  came  to  New 
York  with  his  parents  when  a  child.  He  lived 
in  Solon  and  Preble,  New  York.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation.  He  married  Esther, 
daughter  of  Charles  and  Rebecca  Frink.  He 
died  in  Preble  at  the  age  of  eighty  years.  Chil- 
dren: Truman  Avery,  born  December  11, 
1830,  mentioned  below ;  Meldrun  Webster 
Monroe ;  Olivia  Ann  Esther,  married  James 
Breed ;  Electa  Jane  Melissa ;  William,  died 
young ;  Nettie,  died  young. 

(VIII)  Truman  Avery,  son  of  Hopkins 
Burlingham,  was  born  December  11,  1830,  at 
Solon,  New  York,  and  spent  his  early  life 
there.  He  removed  later  to  a  farm  near  Au- 
burn, New  York.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war;  en- 
listed October  26,  1861,  in  the  Third  New 
York  Heavy  Artillery,  Kennedy's  battery, 
General  Smith's  division,  Davidson's  brigade. 
He  participated  in  the  campaign  in  Virginia, 
and  saw  much  active  service  until  he  was  sent 
to  Chesapeake  Hospital,  at  Fort  Monroe,  where 
he  died.  September  13,  1862,  and  was  buried 
in  Hampton  National  cemetery.  He  married, 
October  29,  1853.  Mary  E.  Brown,  born  in 
Cincinnatus,  New  York,  March  12,  1834,  died 
in  McGraw,  February  19,  191 1,  daughter  of 
Fenner  and  Harriet  (Terry)  Brown,  of  Cin- 
cinnatus. Her  father,  Fenner  Brown,  came 
originally  from  Rhode  Island,  and  was  the 
son  of  William  and  Rachel  (Grossman) 
Brown.  William  Brown  was  the  son  of  Josiah 
Brown.  Children:  i.  Charles  Avery,  born 
May  15,  1856,  lives  in  Olean,  New  York;  mar- 
ried, June  10,  1881,  Kate  Beman ;  children:  i. 
Lloyd,  born  April  14,  1882,  now  on  the  civil 
staff  of  the  governor  general  in  the  Philippines, 
married,  December  29,  1906,  Georgia  Beards- 
ley,  one  child,  Lois,  born  in  Manilla,  October 
6,  1908;  ii.  Mabel,  October  13,  1885 ;  iii.  Grace, 
February  17,  1890;  iv.  Raymond,  May  24, 
1895;  V.  Le Verne,  May,  1902.  2.  Hattie  M., 
born  March  21,  1859,  died  April  6,  1890;  mar- 
ried  Milo  C.  Thornton,  of  Solon;  one  child, 


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Mabel  A.,  married  Floyd  C.  Gilbert.  3.  liur- 
dette  Truman,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Burdette  Truman,  son  of  Truman 
Avery  Burlingham.  was  born  in  Owasco,  New 
York,  May  23,  1S61,  and  removed  with  his 
mother  to  McGraw,  New  York,  in  1867,  mak- 
ing his  home  with  her  until  her  death  in  Feb- 
ruary, 191 1.  He  attended  the  district  schools 
of  the  latter  place,  and  later  w-ent  to  McGraw- 
ville  Academy  and  Albany  Business  College. 
He  then  became  a  clerk  in  a  store  in  Albany, 
and  was  manager  of  the  City  Newsboys'  Lodg- 
ing House  in  the  same  city.  For  a  period  of 
four  years  he  was  engaged  in  work  on  the  new 
capitol  building  in  Albany.  Later  he  removed 
to  Johnstown  and  Gloversville,  where  he  was 
in  the  insurance  business,  which  he  left  to 
enter  the  employ  of  the  Wheeler  &  Wilson 
Sewing  Machine  Company.  About  1890  he 
returned  to  McGraw  and  conducted  a  dining 
and  lunch  room  there  until  June  i,  1897,  when 
he  was  appointed  postmaster  of  McGraw.  He 
is  now  serving  his  fourth  term  in  that  office, 
having  been  reappointed  by  President  Taft, 
December  10,  1909,  and  within  ten  days  con- 
firmed by  the  senate.  Shortly  after  his  first 
appointment,  he  purchased  new  and  modern 
fixtures  at  his  own  expense,  and  moved  into 
large  and  convenient  quarters.  During  a  dis- 
astrous fire,  in  January,  1906,  however,  the 
postoffice  was  destroyed,  and  he  was  forced 
into  temporary  quarters.  He  then  obtained  a 
ten-year  lease  on  a  part  of  the  Hendrick  build- 
ing, which  was  planned  for  postoffice  purposes 
and  equipped  under  his  supervision.  This  was 
ready  for  occupancy,  March  i,  1907,  and  is 
undoubtedly  one  of  the  neatest,  best-conducted 
postoffices  of  any  village  of  the  same  size  in 
the  country.  It  is  furnished  with  a  golden  oak 
outfit,  including  desks,  cabinets  and  ward- 
robes. 

During  the  fourteen  years  of  his  office,  Mr. 
Burlingham  has  conducted  the  afifairs  of  the 
office  in  a  systematic,  businesslike  manner,  and 
has  brought  about  improvements  which  have 
added  greatly  to  the  comfort  and  convenience 
of  the  citizens  of  McGraw.  Among  other 
things  he  has  secured  a  direct  exchange  of 
mails  with  mail  trains  on  the  Delaware,  Lack- 
awanna &  Western  and  Lehigh  \^alley  rail- 
roads instead  of  having  all  mail  pass  through 
Cortland.  He  has  also  secured  a  service  over 
the  Cortland  County  Traction  Company's  lines 
by  which  early  mail  from  New  York  is  re- 
ceived and  a  late  mail  sent  out.    He  has  estab- 


lished three  R.  F.  D.  routes  from  his  office, 
and  an  international  money  order  business,  by 
which  money  orders  can  be  sent  all  over  the 
world.  He  is  also  a  photographer  and  a  notary 
public.  Mr.  Burlingham  has  been  captain  and 
chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Cor- 
set City  Hose  Company  since  its  incorporation 
in  1897.  He  has  also  been  secretary  of  the 
fire  department  since  its  reorganization  in 
1898.  When  the  former  company  took  pos- 
session of  the  village  hall  for  three  years,  he 
was  elected  manager  and  has  personally  super- 
vised the  building  of  a  new  interior,  scenery,  etc. 
He  is  past  commander  and  trustee  of  Shuler 
Tent,  Knights  of  the  Alaccabees ;  past  chief 
ranger.  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows ; 
past  commander  of  Sons  of  \'eterans.  also  past 
commander  of  Sons  of  \'eterans,  Cnited  States 
of  America.     He  has  never  married. 


Thomas  Chafifee.  immigrant 
CHAFFEE  ancestor,  came  to  New  Eng- 
land as  early  as  1635,  at  which 
date  he  was  living  in  Hingham,  Massachusetts, 
and  owned  land  there.  The  first  mention  of 
him  in  the  records  of  Hingham  is  as  follows, 
under  date  1635:  "Given  unto  John  Tucker  by 
the  town  of  Hingham  for  a  planting  lot  six 
acres  of  land  lying  upon  the  Worlds  End  Hill, 
bounded  with  the  land  of  Thomas  Chafl'e  and 
the  land  of  John  I'rince,  Southward,  and  with 
the  land  of  Ralph  Woodward,  Northward, 
butting  upon  the  Sea  Eastward  and  West- 
ward." The  record  of  Thomas  Chaft'ee's 
grants  in  Hingham  was  not  made  until  1637. 
when  he  had  a  house  lot  and  several  other 
parcels  of  land.  Between  that  year  and  April 
9,  1642,  there  is  no  further  mention  of  him, 
but  upon  the  latter  date  his  name  appears  on 
the  records  of  Nantasket,  now  Hull,  Massa- 
chusetts. February  4,  1630,  he  sold  land  to 
Thomas  Gill,  of  Hingham.  The  last  record  of 
him  in  Hull  is  under  the  date  1657,  and  gives 
a  list  of  the  "Lands  and  tenements"  which  he 
owned  there.  Sometime  between  1657  and 
May  30,  1660,  when  he  sold  his  lands  in  Hull, 
he  removed  to  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  of 
which  he  was  one  of  the  proprietors.  He  re- 
ceived land  in  the  original  division  of  Reho- 
both, and  February  9,  1660,  made  his  first 
recorded  purchase  of  land  there.  He  lived  in 
that  part  of  the  tow-n  which  was  afterwards 
set  off  as  Swansea,  Massachusetts.  April  11, 
1664,  he  was  called  "of  Wanamoisett,"  which 
included    Swansea,    and     Barrington,    Rhode 


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Island,  and  "A  jjlanter."  At  that  time  he  sold 
one  of  the  town  lots  which  he  had  received  in 
the  original  division.  Evidently  he  took  an 
active  part  in  town  affairs,  for  his  name  ap- 
pears often  in  the  list  of  those  chosen  to  look 
after  such  matters.  His  occupation  is  given 
as  that  of  a  fisherman  and  a  farmer.  The  name 
of  his  wife  and  the  date  and  place  of  his  mar- 
riage are  unknown.  It  is  supposed,  iiowever, 
that  he  was  married  in  Hull,  and  that  the 
Christian  name  of  his  wife  was  Dorothy.  His 
will  was  made  July  25,  1680,  and  proved  March 
6,  1682-S3.  In  it  he  mentioned  his  sons  Na- 
thaniel and  Joseph.  Children,  probably  born 
in  Nantasket :  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below : 
Joseph,  born  between  1639  and  1646,  married 
Annis  Martin.  The  name  in  early  records  was 
spelled  Chaff e,  Chafey  and  Chafy. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  Thomas  Chaffee,  was 
probably  born  in  Nantasket,  between  1638  and 
1642,  and  died  in  Rehoboth,  September,  1721. 
He  married,  in  Swansea,  August  19,  1669,  Ex- 
perience, daughter  of  Jonathan  and  Miriam 
(Harmon)  Hliss,  of  Relioboth.  She  also  died 
in  September.  1721.  He  removed  with  his 
parents  from  Hull  to  Rehoboth  between  1657 
and  1660,  and  in  i(J69,  on  the  occasion  of  his 
marriage,  is  first  mentioned  in  Swansea.  May 
19,  1670.  he  was  chosen  constable,  and  in  1672 
owned  seventy  acres  of  land  there.  In  1674 
he  was  invited  by  the  town  of  Rehoboth,  in 
which  he  had  formerly  lived,  to  return,  and 
was  offered  land  there  as  an  inducement  for 
doing  so.  Four  months  later  he  had  sold  his 
lands  in  Swansea,  and  is  called  of  Rehoboth. 
February  11,  1675-76,  he  is  mentioned  in  the 
records  of  the  latter  town,  and  June  i,  1680, 
was  propounded  to  be  freeman,  and  the  fol- 
lowing year  was  admitted.  March  26,  1681, 
he  was  chosen  to  be  constable.  April  9,  1685, 
in  the  division  of  town  lots,  he  received  lot  No. 
76,  and  March  29,  1702-03,  a  second  lot.  He 
was  chosen  tythingman,  March  22,  1693,  and 
March  19,  1703-04.  He  drew  other  lots  of 
land  in  1707  and  17 12,  and  in  the  latter  year 
sold  that  land  drawn  in  that  same  year.  He 
was  a  blacksmith  by  occupation.  He  left  no 
will,  inventory,  distribution,  or  other  papers 
relating  to  his  estate.  In  a  deed,  however, 
dated  May  3.  1715,  he  gave  to  his  youngest 
son,  Noah,  ail  his  lands  in  Reholjoth  and 
Swansea,  which  he  had  not  already  given  to  his 
other  children,  also  his  house,  barn,  and  home 
lot.  It  appears  from  the  same  deed  that  he 
bad    then    liestowcd    upon    each    of    his    other 


children  their  portion  of  his  estate.  Children, 
the  first  three  born  in  Swansea,  the  others  in 
Rehoboth  :  Dorothy,  married  Nathaniel  Paine  ; 
Thomas,  born  October  19,  1672 ;  Rachel,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1673;  Nathaniel,  January  4,  1675- 
76 :  Jonathan,  April  7,  1678,  mentioned  below  ; 
David.  August  22,   1680:   Experience,   March 

24,  1682-83;  Mehitable,  June  10,  1685,  died 
-August  6,  1699;  Daniel,  October  30,  1687; 
Noah,  January  19,  1690-91,  died  July  9,  1691  ; 
Noah,  Decemljer  17,  1692. 

(Ill)  Jonathan,  son  of  Nathaniel  Chaffee, 
was  born  in  Rehoboth,  April  7,  1678,  died 
there  December  31,  1766.  He  married  there, 
November  23,  1703,  Hannah,  daughter  of 
William  and  Miriam  (Searles)  Carpenter, 
born  April  10,  1684;  in  1767  she  was  appoint- 
ed executrix  of  her  husband's  estate.  Febru- 
ary 10,  1701-02,  he  received  from  his  father 
four  and  a  half  acres  of  land  in  Rehoboth, 
near  "Broken  Cross."  March  19,  1704,  he  was 
chosen  to  act  as  field  driver,  and  December  11, 
1 718,  was  chosen  to  serve  on  the  jury  of  trials. 
That  same  year  he  bought  one  hundred  acres 
of  land  in  .\shford,  Connecticut,  and  in  1719 
one  hundred  acres  more  in  the  same  town.  In 
1726  he  gave  half  of  this  land  to  his  eldest  son, 
Jonathan,  who  settled  there,  and  in  1734  sold 
the  remainder  to  his  brother  David,  apparently 
iie\-er  having  lived  there.  March  28,  1720,  he 
was  chosen  tythingman,  and  June  6,  1725,  with 
his  wife  and  son  Jonathan,  was  admitted  to 
membershiji  in  the  First  Congregational 
Church  in  Rehoboth.  January  15,  1727,  he 
was  chosen  "to  project  and  prepair  a  method 
how  .schools  shall  be  kept  in  the  severall  parts 
of  the  town  and  how  many  may  be  proper  for 
the  Towne  to  have."  ■March  30,  1730,  he  was 
again  chosen  to  ser\'e  on  the  jury  of  trials  at 
Bristol,  and  October  15,  1739,  was  grand  jury- 
man, and  again,  in  October,  1745.  May  21, 
1744,  he  was  made  overseer  of  the  workhouse. 
He  is  called  husbandman  and  yeoman.  His 
will  was  made  May  5,  1754.  His  gravestone 
is  still  to  be  seen  in  the  old  burying-ground, 
formerly  in  Rehoboth,  now  in  Rumford,  Rhode 
Island. 

Chihlren,  born  in  Rehoboth  :  Jonathan,  June 

25,  1704,  mentioned  below;  Nathaniel,  October 
20,  1705;  Hannah,  October  3,  1707;  Dan.  I'eb- 
rnary  6,  1710-11;  Miriam,  .\ugust  22,  1712; 
Susanna,  Septeml)er  22.  1714,  died  December 
8.  1715;  I'".phraim.  January  23,  1715-16;  Will- 
iam, born  about  1717,  died  .\pril  26,  1730;  Sus- 
amia.  June  10.  1720.  died  young;  Deliverance, 


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September  4,  1721,  died  May  10,  1736;  Josiah, 
May  2,  1723:  Susanna,  August  28,  1728,  died 
May  20,  1736. 

(R)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Chaffee,  was  born  in  Rehoboth,  June  25,  1704, 
died  February  9.  1785.  He  married,  in  Ash- 
ford,  Connecticut,  June  i,  1727,  Abigail  Lyon, 
who  died  January  9,  1773.  Slie  was  admitted 
to  the  First  Congregational  Church,  of  Ash- 
ford,  August  5,  1733.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
church  of  Rehoboth,  June  6,  1725.  The  fol- 
lowing year  he  received  from  his  father  one 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  Ashford,  where  he 
settled.  February  23,  1729,  he  was  admitted 
to  full  communion  with  the  church  there.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Ashford:  Jonathan,  April  21, 
1728,  died  same  day;  Josiah,  February  10, 
1729;  Thomas,  April  8,  1731,  mentioned  below  ; 
Hannah,  November  28,  1733;  William,  July 
20,  1736;  Susanna,  September  10,  1738,  died 
young;  Abigail,  December  17,  1740,  died 
young;  Deliverance,  February  7,  1742-43,  died 
young;  Jonathan,  May  11,  1746;  Carpenter. 
January  25,  1749-50,  served  in  revolution. 

( V )  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Chaffee,  was  born  in  Ashford,  Ajiril  8,  1731, 
died  in  Becket,  Massachusetts,  December  5. 
1810.  He  married,  in  Willington,  Connecticut. 
March  26,  1761,  Hannah,  daughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  Reed.  She  was  born  there.  Oc- 
tober 3,  1742,  died  in  Becket,  May  5,  1836. 
He  was  of  Ashford  in  1758,  when  he  bought 
of  James  Bicknell,  a  fellow-townsman,  fifty 
acres  of  land  partly  in  Ashford  and  partly  in 
Willington.  About  the  time  of  his  marriage, 
he  removed  to  Willington  and  was  of  that  town 
as  late  as  September  17,  1783,  when  he  bought 
one  hundred  and  six  acres  of  land  in  Becket. 
Soon  afterwards  he  removed  to  Becket,  where 
he  and  his  wife  were  admitted  to  the  First 
Congregational  Church  by  letter.  April  3.  1784. 
March  i,  1793,  he  was  chosen,  with  two  others, 
to  superintend  the  records  of  the  church.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  ami  was  known  as 
a  kind  and  charitable  man.  Children,  all  but 
the  youngest  born  in  Willington:  Benjamin, 
born  November  16,  1762;  Deliverance,  Octo- 
ber 26,  1764;  Joshua,  May  7.  1766;  Thomas, 
March  15.  1768;  Jonathan,  March  4,  1771, 
mentioned  below;  Lois,  March  12,  1773;  Na- 
than, February  24,  1775;  Hannah,  May  22, 
1777;  Zephaniah,  October  11,  1779;  Caleb. 
July  9,  1781  ;  Calvin,  June  9.  1783;  Abigail, 
April  23,  1785. 

(\'T)   Jonathan    (3).    son    of    Thomas    (2) 


Chaffee,  was  born  in  Willington,  March  4, 
1 77 1.  He  married,  in  Becket,  November  29, 
1792,  Rebecca  Wadsworth,  born  in  1774.  They 
removed  to  Homer,  Cortland  county,  New- 
York.  The  date  of  his  death  is  unknown. 
Children,  probably  others  born  in  Homer: 
Elias,  born  in  Becket,  September  12,  1800; 
Seth  Willard,  born  in  Becket,  .\ugust  6,  1802; 
Orange  ;  Joseph  ;  Alvin  ;  Jonathan  B. ;  Thomas 
B.,  mentioned  below;  Sally;   Polly;  Rebecca; 

Laura,    married    Scott,    and    lived    in 

Cortland  county  ;  Alniira. 

(\T1)  Thomas  Brewster,  son  of  Jonathan 
(3)  Chaft'ce.  was  born  probably  in  Connecti- 
cut, about  181 5,  died  in  McGrawville.  New 
York,  June,  188 1.  He  removed  with  his  par- 
ents to  New  Y'ork  state  and  settled  first  in 
Oswego,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of  cabi- 
net-maker. He  afterwards  settled  in  Cort- 
landville.  New  Y^ork,  and  was  one  of  the  first 
trustees  of  McGrawville.  He  married  Eliza, 
daughter  of  Robert  and  Betsey  (  Reed  )  Wells, 
of  White  Plains,  New  Y'ork,  born  1817,  died 
January  17,  1909.  Children:  Polemas  W., 
lived  in  McGrawville;  Morris  B..  lived  in 
Toronto,  Canada,  died  1898;  Thomas  Jeft'er- 
son,  mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Thomas  Jefferson,  son  of  Thomas 
Brewster  Chaffee,  was  born  in  Homer,  March 
6,  1841,  died  in  McGrawville,  August  7,  1879. 
He  received  a  common  school  education,  and 
after  leaving  school  worked  for  a  time  in 
CJwego  in  a  store  kept  by  Stores  &  Chatfield. 
He  was  engaged  for  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  the  insurance  business,  and  lived  in  Mc- 
Graw  or  McGrawville.  He  served  in  the  civil 
war,  in  the  Fifteenth  New  Y^ork  Cavalry,  for 
about  a  year  and  a  half.  Most  of  his  time 
was  served  in  Maryland,  where  he  guarded 
Confederate  troops  who  had  been  taken  pris- 
oners. In  his  home  town,  McGraw  or  Mc- 
Grawville, he  served  as  justice  of  the  peace. 
He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Henry  and 
Cynthia  (Dunbar)  Hamilton,  born  in  Mc- 
Donough,  New  Y'ork.  May  20,  1839.  died  No- 
vember 19,  1906.  Children:  Harry  Chatfield, 
born  April  23,  1868,  mentioned  below  ;  Louis 
Sherridan.  .\|_iril  2S.  1870,  died  1892:  Frances 
F.,  August  21,  1871.  married  Eugene  W.  Rus- 
sell, of  McGraw,  farmer,  children  :  Louis,  Mer- 
ton,  Webster,  Harry  Chatfield,  deceased; 
Thomas  Jeff'erson.  January  1.  [87().  died  h"eb- 
ruary  17.  1877. 

(IX)  Harry  Chatfield,  son  of  Thomas  Jef- 
ferson   Chaffee,   was   born   in    McGraw,    New 


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York,  April  23,  1868,  and  was  educated  in  Mc- 
Graw  Academy,  and  the  Elmira  School  of 
Commerce.  When  eleven  years  of  age  he 
began  work  for  P.  H.  McGraw  &  Son,  corset- 
makers,  and  remained  with  them  until  1901, 
when  in  company  with  others  he  organized  the 
Empire  Corset  Company.  Of  this  firm  he  has 
been  secretary  and  director  since  its  organiza- 
tion. He  has  been  clerk  of  the  village  of  Mc- 
Graw for  fourteen  years,  and  also  president. 
He  married,  March  27,  1890,  Grace  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Frances  (Tripp)  Doud,  of 
McGraw. 


(VHI)  Polemas  Wells  Chaf- 
CHAFFEE  fee,  son  of  Thomas  Brewster 
Chafifee  (q.  v.),  was  born  in 
Cortland ville.  New  York,  January  i,  1846,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  Cortland 
and  McGraw  and  at  the  New  York  Central 
College  at  McGraw.  He  enlisted,  October  4, 
1 86 1,  in  Company  A,  Seventy-sixth  New  York 
Regiment  of  Volunteer  Infantry  in  the  civil 
war  and  was  in  the  service  three  years,  lacking 
three  months,  being  discharged  on  account  of 
disability  in  the  spring  of  1864.  He  took  part 
in  the  second  battle  of  Bull  Run  and  in  the 
three  days  at  Gettysburg.  He  was  sergeant 
of  the  guard  at  Ciettysburg  and  had  charge  of 
the  ammunition  train.  Since  his  return  from 
the  service,  he  has  made  his  home  in  McGraw 
and  has  worked  for  the  corset  manufacturers 
of  that  time.  He  was  with  P.  li.  McGraw  &  Son 
and  afterward  with  the  Miller  Corset  Company. 
He  worked  for  one  year  at  Bridgeport,  Con- 
necticut, for  a  corset  manufacturer.  In  politics 
Mr.  Chafifee  is  a  Republican.  He  has  served 
the  town  of  McGraw  for  several  terms  as 
overseer  of  the  poor.  He  is  a  member  of  Mc- 
Graw Lodge,  No.  320,  Odd  Fellows,  and  of 
the  Encampment  and  Canton  of  Cortland.  He 
is  chaplain  on  the  colonel's  staff  in  the  Canton. 
He  is  a  member  of  William  H.  Tarbell  Post, 
No.  476,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Mc- 
Graw, and  has  been  an  officer.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Presbyterian. 

He  married,  in  1888,  Mary  Marvin  Vincent 
Knight,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Abigail  Mar- 
vin. By  a  previous  marriage  she  had  three 
children  :  Hattie  .\dolia  \'incent,  who  died  aged 
six  years ;  Lelia  Sophia  V  incent,  married 
Claude  C.  Hammond,  of  McGraw ;  Gertrude 
I,.  \'incent. 


John  Maine,  immigrant  ancestor, 
Mx'MNE     was  born  in  York,  England,  1614. 

and  came  to  America,  in  1629. 
He  settled  at  York,  Maine.  He  had  a  son. 
Ezekiel,  mentioned  below.  The  name  was 
formerly  spelled  Mayn,  Mayne  and  Main. 

( II)  Ezekiel,  son  of  John  Maine,  was  born 
in  1 64 1,  in  York,  and  is  ne.xt  mentioned  in 
Scituate.  Massachusetts.  In  1669  he  removed 
to  Stonington,  Connecticut,  and  received  in 
1670  and  1672  land  grants  from  that  town. 
Subsecjuently  he  bought  other  land,  and  in 
1680  received  another  town  grant.  He  died 
there,  June  19,  1719.  Children:  Ezekiel;  Mary, 
baptized  July  i,  1677,  died  young;  Jeremiah, 
born  1678.  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas,  baptized 
Se])tember  22,  1679,  died  young;  Phebe,  bap- 
tized August  7,  1681 ;  Hannah. 

(III)  Jeremiah,  son  of  Ezekiel  Maine,  was 
born  1678.  He  married,  October  11,  1699, 
Mrs.  Ruth  Brown.  She  was  baptized  at  Ston- 
ington, July  16,  1699.  He  was  admitted  to 
the  Stonington  church.  May  18,  1712.  On 
February  12,  1727,  a  new  church  was  formed 
in  what  is  now  North  Stonington,  and  both  he 
and  his  wife  were  dismissed  to  the  latter,  by 
recjuest.  He  died  November  11,  1729.  Chil- 
dren: Thomas,  born  July  19,  1700,  mentioned 
below;  Hannah,  baptized  May  17,  1702;  Eliz- 
abeth, born  February  22,  1702-03  ;  Lydia,  April 
19.  1705;  Sarah,  May  19,  1706;  Jeremiah. 
April  10,  1708;  Hepzibah,  March  24,  1710: 
Nathaniel,  August  4,  1714;  Anna,  .^.ugust  21. 
1715;  John,  May  20,  1716;  Peter,  August  5, 
1718. 

(IV)  Deacon  Thomas  Maine,  son  of  Jere- 
miah Maine,  was  born  in  Stonington.  July  19. 
1700,  and  married  there,  April  20,  1720,  Annah, 
daughter  of  Eleazer  and  Ann  (Pendleton) 
Browti,  born  I-'ebruary  i,  1700.  Her  father 
was  the  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary  (Newhall) 
Brown,  of  Lynn,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  in  Stonington:  Thomas,  February  12. 
1721  ;  Andrew,  .Xugust  5,  1723;  Timothy, 
April  8,  1727;  Joshua,  .'Xpril  5,  1729;  Anne, 
July  31,  1731  ;  Jonas,  February  7,  1735-36, 
mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  died  young;  Eze- 
kiel, born  July  8,  1742;  Phebe,  November  16. 

1747- 

(V)  Jonas,  son  of  Deacon  Thomas  Maine, 
was  born  in  .Stonington,  February  7,  1735-36, 
died  there  Jaiuiary  24,  1804.  He  married 
(first)    at    Westerly,    Rhode    Island,   June    3. 


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1756,  Patience  Peckliam,  born  February  13, 
1732,  died  July  23,  1757  or  1758.  He  married 
(second),  April  14,  1760.  Content,  daughter 
of  William  and  Elizabeth  (Dewey)  Bromley, 
died  August.  1825,  aged  eighty-nine  years. 
Her  mother,  Elizabeth  (  Dewey )  Bromley,  was 
the  daughter  of  Israel  and  Abigail  (Drake) 
Dewey.  Israel  Dewey  was  the  son  of  Thomas 
Dewey,  immigrant  ancestor,  of  Windsor,  Con- 
necticut, from  whom  is  descended  Admiral 
George  Dewey.  Her  grandmother,  Abigail 
(Drake)  Dewey,  was  a  daughter  of  Sergeant 
Job  and  Mary  (Wolcott)  Drake,  the  latter  a 
daughter  of  Henry  Wolcott,  of  Windsor. 
Jonas  Maine  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution. 
Captain  Hunger  ford's  company.  Colonel  Sam- 
uel McClellan's  regiment ;  was  appointed  en- 
sign, November  5,  1780,  discharged  January 
3.  1 781.  This  regiment  saw  duty  in  New  Lon- 
don and  Croton,  Connecticut.  Child  of  first 
wife,  born  in  Stonington :  Sinius,   March  23, 

1757,  died  young.  Chiklren  of  second  wife: 
Content,  February  7,  1761  :  Peckham,  January 
5,  1763,  mentioned  below:  Patience,  March  7, 
1765;  Lyman,  March  14,  1767;  Dewey,  Sep- 
tember 14,  1770;  Jonas  M.,  March  15,  1772; 
Thomas,  married  Hannah  Chapman,  born  No- 
vember 28,  1776;  Jabish  Breed,  July  4,  1777: 
Nancy,  married  John  Grav ;  Paul  B.,  April  i, 
1782.' 

(VI)  Peckham,  son  of  Jonas  Maine,  was 
born  in  Stonington,  January  3,  1763,  died  at 
Adams,  New  York,  June  2,  1842.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1785,  Sally,  daughter  of  John  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Babcock)  Burdick,  born  September  7, 
1763,  died  at  Guilderland,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 28,  1837.  He  was  a  farmer  in  the  latter 
place.  Children :  Perez,  born  January  29, 
1786;  Jonas,  April  i,  1788;  John  Burdick, 
July  15,  1790;  Fanny,  January  3,  1792:  Lewis, 
April  3,  1793,  mentionefl  below ;  Asher  H., 
September  29,  1798;  Sophia,  November  8, 
1799:  Franklin  Brown,  April  5,  1802;  Adam 
^^^,  September  12,  1804. 

(VH)  Lewis,  son  of  Peckham  Maine,  was 
born  April  3,  1795,  in  Albany  county.  New 
York,  died  at  Richfield,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1840.  He  married  Catherine  Van  Ren- 
neslaer,  born  in  Guilderland,  Albany  county. 
New  York.  Children:  Stephen:  Samuel; 
Charles  M.,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Charles  Mason,  son  of  Lewis  Maine, 
was  born  in  Winfield,  Herkimer  county,  New 
York,  in  1832.  He  settled  when  a  young  man 
in    West    Winfield,    Herkimer    countv.    New 


York,  and  has  lived  there  since.  He  learned 
the  trade  of  stucco  working  and  has  always 
followed  it.  He  married  Mabel  Blowers,  born 
1834,  in  Marshall,  Oneida  county.  New  York, 
daughter  of  Reuben  and  Sarah  (Wing)  Blow- 
ers. Children :  Stephen,  lives  in  tlie  west : 
Allie  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Allie  Henry,  son  of  Charles  Mason 
Maine,  was  born  at  West  Winfield,  November 
18,  1862.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  the  West  Winfield  Acad- 
emy. He  learned  the  trade  of  plumber  and 
graduated  from  a  school  of  sanitary  plumbing 
and  heating  at  Scranton,  Pennsylvania.  He 
was  in  the  employ  of  G.  L.  Swift  &  Sons,  of 
Marathon,  New  York,  for  ten  years.  In  1903 
he  came  to  Cortland  as  a  partner  of  the  Ben- 
nett Hardware  Company  and  continued  in  the 
firm  for  five  years.  Since  1908  he  has  been  in 
the  heating  and  plumbing  business  in  Cortland 
on  his  own  account.  His  establishment  is  at 
23  Arthur  avenue  and  his  sliop  is  equipped 
with  the  latest  apparatus  and  appliances.  He 
carries  in  stock  a  large  variety  of  plumbing 
su]iplies  which  are  displayed  in  a  modern  and 
well-planned  salesroom.  He  is  agent  for  the 
Kelsey  Warm  Air  Generator:  for  the  Century 
Furnace  of  Akron,  Ohio;  the  Ideal  Furnace 
Company  of  Detroit,  Michigan;  the  Spence 
Hot  Water  Boiler,  made  by  Pierce,  Butler  & 
Pierce,  of  Syracuse,  and  the  Page  Boiler,  made 
by  W.  H.  Page,  of  New  York.  As  a  con- 
tractor he  has  handled  some  of  the  most  im- 
portant plumbing  and  heating  contracts  in  this 
section.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Order  of 
]\Iaccabees.  While  living  in  Marathon,  New- 
York,  he  served  the  incorporated  village  two 
years  as  a  trustee.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  February  7,  1886,  Marcia  M. 
Pratt,  of  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  born  Novem- 
ber 2,  1863,  daughter  of  Henry  D.  and  Mary 
A.  (Blair)  Pratt,  grandaughter  of  Charles  M. 
Pratt.  Children :  Mora  M.,  born  August  9, 
1892;  Kenneth  Blair,  June  27,  1902;  Robert 
Rolla,  March  7,  1906. 


Thomas  Blodgett,  immigrant 
BLODGETT  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, of  an  ancient  and  hon- 
ored family,  in  1605,  if  his  age  was  correctly 
given  when  he  sailed  for  America.  He  came 
in  the  ship  "Increase,"  sailing  April  8,  1635, 
with  his  wife,  Susan,  aged  tliirty-seven,  and 
children,  Daniel,  aged  four,  and  Sanniel,  aged 


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a  year  and  a  half.  The  name  is  variously 
spelled  in  the  early  Massachusetts  records, 
ISlodget,  Blodgett,  Blogett,  Blogget,  Bloghead, 
Bloget,  Bloggitt,  Bloged,  Blokwod,  Bloggot 
and  Blodgit.  He  was  a  glover  by  trade,  and 
settled  in  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  had  a  grant  of  land  March  6,  1636-37.  He 
died  in  1642.  His  will  was  dated  August  10, 
1641,  and  ]5roved  July  8,  following.  He  be- 
queatliL'd  to  wife,  Susan,  and  three  surviving 
children,  mentioned  below.  His  widow  mar- 
ried, February  15,  1643,  James  Thompson,  of 
Woburn,  and  died  February  10,  1660-61.  Chil- 
dren:  Daniel,  born  in  England,  1631,  settled 
in  Chelmsford,  Massachusetts ;  Samuel,  born 
in  England,  1633-34,  mentioned  below;  Sus- 
anna, born  in  Cambridge,  June,  1637  ;  Thomas, 
born  in  Cambridge,  died  August  7,  1639,  in 
infancy. 

(H)  .Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Blodgett,  was 
born  in  England  in  1633-34,  and  settled  in  Wo- 
burn. He  was  deputy  to  the  general  court, 
1693;  commissioner  of  the  rate.  1692;  select- 
man. 1681-90-93-95-96-97-1703.  Savage  gives 
the  date  of  his  death  as  July  3,  1693,  an  evident 
error,  as  he  was  assessed  in  Woburn  until 
1719.  I'aige  in  his  "History  of  Cambridge," 
makes  his  death  May  21,  1720,  aged  nearly 
eighty-seven  years,  which  is  consistent  with 
the  date  of  birth.  He  married,  December  13, 
1655,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Stephen  Eggleston,  or 
Iggleton,  of  Boston.  She  died  October  14, 
1703.  Children,  born  in  Woburn:  Ruth,  De- 
cember 28,  1656:  Samuel,  December  10,  1658; 
Thomas,  February  26,  1661,  mentioned  below  ; 
Susanna,  married,  December  29,  1685,  James 
Simmonds ;  Sarah,  February  17,  1668:  Mary 
(twin),  September  15,  1673;  Martha  (twin  of 
Mary). 

(HI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  .Samuel  Blodgett, 
was  born  in  Woburn,  Massachusetts,  February 
26,  1661.  He  married,  November  11,  1685. 
Rebecca,  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca 
(Wood)  Tidd,  then  of  \\^oburn,  afterwards 
of  Lexington.  .She  was  born  about  1665,  died. 
according  to  Woburn  records,  March  8.  1750. 
He  was  assessed  in  Woburn  from  1684  to 
1689.  He  removed  to  Lexington  some  years 
earlier,  but  was  not  assessed  in  that  town  until 
1 69 1.  He  became  one  of  the  most  active  and 
prominent  citizens  of  Lexington,  and  the  an- 
cestor of  the  greater  ])art  of  the  Lexington 
I'lodgetts.  He  was  a  subscriber  to  the  meet- 
ing-house in  the  jirecinct  in  16(^2,  and  both  he 
and  his  wife  became  members  of  the  cliurch. 


March  5,  1699,  by  a  letter  of  dismissal  from 
the  Woburn  church.  In  1710  he  was  an  asses- 
sor, and  after  the  incorporation  of  the  town 
he  filled  nearly  every  office  of  honor  and  trust. 
In  1714  he  was  chosen  selectman,  an  ofifice  to 
which  he  was  afterwards  reelected;  he  also 
represented  the  town  in  the  general  court. 
At  the  first  town  meeting  he  was  elected 
tythingman,  which  was  then  regarded  as  an 
office  of  great  dignity.  In  Hudson's  "History 
of  Lexington"  it  is  recorded  that  he  gave  one 
pninicl  ten  shillings  towards  the  first  meeting- 
liouse,  and  five  shillings  towards  the  purchase 
of  Lexington  Common,  at  a  meeting  held 
.April,  171 1.  January  9,  1713,  it  was  voted  to 
build  a  new  church,  and  he  with  four  others 
were  appointed  to  carry  the  measure  into 
efTect.  He  was  commonly  called  captain.  He 
died  September  29,  1740.  His  will  was  ap- 
])roved  November  24,  1740,  and  mentioned 
wife  Rebecca,  sons  Thomas,  Joseph,  Samuel, 
daughters  Rebecca,  Russell  and  .\bigail  Reed. 
Children,  the  first  three  recorded  in  Woburn : 
Thomas,  born  August  5,  1686 ;  Rebecca,  June 
5.  1689:  Ruth,  October  14,  1694,  probably  died 
young:  Joseph,  September  17,  1696;  Abigail, 
November  6.  1698,  Woburn  record ;  baptized 
in  Lexington,  November  3,  1698,  Lexington 
record;  Samuel,  born  June  17,  1702;  in  Wo- 
burn record  of  deaths;  child  died  .\]iril  13, 
1688:  child,  1691. 

f  IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Blodgett, 
was  born,  jirobably  in  Woburn,  September  17, 
1696,  and  removed  with  his  parents  when  quite 
young  to  Lexington.  He  appears  to  have 
lived  in  the  latter  town  until  about  thirty-five 
years  old,  but  no  record-of  assessment  has  been 
found  in  either  town.  Some  time  after  his 
first  marriage,  in  1719,  he  removed  to  Brim- 
field,  Massachusetts,  and  became  a  prominent 
citizen  there.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  church  in  1724,  and  in  1736 
was  on  a  committee  "to  treat  with  the  min- 
ister relating  to  his  principles  and  all  soe  re- 
lating to  ye  ]iroposals  made  by  ye  town  in  order 
to  settlement  &  sallery."  In  the  same  year  he 
gave  four  acres  of  land  to  the  minister,  and  in 
1739  petitioned  the  town  for  permission  to 
erect  a  horse-shed  at  the  meeting-house.  He 
married  (first),  November  3,  1719,  Sarah 
Stone,  born  in  Lexington,  November  9,  1700, 
died  May  8,  1735.  She  was  admitted  to  the 
church  in  Lexington.  June  19,  1728.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  June  29,  1738,  Sarah  Ingersoll, 
born   in   Springfield,   Massachusetts,   May   17, 


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1718,  (iieil  April  24,  1774.  He  died  June  10, 
1783.  Children  of  first  wife,  the  first  five  ht)rn 
in  Lexington,  the  last  three  in  Brimfield :  Jo- 
seph, April  17,  1721  ;  Sarah,  November  12. 
1722;  Anna,  April  10,  1724:  Abigail,  July  18, 
1726:  Ruth,  March  i,  1728;  Benjamin,  June 
19,  1730:  Abner,  June  6,  1732;  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1734.  Children  of  second  wife, 
born  in  Brimfield:  Samuel,  May  17,  1739; 
Lydia,  February  17,  1741  :  Jonas,  November 
12,  1743;  Azubah,  April  12,  1746:  Caleb,  No- 
vember 24,  1748:  Elijah,  October  25,  1751  ; 
Marsena,  March  4,  1754;  Nathan,  November 
3,  1756.  mentioned  below:  Admatha,  Decem- 
ber 15,  1758. 

(V)  Nathan,  son  of  Joseph  Blodgett.  was 
born  November  3,  1756.  In  1790  he  was  liv- 
ing at  Western,  now  Warren,  Massachusetts, 
and  soon  afterward  appears  to  have  moved  to 
Whitestown,  New  York,  then  to  Cortlandville. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  Brim- 
field, or  Brookfiekl,  in  Captain  Daniel  Gilbert's 
company.  Colonel  Job  Cushing's  regiment.  lie 
came  to  Cortlandville  in  1803,  and  located  in 
lots  sixty-five  and  sixty-six.  He  died  there 
July  12,  1845.  On  June  7,  1781,  he  married 
Abigail  Bliss,  who  was  born  August  30,  1760, 
died  March  30,  1837.  Their  children  were: 
I.  Loring,  born  April  22,  1782,  died  August 
30,  1865:  married  Nancy  Salisbury,  of  Cort- 
land, December  13-16,  1810;  children:  i.  Dor- 
leska,  born  October  6,  181 1,  died  February  25, 
1899;  married  Alonzo  Tisdale,  January  17, 
1832;  ii.  Marvin,  born  July  8,  1813,  died  No- 
vember II,  1845;  iii.  Loring  Jr.,  born  July  25, 
1815,  died  July  31,  1842;  iv.  Hiram  Curtis. 
born  January  25,  1818,  died  September  27, 
1899,  married,  April  2,  1845,  Mariva  AIcGraw, 
of  ilcGrawville,  New  York  :  their  children  :  a. 
Marsden  Loring.  born  September  5,  1847,  died 
November  14,  1862;  b.  Frank  Morgan,  born 
November  5.  1849,  died  December  i,  1872;  c. 
Helen  Mariva,  born  April  22,  1852,  married 
Samuel  Dewitt  Noyes,  of  Milwaukee,  Wis- 
consin :  they  have  one  daughter.  Bertha  E., 
born  May  15,  1883;  d.  Charles  Herbert,  born 
July  7,  1854,  died  November  14,  1871 ;  e.  Mary 
Elizabeth,  born  January  14,  1861.  married, 
December  8,  1886,  Charles  Henry  Van  Tuyl, 
now  of  the  faculty  of  the  I'niversity  of  Chi- 
cago, no  children  :  v.  Abigail,  born  October  29, 
181Q,  died  July  26,  1820;  vi.  Alvira,  born  June 
9,  1821,  died  January  7,  1842:  vii.  Nancy  Ann. 
born  July  14,  1824,  died  January  14,  1846.  2. 
Rachel,  born  July  4,  1785,  died  July  13,  1837: 


married  Jacob  Badgley,  January  31,  1808:  chil- 
dren :  Abigail,  married  Spencer;  Mor- 
gan :  Laura,  married  Cyrus  (iriswold  :  Eliza, 
married  Severance.  3.  Lot,  Ijorn  Au- 
gust 20,  1787,  died  August  20,  1808.  4.  Lewis, 
born  March  10,  1790,  died  September  3,  1870; 
married,  December  16,  1816,  Betsy  Cravath ; 
their  children  were  Horace  and  James,  of  Her- 
mitage, New  York.  5.  Lydia,  born  September 
2y,  1792,  died  February  4,  1870;  married 
Hiram  Betts,  December  2,  1810;  children: 
Samantha,  married  Elijah  R.  Stedman  ;  Wood- 
ward :  Olive  (Mrs.  James  A.  Calvert)  ;  Salina : 
Elsina,  married  (  first )  Bassett,  (  sec- 
ond )  Stout.     6.  Abigail,  born  June  9. 

1795,  died  March  6,  1797.  7.  Franklin  Benja- 
min, see  below.  8.  Eliza,  born  May  5,  1800. 
died  March  26,  1893;  married  Levi  Taggart, 
July  25,  1833;  children:  Susan  Jane,  married 
(first)  William  M.  Richardson,  of  Evansville. 
Wisconsin,  (  second  )  George  Parr,  of  Boscobel. 
Michigan ;  Cornelia :  Abigail  Bliss,  married 
(first)  Cyrus  Griswold,  widower,  (second) 
Albert  B.  Culver.  9.  Dwight  F.,  born  March 
31.  1808,  died  April  25,  1808. 

(VI)  Franklin  Benjamin,  son  of  Nathan 
Blodgett,  was  born  January  21,  1798,  died 
September  24,  1872.     He  married,  November 

1,  1821,  Achsah  Dewey.  Children:  i.  C)rissa, 
born  July  24,   1823,  died  November  25,   1842. 

2.  .Monzo  Dwight,  see  forward.  3.  Lewis  (jay- 
lord,  born  May  14.  1827.  died  August  17,  1828. 

4.  John  Randolph,  born  March  12,  1829,  died 
March  24,  1873;  married,  October  25,  1866, 
Alida  Ferris,  of  Warsaw,  New  York  :  children : 
i.  Elizabeth  Ferris,  born  October  12,  1867, 
died  August  15,  1869:  ii.  Louis  (iottschalk, 
born  January  11,  1871.  5.  Jane  .\melia,  born 
?^ larch  28,  1 83 1  ;  married,  November  22.  1855, 
Theodore  Clapp  Pomeroy,  M.  D. ;  children  :  i. 
Mary  Louise,  born  June  15,  1857,  died  October 

5,  1857:  ii.  and  iii.  Lewis  Blodgett  and  Willis 
(twins),  born  June  8.  1861,  Willis  died  April 
28,  1862,  Lewis  B.  married  Frances  Kinnie, 
May  23,  1893 :  iv.  Harry  Dwight,  born  May 
17,  1866,  married  Cora  Adelia  Patrick,  Octo- 
ber 29.  1890,  who  died  October  22.  1908,  leav- 
ing five  children :  W^illiam  Dwight,  born  at 
Phcenix,  New  York.  April  4.  1892:  Helen  Eliz- 
abeth, Phcenix,  February  9,  1894:  Donald 
Theodore.  Syracuse,  December  9,  1902:  Harry 
Frederick,  Syracuse,  February  26,  1903 ;  Ed- 
ward Patrick,  Rome,  March  25,  1906.  6.  Mary 
Louise,  born  April  15.  1833,  died  October  2, 
1862;  married  Rev.  Ova  Hoyt  Seymour,  May 


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-/•  ^^57 '■  children:  i.  Franklin  Miles,  born 
July  lo,  1858,  died  July  7,  1861 ;  ii.  Harry 
Childs,  born  July  6,  i860,  died  July  8.  1861  ; 
iii.  Randolph  Blodgett,  born  July  24,  1862, 
died  June  9,  1906. 

(VII)  Alonzo  Dwight,  son  of  Franklin  Ben- 
jamin Blodgett,  was  born  June  14,  1825,  at 
Cortland,  on  the  farm  which  had  previously 
been  in  the  family  for  two  generations.  He 
was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and  fol- 
lowed farming  on  the  homestead  where  he  was 
born.  He  married,  June  13,  i860,  Eleanor, 
born  February  18,  1831,  at  Charlemont,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  August  23,  1902,  at  Cortland, 
Xew  York,  daughter  of  Obadiah  and  Eleanor 
Dickinson.  Her  father  was  born  at  Hatfield, 
Massachusetts,  October  23,  1796,  died  at  Onon- 
daga Valley.  Xew  York,  April  23,  1879,  and 
ner  mother  was  born  at  Heath,  Massachusetts, 
August  3,  1804,  died  at  Onondaga  \'alley,  Oc- 
tober 12,  1888.  Three  children  were  born  to 
them:  i.  Edward  Dwight,  see  forward.  2. 
Mary  Eleanor,  born  May  2,  1865,  died  Xo- 
vember  12,  1869.  3.  Frank  Dickinson,  born 
March  29,  1871  ;  married  Helen  Marguerita 
W^ilcox,  of  Oneonta,  Xew  York,  August  18. 
1897;  children:  i.  Marguerita,  born  August 
26,  1899,  died  December  11,  1900:  ii.  Doro- 
thy, born  September  17,  1901  :  iii.  Edward 
Dickinson,  born  September  5,  1904 ;  iv.  Rich- 
ard Sheridan,  born  October   19,  1908. 

(VIII)  Edward  Dwight,  .son  of  Alonzo 
Dwight  Blodgett,  was  born  on  the  homestead 
in  Cortland,  Xew  York.  March  11,  1863.  The 
farm  is  within  the  corporate  limits  of  the  city 
of  Cortland,  about  a  mile  from  the  centre  of 
the  city.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  and  the  State  Xormal  and  Train- 
ing School  at  Cortland,  and  entered  Amherst 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  the  class  of  1887. 
I'or  two  years  afterward  he  was  city  editor  of 
the  Cortland  Standard.  From  1889  to  1892  he 
was  teacher  of  Latin  and  Greek  in  the  State 
Normal  and  Training  School  at  Cortland, a  posi- 
tion he  resigned  to  become  secretary  and  treas- 
urer of  the  Cortland  Standard  Printing  Com- 
pany, which  publishes  the  Cortland  Standard. 
Since  then  he  had  been  associate  editor  of  the 
daily,  semi-weekly  and  weekly  editions  of  this 
ncwspajjcr.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  in 
religion  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
of  which  his  grandparents  were  among  the 
founders  in  1825.  He  is  a  member  of  Cortland- 


ville    Lodge,    No.    470,    Free    and    Accepted 
Masons. 

He  married,  June  13,  1894,  Bertha  Eveleth, 
daughter  of  Augustus  Turner  and  Helen  (Eve- 
leth) Jones,  of  Brockton,  Massachusetts.  She 
is  a  graduate  of  Wellesley  College  in  the  class 
of  1889.  They  have  two  children:  Eleanor 
Dickinson,  born  August  18,  1896,  and  Edward 
Eveleth,  born  June  24,  1903. 


The    surname    Patrick    is    de- 

PATRICK  rived  like  a  large  percentage  of 
British  and  other  surnames 
from  the  personal  or  baptismal  name  of  an 
ancestor.  The  names  Fitz Patrick  in  Ireland, 
and  Kirkpatrick  in  .Scotland  are,  of  course,  the 
same,  the  prefixes  of  the  patronymic  becoming 
part  of  the  surname.  Surnames  came  into  use 
in  England  and  Scotland  in  1 100-1200,  and  at 
a  very  early  date  the  Patrick  family  surname 
is  found  in  Ayrshire,  Scotland.  The  Kirk- 
patricks  in  some  branches  dropped  the  prefix. 
Before  1200  the  Kirkpatricks  were  promi- 
nent in  Dumfriesshire  and  Kirkcudbrightshire, 
Scotland.  The  Fitzpatrick  family  is  of  Irish 
origin,  but  among  the  Scotch-Irish  the  name  is 
common.  In  counties  Cavan.  Downs  and  An- 
trim, in  the  Protestant  province  of  Ulster,  Ire- 
land, sixty-four  children  bearing  the  name  of 
Fitzpatrick  were  born  in  the  year  1890.  The 
family  of  Patrick  in  England  is  also  ancient. 

The  origin  of  the  surnames  Kilpatrick  and 
Kirkpatrick  are  the  same.  Kil  or  kirk  nieans 
church.  The  early  home  of  the  Kilpatricks  in 
Scotland  was  in  Dumbartonshire  and  Stirling- 
shire. In  1619  Xicbolas  Pynnar's  survey  of 
the  Scottish  grants  made  by  King  James  of 
England  in  Ulster  province,  Ireland,  shows 
that  James  Kilpatrick  was  one  of  the  settlers 
on  the  fifteen  thousand  acre  grant  of  Peter 
Ilenson  in  the  jirecinct  of  Liffer,  county  Done- 
gal. Ireland,  and  he  is  presumed  to  be  the  an- 
cestor of  the  Scotch-Irish  Kilpatricks  and  Pat- 
ricks who  came  to  .America. 

Thomas  Kilpatrick,  born  in  1674,  came  from 
Coleraine,  county  Antrim,  Ireland,  to  Boston, 
in  1718,  with  nine  sons  and  one  daughter,  the 
latter  whom  was  drowned  on  the  voyage. 
Fron:  Boston  he  went  to  Wells,  Maine,  where 
some  of  his  sons  settled;  while  he  and  five  sons 
afterward  located  at  I'iddefnrd.  Maine.  This 
familv  all  adopted  the  s])clling  Patrick,  as  far 
as  known. 

Some  of  the  Connecticut   I'atricks  are  de- 


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scendcd  from  Colonel  Daniel  Patrick,  who 
came  from  England  and  settled  in  W'atertown 
very  early,  being  admitted  a  freeman,  May  18, 
1 63 1,  a  captain  in  the  colonial  service  ;  removed 
to  Stamford,  Connecticut,  married  a  Dutch 
wife. 

( I )  Ebenezer  Patrick  and  his  brother  Will- 
iam came  with  the  first  Scotch-Irish  from 
Ulster  in  17 18.  and  settled  in  Connecticut. 
Ebenezer  made  his  home  at  \'oluntown,  Wind- 
ham county,  and  in  1765  he  removed  from 
Canaan,  Connecticut,  where  he  lived  for  a 
time,  to  Stillwater,  Saratoga  county,  then  Al- 
bany county,  Kew  York.  He  married,  in  Con- 
necticut, Rebecca,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert 
Cam[)bell.  Among  their  children  was  Robert, 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Robert,  son  of  Ebenezer  Patrick,  was 
born  in  Litchfield  county,  Connecticut,  in  1760, 
died  in  Stillwater,  Xew  York,  September  i, 
1815.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  and 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  Saratoga.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  all  his  active  life.  He  married 
(first),  February  5,  1781,  Elizabeth  Ives,  born 
1763,  died  November  26,  1793.  He  married 
(second),  November  5,  1794,  Sally  Spaulding, 
born  in  1775,  died  August  27,  1797.  He  mar- 
ried (third),  November  i,  1797,  Polly  Gilbert, 
born  1774,  died  March  26,  183 1.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Isaac,  born  December  10,  1781  ; 
Ebenezer,  August  2,  1783;  Nathaniel,  Febru- 
aryary  10,  1785;  Elias.  December  17,  1786, 
died  December  17,  1787;  Millia,  born  Febru- 
ary 2,  1790:  Henry,  born  August  26,  1791, 
died  October  8.  i8f)2;  Chauncey,  born  April 
15,  1793,  died  February  8,  1806.  Children  by 
second  wife:  .■Kmos,  born  July  29,  1796:  Son, 
born  January,  1797.  died  in  infancy.  Children 
of  third  wife:  Sally,  born  January  18,  1799, 
died  May  20,  1799 ;  Sarah,  born  June  29,  1801  ; 
Olivia,  born  August  25,  1803;  Lydia,  January 
15,  1806;  James  C,  November  5,  1810;  Mary, 

.January  15,  181 3.  ^ 

^^flll)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Robert  Patrick,  was 
born  in  Stillwater,  Saratoga  county.  New  York, 
February  10,  1783,  died  in  Truxton,  New 
York,  October,  1844.  He  came  from  his  native 
town  to  Truxton  in  1812,  and  was  one  of  the 
early  settlers  there,  cleared  his  land  and  fol- 
lowed farming.  He  married,  in  1810.  Pene- 
lope Potter,  born  May  30.  1793,  died  October 
4,  1870,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah 
(Hunt)  Potter.  Her  father  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers  in  what  is  now  the  town  of  Cuyler 
in   1794,  afterward  settled  at  Truxton.     The 


farm  he  cleared  is  now  owned  and  occupied  by 
John  W.  Patrick,  mentioned  below.  He  was 
"killed  by  a  falling  tree.  Children  of  Nathaniel 
and  Penelope  Patrick  :  Steplien  :  Julia  A.,  born 
1813,  died  1819;  Elias,  1815;  Fannie  E.,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1816,  married  Joseph  Hull;  Hiram, 
December  31,  1818;  Albert,  November  2,  1820, 
died  May  24,  1838:  Charles,  August  24,  1822; 
William  K.,  February  16.  1824,  died  May  8, 
1882;  Lydia  M.,  March  21,  1826,  now  living 
in  Syracuse,  New  York,  widow  of  Alanson 
lienson:  Mary,  September  21,  1827,  died  Sep- 
tember 16,  1881,  married  Charles  Angle  ;  Emily, 
April  25,  1829,  died  in  childhood;  Richard  ]\I., 
May  5,  1831  ;  Alfred,  September  29,  1832; 
Elizabeth,  June  22.  1841,  died  October  4,  1899, 
married  Robert  Patrick,  of  Albany, 

(IV)  Stephen,  son  of  Nathaniel  Patrick, 
was  born  September  17,  1811,  at  Stillwater, 
Saratoga  county  ;  died  at  Truxton,  New  York, 
May  9,  1890.  He  came  to  Cuyler,  New  York, 
with  liis  parents  when  one  year  old.  and  was 
educated  in  the  district  schools.  During  the 
winter  he  taught  school  for  several  years. 
When  he  came  of  age  he  entered  the  employ 
of  the  Delaware  &  Hudson  Canal  Company, 
and  in  the  course  of  time  became  captain  of  a 
boat.  He  taught  school  also  during  the  win- 
ters of  the  six  years  that  he  worked  on  the 
canal,  having  schools  in  the  town  of  Kingston. 
In  1838  he  purchased  a  farm  in  Cortland 
county.  New  York,  and  from  that  time  until  he 
died  followed  farming.  In  public  affairs  he 
was  active  and  prominent.  For  many  years 
he  was  a  member  of  the  school  board,  the 
duties  of  which  in  part  consisted  of  the  exami- 
nation of  teachers  and  the  visiting  of  the  dis- 
trict schools.  For  many  years  he  was  assessor 
and  supervisor  of  the  town.  From  1832  to 
1836  he  was  a  prominent  Whig,  and  later  was 
one  of  the  organizers  of  the  Republican  party 
in  this  section,  in  1854-36.  He  represented 
the  county  in  the  state  assembly,  and  while  in 
the  legislature  he  secured  the  passage  of  the 
bill  to  charter  the  Cortland  Savings  Rank,  of 
wiiich  he  was  a  trustee  from  the  first  until  he 
died,  and  he  was  generally  known  as  the 
"Father"  of  the  institution.  He  was  often 
elected  delegate  to  county  and  state  conven- 
tions of  his  party,  and  fre(|uently  presided  at 
political  meetings.  .As  a  farmer  he  was  un- 
usually successful,  and  kept  a  herd  of  sixty 
cows.  In  his  later  years  he  carried  on  also  an 
insurance  business,  having  tlie  agencies  of  a 
number  of  life  and  fire  insurance  companies. 


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He  was  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church. 

He  married,  in  1836,  .Angehna  Dickinson, 
of  SulHvan  county.  New  York,  born  July  20, 
1813,  died  December  23,  1906,  daughter  of 
Jesse  and  Matilda  Dickinson.  Children  :  Fannie 
Maria,  born  in  1836,  died  in  1837:  Harriet, 
1839,  died  in  1841  ;  Adam,  1840,  died  young; 
John  Wesley,  mentioned  below;  .\lvah  T.,  De- 
cember 27,  1843,  lives  in  Binghamton  ;  Harriet 
M.,  October  26,  1843,  married  Henry  L.  Glea- 
son,  of  Cortland;  Richard  M.,  December  i, 
1847,  died  July  6,  1891  ;  Eliza  D.,  April  i, 
1850,  died  August  21,  1900,  married  Edwin 
Radway ;  Nathaniel  B.,  May  28,  1852,  lives  in 
South  Dakota ;  Nellie  A  ,  May  2,  1854,  mar- 
ried David  Jones,  of  Oakland,  Minnesota ; 
Nelson  J.,  January  29,  1856,  engineer  on  the 
Chicago  &  Northwestern  railroad. 

(V)  John  Wesley,  son  of  Stephen  Patrick, 
was  born  in  Truxton,  New  York,   November 

21,  1841.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
there  and  at  Homer  Academy.  He  enlisted  at 
the  very  beginning  of  the  civil  war  in  Company 
H,  Twenty-third  New  York  Regiment  of  \''ol- 
unteer  Infantry,  and  was  mustered  in  April 
26,  1861.  He  served  in  the  Army  of  the 
Potomac  and  took  part  in  the  second  battle  of 
Bull  Run,  in  the  battle  of  South  Mountain,  the 
battle  of  Antietam  and  al!  other  engagements 
in  which  his  regiment  participated.  He  was 
mustered  out  with  the  rank  of  sergeant.  May 

22,  1863,  and  came  back  to  the  farm  at  Cuyler, 
which  was  cleared  by  his  grandfather,  Na- 
thaniel Potter,  and  he  has  resided  there  and 
conducted  the  farm  ever  since.  He  owns  four 
hundred  and  twenty-five  acres  of  land,  and  has 
nearly  a  hundrefl  head  of  cattle,  having  fifty 
or  more  milch  cows  all  the  time.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  assessor 
many  years  and  served  as  supervisor  of  the 
town  for  seven  years.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  and  a  trustee  of  the  Methodist  church: 
a  member  of  \'olney  Baker  Post,  No.  517, 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

He  married,  December  12,  1866,  Agnes  Rob- 
bins,  of  St.  .Andrews,  Canada,  daughter  of 
John  Wakefield  and  Ann  (Dodd)  Robbins. 
Her  mother  was  born  in  England.  Children : 
I.  Stella  A.,  born  Jantiarv  7,  1868;  married,  in 
1889,  Adelbert  D.  Theobald.  2.  Wesley  Bur- 
ton, December  27,  1873;  educated  at  the  State 
Normal  School,  at  Cortland,  and  at  Columbia 
University,  and  at  present  ]:)rincipal  of  the 
public  schools  in  Orange,  New  Jersey ;  mar- 


ried, June,  1909,  Nellie  A.  Besse ;  child,  Irma 
Louise,  born  June  25,  1910.  3.  William  Kirk, 
July  4,  1884;  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
graduating  from  the  De  Ruyter  High  School 
and  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Cortland ; 
now  principal  of  the  high  school  at  Avoca. 
Steuben  county.  New  York. 


The  surname  Gibbs  was  well  known 
GIBBS  in  England  before  the  emigration 
of  the  Puritans  to  America.  Will- 
iam Gibbs,  of  Lanham,  Yorkshire,  England, 
for  signal  service  to  the  Crown,  received  from 
the  King  of  England  a  grant  of  land  embracing 
a  tract  four  miles  square  in  the  center  of  the 
town.  Tradition  says  that  he  had  three  sons, 
the  eldest  of  whom  inherited  the  paternal  estate 
and  remaineil  thereon;  that  the  younger  sons 
learned  the  trade  of  shijnvright,  and  upon 
reaching  their  majority  received  funds  from 
the  eldest  with  which  to  come  to  America. 
One  tradition  tells  us  that  one  of  the  brothers 
settled  on  Cape  Cod,  the  other  at  Newport. 
Rhode  Island. 

(I)  Matthew  Gibbs,  one  of  the  brothers  of 
the  tradition,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor  of 
tinis  family.  He  was  born  in  England,  and 
after  coming  to  this  country  located  at  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  where  he  was  living 
about  1650.  In  1654  he  removed  to  Sudbury, 
Massachusetts,  and  settled  in  the  district  called 
Lanham,  probably  from  his  former  home  in 
England,  having  a  grant  of  land  there  in  1659, 
and  other  grants  in  1670.  In  1661  he  bought 
of  Thomas  Reed  Sr.  a  third  of  a  farm  granted 
originally  to  Rev.  Edmuijd  Brown,  near  Doe- 
skin Hiil,  and  in  1673  and  1678  he  bought 
more  of  the  same  farm.  He  also  purchased 
Gookin  and  Howland,  east  of  Indian  Head. 
He  died  before  1697.  He  married,  about  1651, 
Marv,  daughter  of  Robert  Bradish.  His  wife 
was  admitted  to  the  Charlestown  church,  Sep- 
temlier  23,  1632.  Children:  Mary,  born  1653: 
Hannah,  1634;  Matthew,  1635:  Thomas,  De- 
cember 17,  1656;  Elizabeth,  1658:  Thomas, 
.\pril  10,  1660;  John,  mentioned  below. 

dl)  John,  son  of  Matthew  Gibbs,  was  born 
at  Sudbury,  about  1670;  lived  at  Lanham;  died 
there,  .April  2,  1718.  He  married  (first),  April 
27,  1688,  Anna,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gleason. 
He  married  (second).  May  31,  i(k)4,  Sarah 
Cutler,  of  Reading,  who  died  at  Sudbury,  .Au- 
gust 31,  1723.  Children  of  first  wife  :  Thomas, 
born  .April  19,  1689;  Mercy,  August  3,  169 1  ; 
John.      Children   by   second    wife:   Nathaniel, 


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mentioned  below;  Sarah,  December  fi,  1701; 
Isaac;  Jacob,  June  25,  1704;  Israel,  July  11. 
1706;  Ephraim,  June  12,  1710,  died  young. 

(Ill)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Gibbs,  was 
born  at  Sudbury,  about  1700;  married  Bath- 
sheba  Parmenter,  of  Sudbury,  who  died  in  1746. 
Children,  born  at  Sudbury:  Eunice,  February 
20,  1726-27;  Sybella,  January  13,  1728;  Bath- 
sheba,  February  2,  1730-31,  died  1737;  Lois. 
July  12,  1732;  Nathaniel,  May  21,  1736,  livetl 
at  Sudbury  ;  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Jesse, 
July  4,  1744,  lived  in  Sudbury. 

( I\' )  William,  son  of  Nathaniel  Gibbs,  was 
born  at  Sudbury,  March  8,  1740;  died  intestate 
at  Princeton,  Alassachusetts,  April  25,  1770. 
He  married,  .-\pril  14,  1762,  Joanna  Gleason. 
of  Lancaster.  They  settled  at  Princeton,  in 
Worcester  county.  Children,  born  at  Prince- 
ton :  Ezra,  mentioned  below ;  W  illiam,  August 
22,  1764;  Alpheus,  June  20,  1766;  Theodore, 
August  I,  1768;  Joanna,  June  27,  1770.  W'ill- 
iam  Gibbs  deeded  land.  May,  1767,  to  Elijah 
Hobbs,  of  Weston.  William  Gibbs,  as  one  of 
the  heirs  of  Phinehas  Gleason,  of  Rutland, 
East  District  (Princeton),  who  died  Decem- 
ber 20,  1758,  by  virtue  of  his  wife  Joanna,  a 
daughter  of  Phinehas,  deeded  land,  June  12, 
1765,  to  John  Gleason,  of  Princeton.  Will- 
iam Gibbs,  yeoman,  deeded  twenty-eight  acres, 
the  southwest  end  of  Lot  No.  8,  May  17,  1763, 
to  Samuel  Bigelow,  of  Holden.  Gibbs  bought 
Lot  No.  8,  ninety-five  acres,  November  24, 
1759,  of  James  Spring,  of  Princeton.  Gibbs 
was  living  in  Sudbury  in  1759,  but  soon  moved. 

iV)  Ezra,  son  of  William  Gibbs,  was  born 
at  Princeton,  October,  1762.  After  the  death 
of  his  father  he  had  Robert  Cowdin  appointed 
his  guardian,  March  4,  1778.  Children:  Will- 
iam, John,  Ezra  and  others. 

(VI)  William  (2),  son  of  Ezra  Gibbs,  was 
born  in  Princeton  and  died  at  Norwich,  New 
York.  He  settled  in  Norwich  with  his  brothers 
when  a  young  man,  coming  by  ox  team  through 
the  wilderness  to  Norwich,  Chenango  county. 
He  married  Demis  Sexton,  who  was  born  in 
1800.  Children:  William  Emerson;  Adelia, 
njarried  George  Thompson ;  Henry,  lives  at 
Princeton,  Illinois ;  Eliza,  second  wife  of 
George  Thompson ;  Harlan  P.,  lives  in  Minne- 
sota. 

(VII)  William  Emerson,  son  of  William 
(2)  Gibbs,  was  born  at  Norwich,  January-  31, 
1829;  died  while  living  with  his  son  in  Homer, 
New  York,  June  23,  1910.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  and  at  Gilbertville  Acad- 


emy, and  for  a  time  was  in  the  mercantile  busi- 
ness in  Norwich.  He  owned  a  tannery  at 
South  New  Berlin,  New  York,  for  several 
years.  He  retired  with  a  competence  twenty 
years  before  he  died,  and  resided  at  Homer, 
New  York.  In  ])olitics  he  was  a  Republican, 
and  he  held  various  town  offices.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Presbyterian,  and  \vas  superintendent 
of  the  Simday  school.  He  married,  June  13. 
1858,  Myra  Carpenter,  born  at  New  Berlin. 
-New  York,  May  27,  1833,  daughter  of  Cyril 
and  Lucina  E.  (  Edwards )  Carpenter.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Gratia  .\delia,  born  April  16,  1859. 
died  February  14,  1861.  2.  Mary  Eliza,  born 
October  21,  1862  ;  married  Theodore  L.  (jarnett. 
of  Homer,  and  has  one  child,  Elsie  M.  (Harnett. 
3.  Andrew  William,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ben- 
jamin C.  born  May  27,  1872,  a  traveling  sales- 
man, living  in  (juilford.  New  York. 

{ \TII )  Andrew  William,  son  of  William 
Emerson  Gibbs,  was  born  at  Guilford,  Chen- 
ango county.  New  York,  September  14,  1865. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  at  Oxford  Academy.  He  en- 
gaged in  business  in  1894,  in  partnership  with 
his  brother.  Benjamin  C.  Gibbs,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Gibbs  Ikothers  at  Johnstown,  New 
York,  dealers  in  men's  furnishings.  After 
four  years  he  came  to  Homer,  New  York, 
where  in  1901  he  entered  partnership  with 
D.  D.  Newton  in  the  manufacture  of  shirts 
and  woolen  goods,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Newton  &  Company.  M.  A.  Whiting  was  the 
third  partner  in  the  company.  This  concern 
manufactures  the  cloth  from  which  it  makes 
shirts,  and  since  1910  has  been  making  fish 
lines  in  another  factory  under  the  same  man- 
agement. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
he  has  been  assessor  of  the  town  of  Homer. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
Johnstown,  and  of  the  Congregational  church, 
of  Homer. 

He  married,  November  18,  1896,  Bessie  E. 
Watkins,  born  in  Cortland,  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  Adclbert  H.  and  Eve  (Howe)  Watkins. 
Children :  Marion  Esther,  born  July  29,  1899 : 
Marjorie  Adelaide,  March  19,  1901  ;  Alice 
Watkins,  .\pril  22,  1906. 


Robert  C.  Wilson  was  born  May 
WILSON     7,   1846.  during  the  voyage  of 

his  parents  to  this  country  from 
northern  Ireland.  His  family  settled  in  Con- 
stable, New  York,  and  he  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools,  and  engaged  in  farming. 


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and  later  in  the  mercantile  business  in  that 
town.  He  is  a  prominent  and  pubhc-spirited 
citizen,  active  in  public  affairs,  and  one  of  the 
best  known  and  most  popular  men  of  the  com- 
numity.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  he 
is  postmaster  at  Constable.  He  is  a  breeder 
of  Holstein-Friesian  cattle,  and  with  his  son, 
Frank  R.  Wilson,  is  a  proprietor  of  St.  Law- 
rence Valley  Farms.  He  is  an  Odd  Fellow. 
He  married  Sylvia  Hastings,  born  September 
3,  1845,  daughter  of  Harvey  and  Lucy  (Dud- 
ley) Hastings,  of  Constable  (see  Hastings). 
Children  :  Herbert  J.  and  Frank  R. 

(II)  Herbert  J.,  son  of  Robert  C.  Wilson, 
was  born  at  Constable,  Franklin  county,  New 
York,  March  18,  1871.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town,  graduated  from 
Franklin  Academy  in  1890,  from  Dartmouth 
College,  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  science. 
in  1894,  and  from  the  Albany  Law  School  in 
1897.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  July  6, 
1897.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  he 
has  been  active  in  public  life  and  has  filled 
various  offices  of  public  trust.  In  1898-99  he 
was  clerk  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of  Frank- 
lin county,  New  York.  Since  1900  he  has  re- 
sided and  practiced  his  profession  in  Fulton, 
New  York.  From  1902  to  1906  he  was  city 
judge,  the  first  to  hold  that  office.  He  was 
corporation  council  in  1901.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Sigma  Chi  fraternity,  and  of  the  Phi 
Beta  Kappa  Society,  of  Neatawanta  Lodge  of 
Odd  Fellows,  of  Fulton,  and  of  the  Macca- 
bees. He  is  an  attendant  of  the  First  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  Church,  and  clerk  of  the  offi- 
cial board.  He  married,  July  6,  1899,  \'eda 
M.  Lyon,  born  December  13,  1870,  daughter 
of  Nelson  and  Minnie  E.  Lyon,  of  IMalone. 
New  York.  She  was  born  at  Springfield,  \'er- 
mont.  They  have  one  child,  Harvia  Hastings, 
born  at  Fulton,  December  23,  1900. 

(II)  Frank  R.,  son  of  Robert  C.  and  Sylvia 
(Hastings)  Wilson,  was  born  at  Constable, 
New  York,  January  25,  1877.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  and  at  Franklin 
Academy.  He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
is  assistant  jjosstmaster  at  Constable.  He  is 
associated  with  Robert  C.  Wilson,  his  father, 
in  farming  and  in  mercantile  business  and 
in  the  breeding  of  Holstein-Friesian  cattle,  as 
proprietors  of  St.  Lawrence  Valley  Farms.  He 
is  an  Odd  Fellow.  He  married  Bessie  D, 
Elliot,  daughter  of  Seymour  Elliot,  of  Bom- 
bay, New  York.     No  children. 


(The   Hastings  Line). 

The  name  Hastings  is  well  known  in  his- 
tory, and  the  race  to  which  it  applies  is  of 
Danish  origin.  In  the  early  days  of  the  Brit- 
ish Kingdom  the  Danes  made  frequent  incur- 
sions upon  that  part  of  England  and  Scotland 
bordering  upon  the  North  Sea.  It  was  in  one 
of  these  incursions  that  Hastings,  a  Danish 
chief,  made  himself  formidable  to  Alfred  the 
Great  by  landing  a  large  body  of  men  upon  the 
coast.  He  took  possession  of  a  portion  of 
Sussex,  and  the  castle  and  seaport  of  Hastings 
were  held  by  his  family  when  William  the 
ConcjueroT  landed  in  England,  and  they  held 
it  from  the  crown  for  many  generations. 

The  first  of  the  family  to  enjoy  the  peerage 
was  Henry,  Lord  Hastings,  son  of  William  de 
Hasting,  Steward  of  Henry  II.;  the  steward- 
ship was  hereditary.  They  were  allied  by 
marriage  to  the  royal  family  of  England  and 
Scotland.  George,  third  Lord  Hastings,  was 
in  1529  created  Earl  of  Huntingdon.  Sir  Henry 
and  George  Hastings,  grandsons  of  the  Earl 
of  Huntingdon,  hail  sons  who  became  Puritans 
and  were  obliged  by  persecution  to  leave  their 
native  land  and  find  homes  in  the  new  world. 
As  early  as  1634  we  find  Thomas  Hastings 
and  wife  had  arrived  on  this  shore,  and  in 
1638  John  and  family  had  followed.  That 
they  were  brothers  was  a  tradition  in  the  fam- 
ily ;  but  it  has  never  been  clearly  shown,  and 
it  is  more  probable  that  they  were  cousins. 
Thomas  was  a  descendant  of  the  Earl  of 
Huntingdon,  as  shown  by  the  coat-of-arms. 

The  arms  of  Hastings,  of  which  there  is  an 
ancient  painting  still  preserved,  are  quarterly : 
A  black  maunch-sleeve  df  an  ancient  robe,  on  a 
white  field.  The  arms  of  France  and  England 
quarterly :  A  red  lion  rampant,  on  a  field  of 
gold,  being  the  ancient  arms  of  Scotland. 
Barry  of  ten  pieces,  blue  and  white,  with  eight 
red  martlets,  swallows  of  Palestine,  for  de 
\'alence.  The  maunch  in  the  Hastings  arms 
was  given  to  show  the  office  of  hereditary 
steward  to  the  King  of  England.  The  arms 
of  France  and  England  denote  him  as  one  of 
the  heirs  of  the  Plautagenets  by  marriage  with 
the  IVincess  Ida.  The  arms  of  Sci>tland  was 
given  him  as  representing  King  David  the 
Lion,  by  the  Earl  of  Huntingdon,  who  married 
David's  daughter,  and  was  thus  coheir.  The 
arms  of  \'alence  signify  a  series  of  honorable 
distinctions  which  the  martlets  indicate  were 
won  in  Palestine — The  Holv  I.and — and  were 


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taken  frrmi  tlie  heiress  of  the  Duke  of  X'alence 
in  France.  Crest :  A  black  bull's  head  crown- 
ed with  a  ducal  coronet  of  gold.  It  indicates 
determination  and  perseverance.  Motto:  "In 
I'critatc  J'ictoria" — "In  Truth  There  is  Vic- 
tory." 

( I )  Thomas  Hastings,  the  nnniigrant  an- 
cestor, was  born  in  England,  in  1605.  Thomas, 
aged  twenty-nine,  and  his  wife  Susanna,  aged 
thirty- four,  embarked  at  Ipswich,  England, 
April  10,  1634,  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth,"  Will- 
iam Andrews,  master,  for  New  England.  He 
settled  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where 
he  was  admitted  freeman  May  6,  1635.  He 
owned  land  in  Dedham.  1635-36,  but  never 
lived  there.  He  was  selectman,  1638-43,  1650- 
71;  town  clerk,  1671-77-80:  deputy  to  general 
court,  1673,  and  long  held  the  office  of  deacon 
of  the  church.  His  wife  Susanna  died  Febru- 
ary 2,  1650,  and  he  married  (second)  Mar- 
garet, daughter  of  William  and  Martha  Cheney, 
of  Roxbury.  She  was  the  mother  of  his  chil- 
dren. He  owned  many  farms  and  lots.  The 
west  side  of  School  street,  called  Hill  street, 
was  his  residence.  He  died  in  1685.  His  will 
was  dated  March  12,  1682-83,  ^"d  proved  Sep- 
tember 7,  1685.  The  inventory  amounted  to 
£421.  Children:  Thomas,  born  July  i,  1652: 
John,  mentioned  below :  William,  August  8, 
1655,  drowned  August,  1669;  Joseph,  Septem- 
ber II,  1657;  Benjamin,  August  9,  1659:  Na- 
thaniel, September  25,  1661  :  Hepsibah,  Janu- 
ary 31,  1663:  Samuel,  March  12,  1665. 

( II )  John,  son  of  Thomas  Hastings,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  March  i,  1654.  He  tnar- 
ried,  June  18,  1679,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Lieu- 
tenant John  and  Abigail  Hammond,  of  Water- 
town,  born  June  21,  1656,  died  April  7,  1718. 
In  1690  her  father's  assessment  was  the  largest 
in  town,  and  she  received  from  his  estate  what 
was  in  those  days  considerable  projierty.  John 
Hastings  lived  in  that  part  of  Watertown  which 
in  1737  was  set  ofif  as  Waltham.  He  died 
March  28,  1718,  and  both  he  and  his  wife 
were  buried  in  Waltham.  Children :  Abigail, 
married,  1699.  John  Warren,  of  Weston  :  Jolin  ; 
Elizabeth  :  Hepsibah  ;  William  ;  Samuel,  whose 
two  sons  were  at  Lexington  Common,  April 
19'  1775.  snd  one  of  them  Isaac,  among  the 
volunteers  at  the  capture  of  Burgoyne ; 
Thomas  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Hastings,  was 
baptized  July  10,  1699,  and  married,  October 
2,  1716,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Captain  Abraham 
and  Mary   (Hyde)    Brown.     Her  father  and 


mother  had  fourteen  children.  Lydia  died  and 
Joseph  Hastings  married  (second),  January 
16,  17(59,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Deacon  Isaac  and 
Elizabeth  Stearns.  The  homestead  where  he 
lived  and  died  was  on  the  old  Trapoli  road, 
niiw  called  North  street.  He  was  selectman 
of  Waltham,  1748.  He  died  March  23,  1783. 
Children:  I.  Elizabeth.  2.  Lydia.  3.  Grace. 
4.  Joseph,  mentioned  below.  5.  Child,  died  in 
infancy.  6.  Lucy.  7.  Josiah,  selectman  and 
assessor  at  time  of  the  revolution.  8.  Jonas. 
9.  Susanna.  10.  Eliphalet,  soldier  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war,  taken  prisoner  af  Fort 
William  Henry,  Lake  Ceorge,  .August.  1757; 
sent  to  Canada,  then  to  France,  and  lodged  in 
the  Rochelle  prison,  where  he  remained  about 
a  year  :  exchanged  and  sent  to  England  ;  joined 
expedition  to  Canada  under  General  Wolfe, 
was  at  the  taking  of  Quebec  in  1759,  and 
assisted  in  carrying  General  Wolfe,  when 
mortally  w<.iunded.  to  the  rear:  he  returned 
to  Waltham  :  volunteered  at  the  breaking  out 
of  the  revolution,  was  commissioned  captain, 
and  became  a  pensioner ;  died  in  Framingham, 
1824,  aged  ninety:  had  eleven  children.  11. 
Thankful,  married  Elnathan  Allen.  12.  Sarah. 
13.  Child,  died  young.     14.  Lois. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (  i  )  Hast- 
ings, was  born  June  i,  1722,  and  married  in 
Waltham,  July  10,  1744,  by  Rev.  Warham 
Williams,  the  former's  cousin  Hannah,  daugh- 
ter of  Ebenezer  and  Ruth  (  Phillips )  Hastings, 
of  W^atertown.  She  died  March  23,  1808.  aged 
eighty-four.  He  removed  from  Watertown  to 
Shrewsbury  a  few  years  after  his  marriage. 
During  the  latter  part  of  his  life  he  was  very 
deaf,  and  when  at  church  sat  in  the  pulpit, 
using  an  ear  trumpet  which  extended  to  the 
preacher's  mouth.  He  died  February  i,  1805. 
Children :  Hannah,  Joseph,  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolution,  1777,  under  Captain  John  May- 
died  1846,  was  a  revolutionary  pensioner; 
nard  :  Isaac,  mentioned  below  ;  Martha  ;  Tonas, 
Ezra;  Ruth,  married  John  Brocas ;  Lydia, 
married  Elmer,  son  of  Colonel  Job  and  Lucy 
Gushing,  lived  first  in  Shrewsbury,  in  1787, 
removed  to  Stanstead,  Canada,  two  children — 
John  Prentiss,  .\rtemas. 

(\')  Isaac,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Hastings,  was 
born  in  Shrewsbury,  April  5,  1751,  and  died 
September  25,  1831.  He  married,  in  1775, 
Sarah  Goddard,  of  Petersham,  Massachusetts. 
She  died  November  11,  1804,  and  he  married 
(second)  Sarah  Whipple,  of  Grafton,  born 
October    19,    1773.      He   settled   in   Warwick,. 


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Massachusetts.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Han- 
nah, born  1776.  2.  Joel.  August  2^,  1778; 
married  C)live  Hutchins,  of  Winchester,  New 
Hampshire ;  had  five  children ;  he  was  father 
of  the  late  Charles  Hastings,  of  Malone,  Xew 
York,  and  grandfather  of  Herbert  Hasting.s 
and  Dr.  C.  A.  Hastings,  of  Constable,  and  of 
Clara,  wife  of  Dr.  H.  H.  Reynolds,  of  Malone. 
3.  Sarah,  died  May  15,  1827,  aged  forty-six 
years.  4.  Isaac  (twin),  born  March  29,  1783. 
died  1827.  5.  Rebecca  (twin).  March  29,  1783: 
married  Luther  Wheeler,  of  Grafton:  had 
three"  children.  6.  Submit,  married  Lincoln 
Rawson,  of  Richmond,  Massachusetts ;  had 
twelve  children.  7.  Hannah,  married  Eben- 
ezer  Stearns,  of  Warwick ;  had  five  children. 
8.  Lydia.  9.  Caleb.  10.  Joseph,  mentioned 
below.  1 1.  Child,  died  in  infancy.  12.  Clarissa. 
Child  of  second  wife:  13.  Daniel,  January  22. 
1807,  died  1888:  married  Experience  Leonard, 
of  Warwick ;  children :  Nathan,  and  Samuel, 
town  clerk  of  Warwick,  1908. 

(VI)  Joseph  (3).  son  of  Isaac  Hastings, 
was  born  December  11,  1793,  and  married, 
IMarch  2y.  1817,  Cynthia  Hutchins,  of  Eden, 
Vermont,  lx)rn  October  2,  1798.  She  was 
granddaughter  of  James  Harwood,  who  served 
in  the  revolution.  The  latter's  great-great- 
grandson.  Dr.  W.  H.  Harwood,  of  Chasm 
Falls,  New  York,  has  been  for  forty  years 
engaged  in  genealogical  research.  They  set- 
tled in  Constable,  New  York.  Children:  i. 
Lydia,  born  April  13,  1818;  died  February, 
1871  :  married  Aaron  Stowers,  January  29, 
1840;  no  children.  2.  Harriet,  July  21,  1819, 
died  June  21,  1846;  married,  November  28, 
1839,  Alfred  Bassett ;  children:  Sylvanus, 
served  in  the  civil  war.  Company  I,  from 
Malone,  Joel  J.  Seaver,  captain,  wounded  and 
discharged  September,  1865,  died  December 
30,  1882;  Asa,  also  served  in  the  war,  in  same 
company,  killed  in  battle.  May  3,  1863.  3. 
Harvey,  mentioned  below.  4.  George  D.,  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1823:  died  in  Constable,  April  i, 
1895  ;  married.  May  2,  1847,  Mary  Blanchard  ; 
five  daughters:  .Alta,  married  J.  N.  .Aubrey, 
of  Constable ;  Hattie,  married  C.  W.  Howell, 
of  Constable ;  .^nna,  married  Albern  Aubrey, 
of  Constable:  Lillian,  married  Dr.  Warren 
Brand,  of  Burke,  Xew  York  ;  Georgia,  married 
Asa  Harmon,  of  Constable.  5.  Clarissa,  May 
23,  1825,  died  February  13.  1903;  married 
George  T-^earl,  of  Burke;  one  daughter,  Mary, 
married  Millard  Pike,  of  P.urke.  6.  Emcrv. 
September  30,  1827,  died  September  i,  1858; 


married,  March  22,  1853,  Mary  Whipple  ;  chil- 
dren :  Emery,  Fanny :  he  was  a  physician  and 
settled  in  DeKalb,  New  York.  7.  Isaac,  May 
5.  1829,  died  in  LaFayette,  Indiana;  married 
M.  Ann  Wicks,  of  Gasport,  New  York,  Au- 
gust 17,  1853;  one  daughter,  Clara,  who  died. 
8.  Sarah  J\laria,  February  27,  1831  ;  married 
James  S.  Dudley,  of  Constable  ;  children  :  Har- 
vey J.,  of  Malone;  George  K.,  of  Constable; 
Eva  B.,  married  Sheridan  Beebee,  of  Con- 
stable ;  Clara  \^,  married  LeRoy  I'uelkof  Con- 
stable. 9.  Joseph.  March  30,  1833,  died  in 
Palermo,  Kansas,  February  6,  1899;  married, 
in  Indiana.  Alvira  Fisk,  of  DeKalb;  two  chil- 
dren :  Frank,  and  Ida,  both  of  whom  were  liv- 
ings in  1908,  in  New  Mexico ;  he  was  a  physi- 
cian, and  settled  in  Palermo.  10.  Alfred,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1835 ;  married,  November  2,  1857, 
Mary  O.  Bullock,  of  Moira,  New  York ;  she 
died  February  6,  1900,  and  he  married  ( sec- 
ond)  Mrs.  Louisa  Babcock,  of  Burke;  two 
children — Fred  C,  died  April  20,  1894,  aged 
thirty-five  years  ;  Cynthia,  married  A.  E.  Bee- 
bee,  of  McMillan.  Wisconsin.  Alfred  served 
in  the  civil  war,  enlisted  August  23,  1864,  in 
Company  C,  from  Malone,  Third  New  York 
Cavalry,  organized  at  Rochester,  New  York ; 
was  at  the  battle  of  Chapin's  Farm,  September 
29,  30,  1864;  afterwards  ill  for  many  weeks 
at  liampton  Hospital,  Fortress  Monroe,  Vir- 
ginia ;  discharged  under  Colonel  George  W. 
Lewis,  June  10,  1865;  his  regiment  served  in 
First  Brigade,  Kautz's  Division  of  Cavalry, 
Army  of  the  James.  11.  Cynthia,  September 
2,  1837;  married,  November  2,  1857,  Willis 
Bullock,  of  Moira;  settled  in  Wayne  town- 
ship, Doniphan  county,  Kansas  ;  children  :  Dr. 
Frank,  of  Forest  City,  Missouri ;  \\'ill.  of 
Nodaway,  Missouri ;  Dr.  Eugene,  of  South  St. 
Joseph,  Alissouri ;  Aaron,  of  South  St.  Joseph, 
Missouri ;  Joseph,  of  Nodaway  ;  Ella,  married 
G.  A.  Ricklefs,  of  Bendena,  Kansas.  12. 
James  M..  March  30,  1840;  married  (first) 
Margaret  Ross,  of  Lancaster,  Canada ;  she 
died  in  1887,  and  he  married  (second)  Elsie 
Brockway.  of  Bangor.  13.  Polly  Irene,  .\pril 
14,  1842,  died  December  14,  1858.  14.  DeWitt 
C,  December  30.  1844;  married  Rebecca  Will- 
meth ;  children :  Clinton ;  Ada,  married  E.  G. 
Winzor,  of  Doniphan;  George;  Blaine;  the 
latter  two  died  in  childhood ;  he  settled  in 
Wayne,  Kansas. 

(  VII )  Harvey,  son  of  Joseph  Hastings,  was 
born  .April  26,  182 1,  and  died  in  Constable, 
October  25,  1900.     He  married,  December  26, 


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1844,  Lucy  Dudley,  of  Constable.  Child, 
Sylvia,  married  R.  C.  W'ilson,  of  Constable 
(see  Wilson). 


James  Hillick  was  a  native  of 

HILLICK  the  north  of  Ireland,  lie  came 
to  this  country  when  a  young 
man,  about  1820,  and  located  at  Ithaca,  New 
York.  Among  his  children  was  Mugh,  men- 
tioned below. 

(11)  Hugh,  son  of  James  Hillick,  was  born 
in  1825,  and  died  in  1865.  He  resided  at 
Ithaca.  He  married  Maria  Phillips,  who  died 
in  1871,  aged  about  forty-two  years.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles,  died  in  1892;  was  a  book- 
binder at  Ithaca,  also  served  as  city  clerk  of 
Ithaca.  2.  William  P.,  see  forward.  3.  James, 
a  conductor,  employed  by  the  Lehigh  \'alley 
railroad,  resides  at  Seneca,  New  York. 

(HI)  William  P.,  son  of  Hugh  Hillick.  was 
born  December  9,  1853.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Ithaca.  The  first  two 
years  of  his  business  life  he  spent  in  Ithaca,  at 
the  jewelers  and  opticians  trade,  and  later 
worked  at  the  same  trade  in  Syracuse.  From 
1879  to  1892  he  wofked  indejiendently  in  Ful- 
ton, New  York,  then  went  to  Syracuse  and 
remained  there  until  1892,  when  he  finally  re- 
turned to  Fulton,  and  has  been  in  business  in 
that  town  ever  since.  From  1894  to  1902  he 
was  town  clerk,  was  village  clerk  for  six  years, 
city  cliairman  1902-05.  He  married  Mattic 
Sheridan,  born  in  Whitby.  Canada,  daughter 
of  Dennis  and  Debora  (Foster)  Sheridan. 
Children:  William  S.,  mentioned  below.  Fred- 
erick, James,  Erma,  Clara,  Blanche,  Sarah, 
Lucy.  In  politics  Mr.  Hillick  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  144. 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  of  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

(IV)  William  S.,  son  of  William  P.  Hillick, 
was  born  at  Fulton,  New  York,  April  7.  1879. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  graduated  from  the  Fulton  high 
school.  He  studied  law  in  the  office  of  Piper 
&  Rice,  of  Fulton,  and  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  November,  1901.  Since  then  he  has 
been  in  active  and  successful  practice  in  that 
town,  and  has  advanced  rapidly  to  a  position 
of  prominence  at  the  bar  of  the  county.  In 
1903-04  he  was  corporation  counsel  for  the 
city  of  Fulton  and  had  charge  of  important 
litigations  then  pending.  In  religion  Mr.  Hil- 
lick is  a  Presbyterian.     In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 


publican, and  is  a  member  of  the  State  and 
County  Bar  associations. 

William  S.  Hillick  married,  December  28, 
1904,  Katharine  Nodecker,  born  August  6, 
1883,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Jennie  Nodecker, 
of  Cortland,  New  York.  They  have  one  child  : 
Joseph  Dennis,  born  January  6.  1909. 


Albert  Andriese  Bradt  (  also  spell- 
BRADT     ed  Bratt),  and  his  brother,  Arent 

Andriese  Bradt,  were  early  set- 
tlers at  .Albany  among  the  Dutch  pioneers. 
.\rent  Bradt  located  at  Schenectady  in  1662, 
and  is  progenitor  of  most  of  the  Bradt  families 
of  that  city  and  vicinity.  Albert  located  per- 
manently in  Albany.  Some  of  the  .\lbany 
family  were  Lutherans,  but  most  of  them  have 
belonged  to  the  Dutch  church.  The  Bradts 
were  probably  born  in  Holland,  but  were  called 
"Normans,"  and  occasionally  "Swedes,"  the 
ancestry  probably  being  P'rench-Norman.  Al- 
bert .Andriese  Bradt  "de  Noorman,"  as  he  was 
generally  called,  owned  a  farm  and  mill  on  the 
Norman's  Kill,  which  took  its  name  from  him. 
In  1672  his  son  Parent  succeed  to  the  mill 
]3roperty,  and  in  1677  1  eunis  Slingerland  suc- 
ceeded to  the  lease  of  Albert  Bardt's  farm. 
Albert  died,  according  to  Dr.  O'Callaghan,  June 
7,  1686,  "ecu  I'an  dc  audstc  en  ccrstc  inti.'oon- 
dcrs  dcr  Colonie  Rc'iissclaersz<.'yck."  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Annetje  Barentse  \'an  Rotmers, 
who  died  in  1662.  He  married  again,  but 
his  second  marriage  ended  unhappily :  the 
governor  gave  an  order,  October  24,  1670, 
for  the  separation  of  Albert  A.  Bradt  and 
Geertruy  \'osburgh,  "because  of  strife  and 
difference  that  hath  arisen  between  them." 
Children  of  first  wife:  Barent  of  Albany;  Eva, 
married  Antony  de  Hooges,  and  (second) 
Roelff  Swartwout,  of  Esopus ;  Storm,  alias 
Storm  Albertse  Vanderzee ;  Gissetie,  married 
Jan  \'an  Eechelen  ;  Andries,  mentioned  below  ; 
Jan,  of  Catskill,  in  1720;  Dirck,  of  Albany. 

(II)  Andries  Albertse,  son  of  Albert  An- 
driese Bradt,  was  called  "de  Sweed"  and  "de 
Noorman."  In  1683  he  owned  sawmills  on 
the  Wynantskie  river.  In  1730  he  owned  a 
lot  of  land  on  the  east  side  of  Pearl  street. 
Albany,  between  Beaver  and  Hudson  streets. 
He  married  Cornelia  Teunise  Vervey  (Van 
Wie  or  \'ernoy,  otherwise  spelled).  He  mar- 
ried (second)  W'yntie  Rosa,  who  was  buried 
December  24.  1742.  (  Bans  published  Septem- 
ber 18,  1708).     Children,  born  at  .Albany,  with 


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dates  of  baptism:  Annetje,  December  17,  1694; 
Maritje,  August  i,  1697;  Effie,  January  7, 
1700:  Teunis,  January  27,  1703:  Barent,  April 
7,  1706.  Children  of  second  wife:  Maria,  Sep- 
tember 1.  1709;  Hillege,  June  30,  1718;  Mar- 
guerita,  April  3,  1720;  Albert,  mentioned 
below;  Geertruy,  May  3,  1724:  Catharina, 
January  2,  1725. 

(III)  Albert,  son  of  Andries  Albertse  Bradt, 
was  born  at  Albany,  in  1722,  baptized  Febru- 
ary 28,  1722.  He  married  there,  November 
24,  1743.  Anna  Carel.  Children,  born  at  Al- 
bany (baptismal  dates)  :  Andries,  at  Sche- 
nectady, October  7,  1744;  Catharina,  April  24, 
1748;  Wyntie,  March  31,  1751;  Catarina,  No- 
vember II,  1753;  Jan  and  Hendricks,  twins, 
June  12,  1757. 

(IV)  Hendrick,  or  Henry,  son  of  Albert 
Bradt,  was  born  in  Albany,  and  baptized  June 
12,  1757.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 
in  the  Albany  county  regiment  of  Colonel 
Philip  B.  Schuyler,  and  his  name  appears  on 
the  list  of  Albany  county  soldiers  entitled  to 
land  bounty.     He  married  Maritje  Arnold. 

(V)  Albert,  son  of  Henry  Bradt,  was  born 
at  Albany,  June  15,  1779.  He  owned  a  men's 
furnishing  store  in  Alban\'  and  was  a  deputy 
sheriff  of  the  county. 

f  \'I )  Hiram,  son  of  Albert  Bradt,  was  born 
in  Albany,  and  died  at  North  Hannibal,  Febru- 
ary, 1904,  at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety-three 
years.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  tailor.  He  worked 
at  his  trade  in  Albany  until  he  removed  to  Ira, 
where  he  continued  the  business  until  he  came 
to  North  Hannibal  in  1863,  when  he  engaged 
in  farming.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace  in 
the  towns  of  Ira  and  Hannibal,  New  York, 
for  many  years,  and  collector  of  taxes  of  the 
town  of  Hannibal.  In  religion  he  was  a  Pres- 
byterian. He  married  Mary  Ann  Van  Wie. 
Children:  Albert;  William  J.;  Edgar  II.; 
Emily,  married  Fred  Stark:  Alfred  P.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  Alfred  P.,  son  of  Hiram  Bradt,  was, 
born  in  the  town  of  Ira,  New  York,  May  23, 
1831,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  I  lannibal.  1  Ic  was  for  a  time  associated  with 
his  father  in  market  gardening  and  farming, 
but  was  early  in  life  attracted  by  the  news- 
paper business,  and  as  a  boy  corresponded  for 
several  newspapers  in  this  section.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-two  he  bought  the  newspaper — the 
Hannibal  RctcHIc — of  his  brother  Albert,  in 
Hannibal,  and  conducted  it  for  two  years.     In 


1 88 1  he  sold  this  business  and  came  to  Oswego 
Falls,  now  Fulton,  Ncav  York,  and  established 
TIw  Observer,  a  weekly  newspaper,  which  he 
has  conducted  to  the  present  time  with  flatter- 
ing success.  For  the  past  eight  years  it  has  been 
vigorous  in  support  of  temperance  and  pro- 
hibition policies,  and  is  the  official  organ  of  the 
Prohibition  party  in  Oswego  county.  Mr. 
Bradt  not  only  gives  to  the  Prohibition  party 
the  support  of  his  newspaper  but  contributes 
freely  to  the  county,  state  and  national  com- 
mittees, and  in  every  way  in  his  power  furthers 
the  cause  of  temperance  and  total  abstinence, 
and  all  other  movements  for  moral  and  polit- 
ical reform.  He  has  been  nominated  twice  by 
his  party  for  assemblyman.  He  was  the  first 
pubHsher  in  the  county  to  install  the  Mergen- 
thaler  linotype  machine  in  his  printing  office, 
and  his  paper  is  on  the  list  of  Select  County 
\\'eeklies  of  the  State  of  New  York.  He  has 
built  up  a  flourishing  printing  business  and  the 
circulation  of  the  newspaper  has  shown  a 
healthy  growth.  The  edition  is  now  eighteen 
hundred  copies.  Mr.  Bradt  is  a  member  of 
Neatawanta  Lodge,  No.  245,  of  Odd  Fellows. 
and  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  which 
he  has  been  a  director  and  vice-president.  He 
married,  in  1872,  Phoebe  A.  Cox,  born  in 
Granby.  New  York,  daughter  of  Martin  Cox, 
of  North  Hannibal,  New  York.  They  have  no 
children. 

Mrs.  Bradt  has  been  of  material  assistance 
to  her  husband  in  the  establishment  and  con- 
duct of  The  Observer,  in  its  earlier  develop- 
ment, being  a  capable  and  efficient  writer,  con- 
tributing much  toward  placing  the  paper  in  the 
position  it  occupies  in  the  journalistic  world. 
She  is  an  active  member  of  Kayendatsyana 
Chapter,  No.  yj,  Daughters  of  the  .American 
Revolution,  having  filled  the  office  of  secretary 
and  is  the  press  reporter  of  the  chapter.  She 
gains  admission  to  the  Daughters  of  the  .Amer- 
ican Revolution  through  her  paternal  great- 
grandfather, William  Cox.  Her  grandfather, 
John  Co.x,  served  in  the  war  of  1812,  while  her 
father,  Martin  M.  Cox,  served  in  the  civil  war. 


Robert  Morse,  immigrant  ances- 
MORSE     tor,    was   born    in    England    and 

came  to  Massachusetts.  He  lived 
at  Boston,  Newbury  and  Rowley,  in  that  col- 
ony, and  finally  settled  in  Woodbridge  or  Eliz- 
abethtown.  New  Jersey.     He  married   (first) 

Elizabeth .     He  married   (second),  at 

Boston,  October  30,  1654,  Ann  Lewis.     The 


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name  is  spelled  both  Morse  and  AIoss  and  in 
other  ways.  Children  :  Abraham  ;  James,  born 
1644;  Elizabeth,  September  25,  1055;  Robert, 
mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  February  25,  1657- 
58;  Danghter,  December  16,  1660;  Lydia,  July 
13,  1662;  Sarah,  x^pril  28,  1665;  Peter,  of 
Elizabethtown. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Morse, 
was  born  February  I,  1656-57.  He  resided 
at  Elizabethtown,  New  Jersey.  Children  :  Rob- 
ert. Amos,  Peter,  Joseph,  Joshua  and  Peter. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Robert  (2)  Morse, 
lived  near  Bridgeton,  New  Jersey.  Children : 
Joseph,  born  May  31,  1709.  died  August  25, 
1779;  Amos,  born  1712,  lived  in  Rahway ; 
David,  died  young. 

(V)  David  Morse  or  Moss,  believed  to  be  a 
great-grandson  of  Robert  (II).  The  history  of 
Cuyler,  New  York,  states  that  he  came  from 
New  Jersey  and  settled  on  Lot  87,  now  in  part 
covered  by  the  village  of  Cuyler.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  and  died  at  Cuyler  in 
1844,  aged  eighty-three  years.  According  to 
the  census  of  1790  a  David  Morse  was  living 
at  W'arwick,  Orange  county.  New  York,  and 
had  in  his  family  two  sons  under  sixteen  and 
four  females  (see  "History  of  Cortland  Coun- 
ty" and  census  of  1 790).  David  Morse  settled 
in  Cuyler  in  1792.  He  received  a  grant  of 
six  hundred  acres  of  land  from  the  govern- 
ment for  his  service  in  the  war.  Cuyler  was 
then  a  part  of  Fabius  in  Montgomery  county, 
afterward  part  of  Solon,  Onondaga  county  and 
later  Truxton,  Cortland  county,  and  finally 
Cuyler,  Cortland  county.  When  he  came  the 
place  was  still  a  wilderness  and  without  roads. 
He  came  in  a  canoe  up  the  river  and  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers.  He  built  a  log  cabin  on 
the  present  site  of  Eugene  Morse's  barn  and 
the  family  has  in  its  possession  the  original 
deed  dated  1790  and  signed  by  Governor  Clin- 
ton. Children,  born  in  New  Jersey:  Philip, 
John,  Deborah,  Benjamin  and  Susan.  Born 
in  New  York  state  :  William,  mentioned  below  ; 
David,  Polly,  Joseph. 

(VI)  William,  son  of  David  Morse,  was 
born  in  what  is  now  Cuyler,  Cortland  county, 
New  York,  in  1793-94,  died  in  Illinois,  in  1854. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  his  younger  days  on  the 
homestead,  and  his  later  years  were  spent  in 
Illinois.  He  married  Betsey  Hills  who  is  de- 
scended from  an  old  Connecticut  family.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Cuyler:  Adeline,  married  Levi 
Tongue;  William  Addison,  mentioned  below: 


Warren,  resides  in  Cuyler ;  Betsey,  married 
William  Gage  and  lives  in  Iowa.  Children  by 
a  second  wife,  born  in  Illinois:  Alcan,  Mari- 
ette,  Eldorette,  Ruth,  Arthur,  all  living  in  the 
west. 

(VII)  William  Addison,  son  of  William 
Morse,  was  born  in  Cuyler,  September  2,  1827, 
died  April  22,  1910.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  followed  farming  on  the 
homestead  cleared  by  his  grandfather.  He 
took  a  keen  interest  in  the  affairs  of  his  native 
town  and  held  the  office  of  assessor  and  other 
places  of  trust  and  honor.  He  married,  De- 
cember 31,  1850,  Maria  Hamilton,  born  in 
Otsego  county.  New  York,  in  1828,  died  at 
Cuyler  in  1904,  daughter  of  Thomas  Hamilton. 
Children,  born  in  Cuyler:  Eugene,  mentioned 
below;  Elba,  born  September  5,  1853:  married 
John  McAllister,  of  Cortland  ;  William,  died 
in  Illinois;  Ida,  born  June  15,  1857,  married  S. 
F.  Brown,  of  Cortland. 

(\'III)  Eugene,  son  of  William  Addison 
Morse,  was  born  in  Cuyler,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1852,  on  the  homestead.  He  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  at  DeRuyter  Academy.  He 
was  a  clerk  in  the  railway  mail  service  in 
1888-89  ^"d  from  1890  to  1892  was  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business.  Since  then  he  has  con- 
ducted the  homestead  on  which  his  great- 
grandfather settled.  He  has  two  hundred 
acres  of  land  in  the  village  of  Cuyler  and  has  a 
dairy  of  forty  cows.  On  the  spot  where  his 
great-grandfather  erected  the  first  log  house  in 
1792,  he  has  recently  built  a  large  new  barn. 
In  many  ways  his  farm  is  a  model,  scientifically 
conducted  and  highly  productive.  Mr.  Morse 
is  town  clerk  of  Cuyler  and  has  held  various 
other  offices  of  trust  and  responsibility  in  the 
town.  He  is  a  director  of  the  Patrons  Fire 
Relief  Association  and  a  member  of  DeRuyter 
Lodge,  No.  692,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
of  DeRuyter;  of  Cuyler  Grange,  No.  449, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry ;  of  DeRuyter  Lodge. 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  relig- 
ion he  is  a  Methodist  and  he  is  a  trustee  of  the 
Cuyler  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  December  17,  1878,  Adella 
Thompson,  of  McGraw,  New  York,  daughter 
of  James  C.  and  Mariette  (Corwin)  Thomp- 
son, granddaughter  of  Luther  Thompson.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Morse  have  no  children,  but  have 
adopted  a  son,  William  A.,  born  in  1907. 


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William    Shattuck,    the    im- 
SHATTUCK     migrant  ancestor,  was  born 

in  England,  in  1622,  and 
died  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
was  an  early  settler,  August  14,  1672,  at  the 
age  of  fifty.  He  was  a  proprietor  of  Water- 
town  in  1642,  and  had  then  a  homestall  of  one 
acre  and  a  small  lot  of  upland.  He  bought  of 
Joseph  Clough,  tailor,  and  Susan,  his  wife, 
his  house  and  garden,  also  thirty  acres  of  up- 
land, bounded  on  the  east  by  W'illiam  f'aine 
and  E.  Gofife,  north  by  Joseph  Morse,  west  and 
.south  by  highwa}-.  He  bought  besides  twenty- 
five  acres  of  upland,  three  acres  of  swamp 
land,  and  one-third  part  of  twelve  acres  of 
meadow.  He  was  a  weaver  as  well  as  a  plant- 
er, and  gave  evidence  of  being  man  of  prop- 
erty and  good  social  position.  His  grave  in 
the  Watertown  cemetery  was  marked  in  1853 
by  the  genealogist,  Lemuel  Shattuck,  also  the 
grave  of  his  son  John.  William  Shattuck's 
will,  dated  August  3,  1672,  mentioned  wife 
Susanna,  sons  John,  Philip,  William,  Benja- 
min and  Samuel,  son-in-law  Samuel  Church. 
The  inventory  included  his  house  and  land, 
farm  at  Stoney  Brook,  and  four  acres  of  pond 
meadow,  altogether  valued  at  £204.  He  died 
August  14,  1672.     He  married,  1642,  Susanna 

,  who  married  (second),  November  18, 

1673,  Riciiard  .\orcross.  She  died  December 
II,  1686.  Children:  Susanna,  torn  ir>43 : 
Mary,  August  25,  1645,  married  Jonathan 
Brown  ;  John,  mentiontnl  below  ;  Phili]).  Ixjrn 
1648 ;  Joanna,  born  about  1650,  died  April  4, 
1673,  unmarried;  William,  1653;  Rebecca, 
165s;  Abigail,  16^7;  Benjamin,  February  2S: 
1666. 

ill)  John,  son  of  William  Shattuck,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  February 
II,  1647.  He  owned  land  in  Groton,  but  it  is 
not  known  that  he  ever  lived  there.  He  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade,  and  lived  in  the  middle 
district  of  Watertown,  now  the  center  village 
of  Watertown.  In  1669  he  ran  the  mill  on 
Charles  river,  located  near  where  the  road 
from  Watertown  to  Newton  Centre  now 
crosses  the  river.  He  gave  his  life  for  his 
country  in  King  Philip's  war.  He  was  a  ser- 
geant in  Captain  Richard  Beers'  comjiany  of 
Watertown.  They  marched  to  the  relief  of 
Hadley,  in  western  Massachusetts,  but  were 
diverted  by  a  report  that  the  Indians  had  at- 
tacked Northfield.  On  their  way  thither  they 
were  attacked  by  a  large  force  of  Indians  and 
narrowly  escaped  annihilation.    Out  of  thirty- 


six  only  sixteen  escaped  with  their  lives.  Cap- 
tain Beers  was  among  the  slain.  Shattuck  was 
chosen  to  make  the  lonesome  and  perilous 
journey  to  Boston  to  inform  the  governor  of 
the  state  of  affairs  and  of  the  result  of  the 
skirmish.  In  ten  days  he  arrived  safely  at 
Charlestown,  but,  while  crossing  the  ferry,  the 
boat,  overloaded  with  horses  and  other  freight, 
was  upset  by  the  waves  and  foundered.  He 
was  the  only  man  drowned  by  the  accident. 
He  married,  June  20,  1664,  in  his  eighteenth 
year,  Ruth,  daughter  of  John  and  Elinor  Whit- 
ney, the  immigrant  ancestor,  and  a  prominent 
New  England  family.  She  was  born  in  Water- 
town,  April  5,  1645,  and  married  (second), 
Alarch  (\  i(>//.  Enoch  Lawrence,  son  of  John. 
In  1678  she  with  her  second  husband  and  the 
Shattuck  children  removed  to  Groton,  and 
occupied  John  Shattuck's  land  there.  Enoch 
Lawrence  died  in  Groton,  September  28,  1744. 
aged  ninety-five  years  six  months  twenty-three 
days.  Children  of  John  Shattuck :  John,  born 
June  4,  1666:  Ruth,  June  24,  ift>8:  William, 
mentioned  below.  Children  of  Ruth  Shattuck 
Lawrence:  Nathaniel,  Daniel,  Zachery  and 
Jane. 

(Ill)  William,  son  of  John  Shattuck,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  September  11,  1670,  and 
died  at  Groton,  in  1744.  He  resided  in  Gro- 
ton. a  little  to  the  south  of  the  house  built  by 
his  grandson.  Job  Shattuck,  near  Wattle's 
I'ond.  He  lived  in  Groton  with  his  mother 
and  stepfather,  Enoch  Lawrence,  in  1678,  and 
returned  to  Watertown  about  1688,  residing 
there  fourteen  years.  In  1691  he  was  select- 
man of  Watertown.  The  town  voted  to  pro- 
vide for  his  family  iu  1690,  when  he  was  away 
in  the  war,  half  the  cost  to  be  from  the  town, 
half  from  the  county  treasury,  to  be  paid  his 
uncle  William  .Shattuck.  He  had  a  grant  of 
a  lot  near  Patch's  meadow  on  his  return  from 
the  service,  and  was  given  the  privilege  of 
cutting  timber  from  the  common  land.  In 
1702  he  bought  land  in  Groton  and  removed 
thither,  but  the  Indian  troubles  soon  caused 
him  to  consider  leaving  that  town,  and  his  wife 
and  children  actually  did  remove  to  Water- 
town  in  1707,  and  lived  in  the  family  of  John 
Barnard  Jr.  He  deeded  land  to  his  son  Will- 
iam, October  21,  1716.  His  son  John  was  his 
administrator.  His  inventory  was  dated  June 
I.  1744,  and  his  estate  divided  in  1747.  He 
married  (first),  at  Watertown,  March  19, 
1688,  Hannah  L^nderwood,  of  Watertown; 
(second).  .March  24,  1719,  Deliverance  Pease, 


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who  survived  him.  He  and  liis  wives  were 
iiU'iiibers  of  the  church.  Children:  WilHaiii, 
mentioned  below  ;  Hannah,  born  i6yo,  married 
Nathaniel  Blood ;  Daniel,  born  1692 ;  Ruth, 
1694,  married  Abraham  Nutting;  John,  1696 

(I\)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Shattuck,  was  born  in  1689,  at  Groton  or 
W'atertown,  and  died  at  Groton,  August  17, 
1757.  He  was  baptized,  an  adult,  April  14, 
1717.  He  lived  near  Wattle's  Pond,  on  a  farm 
given  to  him  by  his  father  and  enlarged  by  his 
own  purchases.  During  his  life  he  gave  prop- 
erty to  his  children  by  the  first  wife,  and  took 
their  quitclaims  against  his  estate.  His  will 
was  dated  August  13,  1757.  and  proved  Sep- 
tember 8  following,  his  son  Ezekiel  executor. 
He  marrietl  (first),  March  15,  171 1,  Abigail, 
daughter  of  his  great-uncle,  Samuel  Shattuck. 
She  was  born  in  Watertown,  ( Jctober  17,  i()87, 
joined  the  church  December  2,  171*),  and  died 
about  1727.  He  married  (second),  in  1729, 
Margaret  Lund,  born  in  Alerrimac,  New 
liampshire,  a  descendant  of  Thomas  Lund, 
one  of  the  earliest  settlers.  She  died  June 
13,  1764.  Children,  born  at  Groton:  William, 
mentioned  below;  Abigail,  born  November  11, 
1718;  Jeremiah,  October  2,  1721  ;  Zachariali, 
March  16,  1724;  Sarah,  January  13,  1726. 
Children  of  second  wife:  Ezekiel,  born  June 
12,  1730;  Margaret,  July  4.  1732;  Job.  I-'ebru- 
ary  1 1,  1736. 

(  \' )  William  (  3  ),  son  of  William  (  2  )  Shat- 
tuck, was  born  at  Groton,  January  25,  1712, 
and  died  March  13,  1761,  at  HoUis,  New 
Hampshire,  where  he  was  a  farmer  and  early 
settler.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  French  and 
Indian  war,  and  soon  after  his  return  made 
his  home  in  Hollis.  He  married  ( first )  Ruth 
,  who  died  November  4,  1744;  (sec- 
ond) E.xperience  Spaulding.  Children:  Ruth, 
born  February  i,  1739;  William,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  November  4,  1743.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Nathaniel,  married  Eunice 
I  lazen  ;  Experience,  married,  .August  13,  1772, 
llenjamin  Simpson. 

(\"I)  William  (4),  son  of  William  (3) 
Shattuck,  was  born  at  Hollis.  New  Hampshire, 
February  26,  1741.  He  appears  to  have  lived 
in  several  New  Hampshire  towns — Amherst, 
Derryfield  and  Goffstown.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution  in  1775,  in  Captain  Amos 
Morrill's  company.  Colonel  John  Stark's  regi- 
ment, and  in  1775  in  Captain  Aaron  Kins- 
man's company.  Colonel  .Stark's  regiment ; 
]Mobably  also  in  Colonel  Nichol's  regiment  in 


'7/6. 


1777.  He  married,  December  2,  1761,  Zilpha 
Turner,  who  died  in  Derry,  aged  eighty  years. 
Children,  born  in  Hollis:  i.  Lurana,  IVIay  12, 
1762;  married,  December  28,  1783,  David 
Sanderson.  2.  Rebecca,  May  6,  1764;  married, 
December  24,  1789,  Michael  Carter,  of  Dun 
stable.  3.  Priscilla,  born  C)ctober  7,  1766; 
married  Joseph  Spaulding.  4.  Sally,  May  3, 
1770;  unmarried.  5.  William,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Lemuel,  b'ebruary  12, 
Daniel,  administrator. 

(VH)  William  (5),  son  of  William  (4) 
Shattuck,  was  born  at  Hollis  (according  to  the 
town  history),  August  20.  1772.  The  history 
of  the  family  says  little  about  him,  and  states 
that  he  died  in  Canada.  He  married  (first), 
according  to  the  genealogy,  Hannah  Hardy,  of 
Danville.  \'ermont ;  (second),  December  20, 
1798,  Sally  Smith,  born  August  18,  1776.  Chil- 
dren: William,  born  October  19,  1799;  Lurana, 
April  25,  1802;  Daniel,  December  5,  1803; 
Samuel,  October  13,  1806;  Smith,  mentioned 
below;  Luretta,  November  3,  181 1. 

(MH)  Smith,  son  of  William  (5)  Shat- 
tuck, was  born  June  17,  1809,  in  Canada  or 
\"ermont.  He  married  Sarah  Milliman,  born 
ALiy  19,  1812.  He  settled  first  in  Lysander, 
(Jnondaga  county,  in  1840,  later  in  Hannibal, 
and  in  the  town  of  Ira,  New  York,  and  was 
a  farmer.  Children:  Luretta  Amelia,  born 
August  26,  1832;  Juliet  Eliza,  December  i, 
1833;  William  Henry,  June  9,  1835:  Sarah 
Maria,  September  18.  1836;  Dan  Smith,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Caroline  Lurana,  .April  30,  1841  ; 
Nat  Milliman,  July  27.  1842;  Desire  Ann,  No- 
vember 6.  1845;  Mary  Baker,  May  27,   1847. 

(IX)  Dan  Smith,  son  of  Smith  Shattuck, 
was  born  at  Ira,  New  York,  May  13,  1839, 
and  died  April  17,  1910.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  reared  on  his  father's 
farm.  He  taught  school  for  a  few  years.  He 
began  life  as  a  farmer  in  the  town  of  Ira, 
Cayuga  county;  after  four  years  he  removed 
to  Bowens  Corners,  in  the  town  of  Granby. 
and  settled  on  lot  No.  11,  in  1864.  Six  years 
afterward  he  left  this  place  and  went  to  Gran- 
by. where  he  had  a  farm  of  two  hundred  and 
nine  acres,  lot  No.  5.  He  married  Amanda 
Osborn,  born  December  21,  1838,  daughter  of 
Leonard  Osborn. 

(X)  \'erner  W.,  only  child  of  Dan  Smith 
Shattuck,  was  born  at  I.'owens  Corners,  New- 
York,  May  19.  1866,  and  attended  the  public 
schools  and  the  Fulton  high  school,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1885. 


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After  teaching  school  for  one  term  lie  spent 
two  years  and  a  half  as  clerk  in  a  retail  shoe 
store.  Then  he  embarked  in  business  as  a  shoe 
dealer  on  his  own  account,  in  partnership  with 
Mr.  Butts,  buying  the  established  business  of 
F.  E.  Goodjohn.  At  the  end  of  ten  years  the 
firm  of  Butts  &  Shattuck  was  dissolved,  and 
he  formed  a  new  partnership  with  George  W. 
Morton,  buying  the  shoe  store  of  A.  E.  Nettle- 
ton,  and  conducting  the  business  since  then 
under  the  firm  name  of  Morton  &  Shattuck. 
The  business  has  been  extremely  prosperous. 
Mr.  Shattuck  has  been  a  member  of  the  school 
board  of  Oswego  Falls,  and  an  alderman  of 
the  city  of  Fulton.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  one  of  the 
stewards  ;  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  144, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  of  Lower  Oswego 
Falls  Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of 
the  Masonic  Club.  He  owns  a  large  farm  in 
addition  to  his  shoe  business. 

He  married,  August  i,  1894,  Clara  E.,  daugh- 
ter of  Oliver  and  Sarah  Paine,  of  South  Gran- 
by,  New  York.  Children :  Marion,  born  De- 
ceniber  27,  1895;  Mildred,  January  8,  1900; 
Oliver  Dan,  April  2,  1908 ;  Esther  Sarah,  Au- 
gust 18,  1909.  Mrs.  Shattuck  is  a  member  of 
the  Eastern  Star  Order  (Masonic).  She  is 
descended  from  "Mayflower"  stock. 


The  family  of  Gilbert,  of 
(jILBERT     Devonshire,  England,  to  wdiich 

Sir  Humphrey  Gilbert  belong- 
ed, is  believed  to  be  the  same  as  that  of  the 
pioneer  in  Connecticut  mentioned  in  this  ac- 
count of  the  family.  Jonathan  Gilbert,  who 
settled  early  in  Hartford,  was  born  in  England, 
in  1618,  married,  January  29,  1645-46,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Elder  John  White,  of  Hartford, 
and  she  died  there  about  1650;  Jonathan  mar- 
ried (second)  Mary  Wells,  daughter  of  Hugh; 
Jonathan  was  a  prominent  citizen,  a  townsman 
in  1658-64-70-74-78;  deputy  to  the  general 
court ;  collector  of  customs  and  marshal  of 
the  colony ;  he  died  December  10,  1682.  Josiah 
Gilbert,  brother  of  Jonathan,  John  and  prob- 
ably of  William  and  Obadiah,  all  pioneers  of 
Connecticut,  died  October  17,  1682,  aged  fifty; 
his  first  wife  was  Elizabeth,  his  second,  Mary 
Ward;  Josiah  was  constable,  assessor,  sur- 
veyor of  highways  of  Wethersfield ;  children: 
Benjamin,  Josiah,  Ebenezer,  Moses,  Caleb  and 
John.  Some  writers  believed  that  William 
was  the  father  of  Josiah,  John  and  Jonathan. 


He  lived  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  but  little  is 
known  of  him. 

(I)  John  Gilbert,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
brother  of  Jonathan  and  Josiah  Gilbert,  and 
perhaps  son  of  William,  was  born  in  England, 
and  settled  early  at  Windsor,  Connecticut, 
where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  May  21, 
1657.  The  general  court  sold  to  him  for  £10, 
March  11,  1662-63,  land  lying  between  prop- 
erty of  Captain  Richard  Lord  and  of  John 
Churcii,  "at  ye  landing  place  on  the  Rivulet 
both  parcels  being  or  lying  in  ye  south  meadow 
at  Hartford."  The  court  allowed  him  £11  in 
consideration  of  a  horse  "that  dyed  in  the  coun- 
try's service,"  proving  that  he  had  a  military 
record.  He  married.  May  8,  1647,  Amy, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Dorothy  (Bulkeley) 
Lord.  Her  father  was  one  of  the  first  settlers 
of  Hartford.  Children  of  John  Gilbert :  John, 
born  January  16,  1647-48,  died  young;  John, 
February  19,  1652-53 ;  Elizabeth,  February  12, 
1655-56;  Thomas,  September  14,  1658,  mar- 
ried, September  27,  i6>8i,  Deborah  Beaumont; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Amy,  August  3, 
1663;  James;  Dorothy,  married  Pal- 
mer. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Gilbert,  was  born 
at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  April  3,  1666;  mar- 
ried (first).  May  17,  1692,  Mary  Grosvenor, 
who  was  of  a  distinguished  English  ancestry 
and  one  of  the  few  having  the  proven  right  to 
bear  arms  among  the  colonial  families.  He 
married  (second).  May  8,  1695,  Elizabeth 
Smith,  born  November,  1672,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Lydia  (LIuitt  or  Hewett)  Smith,  of 
Hartford,  granddaughter  of  Rev.  F.phraim 
Hewett.  Among  their  children  were:  Benja- 
min, born  May  11,  1704,  married.  May  14. 
1730,  Elizabeth  Marshfield  ;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  died   1712. 

(HI)  Joseph  Gilbert,  son  of  Joseph  Gilbert, 
was  born  about  1675,  and  died  in  1740.  Ad- 
ministration was  granted  to  his  son  Theodore, 
June  17,  1750.  Theodore  was  appointed  guar- 
dian of  his  brother  Isaiah,  aged  seventeen,  in 
1750;  of  Elias,  aged  sixteen,  in  1753;  of  Jo- 
seph, aged  seventeen,  in  1753.  The  estate  was 
appraised  March  13,  1753.  Wadsworth's 
Diary  (page  Jt,  as  published)  tells  us  that  Jo- 
seph Jr.  died  October  6,  1740,  and  added  "sick- 
ness prevails  among  us."  The  fact  that  he 
called  him  "Jr."  in  1740  indicates  that  his 
father  died  after  that  date.  The  diary  also 
states  that  Josepli  Jr.  was  buried  October  8. 


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He  was  a  lawyer  of  note  in  his  day,  admitted 
to  the  bar  at  Hartford  in  1727,  and  within 
three  years  was  appointed  attorney  for  the 
crown.  His  estate  was  distributed  May  25, 
1754,  to  these  children:  Theodore,  mentioned 
below ;  Isaiah ;  Joseph ;  Elias,  and  Lydia,  who 
married Hopkins. 

(IV)  Theodore,  son  of  Joseph  Gilbert,  was 
born  about  1725.  He  must  have  been  of  age 
in  1750,  when  appointed  to  administer  his 
father's  estate,  and  the  probate  record  calls 
him  the  eldest.     He  married  Mary  Waters. 

(V)  Theodore  (2),  son  of  Theodore  (i) 
Gilbert,  was  born  in  1751,  and  died  at  Whites- 
town,  New  York.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  for  three  years,  April  7,  1777,  to 
April  7,  1780,  and  his  name  appears  among 
the  pensioners,  under  the  act  of  18 18,  as  resid- 
ing in  New  York ;  his  service  being  in  Con- 
necticut (p.  249,  Revolutionary  Rolls  of  Con- 
necticut). He  was  living  at  Litchfield,  Litch- 
field county,  Connecticut,  in  1790,  as  shown  by 
the  first  federal  census  taken  in  that  year, 
whereby  it  appears  that  Theodore  had  two 
males  over  sixteen,  one  under  that  age,  and 
five  females  in  his  family.  According  to  the 
"History  of  Oneida  County"  he  came,  in  1790, 
with  his  family  to  Burning  Bush  Spring,  in 
West  Sauquoit,  New  York  (p.  492).  He  mar- 
ried, in  1790.  Hannah  Chapin,  born  1751,  died 
1818,  daughter  of  David  and  Martha  (Allen) 
Chapin  (see  Chapin).  He  settled  at  \Miites- 
town.  New  York,  and  followed  farming  there. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Wliig :  in  religion  a  Pres- 
byterian. 

(VI)  Titus,  son  of  Theodore  (2)  Gilbert, 
was  born  about  1780,  in  Litchfield  county, 
Connecticut.  He  married  Elizabeth  Andrus. 
Children;  Hiram,  mentioned  below;  Andrus; 
Grove;  William;  Titus;  Asa  Shepherd,  who 
married  and  had  children ;  Asa,  Ira,  Frederick 
and  Martha  Shepherd. 

(VII)  Hiram,  son  of  Titus  Gilbert,  was 
born  at  Paris,  Oneida  county.  New  York.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and  set- 
tled when  a  young  man  at  Gilberts  Mills,  Os- 
wego county.  New  York.  He  was  a  millwright 
by  trade,  and  built  the  first  mill  in  this  town. 
He  had  a  flour  mill  and  a  saw  mill.  Afterward 
he  built  numerous  mills  in  the  country.  He 
was  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  at 
Bristol  Hill,  and  one  of  the  deacons.  He  died 
aged  seventy-eight  years.  He  married  Lucy 
Harrington,  of  Sauquoit,  New  York.  In  early 
life  he  was  a  Whig,  and  supported  abolition 


before  the  civil  war.  In  later  years  he  was  a 
Republican.  Children  ;  Henry  H. ;  Elizabeth  ; 
Lucretia ;  Catherine  R. ;  Horace  N.,  mentioned 
below  ;  Frances  M. ;  Newell  H. ;  Martha  L. ; 
]\Iyrtis  Emogene ;  Arthur  Gillispie. 

(VIII)  Horace  Nathaniel,  son  of  Hiram 
Gilbert,  was  born  at  Gilbertville,  now  Gilberts 
Mills,  New  York,  June  30,  1829.  He  attended 
the  public  and  select  schools  of  his  native  town 
until  he  was  of  age,  studying  for  two  years  of 
that  time  in  the  New  York  Central  College, 
at  McGrawville,  Cortland  county.  New  York. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  millwright,  and  during 
his  minority  worked  with  his  father.  In  1855 
he  came  to  Fulton,  New  York,  and  in  the  fol- 
lowing year,  in  partnership  with  his  brother, 
Henry  H,  Gilbert,  built  a  custom  flouring  mill 
on  the  Rust  Tool  mill  site,  and  they  afterward 
built  two  other  mills,  owning  a  controlling 
interest  in  each  of  the  three  and  operating  them 
for  several  years.  He  sold  his  interests  to 
Leonard  Van  Wagenen  and  removed  to  Illi- 
nois, where  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  mill- 
wright and  builder.  He  erected  and  sold  a 
dozen  dwelling  houses.  A  few  years  later  he 
returned  to  Fulton,  where  he  built  himself  a 
fine  residence  on  Fourth  street.  He  was  part- 
ner for  a  time  in  the  firm  of  Gilbert,  Wolcott  & 
Van  Burn,  and  in  the  firm  of  Gilbert,  Wright 
&  Smith.  The  mill  of  the  former  firm  was 
built  in  1862.  The  latter  firm  owned  the  flour 
mill  that  spans  the  hydraulic  race.  He  built  a 
number  of  houses  in  Fulton  for  investment 
purposes,  and  at  one  time  had  a  considerable 
investment  in  canal  boats.  The  mill  which  he, 
his  brother,  Flenry  Newell,  and  his  brother-in- 
law,  Oran  Toby,  bought  on  the  canal,  was 
formerly  known  as  the  Wolcott  storehouse, 
and  was  operated  to  manufacture  flour  by  cable 
power.  In  ]>olitics  Mr.  Gilbert  is  a  staunch 
Republican,  and  throughout  his  long  life  has 
never  voted  for  the  ticket  of  any  other  than 
the  Republican  party.  He  has  been  a  trustee 
of  the  incorporated  village  of  Fulton,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  was  a  school  trustee.  He 
is  a  man  of  many  interests  in  life,  a  student 
and  observer,  and  has  written  much  for  news- 
papers. For  many  years  he  was  a  corre- 
spondent of  the  Oswego  Daily  Ti)iics  and  the 
Svraciisc  Standard,  and  while  he  was  in  Europe 
his  letters  to  these  newspapers  giving  an  ac- 
count of  his  travels  were  widely  read.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  be- 
longs to  no  secret  societies. 

He  married,  in   1881,  Caroline  Gardner,  a 


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native  of  l^'iiltun,  liorn  1857.  They  have  one 
child,  ]>arhara  V.,  born  (Jctober  I,  1894,  now 
a  student  in  the  l-'ukon  high  school. 

(The    Chapin    Line). 

This  surname  is  variously  spelled  in  the 
early  records  of  England  and  America,  Chaiiin, 
Chapiui,  Chapinne.  Chalpin.  and  several  ex- 
planations of  it  have  been  given.  Rev.  R.  D. 
Cliapin,  of  Allegan,  Michigan,  reports  an  inter- 
view with  a  well-educated  Swiss  physician  who 
said  he  formerly  lived  in  France  and  was  at 
one  time  much  interested  in  philological  studies, 
especially  the  history  of  names.  He  stated  that 
the  name  Chapin  was  one  of  the  oldest  and 
best  names  in  France,  dating  from  the  Carlov- 
ingian  era,  and  going  back  at  least  to  the  tenth 
century,  perhaps  earlier.  He  gives  this  story 
as  to  its  probable  origin :  In  some  feudal  scrim- 
mage of  the  middle  ages,  one  who  had  distin- 
guished liimself  received  a  swordcut  across  his 
head,  laying  open  his  helmet,  or  headpiece. 
For  this  exploit  he  was  knighted  on  the  field 
and  dubbed  Ca])inatus,  which  means  "decorated 
with  a  hat,"  and  his  coat-of-arms  was  made  a 
hat  with  a  slasii  in  it,  thence  the  name  Capi- 
natus,  the  particle  of  the  law-Latin  capino — 
and  then,  by  the  softening  ])rocess  of  the 
French,  made  Chapin.  Of  course  the  root  is 
caput,  whence  cap  and  chapeau.  The  Chapin 
coat-of-arms  tends  to  verify  the  story. 

(I)  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin.  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  doubtless  born  in  England,  though 
the  family,  perhaps  centuries  before,  came  from 
France  to  England.  Two  immigrants  of  this 
name  came  to  New  England  about  the  same 
time  and  both  settled  in  Sjiringfieid.  David 
Chapin  was  admitted  a  freeman  there  April  5, 
1649,  and  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of  Bos- 
ton in  1659.  He  was  probably  son  of  Deacon 
Samuel  Chapin.  though  possibly  a  brother. 
Deacon  Samuel  Chapin  came  from  England 
to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  1656,  with  several 
children.  He  settled  ]iermanently  at  S])ring- 
field,  where  he  was  admitted  a  freeman  June 
2,  164 1,  and  was  elected  to  a  town  office  in 
1642.  The  Chapins  of  this  country  are  all 
descended  froiu  him,  according  to  the  best 
authorities.  He  was  a  distinguished  man  in 
church  and  state.  He  was  deacon  of  the 
Springfield  church,  elected  in  1638,  and  was 
employed  to  conduct  services  part  of  the  time 
in  1656-57,  when  there  was  no  minister  in 
town.  He  was  appointed  commissioner  to 
determine  small  causes  October  10,  1652.  and 


his  commission  was  definitely  extended  by  the 
general    court    in    1654.      He    married    Cicely 

,  who  died  February  8,  1682.     He  died 

November  11.  1675.  His  will,  dated  March  4. 
1674,  proved  March  24,  1676,  bequeathed  to 
his  wife,  son  Henry,  and  grandson,  Thomas 
Gilbert.  The  widow's  will  mentions  son,  Henry 
Chapin,  of  Springfield,  and  Josiah  Chapin.  of 
ISraintree:  daughters  Catherine,  wife  of  Sam- 
uel Marshfield,  Sarah  Thomas,  and  Hannah 
Hitchcock;  Henry  (iilbert.  Her  son  Japhet 
was  executor.  Children :  Japhet,  mentioned 
below;  Henry,  died  young,  April  29,  1668; 
Henry,  died  August  15,  1718;  Catharine,  died 
February  4,  1712;  David,  born  in  England, 
probably  not  a  child  of  the  wife  Cicely ;  Josiah, 
died  September  10,  1726,  at  ISraintree;  Sarah, 
died  .August  5.  1684;  Hannah,  born  December 
2,  1644,  .Springfield.  The  order  of  birth  is  not 
certain. 

(  II  )  Japhet,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel  Chapin, 
was  born  October  15,  1643.  and  died  February 
20,  1712,  at  Chicopee,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried (first).  July  22,  1664,  Abalien  or  Abi- 
lanah  Cooley,  who  died  at  Chicopee,  Novem- 
ber 17,  1710,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Cooley. 
The  gravestones  of  Japhet  and  his  wife  have 
been  removed  to  the  new  cemetery  in  Spring- 
field. He  married  (second).  May  31,  171 1. 
Dorothy  Root,  of  Enfield.  She  married  (sec- 
ond), in  1720,  Obadiah  Miller,  of  Enfield.  He 
settled  first  at  Mil  ford,  Connecticut,  where  he 
was  living  November  16,  1669,  when  he  took  a 
deed  from  Captain  John  Pyncheon.  March  9, 
1666,  John  ryncheon  deedetl  to  his  father. 
Deacon  .Samuel,  the  greater  part  of  the  land 
in  the  valley  between  tlie  Chicopee  river  and 
Williamsett  Brook.  The  latter  piece  of  land 
Samuel  deeded  to  his  son  Japhet,  April  16, 
1673,  and  there  the  latter  built  his  house  at  the 
upper  end  of  Chicopee  street,  northwest  of  the 
house  lately  owned  l>y  Henry  Sherman.  Japhet 
was  in  the  fight  at  Turner's  I'^alls,  in  1(^76,  in 
King  Philip's  war.  He  was  a  volunteer,  and 
his  son  Thomas  was  grantee  of  a  large  tract 
of  land  given  to  the  soldiers  and  their  (lescend- 
ants  by  the  general  court.  Chapin,  like  his 
father,  was  of  great  piety,  a  bulwark  of  the 
Puritaif  faith.  Children :  Samuel,  born  July 
4,  1655  ;  Sarah,  March  16,  1662;  Thomas,  Alay 
10,  1671  :  John,  Alay  14,  1674;  Ebenezcr,  June 
26.  1677;  Hannah,  June  21.  1679.  died  July  ", 
1679;  Hannah,  July  18,  i6<So,  taken  captive  by 
the  Indians  and  kept  in  Canada  two  years; 
David,  November  if),  1682;  Jonathan.  Febru- 


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ary  20,  1685,  died  March  i.  l(i86;  juiiatlian, 
September  23,  1688. 

(Ill)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Japhet  Chapin.  was 
born  in  Chicopee,  June  26,  1677.  and  died  in 
Enfield,  Connecticut,  December  13,  1772.  lie 
married,  December,  1702,  Ruth,  daughter  of 
Abel  Janes,  of  Xorthaniptun.  She  died  Janu- 
ary 18,  1736.  They  had  eleven  sons,  six  of 
whom  settled  on  Somers  Mount  and  had  farms 
adjoining.  On  the  homestead  in  EnfieM  six 
generations  have  lived,  each  Ebenezer  by  name, 
and  five  generations  are  buried  in  one  lot  in  the 
cemetery  there.  Children,  born  at  Enfield : 
Rachel,  August  2"/,  1703:  Ebenezer,  September 
2},.  1705:  Xoah,  October  2'^,  1707:  Seth,  Feb- 
ruary 2-.  1709;  Catherine,  January  4,  1711; 
Moses,  .August  24,  1712  :  .\aron,  September  28, 
1714;  Elias.  October  22,  1716;  Reuben,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1718;  Charles,  December  26,  1720; 
Davitl,  mentioned  below:  Elisha,  April  18, 
1723:  Phineas,  June  26,  1726. 

(I\')  David,  son  of  Ebenezer  Chaijin,  was 
born  .Vugust  13,  1722,  at  F^nfield,  Connecticut, 
and  died  at  New  Hartford,  aged  forty  years. 
He  married  .Martha  Allen.  Their  daughter 
Hannah,  l)orn  1751,  married  riieodnre  <  iilbert 
[r.  (  see  Gilbert ). 


James  Cole,  the  immigrant  ances- 
COLE  tor,  came  to  this  country  probably 
from  county  Esse.x,  England,  and 
settled  in  Hartford,  Connecticut,  with  the 
founders  under  Hooker.  His  name  is  on  the 
list  of  original  settlers  on  the  monument  at 
Hartford.  His  home  lot  was  on  Main  street. 
He  was  a  cooper  by  trade.  His  will  was  dated 
in  1652.  His  widow  died  F'ebruary  20.  1678- 
79.  Children :  Abigail,  married  Daniel  Sulli- 
van ;  John,  mentioned  below ;  perhaps  others. 
(H)  John,  son  of  James  Cole,  was  born  in 
England.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  at  Hart- 
ford, in  if'iSS,  and  was  a  constable  there  in 
1657.  He  owned  eleven  lots  of  land,  com- 
prising eighty  acres.  His  will  was  dated  .Au- 
gust 4,  1683,  and  proved  March  4,  1688.  Chil- 
dren :  John ;  Job :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  : 
Mary,    born    June    27,    1654:    .Anne,    married 

Benton  ;  Lydia,  married  John  Wilson  ; 

Nathaniel. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Cole,  was  born 
in  Hartford.  His  will  was  dated  March  14, 
1693,  'I'lfl  '"?  died  March  16,  1693.  He  mar- 
ried Mary ,  who  died  in  March,  1693. 

Children,   born    in    Hartford:    Samuel,    1673: 
Ichabod  :  John  :    Jonathan,   mentioned   Ijelow  : 


Elizabeth,  married  Richard  .^mith  :  Dorothy  : 
Hannah. 

(I\')  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  Cole,  was 
bcirn  about  1A83,  at  Hartford.  He  lived  in 
East  Hartford  and  Manchester,  Connecticut. 
L'hildren:  Jonathan:  Mary,  married  John  Ken- 
dall :  1  lannah  :  David,  mentioned  below. 

I  \  )    David,  son  of  Jonathan  Cole,  was  born 

about  1710.     He  married  Hannah ,  who 

was  appointed  guardian  of  their  children  at 
Hartford,  in  1769.  The  probate  records  state 
that  he  was  j^resumably  dead,  not  having  been 
heard  from  for  nearly  seven  years.  Children: 
.Samuel,  born    1753:  David,  mentioned  below. 

(XT)  David  (2|,  son  of  David  (i)  Cole, 
was  born  in  Hartford,  in  173^).  He  settled  in 
the  adjacent  town  of  Glastonbury,  Coimecticut, 
and  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  from  that 
town  (p.  100,  History  of  Glastonbury),  in 
1777.  He  appears. to  have  left  Glastonbury 
before  1790,  and  may  have  settled  in  New 
York  state,  wdiere  various  others  of  this  family 
located. 

(\'H)  Nathan,  son  of  David  (2)  Cole,  was 
born  about  1780-90,  in  Glastonbury,  Connecti- 
cut. He  married  Eaura  Mills,  of  East  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut.  He  settled  at  Trenton. 
Oneida  county.  New  York. 

(A'HI)  James  (2),  son  of  Nathan  Cole, 
was  born  at  Trenton,  New  York,  March  9, 
1816.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
In  1843  he  came  to  I'ulton,  New  York,  and  en- 
gaged in  the  furniture  trade  and  undertaking 
business.  He  married  (first)  Mary  \V.  Cum- 
mings.  He  married  (second)  Mary  \V.  Prime, 
of  Huntington,  Long  Island.  lie  died  May  I, 
1900.  Child  by  first  wife:  J.  Wendell,  born  in 
Trenton,  New  York,  resides  in  Columbus,  Ohio. 
(_  hildren  by  second  wife:  Edward  P.,  mention- 
ed below;  Harland  P.;  (leorge  W. 

(IX)  Edward  P.,  son  of  James  (2)  Cole, 
was  born  in  Trenton,  Oneida  county.  New 
\'ork,  June  20,  1831.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  h^ulton,  and 
h'alley  Seminary.  He  came  to  Fulton  with  his 
father's  family  in  i860.  After  completing  his 
education  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  father 
in  the  furniture  store,  and  in  1880  was  ad- 
mitted to  partnership.  When  his  father  died 
he  succeeded  to  the  business.  The  store  was 
established  in  183 1  and  is  now  the  largest  in 
its  line  in  the  city.  Mr.  Cole  is  one  of  the 
leading  undertakers  of  the  city.  He  was  cor- 
oner of  the  county  from  January  i.  1889,  to 
1892.     He  is  a  charter  member  of  the  P.enev- 


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olent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and  was 
formerly  chaplain  of  the  lodge;  member  of 
Neahtavvanta  Lodge,  No.  245,  of  Odd  Fellows, 
in  which  he  has  held  in  succession  all  the  offices. 
He  has  been  district  deputy  grand  master  of 
the  first  district  of  Oswego  county.  He  is  also 
a  member  and  is  now  senior  warden  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  No.  144,  Free  Masons;  member  of  the 
Citizens  Club  and  Pathfinders  Club,  an  active 
member  of  the  fire  department  and  a  generous 
patron  of  baseball  and  other  athletics.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  New  York  State  Embalmers 
Association  and  State  Undertakers  Associa- 
tion. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  for 
several  years  represented  the  town  on  the  Re- 
publican comity  committee  and  has  frequently 
been  elected  delegate  to  nominating  conven- 
tions of  his  party.  In  religion  he  is  a  Presby- 
terian. 

He  married,  December,  10,  1874,  Cora  A. 
Pollock,  born  Fulton,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Ira  R.  and  Mary  Pollock.  Children:  i.  Jessie 
May,  married  James  Lamphere.  2.  James, 
associate  of  his  father  in  the  undertaking  busi- 
ness ;  married  Frances  Harrington,  and  has 
child,  Charlotte.  3.  Charlotte,  married  How- 
ard M.  Morin,  of  Fulton,  and  has  child,  Ed- 
ward C. 


The    Seymour    family    is   of 
SEYMOUR     great    antiquity    in    England. 

The  seal  on  the  will  of  Thomas 
Seymour,  eldest  son  of  Richard  Seymour,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  bears  the  impress  of  the 
wings  conjoined  in  lure,  the  device  of  the  Eng- 
lish Seymours  from  the  time  of  William  de  St. 
Maur,  of  Penhow.  A  "Bishop's  Bible,"  print- 
ed in  1584,  in  the  possession  of  a  descendant 
of  Richard  Seymour,  has  on  one  of  the  fly- 
leaves a  drawing  of  the  arms  of  the  Seymours 
of  Berry  Pomeroy :  The  wings  conjoined  in 
lure,  quartered  with  the  royal  arms,  as  granted 
by  Henry  YIIL,  and  the  name  written  below, 
"Richard  Seymour,  Bery  Pomeroy,  heytorhund 
in  ye  com — Devon,  his  Book,  Hartford,  in  ye 
Collony  of  Conn,  in  New  England,  1640."  On 
another  there  is  a  memorandum  relating  to 
some  business  transaction,  and  the  name,  "John 
Scimor,  Hartford,  1636."  A  great  15ible  men- 
tioned in  the  inventory  of  the  estate  of  John 
Seymour,  of  Hartford,  17 13.  is  undoubtedly 
the  same. 

(I)    Richard    Seymour,   the   immigrant   an- 
cestor, came  from  Chelmsford,  county  Essex. 


England,  in  1639,  to  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
and  was  one  of  those  settlers  who  received 
land  "by  Courtesie  of  the  town."  His  home 
lot  was  on  the  east  side  of  the  road  to  the 
"Cow  Pasture"  (North  Main  street),  and  was 
bounded  on  the  north  by  the  "Cow  Pasture" 
itself.  He  was  chosen  chimney  viewer  in  1647, 
was  one  of  the  signers  of  the  agreement  for 
the  planting  of  Norwalk,  June  ig,  1660,  and 
was  there  soon  afterwards  with  the  first  plant- 
ers. He  was  a  townsman  in  Norwalk  in  1655. 
LI  is  will  was  dated  July  29,  proved  October, 
1655.  The  inventory,  dated  October  10,  1655, 
amounted  to  two  hundred  twenty-five  pounds 
nine  shillings.  He  mentions  his  wife  Mercy, 
eldest  son  Thomas,  "three  other  sons,"  John, 
Zachary  and  Richard,  the  last  three  being  under 
age  and  left  to  their  mother's  guardianship. 
The  widow  Mercy  married,  November  25, 
1655  (  ?),  John  Steele,  of  Farmington.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  England  or  Hartford:  Thomas; 
John;  Zachary,  born  1642;  Richard. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Richard  Seymour,  was 
born  in  liartford,  and  doubtless  went  to  Farm- 
ington with  his  mother  after  her  marriage  to 
John  Steele,  but  in  1664  was  again  in  Hart- 
ford. He  married  not  long  after,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Margaret  Watson,  of  Hart- 
ford. He  was  made  a  freeman  in  1667.  He 
and  his  wife  owned  the  covenant  in  the  Sec- 
ond or  South  Church,  February  12,  1670, 
when  the  church  was  organized,  and  were  ad- 
mitted to  full  communion  March  31,  1678.  He 
was  leather  sealer,  1673  ;  chimney  viewer,  1693. 
He  died  in  1713;  his  will  was  dated  December 

10,  1712,  and  proved  August  3.  1713.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas,  born 
March  12,  1669-70;  Mary,  November,  1670; 
Zachary,  December  22,  1673,  died  young;  Mar- 
garet,  January   17,    1674;   Richard,    February 

11,  T676-77;  Jonathan,  January  10,  1678,  died 
young ;  Nathaniel,  November  6,  1680,  died 
young;  Zachary,  January  10,  1684-85. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Seymour, 
was  born  June  12,  1668,  in  Hartford,  and  mar- 
ried, December  19,  1683,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Hon.  Robert  and  Susanna  (Treat)  Webster, 
and  granddaughter  of  Governor  John  Webster. 
Her  mother,  Susannah  Treat,  was  a  sister  of 
(jovernor  Robert  Treat.  John  Seymour  own- 
ed a  large  estate,  and  gave  to  several  of  his 
sons  farms  in  New  Hartford.  He  was  mod- 
erator of  the  meeting  of  the  first  proprietors 
of   that   town,    held    at   Hartford,    December, 


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1723.  He  tlicd  May  17,  1748,  and  is  Iniriud  in 
the  old  burying-ground  of  the  Center  Church. 
Hartford.     Child:  John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Seymour, 
was  born  at  Hartford,  December  25,  1694,  and 
married  (first)  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  and 
Hannah  (Arnold)  Mason,  bajitized  August  2, 
kV/).  He  removed  to  New  Hartford  about 
1750,  and  died  there  July  25,  1758.  He  was 
buried  in  the  Town  Hill  burying-ground,  it  is 
supposed,  though  no  stone  marks  the  place. 
He  owned  a  large  tract  of  land  on  West  Hill. 
Children :  John,  born  at  West  Hartford,  Au- 
gust 18,  1728:  Uriah,  mentioned  below;  prob- 
ably others. 

(\")  Uriah,  son  of  John  (3)  Seymour,  was 
born  about  1730.  Hudson  M.  Seymour,  of 
Xew  Hartford,  a  lineal  descendant,  has  in  his 
possession  two  deeds  of  Uriah  Seymour,  ex- 
ecuted res]3ectively  in  1757  and  1758.  Uriah 
was  a  lieutenant  in  the  revolution  from  New- 
Hartford,  on  the  Lexington  alarm;  captain  on 
the  Danbury  alarm,  in  1777  (pp.  17,  483  and 
492,  "Cc>nn.  Revolutionary  Rolls").  He  is 
said  to  have  held  the  rank  of  major  before  the 
end  of  the  war.  His  son  L'riah  was  also  in  the 
service.  In  1790  the  first  federal  census  re- 
ports him  from  Litchfield,  Litchfield  county, 
Connecticut,  as  head  of  a  family  consisting  of 
five  males  over  sixteen,  one  under  that  age 
and  four  females.  Among  his  children  were : 
Uriah  Jr.,  a  soldier  in  the  revolution;  Chaun- 
cey.  born  at  New  Hartford,  December  14, 
1762,  and  inherited  the  homestead  on  which 
Hudson  ]\L  Seymour  now  lives,  was  justice  of 
the  peace,  represented  the  town  in  the  general 
assembly,  died  July  12,  1839;  Constantine,  who 
settled  in  New  Haven,  Oswego  county.  New 
York ;  Abner,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Abner,  son  of  L^riah  Seymour,  was 
born  in  New  Hartford,  May  12,  1771.  He 
married  Chloe .  He  removed  to  Whites- 
town,  New  York,  in  the  yiari  afterward  New 
Hartford,  south  of  L'tica,  New  York.  He  was 
captain  of  the  company  which  went  from  New 
Hartford  to  Sacketts  Harbor  in  the  war  of 
1812.  Children  of  Abner  :  Frederick,  mention- 
ed below ;  Henry,  ran  away  from  home  an<l 
went  to  sea  when  a  boy,  and,  though  in(|uiries 
were  made,  no  word  was  ever  received  of  him 
e>'cept  the  information  that  the  ship  on  which 
he  sailed  never  returned  to  ])ort ;  Harriet,  twin 
of  Henry,  removed  with  her  parents  from 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  to  Trenton,  New  York, 
where  she  married  Samuel  Carr  and  both  died 


shortly  afterward  ;  Calista,  married  Angus  lib- 
bals,  and  lived  nearly  all  her  life  in  Madison, 
Connecticut,  and  had  one  child,  a  daughter, 
who  married  Thomas  Scranton,  a  dentist,  and 
had  four  daughters  and  one  son ;  Uriah,  en- 
gaged in  the  founflry  business,  bought  a  tract 
of  land  containing  several  iron  mines  in  1  fast- 
ings county,  Ontario,  Canada,  and  built  the 
first  furnace  in  that  county,  carrying  it  on  until 
his  death,  his  only  son  Frederick  dying  at 
Madoc,    in    1910;    Elisha ;    Cynthia,    married 

Snyder,    a    farmer ;    Mary,    married 

Roger  Olmstead,  a  merchant,  who  moved  to 
Oxford  county,  Ontario,  where  he  was  exten- 
sively engaged  in  the  pine  lumber  trade,  and 
had  one  daughter;  Horace,  was  connected  with 
the  foundry  business  and  lived  in  Madoc,  On- 
tario, where  he  married  and  had  two  children, 
the  eldest,  W'illiam,  distinguished  as  a  teacher 
of  music  and  a  musician  of  note,  who  died  be- 
fore his  father,  and  a  daughter  who  married 
Frederick  Rollins,  a  miller  in  Madoc  ;  .-Xndrew, 

died   young;    Clara,    married   — Haight, 

and  had  one  son.  None  of  the  children  are 
living  (1911 ). 

(\'H)  Frederick,  son  of  Abner  Seymour, 
was  born  in  New  Hartford,  Connecticut,  Sep- 
tember 25,  1799,  and  came  in  early  childhood 
to  New  Hartford,  Oneida  county,  New  York, 
with  his  parents.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  learned  the  trade  of  molder, 
at  which  he  worked  in  various  iron  foundries 
in  \'ermont.  and  at  Wolcott,  Wayne  county, 
Xew  Y'ork.  In  1827  he  came  to  Fulton,  New 
York,  where,  in  partnership,  with  his  brother- 
in-law,  Angus  Tibbals,  he  built  the  first  iron 
foundry  in  the  town.  A  few  years  later,  on 
account  of  ill  health,  he  withdrew  from  the 
business  and  bought  a  farm  at  Volney,  New 
York,  on  the  W'hitaker  road,  on  which  he  lived 
until  a  few  years  before  his  death.  He  mar- 
ried Maria  Gardner,  of  Cazenovia,  Madison 
county.  New  York.  Children :  laician  C,  born 
February  7,  1827,  mentioned  below;  Chloe  A., 
May  6,  1829;  Achsah  M.,  October  28,  1831  ; 
Lindley  A.,  September  13,  1836;  Francis  A.. 
March  23,  1839;  Frederick  D.,  October  24, 
1844.  The  eldest  daughter,  now  Mrs.  Allan 
McLean,  a  widow,  resides  at  Toronto,  Canada, 
and  Frederick,  unmarried,  resides  at  Fulton. 
The  others  are  all  dead. 

(VHI)  Lucian  C,  eldest  son  of  Frederick 
Seymour,  was  born  at  Cazenovia,  New  York, 
February  7,  1827.  His  early  education  was 
received   in  the  public  schools  and  at   Falley 


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Seminary.  He  embarked  first  in  the  dry  goods 
business,  in  partnersliip  with  his  uncle,  D.  W. 
Gardner,  and  afterwards  the  same  firm  built 
the  St.  Louis  h'louring  Mills,  where  they  suc- 
ceeded in  building  up  a  large  and  profitable 
tiade.  He  was  a  man  of  integrity,  industry 
and  superior  business  ability.  In  politics  be 
was  a  Republican.  He  was  vice-president  of 
the  First  National  I'ank  of  Fulton  for  many 
years ;  president  of  the  first  Electric  Light 
Company  of  F'ulton,  and  a  promoter  and  stock- 
holder of  the  gas  company.  He  was  a  promi- 
I'ent  member  of  the  Presbyterian  church  and 
for  many  years  a  trustee.  In  public  affairs  he 
was  always  interested  and  assisted  every  worthy 
public  enterprise.  He  served'the  town  of  Ful- 
ton as  a  school  trustee.  Many  charities  bene- 
fitted from  his  liberality,  and  he  was  known  as 
a  friend  of  the  poor  and  unfortunate. 

He  married  Mary  Helen  Mix,  the  only 
daughter  of  Deacon  .\lfred  Mix.  of  Oswego, 
New  York,  who  died  in  1894.  Mr.  Seymour 
died  at  Fulton,  in  1903.  Children:  Nellie,  de- 
ceased: .Alfred,  succeeded  his  father  in  the  St. 
Louis  Mills,  and  o])erated  them  until  1910,  re- 
sides at  the  Seymour  homestead,  309  Cayuga 
street,  Fulton:  Carrie  !'>.,  resides  at  108  .South 
Fourth  street,  Fulton ;  Marie,  deceased. 


The   name   of    Marsh    has   been 
.M.\RSH     common   in   England  ever  since 

use  of  surnames.  It  is  undoubt- 
edly a  place  name.  Families  were  numerous 
in  ciiunties  Norfolk,  .Suffolk.  Kent.  York,  and 
in  Wiltshire  and  Ireland.  Sir  Thomas  Marsh, 
who  lived  in  1660,  bore  these  arms,  which,  with 
slight  variations,  were  borne  by  many  dilYer- 
ent  families :  Gules,  a  horse's  head  couped  be- 
tween three  crosses  bottonee  fitchee  argent. 
At  least  six  immigrants  of  the  name  of  Marsh 
came  to  New  England. 

(I)  John  Marsh,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England,  in  1618,  and  is  said  to 
have  come  to  New  England  in  \(>S5.  going  first 
to  Cambridge.  He  is  supposed  to  have  gone 
with  Hooker's  company  the  next  year  to  Hart- 
ford, where  he  became  one  of  the  first  settlers. 
He  had  grants  of  land  for  himself  and  for 
others  in  1639-40.  His  home  lot  was  No.  16, 
on  the  north  side  of  the  stream  that  now  runs 
through  liushnell  Park,  where  Temple  and 
Front  streets  now  cross.  He  had  other  grants 
later,  and  was  a  proprietor  of  the  common 
lands.  He  was  a  leading  citizen  of  Hartford, 
one   of   the   five   higher   magistrates   in    1639. 


holding  office  until  1655,  when  he  became 
de])uty  governor.  After  serving  as  governor 
in  1656  he  resumed  the  office  of  magistrate, 
which  he  held  until  1659.  He  removed  at  this 
time  to  Hadley,  Massachusetts.  He  was  dis- 
missed from  the  Hartford  church  July  11, 
1656,  on  account  of  church  differences.  He 
had  lot  No.  34  in  Hadley,  and  was  one  of  the 
selectmen  in  1675.  He  was  one  of  the  original 
members  of  the  Northampton  church  June  18, 
1661.  His  will  was  dated  March  3.  1687-88, 
and  proved  December  4,  1688.  He  married 
(first)  .A.nne,  daughter  of  Governor  John 
Webster  and  his  wife  Agnes.  She  died  June 
9,  1662.  and  he  married  (second),  October  7, 
1664,  Hepsibah,  widow  of  Richard  Lyman, 
and  daughter  of  Thomas  Ford,  of  Hartford. 
John  Marsh  died  September  28,  1688,  at  Wind- 
sor. Connecticut,  probably  while  on  a  visit  to 
his  dauerhter,  Hannah  Loomis.  Children  of 
first  wife:  John,  born  1643;  .Samuel,  mention- 
ed below:  Joseph,  baptized  January  24,  1647: 
Isaac,  baptized  July  15,  1649,  died  young: 
Jonathan,  born  September,  1649:  Daniel,  about 
1653:  Hannah,  about  1655;:  Grace.  1657.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Lydia.  October  9,  1667: 
Grace  Martin,  an  adopted  daughter,  daughter 
of  John  Marsh's  sister,  Lydia  C Marsh)  Mar- 
tin, she  married  Nathaniel  Phelps. 

ni)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Marsh,  was  born 
in  Hartford,  about  164s.  and  in  1660  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Hadlev,  Massachusetts. 
He  married.  May  6,  1667.  Mary  Allison,  who 
died  October  13,  1726,  aeed  seventv-eight.  He 
lived  in  what  was  then  Hadley,  but  afterwards 
Hatfield,  and  was  a  weaver  bv  trade.  He  was 
freeman.  1600:  selectm'an,  1695-97,  1700-05- 
06-08-09-11-13;  representative,  1706,  and  dea- 
con the  same  year.  He  died  September  7. 
iv^B.  Children:  Mary,  born  February  27, 
1668,  (lied  young:  Samuel,  Februarv  ii.  1670: 
lohn,  November  6,  1672:  Rachel,  October  15. 
1674:  Grace,  January  7,  1677;  Mary,  May  24, 
1678:  Thomas,  lanuarv  lO,  t68o;  Hannah. 
September  18,  i68t  :  Elizabeth,  July  31,  1683: 
Ruth,  June  16,  1685 :  Ebenezer,  mentioned 
below:  Sarah,  mentioned  in  her  father's  will, 
on  rf-i^ord  in  Northampton.  Massachusetts. 

dll)  Ebenezer.  son  of  Samuel  Marsh,  was 
horn  May  i,  1687.  in  Hatfield,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 0.  1747.  f^e  married,  in  1707,  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Joseph  Gillett,  born  1689. 
Her  father  was  born  November  2,  1664,  and 
settled  in  Hatfield,  son  of  Joseph  Gillett,  of 
.Simsburv,   Connecticut.     He  married    (fir.st). 


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November  3,  1687,  Esther  Gull.  He  removed 
to  West  Hartford.  Ebenezer  Marsli  was  one 
of  the  first  settlers  of  Sunderland,  Massachu- 
setts, about  1714,  and  received  there  lot  No.  9. 
After  a  few  years  residence  he  sold  his  land 
and  removed  to  Montague,  Massachusetts. 
Children:  Elizabeth,  June  4,  1710;  Ebenezer 
(twin  with  Elizabeth),  died  young;  Ephraim, 
June  12.  171 2.  died  August  I,  1714;  Esther, 
July  15,  1714;  Ebenezer,  about  1716:  Ephraim, 
1718;  Enos,  mentioned  below;  Dorothy,  1723; 
Mary,  1725,  died  1747;  Thankful,  1728;  Han- 
nah, 1733. 

(IV)  Enos,  son  of  Ebenezer  Marsh,  was 
born  December  11,  1721,  in  Sunderland,  and 
died  in  Montague,  Eebruary  16,  1810.  He 
married  (first),  in  1751,  Judith  Hawkes,  who 
died  June  9,  1776;  (second),  in  1778,  widow 
Mary  (Hawkes)  Smeed,  who  died  March  27, 
1803,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution.  "In  appearance  tall,  digni- 
fied and  venerable."  He  was  a  member  of  the 
church  in  Sunderland,  1749.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Enos  and  Judith  (twins),  born  May  9, 
1755,  both  died  young;  Jonathan,  born  August 
!/•  1756;  Judith,  -August  II,  1758;  Enos, 
March  18,  1760;  Joshua,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Joshua,  son  of  Enos  Marsh,  was  born 
August  8,  1765,  in  Montague,  and  dietl  Febru- 
ary I,  1855.  He  married  (first),  December 
30,  1793,  Mindweli,  daughter  of  John  and 
Alindwell  (Houghton)  Crosbee,  of  Wendell, 
Massachusetts.  She  was  born  October  25, 
1769,  and  died  August  25,  1808.  He  married 
(second),  January  25,  1809,  Abigail  Clary,  of 
Leverett,  Alassachusetts,  born  September  20, 
1769,  died  May  9,  1848.  He  lived  in  Leverett 
from  1812  to  1816.  Children:  Mindweli,  born 
June  14,  1795;  Joshua,  April  25,  1797;  Eliza, 
September  24,  1798,  died  February  5.  1800; 
John  Crosbee,  born  July  9,  1800;  Cynthia, 
March  26,  1802 ;  Orsemus,  mentioned  below  ; 
Dexter,  August  22,  1806. 

(VI)  Orsemus,  son.  of  Joshua  Marsh,  was 
born  August  21,  1804,  in  ^Iontague,  and  died 
at  Bowens  Corners,  Granby,  Oswego  county. 
New  York,  November  30,  1880.  He  married, 
November  9,  1826,  Lucinda,  daughter  of  Ches- 
ter Hawley  (Zechariah,  Samuel,  John).  She 
was  born  at  Hadley,  October  9,  1807,  and  died 
at  Bowens  Corners,  April  15.  1888.  He  re- 
moved to  the  latter  place  towards  the  close  of 
the  year,  1830.  Children:  Isaac  Warner,  born 
September  25,  1827,  married  Mary  E.  Signer; 
Edward  Crosbee,  mentioned  below. 


(\'II)  Edward  Crosbee,  son  of  Orsemus 
Marsh,  was  born  July  9,  1829,  in  Greenfield, 
Massachusetts,  and  died  February  28,  1905.  He 
married,  March  25,  185 1,  in  Ira,  Cayuga  coun- 
ty. New  York,  Martha  Ann,  daughter  of  Ben- 
jamin and  Mary  Ann  (Belote)  Clay,  bom  in 
Clay,  Onondaga  county.  New  York,  May  15, 
1835.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
lived  in  Granby.  He  was  assessor  and  justice 
of  the  peace  there  for  many  years.  Children, 
born  in  Granby:  Mary  Olivia,  born  February 
3,  1855,  unmarried;  \'ictor  Eugene,  December 
16,  185(1,  married  .Vlice  I.  Huggin ;  Edward 
Frank.  November  14,  1838,  a  physician  in 
Brooklyn,  New  York,  married  Elma  T.  Ran- 
dall;  Homer  Preston,  mentioned  below;  Willis 
Baxter,  May  12,  1871,  died  October  15,  1882. 

(\'III)  Homer  Preston,  son  of  Edward 
Crosbee  Marsh,  was  born  in  Granby,  New 
York,  June  17,  1867.  He  attended  the  district 
school  until  he  was  sixteen,  and  then  went  to 
Fulton  Academy,  from  which  he  graduated  in 
1887.  The  following  year  he  taught  school 
and  read  medicine  in  the  office  of  Dr.  Edward 
F.  Marsh  and  Dr.  C.  M.  Lee.  In  the  autumn 
of  1888  he  entered  the  University  of  the  City 
of  New  York,  and  graduated  from  the  medical 
department  in  1891.  He  travelled  on  the  road 
for  a  medical  firm  until  October  of  that  year, 
when  he  settled  in  Fulton,  New  York.  He  is 
to-day  one  of  the  leading  physicians  and  sur- 
geons there.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Fulton 
Academy  of  Medicine,  Oswego  County  Med- 
ical Society,  and  State  Medical  Society.  He  is 
also  on  the  staiif  of  the  .\lbert  Lee  Memorial 
Hospital.  In  1906  he  was  elected  coroner,  and 
leelected  in  1909.  He  has  been  a  member  of 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  144,  Free  and  .Accepted 
Masons,  since  1893,  ^^^d  also  of  the  Knights 
of  Pythias.  He  married,  July  11,  1891,  Bertha 
Agnes,  (laughter  of  J.  N.  Paddock.  Children : 
Robert  Paddock,  born  April  25,  1893;  Olive 
Lucretia,  January  27,  1898;  John  Hawley, 
March  8,  1904;  Elizabeth  Crosbee,  November 
I.  1909. 


The  surname  Burleigh  i^  an 

l!CRLEI(7iH     ancient  English  family  name. 

The  most  common  spellings 

of  this  name  in  the  early  records  are  Burleigh, 

Burley,  liurly,  Birle,  Birley,  Birdley  and  Burd- 

ley.     No  less  than  nineteen  branches  of  this 

family  in  England  had  or  have  coats-of-arms. 

(I)   Giles  Burleigh,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 

was  an  inhabitant  of  Ipswich,  Massachusetts, 


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as  early  as  1648,  and  was  born  in  England 
about  1634.  He  was  a  commoner  at  Ipswich 
in  1664.  He  was  a  planter,  living  eight  years 
on  what  was  later  called  Brooke  street,  and 
owned  also  division  lot  No.  105,  situate  on 
Great  Hill,  Hogg  Island.  His  name  was  spell- 
ed IJirdley,  Burdley  and  Budly,  in  the  Ipswich 
records,  and  his  name  as  signed  by  mark  to 
his  will  is  given  Gails  Berdly.  He  bequeathed 
to  his  wife  Elizabeth,  called  elsewhere  Re- 
becca; his  sons  Andrew,  James  and  John,  and 
an  uncle  whose  name  is  not  given.  Theophilus 
Wilson  was  executor.  Deacon  Knowlton  and 
Jacob  Foster,  overseers ;  Thomas  Knowlton 
Sr.  and  Jacob  Foster  the  witnesses.  Soon  after 
his  death,  in  1668,  his  widow  was  granted 
trees  for  a  hundred  rails  and  a  hundred  posts, 
June  13,  1668.  She  married  (second),  Febru- 
ary 23,  1669,  Abraham  Fitts,  of  Ipswich.  Chil- 
dren :  Andrew,  born  at  Ipswich,  September  5, 
1657;  James,  mentioned  below  ;  Giles,  July  13, 
1662;  John,  July  13,  1662,  died  February  27, 
1681  (?). 

(II)  James,  son  of  Giles  Burleigh,  was  born 
in  Ipswich,  February  10,  1659,  and  died  in 
Exeter,  New  Hampshire,  about  1721  ;  married 
(first),  May  25,  1685,  Rebecca,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Susannah  (Worcester)  Stacy. 
She  died  October  21,  1686.  Her  mother  was 
a  daughter  of  Rev.  Witham  Worcester,  of  Sal- 
isbury, Massachusetts.  His  sons  Joseph,  Giles, 
Josiah  and  James  made  a  written  agreement  in 

1723.  Children;  William,  born  in  Ipswich, 
February  27,  1692-93,  was  at  Newmarket  in 
1746;  Joseph,  born  April  6,  1695;  Thomas, 
April  5,  1697;  James.  1699;  Josiah,  mentioned 
below ;  Giles,  1703. 

(III)  Josiah,  son  of  James  Burleigh,  was 
born  in  Ipswich,  in  1701,  and  died  in  New- 
market, New  Hampshire,  in  1756.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah,  daughter  of  Hon.  Andrew  Wig- 
gin,  judge  of  probate,  son  of  Andrew  Wiggin 
and  his  wife  Hannah  Bradstreet.  Andrew 
Wiggin  was  son  of  Thomas  Wiggin,  the  immi- 
grant, and  came  over  in  1631  as  an  agent  for 
the  proprietors  of  New  Hampshire.  Hannah 
Bradstreet  was  daughter  of  Governor  Simon 
and  Ann  ( Dudley )  Bradstreet,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Thomas  Dudley.  Thirty 
acres  of  land  at  Exeter  was  set  aside  for  him 
by  the  committee  in  1718.  He  signed  a  peti- 
tion for  a  bridge  at  Newmarket  in  1746.  Chil- 
dren :  Josiah,  married  Judith  Tuttle,  died  at 
Newmarket;  Thomas  (see  forward)  ;  Samuel. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  Josiah  Burleigh,  was 


born  about  1730.  He  was  an  inhabitant  of 
Deerfield,  New  Hampshire,  in  1766,  and  was 
appointed  on  a  committee  to  locate  the  meeting 
house.  In  1775  he  settled  at  Sandwich,  New 
Hampshire,  on  what  is  now  known  as  Burleigh 
Hill.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He 
married  Mercy  Norris.  Children ;  Deacon 
Thomas,  married  (first),  April  6,  1779,  Han- 
nah Etheridge,  (second)  Susan,  daughter  of 
Benjamin  and  Lydia  (Hanson)  Watson,  widow 
of  Colonel  Lewis  Wentworth,  of  Dover,  New 
Hampshire;  Mercy,  married,  March  5,  1784, 
Eliphalet,  son  of  Colonel  Jacob  and  Dolly 
( Ladd )  Smith:  Benjamin,  born  about  1755; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Josiah,  died  at 
Sandwich,  August  31,  1845,  married,  Febru- 
ary 27,  1788,  Rosamund  Watson,  of  Moulton- 
borough.  New  Hampshire  ;  Dolly. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Burleigh,  mar- 
ried March  7,  1785,  Ruth,  daughter  of  Joshua 
and  Ruth  (Carr)  Prescott,  born  December  7, 
1767,  died  December  15,  1843.  H^  died  at 
Sandwich.  Children :  Molly,  born  at  Sand- 
wich. August  II,  1785;  Sally,  July,  1788;  Ste- 
jihen,  1791  ;  Samuel  Norris,  August  9,  1793; 
Benjamin,  1795  ;  Hannah,  July  22,  1796;  John, 
August  13,  1798;  Ruth,  August,  1800;  Mercy, 
May,  1802;  Thomas,  June  4,  1804;  Polly,  Feb- 
ruary, 1807  ;  Joshua  Prescott,  mentioned  below. 

(VT)  Joshua  Pre.scott,  son  of  Samuel  Bur- 
leigh, was  born  August  10,  1810,  and  died  in 
1889.  He  was  a  lumberman  and  farmer  by 
occupation.  He  removed  to  Schroeppel,  Os- 
wego county,  New  York,  in  1854.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  civil  war,  in  Company  K,  One 
Hundred  and  Eighty-fourth  Regiment,  United 
States  Regular  Army.'  He  was  a  Baptist  in 
religion,  a  deacon  in  that  church,  and  very 
active  in  all  church  and  school  matters.  He 
married  (first)  Betsey  Bowker,  daughter  of 
David  and  Lydia  (Greig)  Silsby,  born  at 
Aurora,  Maine,  November  19,  1819,  died  at 
Schroeppel,  Ai)ril  14,  1866.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), at  West  Amboy,  New  York,  October  21, 
1866,  Nancy  Jane  Tisdale,  born  at  Columbia, 
New  York,  April  27,  1824.  Children  of  first 
wife:  I.  Laura  Amanda,  born  at  Sandwich, 
September  18,  1839:  married  John  T.  Nanus, 
of  Clay,  New  York;  child,  Nellie.  2.  Horace 
Webber,  January  19,  1841  :  served  in  civil  war. 
Eighteenth  Maine  Heavy  Artillery,  was  wound- 
ed and  died  at  Caiupbell  Hospital,  Washington, 
July  15,  1864.  3.  Charles  Lewis,  born  at 
.'\urora,  Maine,  June  4,  1844;  served  for  three 
years  in  the  civil  war,  Eiglity-first  New  York 


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Regiment,  and  was  honorably  discharged  ;  mar- 
ried Ann  Gates.  4.  John  Henry,  August  i, 
1845  ;  served  ten  months  in  the  civil  war  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  ^McCarthy ;  lived  at  Schroeppel.  5. 
Frances  Elizabeth,  January  26,  1847;  married 
Robert  Parker,  of  Pennellville,  New  York.  6. 
Maria  Langdon,  May  29,  1849;  married  Cyrus 
Pierce,  and  lived  at  Brewer,  Maine ;  deceased. 
7.  David  Silsby,  mentioned  below.  8.  Samuel 
Melvin,  September  20,  1852;  married  Aurelia 
Foster,  and  lives  at  Corunna,  Michigan.  9. 
Clarence  Edwin,  born  at  Clay,  March  rt,  1854, 
died  February  7,  1873.  10.  Ernest  Erwin, 
born  at  Schroeppel,  March  29,  1858.  11. 
Crainard  Willis,  November  19.  1861. 

(\'II)  David  Silsby,  son  of  Joshua  Prescott 
r.urleigh,  was  born  at  Aurora,  Maine,  Febru- 
ary 8,  1851.  He  came  with  his  parents  to 
Oswego  county.  New  York,  in  1854,  and  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools.  When  thirteen 
years  old  he  ran  away  from  home,  and  for 
three  summers  was  a  driver  on  a  canal.  For 
five  summers  following  he  was  steersman  on 
a  canal  boat.  At  the  age  of  twenty  he  took 
charge  of  his  father's  farm  at  Pennellville,  and 
remained  there  for  four  years.  In  the  spring 
of  1878  he  removed  to  Phcenix  and  worked  on 
a  farm  for  a  year.  During  the  summer  of 
1879  he  was  again  steersman  on  a  canal  boat. 
In  the  spring  of  1880  he  bought  a  freight 
packet,  and  ran  it  between  Oswego  and  LItica 
for  sixteen  years.  He  was  appointed  superin- 
tendent of  Section  No.  2  on  the  Oswego  canal, 
March  i,  1900,  and  held  that  position  for 
seven  years.  In  1907  he  was  made  superin- 
tendent of  the  whole  canal,  and  the  latter  posi- 
tion he  held  until  April  23,  191 1.  He  was  col- 
lector of  the  town  of  Schroeppel  for  one  year, 
and  a  trustee  of  the  village  of  Phoenix.  He  is 
a  member  of  Calimachus  Lodge,  No.  369,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons  ;  Oswego  River  Chapter, 
No.  270,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Lake  Ontario 
Commandery,  No.  32,  Knights  Templar.  He 
married,  1876,  Flora,  daughter  of  Robert 
Parker,  of  Pennellville.  Children :  Clarence, 
born  July  6,  1877;  Guy,  July  7,  1878:  Eva, 
July  10,  1885:  Robert,  July  18,  1892;  Joshua, 
died  at  the  age  of  two  years. 


The  family  of  Buell  is  very  an- 
BUELL     cient,  and  branches  exist  in  Eng- 
land, France,  Spain  and  Germany. 
There  are  some  thirty-eight  different  ways  in 
which  the  name  is  spelled.    In  Spain  it  is  spell- 
ed Bull  and  Buei! ;  in  France,  Bual  and  Buel ; 


in  England,  Bowelle,  Bevile,  lievill  and  Beville  ; 
in  Germany.  Buchal,  Bulile,  etc.  In  New  Eng- 
land, Ijuel.  Buell  anil  Bewell  are  all  used.  The 
coat-of-arms  of  the  English  family  is:  Azure, 
sowed  with  fleurs  de  lys,  argent,  with  lion 
couchant,  gules.  The  family  of  Bovilles  in 
England  is  very  ancient.  Robert  Beville  was 
knight  of  the  shire  for  Huntingdonshire  in 
1 410.  It  is  supposed  that  William  Buell,  the 
American  immigrant,  was  a  descendant  of  this 
family. 

(  I )  William  Buell,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  at  Chesterton,  in  Huntingdonshire. 
England,  about  1610,  and  came  to  ^America 
about  1630.  He  settled  first  in  Dorchester  and 
lemoved  to  Windsor,  Connecticut,  about  1635- 
36,  where  he  died  November  23.  1681.  He  had 
land  in  the  first  division,  in  Windsor.  He 
married  there,  November  18,  1640,  j\Iary 
,  who  died  September  2,  1684.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Windsor:  Samuel,  mentioned 
below:  Mary.  September  3.  1042:  Peter,  Au- 
gust 19,  1644;  Hannah,  January  8,  1647;  Hei> 
sibah.  December  11,  1649;  Sarah,  March  21, 
1654;  Abigail,  February   12,   1656. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  Buell.  was 
born  at  Windsor,  September  2,  1641.  He  set- 
tled, in  1684,  in  Killingsworth,  Connecticut, 
where  he  died,  July  11,  1720.  He  was  one  of 
the  founders  of  Killingsworth,  and  lived  in 
that  part  afterwards  called  Clinton.  He  was  a 
large  landowner  and  held  many  positions  of 
honoF  and  trust.  He  married,  at  Windsor.- 
November  13  or  18,  1662,  Deborah,  daughter 
of  Richard  Griswold,  of  Windsor.  She  was 
born  June  26,  1646,  died  February  7,  1719. 
Children,  the  eldest  born  at  Windsor,  the 
others  at  Killingsworth:  Samuel.  July  20.  1663; 
Deborah,  October  18,  1665:  Hannah,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1667,  died  young:  Mary,  November  28, 
1669;  John,  February  17,  1671  ;  Hannah,  May 
4.  1674;  William,  mentioned  below;  Major 
David,  February  18,  1679;  Josiah,  March  17, 
1681,  died  young;  Mehitable,  August  22,  1682; 
Peter,  December  3,  1684;  Benjamin,  1686. 

(III)  Ensign  William  (2)  Buell,  son  of 
Samuel  Buell,  was  born  at  Killingsworth,  Oc- 
tober 18,  1676,  and  died  at  Lebanon,  Connecti- 
cut, April  7,  1763.  On  his  tombstone  he  is 
called  "one  of  the  Fathers  of  the  Town."  He 
married  (first),  at  Hartford,  Connecticut, 
about  1705,  Elizabeth,  who  died  at  Lebanon,  De- 
cember, 1729,  aged  fifty- four  years,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Collins.  He  married  (second),  at 
Lebanon,  April  23,    1730,   Martha,   who  died 


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May  25,  1751.  at  Lebanon,  aged  fifty-eight.  He 
married  (third),  at  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
November  12,  1751,  Mrs.  Jeriisha  Dean,  of 
that  town.  She  probably  survived  her  hus- 
band. About  1698  he  removed  to  Lebanon, 
where  he  spent  the  rest  of  his  Hfe.  Chihlren, 
born  at  Lebanon:  W'ilham,  September  5,  1706; 
.Samuel,  November  5,  1708:  Timothy,  mention- 
ed below  :  Abel.  June  5,  1714:  Elizabeth,  March 
27,  1716;  Deborah,  July  23,  1718;  Mehitable, 
April  25,  1721,  died  August  14,  1726. 

(IV)  Timothy,  son  of  Ensign  William  (2) 
Buell.  was  born  at  Lebanon.  October  24,  171 1, 
and  died  at  Hebron,  Connecticut.  He  married, 
at  Hebron,  January  20,  1730,  Hannah  Brad- 
ford, and  moved  to  that  town,  now  Marl- 
borough, about  1730.  Children,  born  at  Heb- 
lon :  Timothy,  November  20,  1732;  Elijah  and 
Hannah  (twins),  November  9,  1735:  Deborah, 
September  13,  1738:  Ichabod,  February  15, 
1741  ;  Oliver,  mentioned  below;  Jose])h,  May 
29,  1749. 

(V)  Lieutenant  Oliver  Buell,  son  of  Timo- 
thy Buell,  was  born  at  Hebron,  May  6,  1746, 
and  died  at  Canaan,  New  York,  June  6,  1790. 
He  married  (first),  at  Richmond,  Massachu- 
setts, December  15,  1768,  Judah  Tilden.  born 
April  20,  1749,  died  at  Canaan,  New  York, 
November  9,  1788.  He  married  (second), 
May  6,  1789,  Sarah  Dewey,  born  January  29, 
1750.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  on 
the  northern  frontier,  and  attained  the  rank  of 
lieutenant.  He  moved  to  Richmond,  Massa- 
chusetts, before  the  war,  and  after  its  close 
moved  again  to  Canaan,  New  York.  He  sold 
lands  in  Chatham,  Connecticut,  February  23, 
1770.  to  Abigail  Hale.  Children,  born  at  Rich- 
mond :  Judah,  October  7,  1769,  died  November 
16,  17(39;  Oliver,  May  13,  1771  ;  Oledine.  No- 
vember 7,  1773,  died  January  17.  1774;  Ole- 
dine, July  9,  1776;  Timothy,  mentioned  below  ; 
Bradford,  October  30,  1783;  Elijah,  Decem- 
ber 7,  1785,  died  March  6,  1786. 

(VI)  Timothy  (2),  son  of  Lieutenant  Oli- 
ver Buell,  was  born  at  Richmond,  April  15, 
1779,  and  died  there  November  8,  1865.  He 
married  (first),  probably  at  Richmond,  June 
21,  1798,  Jane  McMlister,  born  November  19. 
1777,  died  January  21,  1814.  lie  married 
(second),  .Xugust  2~ ,  1814,  Thankful  Olm- 
stead,  born  September  9,  1784,  died  April  3, 
1843.  He  married  (third),  February  27,  1844. 
Ruth  A.  Holmes,  born  May  11,  1799.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife,  born  at  Richmond;  Oliver 
D.,  January  7,  1800;  Lorenzo,  July  16,  1801  ; 
William    Bradford,    mentioned   below;    Sarah 


D.,  January  6.  1805;  Margaret  M.,  August  i, 
1807;  Timothy  T.,  July  7,  1810,  died  August 
25,  1813;  Jane  M..  June  29,  1812.  Children  of 
the  second  wife,  born  at  Richmond;  Jane  M.. 
( *ctober  12.  1815;  Timothy  1-".,  .\ugust  11. 
1818;  Thankful,  June  25,  1820;  Lucy,  March 
3.  1823;  Mary,  February  27,  1826. 

(VII)  William  Bradford,  son  of  Timothy 
( 2 )  Buell,  was  born  at  Richmond,  Massachu- 
setts, October  10.  1803.  He  went  to  Canaan 
Four  Corners.  New  York,  and  thence  to  Caz- 
enovia,  where  he  manufactured  town  clocks. 
He  was  a  skillful  blacksmith  and  machinist. 
He  built  the  sash  and  blind  factory  at  Caz- 
enovia  and  manufactured  threshing  machines 
and  gasometer  tanks.  In  1856  he  came  to  Ful- 
ton, New  York,  as  foreman  for  Clark  i!:t  Ouafe 
machine  shop,  and  later  worked  in  the  Ross 
machine  shops. 

He  married  at  Cazenovia,  New  Y'ork,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1827,  Elizabeth  Norton,  born  March, 
1809,  daughter  c»f  Joseph  Norton,  of  Canaan. 
New  York.  Children;  i.  Joseph  Norton,  born 
at  F'ulton,  September  23,  1829;  died  August 
24,  1838.  2.  Sylvia  Jane,  born  near  Cazenovia. 
August  14,  1837;  married  April  17,  1856,  Will- 
iam C.  Stephens,  at  Fulton  ;  children  ;  Charles 
Aubrey,  born  May  2,  1857;  (icrtrude  T.,  De- 
cember 31,  1858;  Alice  Elizabeth,  November 
16,  1861  ;  Douglas  A.,  February  25,  1865.  died 
September  30,  1865;  Mary  .\bby ;  John  Buell; 
Sylvia  de  Forest.  3.  Mary  Elizabeth,  lx)rn  near 
Cazenovia,  October  15,  1839;  married,  in  No- 
vember, 1862,  James  H.  Loomis.  born  Novem- 
ber 7,  1840.  4.  Morris  Birney,  born  near  Caz- 
enovia, February  9,  1842,  served  as  a  soldier  in 
the  civil  war.  5.  Albert  Francis,  mentioned 
below. 

(VIII)  Albert  Francis,  son  of  William 
Bradford  Buell,  was  born  in  Cazenovia,  New 
York,  August  11,  1844.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  learned  the  trades  of  machinist, 
plumber  and  steam  fitter.  He  was  in  the  em- 
ploy of  the  J.  F.  Pease  Furnace  Company,  of 
Syracuse,  for  three  years,  as  an  expert  heating 
engineer.  For  nine  years  he  was  in  business  at 
Dunkirk,  New  York,  and  in  1893  estaljlished 
a  ])himbing  and  steam  fitting  business  at  Hor- 
nellsville.  New  York.  .\t  the  time  of  the  ex- 
citement over  the  discovery  of  oil  at  Bradford, 
Pennsylvania,  he  located  and  engaged  in  busi- 
ness there  as  a  plumber  and  steam  fitter.  .At 
Dunkirk,  New  "N'ork.  he  had  charge  of  the 
Wrought  Iron  \  Ttirn  Table  Works.  He 
finally    returned    to    l'"ultiin,    New    ^'ork.    and 


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engaged  with  his  sons  in  the  plunihing  busi- 
ness. He  was  sanitary  and  phimbing  inspector 
for  the  city  of  Fukon  for  four  years.  He  en- 
Hsted,  August  5.  1862,  for  service  in  Company 
A.  One  Hundred  antl  Tentii  Regiment.  Xew 
York  \'oKuiteer  Infantry,  and  served  three 
years,  or  until  the  close  of  the  civil  w^ar.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican  ;  is  a  memljer  of 
the  Painted  Post  Lodge  of  Free  Masons;  of 
the  Masonic  Club,  of  Fulton,  and  a  charter 
member  of  the  local  lodge  of  the  Knights  of 
Honor.     In  religion  Mr.  Buell  is  a  Methodist. 

He  married,  July  3.  1872,  Catherine  Rogue, 
born  in  Glengarry,  Lpper  Canada,  .\ugust  15, 
1852,  (laughter  of  James  Bogue.  Children: 
James  I!.,  born  January  7,  1874,  married  FUa 
Mix,  two  children — John  A.,  born  May  31, 
1901,  and  James  B.,  born  January  2^,,  1903; 
Albert  Francis,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Albert  Francis  (2),  son  of  Albert 
Francis  (  i  )  liuell,  was  born  in  Dunkirk,  Xew 
York,  May  29,  1876.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  and  graduated  from  the  high 
school  of  Hornellsville,  Xew  York.  He  has 
been  bookkeeper  for  a  number  of  years  and  is 
at  present  in  partnership  with  his  brother. 
James  B.  Buell,  in  the  plumbing  and  heating 
business,  at  I-'ulton,  New  York,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Buell  Brothers.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus :  Fulton  Lodge,  Xo. 
830,  of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks,  and  the  Pathfinders  Club.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  In  religion  Mr.  Buell  is  a 
Catholic,  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the 
Immaculate  Conception. 


The  surname  Orchard  is  de- 
ORCHARD     rived    from    the   old    English 

word  orchard,  originally  wyrt- 
yard,  an  enclosure  to  grow  herbs  or  wyrts. 
lather  than  fruit  trees.  The  original  progeni- 
tors of  the  family  or  families  of  Orchard  were 
doubtless  gardeners.  The  family  seat  of  the 
ancient  Orchards  is  in  Devonshire  and  the 
coat-of-arms  is  described :  Azure,  a  chevron, 
argent,  between  three  pears,  or.  Crest :  .A 
crow,  or.  Other  branches  of  the  familv  in 
England  and  Scotland  bear  the  same  or  similar 
armorials.  The  family  has  lived  for  centuries 
in  western  England  ami  many  of  the  men  have 
followed  mechanical  trades.  Descendants  of 
William  Orchard,  of  Bristol,  England,  are 
living  in  Boston.  William  Orchard  was  born 
in  1825,  in  Lancashire,  where  his  parents, 
grandparents  and  earlier  ancestors  lived.     Sev- 


eral of  the  early  pioneers  in  this  country  spell- 
ed their  name  Archer,  .\rchard  and  Orchard, 
but  their  descendants,  as  far  as  known,  came 
to  spell  the  name  .Archer,  and  that  may  have 
been  the  correct  spelling. 

(  I )  Samuel  (Jrchard.  born  in  England,  came 
ti>  this  coimtry  when  a  young  man  and  settled 
ir.  New  Hamburg,  Xew  York,  where  he  was 
in  business  as  a  general  merchant.  In  later 
years  he  followed  farming.  He  married 
Amanda  Woodin.  Children:  \  enia  ;  Helen; 
Hambly  P.,  mentioned  below. 

(il)  Hambly  P..  son  of  Sanuiel  ( )rchard. 
was  born  at  Xew  Hamburg,  Dutchess  county. 
Xew  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  Albany  Xormal  and  Cornell  Cniver- 
sity,  and  was  professor  of  languages  in  X'alley 
Seminary  and  Richmond  Hill,  Long  Island. 
In  later  years  he  was  a  farmer  in  Dutchess 
county,  Xew  York.  From  1894  until  1899. 
when  he  died,  he  was  an  officer  of  the  custom 
hciuse  at  Xew  York.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican and  in  religion  he  was  a  Baptist.  He 
married  Lois  A.  Calkins,  daughter  of  Dorr  B. 
Calkins,  of  Volney,  Xew  York.  Children:  Dr 
Hambly  S..  mentioned  below:  I'.dith  L.,  mar- 
ried Harry  \'an  Tassel. 

(HI)  Dr.  Hambly  S.  Orchard.  D.  D.  S.. 
son  of  Hambly  P.  Orchard,  was  born  at 
Oyster  Bay,  Long  Island.  March  18,  1878.  He 
attended  tlie  pulilic  schools  and  the  Mount 
Pleasant  Military  .\cademy,  at  Ossinning,  Xew 
York,  and  studied  dentistry  in  the  L'niversity 
of  Pennsylvania,  graduating  in  the  class  of 
1904.  He  began  to  practice  at  LUica,  New 
"^'ork.  In  October,  1906,  he  came  to  Fulton, 
Xew  York,  where  he  has  had  office  to  the  pres- 
ent time.  He  is  member  of  Fifth  District 
Dental  Society,  of  Xew  York.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Hiram  Lodge,  Xo.  144.  I'Yee  and  Ac- 
ceptetl  Masons;  of  Fulton  Chapter,  No.  167, 
Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Central  City  Council, 
Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and  of  the  local 
lodge  of  Elks.  In  politics  he  is  Republican,  in 
religion  a  Baptist. 

He  married,  .April  11,  Kjof).  Louise  C. 
Bacon,  born  at  Watertown,  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Cornelia  (Maftet)  Bacon,  of 
L'tica.  Xew  York.  Children:  LeRoy  Hambly. 
burn  December  3,  1908;  Xeil  E.,  June  20,  1910. 


Joseph  .Knilerscin  was  liorn 
.\XDERSOX     "in    Auburn,    New    ^'ork,   in 
1832.     His  father  was  a  na- 
tive  of   Scotland,   and   later   lived   in    Ireland, 


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where  he  married.  Joseph  Anderson  was  edu- 
cated in  the  pubHc  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  engaged  in  the  hardware  business  there 
for  many  years.  He  married,  January  i,  1866, 
Juha  Lance,  born  May  13,  1846,  daughter  of 
Wriglit  Lance.  Children  :  Louis  ;  James  ;  Rich- 
ard ;  Julia;  Edward  M.,  referred  to  below; 
Adalaide,  who  died  aged  about  twenty  years ; 
two  who  died  in  infancy. 

Dr.  Edward  M.  Anderson,  son  of  Joseph 
Anderson,  was  born  in  Auburn,  New  York, 
October  18.  1876.  He  attended  the  Auburn 
public  schools  and  was  graduated  from  the 
high  school  in  the  class  of  1895.  He  entered 
Williams  College,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts  in 
1900.  His  medical  degree  was  received  in 
1904  from  the  University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann 
Arbor.  After  a  year  as  interne  in  the  Emer- 
gency Hospital,  of  Buffalo,  New  York,  he  came 
to  Fulton,  New  York,  in  October,  1905,  and 
has  established  a  large  and  successful  practice 
in  that  city.  He  is  president  of  the  Fulton 
Academy  o^  Medicine ;  a  member  of  the  Os- 
wego County  Medical  Society,  of  the  New 
York  State  Medical  Society,  and  of  the  Amer- 
ican Medical  Association.  He  is  also  a  mem- 
ber of  St.  Joseph's  Council,  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus, of  Fulton.  In  political  belief  he  is  an  Inde- 
pendent. 

Dr.  Anderson  married,  October  15,  1910, 
Hazel  R.  Gardner,  born  March  19,  1885,  daugh- 
ter of  Castle  H.  and  Nellie   (Vant)   Gardner. 


William  Nellis,  immigrant  an- 
NELLIS  cestor  of  this  family,  was  born 
in  Germany  and  came  with  the 
early  Palatine  settlers,  landing  in  New  York  in 
1710.  He  settled  in  Schoharie,  New  York, 
and  his  son  Andrew  was  born  there  in  171 5, 
and  died  in  1779;  was  one  of  the  principle 
founders  of  the  Palatine  Church,  the  oldest 
church  in  the  Mohawk  \'alley.  Andrew  was 
a  farmer ;  was  confirmed  by  the  Lutheran  pas- 
tor, at  Schoharie,  in  1735;  married  Catherine 
Fox,  of  German  Flatts ;  their  .son  Philip  was 
born  December  i,  1746,  in  Fairfield,  New 
York,  and  died  in  1818,  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, and  father  of  Peter  Phillip  Nellis,  to 
whom  various  distinguished  descendants  traced 
their  ancestrv.  In  1790  the  first  federal  census 
shows  as  heads  of  family,  all  living  in  Mont- 
gomery county,  Mohawk  \^alley,  and  mostly 
in  the  town  of  Palatine:  George,  Adam,  Chris- 
tian, David,  George,  Henry,  Henry  W.,  John 


(2),  John  D.,  Ludman,  Peter  F.,  Philip,  Rob- 
ert, William  and  David  Yost. 

Of  the  emigration  of  the  Palatines,  John 
Fox,  the  great  historian  of  the  Reformation, 
wrote:  "In  the  meantime  the  Protestants  of 
Heidelberg  (a  city  in  the  province  of  the 
Palatinate)  sank  into  poverty,  and  many  of 
them  became  so  distressed  as  to  quit  their 
native  country  and  seek  an  asylum  in  Protest- 
ant States.  A  great  number  of  these  coming 
into  England  in  the  time  of  Queen  Anne,  were 
cordially  received  here,  and  met  with  a  most 
humane  assistance,  both  by  public  and  private 
donations."  Three  thousand  of  these  refugees 
embarked  at  Leith.  Scotland,  in  ten  ships, 
early  in  1710,  bound  for  America.  Seven  of 
these  ships  arrived  here  safely,  having  buried 
four  hundred  and  seventy  of  their  number  at 
sea.  They  landed  at  Governor's  Island,  June 
13,  1710.  Among  them  were  three  brothers — 
William,  Christian  and  Johannes  Nellis.  They 
first  settled  on  a  tract  in  Dutchess  county,  but 
in  1712,  with  other  Palatines,  they  hewed  a 
road  across  the  Catskills  and  came  to  Schoharie 
river.  Afterwards  Johannes  Nellis  went  to 
Pennsylvania  and  settled  in  the  vicinity  of 
Gettysburg,  and  in  1720  William  and  Christian 
Nellis  settled  in  the  Mohawk  \^alley,  near  Pala- 
tine church.  William  Nellis  and  twenty-six 
other  Palatines  received  a  patent  dated  Octo- 
ber 19,  1723.  designated  as  the  Stone  Arabia 
patent,  and  afterward  Nellis  and  George  Klock 
procured  a  smaller  tract,  afterward  known  as 
the  Klock  and  Nellis  patent.  On  the  subscrip- 
tion list  for  the  funds  to  erect  a  church  edifice 
for  the  "Lutheran  congregation  of  Canajo- 
harie  on  the  north  siiie  of  the  Mohawk  River," 
Christian  Nellis  Jr.  was  one  of  the  four  mana- 
gers appointed  to  have  charge  of  the  church 
and  funds.  The  date  of  the  list  is  December 
30,  1768;  the  land  was  given  by  Hendrick  W. 
Nellis,  and  the  church  was  completed  .\ugust 
18,  1770.  On  the  list  are  the  names  of  William 
Nellis  Jr.,  Andrew  Nellis.  Johannes  Nellis  and 
Henry  Nellis  paid  for  making  the  church  spire. 

Several  of  the  Nellis  family  held  offices  of 
profit  and  trust  under  the  English  crown. 
Hendrick  W.  Nellis's  son  Henry  and  his  son 
Robert  were  loyalists  during  the  revolution, 
removed  to  Canada  and  joined  the  P>ritish 
army  at  the  commencement  of  the  revolution, 
and  their  property  w'as  confiscated.  Children 
of  William  Nellis:  Andrew;  Ludwig;  Henry; 
Tohannes ;  William,  mentioned  below. 

(II)   William  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Nelhs, 


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was  born  about  1710-20.  He  was  a  farmer  at 
Palatine.  Children:  i.  Peter  I.  2.  Joseph, 
born  at  Palatine,  then  Canajoharie,  April  17, 
1759;  died  February  24,  1834;  married  Mary 
Lantman :  children :  Joseph  I.,  born  May  23, 
1787,  died  September  21,  1862;  Mary,  born 
1792,  died  aged  thirteen.  Joseph  I.  Nellis  was 
an  officer  in  the  war  of  1812,  married  when  he 
was  eighteen  years  old,  Magdalen,  daughter  of 
David  Bellinger,  of  St.  Johnsville,  and  had 
eight  children:  Charles,  Benjamin  J.,  Josiah, 
Catherine,  Aaron,  Stephen,  .Abraham,  and 
Horatio,  who  was  born  at  St.  Johnsville,  Feb- 
ruary 25,  1827,  married,  January  9,  1849,  Kath- 
erine.  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary  (Keller) 
Sanders,  of  Minden,  and  had  four  children. 
^.  William.    4.  John  I.,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  John  I.,  son  of  William  (2)  Nellis, 
was  born  in  1769,  and  died  in  1854.  He  was 
a  leading  citizen,  a  Democrat  in  politics,  and 

held  various  town  offices.    He  married  

Weaver.  Children  :  John,  David,  DeWitt,  Sim- 
eon, Nancy  and  Lena. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  John  I.  Nellis,  was  born 
in  Palatine,  in  1800,  and  died  in  Fultonville 
in  i860.  He  married  (first)  Catherine,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Fox,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution;  he  married  (second)  Mrs.  Orstrom. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Maria;  Edward;  Peter 
F.,  mentioned  below;  Alfred. 

(V)  Peter  F.,  son  of  David  Nellis,  was  born 
August  19,  1831,  in  Palatine,  and  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  district  schools.  When  a 
young  man  he  was  clerk  in  a  store  at  Charles- 
ton, South  Carolina,  for  a  time.  Since  185 1 
he  has  resided  at  St.  Johnsville.  He  has  been 
a  very  successful  farmer.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  married.  May,  1861,  Anna  M., 
daughter  of  Peter  P.  and  Lena  (Nellis)  Fox. 
She  died  in  July,  1890.  Children:  Lena  and 
Catherina  M. 

(The    Fox    Line). 

(I)  William  Fox,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
settled  in  the  town  of  Palatine,  Montgomery 
county,  New  York,  about  1722.  He  was  a  con- 
temporary of  Peter  Wagner,  the  progenitor  of 
Webster  Wagner,  inventor  of  sleeping  cars, 
and  state  senator.  Fox  located  a  short  distance 
from  the  Palatine  church.  Among  his  descend- 
ants, several  of  whom  did  gallant  service  in 
the  revolution,  were  Captain  William  Fox  Jr., 
Christopher  P.  Fox,  and  Christopher  W.  Fox, 
who  were  in  command  of  the  First,  Second 
and  Third  companies  of  the  Second  (Palatine) 
Battalion,  at  the  battle  of  Oriskany,  in  the 
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revolution.  Captain  Christopher  P.  was  slain 
there.  Several  generations  were  prominent  in 
the  town  of  Palatine. 

(II)  Abraham  Rosencrantz  Fox,  a  descend- 
ant of  the  pioneer  William,  was  born  in  the 
Mohawk  Valley,  New  York.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married  Euphemia  Parker,  born  of  Scotch 
parentage. 

(HI)  Abram  Fox  Nellis,  son  of  Abraham 
Rosencrantz  Fox,  was  adopted  in  early  youth 
Ijy  Peter  Fox  Nellis,  who  was  related  to  him 
(see  Fox  \' ). 

He  was  l)orn  March  8,  1871,  at  Palatine 
Church,  Montgomery  county.  New  York,  and 
attended  the  district  school  at  St.  Johnsville, 
New  York,  and  the  Clinton  Liberal  Insti- 
tute. He  then  took  a  course  at  the  East- 
man Business  College,  at  Poughkeepsie,  New 
York.  He  began  his  business  career  as  book- 
keeper for  the  Lincoln  Storage  &  Deposit  Com- 
pany, of  New  York  City.  Afterward  he  held 
a  similar  position  with  L.  F.  Bristol,  a  dealer 
in  silk  and  woolen  goods.  In  1892  he  became 
a  partner  in  the  Duffy  Silk  Company,  of  Fort 
Plain,  New  York,  incorporated  in  1893,  when 
Mr.  Nellis  became  secretary  and  treasurer,  and 
he  has  continued  in  the  office  of  secretary  to 
the  present  time.  He  is  also  secretary  of  the 
Seneca  Manufacturing  Company,  and  of  the 
(iilford  Manufacturing  Company,  both  of  Buf- 
falo, New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  Atlantic 
Lodge,  No.  178,  Free  Masons,  of  New  York 
City;  of  Oswego  River  Chapter,  No.  270, 
Royal  Arch  Masons:  of  Lake  Ontario  Com- 
mandery.  No.  232,  Knights  Templar,  of  Os- 
wego; of  Medea  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  of 
Watertown,  New  York.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Democrat.  He  married,  July  6,  1907,  Lucy 
j\I.  Pendergast,  born  in  Phoenix,  daughter  of 
Nicholas  Pendergast,  of  Phoenix.  Children : 
Martha  R.,  born  June  16,  1908;  Mary,  March 
17-  1910.  

The  McAllisters  came  from 
McAllister  Argyleshire,  Scotland.  The 
name  is  very  common  in 
many  parishes  of  that  country  to  the  present 
day.  In  the  Scotch  colony  in  the  north  of 
Ireland  there  were  also  many  McAllisters,  and 
from  the  last-named  locality  there  were  three 
families  of  the  name  coming  to  New  Hamp- 
shire, evidently  closely  related,  and  from  the 
same  section  of  Ulster  province,  Ireland.  These 
have  been  traced  back  through  their  sojourn 
in  Ireland  and   Scotland,  but  it  is  impossible 


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at  present  to  give  the  ancestry  earlier  than  the 
American  settlers. 

The  ancestor  of  the  Londonderry,  Xew 
Hampshire,  family  was  Angus  McAllister,  who 
married  Margaret  Boyle,  and  came  to  this 
country  in  the  year  1718,  and  settled  at  Lan- 
caster, Massachusetts.  In  1731  he  removed 
to  Londonderry,  New  Hamjishirc,  a  Scotch- 
IrisJi  settlement  where  neighbors  in  the  old 
country  and  doubtless  relatives  were  living.  At 
last  accounts  his  farm  there  was  owned  by  a 
descendant,  Jonathan  AIcAllister.  Angus  had 
been  a  soldier  in  the  wars  in  Ireland,  and  had 
had  an  ear  shot  ofT  in  an  engagement  at  Penny- 
burn  Hill,  and  was  exempted  from  ta.xes  on 
account  of  his  military  services.  At  his  death 
his  body  was  carried  for  six  miles  for  burial 
on  a  bier  supported  by  bearers,  after  the  cus- 
tom of  the  times.  On  the  way  the  funeral  pro- 
cession met  Thomas  \\'ilson,  an  old  companion 
in  arms  of  McAllister.  Wilson  took  off  his 
hat  and  shouted  :  "Auld  Ireland  forever  !  W^ell, 
Angus,  they're  na  taking  the  lug  (ear)  aff  your 
head  at  Pennyburn  Hill  the  day,  mon."  Chil- 
dren of  Angus:  i.  William,  married  Jennette 
Cameron,  and  died  in  1755,  aged  fifty-five: 
descendants  lived  at  Jaffray,  New  Hampshire, 
and  in  \'ermont.  2.  David,  died  at  London- 
derry, New  Hampshire,  in  1750,  aged  forty- 
six  years :  married  Eleanor  Wilson.  3.  John, 
returned  to  Ireland,  but  several  daughters  re- 
mained in  this  country,  and  one  married  John 
Taggart,  of  Colerain,  Massachusetts. 

Richard  McAllister,  another  immigrant,  luar- 
ried,  about  1735,  in  Ireland,  Ann  Miller;  came 
to  this  country  in  the  winter  of  1738-39,  and 
located  at  Londonderry,  New  Hampshire ;  re- 
moved soon  to  Bedford,  New  Hampshire,  and 
settled  on  a  farm  a  few  rods  west  of  the  village, 
only  four  miles  from  the  present  city  of  Man- 
chester;  his  wife  died  there  March  12,  1776, 
in  her  seventy-seventh  year.  Children  :  i.  Arch- 
ibald, born  in  Ireland,  settled  in  Wiscasset. 
Maine.  2.  John,  born  at  sea,  January  18,  1739 
(birth  recorded  as  of  Chelsea,  Massachusetts), 
soldier  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  1758-60, 
and  in  the  revolution ;  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  he  removed  to  Rochester,  \'ermont,  where 
he  died  in  1828;  married  Anna  Steele.  3.  Will- 
iam, born  at  Londonderry,  July  14,  1741  : 
married  Jerusha  Spofford,  and  settled  at  Bed- 


ford.   4.  Mary,  .August 


743.    5.  .\nn,  No- 


vember 6,  1745.  fi.  .Susannah,  .August  20, 
1747.  7.  Richard,  October  20,  1749:  removed 
from    Bedford    to    Antrim    in    1775,    then    to 


Springfield,  \'enuont.  8.  James,  February  29, 
1752;  removed  to  .Antrim;  married  Sally  AIc- 
Clary.    9.  Benjamin,  born  May  31,  1754. 

John  McAllister,  the  third  immigrant,  came 
from  the  north  of  Ireland  and  settled  in  New 
Boston,  in  1748.  He  owned  a  large  tract  of 
land  near  Joe  English  Hill ;  was  an  energetic, 
live  man.  strongly  religious  ;  selectman  on  the 
first  board  in  1763.  Children:  Archibald,  mar- 
ried Maria  McKeen,  and  moved  to  Frances- 
town  ;  Angus,  of  New  Boston  and  Fryeburg, 
Maine;  Daniel,  lived  at  New  Brunswick,  and 
died  there;  Mary,  married  Daniel  Kelso. 

Randal!  McAllister,  of  Peterborough,  New 
Hampshire,  said  to  be  of  the  family  of  Angus, 
was  wounded  in  the  battle  of  Bunker  Hill. 
Benjamin  AIc.Allister  served  in  the  revolution, 
from  Merrimac,  New  Hampshire,  and  .Abing- 
ton,  Massachusetts ;  Reuben  from  Princeton, 
Massachusetts ;  W  illiam  from  Abington,  and 
William  from  Damariscotta,  Maine. 

(  I )  Daniel  AIcAllister,  believed  to  be  grand- 
son of  Angus,  mentioned  above,  perhaps  son 
of  John,  who  had  at  least  one  daughter  in 
Colerain,  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  from 
Hampshire  county.  Massachusetts,  in  Captain 
Lawrence  Kemp's  company.  May  10  to  July 
17,  1777,  Colonel  David  Well's  regiment.  The 
roll  is  dated  at  Shelburne,  near  Colerain.  In 
1780  he  was  slain  in  the  service,  in  Captain 
Isaac  Newton's  company.  Colonel  Murray's 
regiment.  .According  to  the  family  tradition 
the  father  of  I'.enjamin  lived  in  Colerain.  Ac- 
cording to  the  census  of  1790,  none  of  the  name 
are  rejiorted  in  Massachusetts. 

(II)  Benjamin,  presumably  son  of  Daniel 
McAllister,  and  doubtless  descended  from  the 
Scotch-Irish  pioneers  described  above,  was 
born  in  1774,  and  died  at  Truxton,  New  York, 
about  1 861.  He  married  Sally  Perry.  Chil- 
dren :  Lois,  Benjamin,  Levi,  Calvin,  James, 
Eli,  Edson  and  Amasa. 

(III)  Edson,  son  of  Benjaiuin  McMlister, 
was  born  at  Truxton,  New  York,  about  1808, 
and  died  there  about  1888.  He  followed  farm- 
ing during  the  greater  part  of  his  active  life 
in  Truxton,  but  from  1868  to  1879,  in  Cuyler, 
Xew  York.  He  married  Mary  Crissey,  born 
.\])ril  16,  1822,  in  Hector,  New  York,  now 
living  with  her  daughter  at  DeRuyter.  New 
York.  She  was  a  daughter  of  .Abijah  and 
Lettie  (  Crouk  )  Crissey.  Children  :  Sarah.  Ixjrn 
August  6,  1844,  lives  in  DeRuyter.  New  York, 
married  Ccorge  Hayes:  James,  born  March  6, 
1846,  a  farmer  in  the  state  of  Michigan  ;  Ben- 


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jamin,  born  Aiiril  18.  1847,  died  in  (Jreeley, 
Colorado,  in  1886:  John  C,  mentionetl  below: 
Charles,  born  July  6,  1851,  lives  at  DeKiiyter. 

(I\')  John  C,  son  of  Edson  McAllister,  was 
born  in  Truxton,  New  York,  October  6,  1849, 
and  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools. 
I'ntil  i8ij9  he  was  engaged  in  farming,  lie 
went  to  Cuyler,  New  York,  in  1868,  and  lived 
there  until  1899,  when  he  located  at  DcRuyter. 
In  addition  to  his  farm  business  he  was  a 
dealer  in  farm  produce,  and  since  1899  he  has 
devoted  his  attention  mainly  to  buying  and 
selling  eggs.  He  was  for  three  years  in  the 
egg  trade  at  DeRuyter  and  since  then  has  had 
his  place  oi  business  at  Cortland,  New  York. 
He  has  a  large  wholesale  egg  trade.  In  ]3oli- 
tics  he  is  a  I'rohibitionist.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Maccabees,  and  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  He  married,  December  24,  1872. 
Elba  Adelaide  Morse,  of  Cuyler,  New  York, 
daughter  of  William  A.  and  Alaria  (  Hamilton  ) 
Morse  (see  Eugene  Morse).  Children:  Floyd 
Eugene,  mentioned  below:  Lettie  May,  born 
March  27.  1880,  married,  1900,  Ralph  H. 
Ames,  of  Cortland,  a  wholesale  dealer  in  eggs. 

(\')  Floyd  Eugene,  son  of  John  C.  AIc- 
Allister,  was  born  in  Cuyler,  New  York,  June 
2,  1878.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Cuyler,  and  the  DeRuyter  high  school,  from 
which  he  graduated  in  the  class  of  1896,  and 
the  State  Normal  School,  at  Cortland.  He  has 
since  then  been  associated  in  business  with  his 
father,  and  has  been  a  partner  since  1905,  the 
firm  being  J.  C.  McAllister  &  Son.  He  is  a 
member  of  John  L.  Lewis  Lodge,  of  Odd  Fel- 
lows, of  Cortland,  and  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.  He  married,  September  i.  19CKJ, 
Millicent  Louise  Phelps,  of  Cortland,  daugh- 
ter of  Frank  A.  Phelps  (see  Phelps). 


Thomas  Newton,  immigrant 
NEWTON     ancestor,  was  one  of  the  first 

five  settlers  of  Fairfield.  Con- 
necticut, in  the  autumn  of  1639.  The  date  and 
place  of  his  birth  are  not  known.  In  1644-45 
he  was  chosen  deputy  to  the  general  court. 
During  the  year  1650  he  became  involved  with 
the  authorities  of  Connecticut,  and  was  im- 
prisoned, but  escaped  and  fled  to  Long  Island. 
June  20th  of  the  same  year,  being  then  or 
lately  of  Fairfield,  he  conveyed  certain  prop- 
erty there.  He  was  received  by  the  IXitch  on 
Long  Island,  but  his  surrender  was  demanded 
by  the  authorities  of  Connecticut,  and  he  be- 


came the  subject  of  negotiations  between  the 
commissioners  of  the  L'nited  English  colonies 
and  Governor  Stuyvesant,  which  extended  over 
several  years.  In  1655  he  was  a  landholder  in 
Middleburg,  and  in  1656  paid  fifteen  shillings, 
■'the  Indian  Rate"  of  a  shilling  an  acre  there. 
He  was  a  cariienter  by  trade.  He  died  before 
May  28,  1683.     He  married   (first)   Dorothea 

,  and   (second),  March  31,  1648,  Joan, 

daughter  of  Richard  Smith,  an  early  settler  of 
the  town  of  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  1638,  and 
an  inhabitant  of  Wickford,  in  Narragansett, 
about  1639.  He  was  a  prominent  man  in  his 
day  and  a  friend  and  neighbor  of  Roger  Will- 
iams. Cliildren  of  Thomas  Newton:  Abigail, 
married  Lodowick  Updike  :  Israel :  James,  men- 
tioned below :  Thomas. 

(II)  James,  son  of  Thomas  Newton,  spent 
his  early  life  in  Fairfield.  CVtober  11,  1683, 
he  acted  as  attorney  for  his  brother  Israel, 
plaintilif:  Robert  lieachem,  defendant:  in  an 
action  of  trespass.  April  17,  1684,  he  sold 
land.  In  1686  he  was  constable  of  Fairfield. 
March  18,  1689-90,  he  was  made  freeman. 
December  30,  ifx)4,  he  was  admitted  to  full 
comnuuiion,  and  his  wife  Mary,  March  8, 
16^4-95.  Early  in  the  next  century  he  was  in 
Kingstown,  Rhode  Island,  and  was  a  freeman 
there  as  early  as  July  12,  1703,  on  which  date  he 
was  appointed,  with  twelve  others,  to  lay  out 
highways  in  that  town.  April  28.  1713,  he 
signed  an  agreement  as  one  of  the  proprietors 
of  the  town  of  Colchester,  Connecticut.  His 
name  appears  frequently  on  the  town  records 
from  1 71 3  to  1726.  as  selectman  and  member 
of  various  committees.  He  was  deputy  at  a 
general  assembly  and  court  of  election  at  Hart- 
ford. May  14,  1713,  and  also  in  1714-15-16. 
He  was  captain  of  the  first  company  or  train 
band  in  Colchester.  He  married  IMary,  daugh- 
ter of  Sergeant  Richard  Hubbell  and  his  first 
wife,  Elizabeth  (Meigs)  Hubbell.  Children: 
Dorothy,  born  March  22,  168 1  :  Alice.  Febru- 
ary 28.  1686:  James,  April  3.  1690.  mentioned 
below:  Ann,  April  13,  1692:  Israel,  March  5. 
1694;  Mary,  baptized  Aj^ril  23,  1699:  Abigail. 
March,  1703-04. 

(III)  James  (  2 ) ,  son  of  James  ( i )  Newton, 
was  born  April  3,  1690,  died  August  4,  1756. 
He  married.  May  31,  1716,  Susannah  Wyat, 
who  died  January  26,  1747.  Children:  Doro- 
thy, born  February  25,  1717-18:  John,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1719,  mentioned  below  :  Israel,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1725:  Thomas,  August  4,  1728,  died 
Se])tember  21,  1728:  Dinah.  February  24.  1730: 


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Leodeniiah,   May   7.    1732;   Susannah,   March 

15,  1735- 

(IV)  John,  son  of  James  (2)  Newton,  was 

born  September  30,  1719,  died  in  1807.  He 
married  Mary  Hoibrook.  of  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut, December  27,  1756.  Children:  John, 
April  8,  1758:  James;  Abel,  mentioned  below; 
Amasa;  Mary;  Mark. 

(V)  Abel,  son  of  John  Newton,  was  born 
at  Groton,  Connecticut,  February  28,  1774, 
died  April  21, 1855,  in  Pharsalia,  New  York.  He 
came  to  New  York  state  about  1802,  and  locat- 
ed first  at  Preston,  New  York,  and  afterward  in 
Pharsalia.  He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  in 
this  section  and  his  brother  Mark  came  with 
him.  He  married  Patience  .-Mien,  born  at 
Groton,  September  14,  1775,  died  November  5, 
1845,  daughter  of  Captain  Samuel  Allen,  who 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Children: 
Denison,  married  Cornelia  Gray;  Miles,  men- 
tioned below ;  Abel  A.,  married  Maria  Beards- 
jey;  Hannah,  married  Roswell  Lord  ;  Marjorie, 
married  A.  ]\L  Barlow ;  Polly ;  Cyrena ;  Clar- 
issa. 

(VI)  Miles,  son  of  Abel  Newton,  was  born 
in  Pharsalia,  Chenango,  New  York,  April  19, 
1813,  died  February  19,  1886.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools.  He  was  a  success- 
ful farmer  and  owned  a  sawmill  and  a  grist- 
mill. In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat  and  for 
some  years  was  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was 
a  member  of  Freewill  Baptist  Church,  and 
gave  liberally  of  his  means  to  various  church 
and  charitable  purposes.  He  died  in  South 
Otselic,  within  six  miles  of  the  place  of  his 
birth.  He  married  (first),  January  13,  1839, 
Lois  Crumb,  born  September  26,  1817,  died 
November  i,  1854,  daughter  of  Phineas  and 
Lois  Crumb.  He  married  (second)  Desire 
Huddleston.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Phebe 
Fsther,  born  December  30,  1839 ;  married 
(first)  Montezuma  Chase,  who  died  while  in 
service  in  civil  war;  (second)  Leander  S.  Law, 
of  Preston,  New  York;  children:  Bertie  and 
Adon  Law.  2.  Betsey  Ann,  born  July  7,  1841, 
died  September  22,  1849.  3-  Morell  M.,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Fayette  Crumb,  born  October 
10,  1848,  died  October  i,  1849.  5.  Elsie  Louise, 
born  May  19,  185 1  ;  married  Elijah  Wildman, 
of  Syracuse,  formerly  a  partner  with  Morell 
M.  Newton  in  the  woolen  business ;  children : 
Egbert  L.  and  N.  Ray  \Vildman.  6.  Devaul- 
son  Doud,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Morell  Mile.s,  son  of  Miles  Newton, 
was  born  May  19,  1845,  died  March  27,  1897. 


He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  at  the  Norwich  Academy. 
Afterward  he  taught  school  for  a  number  of 
years  in  Pitcher  and  Otselic,  in  Chenango 
county,  and  then  entered  the  employ  of  George 
L.  Crandall,  of  Pitcher,  in  his  woolen  mill. 
After  two  years  he  was  admitted  to  partner- 
ship and  the  firm  became  Crandall  &  New- 
ton. .Afterward  Air.  Crandall's  interests  were 
bought  by  Mr.  Newton  and  his  brother-in-law, 
Elijah  Wildman,  afterward  of  Syracuse,  and 
for  a  year  and  a  half  the  firm  was  Newton  & 
Wildman.  Mr.  Wildman  was  succeeded  in  the 
firm  by  Addison  Taylor,  of  Pitcher.  After 
the  death  of  Mr.  Taylor,  Mr.  Newton  con- 
tinued the  business  alone  until  May,  1882, 
when  it  was  destroyed  by  fire.  He  then  moved 
to  Homer,  in  Cortland  county,  where  he  again 
established  himself  as  a  woolen  manufacturer 
on  his  own  account.  After  three  years  he  sold 
a  half  interest  to  his  brother,  D.  D.  Newton, 
and  from  that  time  until  he  died  the  brothers 
continued  in  partnership.  The  business  was 
mainly  the  manufacture  of  shirting  and  grew 
to  large  proportions.  About  a  hundred  hands 
were  employed.  Mr.  Newton's  death  was  due 
to  an  accident  in  his  mill.  He  was  caught  in 
a  shafting  while  inspecting  machinery.  In 
many  ways  he  was  a  model  citizen,  earnest, 
public  spirited  and  ambitious.  His  industry 
greatly  benefited  the  town  in  which  it  was  locat- 
ed and  he  himself  was  ever  ready  to  cooperate 
in  good  works.  For  many  years  he  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Cortland  County  Sabbath  School 
Association  and  he  was  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Baptist  church,  of  Homer.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican,  and  he  served  the  district 
faithfully  in  the  board  of  education.  He  mar- 
ried Christiana  A.  Lewis,  November  28,  1868, 
daughter  of  John  L.  and  Augusta  M.  (Cran- 
dall )  Lewis,  of  Pitcher.  They  had  one  son, 
Lynn  L.,  who  was  educated  at  Homer  Acad- 
emy, died  in  upfi- 

(VII)  Devaulson  Doud,  son  of  Miles  New- 
ton, was  born  in  Pharsalia,  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  February  6,  1853.  ^^  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
learned  the  trade  of  carpenter,  and  for  twelve 
years  was  a  carpenter  and  builder  in  Chenango 
county.  In  1885  he  came  to  Homer  and  was 
admitted  to  partnership  by  his  brother,  Morell 
Miles  Newton.  In  addition  to  the  making  of 
woolen  cloth  the  firm  also  manufactured  shirts 
from  the  goods.  After  the  death  of  his  brother, 
Mr.  Newton  continued  the  business  alone  until 


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1901,  when  he  admitted  to  partnership  Andrew 
W.  Gibbs,  Merton  A.  Whiting  and  Myron  M. 
Perkins,  and  since  then  the  firm  has  been  New- 
ton &  Company.  In  1910  the  manufacture  of 
fish  Hues  was  undertaken  by  Newton  &  Com- 
])any,  and  has  become  an  important  and  suc- 
cessful venture.  In  ]\Iay,  191 1,  the  business 
was  incorporated  under  the  firm  name  of  New- 
ton Line  Company,  Mr.  Newton  the  president. 

Mr.  Newton  has  taken  an  active  part  in  pub- 
he  hfe.  For  eleven  years  he  was  school  trus- 
tee and  for  several  years  was  trustee  of  the 
incorporated  village  of  Homer.  He  is  a  director 
in  the  Homer  National  Bank  and  a  member 
(if  the  Library  Association.  In  politics  he  is  an 
Independent,  in  religion  a  Congregationalist. 

He  married,  December  25,  1879,  Mary  Cline, 
of  Smithville,  New  York,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Betsey  (Loomis)  Cline,  of  Smithville. 
Children:  i.  Jesse  Cline,  born  January  13, 
1881  ;  married.  September  26,  1900,  Katherine 
Crampton,  of  Homer,  New  York ;  child,  Mary 
Janet,  born  February  6,  1902.  2.  Dan  Devaul- 
son,  born  January  26,  1885,  married  Hazel 
Towner ;  one  child,  Devaulson  D.,  born  April 
28,  191 1.     3.  Bessie,  September  12,  1889. 


Dr.  George  Warden  Smith,  immi- 
SMITH  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  came  to  the  province  of 
Connecticut  before  the  revolution,  in  which  he 
served  as  surgeon.  He  was  taken  prisoner 
and  confined  on  a  British  prison  ship,  and 
while  a  prisoner  he  exchanged  his  silver  knee 
buckles  for  a  prescription  for  a  salve.  He 
was  an  able  and  distinguished  physician  in  his 
day.  He  married  Lucinda  Crippen.  They 
had  a  son  George  C,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  George  C,  son  of  Dr.  George  Warden 
Smith,  was  born  in  England,  or  Connecticut, 
April  1 1 ,  1780,  died  in  West  Burlington,  Otsego 
county.  New  York,  November  20,  1829.  He 
settled  in  Otsego  county  when  a  young  man. 
He  married  Betsey  Newman,  born  December 
10,  1789,  died  October  26,  1868,  in  Otsego 
county,  daughter  of  Abraham  Newman,  who 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war  under  General 
Gates  at  Saratoga,  under  General  Washing- 
ton at  battle  of  Monmouth,  New  Jersey,  and 
at  siege  of  Yorktown.  Children :  Abraham 
Newman,  born  January  7,  1810;  Lucinda  Crip- 
pen, April  7.  1812,  died  February  12,  1885: 
Martha  Ritta,  April  4,  1814,  died  November 
5,  1889;  Welcome  W.,  March  8,  1816,  died 
February  22,   1901  ;  Willis  Potter,  .\ugust  6, 


1820,  died  December  25,   1906;  Aloses  Gage, 
mentioned  below  ;  Cornelia  Betsey. 

(III)  Moses  Gage,  son  of  George  C.  Smith, 
was  born  in  West  Burlington,  Otsego  county, 
New  York,  March  19,  1823,  died  in  McGraw, 
New  York,  May  8,  1889.  His  father  died 
when  he  was  a  boy  of  seven  and  he  came  to 
Homer,  New  York,  to  live  when  he  was  about 
nine  years  old.  He  made  his  home  with  an 
uncle  and  attended  the  public  schools  there. 
He  also  learned  the  trade  of  tailor  at  Homer, 
and  followed  it  for  several  years  as  apprentice 
and  journeyman.  He  removed  to  McGraw 
and  was  postmaster  there  from  i860  to  1872. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married 
Polly  Betsey  Doud,  of  McGrawville,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Reuben  Griffin  and  Betsey 
(McGraw)  Doud.  Children:  George  Henry, 
mentioned  below;  Kittie  M.,  born  September 
4,  1861,  married  Dr.  F.  W.  Higgins. 

(IV)  Dr.  George  Henry  Smith,  son  of 
Moses  Gage  Smith,  was  born  in  McGraw, 
Cortland  county.  New  York,  July  24,  1852 
He  attended  the  public  schools  at  McGraw 
until  sixteen  years  of  age  and  then  became  a 
student  of  dentistry  in  the  office  of  Hyatt  & 
Holden,  Cortland.  In  1874  he  opened  an  ofiice 
in  McGraw  and  practiced  dentistry  there  two 
years,  had  an  office  for  two  years  at  Norwich, 
New  York,  in  1878  entered  partnership  with 
Dr.  F.  O.  Hyatt,  in  Cortland,  which  firm  con- 
tinued for  ten  years.  Dr.  Hyatt  then  retired 
and  since  then  Dr.  Smith  has  continued  alone. 
He  has  followed  his  profession  in  his  present 
offices  for  thirty-five  years  and  the  business  is 
the  oldest  of  all  the  dental  offices  of  Cortland 
county.  He  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  di- 
rectors of  the  Hatch  Library,  of  Cortland,  and 
its  secretary ;  member  of  the  Science  Club,  of 
Cortland :  clerk  of  the  trustees  of  the  Presby- 
terian church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 
He  married,  December  7,  i88o,  Mary  A.  Bou- 
ton,  of  ^Marathon,  New  York,  born  June  29, 
185 1,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Julia  Eliza 
(  Longworth  )  Bouton  (see  Bouton  VII ).  They 
have  one  son,  Frank  Hyatt,  born  February  6, 
1889.  married,  in  Dunkirk,  New  York,  July  7. 
191 1,  Helen  Marie  Shaler,  of  Dunkirk,  New 
York ;  they  reside  in  Cortland,  New  York. 

(Tlie  P.ontnn  Line). 

(\T)  Nathaniel  (2)  Bouton,  son  of  Na- 
thaniel ( I )  Bouton  (q.  v.),  was  born  in  Pound- 
ridge,  Westchester  county.  New  York,  in  1778. 
died  in  \'irgil,  New  York,  January  4,   1847. 


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He  married  (first),  March  22,  1801,  Rachel 
Stevens;  (second)  LycHa  Stevens,  sister  of  his 
first  wife.  He  settled  at  \''irgil,  Cortland  coun- 
ty. He  was  the  original  projector  of  the  Erie 
railroad,  and  with  his  son  Nathan  was  the 
author  of  the  first  article  published  in  relation 
to  the  construction  of  the  railroad.  In  relig- 
ion he  was  a  Congregationalist,  and  in  politics 
was  an  ardent  Abolitionist,  and  he  was  one  of 
the  first  workers  in  the  temperance  movement 
in  Virgil.  Children,  born  at  ^  irgil :  Xathan, 
July  27,  1802;  James,  1803;  Lewis  and  Will- 
iam, twins,  P"ebruary  26,  1805;  Rachel,  1807; 
David,  November  27,  1808;  Milly,  April  13, 
1810:  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below;  Joseph. 
March  23,  1817. 

(^'^)  Nathaniel  (3),  son  of  Nathaniel  (2) 
Bouton,  was  born  at  \'irgil.  New  York,  May 
28,  181 3,  died  there  February  2,  1886.  He 
moved  at  the  age  of  nineteen  to  Marathon, 
New  Y^ork,  aftd  was  justice  of  the  peace  of 
that  town  for  more  than  twenty  years.  He 
was  gifted  musically  and  for  about  forty  years 
was  leader  of  various  church  choirs  in  the 
town.  He  was  active  in  the  anti-slavery  and 
temperance  movements  and  in  other  moral  re- 
forms. He  gave  of  his  means  freely  to  vari- 
ous charities  and  benevolences.  He  married 
Julia  Eliza  Longworth.  Children :  Julia  Eliza, 
born  January  28,  1838,  married.  May  17,  1856, 
Dr.  Farmington  Hyatt :  Charles  Henry,  born 
August  22,  1840,  married  Harriet  Renjamin  ; 
Jane  Maria.  July  13,  1842,  married  (first) 
Robert  Purvis,  (^second)  Marvin  McFall : 
.'\manda  Gertrude,  August  9,  1844,  married 
Orson  H.  Smith;  Eleanor  Carley,  July  25, 
1847,  married  (first)  Sanford  L.  Baum,  (sec- 
ond) Donald  McKellar,  of  Killawog ;  Mary 
Ann,  June  29,  1851,  married  Dr.  George  Henry 
Smith  (see  Smith  IV). 


Elisha  Doubledav,  a  native 
DOUBLEDAY'  of  Yorkshire,  'England, 
came  to  Boston,  Massa- 
chusetts, with  his  family  in  1676.  His  widow 
Ann  lived  in  Boston  until  171 1,  the  year  of  her 
death,  when  she  came  to  the  adjoining  town  of 
Charlestown,  now  a  part  of  Boston.  She  was 
duly  "Warned"  to  depart,  after  the  custom  of 
the  times.  She  bought  property  in  Boston  in 
1691.  He  must  have  died  soon  after  coming 
hither.  .Administration  was  granted  on  her 
estate  to  her  son  Elisha,  December  30,  171 1. 
The  inventory  covering  the  personal  estate 
amounted   to   fifteen    pounds   and    was   dated 


December  27,  171 1.  Children:  Abigail,  men- 
tioned in  the  administrator's  account ;  Elisha. 
mentioned  below  ;  Elijah,  a  shipwright,  owned 
land  in  Charlestown  and  is  named  in  various 
deeds  in  1731-32. 

(II)  Elisha  (2),  son  of  Elisha  (i)  Double- 
tlay,  was  born  about  1670,  probably  in  the  old 
country,  and  was  baptized,  an  adult,  at  Charles- 
town, July  15,  171 1.  His  wife  Mary  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Charlestown  Church,  April  18, 
1703.  He  died  in  1715,  in  the  prime  of  life, 
leaving  a  large  family  of  young  children.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  is  dated  December  23, 
1715,  and  amounted  to  thirty-two  pounds. 
Samuel  Scott,  of  Cambridge,  was  surety  on 
the  bond  of  his  widow,  who  was  appointed  ad- 
ministratrix. Children,  bom  at  Charlestown  : 
Elisha,  .\ugust  18,  1693,  ^1'^''  young;  Mary. 
July  12,  1695;  Anne,  November  22.  1(396; 
William,  October  17,  1699;  Jonathan,  January 
5,  1701-02;  Jonathan,  December  10,  1703,  was 
a  soldier  in  the  old  French  war  and  two  wills 
are  on  file,  one  dated  .August  15,  I74<'>,  and 
proved  July  11,  1747;  Nathaniel,  March  27, 
1706;  Mary,  baptized  February  5,  1709-10; 
Elizabeth,  September  28,  171 1;  Elisha,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Elisha  (3  ),  son  of  Elisha  (  2  )  Double- 
day,  was  born  in  Charlestown,  January  30, 
1713-14,  and  was  baptized  there  the  following 
day.  He  married  (first),  in  Boston,  1736, 
Margaret  Adams,  born  1717,  daughter  of  Jo- 
sejih  and  Rebecca  (Cutler)  Adams,  of  Cam- 
bridge. Her  parents  were  married  January 
18,  1710-11,  and  her  mother  died  January  12, 
1717-18.  Her  father  married  (second),  June 
26,  1718,  Rachel  .Allen,  who  died  in  1773.  Jo- 
seph Adams,  father  of  Joseph  Adams,  married, 
at  Cambridge,  February  21,  1687-88,  Margaret 
Fames,  who  married  (  second  ),  in  1705,  Daniel 
Dean.  John  .\dams,  father  of  Joseph  Adams 
Sr.,  was  born  in  England,  in  1621  ;  his  father, 
Henry  .\dams,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
from  whom  President  John  Adams,  President 
John  Ouincy  Adams,  Governor  Samuel  .\dams 
and  other  noted  men  are  descended. 

Elisha  Doubleday  settled  at  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut, where  the  births  of  most  of  his  twen- 
ty-five children  are  recorded.  His  first  wife 
died  there  Alay  22,  1749,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond), October  2,  1749,  liannah  Bailey,  aged 
eighteen,  who  died  November  17,  1774.  He 
married  (third),  February  26,  1775,  Mary 
Law,  aged  twenty-eight  years.  Seven  of  his 
sons  and  one  grandson   fought  in  the  revolu- 


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tion  and  he  appears  to  have  served  for  a  short 
time  in  the  First  Connecticut  Regiment,  under 
Captain  Walter  Hyde,  of  Lebanon,  in  an  inde- 
pendent company,  in  September,  1776  (vol. 
viii,  p.  149,  "Conn.  Hist.  Society"). 

We  find  mention  of  Elisha  Doubleday  at 
Lebanon,  in  the  accounts  of  Thomas  Xew- 
comb  (i735-,i9t-  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war  (vol.  x,  pp.  141,  341 
and  344,  "Conn.  Hist.  Society").  He  was  in 
the  Ninth  Company,  Captain  Azel  Fitch,  in 
1759,  and  in  the  same  company.  Colonel  Giles 
\\'olcott's  regiment,  in  1761  ;  and  in  the  Tenth 
Company,  Captain  Fitch,  March  31  to  Decem- 
ber 7,  1762:  also  in  Captain  Pearce's  company 
in  1763. 

Children,  by  first  wife,  born  at  Lebanon: 
Joseph,  December  27,  1737,  soldier  in  revolu- 
tion as  was  also  Joseph  Jr.;  Elisha.  April  15, 
1740,  died  August  6,  1796.  soldier  in  revolu- 
tion; Margaret,  March  7,  1741.  died  young: 
Nathaniel,  December  2(),  1743,  died  young: 
Ammi,  October  17,  1744,  died  young;  Ammi, 
June  13,  1746,  died  young;  P.enoni,  May  20, 
1749,  (lied  young.  Children  by  second  wife; 
Jesse,  July  14,  1750;  .\sahel,  ]\Iarch  31,  1752, 
soldier  in  revolution:  Margaret,  July  29,  1754; 
Al)ner,  February  3,  1757,  soldier  in  revolution: 
.Ammi.  .\pril  17,  1759,  soldier  in  revolution: 
Setli,  August  15,  1761,  soldier  in  revolution: 
Hannah,  July  16,  1763:  Mary,  March  8,  1765, 
died  young:  Lydia,  February  26,  1766,  died 
young;  Lois,  June  29,  1769:  Lydia,  September 
14,  1771  :  Silas,  November  13,  1774.  Children 
by  third  wife:  Silas,  June  22,  1776;  Mary, 
July  2^,  1778;  .Anna.  .August  8,  1780;  Sally. 
September  5.  1782;  Daniel,  mentioned  below: 
Enos,  August  12,  1787,  who  was  fifty  years 
yoimger  than  his  eldest  brother. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  Elisha  (3)  Doubleday, 
was  born  at  Lebanon,  Connecticut,  August  5. 
1784,  died  in  Scott,  New  York,  about  1874. 
He  is  buried  in  Homer,  New  York.  He  came  to 
New  A'ork  state  when  about  twenty-one  years 
old,  coming  up  the  Tioughnioga  river  in  a  boat 
and  locating  in  the  town  of  Scott  among  the 
pioneers.  He  cleared  land  and  cultivated  a 
large  farm  on  which  he  lived  the  remainder  of 
his  days,  a  well-to-do  and  useful  citizen.  He 
married.  May  12,  1818,  Lydia  Brown,  who 
died  about   1873,  aged  eighty  years,  daughter 

of  James  and  ( Wyman  )   Brown.    Her 

father  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Scott:  John  W.,  May  4,  1819. 
died  .August  31,  18^7,  married  .Amelia  Pratt: 


Alvin  L.,  June  20,  1820.  died  in  infancy ;  Amos 
Wyman,  December  6,  1821,  died  August  18, 
1845;  Daniel  Henry,  mentioned  below;  Betsey 
(  Elizabeth),  September  29,  1829,  married  Ste- 
phen Delos  Perkins ;  Lydia  L.,  August  24, 
1833,  died  in  infancy. 

(\')  Daniel  Henry,  son  of  Daniel  Double- 
day,  was  born  in  Scott,  New  York,  August 
II,  1823,  died  March  i,  1902,  at  Cortland, 
New  A'ork.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Scott  and  in  his  youth  worked  on 
his  father's  farm.  Sometime  in  the  late  forties 
he  jnirchased  a  farm  adjoining  his  father's, 
which  he  resided  upon  until  1 861.  when  he 
sold  and  came  to  Homer,  New  York,  pur- 
chased a  farm  which  he  conducted  several 
years  and  then  sold  and  removed  to  the  village 
of  Homer,  where  he  had  a  meat  market  for 
several  years.  .About  1870  he  settled  in  Cort- 
land, New  A'ork,  and  lived  there  until  he  died. 
He  was  for  a  few  years  a  partner  in  the  firm 
of  Fitzgerald.  Gee  &  Company,  of  Cortland, 
manufacturers  of  wagons.  Afterward  he  was 
in  partnership  with  his  son  in  the  furniture 
business,  imder  the  firm  name  of  D.  H.  Double- 
day  &  Son.  In  his  later  years  he  retired  from 
active  business.  In  politics  he  was  a  Repub- 
lican. He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
First  Congregational  Church,  in  Cortland,  and 
at  the  time  of  his  death  was  a  deacon.  He 
married,  February  6,  1847,  Fidelia  Higley,  of 
Fayetteville,  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
born  in  1824.  died  December  15,  1891,  daugh- 
ter of  Levi  Jason  and  1  lepsibah  Higley.  Her 
father  was  born  in  Simsbury,  Coiuiecticut,  in 
1705,  died  in  Fayetteville,  New  York,  in  1856. 
Children  of  Daniel  Henry  and  Fidelia  Double- 
day :  I.  -Adelaide,  born  January  i,  1848,  died 
March  20,  1905 ;  married  William  Hunt,  and 
had  a  daughter  Alildred,  who  lives  with  her 
uncle,  Frank  J.  Doubleday.  2.  Frank  John, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Ernest  Henry,  mention- 
ed below.  4.  Clara,  born  July  13,  1862:  mar- 
ried Mark  Stanton,  a  merchant  in  Oregon, 
Illinois:  children:  Donald  and  Beulah.  3.  Will- 
iam .Albert,  October  26,  1867,  lives  in  Syracuse, 
New  York ;  married  Jessie,  daughter  of  Ed- 
ward Black,  and  has  a  son,  Edgar  Frank. 

(\T)  Frank  John,  son  of  Daniel  Henry 
Doubleday,  was  born  in  Scott,  Cortland  coun- 
ty, New  York,  September  28,  1830.  He  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
Homer  Academy,  at  Homer.  After  leaving 
school  he  was  employed  in  the  wagon  factory 
of  Fitzgerald,  Gee  &  Company,  at  Cortlanel. 


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NEW  YORK. 


in  which  his  father  was  a  partner,  and  repre- 
sented his  father's  interest  in  the  business.  A 
year  later  he  entered  into  partnership  with  his 
father  in  the  furniture  and  undertaking  busi- 
ness in  Cortland,  under  the  firm  name  of  D.  H. 
Doubleclay  &  Son.  From  1875  to  1895  he  was 
engaged  in  the  real  estate  business  in  Cortland. 
During  this  time  he  bought  a  large  tract  of 
land  in  the  northerly  part  of  the  village,  open- 
ed a  street  through  it,  developed  the  section 
and  sold  the  house  lots  into  which  he  cut  the 
property.  In  1895  he  and  W.  G.  JilcKinney, 
of  Cortland,  bought  the  business  of  D.  F. 
\\'allace  &  Compan)',  dealers  in  books  and  sta- 
tionery, at  Cortland.  This  business  was  estab- 
lished in  1870,  by  the  firm  of  Mahan  &  Wallace, 
and  at  first  consisted  of  a  stationery  and  mus- 
ical instrument  store.  After  the  death  of  tlie 
senior  partner  a  few  years  later,  the  musical 
department  was  given  up  and  Mr.  Wallace  con- 
ducted the  stationery  business  alone  until  1890. 
when  William  G.  McKinney  and  O.  C.  Smith 
became  his  partners,  under  the  firm  name  of 
D.  F.  Wallace  &  Company.  Since  the  business 
came  into  the  hands  of  the  present  firm,  an 
art  department  has  been  added  and  the  sta- 
tionery and  book  business  increased.  The  firm 
has  the  only  book  bindery  in  this  section  and 
does  a  considerable  business  in  that  line.  In 
addition  to  the  retail  business  the  firm  has  a 
large  jobbing  trade  in  books,  stationery,  wall 
paper  and  window  shades,  keeping  several 
traveling  salesmen  on  the  road  constantly.  Ih 
one  year  the  firm  sold  nearly  two  million  rolls 
of  wall  paper.  In  politics  Mr.  Doubleday  is  a 
Republican,  and  he  has  been  active  in  years 
past  in  local  affairs.  In  1895-97  he  was  an 
alderman  of  the  city  from  the  fourth  ward, 
and  a  trustee  of  the  incorporated  village  before 
Cortland  became  a  city.  For  tw-enty-one  years 
he  was  su])erintendent  of  the  Sunday  school 
of  the  First  Congregational  Church,  of  Cort- 
land, of  which  he  is  a  member  and  of  which 
he  has  been  a  trustee  several  years  and  is  now 
a  deacon. 

He  married,  June  17,  1874.  Elizabeth  Staf- 
ford, of  Cortlandville,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Arnold  and  Ruby  (Underwood)  Staft'ord. 
They  have  one  son,  Raljjh  Stafford,  born  Au- 
gust I  I.  181  )0,  a  graduate  of  the  Central  Migh 
School,  in  the  class  of  I90(),  president  of  his 
class,  now  a  student  in  Syracuse  University. 
Mrs.  Elizabeth  (StalTord)  Doubleday  has  been 
twice  reg<.-nt  of  Tioughnioga  Chajjter,  Daugh- 
ters of  the  .American  Revolution,  of  Cortlantl. 


and  gains  her  admission  to  the  order  through 
her  maternal  great-grandfather,  Nathan  Wood, 
and  on  the  paternal  side  from  Oliver  Hopkins. 
She  assisted  in  celebrating  the  one  hundredth 
anniversary  of  Cortland  county. 

(\'I)  Ernest  Henry,  son  of  Daniel  Henry 
Doubleday,  was  born  in  Scott,  Cortland  county, 
New  York,  April  5,  1852.  He  was  educated  in 
the  town  schools  and  at  Homer  Academy.  He  is 
a  painter  and  decorator  by  trade,  and  for  many 
years  dealt  extensively  in  real  estate.  He 
lived  in  Cortland  until  recently,  and  built  many 
houses  there.  At  present  he  lives  in  Homer, 
New  York.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congregational- 
ist,  and  a  member  of  that  church  in  Cortland. 
He  married,  November  26,  1873,  Esther, 
daughter  of  Elisha  and  Sally  (Ives)  Salisbury. 
Children:  Edna  N.,  born  Alarch  9,  1879,  mar- 
ried William  H.  Burnham,  of  Cortland  ;  Claude 
Henry,  September  21,  1884,  died  February  5. 
1891';  Harold  Lawrence,  January  23,  1893. 


Walter  Palmer,  immigrant  an- 
PALMER  cestor,  was  a  citizen  of  Charles- 
town,  Massachusetts,  as  early  as 
1634,  and  May  14  of  that  year  was  made  free- 
man of  that  town.  There  is  a  tradition  that  he 
came  from  Nottinghamshire,  England,  and  that 
Abraham  Palmer,  also  of  Charlestown,  and  a 
freeman  at  the  same  time,  was  his  brother. 
He  owned  considerable  real  estate  there,  and 
received  land  in  the  first  division  in  1637,  and 
again  in  the  division  of  1643.  He  was  among 
those  wdio  met  to  prepare  for  the  new  settle- 
ment at  Seacuncke.  afterwards  Rehoboth. 
Massachusetts,  and  settled  there.  At  this  time 
he  gave  the  value  of  his  estate  as  four  hun- 
dred and  nineteen  pounds.  He  was  deputy  to 
the  general  court  from  Rehoboth,  and  in  1653 
removed  to  what  is  now  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut. He  bought  land  from  Governor 
Haynes  on  the  east  bank  of  the  Wequetetiuoc 
river.  His  whole  tract  of  land  contained  about 
twelve  hundred  acres.  His  will  was  dated 
May  19,  1657.  and  proved  May  11,  1662.  He 
died  in  Stonington,  November  19,  1661.  He 
married  (first),  in  England,  Ann ;  (sec- 
ond )  Rebecca  Short,  a  member  of  Rev.  John 
Eliot's  church,  in  Roxbury.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Grace;  John,  died  unmarried;  William, 
died  unmarried:  Jonas;  Elizabeth.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Hannah,  born  June  16,  1634; 
Elihu.  January  24,  1636:  Nehemiali,  November 
27.    if'37;    Moses,   April   6,    1640;    Benjamin. 


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May   30.    1642:   Gershoni,    mentioned   below; 
Rebecca. 

(II)  Gershom,  son  of  Walter  Palmer,  was 
baptized  in  Charlestown.  June  5,  1684,  he  re- 
ceived from  his  brothers,  Xehemiah,  Moses 
and  Benjamin,  five  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
Stonington,  as  part  of  their  parents'  estate. 
May  3,  1693.  there  was  laid  out  to  Lieutenant 
Gershom  Palmer  first,  fifty  acres,  then  one 
hundred  acres,  and  again,  fifty  acres.  Novem- 
ber 20,  171 1,  there  was  laid  out  to  him  four 
hundred  acres  of  land  in  the  Purchase  of  Catta- 
[)eset.  In  this  deed  he  is  called  "Deacon." 
Most  of  this  property  he  distributed  to  his  sons 
before  he  died.  He  married  (first),  in  Ston- 
ington, November  28,  1767,  Ann,  daughter  of 
Captain  George  and  Ann  (  P)Orodel)  Denison. 
Her  mother,  Ann  (Borodel)  Denison,  was 
from  a  fine  old  English  family,  and  from  her 
Mrs.  Palmer  inherited  such  stately  and  elegant 
manners  that  she  was  commonly  called  "Lad}' 
Ann."  She  was  born  May  20,  1649,  died  in 
Stonington,  1694.  He  married  (second)  Mrs. 
Elizabeth  Mason,  widow  of  Major  Samuel 
Mason,  of  Stonington.  Her  maiden  name  was 
Peck,  and  she  was  from  the  Rehoboth  family 
of  that  name.  Gershom  Palmer  died  Septem- 
ber 27,  1718.  Children  of  first  wife:  Alercy, 
born  i66g ;  Gershom,  baptized  September  2, 
1677;  Ichabod,  baptized  September  2,  1677; 
William,  mentioned  below ;  George,  baptized 
May  29,  1680:  Rebecca,  baptized  1682,  died 
young;  Ann,  baptized  May  20,  1682;  Walter, 
baptized  June  7,  1685;  Elihu,  baptized  May  6, 
1688,  died  young:  Mary,  baptized  June  8, 
i6go;  Rebecca,  baptized  July  i,  1694. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Deacon  Gershom  Pal- 
mer, was  baptized  April  25,  1678.  He  received 
by  deed  from  his  father,  May  9,  17 16,  land  at 
Puckhunganuck,  which  on  his  death  was  to 
go  to  his  three  sons,  William,  Elihu  and  Wait. 
He  was  living  in  1728,  when  he  gave  rights  in 
two  parcels  of  land  to  the  three  sons  mention- 
ed above.  He  married,  January  10,  1701-02, 
in  Stonington,  Grace,  daughter  of  Ephraim  and 
Hannah  (Avery)  Minor,  born  in  Stonington, 
September,  1683.  They  lived  in  Tangwonk 
and  removed  later  to  Punghungguenuch  Hill, 
in  North  Stonington.  Children :  Grace,  bap- 
tized June  27,  1703:  W^illiam,  born  March  I, 
1705  :  Elihu,  baptized  December  6,  1706  ;  Wait, 
mentioned  below. 

CIV)  Elder  \\'ait  Palmer,  son  of  William 
Palmer,  was  born  and  baptized  in  Stonington, 
May  27,  171 1.    He  lived  on  Pendleton  Hill,  in 


Stonington,  and  was  active  in  church  interests 
there.  April  10,  1772,  he  sold  to  his  son  Wait 
the  farm  where  he  lived,  on  condition  that  the 
latter  give  to  him  and  his  wife  one-half  the 
profits  yearly  during  their  lives.  He  married, 
1727,  Mary,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Ann 
(Pendleton  )  Brown,  born  November  28,  1703. 
Children :  Wait,  mentioned  below  ;  Amos,  Au- 
gust 27,  1729;  Israel,  January  16,  1730;  Isaac, 
September  15,  1732;  Mary,  May  4,  1735;  Con- 
tent, January  27,  1736-37;  Ebenezer.  January 
21,  1738-^0:  Elihu,  March  10,  1741. 

(V)"  Wait  (2),  .son  of  Elder  Wait  ( i )  Pal- 
mer, was  born  in  Stonington,  May  5.  1728,  died 
October  18,  1785.  He  married,  April  4,  1751, 
Mary  Saii'ord,  of  Coventry,  Connecticut,  died 
in  Stonington,  October  ig,  1785.  Children, 
born  in  Stonington:  Wait,  August  2,  1733: 
Edith,  January  7,  i~s(>',  Stuckley,  January  2^. 
1758:  Charles,  June  25,  1760;  Asa.  September 
7,  1763;  Rowland,  mentioned  below:  Mary. 
August  24,  1770. 

(VI)  Rowland,  son  of  Wait  (2)  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Stonington,  October  31,  1766.  He 
lemoved  from  Pendleton  Hill  to  Otsego,  New 
York,  in  1793.  He  married  (first),  in  Ston- 
ington, January  i,  1792,  Sabra,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Joseph  and  his  second  wife,  Mrs.  Eliza- 
beth (Stewart)  Palmer,  born  in  Stonington, 
April  25,  1767,  died  July,  1850.  Billings  and 
Polly  Coats  sold  for  twenty-two  pounds,  Feb- 
ruary I,  1793,  their  share  in  the  estate  of  their 
late  father.  \\'ait  Palmer  Jr.,  to  Rowland  Pal- 
mer.    He  died  in  Lafayette,  New  York,  April 

29,  1856.  Children:  Lucretia,  born  October 
24,  1792;  Avery  F.,  February  i,  1795;  Water- 
man, August  30,  1798;  Betsey.  June  3,  1802; 
Prentice,  September  22,  1804;  Ransom,  March 

30,  1807:  Orrin  D.,  March  29,  181 1.  Avery 
F.  Palmer  (p.  974,  "History  of  Onondaga 
County" )  came  with  his  father  Rowdand  to 
Lafayette  in  1815:  married  Sarah,  daughter 
of  Captain  Richard  Bailey :  his  son,  Avery  R.. 
lived  at  Lafayette.  Rowland  Palmer  married 
(second)  Martha  Cole.  Children:  Rowland: 
Abel ;  Nathaniel ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Rowland  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Onondaga  county.  New  York, 
about  1810-15.  He  married Cole.  Chil- 
dren: Horatio,  mentioned  below^ :  .Alfonso;  La- 
vina.  married  Charles  Teall ;  Letitia,  married 
John  Whipple. 

(\'III)  Horatio,  son  of  Ebenezer  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Granby,  Oswego  county.  New 
York.     He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 


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schools  and  followed  farming.  He  was  one 
of  the  leading  citizens  of  the  town.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Methodist.  He  married  Harriet 
Cornwall.  Children :  Mary  E. ;  George  B., 
mentioned  below  ;  Seymour  A. ;  Charles  E. 

(IX)  George  B.,  son  of  Horatio  Palmer, 
was  born  in  Ciranby,  March  12.  1864,  and  was 
educated  there  in  the  public  schools.  He  en- 
gaged in  farming  for  a  number  of  years.  In 
1893  he  became  a  produce  and  commission 
merchant  and  shipped  large  quantities  of  pota- 
toes and  other  produce  to  New  York  markets. 
Since  March,  1905,  he  has  made  his  home  at 
Fulton,  New  York,  and  has  been  in  the  flour, 
feed,  grain  and  produce  business  there.  He 
is  also  a  dealer  in  livestock.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Democrat.  He  was  elected  an  alderman  of 
the  city  in  1909,  and  has  been  president  of  the 
city  council  since  January,  1910.  He  is  a 
prominent  member  of  the  Methodist  church, 
of  Fulton.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the  Pat- 
rons of  Husbandry  for  twenty-five  years,  and 
is  now  affiliated  with  I'ultoii  Grange.  He  is 
also  a  member  of  the  Maccabees  and  the  Be- 
nevolent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  March  7.  1887,  Cora  A.,  daugh- 
ter of  John  C.  and  Arvilla  Fuller.  Children : 
Wava  Fay,  born  August  31,  1890,  died  Au- 
gust 25,  1910;  Neva  May,  November  30,  1891, 
married  Raymond  Lybolclt,  July  9,  191 1  ;  Har- 
low Horatio,  May  6,  1897;  Harold  Raymond, 
December  13,  1900. 


Rev.  John  Robinson,  the  lead- 
ROBIN.SON     er  of  the  Pilgrims  and  pastor 

of  the  flock  in  Holland,  was 
born  in  one  of  the  midland  counties  of  Eng- 
land, in  1575.  He  entered  Corpus  Christi  Col- 
lege, Cambridge  I'niversity,  in  1592,  and  re- 
ceived a  fellowship  there  in  1 598,  resigning  it 
in  1604.  He  was  a  Puritan  and  a  powerful 
su])porter  of  tlic  Piu-itan  movement.  He  began 
his  career  in  the  ministry  in  Norwich,  Norfolk- 
shire,  England.  In  1606  the  church  at  Scrooby, 
Nottinghamshire,  on  the  borders  of  Yorkshire 
and  Lincolnshire,  was  formed  and  he  became 
its  teacher,  with  Richard  Clifton,  pastor.  The 
congregation  moved  bodily  to  Holland  in  1607- 
oS,  under  Mr.  Robinson,  and  worshiped  in  a 
house  he  bought  there.  He  intended  to  follow 
the  Pilgrims  to  Plymouth  but  died  at  Leyden 
during  the  prevalence  of  the  plague,  February 
19,  1625.  He  is  generally  ^called  the  "Father 
of  Congregationalism."  He  married  Bridget 
White.      Children  :   James   or   John  ;    Bridget, 


married,  at  Leyden,  May  26,  1629,  John  Gryn- 
wich  ;  Isaac,  mentioned  below  ;  Mercy  ;  Fear  : 
Jacob. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Rev.  John  Robinson, 
came  to  New  England  in  163 1,  and  settled  at 
Plymouth.  In  1636  he  went  to  Scituate  and 
in  1^139  to  Barnstable,  Massachusetts.  About 
i<>(>^  he  removed  to  Falmouth  and  in  1673  to 
Tisbury  on  Martha's  \'ineyard,  where  he  re- 
sided until  November,  1701.  He  then  return- 
ed to  Barnstable.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
Barnstable  church  for  almost  seventy  years. 
He  died  in  1704,  aged  ninety-four.  He  mar- 
ried (first)  Margaret  Hanf'ord,  of  Scituate, 
June  27,   1636.     She  died  June   13,  1649,  3"^ 

he  married  (second)   Mary  .     Children 

of  first  wife,  born  at  Scituate:  Susanna,  bap- 
tized January  21,  1638,  died  young.  I'orn  at 
liarnstable :  John,  baptized  April  5,  1640 ; 
Isaac,  baptized  August  7,  1642;  Fear,  baptized 
January  26,  1644-45;  Mercy,  baptized  July  4. 
1647;  Daughter,  June  6,  1649.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Israel,  baptized  in  Barnstable. 
October  5,  1651  ;  Jacob,  ba])tized  May  15. 
1653  ;  Peter  :  Thomas. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  Isaac  Robinson,  was 
ba]itized  at  Barnstable,  April  5,  1640.  He 
lived  at  Falmouth  from  1665  to  April,  1714, 
when  he  removed  to  Connecticut.  He  was 
deputy  from  Falmouth  to  the  colony  court. 
1689-90-91..  He  married.  May,  1667,  Eliza- 
beth Weeks.  Children :  John,  born  I\Iarch  20, 
1668;  Isaac,  January  30,  1669:  Timothy,  Oc- 
tober 30,  1671  ;  Abigail,  March  20,  1674:  Fear. 
June  16,  1676;  Joseph;  Mary,  March  31,  1679; 
Son,  December  12,  1683;  Daughter,  May  i. 
168—. 

(V)  Isaiah,  son  or  grandson  of  John  (2) 
Robinson,  if  the  family  tradition  is  correct,  re- 
moved from  Barnstable  county  to  Connecticut. 

(\T)  Noah,  son  of  Isaiah  Robinson,  was 
born  as  early  as  1750.  He  lived  in  Danl)ury. 
Connecticut,  and  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade. 
He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Foote,  born  June  19,  1751,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Deborah  (Hoyt)  Foote  (see 
Foote  \').  They  moved  to  Hubbardton,  \'er- 
mont.  He  died  at  Trumansburg,  New  York. 
Children:  .\mos,  Lewis,  Jeremiah,  Noah. 
Rachel  and  Mary. 

(\'H)  .\mos,  son  of  Noah  Rt)binson,  was 
born  in  1787,  in  Putnam  coimty ;  died  in  Tru- 
mansburg, New  York,  about  1885,  aged  ninety- 
eight  years.  He  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of 
the  town  of  Trumansburg.  Tompkins  county. 


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New  York,  where  he  bouglit  fifty  acres  of  land 
in  1817,  and  cleared  a  farm.  Previously  he 
lived  in  Putnam  county,  New  York.  At  one 
time  he  kept  a  hotel  at  Trumansburg.  He 
married  (first)  Rhoda  W'ixom,  who  died  in 
1854,  aged  fifty-six  years.  He  married  (sec- 
ond )  Theodosia  Neal  ( Shepherd )  Fletcher. 
Children,  all  by  first  wife:  George,  Ursula, 
Doane  and  .\marintha. 

(  YHI)  George,  son  of  Amos  Robins(3n,  was 
born  in  Putnam  county.  New  Y'ork,  near  Mill- 
town,  March  31,  1816;  died  in  Homer,  New 
York,  January  7,  1900.  He  received  a  com- 
mon school  education  in  Trumansburg,  whither 
he  came  with  his  parents  when  he  was  a  year 
old.  He  followed  farming  in  that  town  most 
of  his  active  years  and  retired  only  two  years 
before  he  died.  These  last  two  years  he  spent 
in  Homer.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  married  Cynthia  Pease,  of  Tru- 
mansburg, born  in  1804.  died  in  March,  1890, 
daughter  of  Simeon  and  Cynthia  (  Markham  ) 
Pease.  Her  father  came  from  Enfield,  Con- 
necticut. Her  mother  was  a  daughter  of  Isaac 
Markham,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut,  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  who  took  part  in  the  battle 
of  F.unker  Hill.  Children  of  George  and  Cyn- 
thia Robinson:  i.  John  Hopkins,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Harriet,  born  July  30,  1843  •  uiarried 
T.  H.  King  and  lives  in  Trumansburg ;  chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth  Edwards,  born  .\ugust  5,  1866 : 
Alice  Cynthia,  February  2,  1869;  Herbert  P., 
April  17,  1872;  Florence,  May  5,  1874;  Asa 
Carleton,  June  24,  1877;  Turtullus  Harrison, 
October  15,  1882.  Children  of  Herbert  P. 
King:  Donald  Ely,  born  March  20,  1906,  and 
Marion.  April  23,  191 1  ;  child  of  Asa  Carleton 
King:  Dorothy,  born  August  11,  1909:  child 
of  Turtullus  Harrison  King:  Helen  E.,  born 
in  November,  1908.  3.  Scott,  born  September 
2"/,  1846,  died  May  30,  1895:  a  merchant  at 
Cortland ;  married  Mary  Smith ;  children : 
Lewis,  Charles,  Harriet,  Augusta,  Ida,  James 
and  Eve.  4.  Mary,  born  September  13,  1850: 
married  D.  G.  Clark,  of  Trumansburg.  5. 
George,  born  May  30,  1853:  lives  at  Honicr. 
New  York.  6.  Fred,  born  March  27,  1837: 
photographer  at  Ithaca,  New  York ;  married 
Clara  Burr.  7.  Anna,  born  March  25,  1861. 
died  November  ifS,  1899.  8.  Emily,  born  July 
21,  1863;  married  (first)  N.  A.  Bates,  (sec- 
ond) Charles  Hinman,  of  Homer. 

(IX)  Dr.  John  Hopkins  Robinson,  son  of 
George  Robinson,  was  born  in  Trumansburg, 
New  York,  P'ebruary  2,  1842.  He  was  educated 


in  the  district  schools  of  his  native  tdwn  and  at 
Trumansburg  .-Vcademy.  He  taught  school  for 
a  time  and  followed  farming  when  a  young 
man.  He  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  the 
office  of  Dr.  I.  E.  Hill,  of  Trumansburg,  and 
afterward  under  the  instruction  of  Dr.  John  J. 
h'leckwager.  In  1882  he  began  to  practice 
medicine  at  llonier.  New  ^'(lrk,  and  he  has 
continued  there  to  the  ]iresent  time.  He  is  a 
member  <if  the  County  Medical  Society  and  of 
the  New  York  State  Medical  .Society  and  the 
.-\nierican  Medical  .Assciciation.  In  religion  he 
is  a  I'niversalist.  He  married,  in  1877,  Anna 
W.  Gallup,  daughter  of  Ezra  and  Ann  (  Bates) 
Gallup.  Her  father  was  a  ])rofessor  in  Col- 
gate L'niversity  for  many  years  and  a  Baptist 
minister.  Children:  i.  .\nna.  born  .\ugust, 
1878,  lives  at  home  with  her  father.  2.  George, 
born  September  10,  1S83,  train  director  of  the 
.Vew  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad 
Company,  at  I'tica.  New  York  ;  married,  Sep- 
tember 23.  iip3,  .\da  Riebeunacht,  and  ha.s- 
one  daughter,  Elizabeth,  born  August  22.  1906. 

(Tlie  Fnoto  Line). 

( I )  Nathaniel  Foote,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  about  1393-  He  came  probably  from 
Shalford,  Colchester,  England,  and  settled  in 
W'atertown,  Massachusetts.  He  took  the  free- 
man's oath  in  1633.  He  removed  to  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
first  settlers.  In  1640  he  had  a  home  lot  of 
ten  acres  on  the  east  side  of  Broad  street.  He 
was  a  farmer.  He  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  in  i('>44.  He  married,  in  Englan<l,  about 
161 3,  Elizabeth,  sister  of  John  Dewing,  a  first 
settler  of  W'ethersfield.  She  was  born  about 
1393,  and  married  (second)  Thomas  Welles. 
Nathaniel  Foote  died  in  1644.  Children:  Eliz- 
abeth, born  about  1616:  Nathaniel,  born  about 
1620,  mentioned  below:  Mary,  1623:  Robert, 
i()27:    hVances,    1629;  Sarah,   1^132;   Rebecca. 

(II)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Foote,  was  born  about  1620,  in  England,  and 
married,  1646,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Lieuten- 
ant Samuel  Smith.  He  lived  in  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  and  Hadley.  Massachusetts.  He 
died  in  1(133.  and  his  wife  married  (second) 
William  (full,  of  Wethersfield,  and  Hatfield, 
Massachusetts.  Children :  Nathaniel,  born 
January  10,  1647:  Samuel,  May  i,  1649;  Dan- 
iel. 1C132,  mentioned  below  :  Elizabeth,  1654. 

(III)  Daniel,  .son  of  Nathaniel  (2)  Foote, 
was  born  in   1652,  and  married   (first)   Sarah 


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(second)   Mary 


He  lived  in 


Stratford,  Connecticut.  Children:  John,  born 
June  17,  1680,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1682;  Hannah,  February  13,  1684; 
Jehiel,  Alarch  17,  1687;  Peter,  died  1753,  un- 
married. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Daniel  Foote,  was  born 
June  17,  1680,  and  married,  July  13,  1715, 
Sarah  Prindle.  He  lived  in  Newton,  Con- 
necticut. Children:  Sarah,  October  30,  1716; 
Elizabeth,  May  14,  1718;  Nathan,  October  24, 
1719:  John,  November  29,  1721,  mentioned 
below;  Phebe,  1723;  Peter,  1725;  Hannah, 
1727. 

(V  )  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Foote,  was 
born  November  29,  1721,  and  married,  1750, 
Deborah  Hoyt,  who  died  August  6,  1777.  He 
(lied  July  28,  1791.  Children:  Mary,  born 
June  19,  1751,  married  Noah  Robinson  (see 
Robinson  VI);  Deborah,  August  22,  1753; 
Sarah,  May  9,  1755;  Mindwell,  January,  1758; 
John,  April  2,  1761 ;  Lucy,  1763;  David,  Alay 
28,  1765;  Enoch,  May  2,  1770. 


It   is   supposed   that   the   name 

CORWIN  Corwin  comes  from  the  village 
of  Corvinus,  in  Wallachia,  Fru- 
ley,  on  the  Danube  river,  so  named  by  one  of 
the  Greek  emperors,  out  of  respect  to  Marcus 
Valerius  Corvinus,  a  Roman  consul,  and  most 
worthy  man.  It  is  now  common  in  .Austria 
and  Germany.  Some  writers  claim  that  the 
-celebrated  warrior,  John  Hunyadi  Corvinus, 
commander  in  the  great  battle  of  "Belgrade," 
1456,  was  from  this  village,  and  that  his  son, 
Matthias  Corvinus,  the  still  more  celebrated 
king  of  Hungary,  was  the  ancestor  of  the 
American  immigrant,  Matthias  Corwin. 

(I)  Alatthias  Corwin.  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  England  between  1590  and 
ifioo,  and  was  in  T])swich,  Massachusetts,  in 
1634.  He  removed  to  New  Haven,  and  later  to 
Southold,  Connecticut.  His  wife  was  Mar- 
garet    ,   and   they   had   three   children : 

John :  Martha :  Theophilus,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  Theophilus,  son  of  Matthias  Corwin, 
was  born  in  or  before  1634,  died  before  1692. 

He  married   Mary .     In    1655  he  had 

lands  at  Southold,  Long  Island,  and  also  at 
Aquebogue.  In  1686  he  had  four  males  and 
three  females  in  his  family.  Children  :  Daniel, 
meiiti'iiicd  below;  Theophilus;  David;  Mary; 
MehctMble;  P.ethia;  Phebe. 

(Ill)  Daniel,  son  of  Theophilus  Corwin, 
was  born  between  1660  and  1670,  died  before 


1719.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Mary  Ramsay,  before  1698.  She  survived 
him.  In  1703,  he  received  a  deed  from  The- 
ophilus, his  brother,  for  land  at  Aquebogue. 
Children:  Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Henry; 
Simeon. 

(IV)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  Cor- 
win, was  born  about  1690,  died  September  7, 
1747.  The  name  of  his  first  wife  is  unknown. 
He  married  (second)  Elizabeth  Cleaves,  in 
January,  1722-23.  An  Elizabeth  Corwin,  widow 
of  Daniel,  died  March  30,  1774,  according  to 
the  Aquebogue  records.  He  is  named  as  a 
freeholder  of  Southold,  Long  Island,  in  1737. 
His  will  mentions  three  grandchildren,  Ed- 
ward, Separate  and  Mehetable  Armstrong,  and 
the  following  children :  Nathan ;  Pelatiah ; 
Mary;  Michal  (feminine  name)  ;  Lucas:  Jede- 
diah  ;  Silas,  mentioned  below  ;  John  ;  Daniel ; 
Edward ;  and  another  daughter  who  married 
Armstrong. 

(\)  Silas,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  Corwin,  was 
born  on  Long  Island,  in  1731,  died  March  i, 
1806.  He  married,  January  13,  1753,  Eliza- 
beth Halleck,  born  in  September,  1731,  died 
February  12,  1831.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  buried  at  Jamesport,  Long  Island.  His 
wife's  mother's  name  is  supposed  to  have 
been  Booth.  In  1775  he  signed  an  agreement 
to  support  congress.  In  1776  his  name  occurs 
on  census  list.  No.  94,  and  at  that  time  he  had 
in  his  family  three  males,  one  female  over  six- 
teen, and  tnve  children  under  sixteen.  Chil- 
dren :  Silas  ;  Azubah  ;  Ezra,  mentioned  below  : 
Mary  ;  Peter  ;  Jabez  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Ebenezer  ; 
Daniel  ;   Elizabeth. 

(\'\)  Ezra,  son  of  Silas  Corwin,  was  born 
September  27,  1759,  baptized  October  14, 
1759,  at  Mattituck,  Long  Island.  He  died 
April  24,  1840.  He  married  (first)  Dorothy 
Tuthill,  born  September,  1760,  died  December 
13,  1795.  He  married  (second)  Hannah  Cook, 
born  January  30,  1772,  died  April  23,  1841. 
He  united  with  the  church  at  A(|uebogue,  No- 
vember 16,  1783.  He  settled  in  Orange  county, 
New  York,  as  a  farmer,  and  bought  land  claims 
from  revolutionary  soldiers.  Later,  he  settled 
in  Cortland  county,  near  Blodgett  Mills.  Here 
he  cleared  an  extensive  tract  of  land,  about 
three  hundred  acres,  and  built  a  log  house. 
Children  :  Baldwin  :  Ebenezer  ;  Orsamus  or 
Erasmus;  Polydore  B..  mentioned  below  ;  Dor- 
othy F. ;  Mary  ;  Samuel ;  Cortlandt  E. ;  Julia  N. 

(V^I)  Polydore  B.,  son  of  Ezra  Corwin,  was 
born  March  30,  1801,  at  T]iswich,  Long  Island. 


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When  a  young  child,  liis  father  removed  to  the 
Cortland  region,  and  he  was  brought  up  on  the 
home  farm.  Eventually  he  fell  heir  to  one- 
third  of  this  farm.  In  1826  he  built  a  tavern 
on  the  site  of  the  old  log  house  which  his 
father  had  built,  and  became  highly  successful. 
Besides  his  tavern  business  he  cultivated  three 
hundred  acres  of  land.  After  some  years  he 
sold  his  farming  interests  and  removed  to 
New  York  City.  Here  he  served  on  the  police 
force  and  carried  on  a  grocery  store.  In  1854 
he  removed  again  to  the  village  of  Cortland, 
and  began  business  there  as  a  builder  and  con- 
tractor. He  had  already  had  much  experience 
in  this  line  at  Blodgett  Mills.  He  married 
(first),  February  12,  1824,  Sarah  Thompson, 
born  May  11,  1803.  He  married  (second) 
Phebe  Kendall.  Ma\-  14,  1842.  She  was  born 
April  23,  181Q.  He  married  (third)  Catharine, 
daughter  of  Henry  H.  Palmatier,  of  Cobleskill, 
New  York,  bom  October  6.  1819.  Children  of 
the  first  wife :  Almeron  :  De  Forest ;  Ezra : 
Theresa;  Sarah  R.  Children  of  the  second 
wife:  Isabelle;  Marion.  Children  of  the  third 
wife:  Harriet;  Dudley  G.,  mentioned  below; 
Philistia. 

(VH)  Dudley  Gregory,  son  of  Polydore  B. 
Corwin,  was  born  at  Charleston,  Montgomery 
county.  New  York,  November  i,  1849.  He 
attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
When  fifteen  years  old  he  began  to  learn  the 
trade  of  carpenter,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty- 
one  he  was  a  skillful  journeyman.  A  few 
years  later  he  began  to  take  contracts  and  since 
then  he  has  been  a  builder  and  contractor  with 
headquarters  in  Cortland.  For  many  years  he 
has  been  the  leading  contractor  of  the  city  and 
has  probably  built  more  residences,  business 
buildings  and  factories  than  any  two  other 
builders  of  this  section.  He  erected  the  Squires 
Block,  the  Keator  Block,  the  First  National 
Bank  building,  the  Second  National  Bank 
builfling,  the  manufacturing  building  of  the 
Cortland  W^agon  Works,  at  Cortland,  another 
at  Brantford,  Ontario,  Canada,  and  a  third, 
at  Eighty-first  and  Wallace  streets,  Chicago ; 
the  Top  and  Rail  factory;  the  E.  H.  Brewer 
factory ;  the  Miller  Block  and  many  others. 
He  is  a  skillful  architect  and  has  prepared  the 
plans  for  many  houses  and  buildings  that  he 
has  erected.  On  his  own  account  he  has  erect- 
ed many  dwelling  houses  in  the  city  and  has 
large  holdings  in  Cortland  real  estate.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religion  a  Pres- 
byterian. 


He  married  (first),  in  1874,  Mary  A.  Ste- 
vens, who  died  in  1887,  aged  thirty-eight  years,, 
daughter  of  Wilbur  Stevens,  of  Freetown.  He 
married  (second),  July  3,  1888,  Antoinette  B. 
Briggs,  daughter  of  Samuel  Briggs,  a  farmer 
of  Trumansburg,  New  York.  Children  by 
first  wife:  i.  Wilbur  E.,  born  July  25,  1876, 
died  August  19,  1893.  2.  Jennie  L.,  March 
31,  1881  ;  married  John  Lewis  Clark,  of  Green- 
port,  and  had  Evelyn  Clark.  3.  Charles  D., 
July  18,  1884,  instructor  in  mechanical  draw- 
ing, electrical  and  civil  engineering  at  Sibley 
College.  Cornell ;  married,  December  29,  1909, 
Mary  Agnes  Lyon ;  had  daughter,  Elizabeth 
Marie.  4.  Alerton  Polydore,  December  15, 
1886,  student  in  .\mherst  College,  class  of 
191 1.  Child  of  second  wife:  5.  Alan,-  Cath- 
erine, June  21,  1889;  married  Irving  C. 
Mathews,  a  chemist  in  Newark,  New  Tersev. 


Thomas  Stattord.  the  immi- 
STA1<"F()RD     grant  ancestor,  was  born  at 

Warwickshire,  England,  in 
1605  ;  died  at  Warwick,  Rhode  Island,  in  1677. 
He  is  said  to  have  come  to  Plymouth,  Massa- 
chusetts, in  1626,  and  to  have  built  there  the 
first  gristmill  operated  by  water  power  in  this 
country.  His  name  is  on  the  list  of  inhabitants 
admitted  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  after  May 
20,  1^)38,  and  he  soon  received  a  grant  of  land 
there,  seventeen  acres,  and  was  mentioned  as 
in  the  employ  of  Nicholas  Easton.  He  was 
witness  to  the  will  of  John  Walker,  of  Ports- 
mouth, March  18,  1647.  He  was  received  as 
a  townsman  of  Warwick,  June  7,  1657,  hav- 
ing bought  a  house  of  Christopher  Unthank. 
He  bought  another  house  and  land  of  L'nthank, 
March  i,  1653.  In  1655  he  was  a  freeman  of 
the  colony.  He  bought  a  house  and  land  in 
Warwick  of  Thomas  Lawton,  of  Portsmouth, 
.^pril  16,  1657.  In  1662  he  was  granted  a  lot 
in  the  division  of  Potawomut,  and  also  one  in 
the  division  of  Toscunk.  In  1673  he  was  a 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly.  His  will,  dated 
November  4,  1677,  and  proved  April  27,  1678, 
bequeathed  to  his  wife  Elizabeth,  and  children. 

He  married  Elizabeth  ,  who  died  after 

1677.  Children :  Thomas,  died  January  26, 
1723;  Samuel,  born  in  1636,  died  March  20, 
1718;  Hannah,  married  Luke  Bromley;  Sarah, 
married  Amos  Wescott ;  Joseph,  mentioned 
below ;  Deborah,  married,  June  9,  1670,  Amos 
Wescott. 

(II)    Iose]ih.  son  of  Thomas  StatTord.  was 
born   at"  Warwick.   Rhode   Island,   Alarch   21, 


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1648,  died  after  1697.  He  was  apprenticed, 
April  II,  1661,  to  Thomas  Smith,  of  Pavvtuxet, 
Rhode  Island,  to  learn  the  tailor's  trade.  In 
1678  he  was  a  freeman.  His  wife's  will  was 
dated  January  5,  1727,  and  proved  June  28. 
1731,  bequeathing  to  children. 

He  married  Sarah  Ilolden,  born  in  Febru- 
ary. 1658,  died  in  1 73 1,  daughter  of  Randall 
and  Frances  ( Dungan )  Holden.  Children: 
Stukeley.  a  well-to-do  and  prominent  citizen 
of  Warwick  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below  ;  John, 
a  captain,  died  1753:  Frances,  married  Benja- 
min Congdon :  Elizabeth,  married  William 
Clark  and  Israel  Arnold ;  Mary,  married  Pasco 
Whitford  ;  Sarah,  married  Joseph  Smith  ;  Mar- 
garet, married Place. 

(Ill)  Colonel  Joseph  (2)  Stafford,  son  of 
(oseph  (  I )  Stafford,  was  born  about  1690. 
He  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade  and  prominent 
in  public  an<l  military  life.  He  was  deputy  to 
the  general  assembly  1730-35,  1737, 1739, 1742- 
44  and  1746.  In  1739  he  was  major  and  after- 
ward colonel.  He  married  (first)  Susanna 
(iorton,  born  June  4,  1694,  died  August  29, 
1734,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Susanna  (  Bur- 
ton) Gorton.  He  married  (second)  Margaret 
Havens,  widow  of  William  Havens,  daugh- 
ter of  .Alexander  and  Elizabeth  (Wightman) 
Huling.  Children,  born  at  Warwick :  Mercy, 
June  2,  1717:  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Sus- 
anna,  August    15,    1721  :  Susanna,   March   10, 

1723- 

(I\  )  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Colonel  Joseph 
(2)  Stafford,  was  born  January  16,  1718-19. 
He  was  a  captain,  according  to  the  vital  rec- 
ords. He  settled  at  East  (ircenwich.  Rhode 
Island,  and  married  there.  May  27,  1739,  Re- 
becca Arnold,  daughter  of  Captain  William 
Arnold.  Children,  born  at  East  Greenwich : 
Susanna.  July  i,  1740;  Sarah,  December  8, 
1741  ;  Deliverance,  June  15,  1743;  Thomas, 
August  23.  1744;  Josejjh,  December  3,  1745; 
Arnold,  mentioned  below  ;  Margaret,  January 

9.  1751- 

(  \' )  .\rnold,  son  of  Josc]ih  (3)  Stafford, 
was  born  at  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
l''ebruary  22,  1746,  married  there,  December 
2,  1776,  Phebe  Sprague,  daughter  of  Rowland 
Sprague,  of  a  ]irominent  Rhode  Island  family. 
.According  to  the  census  of  1774,  his  father  or 
brother  Joseph  and  a  James  .Staft'ord  were 
heads  of  families  in  East  Greenwich.  In  1790, 
according  t<.)  the  first  federal  census,  Jose])h 
.Stafford,  his  brcither,  was  of  Coventry,  near 
I  ircenwich,  ;ui(I  had  three  nudes  over  sixteen. 


three  under  that  age  and  four  females  in  his 
family.  John  Stafford  also  had  a  family  in 
1790,  at  Coventry.  Arnold  was  married  and 
had  a  family  at  East  Greenwich. 

(  \T  )  Joseph  (4),  son  of  Arnold  Stafford, 
was  born  in  Coventry,  East  Greenwich,  or 
vicinity  about  1784,  died  at  \'irgil,  Xew  York, 
l'"ebruary  24,  i860.  He  came  to  New  York 
state  in  1800,  and  settled  in  Otsego  county. 
Afterward  he  moved  to  \'irgil.  New  York, 
where  he  spent  most  of  his  active  years,  a 
farmer  by  occupation. 

He  married  Susan  Hopkins,  born  about  1788, 
died  in  1872,  daughter  of  Oliver  Hopkins,  born 
in  1756.  died  in  1839,  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, descendant  of  Stephen  Hopkins,  who 
came  in  the  "Mayflower."  Oliver  Hopkins 
married  Susanna  Bennett.  Children  of  Joseph 
and  Susan  .Arnold :  Laura ;  Arnold,  mentioned 
below  ;  Gardner  ;  Hopkins  ;  Oliver  ;  Lovina  ; 
Horace;  Josiah,  and  Miles. 

(VH)  Arnold  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (4)  Staf- 
ford, was  born  in  Burlington,  Otsego  county, 
New  York,  July  11,  1808,  died  in  Cortland, 
New  York,  June  27,  1872.  He  came  to  the 
town  of  Virgil  with  his  parents,  and  was  edu- 
cated there.  He  came  to  Cortland  in  1854, 
and  lived  there  the  rest  of  his  days.  He  was 
prominent  in  financial  affairs,  and  held  various 
positions  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was  trustee 
of  the  incorjjorated  village  of  Cortland  and 
was  the  first  member  of  the  local  board  of  the 
State  Normal  School  in  Cortland,  and  presi- 
dent of  the  board.  In  religion  he  was  a  Aleth- 
odist,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 

He  married,  December  25.  1834,  Ruby  L'ndcr- 
wood,  who  was  born  in,  BurHngton,  Otsego 
county,  New  York,  September  15,  1811,  died 
in  Cortland.  June  30,  1892,  daughter  of  Van- 
der  and  Jerusha  (Wood)  Underwood,  of  Bur- 
lington, New  York.  Jerusha  Wood  was  a 
daughter  of  Nathan  Wood,  of  Mansfield,  Con- 
necticut, a  soldier  in  the  revolution.  Children 
of  .Arnold  and  Ruby  Stafford:  i.  Ruby,  born 
in  \'irgil.  married  George  Conable,  and  had 
two  daughters,  Lena  and  Nellie  Lorilla  Con- 
able.  2.  Eli,  born  in  \  irgil,  a  retired  farmer 
of  Cortland  ;  married  Mary  Richardson  Odell, 
and  has  an  adopted  daughter,  Cora,  who  mar- 
ried Melton  Rowell,  of  Ithaca,  New  York.  3. 
Laurilla,  born  in  X'irgil,  married  Harvey  Pen- 
dleton, of  Cortland,  New  York;  daughter  Hat- 
tie,  married  N.  Jay  Peck,  of  Cortland.  4. 
Rose  Anna,  born  in  X'irgil,  married  Henry  O. 
("andee,  and  had  one  son,  Herbert  Candee,  of 


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Holl)-,  New  York.  5.  Edgar  A.,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Elizabeth  Helen,  born  in  Cortland, 
married  Frank  I.  Doubleday  (see  Doubleday 
VI). 

(\I11)  Edgar  Arnold,  son  of  Arnold  (2) 
Stafford,  was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York, 
July  17,  1850.  He  was  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools,  and  for  several  years  after 
leaving  school  he  followed  farming.  He  lived 
at  Blodgetts  Mills  one  year,  and  for  eighteen 
years  was  engaged  in  farming  in  Truxton. 
During  the  following  nine  years  he  was  chiefly 
occupied  in  dealing  in  livestock  in  Trnxton. 
and  for  a  year  and  a  half  conducted  a  meat 
market.  In  1900  he  came  to  Cortland  and  for 
the  past  six  years  has  conducted  a  meat  market 
there,  having  a  large  and  growing  business. 
He  has  been  a  justice  of  the  peace.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  March  2S.  1872,  Francelia  Ellen 
Merchant,  of  Cuyler,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Henry  S.  and  Elizabeth  (Petrie)  Merchant. 
They  have  one  son :  Arthur  E.  Stafford,  born 
in  Truxton,  November  29,  1882,  educated  in 
the  public  schools  of  Truxton,  now  in  partner- 
ship with  his  father,  under  the  firm  name  of 
E.  A.  Stafford  &  Son ;  he  married  Alta  McKee, 
•of  Cortland. 


Andrew  Albright,  the  immi- 
.VLBRIGHT  grant  ancestor,  was  born 
April  2,  1718,  at  Zellar,  in 
Tluiringia,  (Germany.  He  learned  the  trade  of 
gun-maker,  and  in  1741  was  armorer  C)f  a  regi- 
ment that  served  in  Silesia  and  Bohemia  in  the 
war  of  the  Austrian  Succession.  In  1750  he 
came  with  a  company  of  Moravian  pioneers  to 
Northampton  county,  Pennsylvania,  and  fol- 
lowed his  trade  of  gun-making  in  this  country. 
He  was  instructor  of  arms  for  a  time  at  Naz- 
areth Hall,  and  in  1766  presided  over  the  Sun 
Inn,  at  Bethlehem.  Pennsylvania.  In  1771  he 
removed  to  Lititz,  and  during  the  revolution  he 
was  employed  in  making  guns  for  the  govern- 
ment. He  died  April  19,  1802.  The  names  of 
two  sons  are  given :  Andrew,  born  February 
28,  1770,  and  John  Henry,  August  5,  1772,  at 
Bethlehem. 

Jacob  Albright,  who  served  in  the  revolution 
from  Sussex  county.  New  Jersey,  may  have 
been  another  son.  Elisha  Albright  was  living 
at  Pawling,  Dutchess  county.  New  York,  in 
1790,  according  to  the  first  federal  census,  and 
had  in  his  family  three  males  under  sixteen 
and  four  females. 


(II)  One  of  the  sons  of  Andrew  married 
and  settled  in  Bclvidere,  New  Jersey,  and  had 
children :  Elisha,  mentioned  below  ;  Rosanna, 
married  John  Hials;  Andrew. 

(III)  Elisha  Alljright,  of  the  third  genera- 
tion, was  born  in  lielvidere.  New  Jersey,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1796,  and  died  in  Dryden,  Tompr 
kins  county,  New  York,  in  A])ril,  187 1.  He 
came  to  Dryden,  New  York,  when  Tompkins 
county  was  still  largely  a  wilderness,  cleared 
his  farm  and  made  a  homestead.  He  was 
enterprising,  well-to-do  and  influential,  self- 
educated  and  in  the  best  sense,  self-made,  a 
natural  mechanic  and  a  constant  reader  and 
student.  He  made  ])lows,  sleighs,  grain  cradles, 
boots  and  shoes,  and  knew  man)'  trades  well. 
He  married  in  New  Jersey,  Elizabeth  Smith, 
who  was  born  November  30,  1799,  died  Sep- 
tember 21,  1880.  She  was  of  Dutch  ancestry. 
Children,  excepting  the  eldest,  born  in  Dry- 
den: I.  Jacob,  born  in  Belvidere,  New  Jersey, 
September  4,  1819.  2.  Ann  Maria,  February 
3,  1821  ;  married  j.  M.  Lacy.  3.  Aaron,  Janu- 
ary 17.  1823.  4.  Rosanna,  August  10,  1825. 
5.  Elizabeth,  July  23,  1827:  married  (first) 
George  A.  Hamilton:  (second)  Luther  Voor- 
hees ;  she  was  a  noted  physician  in  New  York 
City.  6.  Sainantha,  March  2,  1829;  married 
Jones  M.  Cantine.  7.  Andrew,  June  23,  1831, 
lived  in  Newark,  New  Jersey,  a  man  of  great 
prominence  and  wealth,  an  inventor  of  note, 
patented  the  process  for  making  hard  rubber 
finish  for  harness  trimmings :  donated  a  mag- 
nificent fountain  to  Dryden,  his  native  town. 
8.  Elmina,  mentioned  below.  9.  Harrison, 
mentioned  below.  10.  John  Wesley,  January 
29,   1831).     II.  George,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Elmina,  daughter  of  Elisha  Albright, 
was  born  in  Dryden,  New  York,  April  16, 
1833:  married,  in  1872,  William  Lord,  born  in 
Pitcher,  Chenango  county.  New  York,  in  1825, 
a  son  of  Isaiah  and  Elizabeth  (Kenyon)  Lord. 
Mr.  Lord  is  a  successful  farmer  and  has  spent 
most  of  his  life  in  McGraw,  in  the  town  of 
Cortlandville,  and  has  been  a  trustee  and  presi- 
dent of  the  incorporated  village  of  McCjraw. 
He  retains  the  ownership  of  his  farm,  though 
for  several  years  he  has  resided  in  the  village 
and  is  retired  from  active  business.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Prohibitionist,  in  religion  a  Meth- 
cxlist.     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Lord  have  no  children. 

(I\')  Harrison,  son  of  Elisha  Albright,  was 
born  in  Dryden.  New  York,  April  16,  1837. 
He  attenr'ed  the  public  schools  and  resided  in 
Drvden  when  a  young  man.  removing  after- 


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ward  to  McLean.  In  1895  he  built  at  Cortland, 
New  York,  a  handsome  residence  on  Tomp- 
kins street  and  since  then  has  resided  there, 
being  retired  from  active  affairs.  His  princi- 
pal vocation  has  been  farming,  but  for  seven- 
teen years  he  was  in  the  egg  and  commission 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  Cortlandville 
Lodge  of  Free  Masons.  In  politics  he  is  an 
Independent,  in  religion  liberal. 

He  married.  January  15,  1858,  Pamelia 
Holden,  born  July  20,  1837,  died  May  30,  1903, 
daughter  of  Walter  Holden,  of  Harford,  New 
York.  They  had  one  child :  Louise,  born  April 
26,  i860,  died  in  1895  ;  married  Lester  Mallory, 
and  had  a  daughter :  Elizabeth  Louise  Mal- 
lory, born  March  7,  1893,  now  living  with  her 
grandfather.  Miss  Mallory  is  a  student  at 
Syracuse  L'niversity. 

(IV)  George,  son  of  Elisha  Albright,  was 
born  in  Dryden,  New  York,  January  29,  1839. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town.  In  his  boyhood  he  followed  farm- 
ing on  the  homestead  and  in  the  course  of  time 
succeeded  to  the  management  of  the  farm. 
After  his  mother  died  he  removed  to  New 
York  City,  and  had  charge  of  the  affairs  of 
his  sister  Elizabeth.  .Xfter  a  period  of  twenty 
years  he  returned  to  the  homestead,  and  since 
then  has  followed  farming  on  a  large  scale. 
He  raises  large  crops  of  wheat  and  oats  and 
has  a  model  dairv.    He  has  never  married. 


Grannison     Thomson     lived 
THOMSON     near    Norwich   in   Chenango 
county.  New  York.    He  mar- 
ried  and   had   children:    Grannison,    William, 
and  Ambrose  M.,  see  forward. 

(II)  Ambrose  M.,  son  of  Grannison  Thom- 
son, was  born  in  Chenango  county,  New  York, 
and  was  a  cooper,  manufacturing  barrels,  in 
addition  to  tending  his  farm.  Soon  after  1840 
he  settled  in  the  town  of  Granby,  New  York, 
and  cleared  a  farm  on  the  one  hundred  acres 
of  timber  land  which  he  had  bought.  He  mar- 
ried Lucetta  M.  Colwell,  who  died  May  8, 
1907.  Children  :  Marvin  A.,  mentioned  below  ; 
Amelia ;  Mary,  married  John  Draper. 

(III)  Marvin  A.,  son  of  Ambrose  M.  Thom- 
son, was  born  in  Granby,  New  York,  July  1, 
1851.  He  attended  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  the  Falley  Seminary,  and 
later  taught  school  for  si.x  winters,  working  on 
a  farm  in  the  summers.  Eon  four  years  after- 
ward, he  was  engaged  in  the  lumber  business. 
In  1886  he  came  to  Oswego  Falls,  New  York, 


and  February  i,  1893,  he  and  Orin  Henderson 
organized  a  coal  and  lumber  business  under 
the  name  of  Henderson  &  Thomson,  which 
later  was  organized  as  a  corporation,  known 
as  the  Henderson  &  Thomson  Company,  with 
Mr.  Henderson  as  president  and  Mr.  Thomson 
as  treasurer.  Mr.  Thomson  is  also  financially 
interested  in  the  Fulton  Livery  Company,  al- 
though he  has  continued  to  conduct  his  large 
farm  in  the  meantime.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Oswego  County  Agricultural  Society,  and  of 
Hiram  Lodge,  No.  144,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He 
was  supervisor  of  the  town  of  Granby,  Os- 
wego county.  New  York,  in  1887-88,  and  for 
a  number  of  years  was  justice  of  the  peace 
in  the  town  of  Hannibal,  New  York.  In  relig- 
ion he  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Church. 
He  married  (first),  June  30,  1873,  Alice  A. 
Hyde,  who  was  born  in  Granby,  September, 
1851,  and  died  May  8,  1908.  He  married 
(second).  ,\pril  18,  1910,  Ina  Hannum,  who 
was  the  daughter  of  Warren  and  Mary  Han- 
num. 


This  surname  is  derived 
CHITTENDEN     from  the  corrupt  British 

and  Welsh  word  chy, 
meaning  "house,"  and  tane,  "lower,"  and  din 
or  dun,  "hill,"  the  lower  house  on  the  hill.  The 
name  is  quite  common  in  England  and  the 
spelling,  which  has  been  greatly  varied,  is  al- 
most always  Chittenden  at  the  present  time. 
Only  two  faiuilies  of  the  name  were  early  im- 
migrants to  America.  Thomas  Chittenden,  a 
linen  weaver,  came  with  his  son  Isaac  from 
Wajiping,  in  county  Kent,  and  settled  in  Scitu- 
ate,  Alassachusetts,  where  his  descendants  are 
still  found.  It  is  not  known  whether  he  was  re- 
lated to  \\'illiam  Chittenden,  mentioned  below. 
(I)  William  Chittenden,  immigrant  ances- 
tor, came  from  the  parish  of  Cranbrook,  Kent, 
England,  and  is  believed  to  have  been  the  son 
of  Robert  Chittenden.  In  the  record  of  baptisms 
in  the  parish  of  Marden,  near  Cranbrook,  there 
is  an  entry  of  William,  son  of  Robert,  March, 
1594.  He  was  an  original  settler  of  Guilford, 
Connecticut,  and  one  of  the  six  jiersons  select- 
ed to  purchase  the  lands  there  from  the  native 
owners.  Lie  was  also  one  of  the  four  magis- 
trates who  received  "full  power  and  authority 
to  act,  order  and  dispatch  all  matters  res])ect- 
ing  the  publick  weale  and  civile  government  of 
the  plantation  until  a  church  is  gathered  amonge 
us."     He  was  the  chief  militarv  man  of  the 


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plantation,  and  bore  the  title  of  lieutenant. 
Savage  says  that  he  had  been  a  soldier  in  the 
English  army  in  the  Netherlands,  in  the  Thirty 
Years  war,  and  had  received  the  rank  of  major. 
He  was  a  magistrate  and  deputy  to  the  general 
court  until  his  death.  His  lands  in  Guilford 
comprised  about  one  hundred  acres,  most  of 
which  is  still  in  possession  of  a  descendant. 
He  married,  in  England,  Joanna,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Edmund  and  Joanna  SheafTe,  of  Cran- 
brook,  Kent.  She  survived  him,  and  married 
(second),  as  his  second  wife,  Abraham  Crut- 
tenden,  of  Guilford.  She  died  there  August 
16,  1668.  Her  mother,  Joanna  Sheaffe,  emi- 
grated with  the  family  from  England,  and  died 
in  Guilford,  August  i,  1659.  William  Chitten- 
(fen  died  in  February.  1660-61.  Children: 
Thomas,  married  Joanna  Jordan;  Elizabeth, 
married  Thomas  Wright;  Nathaniel,  married 

Sarah ;  John,  mentioned  below;  Mary, 

married  John  Leete ;  Hannah,  born  November 
15,  1649,  died  1650  (.Guilford  records);  Jo- 
seph (twin),  April  14,  1652,  died  June  22. 
1652;  Hannah  (twin),  April  14,  1652,  died 
September  13,  1674;  Deborah,  December  12 
1653- 

(II)  Sergeant  John  Chittenden,  son  of  Will- 
iam Chittenden,  married,  December  12,  1665, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  John  Fletcher,  of  Mil- 
ford,  Connecticut.  He  died  in  Guilford,  April, 
1716.  Children:  John,  born  October  19.  1666; 
Elizabeth,  January  26.  1670;  Joseph,  March 
26,  1672,  mentioned  below;  Gideon,  September 
^3.  1678,  died  1(379;  Abel,  May  14,  1681  ; 
Lydia,  March  30,  1684. 

( HI)  Joseph,  son  of  Sergeant  John  Chitten- 
den, was  born  March  26,  1672.  He  married 
August  26,  1692,  Mary,  born  April,  1671,  died 
January  14,  1742,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and 
Mary  Kimberly,  of  New  Haven.  He  lived  in 
Guilford,  and  died  September  11,  1727.  Chil- 
dren: Deborah,  born  January  28.  1694;  Pa- 
tience. January  19,  1696;  Gideon.  February 
3.  1698,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  March  15 
1700;  Joseph,  January  25,  1702;  Thankful,' 
January  27.  1704. 

(IV)  Gideon,  son  of  Joseph  Chittenden 
was  born  February  3.  1698.  He  married! 
March  21,  1721.  Abigail,  born  April  19,  1701 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Abigail  (Wetmore)' 
Bishop,  of  Guilford.  He  removed  to  New 
Milford,  Connecticut,  in  1762.  He  was  living 
May  29,  1781.  Children  :  Abraham,  born  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1723;  Millicent,  April  5,  1725-  Abi- 


gail, March  17,  1727;  Prudence,  October  14, 
17^9:  Ciles,  December  8,  1731,  mentioned 
below;.  Miles,  June  15,  1734;  Ruth,  May  15, 
1737:  Stephen,  May  9,  1739;  Catharine,  May 
9>i747-__. 

(V)  Giles,  son  of  Gideon  Chittenden,  was 
born  December  8,  1731.  He  married  Temper- 
ance, born  March  i,  1732,  daughter  of  Eben- 
ezer  and  Mehitable  ( Chittenden  )  Bishop  He 
removed  to  New  Milford.  where  he  died  about 
1812.  Children:  Loraina.  married  Daniel 
Camp;  Temperance,  baptized  June  or  July. 
I7(>(i;  Giles,  mentioned  below. 

(\T)  Giles  (2),  .son  of  Giles  (i)  Chitten- 
den, was  baptized  in  infancy,  June  or  July 
1766,  in  New  Milford,  died  there  in  1800,  in 
the  prime  of  life.  He  married  Lavinia  (Todd) 
(^Baldwin),  a  widow,  who  had  a  son,  Israel 
Baldwin,  by  her  previous  marriage,  with  whom 
she  lived  after  the  death  of  Mr.  Chittenden. 
Mr.  Baldwin's  home  was  at  Greene.  Chenango 
county.  New  York,  where  he  had  a  general 
store.  She  died  in  1843.  The  only  child  of 
Giles  and  Lavinia  Chittenden  was  posthumous, 
Giles,  mentioned  below. 

(VTI)   Giles  (3),  son  of  Giles  (2)  Chitten- 
den, was  born  after  the  death  of  his  father,  at 
New  Milford.  Connecticut,  November  21,  1800. 
He  resided  with  his  mother  in  his  native  town 
and  at  Chatham,  New  York,  until  he  was  ten 
years  old.     In  1810  they  removed  to  Hudson, 
New  York,  and  he  was  placed  in  charge  of  a 
Quaker  family  there  and  became  a  student  in 
the  Hudson  Academy,  while  his  mother  made 
her   home   with   her   son,    Israel   Baldwin,   in 
Greene,  New  York.    After  four  years  in  Hud- 
son at  the  academy,  he  joined  his  mother  at 
Greene  and  entered  the  employ  of  his  step- 
brother.  Mr.   Baldwin,  as  clerk  in  the  store. 
Two  years  later  he  was  placed  in  charge  of 
a  store  at  Norwich,  owned  by  a  merchant  of 
Greene,  but  at  the  end  of  the  year  he  left  to 
accept  a   position   as   teller  in  the   Chenango 
Bank,  of  Norwich.     Three  years  later  he  re- 
signed his  position  in  the  bank  and  engaged 
in    business    for    himself,    when    he    was    but 
twenty  years  old.     He  started  with  his  small 
savings  and  some  borrowed  capital  with  a  store 
in  Norwich  and  he  was  soon  free  of  debt  with 
a  flourishing  trade.     In  1824,  just  before  the 
Erie  canal  was  completed,  he  accepted  an  ad- 
vantageous offer  for  his  business.     In  a  short 
time,  however,  he  left  that  town  and  establish- 
ed a  home  for  himself  and  mother  in  Homer, 


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New  York,  and  again  engaged  in  business  as 
a  dry  goods  and  general  merchant.  This  busi- 
ness proved  very  successful  and  he  continued 
in  active  business  until  1837  when  he  was 
obliged  by  ill  health  to  retire.  His  success  was 
doubtless  due  to  his  systematic  methods  and 
his  personal  honor  and  uprightness.  He  kept 
in  touch  with  every  detail  of  his  business  and 
with  his  books,  always  knowing  just  how  his 
business  stood.  Though  he  believed  thorough- 
ly in  economy  and  exact  business  methods,  he 
was  generous  in  charity,  but  quiet  and  modest 
in  his  manner.  His  devotion  for  many  years 
to  his  invalid  mother  and  his  love  and  solici- 
tude for  his  family  were  characteristic.  In 
public  affairs  he  was  always  interested  and 
cheerfully  bore  his  share  of  the  work  and  ex- 
pense of  every  movement  intended  for  the 
public  welfare.  In  early  life  a  \\'hig.  he  joined 
the  Republican  jKirty  in  its  infancy  and  sup- 
ported it  loyally.  He  was  for  sixteen  years 
justice  of  the  peace  and  a  faithful  and  capable 
magistrate  and  town  officer.  It  is  said  that  he 
was  so  zealous  in  his  efforts  to  prevent  litiga- 
tion and  effect  settlements  of  cases  out  of  court 
that  a  lawyer  once  said  that  he  would  be  glad 
when  Squire  Chittenden  was  out  of  office,  for 
the  lawyers  were  starving  to  death.  He  served 
the  town  for  three  years  in  the  board  of  super- 
visors of  the  county  and  exerted  a  large  influ- 
ence in  that  body.  He  was  a  director  of  the 
Norwich  Bank,  while  living  at  Norwich,  and 
was  trustee  of  the  Homer  Academy  from  1853 
to  1873.  He  died  May  5,  1885.  He  was  an 
active  member  of  the  Baptist  church  congre- 
gation. He  left  a  competence,  invested  wisely 
in  real  estate. 

He  married  (first),  June  8,  1836,  Samantha 
McWhorter,  of  Cincinnatus,  New  York,  born 
July  28,  181 1,  died  November  9,  1839,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  John  and  Catherine  (Young)  Mc- 
Whorter ;  her  father  was  elected  several 
terms  to  the  state  assembly  of  New  York;  he 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  at  Cincinnatus. 
He  married  (second),  December  23,  1840, 
Mary  Ann  McWhorter,  sister  of  his  first  wife, 
born  August  6,  1817,  died  June  21,  1846.  He 
married  (third)  Mrs.  Olivia  Penny  Munson, 
a  widow,  who  died  in  March,  1893,  aged  eighty- 
three  years.  By  the  first  wife  he  had  a  daugh- 
ter Lavinia  S. ;  by  the  second  a  son  who  died 
in  infancy,  and  a  daughter,  Catherine.  The 
daughters  reside  in  the  old  home  at  Homer 
and  are  well  known  and  highly  respected  in  the 
community. 


Perhaps  all  the  colonial  fam- 
BENJxAMIN  ilies  of  Benjamin  are  de- 
scended from  John  Benja- 
min, born  1598,  in  England,  who  came  to  Bos- 
ton in  the  ship  "Lion,"'  sailing  September  16, 
1632.  with  wife  .Abigail,  two  children,  and 
his  brother  Richard  who  removed  to  South- 
old,  Long  Island,  in  1663,  with  his  wife  Ann 
and  daughter  Ann.  In  1664  Richard  Benja- 
min was  made  a  freeman  in  Connecticut.  His 
descendants  have  been  prominent  in  New  York, 
especiall)'  in  Queens  county.  John  Benjamin 
settled  in  Cambridge.  Massachusetts,  and  later 
in  Watertown.  He  was  of  good  family  and 
well-to-do. 

The  New  York  families  are  largely  descended 
from  Richard  Benjamin.  In  the  census  of  1790 
we  find  three  named  Richard  Benjamin  as  heads 
of  families.  Richard  Benjamin,  of  .Minisink, 
Orange  county, had  four  males  over  sixteen,  two 
under  sixteen  and  two  females  in  his  family.  In 
the  same  town  a  widow  Hannah  had  two  sons 
under  sixteen  and  five  females.  In  Warwick, 
anoth.er  town  in  Orange  county,  a  Richard 
Benjamin  had  three  sons  under  sixteen  and 
three  females,  and  at  Southold,  Long  Island, 
the  third  Ricliard  had  three  males  over  six- 
teen and  one  female  in  his  family.  .And  also 
in  Southold  there  was  a  William  Benjamin 
having  two  liiales  over  sixteen  and  three  fe- 
males in  his  family. 

( I )  Richard  Benjamin,  probably  one  of  the 
Richards  described  above,  was  born  in  1769, 
died  in  Durham,  Greene  county.  New  York, 
where  he  settled  early  in  life.  He  married 
Laura  .Mudge,  born  September  9.  1791,  died 
in  .Allston,  South  Carolina,  November  14,  1871, 
daughter  of  .Abraham  Mudge  (see  Mudge  \'). 
Children  :  i.  Stillwell.  born  in  Durham,  Greene 
county.  New  York,  October  11,  1826,  died  in 
Cortland,  New  York,  November  7,  1908 ;  was 
an  extensive  manufacturer  and  dealer  in  monu- 
mental works,  in  Cortland ;  married,  Septem- 
ber 30.  1850.  Harriet  A.  Eggleston,  of  Cort- 
land :  children  :  Jennie,  born  December  4,  1838, 
died  .September  20,  1878:  son  died  in  infancy; 
Louise  Ccrepta,  married  Nelson  H.  Waters. 
2.  Laura  .Ann,  born  July  28,  1829;  married 
Martin  (.hapin  and  lives  in  .Allston,  South 
Carolina.  3.  John  Wesley,  mentioned  below. 
d.  .\brahani  Page,  born  October  29,  1834,  died 
in  California  in  1849. 

(II)  John  Wesley,  son  of  Richard  Benja- 
min, was  born  in  Durham.  Greene  county.  New 
■S'ork,    December   23,    1832,   died   in   Ciiicago, 


NEW  YORK. 


Illinois,  June  13,  1882.  He  came  to  Cortland 
county,  New  York,  in  1845,  ^^''tli  his  mother 
and  brothers  and  sisters.  He  worketl  at  farm- 
ing at  first  and  later  in  the  marble  business, 
manufacturing  monument  and  gravestones  in 
Cortland,  in  partnership  witii  his  elder  brother, 
Stillwell  Benjamin,  from  the  establishment  of 
the  business  in  1854  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
He  died  in  Chicago  while  away  on  a  business 
trip.  He  served  through  the  civil  war,  enlist- 
ing in  1 86 1  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred  and 
Mfty-seventh  New  York  Regiment  of  Volun- 
teer Infantry,  as  a  private  and  by  force  of 
merit  rose  to  the  rank  of  second  lieutenant. 
He  was  again  promoted  to  a  captaincy,  but  re- 
signeil  before  he  was  commissioned.  He  took 
])art  in  many  important  battles  and  was  wound- 
ed in  the  battle  of  Cettysburg.  He  was  a  char- 
ter member  of  \'esta  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows,  of 
Cortland.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Congre- 
gational church.  He  married  Sarah  J.  Gager, 
born  in  Cortland  county,  daughter  of  Dwight 
H.  Cager,  born  at  New  London,  Connecticut, 
and  Hannah  (Allen)  (^ager.  Children:  i.  Jo- 
sephine, married  E.  P.  Wright,  of  Cortland, 
and  had  Benjamin  E.,  Ivan  N.  and  Ira  Wright. 
2.  Julia,  died  young.  3.  Jessie,  married  Will- 
iam H.  McCray,  of  Washington,  D.  C,  and 
had  one  child,  Harriet.  4.  Page  W.,  mention- 
ed below.  5.  Sadie,  married  Howard  Tuthill, 
of  Detroit,  Alichigan. 

(HI)  Page  Wesley,  son  of  Jnhii  Wesley 
l!enjamin,  was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York, 
.March  25,  1878.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  For  four 
years  he  was  clerk  in  the  department  store  of 
Palmer  Brothers,  of  Cortland.  He  then  learn- 
ed the  carpenter's  trade  and  followed  it  for 
seven  years,  working  in  Washington,  D.  C, 
in  Syracuse  and  Binghamton,  New  York.  In 
1907  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Prudential 
Life  Insurance  Company  and  since  then  has 
been  with  that  company.  He  has  been  a  mem- 
ber of  Vesta  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows,  of  Cortland, 
since  he  came  of  age.  He  is  an  active  member 
of  the  Baptist  church  and  president  of  the 
Baracca  class.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  married,  September,  1900,  Ina  A.  Wilkins, 
of  Cayuga  county,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Robert  C.  and  Harriet  A.  (Johnson)  Wilkins. 
They  have  one  son,  Wesley  Robert,  born  May 
2-],  1906. 

(The  Mudge  Line). 

The  family  of  Mudge  is  of  ancient  English 
origin,  and  is  found  on  record  as  early  as  the 


close  of  the  fourteenth  century  It  was  origin- 
all)-  written  Mugge,  the  letter  "g"  being  pro- 
nounced s<:ift.  The  family  bore  arms:  Argent, 
a  chevron  between  three  cockatrices,  sable. 
Branches  of  the  family  lived  in  the  counties  of 
Debonshire,  Somerset,  Wilts,  Kent,  Middlesex, 
Dorset,  Norfolk,  and  in  the  city  of  London. 

(I)  Jarvis  Mudge,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  and  came  to  this  country 
about  1638.  He  was  in  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
in  that  year,  and,  in  1640,  in  Hartford,  Con- 
necticut, where  he  had  six  acres  set  off  to 
him.  In  1644  he  settled  in  Wethersfield,  the 
town  next  adjoining,  and,  in  1649,  removed  to 
l'ec|uot,  now  New  London.  That  same  year  he 
married  Rebecca  Elsen,  or  Elsing,  widow  oi 
Abraham  Elsen,  of  Wethersfield.  He  died  in  the 
early  part  of  the  year  1653,  in  New  London, 
and  his  widow  afterwards  lived  in  Wethers- 
field. Children:  Micah,  born  in  New  London, 
it)50,  mentioned  below;  Moses,  New  London, 
in  1652,  married  Mary . 

( II )  Micah,  son  of  Jarvis  Mudge,  was  born 
in  New  Lontlon,  in  1650;  died  in  Hebron,  Con- 
necticut, in  the  early  ])art  of  January,  1724. 
After  his  father's  death  he  removed  with  his 
mother  to  Wethersfield.  The  first  public  rec- 
ord of  him  appears  on  the  town  books  of 
Northampton,  Massachusetts,  where  he  mar- 
ried, September  23,  1670,  Mary,  daughter  of 
George  and  Susanna  Alexander,  born  C)ctober 
20,  1648,  died  in  the  early  part  of  the  year  1728. 
Her  father,  George  Alexander,  was  one  of 
the  original  proprietors  of  Northampton,  1654.  • 
Here  Micah  Mudge  lived  for  a  time  after  his 
marriage,  and  acted  as  surveyor.  He  appears 
to  have  been  an  original  proprietor  of  North- 
field,  Massachusetts.  The  settlement  of  this 
town  was  attended  with  great  difficulties  with 
the  Indians,  who  burnt  the  village  and  drove 
oft'  the  settlers  in  1675.  He  returned,  with 
others,  afterwards,  1682,  and  became  an  actual 
settler  there.  He  removed  to  Lebanon,  Con- 
necticut, and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers  of 
that  town  prior  to  1698.  He  served  as  a  sur- 
veyor there,  and  assisted  in  laying  out  the 
town.  He  was  one  of  the  nine  persons  who 
organized  the  First  Congregational  Church,  in 
Lebanon,  November  27,  1700.  In  1702  the 
name  of  Mary,  his  wife,  appears  on  the  church 
records.  December  22,  1704,  he  was  chosen 
keeper  of  a  public  house,  or  tavern.  Some 
time  before  September,  1717.  he,  with  his 
family,  removed  to  Hebron,  Massachusetts. 
Here  also  he  served  as  a  surveyor,  and,  with 


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his  sons,  owned  a  mill  on  his  home  lot,  which 
was  situated  upon  the  road  to  Colchester.  He 
lived  there  until  his  death,  in  1724.  Children: 
Mary,  born  August  8,  1671  ;  Elizabeth,  Octo- 
ber 10,  1673;  .Sarah,  married  John  I'almer : 
Moses,  married  Elizabeth :  Abigail,  mar- 
ried William  Phelps ;  Ebenezer,  born  Eebruary 
26,  1683,  mentioned  below;  Thankful,  1685; 
Susanna ;  Martha,  married  Isaac  Tilden. 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Alicah  Mudge,  was 
born  in  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  Febru- 
ary 26,  1683;  died  in  Sharon,  Connecticut, 
April  21,  1758.  He  was  a  farmer,  millwright 
and  surveyor,  and  settled  in  early  life  in  Leb- 
anon, Connecticut.  In  171 1  his  father  gave 
him  a  tract  of  land  for  a  home  lot  there.  After- 
wards, 1714,  he  sold  his  home  lot,  and,  before 
1717,  or  in  that  year,  removed  to  Hebron.  He 
bought  and  sold  land  in  the  latter  town,  under 
several  dates,  until  1735,  when  he  removed  to 
Colchester,  Connecticut.  Two  years  later,  in 
1737,  he  removed  to  Sharon,  and  settled  there 
as  one  of  the  original  proprietors.  He  served 
in  various  town  offices,  and  owned  and  built 
the  first  sawmill,  gristmill  and  iron  works.  He 
married,  January  13,  1708-09,  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Alary  Skinner,  born  Febru- 
ary 17,  1691,  in  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  died 
in  New  Lebanon.  .She  joined  the  church,  in 
East  Haddam,  March  28,  1708.  Children: 
Ebenezer,  born  October  23,  1709;  Mary,  March 
30,  171 1  ;  Abigail,  October  28,  1712:  Elizabeth, 
July  31,  1714:  Samuel,  May  4,  1716;  Alicah, 

-March  6,  1718;  Martha,  October  4,  1720;  Jo- 
seph, Alay  28,  1722;  Jarvis,  1723:  Deborah, 
married  Oliver  Tryon ;  Abraham,  born  June 
16,  1728,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  married 
Josiah  Skinner. 

(IV)  Abraham,  son  of  Ebenezer  Aludge, 
was  born  in  Hebron,  June  16,  1728;  died  in 
Florida,  New  York,  April  30,  1804.  He  re- 
moved to  Sharon  with  his  father,  when  about 
ten  years  old,  and  lived  there  until  after  he 
married.  He  was  a  farmer  and  millwright  by 
occupation,  and  was  engaged,  with  his  father 
and  brothers,  in  the  iron  works,  saw  and  grist- 
mill. The  last  record  of  him  in  Sharon  is 
under  date  of  h'ebruary  3,  1768,  at  which  time 
he  sold  land  in  Sharon.  He  then  removed  to 
New  Concord  Village,  town  of  Canaan,  New 
York,  then  a  part  of  what  was  called  King's 
District.  In  1795,  when  the  town  of  Chatham 
was  taken  from  Canaan,  he  became  a  resident 
of  the  latter  town.  Thence  he  removed  to 
Florida,  where  he  died.      He  married   (first), 


January  26,  1753,  at  Sharon,  .Anna  Gray,  born 
November  18,  1729,  died  in  Chatham  Village, 
June  22,  1776.  He  married  (second),  June 
r6,  1777,  widow  Sarah  Rexford,  of  Chat- 
ham, died  January  25,  1825.  During  the 
revolution  he  was  one  of  the  committee  of 
safety,  in  Canaan,  and  took  an  active  part. 
Children  of  first  wife,  the  first  six  born  in 
■Sharon,  the  last  in  Canaan:  Abraham,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1753,  mentioned  below;  Anna,  Alarch 
24,  1756;  Dinah,  September  6,  1759;  Ebenezer, 
October  10,  1761  ;  Sibyl,  February  19,  1765; 
Jonathan,  July  13,  1767;  Lois,  October  14,  1770. 
(V)  Abraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Aludge,  was  born  in  Sharon,  November  3, 
1753,  died  in  Bainbridge,  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  June  27,  1833.  He  was  a  mill- 
wright and  miller  by  occupation,  and  owned  a 
saw  and  grist  mill,  in  Chatham,  New  York. 
Here  he  lived  until  after  the  birth  of  his  second 
child,  when  he  removed  to  Florida,  Alont- 
gomery  county.  New  York,  where  four  more 
of  his  children  were  born.  He  owned  mills 
also  in  this  town,  and  was  a  trader  in  partner- 
ship with Cumings.    Through  the  latter 

he  lost  most  of  his  money  and  was  obliged  to 
seek  work  in  another  town.  He  worked  for  a 
time  in  a  gristmill,  in  the  town  of  Otsego,  and, 
in  three  years,  had  built  mills  on  Oaks  Creek, 
in  that  town,  and  purchased  a  farm.  Again, 
through  the  wrong  doing  of  others,  he  became 
homeless  and  removed  to  Sherburne,  Chenango 
county,  where  he  built  a  mill  on  the  Chenango 
river,  and  became  prosperous.  After  several 
years  residence  there  he  sold  out,  but,  on  ac- 
count of  the  destruction  of  the  mills  by  a 
freshet,  failed  to  receive  payment  for  them, 
anil  was  left  without  property  in  his  old  age. 
He  then  ai^plied  for  and  received  a  pension 
for  his  services  in  the  revolution,  and  removed 
to  IJainbridge,  where  he  died.  He  served 
through  most  of  the  war,  and  rose  to  the  rank 
'of  sergeant.  He  enlisted  when  living  in  New 
Lebanon,  then  in  Alassachusetts,  and  drew  his 
jjcnsion  from  that  state.  He  married,  Alay  3, 
1779,  r^hebe,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and  Eliza- 
beth Valentine,  born  in  Hempstead.  Long  Isl- 
and, -April  3,  1759,  died  in  Nassau,  New  York, 
.August  27,  1839.  Children,  the  first  two  born 
in  Chatham,  the  next  four  in  Florida :  I'hebe, 
November  16.  1780;  Charlotte,  November  12, 
1783;  .Anna,  September  10,  1786;  Isaac,  June 
4,  1788;  Gray,  Alarch  21,  1790;  Laura,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1791.  married  Richard  Benjamin 
(see  Benjamin  I). 


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The  name  of  Cummings  in 
CUMMINGS  various  spellings  is  of  com- 
mon occurrence  in  Great 
Britain.  While  the  prevailing  tradition  among 
families  descended  from  Isaac  Cummings,  of 
Ipswich  and  Topsfield,  Massachusetts,  is  that 
he  was  of  Scottish  descent,  this  is.  according 
to  present  belief,  extremely  doubtful.  The 
name  appears  early  in  France  under  the  form 
of  Comyns.  On  this  side  of  the  Atlantic  there 
have  been  settled  several  families  of  the  name, 
among  whom  there  appears  to  be  no  line  of 
kinship.  In  1903  the  number  of  descendants 
of  Isaac  Cummings,  of  Ipswicii  and  Topsfield, 
was  said  to  be  at  least  ten  thousand,  an  esti- 
mate vvliich  is  probably  below  the  actual  num- 
ber. 

(I)  Isaac  Cummings,  immigrant,  was  the 
first  of  the  name  who  emigrated  from  Eng- 
land and  settled  in  this  country.  In  a  deposi- 
tion made  by  him  in  March,  1666,  he  gave  his 
age  as  sixty-five  years,  showing  his  birth  to 
have  been  about  1601.  His  will  was  made  May 
8,  and  probated  May  22,  1677.  The  spelling 
of  the  name  has  been  various  in  this  country, 
but  Cummings  appears  to  be  the  standard 
form.  We  take  no  note  of  the  numerous 
traditions  tracing  the  connection  back  to  a 
Scottish  clan  which  flourished  from  1080  to 
1330,  also  to  1093.  to  the  times  of  Malcolm 
III.,  also  the  name  as  taken  from  the  town  of 
Comines  in  France.  These  are  treated  in  full 
in  the  different  genealogies  which  have  been 
published  upon  the  subject  of  the  family.  In 
1 630  Isaac  Cummings  owned  a  house  and  lot 
in  Ipswich  village,  and  also  possessed  land 
lying  partly  in  Ipswich  and  partly  in  Topsfield. 
He  was  made  a  freeman  in  1642,  and  at  differ- 
ent periods  bought  more  or  less  land.  He  was 
called  Goodman,  was  chosen  grand  juryman 
in  1675,  was  moderator  of  the  town  meeting 
in  1676,  and  deacon  of  the  church  in  Topsfield 
for  many  years.  When  he  arrived  in  this  coun- 
try he  was,  for  a  brief  period,  an  inhabitant 
of  Watertown.  No  mention  remains  of  the 
name  of  his  wife,  and  she  was  not  living  when 
his  will  was  made.  Children  :  John,  born  about 
1630,  mentioned  below;  Isaac,  about  1633: 
Elizabeth,  died  July  9,  1679,  married,  April  2, 
1661.  John  Jewett :  Ann,  died  June  29,  1689, 
married,  October  8,  1669,  John  Pease. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Isaac  Cummings,  was 
born  about  1(130,  died  December  7,  1700.  He 
married  Sarah,  daughter  of  Ensign  Thomas 
and  Alice  (French)  Howlett,  of  Ipswich.    He 


received  by  his  father's  will  the  homestead 
consisting  of  forty  acres,  with  houses,  barns, 
orchards  and  fences,  in  Ipswich,  and  in  1680 
sold  the  same  to  Edward  Nealand  (Knceland). 
About  1658  he  removed  to  Boxford,  and  was 
made  freeman  in  i'')73.  Both  he  and  his  wife 
were  members  of  the  church  in  Topsfield,  and 
December  7,  1685,  were  dismissed  to  the  church 
which  was  just  being  formed  in  Dunstable. 
He  removed  to  the  latter  place  about  1680,  and 
was  one  of  the  first  settlers  there.  He  was 
selectman  in  1682.  and  a  member  of  the  church 
in  1684.  His  wife  died  December  7,  1700. 
Children:  John,  born  1657,  in  Boxford,  men- 
tioned below;  Thomas,  October  6,  1658;  Na- 
thaniel, September  10,  1659;  Sarah,  January 
27,  1661  ;  .Vbraham :  Isaac,  died  November  2, 
1688;  Ebenezer,  died  November  2,  1688;  the 
two  latter  killed  by  Indians;  William  (twin), 
born  August  5,  1671,  died  March  30,  1672; 
Eleazer  (twin),  .'\ugust  5,  1671  ;  Benjamin, 
February  2^,  1673;  Samuel,  December  28, 
1677. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Cum- 
mings, was  born  in  Boxford,  1657.  He  inar- 
ried.  September  13,  1680,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Samuel  and  Hannah  ( Brackett)  Kinsley, 
born  in  Braintree,  November  22,  1657.  She 
was  called  "Goody"  Cummings.  He  lived  first 
in  Dunstable,  and  later  in  Nashua,  where  Mrs. 
Cummings  was  killed  by  the  Indians,  July  3, 
1706.  He  also  was  wounded  but  managed  to 
escape  to  a  swamp,  where  he  remained  over 
night,  and  then  to  "Farwell  Block-house." 
Children:  John,  born  July  7,  1682;  Samuel, 
October  6,  1684;  Elizabeth,  January  5,  1687; 
Hannah,  May  20,  1690,  in  Groton ;  Ebenezer, 
September  17,  1695,  in  Woburn,  killed  by  In- 
dians, September  5,  1724;  Anna,  September 
14,  16)98;  Lydia,  March  24,  1701,  died  April, 
1701  :  William,  .April  24,  1702. 

(I\')  Deacon  John  (3)  Cummings,  son  of 
J(ihn  (2)  Cummings,  was  born  July  7,  1682, 
died  .April  2"/,  1759.  He  was  an  original  mem- 
ber of  the  church  at  Westford,  and  first  deacon, 
December  3,  1727.  He  was  moderator  of  the 
first  town  meeting  and  chosen  one  of  the  select- 
men. He  was  also  town  clerk  in  1736.  He 
married,  October  3,  1703,  Elizabeth,  daughter 
of  Pelatiah  and  Ruth  .Adams,  of  Chelmsford,  • 
born  April  26,  1680,  died  April  30,  I7.S9-  Chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth,  born  August  29,  1706;  Mary, 
July  5,  1708;  John,  June  i,  1710;  William, 
July  27,  1712,  mentioned  below;  Thomas,  Au- 
gust I,  1714;  Abigail,  1716;  Samuel,  Sejitem- 


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ber  i6,   1718;  Ephraim,  November  30,   1720: 
Bridget,  November  15,  1722. 

(\')  Deacon  William  Cummings,  son  of 
Deacon  John  (3)  Cummings,  was  born  in 
West  ford,  July  27,  1712,  died  September  9, 
1758.  He  married  Lucy  Colburn,  intentions 
published  July  12,  1734.  He  removed  from 
Groton.  Massachusetts,  and  was  in  West  Dun- 
stable in  1744.  and  deacon  of  the  church  in 
Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  in  1745.  In  1755  he 
was  ensign  in  the  French  war,  in  the  company 
of  Captain  Powers.  All  his  sons  were  soldiers 
in  the  revolution.  Children :  Ebenezer,  born 
April  17,  1735;  Lucy,  April  18.  1737;  Brid- 
get, September  16,  1739;  William,  born  in 
(jroton,  October  12,  1741  ;  Elizabeth,  January 
II,  1743-44;  Philip,  November  26,  1745,  men- 
tioned below ;  Rebecca,  born  in  Groton,  May 
II,  1748;  Joshua,  baptized  in  Hollis,  February 
20,  1757,  died  same  day. 

(VI)  Philip,  son  of  Deacon  William  Cum- 
mings, was  born  in  Groton,  Massachusetts, 
November  26,  1745,  died  March  26,  1826.  He 
married  Mary  McCaster,  born  November  15, 
1 75 1,  died  October  2,  18 15.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution.  He  lived  in  Hollis.  Chil- 
dren: Philip,  born  October  i,  1770;  Thomas, 
August  7,  1772,  died  January  5,  1773  ;  Edward, 
November  17,  1774,  mentioned  below;  Caleb 
(twin),  October  16,  1776;  Joshua  (twin),  Oc- 
tober 16,  1776;  Polly,  November  12,  1778; 
Lucy,  October  24,  1780;  Rebecca,  July  15, 
1783;  Leonard,  July  9,  178s:  William,  April 
7,  1788,  died  May  5,  1788;  William,  April  18, 
1789:  Betsey,  July  28,  1791. 

(VII)  Edward,  son  of  Philip  Cummings, 
was  born  November  17,  1774,  died  in  Preble, 
New  York,  July  6.  1846.  He  married  (first) 
Sally  Farar,  who  died  October  12,  1826.  He 
married  (second),  August  19,  1829,  Abigail 
I^gbertson,  who  died  July  14,  1846.  He  set- 
tled first  in  the  town  of  Winfield,  New  York, 
and  in  1804  removed  to  Preble,  then  in  the 
midst  of  a  wilderness,  and  cleared  land  for  a 
home.  His  first  dwelling  there  was  a  log  cabin. 
Children:  Polly,  born  October  7.  1802;  Silas, 
August  7,  1804,  mentioned  below;  Harriet, 
February  18,  1807:  Sally.  March  19.  1809: 
Celona,  August  lO,  181 1;  William,  July  31, 
1813;  Chester,  July  31,  1815;  Edward,  No- 
vember 8.  1818:  Harvey,  March  17,  1820;  Lu- 
cinda,  January  21,  1824. 

(VIII)  Silas,  son  of  Edward  Cummings, 
was  born  in  Winfield,  New  York,  August  7, 
1804,  died  in  Preble,  September  4.  1875.     He 


married  (first)  Jane  Duncan,  January  26. 
1830,  who  died  June  25,  1832.  He  married 
(second),  November  8,  1832,  Amanda  Tag- 
gart,  who  died  June  3,  1841.  He  married 
(third)  Emily  Hobart,  February  23,  1842.  She 
died  April  6,  1893.  Child  of  first  wife:  Eliza- 
beth Jane,  born  November  22,  1831.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Samuel  Edward,  born  March 
22,  1834;  Mary  Eliza,  September  20,  1835: 
Daniel  Miller,  January  30.  1838,  mentioned 
below  ;  John  Newton.  September  20.  1839,  died 
September  23,  I839;  Harlan  Page,  September 
to,  1840.  Children  of  third  wife:  Ann  Au- 
gusta, born  August  12,  1844;  Francina  Celona. 
August  9,  1846;  Homer,  January  23.  1849: 
Emily  Hobart,  February  12,  1851,  died  June 
28.  1852:  Joseph  Hobart,  January  27.  1856. 

( IX)  Daniel  Miller,  son  of  Silas  Cummings, 
was  born  January  30,  1838,  in  Preble,  New 
York.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  lived  there  until  he 
was  twenty-three  years  old.  He  then  removed 
to  Homer.  New  York,  and  has  lived  there 
and  in  Little  York,  in  the  town  of  Homer,  ever 
since.  He  has  always  been  a  farmer  by  occu- 
pation, and  although  at  present  retired  from 
active  life  has  large  farming  interests.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican  and  held  the  office 
of  assessor  for  eight  years.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Baptist.  He  is  a  member  of  the  local  Grange. 
He  married  (first),  February  7,  1861,  Sarah 
Climena,  born  Sei)tember  4,  1838,  died  Febru- 
ary 18,  1900,  daughter  of  Orrin  and  Ruth 
Eliza  (Capron)  Pratt.  He  married  (second), 
February  26,  1903,  Mary,  daughter  of  Joshua 
and  Rebecca  A.  (West)  Wright.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Mary  Louise,  born  .-\pril  20.  1862, 
married,  Alarcli  18,  1903,  Albert  Tuckerman, 
child,  Mildred  C,  born  November  18,  1905. 
died  November  3,  1907;  Melvin  H.,  June  4, 
1864,  died  August  30,  1867;  Orrin  P.,  October 
26,  1868,  graduate  of  Cornell  University.  1899, 
electrician  in  New  York,  married.  June  16, 
1900,  Gertrude  Kellogg,  of  Homer. 


Rev.    W'illiam    Spanswick 
SPANSWICK     was    a    clergyman    of    the 
Methodist     Episcopal     de- 
nomination  in    F.ngland.   where  he  was  born, 
and  where  he  lived  all  his  life. 

(II)  Charles,  son  of  Rev.  William  Spans- 
wick. was  born  in  London.  England,  in  1845. 
He  received  a  good  education  in  England,  and 
when  a  young  man  came  to  this  country.  He 
married   (first)    Margaret,  who  died  in   1882, 


NEW  Y(  )RK. 


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aged  twenty-eight,  who  was  tlie  daughter  of 
Henry  W.  and  Ehza  Watt.  Henry  W.  Watt 
was  a  Hnen  manufacturer  in  Scotland.  He 
married  (second)  Mary  Jane  Chambers,  a 
native  of  Belfast,  Ireland.  Children,  by  first 
w'ife:  William  H..  mentioned  below,  and  Eliza- 
beth, born  December  5,  187Q.  Of  the  second 
marriage  of  Charles  Spanswick,  one  child  lived 
to  maturity,  Ethel,  wdio  became  a  trained  nurse. 

(HI)  William  H.,  son  of  Charles  Spans- 
wick, was  born  at  Cohoes,  New  York.  January 
II,  1874,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  com- 
mon and  high  schools  and  at  the  Troy  Busi- 
ness College.  For  a  time  also  he  attended  the 
night  schools.  He  began  to  work  at  the  age 
of  fourteen,  as  ofitice  boy  in  the  employ  of  the 
knitting  mills  at  Cohoes,  and  worked  after- 
ward in  all  departments,  thoroughly  mastering 
the  details  of  the  business,  then  for  two  years 
was  a  traveling  salesman.  .Kt  the  age  of  twen- 
ty-four he  was  ajipointed  superintendent  of  a 
mill  at  Kingston,  New  York,  and  though  the 
mill  had  never  been  on  a  paying  basis,  he  soon 
made  a  profitable  industry.  Afterward  he 
was  superintendent  of  various  other  mills  in 
New  Y'ork  state.  In  1906  he  came  to  Eulton, 
New  York,  as  manager  of  J-  S.  Dodd's  River- 
side Knitting  Mill,  and  after  his  employer  dietl 
he  organized  the  corporation  under  the  name 
of  the  Monarcii  Knitting  Mills  Company  to 
continue  the  business,  and  has  since  been  presi- 
dent of  the  company  and  general  manager.  He 
is  also  president  of  the  William  H.  Spanswick 
Manufacturing  Company  and  of  the  Textile 
Exchange.  He  is  one  of  the  most  active,  ener- 
getic and  influential  manufacturers  of  the  city 
of  Fulton.  In  politics  Mr.  Spanswick  is  an 
Independent.  He  is  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  No.  144,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
of  Neahtawanta  Lodge,  No.  245,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Fulton 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  In  religion  he  is 
Methodist. 

\\'illiam  H.  Spanswick  married,  June  28, 
iqo",  Kathryn  J.  Dewitt,  born  in  Hastings, 
Oswego  county.  New  York,  daughter  of  C.  V. 
Dewitt ;  no  children. 


Dr.  Albert  L.  Morgan,  son  of 
MORG.AN     James    F.    Morgan,   was   born 

September  14,  1845,  ^^  Chester 
county.  Pennsylvania.  Lie  attended  the  public 
schools  and  studied  medicine  in  the  medical 
school  of  the  L'niversity  of  Michigan,   from 


which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree  of 
.M.  D.,  in  the  class  of  1873. 

He  began  to  practice  medicine  at  CJdell,  Illi- 
nois, then  moved  to  Dexter,  New  York,  anJ 
succeeded  in  winning  a  large  practice.  He 
enlisted  in  Comjiany  I,  Fifty-third  Illinois 
Regiment  of  Volunteer  Infantry,  and  served 
two  years  in  the  civil  war.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Jefiferson  County  Medical  .Society,  the  New 
York  State  Medical  Society  and  the  American 
.Medical  .Yssociation.  He  belongs  to  Rrown- 
ville  Lodge,  No.  53,  Free  Masons ;  to  the  Inde- 
pendent Order  of  Foresters  of  America,  and 
other  organizations,  including  the  Julius  Broad- 
bent  Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic. 

He  married,  March  26,  1874,  Anna  R.,  born 
Jainiary  17,  1851,  daughter  of  George  W.  and 
Mary  A.  I^eirce.  of  Ottawa.  Illinois.  Children: 
I.  James  Franklin,  born  January  9.  1875,  at 
( )dell,  Illinois.  He  received  his  education  at 
the  Dexter  high  school  and  high  school  of 
W'atertown,  being  graduated  from  the  latter  in 
1895.  After  teaching  for  two  years  he  entered 
the  St.  Lawrence  L'niversity,  Canton,  New 
Y'ork,  being  graduated  in  igoi  ;  professor  of 
mathematics  and  science  at  Titusville,  Pennsyl- 
vania ;  chemist  at  the  state  experimental  sta- 
tion at  Kingston,  Rliode  Island.  2.  William  C, 
mentioned  below.  3.  Grace  Louise,  born  Sep- 
tember 14,  1880,  at  Lisbon  Center,  New  York; 
was  graduated  from  the  Dexter  high  school  in 
1900,  and  from  the  School  of  Art  of  Potsdam 
Normal  and  Crane  Institute  of  Music,  also  of 
Potsdam,  New  York,  in  1905  ;  was  successful 
supervisor  of  music  and  drawing  in  the  schools 
of  New  Y'ork,  West  Virginia  and  Connecticut. 
She  married,  June  26,  191 1,  George  L.  Smith, 
of  Winsted,  Connecticut. 

William  Clark,  son  of  Dr.  Albert  L.  Morgan, 
was  born  at  Lisbon  Center,  St.  Lawrence  coun- 
ty. New  Y'ork,  September  17,  1877.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  De.xter,  New  Y'ork.  .Yfter  a  course  in  the 
r.usiness  College,  of  Watertown,  New  York, 
he  entered  the  Philadeljihia  College  of  Horol- 
ogy and  Optics,  from  which  he  was  graduated 
in  the  class  of  1899.  He  began  to  practice  his 
profession  at  Cassopolis,  Michigan.  From  that 
place  he  went  to  Gallon,  Ohio,  wdiere  he  was 
employed  for  one  year  and  then  to  Water- 
town,  New  Y^ork,  where  he  worked  for  five 
vears  and  a  half.  In  September,  1906,  he  came 
to  Fulton,  New  Y'ork,  and  established  himself 
in  the  jewelry  and  optical  business,  in  which 
he  has  been  very  successful.     He  is  a  member 


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NEW  YORK. 


of  the  Xew  York  State  Retail  Jewelry  Asso- 
ciation and  secretary  of  the  Central  New  York 
0])tonietrical  Society.  He  is  a  member  of 
Watertovvn  Lodge,  No.  49,  Free  Masons ;  of 
Fulton  Chapter,  Xo.  167,  Royal  .\rch  Masons, 
and  of  the  Elks. 

He  married,  January  i,  1901,  Lois  Whit- 
ford,  daughter  of  .Albert  and  Frances  Coates. 
Chiklren:  Muriel  Kathryn,  born  October  21, 
1902 ;  Hilda  Leona.  born  June  7,  1905. 


The  surname  Garrett  is  com- 
GARRETT     mon  in  England,  though  often 

spelled  Garrad.  There  is  a 
family  tradition  that  the  family  is  of  French 
origin.  Daniel  Garrett  was  an  inhabitant  of 
Hartford.  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1640,  and 
he  had  a  son  Daniel,  born  1647,  who  was  prison 
keeper  at  Hartford  for  many  years.  The  next 
of  the  name  appearing  in  this  country  was  Jo- 
seph Garrett,  who  Savage  says  was  son  or 
grandson  of  Daniel,  and  who  lived  in  Hartford 
in  1693,  and  had,  it  is  believed,  a  son  Francis. 
Francis  Garrett  was  born  before  1700,  and 
died  June  24,  1731.  He  settled  in  Goshen, 
Connecticut,  and  married,  March  19,  1723, 
Sarah  (Mills)  Tuller,  born  1696,  died  1797, 
in  her  hundred  and  first  year,  widow  of  Sam- 
uel Tuller  and  daughter  of  John  and  Sarah 
(  Pettibone  )  Mills,  of  Wind.sor.  His  will  was 
dated  June  23,  1731,  and  proved  February  i. 
1731-32.  His  widow  married  (third),  1745, 
Captain  Joseph  Woodford.  Children :  Sarah, 
born  January  22,  1723-24:  Susanna,  October  2, 
1725;  Major  John,  .A^ugust  15,  1727,  was  an 
officer  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  and  in 
the  revolution,  he  was  slain  at  the  Wyoming 
massacre  in  1778,  and  left  a  son  John  who 
lived  at  Southbury,  Connecticut ;  Francis,  Oc- 
tober 4,  1729;  .'\nna,  September  15,  1731  (post- 
humous). In  the  census  of  1790,  three  John 
Garretts  are  given  in  Connecticut — John,  of 
Southbury,  mentioned  above ;  John,  of  Bran- 
ford,  and  John,  of  Bristol.  Another  John 
Garrett  was  living  in  Coxsackie,  Albany  coun- 
ty. New  York,  together  with  a  Simeon  who 
was  also  reported  there  as  head  of  a  family. 
(I)  E])hraim  Garrett,  a  descendant  of  the 
family  described  above,  was  doubtless  a  son 
of  John  or  Simeon  Garrett,  who  came  from 
Connecticut  and  settled  at  Coxsackie,  Albany 
county.  New  York.  Eiihraim  lived  at  Coey- 
mans,  or  Greenville,  Albany  county,  New 
York.  lie  married  Hannah  Miller,  of  Green- 
ville. 


(II)  John  \\'.,  son  of  Ephraim  Garrett,  was 
born  December  11,  1810,  at  Coeymans,  Albany 
county,  Xew  York,  near  Indian  Fields.  He 
married,  June  14,  1834,  Rebecca  Allen,  who 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Scotland,  .\lbany 
county,  June  22,  181 2.  and  died  I'cbruary  19, 
1882.  He  moved  with  his  father  to  Lysander, 
Onondaga  county.  New  York,  and  followed 
farming  there.  His  three  eldest  children  were 
born  at  Coeymans,  the  others  at  Lysander. 

(  HI)  Thomas,  son  of  John  W.  Garrett,  was 
born  in  1845,  ^t  Lysander,  a  mile  and  a  half 
east  of  Little  L'tica,  New  York,  and  died  Sep- 
tember 3.  1898.  He  settled  at  Ira,  Cayuga 
county.  New  York.  He  married,  March  22, 
1868,  Lovisa  Blakeman.  Children:  Lewis  E., 
mentioned  below:  Guy,  born  March  28,  1875, 
proprietor  of  livery  stable  at  Fulton ;  Fred, 
born  June  10.  1882. 

( I\')  Lewis  E.,  son  of  Thomas  Garrett,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Ira,  Cayuga  county.  New 
York,  July  20,  1869.  He  received  his  early 
education  in  the  public  schools.  During  his 
boyhood  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm  and 
afterward  for  a  time  was  engaged  in  dealing 
in  horses  in  partnership  with  his  brother  Guy. 
In  1903  the  brothers  came  to  Fulton  and  open- 
ed a  livery  stable  on  First  street.  Their  business 
prospered  and  after  a  few  years  they  moved 
to  the  present  location  on  Cayuga  street.  The 
firm  lias  built  u])  an  extensive  business  in  addi- 
tion to  the  livery  stable,  dealing  in  horses  and 
carriages.  Mr.  Garrett  is  a  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks; 
the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America  and  the 
American  Mechanics.  In  politics  he  is  Repub- 
lican :  in  religion  a  Alethodist. 

He  married.  January  17,  191 1,  May  Parker, 
born  at  Pulaski,  Xew  York,  daughter  of  I'^rank 
Parker,  of  Syracuse,  New  York.  They  have 
no  children. 


The  surname  Salisbury, 
SALISBURY     spelled  also  Salesbury,  Sal- 

usbury,  Saulsbury  and  Sals- 
Iniry,  and  various  other  ways,  is  of  great  an- 
tic|uity  in  England  and  Wales.  The  name  was 
derived  cither  from  the  city  of  Salisbury,  coim- 
ty  Wilts,  luigland,  or  from  Salzburg,  a  town 
in  Bavaria.  Sir  Robert  Salisbury  says:  "My 
own  family  came  over  with  William  the  Con- 
queror. .Adam  de  Saltzburgh,  who  attended 
him.  was  a  younger  son  of  the  house  of  Ba- 
varia, and  took  the  name  of  the  town  he  then 
lived  in,  the  present  seat  of  the  archbishop  of 


NEW  YORK. 


^ii 


Saltzburi;li.  L'pon  their  residence  in  England, 
the  family  Anglified  the  name  into  Salsbury, 
Salesbiiry  and  Salusbury.  As  soon  as  the 
Conqueror's  descendants  got  a  sufficient  foot- 
ing in  Wales,  my  ancestors  had  a  grant  of  the 
Lordship  of  Llevvenny,  in  the  county  of  Den- 
bigh, and  were  governors  of  Denbigh  Castle 
for  many  generations.  They  were  the  first 
sheriffs  and  first  members  of  Parliament  for 
the  county  of  Denbigh." 

The  English  grant  of  land  to  .Adam  was  in 
Lancashire,  on  the  banks  of  the  river  Ribble, 
where  he  built  a  house,  now  in  ruins,  called 
.Salusbury  Hall.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Sal- 
isbury family  in  England  is  the  same  as  that 
emblazoned  over  the  gates  of  Salzburg :  Gules, 
a  lion  rampant,  argent,  ducally  crowned,  or, 
between  three  crescents  of  the  last.  The  fam- 
ily motto:  "Sat  est  f'rostrassc  Icuni."  The 
Welsh  or  English  ancestry  of  the  .American 
immigrants  has  not  been  definitely  established, 
but  there  is  reason  to  believe  that  the  names 
.Xicholas  and  Mumphrey  are  derived  from 
intermarriage  with  the  Humphrey-Nicholas 
family.  We  know  that  in  1669,  John  Salis- 
bury, of  Erbistock,  county  Salop,  descended  in 
the  seventh  generation  from  the  elder  Thomas 
.Salisbury,  of  Llewenny,  Wales,  married  Kath- 
€rine  Nicholas,  daughter  of  Humphrey  Nich- 
olas, of  Llacthbwlcli,  county  Montgomery.  The 
mother  of  Nicholas  Salisbury,  the  American 
immigrant,  may  have  been  also  of  this  Nich- 
olas family.  These  peculiar  and  unusual  names 
point  strongly  to  this  section  of  the  family  as 
the  progenitors  in  the  old  country. 

Something  of  the  Saxon  history  of  the  fam- 
ily may  be  of  interest.  Henry  Guelph,  father 
of  Adam  de  Saltzburgh,  was  in  1020  A.  D. 
made  Duke  of  liavaria,  by  Emperor  Conrad, 
the  Sec(:)iid.  We  are  told  that  Adam  came 
with  William,  Duke  of  Normandy,  not  as  a 
subject  but  as  a  soldier  of  fortune,  but  he 
fought  in  the  battle  of  Hastings,  and,  like  the 
feudal  captains  of  the  Norman  duke,  was  re- 
warded with  lands.  His  grant  was  in  Rich- 
monshire,  as  stated  above.  Surnames  had  not 
then  come  into  use,  but  within  a  century,  came 
into  fashion  in  Normandy,  and  later  in  Eng- 
land, but  the  place  name  dc  Salt::bur(/,  origin- 
ally not  meant  to  be  adopted  by  members  of 
the  family  not  hailing  from  that  place,  came 
in  a  few  generations  to  be  an  inherited  sur- 
name, just  as  nicknames  and  patronymics  be- 
came surnames.  In  1102  Alexander,  son  of 
Adam  de  Saltzburg,  had  succeeded  to  his  pos- 


sessions, and  he  died  in  1163,  leaving  the  estate 
in  Lancashire  to  his  eldest  son  Alexander,  and 
an  estate  in  Cheshire  to  his  son  Henry. 

No  more  careful  work  has  been  pulilished 
than  the  ".Salisbury  Genealogies"  of  one  branch 
of  the  -American  family.  That  work  shows 
that  the  English  or  Welsh  ancestry  has  not 
been  definitely  worked  out.  Some  matter,  pur- 
porting to  be  family  history  of  the  first  genera- 
tion in  other  publications,  is  entirely  erroneous 
as  to  dates,  names,  localities  and  facts.  There 
was  no  Thomas  Salisbury  at  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island.  To  make  clear  some  of  the  family 
history  that  has  been  given  incorrectly,  both 
the  pioneers,  Nicholas  and  William,  are  men- 
tioned below. 

Nicholas  Salisbury,  the  first  of  the  family 
in  this  country,  left  few  traces  of  his  residence 
here.  He  was  in  Sudbury,  Massachusetts,  as 
early  as  168=;.  then  aged  forty-eight  years,  in- 
dicating that  he  was  born  in  1637.  His  wife 
Elizabeth  died  February  17,  1687-88,  aged 
fifty-three  years,  fixing  her  date  of  birth  as 
1635.  (See  Whitmore's  "Copps  Hill  Epitaphs," 
Myman's  "Charlestown,"  Savage's  "Genealog- 
ical Dictionary,"  and  many  other  authorities 
which  prove  that  no  Salisbury  came  to  New 
England  at  the  time  stated  in  the  traditional 
account).  Children:  i.  Nicholas,  married,  in 
Moston,  November  29.  1709,  or  1710,  Ann  Far- 
rise,  or  Ferris.  2.  John,  born  about  1663,  tax- 
payer of  Boston  in  1689;  his  wife  Annabel 
died  September  7,  1694,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond) (intention  dated  September  25,  1695) 
Briflget  Williams,  who  married  (second),  July 
6,  1708,  Nathaniel  Goodwin,  Rev.  Cotton  Math- 
er officiating;  John  was  a  mariner  and  died  in 
1702,  his  widow  administering  his  estate;  chil- 
flren  of  first  wife:  i.  John,  born  January  5, 
1690,  died  December  15,  1704;  ii.  Nicholas, 
.August  20,  1694;  iii.  James  (twin),  .August  20, 
1694;  children  of  second  wife:  iv.  Nicholas, 
October  28,  1697,  ancestor  of  Hon.  Stephen 
Salisbury,  late  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts, 
and  manv  leading  Boston  families,  and  his  de- 
scendants are  given  in  great  detail  in  the  "Sal- 
isbury Genealogies  and  Memorials,"  a  work  of 
manv  volumes,  by  Edward  E.  Salisbury,  and 
his  sister;  v.  Benjamin,  November  7,  1699, 
died  March  15,  1770;  vi.  Humphrey,  married, 
in  Boston,  Mary  Millborn.  Possibly  other  chil- 
dren. 

( I )  William  Salisbury,  doubtless  a  brother 
of  Nicholas  Salisbury,  was  ancestor  of  the 
Swansea  and  Rehoboth  families  named  Salis- 


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bury,  and  of  practically  all  the  Rhode  Island 
families  named  Salisbury.  He  was  born  about 
1635.  and  settled  first  at  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, now  part  of  Boston,  about  1659.  He 
was  killed  in  King  Philip's  war  in  1675,  and 
his  estate  was  administered  in  Suffolk  county. 
His  widow  Abigail  married,  June  9,  1676,  John 
Williston,  of  Milton.  William  Salisbury  and 
others  deeded  land  at  Milton,  July  17,  1664, 
for  the  minister's  house,  but,  in  1671,  was  at 
Swansea,  the  first  of  the  name  there.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Boston:  i.  William,  August  14, 
1659;  married  Hannah  :  he  admin- 
istered his  father's  estate  at  Milton ;  settled 
with  his  brother  Samuel  in  Swansea  and  Re- 
hoboth,  and  between  1685  and  1704  had  seven 
children  recorded  at  Swansea.  2.  Susanna,  born 
Ajjril  zj,  1662.  Children  born  at  Milton  (Dor- 
chester) :  3.  Hannah,  May  18.  1665,  died  June 
29,  1665.  4.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  5.  Cor- 
nelius, October  7.  1668,  ancestor  of  many 
Rhode  Island  families.  6.  Hannah,  April  20, 
1671.  7.  Joseph,  May  5,  1675,  lived  in  Rhode 
Island. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Nicholas  Salisbury, 
was  born  May  17,  1666,  and  settled  at  Reho- 
both,  Massachusetts.  From  Rehoboth  and 
Swansea,  Massachusetts,  the  family  of  Sam- 
uel and  his  brothers  spread  to  various  sections 
of  Rhode   Island.     He  married    (first)    Mary 

,   who   died    at    Rehoboth,    August    21, 

1698.  He  married  (second),  at  Rehoboth, 
October  28,  1699,  Jemima  Martin.  Child  of 
first  wife:  Samuel,  born  August  15,  1698. 
Children  by  second  wife,  all  born  at  Rehoboth: 
Jemima,  September  23,  1700;  Joanna,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1701-02;  Ebenezer,  January  10,  1703- 
04;  Joseph,  January  17,  1705-06;  Martin,  men- 
tioned below;  Caleb,  June  23,  1710;  Nathan, 
.\ugust  5,  1712,  resided  at  Rehoboth;  Natlian- 
iel,  December  3,  1714,  died  June  19,  1715; 
.Aaron,  January  26,  1716-17. 

(III)  Martin,  son  of  Samuel  Salisbury,  was 
born  at  Rehoboth,  Massachusetts,  July  4,  1708. 
He   lived   at   Warwick   and   Cranston,   Rhode 

Island.     He  married Pierce.     In  1790. 

according  to  the  census,  he  was  living  at  \Var- 
wick,  and  had  in  his  family  three  females.  His 
son  Nathan  had  two  sons  under  sixteen,  and 
one  female  over  si.xteen,  according  to  the  same 
census.  Peleg  had  two  sons  over  sixteen  and 
two  under  that  age.  Children  :  Peleg,  lived  at 
Cranston,  and  married  Mary  .Sweet,  was  known 
as  the  "big  man  of  Warwick" ;  Martin ;  Job, 
of  Warren;  Mial,  married,  Deceml>er  9,  1764, 


at  Warwick,  Ruth  Greene,  and  lived  at  Charles- 
town,  Rhode  Island,  in  1774;  Nathan,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Rebecca  ;  Phcebe. 

( I\' )  Nathan,  son  of  Martin  Salisbury,  was 
born  December  i,  1751.  He  married.  May  16, 
1 77 1,  Abigail  Stone,  who  was  born  October 
19'  1753-  He  removed  from  Warwick,  Rhode 
Island,  to  Cranston,  Rhode  Island,  married 
and  resided  there  until  1795,  when  he  removed 
to  Providence,  Rhode  Island.  In  March,  1803, 
he  removed  to  Harford,  Cortland  county.  New 
York,  where  he  purchased  a  farm  and  remain- 
ed until  1806,  when  he  made  his  home  in  Caz- 
enovia,  Madison  county.  New  York.  In  March, 
1807,  he  came  with  his  family  to  Homer,  then 
in  Onondaga  county,  New  York.  He  pur- 
chased land  and  built  a  log  cabin  on  lot  No.  5, 
located  on  Cold  Brook,  and  his  family  went  to 
live  there  in  the  fall  of  the  year,  and  he  lived 
there  the  rest  of  his  life.  His  wife  Abigail 
died  December  14,  1836.  She  was  a  daughter 
of  Deacon  Joseph  Stone,  of  Cranston,  Rhode 
Island,  a  descendant  of  Hugh  Stone,  "the 
stolen  boy."  Her  mother  was  a  descendant  of 
Chad  Brown,  who  was  also  progenitor  of  the 
founder  of  Brown  University.  Nathan  Salis- 
bury died  at  Scott,  Cortland  county.  New 
York,  May  4,  1817.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution  in  Rhode  Island,  and  was  lieutenant 
under  Captain  Burgess  of  the  company  which 
from  Warwick  Neck  fired  into,  captured  and 
burned  the  British  schooner  "Cask"  in  1772. 
Children,  all  born  at  Cranston:  i.  Waitee,  De- 
cember 19,  1772,  married  Joseph  Budlong.    2. 

Sally,    February    18,    1776,    married    

Rhodes.  3.  John,  March  30,  1778,  went  to 
Indiana.  4.  Joseph  ]\Iartin,  June  24,  1780, 
followed  the  sea  and  died  on  the  home  voyage 
from  China.  5.  Anna,  April  i,  1782.  6.  Mary 
Lucinda,  March  28,  1783,  married  Benjamin 
Congclon.  7.  Ambrose,  June  3,  1789.  8.  Cyn- 
thia, August  13,  1791,  married  Medad  Morgan, 
of  Scott,  g.  Nathan,  mentioned  below.  10. 
Phebe.  February  28,  1796. 

(\')  Nathan  (2).  son  of  Nathan  (  i)  Salis- 
bury, was  born  at  Cranston,  Rhode  Island, 
October  10,  1793,  died  in  Scott,  Cortland  coun- 
ty, July  16,  1887.  He  received  his  first  school- 
ing in  Providence,  whence  he  removed  with  his 
parents  in  1803,  and  came  to  New  York  state. 
At  the  time  the  family  settled  at  Cold  Brook, 
but  half  a  dozen  pioneers  who  had  recently 
erected  their  log  cabins,  were  living  in  the  ad- 
jacent slopes,  of  the  valley,  and  the  stillness  o^f 
night  was  often  broken  bv  the  howl  of  wolves 


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and  other  wild  animals.  Deer  anil  other  garne 
were  abnndant,  and  the  cool  streams  were 
swarming  with  trout.  In  1813  he  was  baptized 
by  Rev.  Alfred  Bennett  and  received  into  the 
Baptist  church  at  Homer,  and  subsequently 
he  changed  his  membership  to  the  Baptist 
church  of  Scott,  where  a  large  and  flourishing 
clnirch  had  existed  for  many  years.  He  was 
always  interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  young, 
and  devoted  nuich  time  to  organizing  and  con- 
ducting Sabbath  and  singing  schools.  In  1815 
he  purchased  a  farm  on  Lot  No.  95  in  Scott, 
and  this  place  was  known  afterward  for  many 
years  as  "Evergreen  Terrace,"  the  Salisbury 
homestead.  .\t  that  time,  however,  it  was  in 
the  wilderness,  and,  under  the  guiding  hand 
of  Mr.  Salisbury,  the  land  was  cleared,  graded 
and  terraced,  and  it  became  one  of  the  most 
])ictures(|ue  spots  in  this  section.  At  one  time 
the  original  log  house,  the  first  frame  dwell- 
ing, and  the  present  beautiful  house  were  all 
standing  and  made  a  remarkable  object  lesson, 
showing  the  growth  in  comfort  and  prosperity 
in  a  few  generations.  The  broad  acres  were 
cleared  and  yielded  abundant  harvests.  For 
many  years  Mr.  Salisbury  devoted  himself 
especially  to  breeding  cattle  and  sheep.  He 
was  studious  and  made  a  specialty  of  geology. 
In  the  old  house  his  collection  of  rocks,  fossils 
and  minerals  is  still  preserved,  excellent  evi- 
dence of  his  extensive  knowledge  and  untiring 
industry.  During  his  long  life,  he  held  many 
positions  of  trust  and  honor  and  enjoyed  the 
respect  of  all  who  knew  him. 

He  married,  June  21,  1818,  Eucretia  A.  Bab- 
cock,  born  at  Blandford,  Alassachusetts,  Sep- 
tember 30,  1792,  died  at  Scott,  New  York, 
March  4,  1881,  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
(Gibbs)  Babcock.  Her  parents  came  from 
Blandford  to  Scott,  in  May,  1815.  Their  chil- 
dren :  Justin,  Justus,  James  Henry,  Samuel, 
John,  Eucretia  A.,  mentioned  above ;  Mary, 
and  Matilda  Babcock.  Children  of  Nathan 
and  Eucretia  A.  ( Babcock  )  Salisbury :  Amanda, 
married  Cyrus  Kellogg;  Charles  B.,  deceased; 
Dr.  James  Henry,  a  noted  physician  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  and  New  York  City;  Milton  E., 
deceased;  Burdette  J.,  mentioned  below  ;  Char- 
lotte A.,  died  January  16,  1898,  aged  sixty- 
seven,  married  John  Ellis ;  William  Wallace, 
mentioned  below ;  Nathan,  died  March  1 1 , 
1900,  aged  sixty-three. 

(VI)  Burdette  J.,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Salis- 
bury, was  born  in  Scott,  Cortland  county,  Oc- 
tober  30,    1828;   died   in    Eittleyork,   town   of 


Homer,  New  York,  August  29,  1905.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  at  Homer  .Academy, 
and  he  assisted  his  father  in  the  work  of  the 
farm  at  "Evergreen  Terrace,"  until  he  was 
thirty  years  old,  when  in  partnership  with  his 
brother  Milton,  he  bought  a  farm  on  the  main 
road  in  the  town  of  Scott,  and  together  they 
conducted  the  farm  for  a  number  of  years. 
For  many  years  he  manufactured  wooden  shoe 
pegs,  which  were  used  by  all  shoeiuakers  at 
that  time,  having  a  factory  at  Eittleyork,  on 
Eittleyork  lake,  but,  in  1878,  he  retired  from 
this  business  and  afterward  devoted  himself 
mainly  to  farming.  He  dealt  in  livestock,  and, 
during  the  civil  war  especially,  had  a  large  and 
flourishing  business.  In  1866  he  bought  a  farm 
at  Eittleyork  and  removed  thither  in  1867. 
living  there  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  owned 
about  a  hundred  and  thirty  acres  of  land  in 
Eittleyork,  and  a  farm  in  Cayuga  county.  He 
had  a  fine  herd  of  Holstein  cattle  and  was  suc- 
cessful in  all  branches  of  agriculture.  He  was 
a  member  of  Eittleyork  Grange,  Patrons  of 
Husbandry.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat 
and  held  various  offices  of  trust  and  honor. 

He  married,  in  1862,  Elmira  E.  Ellsworth, 
born  in  \'enice,  Cayuga  county.  New  York,  in 
1835,  (laughter  of  Daniel  and  Elmira  (Wheat) 
Ellsworth.  Children:  ( )rlan(lo  B.,  born  Janu- 
ary 5,  1864,  a  druggist  in  New  York  City, 
graduate  of  the  College  of  Pharmacy  of  New 
York ;  Frank  Nathan,  mentioned  below. 

(VIE)  Frank  Nathan,  son  of  Burdette  J. 
.Salisbury,  was  born  in  Scott,  Cortland  county, 
March  23,  1866.  He  came  to  Eittleyork  to 
live  when  he  was  but  one  year  old,  and  he  was 
eduated  there  in  the  [niblic  schools  and  at 
Homer  Academy.  Except  for  two  years  when 
he  was  in  the  mercantile  business  at  Eittleyork, 
he  has  followed  farming  all  his  life,  and  is  one 
of  the  most  prominent  and  successful  farmers 
of  this  section.  For  many  years  he  has  also 
dealt  in  farm  produce,  shipping  many  carloads 
of  potatoes  and  cabbages  to  the  city  markets. 
His  dairy  is  also  noteworthy.  He  conducts 
the  farm  that  his  father  bought  at  Eittleyork, 
in  i86f).     In  jiolitics  he  is  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  in  1888.  Jennie  B.  S(|uires,  born 
in  Preble,  New  York,  October  30,  l8C^.  daugh- 
ter of  Richard  and  Mary  (Aldrich)  Squires. 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Salisbury  have  no  children. 

(VI)  William  Wallace,  son  of  Nathan  (2) 
Salisbury,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Scott,  Cort- 
land county,  February  15,  1834.    He  received 


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his  early  education  in  the  district  schools  in 
Scott,  and  at  Homer  Academy.  He  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  Davis  &  Leach,  in  Syracuse, 
in  the  office  of  Willett  &  Hawley,  of  Albany, 
and  the  Albany  Law  School.  In  1857  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  and  directly  afterward  he 
began  to  practice  in  Albany.  After  three  years 
as  a  lawyer  he  returned  to  the  homestead  at 
Scott  and  worked  for  four  years.  During  the 
next  four  years  he  conducted  a  farm  which 
he  bought  in  Homer,  and  also  conducted  an 
insurance  business.  During  his  later  years  he 
has  lived  with  his  son,  William  Wallace,  in 
Preble,  and  assists  him  in  managing  his  grain 
business.  He  has  been  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Patrons  of  Husbandry  and  has  organ- 
ized, in  Cortland  county,  nine  subordinate 
granges.  Patrons  of  Husbandry.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  October  15,  i860,  Margaret 
Lloyd  Rice,  born  in  Albany,  New  York,  De- 
cember 29.  1832.  died  November  2^.  1906, 
daughter  of  Joseph  T.  Rice,  who  was  the  first 
jeweler  of  Albany,  and  the  only  one  for  some 
years.  Her  mother  was  Jane  (Cummings) 
Rice,  who  was  born  in  Strathshire,  Scotland. 
Children  of  William  Wallace  and  Margaret 
L.  (Rice)  Salisbury:  i.  James  Rice,  born  Sep- 
tember 3,  1861,  a  farmer  in  Scott,  New  York. 
2.  Elizabeth  Davidson,  May  16,  1863,  married 
A.  B.  Rust,  of  Weedsport,  New  York,  an  in- 
surance broker,  and  had  children :  John  Wal- 
lace, Jessie  Gilbert,  Bessie,  Neil,  William.  Ger- 
trude and  Florence  Rust.  3.  William  Wallace, 
mentioned  below. 

(VII)  William  Wallace  (2),  son  of  Will- 
iam Wallace  ( i )  Salisbury,  was  born  in  Scott, 
Cortland  county,  May  27,  1865.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  followed  farming  there  until  he  was  of 
age.  At  that  time  he  went  into  business  as  a 
dealer  in  produce,  grain  and  feed  in  Homer, 
New  York,  and  remained  there  until  1900, 
when  he  came  to  Preble,  New  York.  Under 
the  firm  name  of  Salisbury  &  Porter,  he  has 
been  since  then  in  the  same  line  of  business  at 
Preble.  His  partner  is  Fred  D.  Porter.  While  in 
Homer.  Mr.  Salisbury  was  an  active  member  of 
the  fire  dei)artment  for  seven  years,  and  was 
assistant  chief  for  two  years,  chief  of  the  fire 
department  for  three  years.  He  is  a  member 
of  Preble  Lodge,  No.  164.  Odd  Fellows,  and  of 
Zcnanna  Lodge  of  Rebekah,  No.  178,  of  Preble. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat  and  for  four  years 
he  was  town  clerk.     At  the  present  time  he  is 


justice  of  the  peace  and  as  magistrate  and 
member  of  the  town  board,  has  done  excellent 
public  service.  In  religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 
He  married,  December  12,  1886,  Agnes 
Hobart,  of  Homer,  New  York,  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1870,  daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Maria 
(Rainey)  Hobart.  Children:  i.  Harry  C, 
born  August  11,  1887,  at  present  with  Knapp 
Brothers,  merchants  of  Preble,  New  York ; 
married,  August  6,  1910,  Florence  Dubois,  a 
daughter  of  Curtis  W.  Dubois,  of  Preble.  2. 
Grace  M.,  November  12,  1889;  married,  March 
15.  1911,  lames  Nye,  a  farmer  of  Preble,  New 
\\)rk. 


The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Pad- 
PADDOCK  dock  family  represented  a  pel- 
ican plucking  her  breast  to 
feed  her  young,  in  honor  of  one  of  them  who, 
before  the  emigration  to  this  country,  saved  an 
English  garrison  at  the  imminent  hazard  of  his 
own  life. 

According  to  tradition,  the  Paddock  family 
is  of  Welsh  extraction.  There  is  a  direct  tra- 
dition that  several  of  the  name  emigrated  to 
America  together.  One  of  them  was  Robert; 
another  may  have  been  Mary,  who  married 
Thomas  Roberts,  March  27,  1650 :  and  another 
Deborah,  who  died  unmarried,  in  Yarmouth, 
August  17,  1732,  within  about  one  month  of 
ninety-three  years. 

(I)'  Robert,  the  first  of  the  name  of  whom 
we  have  any  knowledge,  lived  in  Plymouth  as 
early  as  1634.  and  probably  still  earlier.  There 
is  the  following  entry  in  the  Old  Colony  Rec- 
ords in  1638: 

"At  a  Court  of  Assistants  held  the  fourth  day  of 
June  in  the  fourteenth  year  of  the  reign  of  our 
Sovereign  Lord  Charles  by  the  grace  of  God  King 
of  England,  Scotland,  France  and  Ireland  Defender 
of  the  faith  etc." 

"Robert  Paddock  of  Duxbarrow. 

"oweth  the  King  etc.  10  lb. 
The  condition  that  if  the  above  bounden  Robert  Pad- 
dock shall  frame,  prefer  or  cause  to  be  framed  and 
preferred  a  bill  of  indictment  at  the  next  general 
Court  holdcn  for  this  (Commonwealth)  against  Will- 
iam C  for  the  suspicion  of  the  breaking  of  his 
house  and  taking  out  "****"  ,nit  of  a  chest 

therein  the  " x"  and  give  evidence  thereunto 

at  will  to  the  grand  jury  as  to  the  pitty  that  your 
etc"     "Released." 

At  the  foot  of  the  same  page  is  the  follow- 
ing: 

"Ixobert  Paddock  is  er.mted  the  garden  phice  ne.xt  to 
Thomas  VVillet  wh  Willi.nm  Paddy  should  have  had. 
This  grant  is  remitted.     John  Croome." 


NEW   YORK. 


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In  1641.  December  31st,  there  is  the  follow- 
ing entries : 

"At  a  Town  meeting  held  the  last  day  of  Decem- 
ber in  the  *  *  *  *  year  of  his  ma.  etc."  "Robert 
Paddnck  is  granted  foure  acres  of  upland  where  he 
desired  about   K  Dingle." 

In  1646,  October  jotli : 

".\tt  the  third  session  of  the  general  Court  begun 
the  first  Tuesday  in  June  holden  the  20t!i  of  October 
in  ye  twenty-secondth  year  of  the  reigne." 

"Whereas  Robte  Paddock  complains  to  this  Court 
for,  and  desires  to  have  an  account  of  what  is  due 
unto  (him)  by  the  last  will  and  testament  of  Wm. 
Palmer,  deceased,  the  Court  desires  Mr.  Thomas 
Prence  cited  to  come  and  give  in  an  account  or  send 
it  unto  the  Guvnor  yt  so  what  is  due  unto  ye  said 
Paddock  may  be  satisfied  unto  him  according  to  the 
tenor  of  ye  said  will  as  soone  as  with  conveniency 
he  may  and  that  before  this  winter  yf  he  canne." 

Among  the  "Presentments  of  the  (_iraii(]  in- 
quest" in  1648,  is  the  following,  Jinie  4th  : 

"Robert  Paddock  of  Plymouth  and  William  Clark 
of  Duxbury  were  both  presented  June  the  4th  for 
being  drunk  and  both  cleared  by  the  paiment  of  their 
fine." 

He  died  in  I'lymouth,  July  25,  1O50  (years 
not  over  sixty-seven).  His  wife's  name  was 
Mary.  Their  children  were :  Robert,  born  in 
1634:  Zachariah,  born  March  20,  i<\Vi:  Mary, 
born  March  10,  1638;  Allice,  born  March  7, 
1640;  John,  born  April  i,  1643  •  ''^•'"1  O"^  other, 
probably  Susanna.  After  her  husband's  death. 
Mary  sold,  December  3,  1650,  her  "house  gar- 
den plot  and  shop,  situate  in  Plymouth,  in  the 
South  Street,"  and  "3  acres  of  upland  lying  in 
the  Newfield,"  to  Stephen  Wood,  smith  of  P., 
for  9  lb.  10  sh.,  on  the  condition  that  she  was 
to  dwell  there  till  the  first  of  the  next  March. 

1.  Robert. 

2.  Zachariah. 

3.  Mary,  married  William  Palmer.  He  was 
born  July  27,  1634. 

4.  Allice,  married  Zachariah,  son  of  Samuel 
Eddy,  May  7,  1663,  and  left  a  large  family. 

5.  John,  was  put  out  at  an  early  age,  to  be 
brought  up,  to  Thomas  Willet  of  Plymouth,  as 
appears  from  the  following  indenture  in  the 
Old  Colony  Records : 

"1650  Nov.  the  2gth.  Whereas  Robert  Paddock 
of  Plymouth :  lately  deceased,  did  on  his  death  bed 
give  and  dispose  of  his  son  John  Paddock  aged  about 
five  years  unto  Captaine  Tho.  Willet  to  bee  att  his 
disposing  and  under  his  guidance  as  his  own  child: 
These  presents  doe  therefore  witness  That  Mary 
Paddock  the  wife  of  the  said  Robert  Paddock  doth 


condesend  unto  and  allow  of  the  said  acte  of  her 
liusband  in  the  disposing  of  her  said  son  John  to 
Captaine  Willet  as  aforesaid:  In  witness  of  the 
premises  shee  the  said  Mary  hath  hereunto  sett  her 
hand  and  given  way  to  have  this  present  writing 
entered  upon  publick  Record. 

"Witness  hereunto     "Mary  Paddock's  M  Mark. 

"Nathaniel  Morton  Clarke." 

He  was  one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Swansey  ; 
signed  the  articles  of  agreement  between  this 
man  Willet  and  the  church,  1669.  He  married 
-\nna  Jones,  of  Swansey,  November  21,  1673. 
They  had  a  son,  who  with  his  father  witnessed 
the  division  deed  between  the  Eddys,  1706. 

().  Susanna,  married  (being  then  of  Dart- 
mouth), November  10  or  12,  1663,  John  Eddy, 
of  Taunton,  son  of  Samuel.  She  died  March 
14,  1670,  leaving  two  children. 

(II)  Zachariah,  lived  in  Yarmouth.  In  1680. 
Jtily  7th,  the  court  granted  him  fifty  acres  of 
the  Tata  Manuck's  thousand  acres,  "at  or 
about  Saconett,  from  the  lands  of  Mamane- 
witt."  In  the  rates  in  Yarmouth  made  after 
the  war  against  the  Indians,  for  tlefraying  the 
expenses  of  it,  January  22,  1675,  and  July  ii. 
1676.  he  was  taxed  3  sh.  6  d.  He  was  sur- 
veyor in  town  in  1696,  and  petty  juryman  in 
1697.  His  children  were:  Ichabod,.born  Fel)- 
ruary  2,  16A1  :  Zachariah,  born  "about"  the 
middle  of  April,  1664;  Elizabeth,  born  Au- 
gtist  I,  i()()6;  John,  born  May  5,  i6()9;  Rcibert, 
l.)orn  January  17.  1670;  Joseph,  born  Septem- 
ber 12,  1774:  Nathaniel,  born  .September  21. 
1(177:  Judah,  born  September   15,    1681. 

(III)  Zachariah,  lived  in  Yarmouth,  born 
.Vliril.  1(164.  He  was  twice  married.  His  first 
wife  was  I'.ethiah,  who  died  March  7,  1707-08; 
the  second,  Mary  Thacher,  of  Yarmouth, 
whom  he  married  July  29,  1708.  He  made  his 
will  .April  5,  1718.  By  that  he  gave  his  wife 
Mary  the  household  furniture,  £10  in  money, 
the  eastern  end  of  the  house,  the  horse  "which 
she  brought  with  her,"  a  cow,  ten  sheep,  one 
swine,  etc.,  and  made  provision  that  she  should 
be  thus  supplied  during  life.  His  brothers, 
Joseph  Hall  and  Judah  Paddock,  with  his  son 
Zacheriah,  were  appointed  his  executors  and 
guardians  to  his  sons  John  and  David.  His 
estate  was  large  and  various.  The  inventory 
contains  "a  negro  man"  valued  at  £50.  He 
died  April  8,  171 8.  His  children  by  F.ethiah 
were:  Deborah,  born  April  2,  1(185:  Ichabod, 
born  June  I.  1687:  Elizabeth,  born  February 
II,  1690;  Zachariah,  born  November  10,  1692; 

James,  born  December  24,  1694;  Peter,  born 


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May  27,  1697;  Bethiah,  born  May  25,  1699; 
Mary,  born  July  10,  1701  ;  John,  born  May  21, 
1703;  David,  born  August  12,  1705;  P'riscilla, 
born  February  29.  1707-08;  and  by  Mary: 
Hannah,  born  "about  the  middle  of  August." 
1709.  and  Anthony,  born  February  3,  171 1. 
Some  of  the  family  carried  on  the  whaling 
business. 

(IV)  Zachariah,  born  November  10,  1692. 
He  joined  the  Second  Church,  of  Yarmouth, 
September  15,  1728.  He  married,  June  15. 
1718,  Elizabeth  Howes,  daughter  of  Joseph. 
.She  was  born  February  25,  1694,  and  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  church.  May  5,  1728.  He  was 
one  of  the  executors  of  his  father's  w^ill  and 
guardians  of  his  brothers  John  and  David. 
By  his  wife,  Elizabeth  Howes,  he  had  the  fol- 
lowing children:  Zachariah,  born.  February  17, 
1719:  Elizabeth,  born  September  14.  1720: 
Silas,  born  March  29,  1724;  Philip,  born  Sep- 
tember 19,  1723:  Deborah,  born  October  i, 
1727;  Bethiah,  born  January  22.  1729-30;  Re- 
becca, born  December  I,  1 73 1.  By  his  father's 
will  he  took  the  eastern  part  of  tlie  farm. 

(V)  Zachariah,  born  February  17,  1719-20, 
lived  in  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  and  there  mar- 
ried Deborah  Freeman,  in  1744.  They  had  the 
following  children:  Ruth,  born  August  8, 
1745:  Zachariah.  born  July  4,  1747;  Edniond, 
born  December  24,  1749;  Pierce,  settled  in 
Dorset;  Henry,  born  November  10,  175 1  ;  Job. 
born  before  1754;  Thomas,  born  1755;  also 
Peter,  Levi,  and  two  other  children  whose 
date  of  birth  is  unknown. 

(VI)  Henry,  born  November  10,  175 1.  in 
Beekman,  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  died 
in  Vienna,  Oneida  county.  New  York,  August 
12,  1835,  aged  eighty-three  years  nine  months 
two  days.  He  is  buried  with  his  wife  in  the 
cemetery  at  McConnellsville.  New  York  (near 
Camden).  He  was  married,  in  1774,  to  Mary 
(Polly)  -Shears,  who  died  January  27,  1837, 
aged  eighty-two  years.  He  served  fifteen 
months  in  the  revolutionary  war.  They  had 
ihe  following  children:  William,  b(jrn  near 
New  City,  Washington  county,  New  York, 
tlied  February  4,  1873  ;  John,  born  March  27. 
1778,  died  Alarcli  27,  1846.  aged  sixty-seven 
years  ten  months,  buried  at  McConnellsville, 
Oneida  county  (near  Camden  )  :  also  si.x  sisters, 
names  unknown. 

(VII)  William,  born  February  13,  1784. 
<lied    at    Sodus    Point.      lie   married    Deboraii 


Fenton,  of  Broadalbin,  New  York,  May  11, 
1806,  who  was  born  February  17,  1789,  and 
died  at  Wolcott,  New  York,  February  3,  1863 ; 
she  was  the  daughter  of  Roswell  Fenton  and 
Deborah  Freeman,  and  was  descended  from  one 
of  the  early  colonial  governors  of  Connecti- 
cut. Was  also  aunt  of  Hon.  Reuben  E.  Fen- 
ton, governor  of  the  state  of  New  York.  They 
had  the  following  children  :  Jacob  Fenton,  born 
March  7,  1807;  Henry,  born  February  20, 
1810,  at  \  ienna,  New  York;  Ro.xa  Lane,  born 
at  Vienna,  .\'ew  York,  June  20,  1808;  Will- 
iam Riley,  born  April  24,  1812:  Levi,  born 
February  26,  1818;  .-Manson  G.,  born  March 
13,  1822;  George  W.,  born  December  10,  1823; 
C)live  R.,  born  at  \'ienna.  New  York,  March 
ID,  1826;  Caroline  M..  born  July  31,  1833; 
Emeline  D..  born  at  Huron,  New  York.  Sep- 
tember 24,  1835. 

(\III)  Jacob  Fenton,  born  at  \'ienna, 
Oneida  county.  New  York,  March  7,  1807,  died 
January  28,  1889;  married,  .\pril  3,  1828. 
Polly  (iibbons,  third  daughter  of  Warren  and 
Mehitable  (iibbons,  at  \'ienna,  New  York.  She 
was  born  November  I,  1810,  and  died  Janu- 
ary 6,  1884,  at  Wolcott,  New  York.  He  lived 
the  early  part  of  his  life  at  \'ienna.  New  York, 
and  moved  his  family  to  the  town  of  Huron, 
New  York,  in  1836,  where  he  lived  five  years, 
then  removing  to  the  to\vn  of  Wolcott,  on  the 
farm  on  Port  Bay  street,  known  as  the  I'enja- 
min  Brown  farm.  .\  few  years  later  he  re- 
moved to  the  village  of  Wolcott,  where  he  re- 
sided at  the  time  of  his  death.  His  children 
were:  Maria  Myrtie  born  October  4,  1829; 
William  Warren,  born  June  6,  1832;  Ro.xa 
Lane,  born  August  4,  1834:  Julia  Z.,  born  Oc- 
tober 12,  1836;  Walter  W.,  born  September 
9,  1841 ;  George,  born  August  8,  1844,  died 
June  29,  1848:  Linas  A.,  born  July  20,  1845; 
George  H.,  born  .April  22,  1849. 

(IX)  William  \\'arren,  born  at  \'icnna. 
New  York,  June  6,  1832;  died  at  Wolcott. 
New  York,  November  24,  1903 :  married  to 
Mary  A.  Lester,  at  Lyons,  New  York,  I'^ebru- 
ary  12,  1856.  She  was  a  daughter  of  Hiram 
Lester  and  Sally  Cady.  He  was  engaged  in 
the  hardware  business  in  Wolcott,  New  York, 
for  over  forty  years ;  a  member  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church,  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  His  children  were  as  follows:  i. 
Hiram  I, ester,  born  June  8.  i8()0.  2.  Walter, 
born  March  14.  i8()2,  died  I-'ebruary  24,  18^13. 
3.  William   Herbert,  born   Oeccmber   i(),   1865, 


NEW  YORK. 


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baptized  August  5,  i86t);  married  Carrie  B. 
Cornwell,  of  Wolcott,  New  York.  September 
14,  1887;  children:  Laura  I^.,  born  April  25, 
1889:  Ralph  Cornvvel!,  born  September  28, 
1891.  4.  Mary  Mabel,  born  June  16,  1870. 
baptized  March  3.  1872  ;  married  Edward  T. 
Brown,  an  attorney,  November  6,  ujoi.  5. 
Bessie  Tifft.  born  February  17,  1877,  baptized 
September  2,  1877:  married  Justin  Oakley 
Reynolds,  a  civil  engineer,  October  10,  i<jo(j: 
child,  Justin  Oakley,  born  October  7,  1907. 

(X)  Hiram  Lester  Paddock,  son  of  Will- 
iam W.  Paddock,  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Wolcott,  New  York,  June  8,  i860.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  at  Cazenovia  Seminary.  -At  the  age 
of  twenty  years  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  hank- 
ing house  of  Roe,  Ellis  &  Pomeroy,  at  Wol- 
cott. In  1884  he  entered  the  employ  of  the 
wholesale  hardware  firm  of  Hamilton  & 
Mathews,  of  Rochester,  New  York,  and  two 
years  later  embarked  in  the  paper  manufactur- 
ing business  as  vice-president  of  the  Lakeside 
Paper  Company,  Skaneateles,  New  York.  In 
1896  he  removed  to  Fulton,  New  York,  and  be- 
came the  treasurer  of  the  C)swego  Falls  Pulp 
&  Paper  Company,  of  which  in  1906  he  was 
elected  president.  He  is  also  president  of  the 
Skaneateles  Paper  Company;  president  of  the 
Oswego  County  Independent  Telephone  Com- 
pany, and  of  the  Fulton  Hospital  Association, 
and  vice-president  of  the  Albert  Lindley  Lee 
Memorial  Hospital.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Citizens  National  Bank,  of  Fulton :  member 
of  the  Citizens  Club;  member  of  the  Path- 
finder Boat  Club,  Pleasant  Point  Club,  Os- 
wego Country  Club;  member  and  trustee  of 
the  First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church,  of  Ful- 
ton, and  in  1904  was  a  delegate  to  the  General 
Conference  of  the  IMethodist  Episcopal  Church 
held  at  Los  Angeles,  California.  When  Ful- 
ton was  incorporated  as  a  city,  he  was  on  the 
first  board  of  public  works,  and  he  has  always 
taken  a  keen  interest  and  performetl  his  full 
share  in  supporting  measures  to  promote  the 
welfare  of  the  city  anfl  community.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  June  17,  i88('),  Mary  L.  Weeks, 
born  May  13,  1862,  daughter  of  Forrest  G. 
Weeks,  a  paper  manufacturer  of  Skaneateles, 
New  York,  who  was  born  at  Draycott,  Somer- 
setshire, England.  August  2,  1832,  died  at 
Syracuse,  New  York,  June  6.  1906.  They 
have  one  child,  Mae  Emogene.  born  at  Skane- 
ateles, New  York,  August  4,  1890. 


The  surname  .\twater  belongs 
AT\\\\TFR  to  a  large  class  of  early  Eng- 
lish family  names  where  the 
personal  name  of  a  man  qualified  for  identifi- 
cation by  a  tlescriiition  of  liis  home-on-the-hill, 
at-the-wood,  etc.,  became  fixed  as  a  surname 
on  his  descendants.  .Xtwood  and  .Ktwater  are 
survivals  of  the  original  forms,  while  most  of 
the  surnames  and  few  generations  later,  drop- 
pe<\  the  preposition,  as  the  similar  preposition 
was  dropped  from  another  large  class  of  names. 
The  earliest  mention  of  the  name  .Atwater 
fniHid  in  England  appears  in  the  chartulary  of 
the  Cathedral  Church  of  Canterbury,  (iode- 
fried  ateWater  of  Eylvarton  in  the  parish  of 
.Stone,  near  Faversham,  county  Kent,  before 
A.  D..  1257.  In  the  history  of  Kent,  publish- 
ed in  1659,  it  is  said  of  the  .-Xtwater  family: 
"Their  original  from  which  they  primitively 
issued  was  from  about  Ospringe."  Stone  and 
Ospringe  are  contiguous  parishes.  Between 
the  years  1620  and  1700,  the  name  is  found 
on  the  probate  records  of  London,  only  in  the 
counties  of  Kent  and  Wilts,  and  the  cities  of 
London  and  Reading.  The  old  coat-of-arms 
of  Atwater :  Sable  on  a  fesse  wavy  argent  be- 
tween three  swans  of  the  second  two  bars 
wavy  azure.  The  American  family  has  been 
traced  to  Royton.  in  Lenhani,  Kent. 

(  I)  Thomas  .Atwater,  the  first  of  the  name 
in  England  to  whom  the  American  family  has 
been  traced,  was  of  Royton,  in  Lenham,  coun- 
ty Kent.  His  will  was  proved  October  5. 
1484,  and  mentioned  wife  Elinor,  Robert  At- 
water Jr.  and  Jt)hn  Atwater,  not  stating  rela- 
tionship to  testator.  He  held  proiierties,  Brome- 
croft  and  Chotecroft,  in  Boughton  Malherbe, 
Langderfield,  ami  other  property  in  Lenham. 
His  wife,  Elinor,  survived  him,  and  her  will 
was  proved  May  16,  1497. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Thomas  Atwater,  was  of 
Royton.  in  Lenham.  His  will  was  proved  July 
14,  1501,  and  menticined  wife  Maryan,  sons 
Robert  and  John,  daughters  Florence  Spyce 
and  Thomasyn  Turner,  also  grandchildren  and 
god-children  ;  property  at  Royton  in  Lenham. 

( III )  Robert,  son  of  John  Atwater.  is  call- 
ed "the  elder"  of  Royton.  His  will  was  proved 
December  22,  1522,  and  mentioned  sons  John 
and  Thomas,  brother  John  and  his  children, 
sisters  Florence  and  Thomasyn.  .\lice.  wife  of 
son  John.  His  jiroi^erties  were  Langderfield. 
Parkfields.  Little  Scotland,  and  land  in  Len- 
ham. called  (jraiit's  Gate. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Robert  Atwater, 


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was  of  Roy  ton.  His  will  was  proved  Decem- 
ber I,  1547,  and  mentioned  wife  Johan,  sons 
Thomas,  Christopher,  Edward  and  William, 
and  daughter  Alice.  His  properties  were 
Grant's  Gate,  and  twenty-two  pieces  including 
Parkfields,  in  Royton,  Bromfield,  Bromecroft, 
and  Randalls,  in  Boughton  Malherbe. 

(V)  Christopher,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  At- 
water,  was  also  of  Royton.  His  will  was 
proved  April  6,  1573,  and  mentioned  wife 
Maryan,  sons  David,  Matthew,  George  and 
John,  and  daughter  Joane.  brothers  Thomas 
and  Wyllyam,  and  "Adam  Water,  my  brother's 
sone."  His  properties  were  lands  and  tene- 
ments in  Lenliam  and  Boughton  Malherbe, 
Parkfields,  Randalls  and   Bromfield. 

(VI)  John  (2),  son  of  Christopher  At- 
water.  died  without  a  will.  Administration  on 
his  estate  was  granted  to  his  son  Joshua,  at  the 
request  of  his  widow  Susan,  November  29, 
1636.  He  and  his  daugliter  Ann  and  sons 
Joshua  and  David  are  mentioned  in  the  wills 
of  his  brothers,  David  and  George,  the  will  of 
David  conveying  to  him  Parkfields,  Lenham 
and  Randalls  in  Boughton  Malherbe  during 
his  life,  and  after  his  decease,  "unto  David 
Attwater.  his  sunne  and  to  his  heirs  for- 
ever." 

(ATI)  David,  son  of  John  (2)  Atwater, 
and  immigrant  ancestor,  was  baptized  in  Len- 
ham Church,  October  8,  161 5.  By  the  will  of 
his  Uncle  David,  he  became  entitled  to  the 
place  "called  the  Vyne,  with  all  the  appur- 
tenances, in  Lenham,"  and  by  the  same  will 
upon  the  death  of  his  father,  to  the  lands  call- 
ed Parkfields,  in  Lenham.  and  of  Randalls,  in 
Boughton  Malherbe,  and  by  the  will  of  his 
L^ncle  George,  u])on  the  death  of  his  Aunt  .Vnn, 
to  the  lands  and  dwelling  houses  at  Grant's 
Gate,  in  Royton.  He  and  his  brother  came  to 
this  country  in  1637-38,  and  were  among  the 
seven  pioneers  who  first  visited  New  Haven, 
and,  under  the  greatest  privations,  spent  the 
winter  there,  1638.  David  is  credited  with 
being  the  first  signer  of  the  planters'  agree- 
ment. He  became  a  projjrietor  of  land  at  a 
later  date  than  most  of  the  early  settlers  of 
New  Haven,  and  is  supposed  to  have  received 
his  whole  allotment,  except  a  town  lot,  in  the 
third  division.  His  farm  was  situated  between 
East  Rock  and  Quinnipiack  river,  and  has 
remained  in  possession  of  his  descendants  to 
this  day.  According  to  the  town  records  of 
1646-47  he  was  assigned  in  tli;it  year  tlie  third 


seat  front  of  the  pulpit,  together  with  John  Nash 
and  Thomas  Yale,  father  of  Eli  Yale,  founder 
of  Yale  College.  One  of  the  two  brothers, 
spoken  of  only  as  Mr.  Atwater,  was  one  of 
the  first  selectmen,  1651.  In  1654,  wdien  the 
witchcraft  mania  raged  in  Connecticut,  "there 
was  a  determined  etifort  on  the  part  of  New 
Haven's  leading  citizens — the  Atwaters,  Lam- 
bertons  and  even  Mr.  Hooke,  the  colleague  of 
Davenport — to  hound  to  death  for  witchcraft 
a  woman  whose  sharp  tongue  rendered  her 
obno.xious  and  therefore  suspicious  to  her  ac- 
quaintances. Elsewhere  such  notable  persons 
might  have  secured  the  doom  of  the  unfor- 
tunate object  of  their  enmity,  but  Eaton  and 
Davenport  were  uninfluenced  and  Mrs.  God- 
man,  the  suspected  individual,  died  peacefully 
in  her  bed  some  years  afterwards."  In  1665 
Joshua  Atwater  removed  to  Boston,  and,  at 
that  time,  conveyed  to  David  his  house  and 
lands  in  New  Haven.  This  sale  did  not  cover, 
however,  a  lot  situated  at  the  southeast  corner 
of  Yale  quadrangle,  which  Joshua  sold  to  Will- 
iam Tuttle,  and  the  latter  to  the  Widow  Hester 
Coster.  On  this  lot,  called  the  "Coster  Lot," 
was  built  the  first  Yale  building,  and,  in  1889, 
Osborn  Hall,  and,  in  1894,  \'anderbilt  Hall. 
David  Atw^ater  married  Damaris,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Sayre,  of  Southampton,  Long  Island. 
Her  father  w^as  a  native  of  Bedfordshire,  Eng- 
land, and  came  to  Southampton  in  May  or 
June,  1640.  In  1638  he  and  his  son  Job  had 
each  sixty  acres  of  land  allotted  to  them  in 
Lynn,  Massachusetts.  By  his  will,  dated  Sep- 
tember 16,  1669,  he  bequeathed  to  his  daughter, 
Damaris  Atwater,  forty  shillings.  She  died 
.\pril  7,  1691.  David  died  October  5,  1692. 
Children:  Mercy,  born ,  February  29,  1647; 
Damaris,  November  12,  1648;  David,  July  13, 
1650;  Joshua.  January  11,  1652  :  John,  Novem- 
ber I,  1654;  Jonathan,  July  12,  1656;  Abigail. 
March  3,  1660;  Mary,  March  31,  1662;  Sam- 
uel. September  17,  1664,  mentioned  below : 
Ebenezer,  January  13,  1666. 

(\'III)  Samuel,  son  of  David  Atwater,  was 
born  September  17,  1664,  in  New  Haven,  and 
cultivated  a  portion  of  the  land  which  had  be- 
longed to  his  father.  He  married,  July  7,  1691, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  John  Ailing,  who  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1742.  He  dietl  September  17.  1742. 
Children  :  Samuel,  born  July  14.  1693  ;  Daniel, 
September  29,  1694,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
January  21,  1699,  died  July  2,  1699;  Damaris, 
May  21,  1700;  Caleb,  (October  16,  1702;  Stc- 


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phen,  December  5,  1705;  John,  November  28, 
1707,  died  April  29,  1709;  John,  August  4, 
1709,  died  December  20.  1709;  Mabel,  married, 
1738,  Isaac  Beecher. 

(IX)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  Atwater.  was 
born  September  29,  1694,  died  April  30.  1765. 
He  married,  July  23,  1716,  Abigail  Tuttle,  who 
died  January  9,  1769.  Administration  given  to 
Widow  Abigail,  who  refused  same.  Children: 
Samuel,  born  June  i,  1718,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah.  September  12,  1719;  John,  March  14. 
1721  ;  Abigail,  August  8,  1722;  Mary,  Decem- 
ber 22,  1723  ;  Ann,  June  4,  1725  ;  Damaris,  De- 
cember 30,  1727:  Daniel,  July  8,  1730;  Abel. 
June  23,  1734,  died  April  2,  1744. 

(X)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  Atwater. 
was  born  June  i.  1718.  and  lived  in  Hamden. 
Connecticut.  He  married.  December  26.  1744, 
Sarah  Hall,  who  died  March  11,  1797.  aged 
seventy-two.  He  was  called  "Captain."  In 
1758  ^It.  Carmel  became  a  separate  parish, 
and.  at  the  first  meeting  held  in  the  matter. 
January  31.  1758,  Samuel  Atwater  was  chosen 
clerk,  and  sworn,  with  Daniel  Bradley,  as  mod- 
erator. At  a  meeting  of  the  town  of  Hamden, 
in  opposition  to  secession,  May  6.  1788,  he  was 
chosen  moderator.  He  died  May  9.  1793.  Chil- 
dren: Abel,  born  April  15,  1746;  Susanna. 
April  15,  1748,  died  January  7.  1752:  Abigail. 
November  17,  1749;  Samuel.  January  20,  1751. 
died  July  i,  1753  :  Stephen,  December  29, 1752  ; 
Samuel,  September  2^,  1754:  Timothy.  May  6, 
1756  :  John,  December  24,  1757  :  Caleb.  Decem- 
ber 28,  1759,  mentioned  below;  Richarfl  New- 
man, May  3,  1762,  married  Sarah .  born 

October  31.  1765;  Susannah.  Decenil)er  29, 
1766. 

(XI)  Caleb,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Atwater. 
was  born  December  28.  1759.  He  removed  to 
Genoa.  Cayuga  county.  New  York.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution.  July  25.  1779.  to  Janu- 
ary 5,  1780,  in  the  Second  Regiment.  Connecti- 
cut Line,  Colonel  Charles  Webb.  He  married 
Thankful  Cotter.  Children  :  Jason  ;  Jeremiah  ; 
Jesse,  died  unmarried;  Betsey,  married  Alfred 
Hart;  Abby ;  Lucetta ;  John  G.,  mentioned 
below. 

(XII)  John  G.,  son  of  Caleb  Atwater.  was 
born  September.  1784:  married  Cecelia  Clif- 
ford. He  lived  in  Genoa,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren :  Alonzo  E.,  born  April  6.  1805,  mention- 
ed below;  Emily.  January  7,  181 1.  died  Feb- 
ruary 6.  1868;  John  G.,  April  21,  1813. 

(XIII)  Alonzo  E..  son  of  John  G.  Atwater. 
was  born  in  Genoa,  New  York,  April  6,  1805. 


He  married,   November  24,   1825,   Tamer  L. 
Benjamin,  born  August  11,  1804. 

(XIV)  Norman  B.,  son  of  Alonzo  E.  At- 
water. was  born  in  Genoa,  New  York,  August 
1 1.  1830,  died  May  15,  1886.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
for  many  years  was  a  merchant,  dealing  in 
hay,  grain  and  country  produce.  He  was  post- 
master and  station  agent  of  the  railroad,  At- 
water Station  being  named  for  him.  He  also 
conducted  a  farm.  He  married  Phebe  Tomp- 
kins, who  now  resides  ( 191 1 )  at  Atwater,  New 
York.  Children :  Mary  Emeline,  born  May 
24,  1853,  married  George  Cheesman ;  Norman 
Jason,  mentioned  below ;  Willis  Walter,  born 
April  30,  1859;  Elizabeth  Tamer,  born  Sep- 
tember 14.  1867,  married  James  Ira  Young. 

(XV)  Norman  Jason,  son  of  Norman  B. 
Atwater,  was  born  at  Genoa,  June  16,  1855. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  school  at  At- 
water Station,  in  Genoa,  and  succeeded  to  the 
homestead  of  his  father.  He  has  always  fol- 
lowed farming.  He  is  a  member  of  Five  Cor- 
ners Grange,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of 
the  Genoa  Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  in 
1878,  Luc}'  Y'oung,  of  Genoa,  daughter  of 
Hiram  and  Ruth  (Chipman)  Young.  Qiil- 
dren  :  Ralph  W..  mentioned  below  ;  Ruth,  mar- 
ried Charles  Lewis,  of  Auburn,  New  York, 
child — Erma  Lewis  ;  Phebe,  married  William 
Bunnell,  of  Genoa,  children — Donald  and  Ray- 
mond Bunnell;  Esther;  Gladys;  Evelyn;  Char- 
lotte. 

( XVI )  Dr.  Ralph  W.  Atwater,  son  of  Nor- 
man Jason  Atwater.  was  born  in  Genoa.  Au- 
gust I,  1881.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
there,  and  graduated  from  the  Ithaca  high 
school,  and  from  Cornell  LIniversity,  and  Med- 
ical College  of  New  York.  Since  1904  he  has 
been  practicing  medicine  at  Marathon,  New 
York.  He  is  a  member  of  the  County  and 
State  Medical  societies,  and  of  the  American 
Medical  Association;  of  Marathon  Lodge,  No. 
438,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ;  of  Marathon 
Lodge.  No.  167,  Odd  Fellows.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Greek  Letter  Society  (Medical  College). 
N.  V.  Sigma,  N.  U.  T.  A.  U.  Chapter  of  Cor- 
nell LTniversity.  New  York  City.  He  married, 
August  20.  1902.  Charlotte  Johnson,  of  Wind- 
ham, Bradford  county,  Pennsylvania,  born  Au- 
gust 6,  1882.  daughter  of  Fred  D.  and  Leila  J. 
(W'olcott)  Johnson.  Children  :  Eula,  born  Oc- 
tober 18.  1905:  Ralph  Willis,  May  12.  1907; 
Carl  Frederick,  September  4,  1910. 


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The  surname  Merrill  was  An- 
MERRILL  glicized  from  the  French  name 
Dc  Merle.  Merle  signifies  a 
blackbird,  ami  its  original  bearer  is  said  to  have 
derived  it  from  the  figure  of  a  blackbird  dis- 
played at  his  door.  The  ancient  seat  of  the 
De  Merls  in  France  was  at  Place  de  Dombes. 
in  .\vergne.  The  English  .Merrills  are  for  the 
most  part  descended  from  a  follower  of  Will- 
iam the  Con(|ueror.  Their  coat-of-arms  is  de- 
scribed :  Or,  a  barrulet  between  three  peacocks 
erased,  proper.  Crest :  A  peacocks  head  erased, 
pro])er.  The  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  Mer- 
rills of  Ma.ssachnsetts,  Xew  Hampshire  and 
Maine  was  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below,  de- 
scended from  a  French  Huguenot,  who  fled 
to  England  at  the  time  of  the  massacre  of  St. 
Bartholomew  in  1552,  and  settled  at  .Salisbury, 
Wiltshire,  England. 

(I)  Xathaniel  ]\Ierrill  and  his  brother  John 
came  from  Salisbury  to  Massachusetts  about 
1636.  John  Merrill  settled  at  Ipswich  before 
1636,  removed  to  Newbury  in  1638,  died  there, 
September  12,  1673,  leaving  no  male  issue  of 
his  name.  Hence  all  of  the  early  families 
known  are  traced  to  Nathaniel  Merrill,  who 
was  a  proprietor  of  Newbury  in  1638.  He 
had  a  wife  Susanna,  presumed  to  be  the  sister 
of  Gregory  Willerton.  He  died  at  Newbury, 
March  16,  1654-55.  His  will  was  proved  March 

27,  1655,  be(|ueathing  to  wife  Susanna,  chil- 
dren Susanna,  .Nathaniel,  John,  .Abraham,  Dan- 
iel and  .\bel.  His  brother  John  was  one  of  the 
overseers.  His  widow  Susanna  married  .Ste- 
f)hen  Jordan.  Children  :  Nathaniel,  born  1(138  : 
John;  Abraham;  Susanna,  married  John  I'.ur- 
bank :  Daniel,  born  .\ugust  20.  1642;  .\bel, 
mentioned  below. 

(H)  Abel,  son  of  Nathaniel  Merrill,  was 
horn  at  Newbury,  February  20,  1644.  He  mar- 
ried there,  February  10,  id7i.  Children,  born 
at  Newbury  :  .\bel,  mentioned  below  ;  Susanna, 
November  14,  1673;  Nathan,  April  3,  1676; 
Thomas,  Jaiuiary  i,  1679;  Joseph,  July  12, 
1681 ;  Nathaniel,  February  6,  1684;  Priscilla, 
July  13,  1686;  James,  January  27,  1689. 

(HI)  Deacon  Abel  (2)  Merrill,  son  of  Abel 
( I )  Merrill,  was  born  at  Newbury,  December 

28,  1671  ;  died  there,  February  6,  1759  (grave- 
stone). He  married,  at  Newbury,  June  19. 
1694,  .\bigail  Stevens,  who  died  May  2,  1757, 
in  her  eiglity- fourth  year  (gravestone).  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Newbury:  Samuel,  Seiitember  13, 
1695;  Abel,  mentioned  below;  .Abigail,  Janu- 
ary   22,    1699-1700;   Thomas,   July    29,    1702; 


Matthew,  December  3,  1704;  John,  January 
25,  1706;  Nathaniel,  March  i,  1712. 

(IV)  Abel  (3),  son  of  Deacon  Abel  (2) 
Merrill,    was    born    at    Newbury,    March    20, 

1697-98.      He   married    (first)    Ruth , 

and  probably  (second)  Sarah  .  Chil- 
dren of  .\bel  and  Ruth  Merrill,  born  at  New- 
bury: .Abel,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  May  7, 
1727;  Esther,  March  16,  1729;  Stephen,  June 
10,  1731  ;  Jonathan,  June  2,  1733;  John,  ,Au- 
gu.st  15,  1737;  Joshua,  May  27,  1739;  Caleb, 
February  11,  1741  ;  Ruth,  baptized  March  23, 
1745-46.  He  seems  to  have  had  Ann,  Mary 
and  Christopher  by  a  second  wife,  Sarah. 

(\)  Abel  (4),  son  of  Abel  (3)  Alerrill,  was 
born  at  Newbury,  September  12,  1722.  He 
left  Newbury  about  1753.     He  married  Sarah 

.  Children:  Mary, baptized  in  the  Fourth 

Church,  now  the  Second  Church,  of  West 
Newbury;  Nathaniel,  baptized  March  11,  1744, 
died  young  probably ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned 
below. 

(\'T)  Nathaniel,  .son  of  Abel  (4)  Merrill, 
was  born  at  Newbury,  .April,  1753.  He  settled 
in  Shelburne,  Massachusetts,  and  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution  from  that  town,  a  private  in 
Captain  .Agrippa  \\'ells"s  company.  Colonel  .Asa 
Whitcomb's  regiment,  in  September,  1775;  also 
in  the  same  company.  Colonel  Samuel  Brewer's 
regiment,  September,  1777,  in  the  Ticonderoga 
campaign  of  1777.  He  married,  at  Shelburne, 
in  1786,  .Anna  Long,  born  in  1766,  died  in 
Truxton,  New  York,  in  1836.  They  went  to 
.New  'S'ork  in  1804-05,  and  located  near  Balls- 
ton  Springs.  Children:  Rufus,  Nathaniel.  Sim- 
eon, llaldwin,  Lewis  Long,  .Asa,  .Ann  .Alvira 
and  Alary. 

(\'II)  Lewis  Long,. son  of  Nathaniel  Mer- 
rill, was  born  January  24,  1804,  in  Madison 
county,  New  York,  near  Oneida  Castle  or 
Community,  and  he  died  on  Long  Island,  at 
the  home  of  his  daughter,  in  December,  1890. 
Before  the  era  of  railroads  he  drove  a  stage 
coach,  carrying  the  mails,  wdien  only  sixteen 
years  old,  on  part  of  the  route  from  Buffalo  to 
.Albany,  ilriving  from  Chittenango  to  Syracuse 
and  eastward  toward  .Albany.  Later  in  life  he 
lemoved  to  Truxton,  New  York,  where  he  con- 
ducted a  hotel  and  a  stage  route,  carrying  the 
mails  from  LTica  to  Ithaca,  before  the  railroad 
was  built.  In  1840,  after  the  railroad  came, 
lie  sold  his  business  and  engaged  in  farming  at 
Truxton,  where  he  reiuained  until  about  1851, 
when  he  removed  to  Homer,  New  A'ork.  and 
fcjllowe  1  farming  until  about  five  years  before 


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he  died.  His  last  years  were  spent  in  tiie  home 
of  his  daughter  on  Long  Island.  He  married, 
February  18,  1829,  Lucy  Alatthews,  born  near 
Bennington,  May  18,  1809,  died  on  Long  Island, 
November  19,  1896.  daughter  of  Major  John 
and  Polly  (Green)  Alatthews.  The  battle  of 
Bennington  was  fought,  during  the  revolution, 
on  ground  owned  by  her  father.  Children : 
Augustus  Spencer,  mentioned  below  ;  Frances 
Miriam,  born  July  7,  1834,  died  January  1, 
1899,  married  (first)  Richard  Carmon,  (sec- 
ond) Pierre  Badetty. 

(\'III)  Augustus  Spencer,  son  of  Lewis 
Long  Merrill,  was  born  inTruxton.  Xew  York. 
March  16,  1830.  He  was  educated  in  the 
common  schools,  and,  in  his  younger  days, 
followed  fanning  for  his  occupation.  In  185 1 
he  removed  to  Homer  and  engaged  in  the 
livery  stable  business,  having  the  contract  to 
carry  the  mails  for  the  government  between 
the  trains  and  the  postoffice.  In  the  early  days 
of  the  railroad  there  would  be  some  days  when 
the  trains  would  fail  to  get  through,  and  he 
would  have  to  carry  the  mails  over  the  road  to 
Syracuse.  For  several  years  he  has  been  re- 
tired, making  his  home  in  Homer  X'illage.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  is  a  member  of 
the  Congregational  church.  He  married,  No- 
vember I,  1859,  Sarah  Pierce,  born  in  Homer, 
January  12,  1839,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Sarah  (Sharp)  Pierce.  Her  father  was  born 
in  Homer,  in  1807,  son  of  Elijah  Pierce,  of 
Primfield,  Massachusetts.  The  Pierces  came 
to  Homer,  New  York,  in  1805.  Sarah  Sharp 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  died  in  Homer. 
Children  of  Augustus  S.  and  Sarah  Merrill : 
Frances  C,  born  September  29,  i860;  Charles 
R.,  mentioned  below  ;  Kate,  July  11,  1865,  died 
June  18,  1871  ;  Lewis  P.,  June  25,  1870,  mar- 
ried Florence  Mourin,  he  is  engaged  in  the 
feed  business  in  Homer;  John  Sharp,  July  11. 
1872;  Pierre  B..  January  25,  1880,  graduate  of 
Homer  Academy,  also  College  of  Pharmacy  of 
Bulifalo,  conducting  drug  business  in  Delhi. 
New  York. 

(IX)  Charles  R.,  son  of  Augustus  Spencer 
Merrill,  was  born  in  Homer,  March  i,  1803. 
He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  the  Homer  Academy.  He  followed 
farming  until  he  was  nineteen  years  old,  and 
was  then  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  store  of  Kings- 
bury &  Daniels,  in  Homer,  for  ten  years.  In 
1892  he  embarked  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, as  a  dealer  in  men's  furnishing  goods 
and  clothing,  and  success  attended  his  venture 


from  the  beginning.  He  carries  an  extensive 
and  varied  stock  of  men's  clothing  from  such 
well-known  manufacturers  as  the  Herschberg 
Company,  of  Rochester ;  Stern  &  Com])any,  of 
Rochester ;  Clere  Clothing  Company,  of  Syra- 
cuse ;  J.  Wener  Company  and  the  Wolcoff 
Company,  of  New  Ytirk  City.  He  makes  a 
s])ecialty  of  the  tailoring  trade,  making  suits 
to  order.  His  store  is  at  14  South  Main  street. 
Homer.  He  has  a  line  of  men's  furnishings, 
hats,  trunks  and  traveling  bags  second  to  none 
in  the  county.  Mr.  Merrill  has  been  no  less 
active  in  social  and  public  life.  He  is  treasurer 
of  the  Homer  board  of  trade,  and  was  treas- 
urer of  the  old  home  week  committee  for  a 
time:  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  education 
and  of  the  board  of  health  of  Homer.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  been  one 
of  the  most  active  and  influential  men  of  his 
party,  delegate  to  the  state  cunvention  which 
nominated  Governor  Hughes,  and  to  various 
other  nominating  conventions  of  his  party,  also 
a  member  of  the  Republican  county  committee. 
He  is  a  prominent  member  and  treasurer  of  the 
Congregational  church  and  its  Sunday  school. 
He  belongs  also  to  Homer  Lodge,  Free  and 
.\cceptetl  Masons. 

He  married,  June  19,  1890,  Alice  C.  Daniels, 
of  Homer,  New  York,  born  in  \'esper,  daugh- 
ter of  George  D.  and  Ellen  (  Hobart )  Daniels. 
Children:  George  Augustus,  liorn  Sejitember 
13'  1893:  Frances  Elizabeth.  February  23. 
1909.  died  December  8,  1909. 


The   surname   Freer  was  spelled 
FREER     I'rere  until  comparatively  recent 

times  and  sometimes  De  Frere  in 
earlier  records,  we  are  told.  Frere  is  an  ancient 
French  family  name,  meaning  brother  in  Eng- 
lish. All  of  the  Frere  and  Freer  families,  dat- 
ing back  to  colonial  times,  are  descended  from 
the  pioneer  mentioned  below. 

( I )  Hugo  Freer,  or  Frere.  was  one  of  the 
last  of  the  French  Huguenots  to  settle  at  Kings- 
ton. From  time  to  time  the  French  settlers 
had  been  coming  to  Kingston.  As  early  as  1665 
Simon  and  Andre  LeFevre  located  there,  com- 
ing from  Manheim,  in  the  Palatinate,  whither 
they  went  from  France.  In  1673  Jean  Has- 
brouck  and  others  came.  Anthony  Crispell. 
the  first  of  the  Huguenots,  afterward  at  New 
Paltz.  came  with  his  father-in-law,  Matthew 
Blanchan,  in  the  ship  "Gilded  Otter."  arriving 
at  New  York,  in  June.  1660.  and  proceeded  to 
Esopos,   New   York.      Louis   DuBciis.  another 


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son-in-law  of  Blanchan,  came  in  1661,  and 
settled  with  Blanchan  and  Crispell  at  Hurley. 
Hugo  Freer  and  his  wife,  Mary  Hays,  with 
their  three  children,  Hugo,  Abraham  and  Isaac, 
came  in  1676.  The  French  settlers  at  Hurley 
and  Kingston  received  from  Governor  Andros 
a  grant  of  land  for  a  town  of  their  own,  in 
1677,  comprising  the  Paltz  patent,  occupying 
all  the  present  town  of  Loyd,  about  two-thir<ls 
of  New  Paltz,  one-third  of  Esopus  and  one- 
fourth  of  Rosendale,  as  now  bounded.  There 
were  twelve  of  these  original  French  grantees, 
but  not  all  of  the  French  removed  from  Hurley 
and  Kingston,  and,  in  the  course  of  a  few  gen- 
erations, the  Dutch,  French  and  English  be- 
came, by  association  and  intermarriage,  thor- 
oughly assimilated.  In  the  papers  that  have 
been  preserved  by  descendants  of  these  French 
settlers  there  are  more  in  the  French  language 
among  the  descendants  of  Hugo  Freer  than  of 
any  other  of  the  patentees  of  this  tract,  and 
this  fact  is  taken  to  indicate  that  he  had  not 
been  very  long  absent  from  his  native  country 
when  he  came  to  New  Paltz.  When  the  church 
was  organized  at  New  Paltz,  in  1683,  Hugo 
Freer  was  chosen  deacon,  and,  in  1690,  he  w'as 
elder  of  the  church.  Most  of  the  other  settlers 
at  New  Paltz  were  related  by  marriage,  but 
neither  Hugo  Freer  ntir  any  of  his  children 
married  New  Paltz  people.  A  greater  part  of 
the  first  three  generations  of  Freers  married 
and  settled  outside  the  bounds  of  the  New 
Paltz  patent,  going  to  Kingston,  to  Dutchess 
county  and  elsewhere,  though  the  name  has 
been  common  also  at  New  Paltz.  During  the  first 
century  after  the  settlement  there  was  perhaps 
no  family  that  furnished  a  larger  proportion 
of  eminent  men  than  the  descendants  of  Hugo 
Freer,  the  patentee.  The  Freers  of  colonial 
days  had  means,  and  piety  as  well.  The  Bon- 
tecoe  Freers,  cultivating  the  lowlands  on  the 
Walkill,  in  the  great  bend  of  the  stream,  above 
Dashville  Falls,  would  walk  barefoot  five  miles 
to  church  at  New  Paltz,  in  summer,  putting  on 
their  shoes  when  near  the  village.  When  the 
new  stone  church  at  New  Paltz  was  erected, 
in  1772,  the  Freer  family  contributed  more 
than  one-fourth  of  the  wdiole  amount  needed, 
and  two  of  the  name  served  on  the  building 
committee.  Tradition  states  that  one  year  the 
I'Veers  paid  the  whole  amount  of  the  (|uitrent 
due  from  the  New  Paltz  settlers  to  the  colonial 
government,  and  in  return  received  two  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  at  Mud  Hook,  near  the 
nortliwest   corner   of   the    New    Paltz   patent. 


.\  picture  of  the  old  Freer  homestead,  a  typical 
French  structure  of  stone,  is  published  in  the 
"New  Paltz  History,"  p.  348.  It  is  the  north- 
ernmost of  the  old  stone  houses  on  Huguenot 
street.  At  last  accounts  it  was  still  occupied 
as  a  residence,  in  a  good  state  of  repair,  and 
not  much  changed  from  the  time  of  its  build- 
ing, except  that  the  great  beams  have  been  cut 
down,  and  there  is  no  longer  a  great  firejilace. 
The  house  is  forty  feet  in  length  and  thirty- 
five  in  width,  including  a  small  frame  addition 
in  the  rear. 

Hugo  Freer  married  (first )  Mary  Hays,  and 
(second)  Jannitje  Wibau.  Children:  i.  Hugo, 
married,  in  1690,  Mary  LeRoy  ;  in  1715  he  and 
his  sons,  Hugo,  Isaac  and  Simon,  obtained  a 
patent  for  twelve  hundred  acres  of  land  near 
the  Paltz  patent,  and  here  Isaac  settled,  and 
his  descendants  have  owned  the  land  to  the 
present  time;  children  of  Hugo:  i.  Hugo,  born 
in  1691,  married  Bridget  Terpening;  ii.  Isaac, 
1693,  married  Mary  Deyo,  daughter  of  Pierre, 
the  patentee  ;  iii.  Jonah,  married,  in  1727,  Cath- 
arine Stokhard,  a  native  of  Germany  ;  iv.  Simon, 
married,  in  1720,  Mariten  Wamboon.  2.  Abra- 
ham, mentioned  below.  3.  Isaac,  born  in  1672, 
died  August  9,  1690.  4.  Jacob,  baptized  June 
9,  1679:  married,  in  September,  1705,  Antje 
\'an  Wcgen,  of  Marbletown ;  owned  land  and 
probably  lived  at  Bontecoe  ;  children  :  Jannetje, 
born  1706;  Sarah,  1709;  Hugo,  1711;  Hend- 
rick,  1712;  Abraham  and  Isaac,  twins,  1714: 
Jacob.  1717  ;  Alarritje  and  Annetje,  twins,  1719  ; 
-Vntjen,  1721  :  Jacob,  1723;  David,  1726;  Cor- 
nelius, 1729.  5.  Jean,  April  16,  1682:  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Wagener,  about  1707;  resided  at 
Kingston;  children:  Sara,  born  in  1708;  Ger- 
rit,  171 1  ;  Jannitje,  1714;  Marytje,  1716;  Jacob. 
1719;  Rebecca,  1726,  thus  showing  the  adop- 
tion of  Dutch  names  in  the  French  families  in 
the  third  generation.  6.  Mary,  married  Lewi.s 
\'eille,  and  lived  at  Schenectady,  New  York. 
7.  Sarah,  married  Tennis  Clausen  Van  Volgen, 
of  Schenectady. 

(II)  Abraham,  son  of  Hugo  Freer,  or  Frere, 
was  born  as  early  as  1670.  In  1705  he  resided 
in  Bontecoe,  south  of  the  present  schoolhouse, 
opposite  the  piece  of  lowdand  called  the  "Half 
Moon."  Abraham's  name  appears  in  the  list 
of  those  who  built  the  first  stone  church  in 
1720.  In  the  list  of  freeholders,  in  1728,  his 
name  does  not  appear.  He  probably  moved 
away,  as,  in  1723,  we  find  he  has  transferred 
his  two  seats  in  the  church  to  his  brother,  Hugo 
Freer.     He  married,  in  1694,  Aagien  Titesort. 


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The  list  of  births  of  his  children  is  taken  from 
the  "New  Paltz  History."  Some  of  them  were 
baptized  in  the  Kingston  church,  and  it  is  possi- 
ble that  these  should  be  given  as  dates  of  bap- 
tism, not  of  birth,  though  there  would  be  but  a 
difference  of  a  few  days.  Children:  i.  Hugo 
Abraham,  married,  in  1720,  ]\Iarytje  DeW'itt, 
at  Kingston.  2.  Maeltje,  born  Alay  5,  1696, 
at  New  Paltz.  3.  Abraham,  father  of  Colonel 
John  Freer,  October  31,  1697;  married,  in 
1720,  Janitje  DeGraff.  4.  Solomon,  mentioned 
below.  5.  W'illem,  January  14,  1700;  married, 
in  1729,  Maryanette  Van  Kuykendall,  of  Mini- 
sink.  6.  Jelena,  January  16,  1704.  7.  Phillipus. 
August  16,  1706.  8.  Sara,  October  12.  1707. 
9.  Naritje,  September  11,1709.  10.  Jacomyntje, 
November  4,  171 1.  11.  Aagien,  A\)t\\  ii,  17 14. 
12.  Johanna,  November  13.  1715.  13.  Cat- 
ryntjen,  January  11,  1719. 

(III)  Solomon,  son  of  .Xbraliam  Freer,  was 
baptized  in  the  Kingston  church,  October  23, 
1698.  Moses  Quentin  and  Rachel  Hasbrouck 
were  sponsors.  In  the  Kingston  church  rec- 
ords his  name  is  sometimes  spelled  Zalomon. 
He  married,  September  22,  1721,  Klaartje 
Westvall.  He  lived  at  Minisink,  New  York. 
All  his  children,  as  given  below,  were  baptized 
in  the  Dutch  church,  at  Kingston,  New  York. 
Solomon  Freer  was  on  the  list  of  those  who 
signed  the  "Association  Test,"  at  the  beginning 
of  the  revolution,  and  the  history  of  Kingston 
shows  that  the  house  and  barn  of  Solomon  and 
the  houses  and  barns  of  Jon's.  (Johannes), 
Abm.  (Abraham)  and  Anthony,  his  sons  evi- 
dently, were  destroyed  by  the  British,  in  the 
burning  of  Kingston,  in  1777.  Of  the  tract  of 
five  thousand  acres  of  land  given  by  Robert  R. 
Livingston,  to  reimburse  the  patriots  who  lost 
their  property,  we  find  that  the  heirs  of  Solo- 
mon Freer  received  lot  5,  class  8.  Children, 
according  to  Dutch  church  records  at  Kings- 
ton: Aagien,  baptized  July  29,  1722;  Johannes, 
January  26,  1724;  Mary,  October  10,  1725; 
Petrus,  August  20,  1727;  Annatjen,  October 
5,  1729;  Johannes,  November  19,  1732;  An- 
thony, mentioned  below  ;  Rachel,  December  19, 
1736;  Abraham  and  Jacob,  twins,  December 
24,  1738:  Samuel,  mentioned  below;  Sarah, 
November  6,  1743. 

(IV)  Anthony,  son  of  Solomon  Freer,  was 
baptized  at  Kingston,  November  3.  1734,  in 
the  old  Dutch  church,  and  Anthony  Slegt  and 
Neeltjen  Bogart  were  sponsors  (No.  4696). 
In  1790,  according  to  the  first  federal  census, 
he  was  living  at  Rochester,  Dutchess  county 


( not  the  present  Rochester,  in  western  New 
York),  and  had  three  males  over  sixteen  and 
two  females  in  his  family,  besides  owning  two 
slaves.  No  other  Freers  were  at  that  time  in 
Rochester.  With  his  brother  Samuel,  mentioned 
Ijelow,  he  was  surety  on  a  bond  of  administra- 
tion for  his  nephew,  Samuel  S.  Freer,  in  1787. 
He  was  trustee  of  the  Kingston  schools  in 
1788.  His  father,  himself  and  brothers  Jo- 
hannes, Abraham,  Jacob  and  Samuel  signed 
the  "Association  Test"  in  Kingston.  Gerrit 
and  Jan,  the  only  others  of  the  Freer  family  to 
sign,  may  have  been  nephews.  His  house  was 
burned  during  the  revolution,  as  mentioned 
above,  and  he  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  the 
Livingston  land,  in  class  8,  receiving  lot  5.  He 
was  lieutenant  in  Captain  John  Hardenburg's 
company,  and  first  lieutenant  of  Captain  Bo- 
gardus'  company,  from  I'lster  county,  in  the 
revolution,  in  1776. 

He  married,  (iktober  30,  1761.  Yannecke 
Low,  daughter  of  Johannes  and  .\bbtjen  Low. 
Child:  John  (Johannes),  see  forward,  baptized 
in  the  Kingston  church,  March  16,  1769,  with 
the  mother's  parents  for  sponsors  (JSJJ.P-  359. 
Domine  Cock,  Conferentie).  After  the  Dutch 
fashion  he  appears  to  have  used  his  father's 
name  for  a  middle  name. 

( IV )  Samuel,  son  of  Solomon  Freer  and 
brother  of  Anthony,  was  baptized  at  Kingston, 
January  24,  1742;  Samuel  Wels  and  Maryjen 
Osterhout,  sponsers  (p.  258).  He  was  trustee 
of  the  Kingston  school,  1794-95,  1798-99  and 
1805.  He  signed  the  "Association  Test"  in 
1775.  He  married  Sarah  Roosa.  In  1790,  at 
Kingston,  the  census  shows  Jacob  and  his  son 
Garret,  John  and  his  son  Garret  as  heads  of 
families ;  also  Samuel  with  three  sons  under 
sixteen  and  five  females  and  two  slaves.  Sam- 
uel Freer  became  famous  as  a  newspaper  edi- 
tor. In  ij>)2  William  Copp  started  The  Fann- 
ers' Rci/istrr.  but  soon  abandoned  it.  Shortly 
afterward,  with  Samuel  Freer,  he  began  to 
publish  The  Rising  Star.  Copp  soon  withdrew 
and  Freer  continued  the  paper.  Freer  was 
considered  rich  as  fortunes  went  in  those  days, 
and  he  had  one  ambitious  son,  Samuel  S.  Freer, 
who  was  destined  to  be  Ulster  county's  first 
editor  of  imjiortance.  In  1798  .Samuel  Freer 
and  his  stjn,  Samuel  S.  Freer,  established  the 
Ulster  County  Gazette,  which  continued  until 
1822.  The  elder  Freer  died  a  few  years  after 
the  paper  was  established,  and  the  son  carried 
on  the  enterprise  until  he  had  exhausted  the 
family  fortune  and  retired  to  die  in  poverty. 


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It  is  hardly  necessary  to  remark,  writes  a  local 
historian,  that  men  did  not  enter  the  newspaper 
business  in  those  days  to  make  money.  Their  motives 
were  a  mixture  of  that  strange  vanity  which  yearns 
to  see  its  thoughts  in  print,  and  of  that  nobler  emo- 
tion which  leads  men  to  abandon  hope  of  material 
prosperity  in  order  to  advocate  the  political  and  re- 
ligious principles  they  hold  dear.  The  Gazette  was 
from  the  first  to  last  an  organ  of  the  Federalist 
party.  The  younger  Freer  was  one  of  the  most 
vigorous  writers  of  his  day,  and  so  vigorous  that  he 
was  fined  upon  one  occasion  for  expressing  his  in- 
most sentiments  regarding  the  Supreme  Court. 

Alexander  Hamilton  was  his  lawyer.  The 
first  of  the  week  he  used  to  spend  in  getting 
out  his  ].iaper,  the  remainder  of  the  week  in 
(hstribtiting  it  himself  through  Ulster  county 
and  vicinity,  traveling  on  liorseback  antl  stop- 
ping whenever  he  had  a  chance  to  argue  with 
anti-Federalists. 

In  spite  of  his  being  so  bellicose  politically,  he 
was  extremely  agreeable  in  business  matters,  as  is 
shown  by  the  fact  that  he  delivered  the  out-of-town 
circulation  of  his  rival,  the  Plebcran,  along  with  his 
own,  until  both  papers  hired  a  post-rider  in  common. 

The  Ulster  County  Ga::cttc.  containing  an 
account  of  the  death  of  Washington,  was  re- 
produced years  afterward  in  New  York  City, 
and  many  of  these  copies,  preserved  in  all 
parts  of  the  country,  have  been  supposed  to  be 
originals.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  P'reer  : 
Samuel  S..  born  about  1765  ;  Jannetjen,  baptized 
March  2t„  1775  (pj).  41-42)  ;  Claertje,  Febru- 
ary 10,  1777;  Petrus,  December  9,  1781  :  An- 
thony, April  17,  1785  (named  for  his  brother, 
who,  with  his  wife,  was  sponsors). 

(V)  John  Anthony  (Johannes),  son  of  An- 
thony Freer,  w^as  born  in  Rochester,  New 
York,  March  2,  1769,  baptized  in  Kingston, 
March  16.  1769,  as  stated  above.  He  died  in 
Cortland,  New  York,  March  15.  1826.  He 
started,  with  his  wife  and  three  children,  No- 
vember I,  1802,  for  what  was  then  Homer, 
New  York,  in  Onondaga  county,  traveling 
through  Kingston,  Albany,  Utica  and  Pompey 
Hill.  Their  household  goods  were  loaded  on 
a  cart  and  they  were  accompanied  by  a  hired 
man.  Reaching  Homer,  November  13th,  they 
located  on  lot  74.  Snow  had  fallen  and  the 
family  fotmd  shelter  :it  the  house  of  N.  Knapp 
and  remained  there  initil  their  log  cabin  was 
built.  After  the  family  was  settled  Mr.  Freer 
returned  to  Rochester  for  the  remainder  of 
his  goods.  Heavy  snowstorms,  however,  pre- 
vented him  from  returning  to  his  new  home 
until  Christmas,  and,  in  the  meantime,  his  fam- 


ily would  have  suffered  but  for  the  assistance 
of  neighbors.  He  worked  hard  and  cleared 
what  proved  to  be  an  excellent  farm,  and,  in 
die  course  of  time,  became  a  well-to-do  farmer. 
He  and  his  wife  were  tw'o  of  the  six  charter 
members  of  the  Presbyterian  church,  organ- 
ized in  Cortland,  April  16,  1825.  The  site  of 
his  log  house  is  now  the  athletic  field  of  the 
State  Normal  School,  at  Cortland. 

He  married,  January  15,  1794,  Rachel  De- 
Piiy,  of  Rochester,  New  York,  born  February 
15,  1775,  died  February  17,  1852.  daughter  of 
Joseph  and  Mary  DePuy.  Children :  Maria, 
born  December  7,  1795,  married  Lyman  Mal- 
lery,  she  died  March  28.  1845:  .\nthony,  Au- 
gust 21,  1797,  died  September  12.  1871  ;  Joseph 
DePuy.  February  3.  1800,  died  June  14,  1800; 
Elias,  January  29,  1802.  died  April  2,  1803; 
Joseph  DePuy,  September  17,  1803,  died  June 
13,  1850;  Jane  Low,  August  2,  1805,  died 
March  12,  1883;  Rachel  Catherine,  July  15, 
1807,  died  January  27,  1891  ;  John  James, 
mentioned  below ;  Sarah  Rebecca.  January  30. 
1812,  died  May  12,  1899,  married"  James  W. 
Sturtevant ;  Stephen  Decatur,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  John  James,  son  of  John  Anthony 
(Johannes)  Freer,  was  born  in  Cortland,  New 
York,  November  11,  1809,  died  October  30, 
1884.  He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  town.  For  ten  years  he  resided 
on  the  homestead  and  conducted  the  farm. 
,\fter  farming  for  a  few  years  at  Solon.  Cort- 
landville  and  Harford  he  removed  to  Cortland, 
where  he  was  employed  by  A.  S.  &  D.  Freer, 
general  merchants,  transporting  goods  from 
Binghamton,  New  York,  and  Scranton,  Penn- 
sylvania, before  the  railroad  w'as  built.  In 
partnership  with  his  son,  Watts  S.  Freer,  he 
had  a  grocery  business  at  Rlodgetts  Mills,  and 
lie  built  the  store  occupied  later  by  J.  Hubbard, 
in  that  town.  After  he  retired  from  business 
he  made  his  home,  until  he  died,  with  his 
son,  \\'atts  S.  He  was  a  man  of  strong  and 
vigorous  physique  and  enjoyed  uniformly  good 
health.  He  was  enterprising  and  persevering 
in  business,  and  always  successful  in  his  under- 
takings. In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  he 
served  the  town  of  Harford  as  supervisor.  He 
was  an  active  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church. 

He  married  (first)  Alice  Mary  Whitney, 
born  September  3.  1820,  died  July  24.  1851, 
daughter  of  James  Whitney.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah  (Metzger)  Tarbell,  of  Freetown, 
New  York,  born  in  1816,  died  in  1903,  daugh- 


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ter  of  Jonas  Metzger,  and  wiilow  of  Simon 
Tarbell.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  John  A., 
mentioned  below.  2.  Watts  S.,  born  October 
31,  1843,  died  in  IQ05,  proprietor  of  the  Hig- 
gins  Hotel,  at  Higginsville,  Cortlandville.  New 
York;  manufacturer  of  cider  and  vinegar; 
married  Mary  A.  Tarbell.  daughter  of  Simon 
and  Sarah  (  Metzger  )  Tarbell,  granddaughter 
of  Daniel  Tarbell.  3.  Francis  D,.  of  \'irgil. 
Xew  York.  4.  Henry  DePuy,  of  Taughannock. 
New  York.  5.  Child,  died  in  infancy.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife  :  6.  Alice  J.,  married  1  lenry 
Hall,  of  Virgil.  7.  Charles  D.,  born  1855,  died 
1857.  8.  Joseph  D.,  January  8,  1857,  lives  at 
Cortland.  9.  Ella  N.,  married  Frank  Pnirt,  of 
Rlodgetts  Mills.  10.  DeWitt  J.,  bnrn  in  1877. 
died  in  1879. 

( VH  )  John  .Anthony,  son  of  John  James 
Freer,  was  born  in  Solon,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 27,  1840.  He  left  his  native  town  when 
very  j'oung,  and  removed,  with  his  parents,  to 
Cortland  and  Harford,  where  he  attended  the 
public  schools  in  winter.  In  summer  he  work- 
ed on  his  father's  farm.  He  lived  in  Harford 
from  1855  to  1837,  and  then  returned  to  Cort- 
land to  work  in  the  store  of  his  uncle,  .\nthony 
Freer,  attending  school  at  the  same  time.  In 
1862  he  was  one  of  the  fifteen  students  of 
Cortlandville  Academy  to  enlist  in  the  civil 
war.  He  joined  Company  M,  Tenth  Xew 
York  Cavalry,  and  served  to  the  close  of  the 
war.  being  mustered  out  in  June,  1865.  His 
regiment  was  in  the  Army  of  the  Potomac  and 
took  part  in  thirty-seven  different  engagements 
where  artillery  was  used.  It  w-as  under  fire 
over  one  hundred  times.  He  was  wounded  at 
-\ldie,  \'irginia.  anil  at  the  battle  <A  (lettys- 
burg,  and  was  on  the  picket  line  when  Lee  sur- 
rendered. He  took  part  in  the  great  military 
parade  and  review  in  Washington,  in  1865,  at 
the  close  of  the  war.  .At  the  time  of  his  dis- 
charge he  was  regimental  commissary  sergeant. 
His  discharge  was  dated  June  25,  1863.  He 
immediately  returned  to  Cortland,  and,  in  July, 
1863.  bought  thirty  horses  and  mules,  in  part- 
nership with  his  uncle,  Stephen  Decatur  Freer. 
He  was  employed  as  clerk  in  the  hardware 
store  of  Chamberlain  &  Benton,  in  Cortland, 
for  seven  years.  In  1871  he  went  west  and 
bought  a  ranch  in  Woodston,  Owl  Creek  town- 
ship, Kansas.  In  1883  he  returned  to  Xew 
York  state  and  conducted  a  fruit  farm  at 
Ithaca  for  a  year.  In  1884-85  he  was  in 
partnership  with  H.  M.  Kellogg,  in  the  hard- 
ware business  in  Cortland;  in   1887  he  went 


til  Ithaca  and  wa^  asMiciated  with  hi--  brother, 
Henry  Del'uy  iM-cer,  in  the  hotel  business 
until  1897.  i»  tli^'  spi'ing  of  1S9S  he  went 
west  again  and  spent  a  year  in  Colorado.  Since 
1899  he  has  been  in  the  employ  of  Wickwire 
Pirothers,  in  their  factory  at  Cortland.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Re])ublican,  He  was  a  trustee  of 
the  township,  bridge  commissioner  and  a  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  while  living  in  Kansas.  He 
has  traveled  extensivel\-  and  has  been  in  no 
less  than  thirty-seven  of  the  states  of  the 
Union.  He  is  a  member  of  the  order  of  Free 
and  Accepteil  Masons,  and  of  ( Irover  Post. 
Xo.  98,  Cirand  .\rmy  of  the  Republic,  of  which 
he  has  been  junior  and  senior  commander. 

He  married,  in  June,  1867.  Alary  E.  (  W'ar- 
ren  )  Hyde,  born  at  Schenectady,  Xew  York, 
Xovember,  1836,  daughter  of  Rev.  Ira  D. 
Warren,  born  in  .Albany,  Xew  'i'ork.  a  Meth- 
odist minister,  and  of  Eliza  { Caldwell )  War- 
ren. IJy  her  first  husband,  Asher  Hyde,  she 
had:  Ida,  Hattie,  Ira  and  Alary  (twins)  ;  the 
danghter.  Mary  Hyde,  married  W.  H.  Lewis, 
and  had  three  children  :  Ethel,  Hattie  and  Doro- 
th_\-.  Children  of  Air.  and  Mrs.  l^'reer :  i.  Pnirr 
P.,  born  in  Cortland,  March  20,  1871,  general 
agent  of  the  Oil  City  Tubular  Poller  Works, 
with  offices  in  Xew  York  City  ;  married  Delia 
Smith,  and  has  a  daughter  Kathryn.  2.  James 
Sturtevant,  born  in  Chanute,  Kansas.  March 
17,  1877,  president  and  general  manager  of  the 
Electric  Engraving  Company ;  married  Borgia 
Wang,  of  Chicago,  and  has  a  daughter  Eleanor. 

( \T )  Stephen  Decatur,  son  of  John  .An- 
thony (Johannes)  Freer,  was  born  in  Cortland, 
Xew  York,  August  18,  181 3,  died  July  14, 
1887.  He  attended  school,  as  a  boy.  at  the  "Four 
Corners,"  one  mile  south  of  the  village,  and. 
for  one  year,  was  a  student  in  the  high  school. 
-At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  became  clerk  in  the 
])ostofiice  then  kept  by  Canfield  Marsh,  and 
was  afterward  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade 
of  hat-finishing.  In  1834  he  l>ecame  clerk  in  the 
store  of  General  Randall,  located  on  the  south- 
west corner  of  Main  and  Tomi)kins  streets. 
In  1837  he  entered  the  employ  of  his  brother 
Anthony,  in  the  foundry  business,  and,  in  1838, 
was  admitted  to  partnership,  under  the  firm 
name  of  A.  &  S.  D.  Freer,  and  the  firm  con- 
ducted a  foundry  and  a  large  hardware  store 
until  1861.  The  hardware  store  was  sold  to 
Chamberlain  &  Benton.  In  the  meantime  Ste- 
[ihcn  D.  Freer  had  engaged  in  the  coal  busi- 
ness, at  the  time  of  the  opening  of  the  S.  P>.  & 
X.  A',  railroad,  in   1854,  and  he  continued  in 


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that  business  until  1865.  He  became  a  partner 
in  the  firm  of  Sears,  Freer  &  Cottrell,  organ- 
ized m  1864,  manufacturing  flaxseed  oil  in  the 
old  paper  mill.  In  1873  he  resumed  the  coal 
business  and  continued  in  it  the  remainder  of 
his  life.  This  last  venture  was  a  decided  suc- 
cess. In  1874  he  purchased  the  large  frame 
building,  then  at  the  corner  of  Railroad  street 
and  the  S.  B.  &  N.  Y.  railroad,  where  he  con- 
tinued in  business  until  1883.  In  August,  1883, 
he  moved  to  the  new  buildings,  just  completed 
by  him,  on  Pendleton  street,  opposite  the  Cort- 
land Wagon  Company's  works.  These  build- 
ings were  at  that  time  and  are  still  reckoned  as 
the  finest  in  this  section. 

He  was  one  of  the  strongest  and  most  influ- 
ential business  men  of  the  county.  As  chief 
officer  of  the  County  Agricultural  Society  he 
was  responsible,  in  a  large  measure,  for  the 
purchase  of  the  grounds  and  erection  of  the 
temporary  buiklings  in  i8s8.  He  was  at  the 
head  of  the  society  again  in  1862  and  1863. 
For  many  years  he  was  a  prominent  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  married  in 
1841,  Sarah  Maria  DePuy,  of  Accord,  Ulster 
county.  New  York,  daughter  of  Joseph  DePuv 
She  died  March  26,  1898.  Children:  Stephen 
DePuy,  mentioned  below  ;  Joseph  D.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1845;  Mary  E.,  June  7,  1847;  Will- 
iam C,  June  2,  1849. 

(VII)   Stephen  DePuy,  son  of  Stephen  De- 
catur Freer,  was  born  in   Cortland,    July  25 
1842.     He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  Berkshire  Academy,  at  Owego. 
New  York,  and  Troy  Polytechnic  School,  grad- 
uating from  the  civil  engineering  course.     He 
became  a  skillful  machinist  in  the  meantime 
For   several   years   he   was    employed    in    the 
vvorks  of  the  Yale  &  Towne  Lock  Company,  of 
Stamford,    Connecticut,    and    afterward   'iii    a 
machine  shop  at  Middletown.  Orange  county. 
New  York.     Within  the  past  few  years  he  has 
been  in  the  employ  of  Wickwire  Brothers    in 
their  factory  at  Cortland.    He  was  third  assist- 
ant engineer  at  the  Middletown  State  Insane 
Hospital,  and,  for  a  time,  was  a  marine  engi- 
neer on  a  Long  Island  .sound  .steamboat.     In 
jjohtics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  he  has  repre- 
sented his  party  as  delegate  to  various  nomi- 
nating conventions,  and  as  in.spector  of  elec- 
tions.     He    is   a    member   of    John    L.    Lewis 
Lrxlge  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Cortland;  of  Elon 
Kncampment.  and  the  Canton.     He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

He    married,    January    21,    1870,    Julia    M 


fsT^  S  A  '  °  ^''YJ''^'^'  ^°"-  ^^l^"d,  born 
1848  died  April  29,  1880,  aged  thirty-two  years, 
daughter  of  George  and  Catherine  (Adams) 
Buckingham.  Children:  i.  George  B.,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Antoinette,  born  in  1872  died 
in  .n fancy.  3.  Robert  Ross,  mentioned  below 
4,  Mana,  1875  died  in  infancy.  5.  Harriette 
K.,  July  29,  1878;  married  Charles  Keeler   of 

\7  ^,°'^-^'^yr    6-  J°hn  Anthony,  April' ifi, 
1000,  died  in  infancy. 

r^  'rf^^^l  G^o''ge  Buckingham,  son  of  Stephen 
Del  uy  Freer,  was  born  in  Cortland,  New 
\ork  December  8,  1870,  educated  in  the  public 
schools  there,  and  at  the  State  Normal  School 
of  Cortland.  He  was  employed  for  several 
years  by  the  Cortland  Carriage  Goods  Com- 
pany. He  learned  the  machinist's  trade  and 
also  that  of  printer.  For  the  past  six  years  he 
has  been  in  the  advertising  department  of  the 
Cortland  Daily  Standard.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  and  he  has  held  the  office  of  in- 
spector of  elections  in  Cortland,  and  taken  a 
prominent  part  in  the  affairs  of  his  party  He 
IS  a  member  of  Cortlandville  Lodge,  No  470 
I<ree  and  Accepted  Masons.  He  is  an  active 
member  of  the  Baptist  church,  the  Sunday 
school  of  which,  for  several  years,  he  was 
secretary,  and  of  which  he  is  at  present  assist- 
ant secretary. 

He  married,  April  8.  1893.  Ida  J.  Bush,  of 
Slaterville,  Tompkins  county.  New  York,  born 
August  22.  1875,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
Charity  M.  (Monroe)  Bush,  granddaughter 
of  Solomon  Bush,  who  was  a  hotelkeeper  in 
Slaterville,  in  the  early  days  of  the  town  They 
have  one  son  :  Paul  Sturtevant,  born  June  i  ? 
1894.^  •  ■^■ 

(  \TII)   Robert  Ross,  son  of  Stephen  DePuy 
brecr   was  born  September  30.-  1874.  in  Cort- 
land, New  \ork.     He  attended  the  State  Nor- 
mal  School  until  lacking  one  term  of  gradu- 
ating,   1893,   and    from   that   year  until    1896 
studied  art  at  the  National  Academy  of  De- 
sign, New  York  City.    He  engaged  in  general 
acrounting  work    for   three   years;   was   with 
I  itfany  Glass  &  Decorating  Company,  as  head 
of   office    force,    remaining    four    years;    was 
supervisor    of   the    home   offices    o'f    National 
Cash   Register   Company,   Dayton,   Ohio,   one 
year;  from  1904  to  1906  was  engaged  in  factory 
systematizing   in    Connecticut;   in    1906   wen't 
with    Miller  &  Franklin   Company    (Business 
Economists),  of  Boston,  and,  in  1909,  became 
their   district   manager,    with    heailf|uarters   in 
Cincinnati,  Ohio.     In  191 1  he  engaged  in  busi- 


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ness  under  his  own  name,  in  the  profession 
of  scientific  management,  covering  production 
engineering,  cost  accounting,  factory  organiza- 
tion and  systematizing.  He  married.  July  24, 
1897,  Jane  Bell,  daughter  of  John  and  Martha 
(Coulter)  Neill,  of  Brooklyn.  Children:  Ruth 
DePuy,  born  February  2,  1903,  in  Xew  York 
City,  and  Robert  Decatur,  born  January  16. 
1906.  in  Eridgeiiort,  Connecticut. 


William  Gould  was  born  in  1687. 
GOULD     (lied  February  2t,.  1723.    In  1717 

he  moved  to  New  Mil  ford,  Con- 
necticut. He  is  regarded  as  the  founder  of 
that  branch  of  the  Gould  family  now  repre- 
sented at  Binghaniton.  New  York,  being  the 
first  ancestor  (.)f  whom  they  have  any  record. 
He  married  (first),  November  28,  1706,  Abi- 
gail Dt?sbrow,  who  died  in  1714:  (second),  in 
1717,  Mary  Atkin.  Children  by  first  wife: 
William  Annis ;  Job,  see  forward.  By  second 
wife:  Samuel.  Abigail,  Mary. 

(H)  Job,  son  of  William  and  .-Xbigail  ( Des- 
brow)  Gould,  was  born  in  Milford,  Connecti- 
cut, in  171 1,  died  February  2~.  1795.  In  1760 
he  removed  to  Sharon,  Connecticut,  and  bought 
a  farm  near  Arnenise  Union.  New  York,  but 
finding  that  the  title  was  not  good  he  took  in- 
stead a  farm  on  Sharon  Mountain.  lie  mar- 
ried, in  1735.  Sarah  Prindle,  and  their  children 
were :  Abigail :  Rachel ;  Job,  see  forward  ;  Will- 
iam ;  Sarah:  David,  born  November,  1747,  died 
April  19,  1824,  married  Mary  Brewster  ;  Annis. 

(III)  Job  (2),  son  of  Job  (i)  ami  Sarah 
(  Prindle)  Gould,  was  born  in  1738,  died  April 

19,  1795.  He  married  Ruth ,  born  1733. 

died  1803.  They  were  the  parents  of  one  child  : 
Lyman,  see  forward.  The  following  epitaph 
was  inscribed  on  the  tomb  of  Job  Gould  Jr. : 

Sacred  to  the  memorv  of  Job  Gould,  Jr.,  who  died 
.\pril  19.  1795.  aged  57. 

O.  painful  thought,  yet  we  must  know 
The  grave's  the  place  where  all  must  go. 
If  dear.  good,  wise  and  just  they  be. 
Yet  death's  their  lot  as  here  we  see. 

(IV)  Lyman,  son  of  Job  (2)  and  Ruth 
Gould,  was  born  December  23,  1764.  died  in 
West  Troy,  New  Y^ork,  April  22,  1831.  He 
married  Sally,  daughter  of  David  and  Sarah 
(Day)  Downs.  David  Downs  was  born  in 
New  Haven,  Connecticut,  in  1737:  died  in 
Sharon,  Connecticut,  December  13,  1813.  He 
ser\'ed  in  the  revolutionary  army,  as  captain  in 


the  regiment  cnmmanded  by  Colonel  Charles 
Burrall.  in  1776.  1  le  was  taken  prisoner.  May 
19.  1776,  at  the  affair  of  the  Cedars,  Canada. 
The  regiment  having  been  raised  on  continental 
basis  to  serve  in  the  Northern  Department, 
under  General  .Schuyler,  for  the  year  1776,  its 
term  e-xjiired  January  19,  1777.  It  reenforced 
the  troops  besieging  Quebec,  under  Arnold  and 
Wooster,  and,  after  the  retreat  from  that  posi- 
tion, in  April.  1776,  was  stationed  at  Ticon- 
deroga  and  in  the  vicinity,  where  the  inen 
suffered  severely  from  siuallpfi.x.  Two  com- 
])anies  of  the  regiment,  commanded  respec- 
tively by  Captains  Downs  and  Stevens,  were 
engaged  in  the  affair  of  the  Cedars,  forty  miles 
above  Alontreal,  and  Captain  Downs,  as  men- 
tioned above,  was  captured  with  Captain  Ste- 
vens and  nearly  all  the  men  of  their  respective 
companies.  Captain  Downs  was  magistrate  of 
his  town,  and,  for  thirteen  sessions,  was  a 
member  of  the  continental  legislature.  Sarah 
Day,  wife  of  Captain  Downs,  was  descended 
from  Robert  Day.  who  was  born  about  1604, 
in  England,  and.  in  1634,  sailed  from  Ipswich, 
with  his  wife  Mary,  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth." 
He  settled  in  Newtown,  now  Cambridge,  Mas- 
sachusetts. Shortly  afterward  his  wife  died 
and  he  married  (second)  Editha  Stebbins.  sis- 
ter of  Deacon  Edward  Stebbins,  of  Flartford. 
His  son,  Thomas  ( i )  Day,  married,  October 
27,  1659,  Sarah  Cooper,  and  they  were  the 
parents  of  a  son,  Thomas  (2),  born  March  2^, 
1662.  He  had  a  son.  Thomas  (3),  born  Octo- 
ber 26,  1689.  first  of  Colchester,  Connecticut, 
later  of  Sharon,  Connecticut,  who  married,  for 
his  second  wife.  Mary  Wells.  They  had  a 
daughter  Sarah,  who  became  the  wife  of  David 
Downs,  as  mentioned  above. 

(V)  John  Henry,  son  of  Lyman  and  Sally 
(Downs)  Gould,  was  born  in  Sharon,  Connec- 
ticut, November  13,  1810,  died  June  4,  1879, 
at  Delhi,  New  Y'ork.  At  the  age  of  seventeen 
he  removed  to  Kingston.  New  York,  and  be- 
came clerk  to  the  firm  of  Smith  &  Gould,  mer- 
chants of  that  place,  remaining  until  1830.  In 
that  year  he  formed  a  partnership  with  his 
Ijrother,  the  Hon.  Herman  Day  Gould,  who 
afterward  represented  the  district  in  congress. 
John  Henry  Gould  was,  for  a  long  time,  one  of 
the  chief  merchants  in  Delhi.  In  consequence 
of  failing  health  he  was  advised  to  live  as 
much  as  possible  in  the  open  air,  and  therefore 
retired  from  mercantile  business,  securing  con- 
tracts  with   the   government    for   mail   routes. 


NEW   \()RK. 


These  he  sub-let  to  others.  He  was  a  public- 
spirited  citizen,  serving  as  colonel  in  the  state 
militia.  His  honesty  was  never  questioned, 
and  he  ever  maintained  a  character,  in  all  re- 
spects, absolutely  unimpeachable.  He  married, 
[838,  Mary  Hassam,  daughter  of  Solon  and 
Mary  (Hassam)  Lovell,  who  were  married 
January  18,  1815  (see  Hassam  I\').  Solon 
Lovell  was  the  son  of  John  and  Martha  (  Corey) 
Lovell.  In  1775,  when  the  Cjrecn  Mountain 
Boys  marched  to  Ticonderoga,  under  Colonel 
Ethan  Allen,  John  Lovell  went  with  them,  as 
captain  of  a  company.  He  also  went  with 
Colonel  Allen  to  Manchester,  Massachusetts, 
and  to  Bennington,  Vermont,  in  1777.  As  a 
member  of  Captain  Simond's  company  of  Rock- 
ingham (Vermont)  men  he  participated  in  the 
battle  of  Guilford  Courthouse,  March  13,  1781. 
John  Henry  and  Mary  Hassam  (  Lovell)  (jould 
were  the  parents  of  the  following  children:  i. 
John  Henry.  2.  .Sarah  .Ann,  born  I'ebruary 
14,  1840,  died  March  8,  1861.  3.  Herman 
Hassam,  born  January  13,  1843,  died  April  2. 
1908.  4.  Mary  Lovell,  married  (fir.st)  Samuel 
A.  Fitch,  M.  D. ;  (second)  Thomas  Webster 
Browne;  removed  to  Binghamton,  1888:  she  is 
a  charter  member  of  Colony  13,  Society  of 
New  England  Women.  S-  Lvman,  born  May 
7,  1848,  died  April  9,  1878.  6.  Lillian  .Xnn  E., 
see  forward. 

(VI)  Lillian.Vnn  E., daughter  of  John  Henry 
and  Mary  Hassam  (Lovell)  Gould,  was  born 
at  Delhi,  New  York,  educated  at  Delaware 
Academy  and  Elmira  College,  and  moved  to 
Binghamton,  New  York,  in  1888.  She  is  a 
member  of  the  First  Presbyterian  Church, 
and  an  original  member  of  Tuscarora  Chap- 
ter, Daughters  of  the  American  Revolution, 
national  number  10695,  chapter  number  29. 
In  May,  1902,  she  caused  to  be  i^laced  on  the 
south  wall  of  the  Broome  county  courthouse  a 
bronze  memorial  tablet  to  the  soldi-ers  and 
.sailors  of  the  American  revolution,  which  was 
unveiled  May  16,  of  that  year.  In  1902-03  she 
was  a  student  at  the  Corcoran  School  of  Art, 
Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  and,  in  1906, 
graduated  in  a  course  of  nature  study  at  Cor- 
nell University.  For  many  years  she  has  been 
chairman  of  the  nature  study  department  of 
the  Monday  Afternoon  Club,  of  Binghamton. 
Miss  Gould  has,  among  other  family  relics,  a 
mahogany  dresser,  with  swell  front,  inlaid  with 
satin  wood,  and  a  large  mirror,  with  gilt  frame, 
once  owned  by  her  great-grandfather,  Stephen 
Hassam:  also  a  banjo  clock,  made  by  him. 


(The  Hassam  Line). 
Hassam  is  a  corruption  of  the  English  sur- 
name Horsham.  In  the  unsettled  orthography 
of  the  early  records  in  this  country,  it  appears 
not  only  in  its  proper  form  "Horsham"  but  in 
twenty  other  ways,  namely:  Horshom,  Har- 
shom,  Horsom,  Hassum,  Hessam,  Horsome, 
Horsum,  Hashom. 

(I)  William  Hassam,  progenitor  of  one 
branch  of  this  numerous  family,  settled,  prob- 
ably about  the  middle  of  the  seventeenth  cen- 
tury, in  Manchester,  Alassachusetts,  in  that 
part  of  the  town  called  Newport,  where  he  had 
several  grants  of  land.  The  first  was  in  April, 
1684,  and  the  second  in  1690.  The  first  grant 
fell  short,  and,  in  1704,  a  third  was  made  to 
su]i]ily  the  deficiency.  William  Hassam  is  fre- 
quently mentioned  in  the  town  records,  his 
name  ap])earing  in  no  fewer  than  thirteen  dif- 
ferent modes  of  spelling.  In  1693  he  was  con- 
stable, in  1696  surveyor  of  highways,  and  he 
held  other  town  and  public  offices.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Marblehead,  December  4,  1684,  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Allen,  of  Manchester,  and 
died  in  that  town  about  1735. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  William  and  Sarah 
(Allen)  Hassam,  married,  October  24,  1727, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Sarah  Dawes. 
Children,  born  in  Boston:  i.  Samuel,  see  for- 
ward. 2.  Sarah,  born  July  15,  1731.  Mrs. 
I  lassam  survived  her  husband,  and  married, 
about  1738,  Andrew  Burgher.   She  died  before 

1759- 

(HI)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  and 
Sarah  (Dawes)  Hassam,  was  born  May  15, 
1729,  in  Boston.  Massachusetts.  In  1759  he 
served  under  General  .\mherst,  during  the 
cam])aign  in  Canada.  He  married  (first ),  May 
22.  1 75 1,  in  Boston,  Hannah  Simjison.  She 
died  about  1769,  and  he  married  (second), 
March  20,  1774,  in  Boston,  Mary  Finney.  Chil- 
dren, all  by  first  wife:.i.  Samuel,  died  unmar- 
ried during  the  revolutionary  war.  2.  Josiah, 
was  a  sea  captain ;  went  south  and  was  of 
lialtimorc  about  1802-03.  3-  ^^tephen,  see  for- 
ward. 4.  Jonathan,  born  about  1764,  died 
.March  29,  1845.  During  the  siege  of  Boston, 
when  permission  was  given  to  the  inhabitants 
to  leave  the  town,  Mr.  Hassam  went,  witii  his 
family,  to  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
and  his  wife  died  before  1790,  perhaps  in  1777 
or  1778. 

( IV)  .Stephen,  son  of  Samuel  (  2)  and  Han- 
nah (.Simpson)  Hassam,  was  born  about  1761, 
the  date  being  inferred   from  the   fact  that  he 


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was  between  the  ages  of  ten  and  fifteen  when 
the  battle  of  lUmker  [fill  was  fought.  He 
witnessed  the  conflict  from  the  steeple  of  a 
church,  at  the  North  End,  and  carried  water 
to  the  soldiers  of  the  Copps  Hill  battery.  He 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  displaying 
both  courage  and  patriotism.  He  went,  with 
his  family,  to  Grafton,  afterward  renidving 
to  ^Vorcester,  where  he  learned  the  trade  of 
clock-making.  .\  very  beautiful  sijecimen  of 
the  so-called  "banjo"  clock,  made  by  him, 
is  now  in  the  possession  of  his  great-grand- 
daughter, Aliss  Lillian  A.  E.  Gould,  of  Bing- 
hamton,  .\'ew  York,  and  a  clock,  made  by  him, 
is  in  the  tower  of  the  M.  E.  Church,  in  Spring- 
field, X'ermont.  He  afterward  went  to  Charles- 
town,  New  flampshire,  where  the  remainder 
of  his  life  was  spent.  He  married  (  first ),  Sep- 
tember 2"],  1787,  at  Charlestown,  Theodosia. 
born  in  1769,  died  in  Charlestown,  March  (), 
[841,  (laughter  of  John  and  Susannah  Hast- 
ings (see  Willard  family).  Children,  all  born 
in  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire:  i.  Elizabeth, 
born  May,  1790,  died  in  Delhi,  New  York; 
married,  about  181 5,  in  Charlestown,  James 
Plumb,  of  Middletown,  Connecticut.  2.  Mary, 
born  December  ig,  1791,  died  in  Delhi,  New 
York,  February  4,  1867:  married,  in  Charles- 
town, 1815,  Solon  Eovell,  of  Rockingham,  Ver- 
mont ;  had  two  children  :  i.  Hassam  C)vid,  mar- 
ried (first),  May  20,  1832.  Rebecca  Mallory, 
who  died  April  2,  1859,  they  had  a  son,  John 
Russell,  born  October  2,  1857;  he  married 
(second)  Mary  Fuller,  December  16,  1864, 
they  had  one  child,  Frederick  Hassam,  born 
C)ctober  3,  1865,  he  married  Jessie  Chidsey 
and  resides  in  California;  ii.  ^lary  Hassam, 
born  P'ebruary  12,  1820.  died  December  12, 
1883,  married  John  Henry  Gould  (see  Gould 
V).  3.  John  Hastings,  born  1792,  died  in 
Raleigh,  North  Carolina,  about  1822;  he  mar- 
ried, in  Raleigh,  Margaret  Nichols,  and  had 
one  child,  who  died  in  infancy.  4.  Miranda, 
married,  in  Charlestown,  Guy  Ely,  of  that 
town,  and  died  in  Delhi,  New  York,  February 
15,  1856.  5.  Stephen  Danforth,  see  forward. 
Stephen  Hassam  married  (second),  in  Spring- 
field, Vermont,  Augu.st  19,  1841,  Lucy  A. 
Miller,  of  that  town.  They  had  children :  C). 
John  Ferdinand,  born  about  1843,  ''i^*l  '" 
Washington,  District  of  Columbia,  July  31, 
1863;  he  served  as  a  private  in  Company  B, 
Fourteenth  New  Hampshire  Volunteers,  dur- 
ing the  civil  war.  7.  Flora  J.,  born  October  5, 
1844,  died  in  .Springfield,  Vermont,  February 


9,  i8('>8;  she  married,  in  that  town,  I\Iarch  14, 
1866,  Charles  Burnham.  8.  Winfield  Scott, 
born  September  19,  1847,  i"  Claremont,  New 
Hampshire,  died  May,  1907 ;  was  in  seven 
hard-fought  battles  in  civil  war,  and  mustered 
out  before  seventeen  years  old.  9.  Carrie 
I'hcebe,  born  September  19,  1849;  married,  in 
.Springfield,  \'ermont,  August  13,  1868,  Eugene 
.\.  Randall;  she  is  a  member  of  the  Daughters 
of  the  American  Revolution.  10.  Emily,  born 
.-Xugust,  185 1,  died  1855.  Stephen  Hassam 
died  in  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  Febru- 
ary 4.  1861,  aged  about  one  hundred  years. 

(  \' )  Stephen  Danforth,  son  of  Stephen  and 
Theodosia  (Hastings)  Hassam,  was  born  May 
14,  1797,  died  December  29,  1851.  He  married, 
in  Charlestown,  New  Hampshire,  October  24, 
1822,  Mary,  daughter  of  Roswell  Hunt.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  in  Charlestown:  i.  John  Hast- 
ings, born  August  12,  1823,  died  March  21, 
1835.  2.  I'rederick  Fitch,  see  forward.  3. 
George  Avery,  born  .\ugust  20,  1832;  married, 
in  Manchester,  New  Hampshire,  November  2, 
1854,  Leonora  Babb.  4.  Roswell  Hunt,  born 
I-'ebruary  16,  1845. 

(  \T  )  Frederick  Fitch,  son  of  Stephen  Dan- 
forth and  Mary  (Hunt)  Hassam,  was  born 
October  6,  1825.  He  married,  in  New  York 
City,  January  7,  185 1,  Rosa  Delia,  daughter  of 
Peleg  and  Alary  Hathorne,  of  Bangor,  Maine. 
Children,  all  born  in  Dorchester,  Massachu- 
■setts:  I.  Rosa,  born  March  29,  1832,  died 
March  19,  1833.  2.  Lily,  born  November  28, 
1834.  3.  Frederick,  October  8,  1839.  4.  Mary, 
.August"  29,  1861.    3.  Norval,  May  17,  1866. 

(The  Willard  Line). 

(I)  Richard  Willard,  the  earliest  recorded 
ancestor  nf  the  American  branch  of  the  family, 
died  at  Horsmondon,  Kent,  England,  in  1616, 

(II)  Simon,  son  of  Richard  \\'illard,  was 
baptized  .\pril  7,  1605,  and,  in  1634,  emigrated 
to  New  England.  During  King  Philip's  war 
he  commanded  a  troop  of  horse,  with  the  rank 
of  major.  He  was  then  living  in  Lancaster, 
Massachusetts,  and,  when  that  place  was  de- 
stroyed by  the  Indians,  he  moved  to  Salem, 
where  he  jiassed  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
married  (first)  Mary  Sharpe  ;  (second)  Eliza- 
beth Dunster;  (third)  Mary  Dunster.  He  was 
the  father  of  two  sons,  one  of  whom  was 
Simon,  see  forward. 

(III)  Simon  (2),  son  of  Simon  (i)  Will- 
ard, made  his  home  at  Still  River.  He  had  the 
following  sons :  Moses,  see  forward ;  Henry, 


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Hezekiah,  John,  Joseph,  Josiah,  Samuel,  Jona- 
than, James. 

(IV)  Moses,  son  of  Simon  (2)  \\'illar(], 
was  a  clock-maker,  and  laid  the  foundation  of 
the  fame  of  the  family  as  manufacturers  of 
time  pieces.  He  was  the  inventor  of  the 
"banjo"  and  "lyre"  clocks. 

(V)  Susannah,  daughter  of  Moses  Willard, 
was  born  in  1730.  in  Boston,  Alassachusetts, 
and,  at  the  age  of  seventeen,  became  the  wife 
of  James  Johnson.  Two  years  after  their 
marriage  they  removed  to  Charlestown,  New 
Hampshire,  making  their  home  at  the  fort, 
until  the  prospect  of  peace  between  Great 
Britain  and  France  allayed  their  fears  of  the 
Indians  (who  were  allies  of  the  French),  and 
Mr.  Johnson  deemed  it  safe  to  remove  to  a 
farm,  which  he  owned,  distant  about  one  hun- 
dred rods  from  the  fort,  which  was  then  the 
uppermost  settlement  on  the  Connecticut  river. 
For  a  few  years  all  was  peace  and  harmony, 
but,  early  in  1754,  another  rupture  seemed 
imminent  between  England  and  France.  How- 
ever, as  immediate  war  was  not  threatened, 
Mr.  Johnson  ventured  to  make  a  trading  tour 
of  Connecticut.  During  his  absence  fearful 
rumors  of  Indian  hostilities  reached  the  fam- 
ily at  the  farm,  but,  on  August  24,  their  anxiety 
was  relieved  by  the  safe  return  of  Mr.  John- 
son, and,  by  the  news  which  he  brought,  that 
a  war  was  expected  in  the  following  spring, 
but  that  no  immediate  danger  was  anticipated. 
For  a  few  days  they  lived  in  a  state  of  happy 
security,  or  fancied  security,  but,  in  the  early 
morning  of  August  30,  they  were  aroused  by  a 
band  of  hostile  Indians,  who  carried  them  away 
captive.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Johnson,  their  three 
children  and  Mrs.  Johnson's  sister  Miriam. 

After  a  toilsome  march  they  halted  for  the 
night,  and,  in  the  morning,  a  daughter  was 
born  to  Mrs.  Johnson,  and  was  appropriately 
named  Captive.  The  hardships  and  privations 
of  a  nine  days'  journey  brought  them  to  Lake 
Champlain.  where  they  found  canoes  in  readi- 
ness. Mrs.  Johnson  sjieaks  of  this  arrival  as 
one  of  the  liap|jiest  hours  of  her  life,  knowing, 
as  she  did,  that  a  sail  of  twelve  hours  would 
bring  them  to  a  settlement  of  civilized  French- 
men. After  a  night  on  the  water  they  landed, 
and  the  Indians  executed  the  war  dance,  after 
which  they  reembarked,  and,  about  noon,  ar- 
rived at  Crown  Point.  There  they  were  taken 
to  the  residence  of  the  French  commander,  by 
whom  they  were  treated  with  all  possible  kind- 
ness.    On  the  fourtli  day  they  were  again  <le- 


livered  to  the  Indians  and  taken  to  the  water- 
side, where  they  embarked  for  a  three  days' 
journey  to  St.  Johns,  where  they  again  experi- 
enced the  kindness  of  the  French.  They  finally 
arrived  at  St.  Francis,  where  the  Indians  be- 
longed. All  the  prisoners,  with  the  exception 
of  Mrs.  Johnson,  her  son,  six  years  old,  and 
her  infant  daughter,  were  taken  to  Montreal, 
where  they  were  bought  by  the  French.  At 
the  end  of  two  months  a  letter  was  received 
from  Mr.  Johnson  re(|uesting  the  Indians  to 
take  his  wife  to  Montreal,  as  he  had  made 
arrangements  for  her  purchase.  On  their  ar- 
rival at  that  city  Mrs.  Johnson  found  that  her 
fellow-prisoners,  with  the  exception  of  her  eld- 
est daughter,  were  kindly  treated  by  their  ]nir- 
chasers.  The  day  after  her  arrival  Mr.  John- 
son v\'as  released  on  parole,  in  order  that  he 
might  go  to  New  England  and  raise  money  for 
the  redemption  of  his  family.  Mrs.  Johnson, 
during  his  absence,  was  purchased  by  Monsieur 
Duquesne,  who  received  her  into  his  family  to 
await  the  return  of  her  husband.  Mr.  John- 
son received  from  Governor  Shirley,  of  Alassa- 
chusetts,  ten  pounds,  with  which  to  defray  ex- 
penses, and  from  Governor  W'inthrop,  of  New 
Hampshire,  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  for 
the  redemption  of  the  prisoners.  He  had  pro- 
ceeded as  far  as  Worcester,  on  his  return  to 
Montreal,  when  a  letter  was  received  from 
( jovernor  Shirley  forbidding  him  to  go  further, 
the  French  having  invaded  King  George's  terri- 
tories, the  frontiers  of  New  Hampshire  and 
New  York.  Not  until  five  months  liad  passed 
could  he  obtain  from  Governor  Winthrop  per- 
mission to  i)roceed  to  Montreal  privately,  and, 
meanwhile,  the  French,  thinking  he  Iiad  de- 
signedly broken  his  parole,  would  have  nothing 
to  do  with  his  wife,  obliging  her  and  her  sister 
to  support  themselves  by  the  use  of  the  needle. 
Mr.  Johnson,  on  his  arrival,  was  thrown  into 
prison,  and,  after  a  time,  was  taken,  with  his 
wife  and  two  youngest  children,  to  Quebec, 
where,  for  three  years,  they  endured  all  the 
horrors  of  a  most  cruel  imprisonment.  They 
were  finally  permitted  to  take  passage  on  a 
vessel  bound  for  England,  for  the  exchange  of 
|)risoners.  Two  weeks  after  their  arrival  they 
embarked  for  America,  and,  after  a  voyage  of 
seven  weeks,  arrived  safely  in  New  England. 
Mrs.  Johnson  says,  in  the  account  which  she 
has  written  of  her  cajitivity : 

I  had  the  extreme  felicity  of  finding  myself, 
sister  and  two  children  on  my  n.itivc  shore.  Mr. 
Johnson    was    not    released    until    six    months    later, 


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January,  1758,  and  joined  his  family  at  Charlcstovvn. 
Sylvanus,  my  son,  was  restored  to  me  the  following 
year,  but  had  forgotten  the  English  language,  spoke 
a  little  French,  but  was  perfect  in  Indian.  My  daugh- 
ter Susannah  still  remained  in  Canada,  being  treated 
with  the  greatest  kindness  by  the  three  sisters  who 
adopted  her. 

In  1799  a  monument  was  erected  to  the 
memory  of  Mrs.  Johnson,  with  this  inscription  : 

This  is  near  the  spot  where  the  Indians  encamped 
the  night  after  tliey  took  Mr.  Johnson  and  family, 
August  30,  1754,  and  Mrs.  Johnson  was  delivered 
of  her  child,  half  a  mile  up  the  hook. 

When  troubles  near  the  Lord  is  kind, 
He  hears  the  captives  cry; 
He  can  subdue  the  savage  mind. 
And  learn   it  sympathy. 

Another  inontnncnt  was  erectetl,  at  a  little 
distance,  with  this  inscription : 

If  mothers  e'er  should  wander  here. 
They'll  drop  a  sympathetic  tear, 
For  her  who  in  the  howling  wild 
Was  safe  delivered  of  a  child. 

Mrs.  Johnson  wrote  instances  of  longevity 
in  her  family,  which  were  truly  wonderful. 
My  aged  mother,  before  her  death,  could  say 
to  me,  arise,  daughter,  and  go  to  thy  daughter, 
for  thy  daughter's  daughter  has  a  daughter,  a 
command  which  few  mothers  can  make  and 
be  obeyed. 

Mrs.  Johnson  survived  her  husband  and 
married  (second)  John  Hastings.  Their  daugh- 
ter Theodosia  became  the  wife  of  Stephen 
Hassam  (see  Hassam  IV).  Mrs.  Hastings 
died  in  her  eighty-first  year,  having  been  the 
mother  of  fourteen  children. 


William  Stilson,  or  Stillsou,  the 
STILSON     immigrant  ancestor  of  all  the 

early  colonial  families  of  this 
name,  was  born  in  Herefordshire,  England, 
and  settled  at  Charlestown,  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  yeoman.  He  and  his  wife  Elizabeth 
were  admitted  to  the  church  at  Charlestown. 
March  22,  1633.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman. 
June  II,  1633,  and  was  a  proprietor  of  the 
town  in  1635,  and  a  town  officer.  He  was 
ordained  deacon  October  16,  1659.  He  de- 
posed, December  28,  1658,  that  he  was  aged 
fifty-eight  years.  His  wife  Elizabeth  died  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1669-70.  He  married  (second).  Au- 
gust 22,  1670,  Mary  Norton.  He  died  April 
II,  1691,  aged  ninety. 

(II)   Vincent,  son  of  William  Stilson,  was 


born  doubtless  in  Hereford,  England,  near  the 
border  of  Wales,  and  settled  in  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1646.  He  livetl  at  Alarblehead, 
Massachusetts,  1668-74,  and  died  at  Milford, 
in  1690.  The  land  records,  in  the  town  clerk's 
oflice,  Milford,  show  a  transfer  from  \'incent 
Stilson  to  George  Clark,  January  18,  i68fi. 
The  will  of  \'incent  Stilson,  dated  September 
i~,  1687,  mentions  his  wife  and  children:  \'in- 
ceut.  who  settled  in  Newtown,  Connecticut,  be- 
fore 1731  ;  James;  Hugh;  Charles;  Moses,, 
mentioned  below;  Agnes  Hawkins,  wife  of 
George  Barlow  (Barley  or  Bailey). 

(III)  Moses,  son  of  Vincent  Stilson,  was 
horn  in  1676.  and  removed  to  Newtown,  in  1720, 
where  he  died  in  1760,  aged  eighty-four  years. 
He  and  his  wife  were  received  into  the  fellow- 
ship of  the  church.  May  27,  1753,  by  letter, 
signed  by  J.  Judson,  pastor.  He  married  Char- 
ity Gridley,  of  Boston,  who  was  admitted  to 
the  church  May  9,  1708. 

(IV)  Moses  (2),  son  of  Moses  (i)  Stilson, 
was  born  in  1705,  and  died  in  1777.  He  was 
appointed  ensign  of  the  first  company  of  the 
train  band  in  New  Milford,  1775.  He  married 
;\Iary  Bennett,  born  1708,  died  1766.  Chil- 
dren; John,  born  .\pril  26,  1732,  died  aged 
five  years  ;  Anah,  born  July  26,  1734,  died  aged 
three  years;  Enoch,  bom  April  2".  1736,  mar- 
ried Freelove  ,  C)ctober  31,   1754,  who 

died  in  1776;  Anah,  born  July  26,  1738,  mar- 
ried Cyrenus  Ruggles,  died  1778;  Charity,  born 
.\Iav  31,  1740,  married  Edmund  Clark;  John, 
born  October  16,  1742,  died  March  2g,  1821, 
married  Hannah  Trowbridge,  who  died  March 
-5'  1795'  aged  fifty-four;  Riverius.  born  July 
26,  1 7-14,  was  a  deacon  many  years,  married 
Anne  Baldwin,  1767.  died  1802,  lived  on  Stil-^on 
Hill;  Nathan,  mentioned  below;  Abiah.  born 
February  8,  1751,  married  Hezekiah  Tread- 
well;  I'hilo,  born  June  4,  1754,  married  Mary 
r.emiett,  died  December  12,  1787. 

(V)  Nathan,  son  of  Moses  (2)  Stilson,  was 
born  at  Milford  or  Newtown,  October  14,  1746, 
antl  died  May  26,  1826.  He  lived  at  New 
Milford,  Connecticut,  and  married  Elizabeth 
Stewart,  born  July  13,  1751,  died  July  26, 
1820.  Children,bornat  New  Milford;  Cyrenus, 
born  1771.  died  December  28,  1845,  married 
Sarah  Baldwin,  who  died  March  31.  1844; 
Moses,  1774.  married  Charlotte  Foster,  died 
October  2,  1859;  Sally.  1776,  died  April  8, 
1841,  married  Zadock  Noble;  Lucinda,  1779, 
died  March  4,  1861,  married  Amnion  Bostwick. 
of  West  Meredith  ;  William,   1783,  died  May 


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4,  1862,  married  Affa  Ward;  Nathan,  men- 
tioned below.  According  to  the  first  federal 
<:ensus  Nathan,  of  New  Milford,  had  in  his 
family  two  sons  over  sixteen,  four  under  that 
age  and  two  females.  Truman,  Riverius  and 
John  also  had  families  there. 

(VI)  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (i)  Stil- 
son,  was  born  in  New  Milford,  March  24, 
1785.  He  removed  to  West  Meredith,  New 
York,  where  he  died  March  15,  1858.  He 
married  Sophia  Ford.  Children:  Madison,  born 
at  West  Meredith,  Alay  8,  181 1,  died  September 

15,  1877,  married  (first)  Harriet  Beach,  mar- 
ried (second)  Anna  Church,  born  1829;  Ansyl 
Ford,  mentioned  below ;  Lucinda,  or  Lucy, 
June  15,   1815,  married   (first)   a  Mr.  Seeley, 

(second)  Dr.  Seward  Smith,  who  lived  in 
Hartwick.  Otsego  county.  New  York,  died 
January  7,  1864;  Miranda  Bostwick,  January 

16,  181 7,  married  James  Fisher,  of  Windsor, 
New  York,  December  25,  1839,  died  January 
12,  1886:  John,  July  25,   1819,  died  February 

17,  1889,  married  (first)  Christina  Fisher,  De- 
cember 22,  1 84 1,  and  she  died  January  31, 
1850,  married  (second),  January  14,  1861, 
Eleanor  J.  Swart,  and  she  died  September  i. 
1872,  married  (third)  Harriett  McKinnon : 
Philo,  September  27,  1827,  died  August  4, 
1848,  aged  twenty-one  years. 

(VH)  Ansyl  Ford,  son  of  Nathan  (2)  Stil- 
son,  was  born  in  West  Meredith,  September 
30,  1813,  and  died  February  12,  1857.  He 
married  (first),  December  30,  1835,  Susan 
Dewey,  born  October  16,  18 13,  died  December 
24,  1841  :  (second)  Lucia  Ford.  He  was  a 
merchant  at  Meredith.  Children  of  first  wife: 
I.  Lyman,  born  October  2,  1837,  died  January 
19,  1838.  2.  Edward,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Laura  Maria,  born  in  Franklin,  New  York, 
November  17,  1841  ;  married,  October  3,  1863, 
De  Ver  Ford,  and  lived  in  Algona,  Iowa,  and 
Cortland,  New  York.  Children  of  second  wife: 
I.  Arthur  Clark,  born  February  3,  1845  ;  mar- 
ried, September  3,  1867,  Addie  Russell  Seaton, 
and  their  children  were :  Edward  Seaton,  born 
January  5,  1870;  Helena,  June  13,  1875.  2. 
Sophia  Ellen,  born  September  23,  1846;  mar- 
ried Dr.  Byron  Pierce,  of  Coopers  Plains,  New 
York.  3.  Lucy,  July  i,  1849,  died  March  4, 
1864.  4.  Alice  Margaret,  October  26,  1853; 
married  (first)  Clement  (iimld,  who  died  Janu- 
ary 17,  1895,  (second)  Albert  Wheeler,  who 
died  August  4,  1910. 

(VIII)  Edward,  son  of  Ansyl  Ford  Stilson, 
was  bom  in  Franklin,  New  York,  July  21-,  1839, 


and  died  Oct(jber  23,  1868.  He  was  a  tin- 
smith by  trade,  and  was  a  hardware  mer- 
chant at  Franklin.  He  married,  September  18, 
1 86 1,  Mary  C.  Wickwire,  born  February  13, 
1841,  died  October  11,  1900,  daughter  of  Ray- 
mond Wickwire  (see  Wickwire).  Children: 
Arthur  Ford  and  Edward,  both  mentioned 
below. 

(  IX)  Arthur  Ford,  son  of  Edward  Stilsun, 
was  born  at  Franklin,  Delaware  county,  New 
York,  December  9,  1864.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  the  State  Normal  School,  and 
Eastman's  Business  College,  at  Poughkeepsie. 
He  is  superintendent  of  the  iilant  of  \\'ickwire 
Brothers,  and  has  worked  for  this  concern 
since  he  graduated  from  school.  He  has  been 
active  in  public  affairs.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  board  of  education  for  nine  years,  presi- 
dent for  six  years,  and  president  of  the  incor- 
porated village.  Lender  his  administration  the 
main  street  was  paved,  and  other  public  im- 
provements carried  on.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
.Second  National  Bank  of  Cortland.  In  relig- 
ion he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  is  a  trustee  of  the 
church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried, Jaiuiary  22,  1890,  Carrie  Louise,  daugh- 
ter of  Henry  F.  and  Caroline  (Putnam)  Ben- 
ton, of  Cortland ;  she  uses  for  her  name, 
Louisa  B.  Children :  Raymond  Putnam,  born 
October  16,  1892,  died  December  22,  1893; 
Chester  Benton,  lanuary  16,  1896. 

( IX)  Edward'(2),  .son  of  Edward  (  i )  Stil- 
son, was  born  in  Cortland.  March  9,  1867.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  na- 
tive town,  and  at  the  State  Normal  School,  at 
Cortland.  He  has  been  employed  all  his  active 
life  in  the  plant  of  Wickwire  Brothers,  and  is 
at  ]iresent  treasurer  of  the  corporation.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  and  in  politics  a 
Republican.  He  married,  March  4,  1891,  Mar- 
tha, born  in  Moravia.  New  York,  June  12,  1S71, 
daughter  of  Frank  W.  and  Georgia  (Petrie) 
Collins.  Children,  born  at  Cortland:  Ceorgia 
Jennette,  July  22,  1892;  Mary  Wickwire,  July 
15,  1894;  Laura  Ford,  November  15,  1895; 
Edward,  November  18,  1899. 


John  Greenman,  immigrant 
GREENMAN     ancestor  of  all  the  cokinial 

families  of  Greemnan,  was 
born  in  England.  He  was  admitted  an  in- 
habitant of  Newport,  and  his  name  is  on  the 
list  dated  May  20.  1638.  He  soon  died,  or  left 
the  colony,  as  nothing  more  appears  about  him 
in  the  records.     .Austin  assumes  that  he  is  the 


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father  of  tlic  tliiee  named  David,  Edward 
and  Content,  but  says  he  may  have  been  an 
elder  brother.  Children:  i.  David,  was  a  free- 
man at  Newport,  in  1655,  and  apjjears  to  have 
left  no  descendants.  2.  Edward,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Content,  born  1636,  died  March  i"; . 
1666:  married  Walter  Clarke,  son  of  Jeremiah 
and  Frances  (  Latham  )  Clarke. 

(II)  tZdward,  son  of  John  Greenman,  set- 
tled in  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  where  he  died 

about  1688.     He  married  Mary .     He 

was  a  wheelwright,  and  he  and  his  brother 
David  sold  to  John  Green  twenty-two  acres  of 
land,  near  the  village  called  Green  End,  on  the 
highway  from  Portsmouth  to  Newport,  Febru- 
ary 20,  1647.  He  was  a  freeman  in  1655: 
commissioner  in  1657;  had  a  quarter  share  of 
land  in  Westerly  assigned  to  him  September 
9,  1661  ;  was  de|nity  to  the  general  assembly, 
1668-69-70-82:  juror  in  1^)71,  and  grand  jury 
foreman  in  1688.  Children:  i.  Edward,  born 
1663,  died  1749,  lived  at  Kingston  and  Qiarles- 
town,  Rhode  Island ;  was  deputy,  assistant, 
speaker  of  the  house  of  deputies.  2.  John, 
born  i6Wi,  died  September  30,  1727,  leaving 
Eunice,  Jerusha  and  Leah.  3.  William,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Thomas,  born  iNx;,  diecl 
1728;  married  Mary  Weeden :  was  a  tailor  by 
trade,  at  South  Kingston  ;  children  :  Sylvanus, 
another  son  and  two  daughters,  who  were  nr)t 
mentioned  by  name  in  his  will.  5.  Mary,  mar- 
ried, March  8,  1706,  Adam  Casey,  born  about 
1667,  died  April,  1765. 

(III)  William,  son  of  Edward  (ireenman. 
was  of  Kingston,  Westerly  and  Newport,  Rhode 
Island.  He  married  Ann  Clarke,  born  1675. 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  and  Ann  (  Audley  )  Clarke. 
He  and  wife  Ann  sold  land  at  Westerly,  March 
2,  1706,  and  he  was  one  of  the  grantees  of  the 
church  property  of  the  Second  Baptist  Church, 
Newport,  January  23,  1707.  Children:  .-Vnn, 
William,  Jeremiah,  James,  Elisha,  Mary,  Eliz- 
abeth and  Amey. 

(  \' )  r.enjamin  Greenman,  grandson  of  Will- 
iam (HI)  or  Thomas  Greenman  (HI),  was 
born  about  1730.  He  married,  at  South  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island,  January  23,  1755,  Ruth  Shef- 
field (by  Samuel  Tefft,  justice  of  the  peace). 
Deborah,  presumably  his  sister,  married,  at 
South  Kingston,  November  15.  1753.  In  the 
census  of  1790  we  find  as  heads  of  families,  in 
Rhode  Island,  only  Gideon  (2),  of  South  Kings- 
ton :  James,  of  Portsmouth  :  Jeremiah,  of  Provi- 
dence;  John  (3),  of  South  Kingston:  Silas 
(3),  of  South  and  North  Kingston.  an<l  Will- 


iam, of  Newport.  We  find  no  record  of  the 
family  at  all  at  New  Shoreham,  otherwise 
called  lUock  Island,  and  it  is  not  likely  that 
any  of  them  made  a  permanent  home  there. 
A  branch  of  the  family  located  at  Stonington. 
Connecticut,  and  a  few  families  of  the  name 
were  in  Connecticut  as  early  as  1790. 

(\'l)  Penjamin  (2),  son  of  Benjamin  (i) 
(jreenman,  was  born  in  Rhode  Island,  at  New 
Shoreham,  or  Block  Island,  according  to  fam- 
ily records.  March  9,  1757,  died  September 
19,  1841,  at  Middletown,  Rensselaer  county, 
New  York.  He  taught  school  in  his  younger 
days :  was  a  farmer  and  practiced  law  in  a 
small  way  in  his  later  years.  He  married 
Lydia  Brown,  born  in  Lyme,  Connecticut,  Oc- 
tober 2},.  1760,  died  March  28,  1835.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Benjamin  Jr.,  born  at  Lyme,  Decem- 
ber 30,  1783,  died  March  16,  1793.  2.  William, 
born  February  27,  1786,  at  Nassau,  Rensselaer 
county.  3.  Homer  B.,  mentioned  below.  4. 
Lester,  born  October  26,  1789.  3.  Lydia,  Sep- 
tember 3,  1791,  married  Bateman.     6. 

Abigail,  August  2"] ,  1 793,  married Cross. 

7.  Russell  D.,  September  14,  1795.  8.  Sub- 
mittance,   born   June    10,    1797.     9.    Amanda, 

twin    of   Submittance,   married Doty. 

10.  Elizabeth,  August  9,  1799,  married 

Casey.     11.  Electa,  February  5,  1802,  married 

Turner,   of  Elmira,   New   York.      12. 

Elmira.  born  Ajiril   12,   1804,  married 

Benjamin. 

(  VH  )  Homer  Benjamin,  son  of  Benjamin 
(  2  )  Greenman,  was  born  at  Stephentown,  Rens- 
selaer county.  New  York,  January  21,  1788, 
died  in  Cortlandville,  Cortland  county.  New 
"\'ork.  November  10,  1872.  He  came  with  his 
brothers,  Lester  and  William,  to  the  town  of 
Solon,  Cortland  county,  soon  after  the  year 
1800,  and  cleared  a  farm,  built  a  house  of  logs 
and  became  a  prosperous  farmer.  For  some 
years  he  was  a  justice  of  the  jieace.  In  relig- 
ion he  was  a  Presbyterian  and  trustee  of  the 
society,  and  member  of  the  buililing  committee, 
in  charge  of  erecting  the  Presbyterian  church, 
at  McGrawville.  He  married  (first)  Rachel 
Waterbury,  born  January  21,  1791,  at  Nassau, 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York.  She  died  Feb- 
ruary 20,  1839.  and  he  married  (second) • 

Spoor,  widow,  who  had  six  children  by  her 
first  husband.  Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Ben- 
jamin, mentioned  below.  2.  David  W.,  No- 
vember 28,  181 2,  died  March  19,  1857.  3. 
Laura,  born  October  23,  1814,  died  November 
g.    1873;   married    Lyman   Jones.      4.    Sophia, 


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born  February  13,  1816,  died  April  10,  1894; 
married  Byington  Graves.  5.  Elmira,  born 
April  22,  1818;  married  Raymond  Wickwire. 
6.  Homer  L.,  born  April  2,  1820,  died  Decem- 
ber 28,  1856.  7.  John  M.,  born  December  5, 
1821,  died  November  19,  1866  (q.  v.).  8. 
Julia,  February  29,  1824,  died  July  24,  1876; 
married  Orson  A.  Kinney.  9.  Fanny,  born 
March  13,  1826,  died  July  31,  1830.  10.  Henry, 
April  16,  1828,  died  July  31,  1830.  11.  Harvey 
Herbert,  September  17,  1832,  died  June  2, 
1888  (q.  v.).  12.  Charles  D.,  February  11, 
1834,  died  June  25,  1897  (q.  v.). 

(VIH)  Captain  Benjamin  (3)  Greenman. 
son  of  Homer  Benjamin  Greenman,  was  born 
in  Solon,  New  York,  July  5,  181 1,  died  in  the 
town  of  Cortlandville,  New  York,  March  23, 
1883.  He  attended  the  district  schools,  but 
comparatively  little,  and,  during  his  boyhood 
and  until  he  was  married,  he  worked  on  his 
father's  farm.  Afterward  he  bought  timber 
land,  adjoining  the  homestead,  and  cleared  a 
farm  for  himself.  He  built  a  log  house  at 
first.  The  country  was  still  partly  wild,  bears 
and  deer  were  numerous  and  wild  game  ])lenti- 
ful.  Even  the  Indians  were  still  living  in  the 
vicinity.  From  time  to  time  he  added  to  his 
holdings,  until  he  had  a  farm  of  one  hundred 
and  twenty-five  acres.  With  the  help  of  his 
son  he  erected  all  the  buildings  on  the  farm 
with  his  own  hands.  He  continued  in  active 
life  until  1866,  when  he  left  the  homestead 
and  spent  his  last  years  in  Cortlandville.  He 
was  observing,  well  balanced,  of  sound  judg- 
ment and  broad  general  information,  and  was 
deemed  an  e.vpert  in  estimating  the  value  of 
stock  and  real  estate.  In  politics  he  was  a 
Whig,  until  the  party  went  to  pieces,  and  after- 
ward a  Republican.  For  two  temis  he  was 
county  superintendent  of  the  poor.  He  fur- 
nished timber  for  the  building  of  the  Presby- 
terian church,  at  McGrawville,  of  which  he 
was  a  member  and  trustee.  He  was  captain  of 
a  company  in  the  state  militia.  He  married 
Lucy  Ann  Graves,  of  Chazy,  New  York,  born 
in  1819,  died  in  March,  1871,  daughter  of 
Rufus  Graves,  Children:  i.  Lucy  Ann  Ostran- 
der  (adopted),  born  at  Spofford,  New  York, 
1837.  2.  Henry  Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Mary  Jane,  born  May  25,  1841  ;  married  Al- 
fred Atkins.  4.  Laura  Lavinia,  born  April  27, 
1846,  died  March  18,  1898;  married  Wesley 
Walker.  5.  Lucian  M.,  born  1849,  died  1864. 
6.  Frank  R.,  born  1859,  died  May  5,  1905. 

(IX)   Henry     Benjamin,    son    of    Captain 


Benjamin  (3)  Greenman,  was  born  in  Solon. 
Cortland  county.  New  York,  .-\pril  i,  1839,  and 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  there,  and  at 
the  New  York  Central  College,  at  ^IcGrawville, 
which  he  attended  for  two  terms.  While  a 
student  he  worked  on  the  farm  in  summer. 
He  taught  various  district  schools  in  the  vicin- 
ity. In  1859  he  entered  the  State  Normal 
School,  at  Albany,  and  afterward  taught  school 
at  Stephentown,  Rensselaer  county,  the  same 
school  which  his  grandfather  had  taught.  He 
taught  school  also  in  Union  Springs,  Cayuga 
county,  anil,  while  living  in  that  town,  he  en- 
listed, in  the  fall  of  1862,  in  Battery  B,  Third 
New  Y'ork  Light  Artillery.  He  served  in  the 
L^nion  army  until  his  company  was  mustered 
out,-  July  13,  1865,  after  the  close  of  the  war. 
During  the  entire  period  of  his  enlistment  he 
was  in  active  service,  and  took  part  in  many 
engagements,  among  wliich  were  the  battles 
of  Kinston,  North  Carolina,  Whitehall  and 
Goldsborough.  He  was  on  duty  at  St.  Helena 
Island  from  February  to  April,  in  1863;  was 
at  Charleston  Harbor,  April  7 ;  at  Seabrook 
Island,  June  18;  Morris  Island,  July  10,  and 
afterward  under  fire  from  Fort  Sumter  and 
the  other  forts,  while  stationed  on  Morris 
Island.  His  was  the  first  regiment  to  reach 
Charleston  after  the  evacuation,  and  it  fired 
the  salute  in  honor  of  the  fall  of  Petersburg. 
He  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  corporal,  and 
was  acting  sergeant  for  a  time. 

Returning  home  after  the  war  he  soon  locat- 
ed at  McGrawville,  where  he  bought  a  boot 
and  shoe  store.  After  three  years  he  sold  out, 
and,  for  two  years,  followed  farming,  having 
an  e.xcellent  dairy,  with  fifty  cows.  From  1871 
to  1873  he  was  traveling  salesman  for  an  Al- 
bany house.  During  the  next  nine  years  he 
was  traveling  for  coffee  and  spice  concerns  of 
Albany,  New  York,  six  years  of  which  he  was 
with  Walter  McCuen  and  three  years  with 
Boardman  Brothers.  He  took  charge  of  the 
farm  of  Dr.  I.  D.  W^arner,  at  McGrawville,  in 
1882,  and  engaged  in  business  extensively,  buy- 
ing and  selling  ]iroduce,  baling  and  selling  hay. 
Afterward  he  was  in  business  on  his  own  ac- 
count, dealing  in  hay  and  baling  hay,  etc.  Since 
1888  he  has  been  an  inspector  of  wire  cloth,  in 
the  employ  of  the  Wickwire  Brothers,  of  Cort- 
land. He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  and  has  been  a  deacon  since  1898.  He 
is  a  member  of  Grover  Post,  Grand  Army  of 
the  Republic,  of  Cortland,  and  was  its  c|uarter- 
master  for  four  years;  junior  vice-commander ; 


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for  twelve  years  its  adjutant;  commander  in 
1900,  and  sergeant-major  at  the  present  time, 
and  member  of  the  Memorial  Day  committee. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  has  served 
on  the  board  of  health  of  Cortland. 

He  married,  March  25,  1862,  Catherine  Mc- 
Graw,  born  at  McGrawville,  New  York,  July 
2"],  1841,  daughter  of  Marcus  and  Louisa 
(Eaton)  McGraw.  Children:  i.  Lucian  M., 
born  July  8,  1866,  died  December  12,  1870.  2. 
Anna  Louise,  June  i,  1869,  died  December  13, 
1891.  3.  Emma,  born  October  26,  1870,  died 
in  infancy.  4.  Herbert  Nason,  born  July  20, 
1872,  died  May  10,  1873.  5.  Harry  Benjamin, 
mentioned  below.  6.  Ruth  IL,  born  March  3, 
1880,  died  August  27,  1S80. 

(IX)  Harry  Benjamin,  son  of  Henry  Ben- 
jamin Greenman,  was  born  in  Albany,  New 
York,  August  i,  1877.  He  attended  the  public 
schools,  the  State  Normal  School,  at  Cortland, 
and  the  College  of  Pharmacy,  in  Albany.  He 
is  in  the  drug  trade  in  Rochester,  New  York. 
He  married,  Sejitember  3,  1902,  I'erle  M.  P.lair, 
of  Cortland,  and  has  one  son,  Roger  Benjamin, 
born  ;\pril  29,  1905. 


(VIII)  John  M.  (Jreenman, 
GREENMAN  son  of  Homer  Benjamin 
Greenman, was  born  inCort- 
landville,  Cortland  county.  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1821,  died  at  Cortland,  November  u), 
1866.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and  followed  farming  until  two  years  before 
his  death.  He  had  established  a  very  promis- 
ing business  as  a  general  merchant,  when  his 
life  was  cut  short  before  he  reached  the  age 
of  forty-five  years.  He  married  Hannah  H., 
daughter  of  Judge  James  Cowan.  She  spent 
her  later  years  in  the  family  of  her  son.  Judge 
Cowan  came  to  this  country  when  a  boy  of 
seven  years,  with  his  parents,  and  settled  in 
Delaware  county.  New  York,  afterward,  in 
1848,  coming  to  Cortland  county,  and  locating 
between  the  towns  of  McGrawville  and  Cort- 
land, where  Judge  Cowan  lived  the  remainder 
of  his  life,  a  successful  farmer,  owning  two 
hundred  and  fifty-five  acres  of  land;  he  was  a 
soldier  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  for  his  services 
received  a  valuable  grant  of  western  land,  to 
which,  however,  he  gave  little  attention ;  he 
was  active  in  politics,  and  was  judge  of  the 
surrogate's  court ;  he  married  a  sister  of  the 
father  of  Judge  Maynard,  of  Delaware  county, 
and  they  had  nine  children. 

(IX)    W.    J.,    son   of   John    M.    Greenman, 
17 


was  born  in  the  town  of  Cortlandville,  Decem- 
ber 13,  1858.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools,  and  at  the  State  Normal  School, 
at  Cortland.  His  first  experience  in  business 
was  as  traveling  salesman  for  a  clothing  house. 
During  the  first  term  of  President  Cleveland 
he  was  deputy  postmaster  of  Cortland,  but  re- 
signed this  office  to  engage  in  business  as  treas- 
urer and  vice-president  of  the  Cortland  Door 
&  Window  Screen  Company,  incorporated  in 

1885.  Harvey  H.  Greenman,  his  uncle,  was 
the  first  president  of  the  concern,  and  Ernest 
M.  Hullx-rt  was  secretary.  Mr.  Greenman 
succeeded  his  uncle  as  president,  in  1887,  and 
has  continued  at  the  head  of  the  company,  and 
its  general  manager,  to  the  present  time.  Ed- 
ward Keator  was  elected  treasurer;  Ernest  M. 
Hulbert,  secretary,  and  Theodore  H.  Wick- 
wire,  vice-president.  The  company  has  grown 
steadily  and  finds  a  market  for  its  product  in 
all  iiarts  of  this  country  and  in  Canada.  To  the 
energy,  resourcefulness  and  business  ability  of 
the  president  the  success  of  the  company  is 
due  in  large  measure.  It  is  one  of  the  most 
prosperous  and  substantial  industries  of  the 
town.  Mr.  Greenman  is  treasurer  of  the  Little 
York  Ice  Company,  secretary  of  the  Cortland 
County  Agricultural  Society,  and  served  thir- 
teen years  on  the  board  of  education,  two  years 
of  which  he  was  president,  retiring  from 
that  office  February  15,  191 1,  For  five  years 
he  served  on  the  board  of  water  commissioners, 
as  the  treasurer  of  the  Cortland  Water  Com- 
pany (an  indepenflent  company).  This  com- 
pany was  purchased  by  the  city  April,  1910. 
He  was  also  secretary  of  the  Central  .Associa- 
tion of  Agricultural  Societies  of  the  .State  of 
New  York,  and  member  of  the  e.xecutive  com- 
mittee of  the  sixth  judicial  district,  and  one  of 
the  directors  of  the  Second  National  liank  of 
Cortland,  New  York,  for  a  number  of  years, 
and  represented  the  New  York  State  .Associa- 
tion of  County  .Agricultural  Societies.  In  poli- 
tics Mr.  Greenman  is  a  Democrat,  and  he  has 
been  chairman  of  the  Democratic  county  com- 
mittee. 

He  married,  April  3,  1882,  Mary  White,  of 
Jersey  City,  New  Jersey.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Green- 
man are  active  in  social  and  church  circles,  and 
have  a  host  of  friends  in  the  community  in 
which  they  have  lived.  Children :  Elizabeth 
C,  born  January  26,  1883;  John  H.,  June  i, 

1886,  married,  April  12,  1909,  Theodora  ,\ber, 
of  Bath,  New  York;  Marion.  .Vugust  16. 
1899. 


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(\'11I )  Charles Delos.young- 
GREEX.MAX  est  child  of  Homer  ISenjaniin 
(  q.  V. )  and  Rachel  (  Water- 
bury  )  (jreennian,  was  born  l'"ebruary  1 1,  1834.  in 
Solon,  and  died  in  Mc(.ira\vville,  June  25,  1897. 
He  was  reared  on  the  paternal  farm,  attending 
the  common  schools  and  assisting  in  the  labors 
of  the  homestead.  He  learned  the  carpenter 
trade,  and,  when  a  young  man,  settled  in  Mc- 
(irawville,  where  most  of  his  life  was  spent. 
In  1879  he  built  a  sawmill  there,  and  was 
active!}'  engaged  in  the  lumber  liusiness  there- 
after, until  his  retirement  from  active  life.  He 
was  much  interested  in  political  matters :  was 
much  in  the  public  service,  and  was  highway 
commissioner  of  the  town  of  Cortlandvillc  for 
several  years.  He  was  a  member  of  the  village 
board,  was  president  of  the  school  board,  and 
served  on  the  committee  which  managed  the 
construction  of  the  schoolhouse,  at  McGraw. 
He  was  a  steadfast  Republican  ;  was  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  active  in  all 
the  work  of  that  society.  He  married.  Octo- 
ber 29,  1856,  Juliette  McGraw,  born  April  25. 
1835,  died  July  26,  1905,  daughter  of  William 
and  Sally  (Barnum)  McCiraw.  Children:  De- 
witt  Charles  and  Herbert  Kay,  both  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  Uewitt  Charles,  elder  son  of  Charles 
Delos  and  Juliette  (McGraw)  Greenman.  wa> 
born  May  zt,,  1863,  in  McGrawville,  and  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  his  native  village.  He 
engaged  in  teaching  school,  and  remained  with 
his  father  several  years,  working  upon  the 
farm  and  in  the  sawmill.  In  1886  he  settled 
in  Cortland,  where  he  has  since  made  his  home. 
Here  he  engaged  with  the  Wickwire  lirothers. 
as  shipping  clerk,  and  has  continuously  filled 
that  position  to  the  present.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Presb)'terian  congregation,  an  e-xemjilar}- 
citizen  and  widely  esteemed  in  the  community. 
He  married,  January  7,  1886,  Mary  B.  \"an 
Buskirk,  of  North  Lansing,  Tompkins  coun- 
ty. New  York,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  Susan 
(Townley)  \'an  Buskirk,  the  former  family 
came  from  Co.xsackie,  New  York,  to  Lansing. 
Calvin  \'an  Buskirk  was  a  native  of  \'irgil. 
Cortland  county.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  ( Ireenman 
have  a  son.  Arthur  Dewitt.  born  August  8. 
1891,  in  Cortland. 

(IX)  Herbert  Kay,  younger  Aun  of  Charles 
Delos  and  Juliette  (^IcGraw)  Greenman,  was 
born  September  7,  1873,  in  McGraw,  and  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  of  his  native  village.  Ik- 
owns  and  iiperates  a  sawmill  in  Mc(  iraw,  estal)- 


lished  b)-  his  father,  in  1879,  and,  in  addition 
to  the  lumbering  and  manufacturing  interests, 
he  is  e.xtensively  engaged  in  farming.  He  is 
the  owner  of  two  hundred  acres  of  land  in 
Solon,  upon  part  of  which  the  first  Greenman 
settled,  in  1807.  Mr.  Greenman  is  an  earnest 
Republican,  and  is  a  member  of  the  board  of 
village  trustees  at  McGraw  (  191 1 ),  a  position 
wdiich  he  also  filled  in  1907.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  local  lodge  of  the  Indejiendent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  is  regarded  as  a  useful  citizen,  upright  and 
res])ected.  He  married,  Se])tcmber  23.  1896, 
.\nn  .\delia  Suter.  of  Danville,  Pennsylvania, 
daughter  of  John  Henry  and  Jemima  (Taylor) 
Suter.  John  Henry  Suter  was  born  in  Switzer- 
land, came  to  America  as  a  young  man  and 
served  as  a  L'nion  soldier  in  the  civil  war.  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Greenman  have  a  daughter  and  son — 
Dorothy,  born  July  8,  1899,  and  Leslie  Suter, 
March  22.  1907. 


(\TII)  Harvey  Herbert 
(iRLR.XM  AX     Greenman,    fifth    son    of 

Homer  Benjamin  (c|.  v.) 
and  Rachael  (  \V  aterbury  )  Greenman,  was  born 
September  17,  1832,  in  South  Solon,  and  died  in 
his  home,  on  (ireenbush  street,  Cortland.  June 
2.  1888.  His  early  education  was  obtained  in 
the  district  school,  near  his  home,  and  at  the 
did  Liiion  School,  in  McCJrawville,  where  he 
became  proficient  in  the  English  branches,  then 
taught,  and  especially  in  penmanship,  which 
he  taught,  for  several  terms,  to  classes  in  his 
home  county  and  adjoining  counties.  He  had 
an  especial  gift  for  music,  and,  under  the  in- 
struction of  Henry  Huntly,  an  early  teacher 
in  the  section,  he  became  a  ready  reader  of 
music,  and.  for  many  years,' was  tenor  of  the 
Presbyterian  church  choir,  at  McGraw'ville. 
He  took  up  the  study  of  dental  surgery  with 
Dr.  D.  C.  McGraw,  and  practiced  this  from 
1853  to  i860,  in  that  town,  and  then  removed 
to  \Vhitewater,  Wisconsin,  where  he  continued 
tn  practice  until  1879.  In  the  latter  year  he 
removed  to  Cortland,  and,  being  of  an  ingen- 
ious turn  of  mind,  excelled  as  a  fine  worker 
on  gold  and  rubber.  .\s  an  operating  dentist 
he  ranked  among  the  first.  \Vhile  in  White- 
water he  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of  Green- 
man, .McGraw  &  Day,  who  conducted  a  large 
nursery  for  several  years.  For  seventeen  years 
he  was  chorister  of  the  Congregational  church 
choir  there,  and,  for  a  period  of  five  years, 
taught  music  in  the  .State  Xormal  Schodl.    I'jion 


•Tiart'eu  tJ'l.  fyneenman 


.\i:\\    NOUK. 


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hJN  return  td  Lurtland  he  becaine  associated 
with  his  iiepliews,  the  W'ickwire  Brothers,  and 
so  continued  in  the  manufacturing  business 
until  the  spring  of  1887.  He  then  founded  the 
Cortland  Door  &  Window  Screen  Com])an\-. 
which  was  made  a  stock  company  in  the  fall 
of  that  year,  with  Mr.  Greennian  as  jiresitlent. 
He  was  the  inventor  of  valuable  machinery 
used  in  the  construction  of  screens,  and,  througli 
his  skill  and  wise  management,  the  business 
increased  and  became  one  cif  the  large  manu- 
facturing interests  of  Cortland,  l-'nr  two  years 
he  was  president  of  the  State  I'air  .Association. 
.As  a  lover  of  good  horses  he  was  instrumental 
in  developing  some  fine  specimens  of  horse 
flesh,  in  bt)th  Whitewater  and  C<irtland.  I"<ir 
seven  years  he  was  tenor  of  the  Presbyterian 
church  choir,  of  Cortland,  and  si,rved  as  a 
member  of  the  board  of  village  trustees.  Mr. 
Cireenman  was  a  man  of  high  moral  character, 
gentlemanly  in  deportment,  ])ossessed  of  |)rac- 
tical  ideas  and  good  common  sense,  with  am 
bition  greater  than  his  strength,  resolute  in  all 
his  work  and  resigned  when  the  call  came  tn 
summon  him  from  this  earth.  lie  was  highly 
esteemed  by  the  best  ])eople  m  buth  White- 
water and  Cortland,  and  was  ever  active  in  an\ 
UKJvement  calculated  to  imprtwe  the  moral  and 
material  welfare  of  the  commimity. 

lie  married.  May  2-].  1855.  Rlizalietb  M.. 
<laughter  of  John  and  Alinerva  ((iravesi  .Mc- 
Cifaw.  and  granddaughter  of  Saiuuel  Mciiraw, 
who  settled  in  the  town  of  Curtlandville.  in 
1803  (see  ^IcCiraw  W  ).  Mrs.  (Ireenman  was 
born  November  5.  183^),  in  McCrawville.  and 
s\irvives  her  husband.    She  resides  in  t'ni-tlaud. 

(The  McGraw  Lino). 

(H)  Jolin.  fifth  son  of  Samuel  (i|.  v.)  and 
Elizabeth  (  Whitcomb  )  McCraw.  was  born  .May 
30.  1804.  at  Blodgetts  Mills,  died  June  27. 
1848,  at  McGrawville.  ■  He  married  Minerva 
firaves,  born  .\ugust  15.  1804.  died  November 
II.  1882.  daughter  of  Asher  and  Elizabeth 
(  Spellman  )  Craves.  Children:  Minerva,  born 
February  10.  1825,  married  Hiram  (_'.  lUod- 
gett,  died  May  fi.  190C1:  Charlotte,  .August  12, 
1827,  married  James  Sanderson,  died  October 
7,  1907;  Martin,  July  28,  1829.  died  May  31, 
1862:  Sally,  December  26,  1 831,  married  Leroy 
Palmer:  Elizabeth  M..  November  3,  183^1,  be- 
came the  wife  of  Harvey  Herbert  Creenmau, 
of  Cortland  (see  Greenman  \'H  )  :  Henry,  men- 
tioned below. 

(HI)   Henry,   youngest   child   "f   J'llm   and 


Minerva  (Graves)  McGraw,  was  born  .March 
30,  1839.  at  iMcGraw,  died  April  20,  1909,  at 
Whitewater,  Wisconsin.  When  fifteen  years 
of  age  he  removed  to  Whitewater,  and  there 
niatle  his  home  until  his  death.  For  many 
years  he  was  engaged  in  the  nursery  business, 
as  a  member  of  the  firm  of  (ireenman.  Mc- 
(iraw  &  Day.  He  was  an  industrious  and 
highly  respected  citizen,  widely  known  and 
esteemed :  he  was  somewhat  active  in  politics. 
being  a  Republican  in  principle,  and  served 
several  years  as  assessor  of  the  town  of  White- 
water, and  also  served  as  a  clerk  to  the  Wis- 
consin legislature.  In  1880  he  was  appointed 
1)}'  President  Arthur  as  ]M)stmaster  of  White- 
water, and  held  that  position  seven  years.  He 
married,  in  Decemljer,  i8(;>f),  Sarah,  daughter 
(if  William  DeWolf,  a  pioneer  citizen  of  Wal- 
wcirth  county,  Wisconsin,  many  years  the  lead- 
ing hardware  dealer  nf  Whitewater,  and  a 
manufacturer  of  woven  wire  screen.  Chil- 
dren: William,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth, 
became  the  wife  of  Charles  W.  Tratt,  and  has 
two  .sons,  P'rancis  and  l*-lliott :  .Arthur;  Retta. 
(  1\' )  William,  eldest  son  of  Henry  and 
.Sarah  (DeWolf)  Mc(jraw,  was  born  July  4, 
1871,  in  Whitewater,  wdiere  his  early  years 
were  spent.  He  accompanied  his  uncle.  Harvey 
II.  Greenman,  to  Cortland,  before  attaining 
niaidiood.  and  there  engaged  in  business,  being 
now  a  member  of  the  firm  of  McGraw  & 
l^lliott.  which  operates  drug  stores  in  Cortland 
and  Mcliraw.  He  married,  in  1902.  Bessie 
iienedict.  of  Cortland,  daughter  of  Byron  A. 
and  .Anna  T.  Benedict,  of  that  town.  Mr.  and 
.Mrs.  McGraw  have  a  son.  Harvey  P>eneilict, 
b.  rn  Jtme  20,   1904. 


This  is  one  of  the  early  New 
W  I  LI. I.X.MS  Jersey  families.  Raljil'i  Mor- 
ton Williams,  the  subject  of 
the  present  sketch,  was  born  October  18,  1863. 
at  I'.lnonifield,  New  Jersey.  He  was  the  son  of 
|(ihn  Kline  Williams,  who  was  born  on  "The 
Ridge."  near  Whitehouse,  New  Jersey,  wdiose 
father,  John  Williams,  was  a  farmer  near 
Whitehouse,  New  Jersey,  although  probably 
born  on  "The  Ridge,"  which  he  left  wdien  a 
voung  man,  moving  to  Whitehouse,  and  dying 
at  eiglitv-five  years  of  age.  The  grandmother 
(if   fohn  Kline  Williams  and  mother  of  John 

Williams  was  Lorretta .  who  lived  to  be 

(.ne   hundred   and   seven   years  of  age,     John 
Williams  married  Fanny  llcrtcn.  who  was  in 


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NEW  YORK. 


the  direct  line  from  Barnabas  Horton,  the  first 
settler  of  the  name  in  this  country,  who  locat- 
ed at  Southhold,  Long  Island,  i()84.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  John  Horton  Williams  were  the  parents 
of  four  children :  George,  Jason,  Samuel  and 
John  Kline.  The  mother  of  these  children 
died  at  eighty-five  years  of  age.  They  were 
members  of  the  Reformed  church,  at  White- 
house. 

John  Kline  Williams  was  reared  and  edu- 
cated in  the  schools  at  "The  Ridge,"  and,  in 
early  life,  he  learned  the  painter's  trade,  which 
he  followed  for  a  time.  He  then  moved  to 
Brooklyn,  where  he  was  engaged,  for  some 
years,  hi  the  insurance  business,  after  which 
he  took  a  position  as  a  traveling  salesman  for 
a  concern  dealing  in  groceries  and  bakers'  sup- 
plies, which  he  held  up  to  his  death,  October 
19,  1909,  at  seventy-eight  years  of  age.  He 
removed  from  Brooklyn  to  Bloomfield,  New 
Jersey,  where  he  made  his  home  for  the  last 
twenty-five  years  of  his  life,  and  where  he 
took  an  active  part  in  the  affairs  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church,  of  which  he  was  an  elder  for 
a  number  of  years.  He  was  also  interested  in 
the  Sunday  school,  in  which  he  taught  a  class 
of  young  men  for  over  twenty  years  and  up  to 
within  a  few  months  of  his  death.  He  was  a 
man  of  deep  religious  convictions  and  a  great 
student  of  the  Bible.  His  long  years  of  serv- 
ice in  the  church  are  remembered  with  a  great 
amount  of  pleasure  by  its  various  members  and 
by  the  young  men  who  sat  under  his  teachings 
for  more  than  a  quarter  of  a  century  and 
who  were  dee])ly  attached  to  him.  He  mar- 
ried, December  5,  1859,  Jennie  Conover,  born 
in  Pluckemin,  Somerset  county,  New  Jersey, 
daughter  of  Ruliff  V.  Conover,  who  was  born 
in  Philadelphia.  He  was  the  son  of  Jeremiah 
Conover,  who  was  born  in  New  Brunswick, 
New  Jersey,  where  his  father  was  an  early 
pioneer.  Jeremiah  Conover,  the  grandfather 
of  Jennie  Conover,  was  a  shoemaker  and  shoe 
dealer  in  l^luckemin,  where  he  spent  most  of 
his  life,  but  died  at  the  home  of  a  daughter  in 
Jersey  City,  at  eighty-five  years  of  age.  He 
married  Alargaret  Voorhes.  They  had  three 
children :  Ruliff  V.,  Garrett  and  Catherine. 
The  mother  of  these  children  died  in  Jersey 
City,  at  eighty-five  years  of  age.  Mrs.  John 
Kline  Williams  was  reared  and  educated  in 
Pluckemin,  where  she  made  her  home  until  her 
marriage.  She  is  the  mother  of  four  children : 
Ralph  Horton,  mentioned  in  the  next  {)ara- 
graph  ;  .Susie  Conover,  born  July  i,  1866,  died 


May  29,  1887;  Frederick  Ballard,  born  in 
Brooklyn,  October  21,  1871,  educated  in  Mont- 
clair  and  Bloomfield  public  schools,  and  com- 
ing to  New  York  began  the  study  of  painting, 
in  which  he  has  been  eminently  successful, 
being  to-day  one  of  the  leading  artists  of  the 
Cnited  States,  a  member  of  the  National  Acad- 
emy of  Art.  He  married,  October  16,  igoi. 
Marion  Duncan.  They  have  two  children : 
Duncan  and  Frederick  Ballard  Jr.  Mrs.  John 
Kline  Williams  has  also  taken  an  active  inter- 
est in  the  affairs  of  the  Presbyterian  church, 
and  was,  for  many  years,  a  teacher.  She  is  a 
woman  of  a  rare  degree  of  intelligence,  having 
been  a  great  reader,  and  being  thoroughly 
versed  upon  all  the  topics  of  the  day,  in  which 
she  takes  an  active  interest. 

Ralph  Horton  Williams,  mentioned  above, 
was  educated  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  after 
which  he  entered  a  grocery  store  at  Montclair. 
New  Jersey,  where  he  remained  for  ten  years, 
mastering  all  the  details  of  the  grocery  busi- 
ness. He  then  accepted  a  position  with  the 
firm  of  Wood  &  Selleck,  of  New  York  City, 
wholesale  confectioners  and  dealers  in  bakers' 
supplies,  which  position  he  still  holds.  He 
married,  December  16,  1896,  Lulu  Alberta 
Legg  (see  Legg  \  HI).  Children:  C)live  Es- 
telle,  born  September  21,  1897;  Robert  Hor- 
ton, June  13,  1905.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Williams, 
after  their  marriage,  settled  in  Glen  Ridge, 
New  Jersey,  resided  there  eighteen  months,  and 
since  then  have  been  residents  of  Binghamton. 
New  York.  Both  are  members  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church,  of  that  city,  and  Mr.  Will- 
iams is  a  trustee.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican ;  he  is  a  member  of  CHseningo  Lodge, 
Free  Masons,  of  the  Binghamton  Club,  also  a 
number  of  fishing  clubs,  in  which  sport  he 
takes  great  pleasure  and  spends  his  leisure  time. 
He  was  formerly  a  mepiber  of  the  Press  Club, 
of  Binghamton. 

(The  Legg  Line). 

(I)  John  Legg,  ancestor  of  this  family,  was 
born  in  England,  1612.  The  name  is  also 
spelled  Ligg,  Lcdg  and  Legge.  John  Legg 
came  to  New  England,  May  3,  i()3i,  in  the 
fleet  with  Winthrop,  in  the  employ  of  Mr. 
Huiuphrey,  at  Lynn,  ]\Iassachusetts,  He  was 
made  a  freeman.  May  6,  1635,  and  was  a  pro- 
prietor at  Marbkhead,  in  1649.  His  wife  Eliz- 
abeth was  born  in  1608.  John  Legg  died  in 
1674,  and  his  will  was  proved  July  2,  i()74. 
He  bequeathed  to  his  wife  I'.lizabeth,  and  chil- 


NEW  YORK. 


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(Iren,  Samuel,  John  and  Daniel.  Children: 
John  Jr.,  born  1645,  died  October  18,  1718; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Daniel,  burn  about 
1650. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Legg,  was  born 
lirobably  in  Lynn,  in  1647.  lie  was  a  mariner. 
I  le  settled  in  Boston,  and  his  wife  Deliverance 
joined  the  Second  Church  there.  Her  younger 
children  were  baptized  there,  February  16, 
1692.  Children,  born  in  Boston :  Samuel, 
March  id,  1669;  Synella,  September  2,  1672; 
John,  March  i,  1673,  died  young;  Patience, 
-August  29,  1676;  Isabella,  or  Sybella,  1678, 
baptized  February,  1692,  aged  fourteen:  Dan- 
iel, born  1682,  baptized  February,  1692,  aged 
ten  years  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Daniel, 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Samuel  Legg,  was 
born  in  Boston,  January  6,  1683,  and  baptized 
February,  1692,  aged  nine  years.  He  settled 
in  Mendon,  Massachusetts,  about  1735.  and 
bought  his  first  land,  February  6,  1735-36,  of 
Daniel  White,  adjoining  land  of  Benjamin 
W'heelock,  John  Hayward  and  .\braham  Sta- 
ples. He  bought  ten  acres  more  of  Eleazer 
Daniels  and  Thomas  White,  adjoining  land  of 
Thomas  Thayer.  Cnder  the  date,  February 
9,  1735-36,  he  had  land  bought  of  Philip  Lesure 
and  of  "his  father,"  Thomas  Thayer  (prob- 
ably his  wife's  father).  He  had,  December  9, 
1742,  seven  acres  of  land  fonuerly  granted  to 
Thomas  Sanford,  as  well  as  various  other 
lots.  He  was  on  a  committee,  of  which  Cap- 
tain Thomas  Thayer  was  chairman,  to  build 
a  schoolhouse,  in  1751.  He  was  on  an  im- 
portant committee  to  fix  the  line  between  the 
towns  of  Mendon  and  L'xbridge,  in  1753-54. 
He  was  a  selectman  in  1738  and  1743,  and  held 
various  other  positions  of  trust  and  honor 
there.  His  will  was  dated  April  7,  1760.  and 
proved  March  26,  1761.  It  mentioned  the 
eight  children,  who  were  very  likely  born  in 
Mendon.  Children,  order  of  birth  unkni_)wn : 
John,  married.  May  3,  1747,  Patience  Thayer; 
Thomas  ;  Margaret ;  Jemima  ;  Abigail ;  \Vill- 
iam,  born  about  1720-30,  died  before  his  father  ; 
.\aron,  twin,  mentioned  below,  and  Stephen. 
twin. 

(IV)  Aaron,  scm  of  John  Legg,  was  born 
about  1735,  died  in  1799.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  a  private  in  Captain  John 
Albee's  com])any.  the  first  Mendon  company, 
and  marched  on  the  Lexington  call,  April  19, 
1775'  to  Roxbury.  He  made  his  will  June  19, 
1799.     He  married  Hannah  Bacon.     Children, 


named  in  will :  Moses,  Reuben  ;  Joel,  mentioned 
below  :  Nathan,  and  Lvdia. 

(\')  Joel,  son  of  Aaron  Legg,  was  born 
May  28,  1757,  in  Mendon,  Massachusetts,  ac- 
cording to  the  enlistment  rolls  of  the  conti- 
nental army.  He  was  five  feet  ten  inches  tall, 
of  dark  comjilexion,  light  brown  hair,  grey 
eyes.  He  served  almost  continuously  from 
the  Lexington  call  until  1 78 1.  He  enlisted  as 
a  private  in  Captain  Samuel  Warren's  com- 
pany. Colonel  Joseph  Read's  regiment  (Twen- 
tieth), May  2,  1775,  and  served  three  months 
seven  days.  He  was  in  Captain  Isaac  Martin's 
company,  Colonel  Josiah  XX'hitney's  regiment, 
under  General  Spence,  at  Rhode  Island,  from 
May  4,  1776,  to  July  4,  1776.  He  was  in  Cap- 
tain Peter  Penniman's  company.  Colonel  Job 
Cushing's  regiment,  from  August  14,  1777,  to 
November  14,  1777.  He  was  in  Captain  Nel- 
son's company.  Colonel  Wood's  regiment,  mus- 
tere<l  with  nine  months'  men  for  the  conti- 
nental army,  by  Thomas  Newhall,  muster  mas- 
ter of  Worcester  county,  in  1778.  He  was  at 
Fishkill-on-Hudson,  June  7,  1778,  in  Captain 
Cragin's  company.  Colonel  Ezra  Wood's  regi- 
ment. In  1779  lie  was  in  Captain  Joseph 
McNall's  company,  Lieutenant-Colonel  Samuel 
Pierce's  regiment,  at  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island, 
from  May  17,  1779,  to  July  5,  1779.  He  en- 
listed again  for  nine  months,  with  Seth  Wash- 
burn, superintendent  for  Worcester  county, 
August  4,  1779,  and  joined  Captain  Cragin's 
company.  Colonel  Tyler's  regiment.  He  was 
transferred  to  Captain  Bradford's  company. 
Colonel  Bailey's  regiment  (Second),  August 
6,  1779.  and  discharged  May  6,  1780,  at  end 
of  his  enlistment.  He  was  corporal  in  Captain 
Philip  Ammidon's  company.  Colonel  Dean's 
regiment,  in  Rhode  Island,  March  4,  1781 ;  dis- 
charged March  18,  1781.  About  1834  he  deed- 
ed his  home  farm  to  his  son,  Peter  Legg,  for 
$1,700.  It  is  in  the  eastern  part  of  Uxbridge, 
consisting  of  eighty-four  acres  and  thirty-six 
rods.  He  bought  the  place  of  Abijah  and 
Ceorge  Willard,  in  1814.     He  married  Sarah 

,  born  May  10,  1763,  died  February  22. 

1S44.  He  died  May  7.  1845.  Children  :  Jacob, 
born  December  7.  1781,  died  July  21.  1808: 
Judson,  August  If,  1783,  died  September  4, 
1803;  Stephen,  July,  1785,  died  March  28, 
1786:  Stephen,  April  30,  1787,  died  October 
8.  1813;  Leonard,  mentioned  below;  Peter, 
May  IT,  1791,  died  March  2,  1869:  I^ton, 
June    II.    1794,  died  August   I,    1861  ;  Sarah, 


20,1 


XI".W   ^■()RK. 


September  14,  1796,  died  February  22.  1828: 
Elmina.  April  9.  1799,  died  July  31,  1834: 
Jacob,  June  10,  1801,  died  August  23,  1830: 
Abigail,  May  8,  1803,  died  December  8,  1839; 
Judson,  June  27,  i8o5,  died  October  11.  1828: 
Marger\'  Ann.  December  22,  1809,  died  De- 
cember 8,  1828. 

(\'I)  Leonard,  son  of  Joel  Legg,  was  born 
in  Uxbridge,  Massachusetts,  August  28,  1789. 
died  April  10,  1887,  in  Speedsville,  Tompkins 
county,  Xew  York,  where  he  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  settlers.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  mar- 
ried (first),  June  zy.  1827,  Esther  Chidsey, 
born  November  4,  1805,  died  March  28,  1843. 
He  married  (  second  )  Eunice  Xason,  January 
17,  1844.  She  was  born  August  4,  1795.  died 
January  11,  1878.  Children,  Ijy  first  wife;  i. 
Judson.  born  June  18,  1828,  died  August  31, 
1871  ;  married,  October  27,  1852,  Sabra  E. 
Clark.  2.  Lucia  A.,  September  2^,  1829,  died 
December  18.  1863;  married  \\\  J.  Williams. 
3.  Sarah  A.,  October  24,  1831,  died  February 
15,  1911;  married,  February  14,  1859,  Epi- 
netus  Howe.  4.  Oliver  P.,  September  1,  1833, 
died  1898:  married,  February  15,  1854,  Har- 
riet AL  Xoxon.  3.  Martha  L.,  May  10,  1833, 
died  March  i.  1890:  married  E.  S.  Williams. 
6.  Martin  L.,  mentioned  below.  7.  Lucius  H., 
born  November  22,  1840,  died  May  u,  1841. 
8.  Julia  E.,  twin  of  Lucius  II.,  died  October 
14,  1841. 

(VH)  Martin  [^uther,  son  of  Leonard  and 
Esther  ( Chidsey )  Legg,  was  born  at  Speeds- 
ville, New  York,  May  24,  1837.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  district  schools  of  Speedsville.  He 
was  a  farmer  for  a  while,  and  then  went  into 
the  carriage  manufacturing  business.  He  is 
making  his  home  at  Candor,  New  York.  He 
is  a  member  of  Speedsville  Lodge,  Free  Alasons. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist,  and  was,  for 
many  years,  superintendent  of  the  .Methodist 
Episcopal  Sunday  school.  He  married,  Octo- 
ber 13,  1857,  Olive  Legg,  daughter  of  Lyman 
and  Patience  (Scott)  Legg.  Children:  i.  Fred- 
crick,  born  .\pril  2,  1859,  at  Speedsville ;  mar- 
ried, August  17,  1880,  Minnie  Cronk,of  Ithaca, 
New  York  ;  children  :  Ethel,  deceased  :  Arlene  : 
Frederick,  and  Layton.  2.  Hettie  E.,  born 
July  22.  1864;  married,  Feliruary  27,  1889, 
James  H.  ISall ;  children:  Nellie  E. ;  William; 
James  H.  Jr.,  deceased;  Lester,  deceased;  Em- 
erson ;  Howard,  deceased  :  F.mily  N.  3.  Nellie 
E.,  born  November  7,  18^18;  married  F.ugene 
Price;  children:  Ralph  and  Ethel.  4.  Lulu  W- 
berta,  mentioned  below. 


(\'III)  Lulu  Alberta,  daughter  of  Martin 
Luther  and  Olive  (Legg)  Legg,  was  born 
F"ebruary  17,  1872.  She  married,  December 
16,  1896,  Ralph  Horton  Williams  (see  Will- 
iams ). 


The  name  Winchell  is,  with- 
WlXCHb'.LL     out   doubt,   of   early   Sa.xon 

origin,  and  may  have  been 
derived  from  Winchelsea.  England,  an  an- 
cient town  of  much  importance  in  the  time  of 
the  Romans  and  still  preserving  Saxon  ruins. 
"Wincel."  in  Saxon,  signifies  "an  angle,"  and 
"ea."  "nmning  water,"  an  illusion,  perhaps,  to 
an  angle  in  the  river  Rother,  at  the  mouth  of 
which  the  town  of  Winchelsea  was  situated. 
The  earliest  mention  of  Winchell,  as  a  ])roper 
name,  is  February  13,  1293,  when  Robert  \\  in- 
chelsey  was  elected  archbishop  of  Canterbury. 
To  him  was  addressed  the  celebrated  Dull  of 
I 'ope  r.onifacc  \'IIL,  dated  June  2"/.  1299,  in 
which  the  latter  asserted  his  own  claim  to  the 
throne  of  Scotland,  with  which  Edward  I.  was 
then  at  war,  and  over  which  he  asserted  royal 
authority.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the  Winchell 
family  is  thus  described:  .\rgcnt,  three  eagles" 
wings,  sable. 

( I )  Robert  Winchell,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  probably  in  the  south  of  England. 
an<l  was  in  Dorchester,  Alassachusetts,  as  early 
as  1634.  He  received  a  home  lot  there,  Janu- 
ary 4,  1633,  and  was  freeman  of  the  colony  of 
Massachusetts  Bay,  May  6,  1633,  but  removed 
late  in  the  fall  of  the  same  year,  with  others, 
from  Dorchester  to  Windsor,  Connecticut.  His 
third  child,  Phebe,  was  baptized  at  Windsor, 
March  29,  1638.  He  received  a  home  lot  there. 
December  25,  1640,  and  other  parcels  of  land 
at  later  dates.  He  was  on  the  jury  .\ugust  1. 
1640,  and  June,  1646.  January  18,  1639-60,  he 
was  enumerated  among  the  householders  of 
Windsor,  and  was  rated  six  shillings  for  a  seat 
in  the  church,  for  himself  and  his  wife.  He 
died  Januarv  21,  i6f)(j,  and  his  wife.  July  10. 
1663.  Children:  Xathaniel,  mentioned  below: 
Jonathan,  born  at  Dorchester  before  1633; 
r*hebe,  Windsor,  baptized  March  29,  1638 : 
Mary,  Windsor,  baptized  September  3,  1641. 
died  before  1668;  David,  Windsor,  baptized 
October  22,  1643 ;  Joseph.  Windsi)r.  baptized 
April  3,  1643,  died  before  1668  ;  Martha,  Wind- 
sor, baptized  June  18,  1648,  died  July  12,  1633  ; 
llenjamin.  \Vindsor.  baptized  July  11,  1652, 
buried  June  24,  1656. 

(II)  Nathaniel,    son    of    Robert    Winchell. 


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was  born  probably  in  England  before  ii>35. 
and  came  to  Dorchester  with  his  parents.  His 
name  occurs  frequently  in  the  old  Windsor 
land  records,  in  connection  with  various  land 
transactions.  He  died  at  \Vindsor.  March  8, 
lAyg.  He  married.  April  8,  1(164,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  Ftirter,  of  I'armington,  Cnn- 
necticut,  born  in  if)4(i.  died  at  Windsor.  (  )cto- 


ber  7,    17.2 


She   married    (second)    Jose])h 


Judd,  June  3,  1713.  She  was  admitted  t( 
the  Windsor  church,  August.  i'>7i.  C'liildren, 
born  at  Windsor;  Nathaniel,  August  7.  i(i(>5: 
Thomas,  May  25,  1669:  Sarah,  December  26, 
1674;  Stephen.  .August  13,  i(>77'.  John.  1680: 
Mary.  1683. 

(HI)  Stephen,  son  of  .Xathaniel  Winchell. 
was  born  at  Windsor,  .August  13.  1*^77.  He 
married,  March  10,  1698.  .Abigail  Marshtield. 
.She  was  doubtless  descended  from  Thomas 
Marslifield,  who  came  from  Exeter.  1-jigland. 
to  Dorchester,  1630,  and  later  tn  Windsor. 
whence  he  removed  in  1643.  lie  is  su]i|iiised 
to  have  been  the  father  of  Samuel  Marslihelil, 
one  of  the  pro].)rietors  nt  \\  esttield,  wlm  ilied 
at  Springfield,  1692.  June  13,  1711,  he  is  call- 
ed "late  of  Windsor,  now  resident  of  .Sims- 
bury."  He  died  before  1728.  Children,  born 
at  Windsor  :  .Ste])hen,  X'ovember  20,  1698,  men- 
tioned below;  Thomas.  .April  2,  1700;  Caleb, 
December  6.  1701  ;  Dorothy,  (  )etober  2,  1703; 
Robert,  .Mav  2S.  1703;  Martin,  December  2},. 
1708. 

(I\')  Stephen  (2),  son  of  Stephen  (1) 
Winchell,  was  born  at  Windsor,  .Xovember  jo, 
1698,  and  married,  about  17-I4,  Mary  Rouse, 
of  Nine  Partners,  Dutchess  county.  New  York, 
horn  1705.  Her  father  was  one  of  the  "(^reat 
Nine  Partners."  Stephen  lived  first  in  Sims- 
bury,  where  he  was  assigned,  January  3,  1732- 
33,  a  lot  of  thirty  acres.  March  14,  1734.  lie 
received  land  from  the  town  of  Torrington, 
Connecticut,  and.  on  the  same  date,  with  his 
four  brothers,  divided  the  hundred-acre  lot, 
be(|ueathed  to  them  by  their  father,  and  situated 
at  Turkey  Hills,  in  .Simsbury.  May  31,  1743, 
he  sold  land  in  Windsor,  and  after  that  appears 
no  more  in  Connecticut.  It  is  ])robable  that 
about  this  time  he  settled  on  the  estate  of  the 
"Great  Nine  Partners,"  in  Dutchess  county. 
New  A'ork.  He  died  in  Dutchess  county.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Nine  I'artners;  Lemuel,  1745; 
James,  March  18,  1753;  John,  married  Rachel 
.\verv ;  Rebecca,  married  .Asa  P>ishop. 

(V)  James,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  Winchell, 
was  born  on  the  "Great  Nine  Partners"  patent. 


Dutchess  ceiunt)',  .\e\v  \'ork,  .March  18,  1753. 
He  married  Mary  Eerguson.  liorn  March  29. 
1761,  died  June  17.  1839.  .She  was  aunt  to 
Bishop  Elijah  Hedding.  and  possessed  some 
poetical  talent.  James  \\'inchell  removed  from 
Dutchess  count}-,  in  1772,  to  Clster  county. 
He  was  a  soldier  and  non-commissioned  officer 
in  the  revolution,  and,  after  much  delay,  suc- 
ceeded in  securing  a  pension.  He  died  at  ( )live, 
L'lster  county.  May  4,  1S40.  Children,  born 
at  Olive;  Alary,  Alay  13,  1779:  Ruth,  July  22, 
1782;  Henry,  September  9.  1784,  mentioned 
below  ;  Lewis,  married  P.illichy  Ladieu  ;  James, 
July  7,  1790;  Stephen,  married  Jane  North; 
Rebecca,  born  February  i,  1795;  Elijah,  1797: 
John,  .March  27,  1800. 

(\I)  Henry,  son  of  James  Winchell,  was 
l)orn  at  Olive,  Clster  county.  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 9,  1784.  He  was  a  farmer  and  also 
conducted  a  sawmill  and  gristmill  in  Olive. 
He  married  Rebecca  Ladieu.  He  died  at  Olive 
r'.ridgc.  L'lster  county.  May  2y.  i860.  Chil- 
dren;  -\bram;   Mary,  married Boice : 

fosiah,  married  Phebe  Hoice ;  Katherine,  mar- 
ried .Antony  Shurter ;  Stephen,  married  Re- 
becca Merrihew ;  William,  1820,  mentioned 
below;  Hannah,  married  Cornelius  Bishop,  her 

second  ct>usin  ;  .Aaron,  married I'rown. 

daughter  of  Lemuel  P>rovvn. 

(VH)  William,  son  of  Henry  Winchell.  was 
born  in  Olive,  Ulster  county.  New  York,  No- 
vember 28,  1820,  died  in  Caroline  Center. 
Tompkins  county,  January  6,  1882.  He  had  a 
common  school  educati(in  in  his  native  town. 
In  1865  he  removed  to  Tompkins  county,  where 
he  followed  farming  the  remainder  of  his  active 
life.  In  early  life  he  was  a  Whig,  and  later  a 
Re))ul)lican.  In  religion  he  was  a  Alethodist. 
active  in  the  church,  and,  for  many  years, 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  sch(X)l.  lie  mar- 
ried (  first )  Julia  Barton,  born  in  Greene  coun- 
tv.  New  A'ork,  June  22,  1825,  died  in  Wells. 
Vermont,  at  the  home  of  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
E.  R.  Pember,  July  22.  i<)io.  She  was  daugh- 
ter of  Pliny  P.aVton.  Children  ;  I.  Carrie,  born 
November  2,  184(1;  miirried  Emmett  R.  Pem- 
ber. farmer  and  lumberman.  Wells,  \'ermont. 
2.  .Alfred  H..  mentioned  below.  3.  Llenry  P.. 
born  October  11,  1853,  farmer  in  Caroline. 
Tomiikins  county.  New  A'ork.  4.  Wesley  Bar- 
ton, born  May  22.  1858.  druggist  in  Brooklyn, 
New  A'ork.  5.  Ernest  -A.,  horn  January  20, 
1861.  commercial  traveler,  living  at  Fayette- 
ville.  New  A'ork.  6.  Alay  C.  l)orn  .August  5. 
[8(15.  died  November  i.  1874. 


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(VIII)  Alfred  H.,  son  of  William  Winchell, 
was  born  in  Ulster  county,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 26,  1850,  and  educated  in  the  district 
schools  of  Ulster  and  Tompkins  counties.  Dur- 
ing his  boyhood  he  worked  at  farming.  At  the 
age  of  fifteen  he  came  to  Tompkins  county, 
with  the  family,  and,  in  1875,  came  to  Cort- 
land, where  he  has  lived  since  then.  His  busi- 
ness has  been  that  of  a  dealer  in  live  stock,  buy- 
ing, selling  and  slaughtering  cattle.  He  mar- 
ried. April  2,  1 87 1,  Mary  Ella  Finch,  born 
at  Dryden,  New  York,  September  13,  1845, 
daughter  of  Bryan  Finch,  who  was  born  in 
Dutchess  county.  New  York,  April  23,  1814, 
died  December  i,  1852;  married  Mary  Thorne, 
who  was  born  September  24,  18 18,  died  De- 
cember 5,  1893.  Children  of  Alfred  H.  and 
Mary  EUa  (Finch)  Winchell:  i.  Bryant  Col- 
lins, mentioned  below.  2.  Edith  May,  born 
July  8,  1876 ;  married  Mark  A.  Thompson,  of 
Syracuse,  New  Y'ork ;  their  son,  Edward  Mar- 
cus, was  born  November  7,  1909.  3.  Annie 
E.,  May  2,  1879;  married  G.  Henry  Garrison, 
of  Cortland.  4.  Cora  Louise,  born  February 
10,  1883.  5.  Lewis  William,  born  February  i, 
1886;  married  I'^edericka  Dawson,  of  Syra- 
cuse. 

(IX)  Bryant  Collins,  son  of  AUred  H.  Win- 
chell, was  born  at  Harford,  Cortland  county, 
New  York,  March  23,  1872,  and  came,  when 
he  was  three  years  old,  with  his  parents  to 
Cortland,  where  he  attended  the  public  schools 
and  the  State  Normal  School.  In  1889  he  be- 
came general  manager  of  the  Cortland  Beef 
Company,  and  has  continued  in  that  position 
to  the  jjresent  time.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Cortland  National  Bank  and  of  the  Cortland 
board  of  trade,  member  of  the  board  of  water 
commissioners  of  the  town.  A  prominent  Free 
^lason,  he  belongs  to  the  Cortlandville  Lodge ; 
Cortland  Chai)ter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  Royal 
and  Select  Masters;  Cortland  Commandery, 
Knights  Teni])lar :  Central  City  Consistory,  of 
Syracuse ;  Katurah  Temple,  Alystic  Shrine,  of 
Binghamton,  and  he  has  taken  the  thirty-second 
degree  in  Masonry,  lie  married,  March,  1891, 
Harriet  Tracy,  daughter  of  George  W.  Wey- 
nant,  of  Geneva,  New  York.  They  have  one 
child,  Carl  Alfred,  l)i>rn  January  3.  1892. 


Moses  Crosley,  immigrant  an- 

CROSLEY     ccstor,    was    born    in    France 

about   1782,  died   in   .Allegany 

county.  New  York,  about   1858.     He  came  to 

.\merica   with    his   two  brothers,    Elijah    and 


Francis,  and  settled  in  New  Jersey.  At  the 
time  of  the  war  of  1812  the  two  latter  returned 
to  England,  where  both  became  wealthy  in  the 
manufacture  of  carpets  and  rugs.  Francis 
was  knighted  and  known  as  Sir  Francis.  His 
son  John  became  a  well-known  carpet  manu- 
facturer, and  made  what  is  known  as  the  Cros- 
ley rug.  Moses  Crosley  removed  from  New 
Jersey  to  New  Y'ork,  and  spent  the  greater 
part  of  his  life  in  the  latter  state,  in  Allegany 
county,  near  the  line  between  that  county  and 
Steuben  county.  He  w'as  a  weaver  by  trade, 
and  continued  that  occupation  after  coming  to 
America.  He  also  carried  on  a  farm.  He 
served  in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  honor- 
ably discharged.  He  married  Catherine  Ayer, 
of  New  Jersey,  of  the  same  family  as  J.  C. 
Ayer,  of  Lowell,  Massachusetts,  of  Ayer's  Sar- 
saparilla  faiue.  Children :  James  A.,  Edmund 
D.,  Moses,  Amasa  J.,  Nathan,  Richard,  Mary 
.A.nn,  another  daughter  married Pal- 
mer. 

(II)  James  Ayer,  son  of  Moses  Crosley, 
was  born  in  New  Jersey,  February  18,  1808, 
died  in  Scott.  New  Y"ork,  August  20,  1890. 
He  came  to  New  Y'ork,  with  his  parents,  when 
a  child,  and  spent  the  greater  part  of  his  life 
in  Scott.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  In 
politics  he  was  a  strong  Abolitionist.  He  mar- 
ried, August  4,  1832,  Paulina,  born  in  Scott, 
May  3,  1813,  died  May  20,  1874,  daugliter  of 
John  and  Lina  (Burdick)  Barber.  Children: 
Maria  A.,  born  June  i,  1833,  married  Clark 
H.  Sweet,  died  in  Kansas:  Edmund  D.,  men- 
tioned below;  Francelia,  February  28,  1844, 
died  young;  .\melia  F.,  born  March  13,  1850, 
married  .Ambrose  Sweet,  died  in  Kansas. 

( III)  Edmund  D.,  son  of  James  Ayer  Cros- 
ley, was  born  in  Scott,  December  11,  1835,  died 
March  22,  191 1.  He  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools  and  at  Homer  Academy.  As  a 
young  man  he  carried  on  a  farm  and  studied 
law,  in  his  leisure  moments,  in  the  office  of 
Judge  Duell.  He  was  admitted  to  the  bar, 
N'ovembcr  21,  1879,  and  practiced  his  pro- 
fession in  ilomer,  Scott  and  Syracuse.  Part 
of  this  time  he  continued  with  Judge  Duell. 
Owing  to  ill  health  he  was  obliged  to  abandon 
the  practice  of  law  in  1894,  and,  at  that  time, 
took  up  the  cultivation  of  ginseng.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  in  the  state  to  set  out  a  gin- 
seng garden,  and  was  very  successful  with  it. 
He  hail  also  large  farming  interests  in  TuUy. 
Homer  and  .Scott.  In  1902  he  removed  from 
Scott  and  purchased  a  comfortable  home,  on 


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Cayuga  street.  Homer,  where  his  death  oc- 
curred. In  poHtics  he  was  a  RepubHcan,  and, 
for  twenty-five  years,  was  actively  identified 
with  the  pohtical  affairs  of  the  county.  He 
took  a  prominent  part  in  the  Fremont  cam- 
paign, in  1856.  At  one  time  he  served  as 
supervisor  in  Scott.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
civil  war ;  enlisted  December  23,  1863,  in  Bat- 
tery H,  Sixteenth  New  York  Heavy  Artillery, 
and  served  for  two  years ;  discharged  for  dis- 
ability January  30,  1865;  was  stationed  at 
Fort  Pocahontas,  \'irginia,  and  was  largely  in 
skirmish  duty. 

He  was  possessed  of  a  strong  and  vigorous 
intellect,  was  particularly  firm  in  his  decisions 
as  regards  right  and  wrong,  was  possessed  of  a 
warm  and  generous  heart,  and  his  sympathies 
were  favorable  to  those  who  were  in  need.  He 
has  been  particularly  interested  in  the  Chil- 
dren's Home,  in  Cortland,  and  has  given  very 
material  aid  to  that  institution,  not  only  of  iiis 
means,  but,  when  special  days  have  been  set 
apart  as  donation  days  for  the  home,  he  has 
several  times  made  a  personal  canvass  of  the 
village  in  its  interests.  In  the  summer  of  1910 
he  conceived  the  idea  of  [dacing  a  ])ublic  drink- 
ing fountain  at  the  corner  of  the  ]>ark,  as  a 
gift  to  the  village  from  himself  and  Mrs.  Cros- 
ley.  He  stated  to  one  of  our  local  ministers, 
that  he  considered  it  would  be  of  more  benefit 
to  the  community  generally  than  all  of  the 
temperance  addresses  which  might  be  delivered 
from  his  pulpit.  In  the  early  autumn  he  said 
to  a  Standard  reporter,  that  he  had  ordered 
the  fountain  some  time  before,  but  that  its 
coming  had  been  long  delayed.  He  felt  very 
an.vious  to  have  it  placed  in  position  before 
cold  weather  came  on,  because  he  was  here 
then,  but  what  might  happen  before  the  com- 
ing of  spring  no  one  could  conjecture,  .\fter 
many  weeks  of  watching  and  waiting  the  foun- 
tain arrived  and  was  installed  at  the  corner  of 
.Main  and  Cayuga  streets,  under  his  direct 
supervision,  wdiere  it  will  remain  in  the  years 
to  come,  as  a  monument  to  his  memory.  Alany 
a  thirsty  traveler  will  stop  and  quench  his  thirst 
and  will  remember,  with  feeling  of  heartfelt 
gratitude,  the  donor,  by  whose  generosity  the 
fountain  was  established. 

He  married.  May  16.  1858,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Eri  and  Mary  (Catrell)  Pickett.  Chil- 
dren :  ]\Ivron  H.,  born  June  4.  1850.  mentioned 
below;  Fred  Ayer,  February  14,  1861.  married 
Emma  Cottrell,  of  Scott,  children — Marv  S., 


married  Eadie  Churchill;  Dorr  E.,  Ralph  C, 
Orris  J. 

(IV)  Myron  Henry,  son  of  Edmund  D. 
Crosley,  was  born  in  Scott,  June  4,  1859.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools  and  at 
Homer  Academy.  He  taught  school  for  three 
winters  afterwards,  and,  in  1884,  in  com])any 
with  his  father  and  brcjther,  built  the  Cortland 
(Jverall  b'actory,  and  ran  it  for  about  a  year. 
During  this  time  he  traveled  on  the  road  and 
sold  the  product  of  the  factory.  Later  he  sold 
out,  and,  together  with  his  brother,  carried  on 
a  large  farming  business  in  Scott.  They  raised 
a  large  ([uantity  of  hops,  and  kept  a  large 
dairy.  In  1888  he  removed  to  Truxton,  where 
he  lived  for  si.xteen  years,  twelve  of  which  he 
spent  on  a  farm  and  the  last  four  in  the  village 
proper,  where  he  bought  and  sold  livestock.  In 
1902  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  D.  N.  Os- 
born  Company,  and  remained  with  them  for 
four  years,  during  which  time  he  sold  farm 
machinery.  When  they  sold  out  to  the  Inter- 
national Harvester  Comj^any  he  went  with  the 
latter  firm,  and  has  remained  with  them  since. 
He  has  the  control  and  supervision  of  five 
counties  in  Central  New  York  for  the  sale  of 
their  goods.  In  1904  he  removed  to  Cortland, 
New  York,  and  has  made  his  home  there  since. 
He  has  served  on  the  board  of  assessors  in 
the  town  of  Scott.  He  is  a  member  of  Cort- 
landville  Lodge,  No.  470,  Free  and  .Accepted 
Masons. 

He  married  (first).  1877,  Frances  Gertrude, 
daughter  of  .\lmeron  and  Persis  (Heaton) 
I'.arber,  i.f  Moravia.  She  died  September, 
1885.  and  he  married  (second),  1886,  May  M.. 
daughter  of  Henry  Clinton  and  Clemena  J. 
(Ingersoll)  Babcoc'k,  of  Scott.  Child  of  first 
wife  :  Carl  E.,  born  September  20, 1878,  runs  an 
express  business  between  Cortland  and  Homer ; 
married  M.  Gertrude  McDerniott ;  one  child, 
Frances,  born  March,  1906. 


Benjamin  Brown  was  born  in 
BROWN  East  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in 
1767,  and  died  in  Cuyler,  New 
York,  October  9,  1857,  aged  ninety  years.  He 
came  to  Cuyler,  Cortland  county.  New  York, 
in  1795.  and  settled  near  Keeney's  Settlement, 
wdiere  he  remained  the  rest  of  his  life,  and 
followed  farming.  He  bought  a  tract  of  un- 
cleared government  land,  and,  in  the  course  of 
time,  transformed  it  into  a  productive  farm. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  I'aptist  church,  and 


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NEW  YORK. 


(jiie  of  the  |)riiii(j  movers  in  building  its  house 
of  worship  at  Keciieys  Settlement.  ^\)r  many 
years  he  was  deacon  of  that  church.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Connecticut,  in  1785,  Dorinda  Web- 
ster, of  the  same  family  as  Governor  Webster, 
of  Connecticut.  She  was  born  in  1767,  and 
died  July  25,  1853,  aged  eighty-four  years. 
Children  :  Seabury,  mentioned  below  :  .\bner  ; 
Hiram;  Aclisah :  Edmund,  born  .September, 
1799:  Alvin,  December  2,  1803:  Wesley.  A]:)ril 
21,  1805. 

(H)  ^e^bury,  son  of  Benjamin  Brown,  was 
born  in  East  Hartford,  Connecticut,  in  1787, 
and  came  to  Cuyler,  New  York,  with  his  par- 
ents, in  1795.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools,  and  followed  farming  in  Cuyler.  He 
owned  three  hundred  acres  of  the  best  land  of 
the  town,  and  was  especially  successful  with 
his  dairy.  He  died  there  July  8,  1854,  aged 
si.x'ty-seven  years.  He  married  Polly  Fox,  who 
dietl  March  16,  1838,  aged  forty-seven  years. 
Children,  born  at  Cuyler :  Dorinda,  married 
Alvah  Risley,  of  Truxton,  New  York;  Elmira, 
married  Thomas  Keeney ;  Benjamin;  Odin, 
married  Sallie  Leonard;  Jane,  married  James 
F.  Andrews  ;  Zelia,  married  Hiram  Whitmarsh  ; 
Irene,  married  Israel  Bogardus. 

(Ill)  Benjamin,  son  of  Seabury  Brown, 
was  born  in  Cuyler,  New  York,  May  12,  1814, 
and  died  in  Cazenovia,  New  York,  June  7, 
1878,  though  he  spent  all  his  active  years  in 
his  native  town.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  early  in  life  engaged  in  farming, 
and,  at  the  time  of  his  death,  owned  some  three 
hundred  acres  of  land.  In  religion  he  was  a 
;\Iethodist,  and  in  politics  a  Re]niblican.  He 
married  Sarah  Bogardus,  born  in  Cuyler,  No- 
vember II,  1816,  died  April  14,  1897,  daughter 
of  Stephen  and  Sarah  (Tripp)  Bogardus.  Her 
father  was  born  March  17,  1781,  and  died  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1866;  her  mother.  Sarah  Tri]5p,  was 
born  April  19,  1779,  and  died  January  16, 
1864.  Lewis  Bogardus,  father  of  Steplien, 
was  born  October  9,  1738,  and  died  January 
12,  1808;  his  wife  Anna  died  August  12.  1795. 
The  Bogardus  family  came  from  Columbia 
county,  New  York,  and  were  among  the  early 
settlers  of  Cuyler.  Children,  born  in  Cuyler: 
I.  Child,  died  in  infancy.  2.  Byron,  born  Feb- 
ruary 6,  1839,  died  Se])tcml)er  13,  1842.  3. 
Stephen  B..  horn  March  2,  1840,  (lied  July  28, 
1879;  married  Dora  Risley;  children:  I'"annie, 
l')yron,  Blanche,  Ethel,  Myrtie.  I'liebe.  4.  I'hebe 
!*.,  l)orn  November  19,  1841,  died  October  27, 
1870;  married  H.  P.  .Andrews ;  children;  Bur- 


nett B.,  .Myrtie  and  llalina.  5.  Celestia  J., 
born  October  28,  1843,  'l'^*^'  October  20,  1869. 
6.  .Anna  L.,  born  September  19,  1845,  "^l'^*^' 
December  21,  1906.  7.  Norman  B.,  born  Janu- 
ary 7,  1848,  died  February  21,  1883;  married 
Laura  E.  Tobyne.  8.  William  H.,  born  Au- 
gust 10,  1849,  di^":'  -August  14.  1881  ;  married 
Clara  Fifield,  and  has  a  daughter  Mabel.  9. 
Israel  D.,  born  June  29,  1852.  died  July  13. 
1904;  married  Hattie  A.  Smith,  of  Woodstock. 
10.  Seabury  F.,  mentioned  below.  11.  Alice 
E.,  born  .August  4,  1836,  died  October  7,  1902 ; 
married  Howard  W.  Keeney,  of  Cuyler. 

(I\')  Seabury  F.,  .son  of  Benjamin  Brown. 
was  born  in  Cuyler,  New  York,  March  5,  1854. 
He  received  his  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  at  Cazenovia  Seminary. 
For  a  few  years  he  taught  school.  In  1877  he 
went  west,  and  resided,  for  five  years,  in  the 
town  of  Bonus,  Boone  count)',  llhnois,  where 
he  was  engaged  in  farming.  In  1882  he  re- 
turned to  Cuyler,  New  York,  ami  embarked 
in  business,  in  partnership  with  his  brother 
Israel,  under  the  firm  name  of  Brown  Brothers, 
in  the  feed  and  grain  business.  The  firm  had 
a  gristmill  and  sawmill  and  built  up  a  flourish- 
ing trade.  In  1805  they  added  hardware  to 
their  stock  in  trade.  The  business  continued 
until  1897.  Mr.  Brown  was  ai)]iointed  post- 
master, in  1898,  and  served  a  term  of  four 
years.  Afterward  he  entered  the  employ  of 
the  Prudential  Insurance  Company,  at  Newark. 
New  Jersey,  and  continued  with  this  corpora- 
tion until  loio.  when  he  retired  from  active 
l)usiness.  Since  then  he  has  made  his  home  in 
Cortland,  New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  De- 
Ruyter  Lodge,  No.  692,  Free  Masons:  of  the 
Junior  Order  of  United  American  Mechanics, 
of  New  Jersey.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  February  21,  1878,  Ida  M. 
Morse,  of  Cuyler.  born  June  15,  1857,  daugh- 
ter of  William  A.  Morse  (.see  Morse).  Chil- 
dren of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Brown;  Sarah  M.,  born 
June  29.  1884:  Florence  D.,  .August  30,  1890. 


Mrs.  Emilv  T.  (Hodge) 
GRUMMOND     Grummond,    of    Bingham- 

ton, descends  from  the  IIol- 
l;uid  faniilv  of  Race,  and  the  English  family  of 
Hodge.  The  first  Race  to  appear  in  Central 
New  ^'ork  was  Derrick,  son  of  Nicholas  Race, 
born  June  24,  1770.  died  Tune  17,  1857.  He  is 
said  to  have  come  to  the  town  of  Greene. 
Chenango  county,  from  Egremont,  Massachu- 
setts,  in    1794.     The  name   Race   is  given   in 


^7h--^ecC  ■  //  ■   S^/?'tni/  fi/(^ii(/. 


NEW  Y()RK. 


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Chamber's  "Early  Germans  of  New  Jersey,  " 
as  having  been  originally  spelled  Rees,  but  pro- 
nounced Race.  Jacob  Race  is  mentioned  as 
early  as  1656,  and  the  ]3resum]ition  is  strong 
that  the  family  is  from  Holland  and  a  part  of 
the  earliest  Dutcli  emigration.  All  biographers 
of  the  Rees  family  claim  they  were  of  Welsh 
ancestry.  Many  of  the  name  served  in  the 
revolution  from  New  'N'ork,  both  as  Rees  and 
Race,  and  other  varied  forms  of  spelling. 

(  I  )  Derrick  Race  was  a  surveyor,  and.  un 
coming  to  New  York  state,  settled  in  Greene, 
Chenango  county,  on  a  farm  two  miles  from 
the  village  of  Greene,  later  owned  and  occu- 
pied by  his  son.  Derrick  (2),  known  as  the 
Race  farm,  where  he  died,  lie  was  a  very 
religious  man  and  one  of  the  active,  influential 
members  of  the  E])iscopal  church.  He  mar- 
ried Hannah  Smith,  born  July  2.  1770,  died 
January  7,  1861.  Children;  i.  Nicholas,  died 
April  24.  1873.  ^g<-"'l  seventy-nine  years.  2. 
William  B.,  married  a  Miss  Tillotson,  and  at  the 
age  of  eighty-four  years  was  living  in  the  town 
of  Oxford,  Chenango  county.  3.  Lucretia, 
married  Erastus  Tremaine.  4.  Abigail,  mar- 
ried \Villiam  Race.  5.  George  T.,  married 
Hannah  Bates,  and  died  June  2,  1850,  aged 
forty-nine  years.  6.  Derrick  ( 2 ) ,  married 
Catherine  Sholes,  and  had  the  homestead  farm. 
7.  Samuel  S.,  of  further  mention.  8.  Christina, 
married  Erastus  Brown,  g.  Charles  T.,  mar- 
ried Melissa  Wheeler.  10.  Stejihen  .\.,  mar- 
ried Lucy  Ann  Gray. 

(11)  Samuel  Smith,  filth  son  of  Derrick 
and  Hannah  ( Smith )  Race,  was  born  on  the 
Race  homestead,  in  Greene,  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  in  1804,  died  July  31,  1877.  He 
followe4  the  occupation  of  a  farmer  all  his 
active  years,  and  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  married,  about  1828,  Crana  Vose, 
born  1806,  daughter  of  Henry  and  Urana 
(  Barlow )  \'ose.  Henry  Vose  was  a  sea  cap- 
tain, and.  during  the  revolution,  his  vessel 
carried  arms  and  supjilies  for  the  continental 
troops.  Children:  i.  Emily  T.,  born  October 
22,  1830,  died  1856;  married  Hial  Hodge.  2. 
Henry  Derrick,  born  November  24,  1832;  mar- 
ried Ann  j\Iaria  Moore.  3.  Ann  Eliza,  of  fur- 
ther mention.  4.  Charlotte  Lucretia,  born  June 
19,  1840.  5.  Ethan  Clark,  born  November  17, 
1842:  married  Martha  Sholes;  child,  Ernest. 
6.  Harriet  Elizabeth,  born  May  17,  1845  ;  mar- 
ried Peter  Wheeler;  child,  Emily. 

(HI)  Ann  Eliza,  daughter  of  Samuel  Smith 
and  I'rana  (  \'ose  )  Race,  was  born  October  8, 


1835,  died  April  16,  igii.  She  married  Hial 
Hodge  (second  wife).  Children:  i.  Emily  T.. 
of  fm-ther  mention.  2.  Hial  Cecelia,  married 
William  Colan  Willis;  she  died  April  13,  igo8. 

(  l\"l  Emily  T.,  daughter  of  Hial  and  Ann 
Eliza  ( Race )  1  lodge,  was  born  in  (]reene. 
Chenango  county.  New  York.  She  married 
Ered  W..  son  of  Nathaniel  and  Harriet  (  Bar- 
rows )  (irumuKind.  He  was  born  September 
14,  1854.  at  Kattleville,  town  of  Chenango, 
llroome  county.  New  York;  died  at  Bingham- 
ton,  New  York,  .\])ril  2~,  i<)02.  When  but 
five  years  of  age,  upon  the  death  of  his  mother, 
he  was  sent  to  live  with  his  grandparents,  at 
McDonough,  Chenango  county,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1863,  when  he  removed  to  Bing- 
hamton  and  secured  his  education  in  the  public 
schools.  (  )f  industrious  and  exemjilary  habit< 
he  early  laid  the  foundation,  liroad  and  dee]), 
upon  which  he  built  a  model  and  successful 
career  in  business,  social  and  masonic  life.  He 
began  his  business  life  as  traveling  salesman 
for  Charles  Butler,  cigar  and  tobacco  manu- 
facturer, covering  the  territory  known  as  south- 
ern New  York  and  northern  Pennsylvania,  at 
a  time  when  the  horse  and  wagon  was  the 
method  of  travel.  .So  successful  was  he  in 
this  enterprise  that  the  then  large  firm  of 
Westcott  &  Kent  eagerly  received  his  services, 
and  he  enjoyed  the  distinction  of  lieing  the  first 
trading  salesman  to  leave  I'linghamton  with 
cigars  fcir  the  wholesale  trade.  Upon  the  dis- 
solution of  that  firm  he  remained  with  the 
junior  partner  until  he  was  taken  in  as  a  mem- 
ber of  the  firm  of  Westcott,  Son  &  Company. 
He  remained  with  them  until  !88(),  when,  in 
company  with  John  Hull  Jr.  and  Charles  A. 
Hull,  he  formed  the  co]iartnership  of  Hull, 
(jrummond  iS:  Com|)any,  with  whom  he  con- 
tinued until  his  death. 

He  received  the  degree  of  Master  Mason  in 
Otseningo  Lodge.  No.  435,  November  2t.  1889. 
at  the  city  of  Binghamton,  New  York,  and, 
September  9,  1890,  was  made  a  Royal  .Arch 
Mason  in  Binghamton,  Chapter  No.  139.  .\t 
Ithaca,  New  York,  he  was  made  a  Royal  and 
Select  Master,  .\pril  29,  1892,  in  Ithaca  Coun- 
cil, No.  21.  On  September  30.  1890.  Malte 
Commandery.  No.  21.  of  the  city  of  Bingham- 
ton, New  York,  made  him  a  Knight  Templar. 
He  received  the  degrees  in  the  Scottish  Rite. 
February  20.  1891,  in  Otseningo  Bodies  X'alley. 
of  Binghamton,  New  York,  and  later  had  con- 
ferred upon  him  the  thirty-third  degree,  the 
highest  in  the  gift  of  the  order.     .\t  Buffalo. 


268 


NEW  YORK. 


New  York,  September  i8,  1895,  he  was  cre- 
ated a  sovereign  grand  inspector  general,  this 
office  being  held  only  by  thirty-third  degree 
men.  He  held  the  office  of  venerable  junior 
grand  warder  of  Otseningo  Lodge  of  Perfec- 
tion, \'alley  of  Binghamton,  during  the  years 
of  1893  and  1894,  and,  January  4,  1895,  was 
elected  thrice  potent  grand  master,  by  dispen- 
sation from  Illustrious  John  Hodge,  thirty- 
third  degree,  deputy  for  the  state  of  New 
York,  and  was  continuously  reelected  to  that 
office  until  his  illness  compelled  him  to  give 
up  his  active  work.  He  also  held  the  office  of 
illustrious  minister  of  state  and  grand  orator 
of  Otseningo  Consistory,  Valley  of  Bingham- 
ton, during  the  years  1893  to  1897.  But  it  was 
as  thrice  potent  grand  master  that  the  Scottish 
Rite,  in  the  X'alley  of  Binghamton,  profited 
most  by  his  valuable  services,  bringing  to  that 
office  the  same  abundant  enthusiasm  and  true 
energy  that  characterized  his  rapid  and  suc- 
cessful rise  in  business.  He  entered  upon  the 
discharge  of  the  duties  of  that  office  with  such 
resolute  determination,  yet  courteous  and  aff- 
able consideration  for  all,  that  the  impetus  then 
given  has  grown  and  fostered,  extending  to  all 
Ijranches  of  the  Rite,  until  the  Otseningo  bodies 
stand  second  to  none. 

(The  Hodge  Line). 

Hial  Hodge  was  a  direct  descendant,  in  male 
line,  from  John  Hodge,  of  Windsor,  and  Suf- 
field,  Connecticut,  tie  was  of  English  birth 
and  ancestry,  coming  to  America  prior  to  1666, 
as  in  that  year  he  married  :  died  in  Lyme,  Con- 
necticut, between  the  years  1692  and  1694.  In 
1663  he  was  a  resident  of  Middlesex  county. 
Connecticut,  where  he  held  several  parcels  of 
land.  In  1666  he  visited  Windsor,  where  he 
married  and  returned,  with  his  young  wife,  to 
his  home  in  the  then  called  "Hammanasset 
Wilderness"  ( Killingworth ),  where  they  re- 
mained until  1670,  then  moved  to  Windsor, 
where  his  wife's  parents  were  living  and  own- 
ed a  large  tract  of  land,  a  good  portion  of 
which  is  now  the  town  of  Windsor  Locks, 
eighty  acres  of  which  they  gave  their  daugh- 
ter anfl  son-in-law.  John  Hodge  is  named  as 
one  of  the  first  grantors  of  the  town  of  Suf- 
field,  which  adjoined  Windsor,  on  the  north, 
lie  was  living  in  Sufiield  as  late  as  1685,  and, 
in  1688  and  in  1691,  paid  i)ersonal  taxes  in 
f-yme,  where  lie  was  no  doubt  living  at  the 
time.  He  married,  August  12,  1666,  Susanna, 
born  September  3,    1646,  daughter  of  Henry 


Denslow,  who  was  killed  by  the  Indians  in 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  April  4,  1676.  Henry 
Denslow  was  born  in  England,  161 5,  came  to 
.America  in  1630,  son  of  Nicholas  Denslow. 
John  and  Susanna  Hodge  were  the  parents  of 
eleven  children. 

(II)  Thomas,  son  of  John  and  Susanna 
(Denslow)  Hodge,  was  born  February  13, 
1673,  died  May  2,  171 2.  He  settled  in  New 
Haven  or  vicinity  earlier  than  June  25,  1694, 
as  he  made  a  purchase  of  land  on  that  date. 
He  married  Judith  ,  and  reared  a  fam- 
ily of  nine  children. 

(HI)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  and 
Judith  Hodge,  was  born  March  28,  1 701,  died 
in  or  near  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  1754.   He 

married  Mary  ,  who,  October  12,  1735, 

is  named  as  a  communicant  of  the  First  Epis- 
copal Church,  in  West  Haven.  They  were  the 
parents  of  six  children. 

(IV)  David,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  and  Mary 
Hodge,  was  a  minor  in  July.  1768,  when  he 
had  the  court  a]5point  him  a  guardian.  He 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war,  and,  ]\Iarch 
22,  1819,  was  placed  on  the  pension  roll.  He 
was  then  a  resident  of  Litchfield  county,  Con- 
necticut, and  from  the  roll  of  that  county  was 
transferred  to  the  pension  roll  of  Chenango 
county.  New  York,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried Amy  Webster,  who  had  land  deeded  her 
in  1793. 

(\')  David  (2),  son  of  David  (i)  and  .\my 
(Webster)  Hodge,  was  born  in  Connecticut. 
He  removed  to  New  York  state,  with  his  par- 
ents, and  settled  in  Chenango  county.  He 
married  Lydia  Brown.  Children:  i.  Marvin, 
died  young.  2.  Roxanny,  born  1819;  married 
David  Niven.  3.  Emma,  born, 1822;  married 
Samuel  (litTord.  4.  Hial,  of  whom  further. 
5.  Richard,  marrie(i  Cornelia  Smith.  6.  .Alta, 
born   1831  :  married  Frank  Cunningham. 

(VI)  Hial,  son  of  David  (2)  and  Lydia 
(Brown)  Hodge,  was  born  in  1829.  died  in 
Binghamton,  1883.  He  was  educated  in  Ox- 
ford Academy,  and,  for  several  years,  was  en- 
gaged in  the  jewelry  business.  Later  he  studied 
dentistry,  with  his  brother.  Dr.  Richard  Hodge, 
and  became  a  practicing  dentist  of  the  town 
of  Cireene,  Chenango  county.  New  York.  Later 
he  removed  to  Binghamton,  where,  for  thirty 
years,  he  was  one  of  the  leading  dentists  of 
that  city,  and,  at  his  death,  was  the  oldest  mem- 
ber of  his  profession  in  the  city.  He  was  well 
and  favorably  known  in  P.inghamton  where  so 
many  vears  of  his  life  were  spent.     He  was 


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idcntifieil  with  many  uf  the  city's  interests; 
was  a  member  uf  the  Masonic  Order,  affiHated 
with  Otseningi)  Lodge  and  Malta  Command- 
ery.  He  married  (first)  Emily  T.  Race,  who 
died  1856;  married  (secontl)  Ann  Eliza  Race, 
born  October  8,  1835.  Children:  i.  Emily  T., 
married  Fred  W.  (irnmmond.  2.  llial  Cecelia, 
married  William  Colan  Willis. 


Valentine  has  been  a  i>cr- 
X'ALENTINE  sonal  name  from  time  im- 
memorial, and  its  original 
meaning  was  strong,  robust,  powerful.  Valen- 
tinus  was  a  learned  and  elocjuent  Alexandrian, 
born  A.  D.  140.  St.  V^alentine  was  a  presbyter 
or  bishop,  who  flourished  about  the  middle  of 
the  third  century  and  suffered  martyrdom  in 
the  year  270.  Three  Roman  emperors  were 
named  \'alentinian.  The  name,  with  slight 
variations,  is  found  in  France.  Spain,  ("ler- 
many  and  Holland,  as  well  as  England.  The 
name  has  been  used  as  a  surname  from  the 
very  beginning  also,  and  some  of  the  French 
and  Dutch  branches  may  have  taken  their 
name  from  the  town  of  \  alentine,  in  the  de- 
partment of  Haute  Garonne,  France.  Benja- 
min \'alentine,  the  progenitor  of  the  New 
York  and  Westchester  county  families,  was 
doubtless  born  in  Holland,  but  is  said  to  have 
served  in  the  French  army.  John  \'alentine. 
of  Boston,  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1675, 
and  from  him  a  numerous  family,  in  Xew 
England,  is  descended.  It  is  not  unlikely  that 
both  Boston  and  Long  Island  \'alentines  are 
descended  from  the  \'alentines  of  Lancashire. 
England.  Richard  Valentine,  of  Lancashire, 
made  his  will  in  1520.  married  Anne  Hop- 
wood,  and  be(|ueathed  his  estate  to  his  son 
Thomas,  who  in  turn  bequeathed  it  to  his  son 
Richard  in  1550.  Richard  Valentine,  of  Ben- 
clift'e,  sixth  in  descent  from  the  first  Richard, 
baptized  June  16,  1675,  was  high  sheriff  of 
Lancashire,  bequeathed  to  his  kinsman.  Thomas 
Valentine  Clark,  of  Franckford,  county  Sligo, 
and  the  latter,  in  1773,  devised  to  Samuel 
Valentine,  of  Boston,  Massachusetts. 

(I)  Richard  Valentine,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  of  English  birth  and  ancestry.  He  was 
born  about  1620,  and,  it  is  believed,  that  he  is 
a  descendant  of  Richard  Valentine,  of  the  par- 
ish of  Eccles,  Lancashire,  England,  from  whom 
the  New  England  Valentines  are  also  descend- 
ed. Other  English  settlers  at  Hempstead,  Long 
Island,  where  he   located,  came   from   I-anca- 


shire.  Richard  Valentine  had  a  share  in  tin- 
first  division  of  land  at  Hempstead,  in  1646, 
and  later  owned  land  at  Merrick,  in  company 
with  Richard  Cornell.  He  was  one  of  the  five 
townsmen  in  1659,  an  overseer  in  1676,  and 
constable    in    1679.      He    married    soon    after 

coming  to  this  country,  pnibably  Sarah . 

There  is  a  tradition  in  the  family  that  his  orig- 
inal farm  comprised  six  hundred  acres.  He 
died  in  1(^84,  intestate,  ap[)arently  having  divid- 
ed his  land  by  deed,  for,  in  the  tax  list  of  1O85. 
we  find  the  w'idow  of  Richard  Valentine  as- 
sessed for  forty  acres ;  his  sons,  Ephraim  for 
forty  acres,  Obadiah  for  forty-four,  William 
forty,  and  Richard,  seventy-one  acres.  It  was 
the  custom  to  give  the  eldest  son  a  double  por- 
tion. In  February,  1679,  Jonah  \'alentine,  of 
1  lem].)stead,  petitioned  the  governor  for  a  grant 
of  one  hundred  acres  of  land.  The  records 
show  fairly  positive  proof  of  the  English  origin 
of  the  \'alentines.  He  was  complained  of,  be- 
fore the  Dutch  governor-general  and  council 
of  New  Netlierlands,  July  7,  1674.  for  refus- 
ing to  put  in  execution  a  judgment  against  one. 
Jeremy  Wood,  and  for  uttering  these  seditious 
words:  "Is  it  in  the  name  of  the  King  of  I'^ng- 
land?  For  I  will  do  nothing  in  the  name  of 
the  Prince  or  of  the  States  of  Holland."  No 
record  of  punishment  follows,  however.  Rich- 
ard \'alentine  bought  five  acres  of  meadow  of 
Thomas  Ellison,  March  14,  1658.  Children: 
I.  Richard  Jr..  mentioned  lielow.  2.  Obadiah, 
died  1743.  leaving  a  will:  has  many  descend- 
ants. 3.  William.  4.  Ephraim,  died  1729. 
leaving  a  will  and  bequeathing  to  wife  Rachel 
and  children  Richard,  William.  Ichabod,  Eph- 
raim and  Phebe.  5.  Jonah,  mentioned  above. 
6.  Deborah,  married,  1(174,  William  Foster. 
In  a  valuation  of  Hempstead,  October  11, 
1683,  just  before  his  death,  Richard  Sr.  is 
given  as  the  owner  of  thirty-four  acres  of  land, 
six  oxen,  eight  cows,  three  colts,  etc. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i)  Val- 
entine, was  born  in  Hempstead,  Long  Island, 
about  1646,  and  was  doubtless  the  eldest  son. 
In  1702  he  was  one  of  a  grand  jury  raised  espe- 
cially to  indict  Samuel  Bownes,  an  itinerant 
Quaker  preacher,  who  came  into  that  region, 
blit  instead  of  doing  so  the  jury  indorsed  the 
pa]3er  "Ignoramus,"  and  returned  it  to  the 
judge,  utterly  refusing  to  have  anything  to 
do  with  such  dirty  work.  Many  of  Richard's 
descendants  were  Quakers.  Richard  is  called 
a  veoman   in   a  deed,  dated    1706,   at   Hemp- 


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>tea(l.  His  will,  dated  1725,  bequeaths  to  chil- 
dren :  Richard.  David,  Jonathan.  Sarah  Smith, 
l*hebe  Downing,  Anne  Carle,  Hannah  Pine. 

(Ill)  Richard  (3),  son  of  Richard  (2)  Val- 
entine, was  born  at  Hempstead,  about  1675- 
<So,  and  lived  at  Hempstead  Harbor,  Long 
Island.  He  lived  to  a  great  age.  surviving  his 
son  Richard.  We  find  mention  of  a  "sister 
Ann  I'tarsall."  but  not  of  his  wife's  name. 
His  will  was  dated  in  1768.  He  bequeathed  to 
the  following:  Son  Richard,  mentioned  below; 
Phcbe,  widow  of  his  son  Richard,  and  her 
children :  grandchildren  George  and  Richard 
Weeks  ( children  of  his  daughter  Deborah, 
who  married,  1736,  Samuel  Weeks,  and  whose 
<laugliter,  Abigail  Weeks,  married,  1770,  Rich- 
ard Titus  )  :  grandchildren  Richard  Kirk,  Je- 
mima liaker  and  Abigail  Weeks. 

(  I\' )  Richard  (4).  son  of  Richard  (  3  )  \'al- 
entine,  was  born  about  1720,  and  died  in  1763. 

He  married  Phebe ,  and  as  he  mentions 

his  brother-in-law,  Benjamin  Robbins,  it  is 
assumed  that  her  maiden  name  was  Robbins. 
His  will,  dated  at  Hemi)stead,  in  1763,  men- 
tions his  son  Richard  and  "small"  children, 
evidently  not  named;  also  daughters  Abigail. 
Sarah,  Alary,  Phebe  and  Martha. 

(\')  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  (4)  Valentine, 
was  born  at  North  Hempstead,  January  6, 
1750.  Richard  Valentine  (his  brother)  was 
living  at  North  Hempsteail,  and  made  a  deed 
in  1806;  was  a  taxpayer  there  in  1786;  died 
October  29.  1812,  aged  seventy-seven,  at  New- 
town. Joseph  \'alentine  left  home  when  a 
young  man,  and,  in  1775,  was  located  at  Pough- 
keepsie.  New  York,  where  he  enlisted  in  Cap- 
tain Swartwout's  company,  in  the  revolution- 
ary war.  He  appears  either  to  have  served 
about  a  year,  or  to  have  obtained  a  furlough, 
for  he  was  married  July  11,  1776.  .\fterward 
he  lived  for  a  short  time  in  Chatham.  Columbia 
county.  New  York,  liut  finally  settled  ])erma- 
nently  in  the  tow^n  of  Jackson,  Washington 
county.  New  York.  From  him  practically  all 
the  Washington  county  Valentines  are  descend- 
ed. Many  spell  the  name  "\'olentine."  and,  it 
is  said,  that  as  so  many  of  the  family  were 
Tories  during  the  revolution,  Joseph  himself 
changed  the  siielling  in  protest  against  the 
course  of  his  relatives.  Children,  born  at 
Jackson;  Daniel,  June  2,  1777;  Elias,  Janu- 
ary 10,  1771);  Phebe,  .\\m\  20,  1782:  John  A., 
mentioned  helcnv  ;  IJetsey,  May  27,  1786;  Ste- 
jihen.  July  II.  1788;  Joel,  January  22,  I7t)i  ; 
.\bl)ie,  .May  2,  1793;  Moses,  March  21,  \~<)C): 


Prudence,  October  20,   1798;  Lydia.   Novem- 
ber 16,  1800;  Harvey.  June  28,  1803. 

(VI)  John  A.,  son  of  Joseph  \'alentine,  was 
born  at  Jackson,  Washington  county.  New 
York,  March  16,  1784.  He  settled  in  the  town 
of  P.erlin.  Chenango,  county.  New  York,  and 
followed  farming.  He  died  there  in  the  prime 
of  life  in  181 5.  He  married  Temjjcrance  F>ron- 
son,  whose  ancestors  were  from  Connecticut. 
Children;  Esther,  Rhoda,  Phebe,  Hiram,  John 
A.,  mentioned  below;  William,  and  Minerva. 

(VII)  John  A.  (2),  son  of  John  A.  (i) 
N'alentine,  was  born  in  New  Berlin,  Chenango 
county.  New  York.  August  14.  1813.  and  died 
in  Harford,  Cortland  county.  New  York.  Janu- 
ary 14,  1889.  He  received  a  common  school 
education  in  the  district  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  he  lived  there  until  1835.  wdien  he 
came  to  Marathon,  Cortland  county.  Six  years 
before  his  death  he  left  Marathon  and  made 
his  home  in  Harford,  where  he  spent  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  was  actively  engaged 
in  farming  ujj  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
married  ( first )  Rhoda  Salisbury,  born  in  Cin- 
cinnatus,  now  Marathon,  New  York,  Eebruar\- 
27,,  1815,  died  January  14,  1867,  daughter  of 
Silas  and  Lydia  (Dodge)  Salisbury.  Her 
father  was  born  June  26,  1784,  probably  in 
Connecticut,  married,  February  19,  1807,  Lydia 
Dodge,  born  in  Connecticut.  February  3,  1786. 
Her  ])arcnts  came  to  Cincinnatus,  New  York, 
in  1807,  and  afterward  removed  to  White- 
water. Wisconsin,  where  her  father  died  about 
1854,  and  her  mother  in  1877.  Children  of 
Silas  and  Lydia  (  Dodge  )  Salisbury  :  .\manda, 
.\nsil,  Oliver,  Nelson,  Rhoda,  Elisha,  George. 
Mary  Jane,  Christopher,  Silas,  Samuel  and 
Lydia.  Mr.  N'alentine  married  (second)  Are- 
thusa  (  Rraley )  Merrihen,  a  widow.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Esther,  born  March  21,  1841. 
died  aged  twenty-one  years ;  (ieorge  .Nelson, 
mentioned  below;  Charles,  born  1S51,  died 
ii;03,  in  I'tah.  Child  of  second  wife:  Wayne, 
born  in  Lapeer.  New  York,  living  in  191 1,  at 
Whitney  Point,  New  York. 

(VHI)  George  Nelson,  son  of  John  A.  (2) 
Valentine,  was  born  in  Marathon.  New^  York, 
Julv  22,  1S45.  He  attended  the  jniblic  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  the  Maratlion  .Academy, 
and,  during  his  youth,  worked  on  his  father's 
farm.  1  le  was  a  merchant  at  Marathon  for 
seven  years,  and  afterward  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  a  builder  and  electrical  engineer.  Ex- 
cept for  a  short  time,  wdien  he  was  living 
in  Whitewater.  Wisconsin,  and  Lapeer.   New 


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York,  he  lia>  always  lived  in  Maratluin.  l'"ur 
eight  years  he  served  the  town  as  justice  of 
the  peace.  He  is  a  member  of  .Marathon 
Lodge.  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows. 
In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist,  and  is  a  member 
of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Marathon 
Methodist  Episcopal  Church.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican.  He  marrietl,  .April  7,  1867. 
Emma,  born  in  Lapeer,  .\ew  York,  January 
9,  1849,  daugliter  of  John  White  and  Mary 
.\nn  (Kennedy)  Freeman  (see  Kennedy  \ 
and  Freeman  \'ll).  Children:  i.  Ralph  C, 
born  February  27,  i86g.  engaged  in  fruitgrow- 
ing at  Lewiston,  Niagara,  New  York;  married 
Lillian  (Coring,  of  .Xiagara  Falls:  children: 
Clark  and  Christine.    2.  Leighton  F.,  born  July 

29,  1871,  great  commander  of  Order  of  Macca- 
bees, in  state  of  Xew  York,  and  devotes  all  his 
time  to  the  duties  of  that  otifice ;  married  Hessie 
Kellv,  of  .\lbany,  Xew  York:  one  son,  Flwood 
Leighton. 

(The  Kennedy  Line). 

(  I )  Daniel  Kennedy,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  Salem,  Massachusetts,  before  1(179, 
for,  in  that  year,  he  appears  to  have  had  an 
allotment  of  land  at  Suffield.  Connecticut.  Ik- 
died  at  Salem,  June  11,  1695.  lie  married. 
.Vovember  10.  i()8i.  at  Salem.  Hannah,  born 
September,  1658,  daughter  of  1  lenry  and  Judith 
(  Birdsall )  Cooke,  of  Salem.  The  Salem  rec- 
ords are  defective  and  nothing  further  has  been 
learned  of  him.  His  widow  may  have  gone  to 
Connecticut,  where  his  sons  settled  (see  "Essex 
Hist.  Collections."  vol.  i.,  p.  114,  and  vol.  ii.,  j). 
43).  Chililren,  born  at  Salem:  Daniel,  .\ugust 
10,  1682:  David,  mentioned  below;  Hannah, 
twin  of  David,  July  7,  1683,  was  probably  the 
Hannah  admitted  to  the  church  at  Hampton, 
Connecticut,  b'ebruary  7,  1725,  though  it  may 
have  been  her  mother;  Jonathan,  January  19, 
1687;  Isaac.  January  21.  1689,  married.  Janu- 
ary 21,  1729-30.  Phebe  Leonard,  and  settled 
at  Hampton;  Elizabeth,  ]\Iarch  21.  1692.  ad- 
mitted to  Hampton  church,  January  3.  1725; 
Margaret,  admitted  to  Hampton  church,  June 

30.  I7-23- 

(II)  David,  son  of  Daniel  Kennedy,  wa^- 
born  at  Salem,  Massachusetts,  July  7,  i'>83. 
He  removed  to  Hampton.  Connecticut,  with  his 
brothers  and  sisters,  and  the  village  in  which 
they  lived  was  named  Kennedy  Village  for  the 
familv.  He  married,  November  5.  1718,  at 
Winclham  ( later  Hampton  ) .  ^Margaret  Lam- 
bert, or  Lombard.  Children,  born  at  Hamp- 
ton: Sarah,  October  13.  1720;  Hannah.  .March 


3,  1723;  Elizabeth.  June  4,  172O;  David,  men- 
tioned below;  Daniel,  June  19,  1730.  died  1732; 
John.  November   18.  1732. 

(Ill)  David  (2).  son  of  David  (i)  Ken- 
nedy, was  born  at  \\  indham.  or  1  lampton. 
Connecticut.  March  28,  1728.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  French  and  Indian  war.  in  1758.  in  the 
Seventh  com])any.  Captain  IJenjamin  Leet.  of 
I'lainfield;  Ihird  Regiment,  Cok)nel  Eleazer 
hitch,  and  again,  in  1759.  in  Ca])tain  (ieorge 
Crary's  cnmpany,  same  regiment  (see  "French 
and  Indian  War  Recurds,"  vol.  ii.,  ccjII.  .\., 
"Conn.  .State  I  list.  Society,"  p]).  64,  170).  He 
married  there,  January  10,  1750,  Deborah  Jen- 
nings. Children:  Sybil,  born  October  5,  1750; 
Hannah.  .August  20.  1752;  David,  mentioned 
below:  Margaret.  September  8,  1737;  Nathan- 
iel, F'ebruary  i,  1768:  Deborah,  .August  12, 
1770;  Hadasseh,  May  2,  1775. 

(1\')  David  (31,  son  of  David  (2)  Ken- 
nedy, was  burn  at  Hampton.  January  20.  1753. 
lie  was  a  suldier  in  the  revolutionary  war.  a 
sergeant,  some  time  between  177 —  and  1781. 
in  Captain  Eels'  company,  in  the  Connecticut 
Line.  Third  Regiment.  He  appears  also  as  a 
soldier  on  the  Le.\ingt<>n  alarm,  under  Major 
James  tiordon,  of  \  nluntown  (p.  24,  "Conn. 
Rev.  War  Rolls").  He  seems  also  to  have 
been  in  Captain  Daniel  Clark's  company,  in 
1777,  at  .Stillwater,  and  in  Captain  Aloses 
Branch's  company  in  1777-78.  He  married 
Lucy  Jennings.  I'hildren  :  Rufus,  mentioned 
below  ;  Erastus,  and  Cora. 

( \' )  Rufus,  son  of  David  (3)  Kennedy, 
was  a  soldier  in  Captain  Palmer's  company, 
in  the  war  of  1812,  and  was  in  service  at  New 
London  (see  "Conn.  War  of  1812  Records." 
published  by  the  state).  He  married  Polly 
Hunt.  Their  daughter.  Mary  .Ann.  married 
|(ilin  White  l'"reeman   (see  I'reeman  \'II). 

(The  Freeman  Line). 

(  1  )  Sanniel  Freeman,  immigrant  ancestor, 
is  designated  with  the  title  ".Mr.,"  and  call- 
ed "gentleman"  in  the  records,  lie  came  to 
Watertown.  Alassachu^etts.  frcim  .Mawlyn. 
county  Kent,  England,  and  had  deed  of  Eng- 
lish property,  July  22,  1640.  His  house,  in 
Watertown.    was   burned    P"ebruary    11.    1630. 

He  married  .\])phia .    Children  :  Henry. 

gave  a  letter  of  attorney,  December  12.  1646, 
for  collection  nf  a  legacy  from  his  grand- 
muther,  rri>cilla  l-Veeman.of  Blackfriars.  Lon- 
don, deceased;  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

I  il  )    Samuel  12),  Min  <>f  Sanniel  (  1  )   I'ree- 


NEW  YORK. 


man,  was  born  at  Watertown,  May  ii,  1638. 
He  must  have  been  closely  related  to  Edmund 
Freeman,  progenitor  of  most  of  the  Cape  Cod 
familiein  two  of  whose  sons,  Edmund  and 
John,  married  daughters  of  Governor  Thomas 
Prince  (Prence).  The  history  of  Eastham 
says  Samuel  Freeman  was  taken  thither  by 
Governor  Prince  (Prence),  who  married  his 
mother.  At  any  rate  the  Prence  and  Freeman 
families  were  closely  allied,  and  many  descend- 
ants of  Edmund  and  some  of  Samuel  were 
named  for  the  governor.  Prince  Freeman.  Sam- 
uel became  a  prominent  citizen  of  Eastham ; 
he  married  there.  May  12,  1658,  Mercy,  daugh- 
ter of  Constant  Southworth,  who  was  a  son  of 
the  second  wife  of  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford, and  an  early  settler  of  Plymouth.  Con- 
stant Southworth  made  bequest  in  his  will  to 
Mercy  Freeman.  Constant  Southworth  married, 
November  2,  1637,  Elizabeth  Collier,  whose 
sister  Mary  married  Governor  Prince  ( Prence  ) , 
April  I,  1636.  Children  of  Samuel  and  Mercy 
(Southworth)  Freeman:  Apphia,  born  De- 
cember II,  1660,  died  young;  Samuel,  born 
March  26,  1662;  Apphia,  January  i,  1667: 
Constant,  mentioned  below ;  Elizabeth,  June 
26,  1671. 

(III)  Captain  Constant  Freeman,  son  of 
Samuel  (2)  Freeman,  was  born  in  Eastham, 
March  31,  1669,  died  June  8,  1745.  He  mar- 
ried, October  11,  1694,  Jane  Treat.  She  died 
September  i,  1729,  in  her  fifty-fourth  year. 
Children,  born  at  Eastham :  Robert,  mentioned 
below;  Jane,  September  2,  1697,  died  young; 
Jane,  March  5,  1698-99 ;  Constant,  March, 
[700,  died  at  Truro,  May  3,  1756;  Mercy,  born 
August  31,  1702;  Hannah,  May  3,  1704;  Ed- 
ward, November  25,  1705;  Elizabeth,  Febru- 
ary 4,  1707-08. 

(IV)  Robert,  son  of  Captain  Ci;)nstant  Free- 
man, was  born  at  Eastham,  August  12,  \CigG. 
He  settled  at  Truro.  He  w^as  dismissed  from 
Truro  to  Pom  fret,  Connecticut,  March  4,  1738- 
39.  Children:  Elijah,  mentioned  below;  Re- 
becca, born  September  25,  1724  ;  perhaps  others. 
Jaines  and  Samuel  were  brothers  of  Elijah. 

(V)  Elijah,  son  of  Robert  Freeman,  was 
born  at  Truro,  January  fi,  1722-23.  He  went 
to  Pomfret,  Connecticut,  when  a  boy.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1767,  perha])s  for  a  second  wife,  Anne 
Eldredge  (Eldred).  In  1790  the  first  federal 
census  gives  Elijah  Freeman,  at  Easton,  Al- 
bany county.  New  York,  with  two  males  over 
sixteen,  one  under  that  age  and  two  females. 


Children  :  Prince,  mentioned  below  ;  Barbara. 
James,  Elijah,  Polly  and  Jonathan. 

(VI)  Prince,  son  of  Elijah  Freeman,  was 
born  in  1768.  He  settled,  in  1801.'  at  X'irgil, 
New  York,  and  married  Bethia  White,  at  New 
Canaan.  New  York.  Children:  Lurinda,  Polly, 
Anna,  Rufus  A.,  James,  Peter  E.,  Elijah  ;  John 
W.,  mentioned  below,  and  Orrin  Prince. 

(VII)  John  White,  son  of  Prince  Freeman, 
was  born  in  Virgil,  New  York,  January  19, 
1809,  died  December  9,  1878;  married  Mary 
Ann  Kennedy,  daughter  of  Rufus  Kennedy 
(see  Kennedy  V).  Their  daughter  Emma, 
born  in  Lapeer,  New  York,  January  9,  1849, 
married,  April  7,  1867,  George  Nelson  Valen- 
tine (see  Valentine  VIII).  Their  son  Dwight 
was  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war,  serving  three 
years  in  the  Thirtieth  New  York  Engineer 
Corps.  His  son,  John  W.,  was  a  soldier  in  the 
Spanish-American  war,  and  participated  in  the 
battle  at  Santiago ;  was  a  member  of  the  Ninth 
Regiment,  Regular  Arm}',  known  as  the  "Fight- 
ing Ninth";  after  his  return  he  went,  with  his 
regiment,  to  the  Philippines,  where  he  was 
discharged,  his  term  of  enlistment  having  ex- 
pired. 

This  surname  means,  liter- 
PATTERSON  ally,  son  of  Patrick,  and 
belongs  to  a  large  class  of 
English  and  Scotch  surnames,  similarly  de- 
rived. This  family  is  particularly  numerous 
in  Scotland,  in  Stirlingshire,  Aberdeenshire, 
Dumfriesshire,  and  in  other  counties.  The 
spelling  Paterson  is  most  generally  used.  The 
Scotch-Irish,  of  this  name,  are  very  numerous 
in  the  counties  of  Down,  Antrim,  Armagh, 
Londonderry  and  Tyrone,  wher-e  the  spelling 
is  usually  Patterson.  The  coat-of-arms  of  the 
Ihshop  of  Ross,  who  belonged  to  the  family 
of  Paterson,  is  described:  Argent,  three  peli- 
cans feeding  their  young  in  nests,  vert,  on  a 
chief,  azure,  as  many  mullets  of  the  field.  The 
other  Patterson  arms  are  like  this,  or  but  little 
varied.  Andrew  Patterson,  who  settled  at 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  before  1690,  came  from 
Hamilton,  Scotland,  and  is  the  progenitor  of 
many  of  the  Connecticut  families.  Numerous 
pioneers  of  this  surname  came  with  the  Scotch- 
Irish,  about  1720,  to  New  England. 

( I )  Shubael  Patterson,  pioneer  ancestor,  is 
said  to  have  come  to  this  country  from  Eng- 
land, about  1771.  He  appears  to  have  settled 
in   Berlin,  Hartford  county,  Connecticut.     In 


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1790,  according  to  the  first  federal  census, 
Shubael  (spelled  Sherbial)  Patterson  had  three 
males  over  sixteen  and  three  females  in  his  fam- 
ily. Of  his  family  also  doubtless  were  Edward 
and  Elizabeth  Patterson,  who,  according  to  the 
same  census,  were  heads  of  families  there.  The 
name  was  formerly  spelled  Pattison  pretty 
generally. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Shubael  Patterson,  was 
born  about  1755.  According  to  family  tradi- 
tion he  served  seven  years  in  the  revolution. 
He  appears  to  have  settled  before  the  revolu- 
tion in  Greenwich,  Hampshire  county,  Massa- 
chusetts, and  probably  went  to  Vermont,  be- 
fore the  close  of  the  war.  David  Patterson, 
of  Greenwich,  was  in  Captain  Jonathan  Bard- 
well's  company.  Colonel  David  Brewer's  regi- 
ment, from  Greenwich,  in  1775;  also  in  Cap- 
tain Smith's  company.  Colonel  Marshall's  regi- 
ment, in  1777;  sergeant  of  Captain  Josiah 
Smith's  company.  Colonel  Thomas  Marshall's 
regiment  afterward.  Further  service  of  David 
Patterson  appears  in  a  company  from  Mon- 
tague, Massachusetts,  and  in  \'ermont.  He 
married  Heath,  of  Scotch  or  Scotch- 
Irish  ancestry.    They  had  eleven  children. 

(III)  Lyman  Patterson, or  Pattison,  seventh 
son  of  David  Patterson,  was  born  at  Castle- 
ton,  Rutland  county,  Vermont,  March  28,  1794. 
He  married  (first),  in  1815,  Almira,  daughter 
of  Joseph  Tuttle,  of  English  ancestry.  In 
1816,  with  his  wife  and  one  child,  Lyman  Pat- 
terson removed  from  Vermont  to  the  town 
of  \'olney,  Oswego  county.  New  York.  The 
journey  was  made  in  the  method  in  vogue  in 
those  days,  with  ox  team,  and  required  eighteen 
days  of  travel,  and,  when  he  reached  his  new 
home,  he  had  but  eighteen  cents  in  money  to 
begin  life  in  the  wilderness.  He  cleared  a 
farm,  and,  in  the  course  of  time,  became  well- 
to-do,  however.  His  wife  died  in  1828,  and 
two  years  later  he  married  (second)  Graty 
Perkins,  who  died  in  1836.  Hemarried  (third), 
in  1838,  Polly  Jefifers.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Almira ;  George  H. ;  William  D.,  mentioned 
below.  Child  of  second  wife:  Sylvanus,  died 
in  1872,  aged  thirty-seven  years.  Child  of  third 
wife :  Orson,  drowned  at  the  age  of  six  years. 

(IV)  William  D.  Patterson,  son  of  Lyman 
Patterson,  or  Pattison,  was  born  in  Fulton, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  Fulton,  and  became  one  of  the  lead- 
ing citizens  there,  having  been  a  trustee  and 
president  of  the  incorporated  village  of  Fulton. 
For  many  years  he  was  superintendent  of  the 


Oswego  canal.  He  was  vice-president  and 
trustee  of  the  Fulton  Savings  Bank  from  the 
time  it  was  organized  until  his  death.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  a  Democrat,  in  religion  a  Meth- 
odist. He  married  Adelia  Keeler,  a  native  of 
Rochester.  Children:  i.  Hattie  A.,  borri  in 
Fulton,  died  in  April,  191 1,  was  the  wife  of 
S.  F.  Hill ;  one  son,  Demster.  2.  Helen  L., 
born  in  Fulton,  wife  of  Monroe  Skeel.  3. 
William  H.,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  William  H.,  son  of  WiHiam  D.  Patter- 
son, was  born  in  Fulton,  December  21,  1863. 
He  attended  the  public  and  high  schools  of 
his  native  town,  and  began  his  business  career 
there  as  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  store  of  Bennett 
&  Stewart.  After  ten  years  he  bought  the  dry 
goods  store  of  C.  E.  Sacket,  and  engaged  in 
business  on  his  own  account,  as  partner  in  the 
firm  of  Connell  &  Patterson.  In  1896  he 
bought  the  interest  of  his  partner,  and  since 
then  has  conducted  the  business  under  his  own 
name.  He  has  a  large  and  flourishing  trade, 
and  has  added  to  the  business  by  buying  an- 
other store  and  making  various  additions  from 
time  to  time.  He  is  interested  in  various 
enterprises  in  Fulton,  as  stockholder.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
of  Fulton,  and  of  the  official  board.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Democrat.  For  ten  years  he  was 
a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of  Fulton, 
and.  for  two  years,  a  member  of  the  board  of 
public  works  of  the  city.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Fulton  Chamber  of  Commerce;  of  Hiram 
Lodge.  No.  144,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
of  the  Knights  of  Pythias,  and  of  the  Masonic 
Chib. 

He  married,  June  10,  1885,  Frances  L., 
daughter  of  Dr.  D.  E.  and  Jean  Monroe 
(Miller)  Lake,  granddaughter  of  William  and 
Rachel  (Tufft)  Miller.  William  Miller  set- 
tled at  Battersea,  Ontario,  Canada.  His  wife 
Rachel  was  a  native  of  Scotland.  William 
Miller,  father  of  William,  married  Eleanor, 
daughter  of  Jeremiah  Utley,  and  granddaugh- 
ter o(  Jeremiah  Utley,  whose  home  was  in 
northern  Vermont.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Patterson 
have  one  child,  Ethel  L.,  wife  of  W.  M.  Dun- 
ham, of  Fulton,  now  of  Greene,  New  York : 
have  one  child,  Frances  Elizabeth. 


Robert  Potter,  immigrant  an- 
POTTER     cestor,  came  from  Coventry,  in 

England,  in  1634,  and  was  ad- 
mitted a  freeman  of  Massachusetts,  September 
3,  1634.     He  is  mentioned  first  as  a  farmer  in 


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NEW    M  )KK. 


Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  removed  thence  to 
Roxbury.  He  became  a  follower  of  Samuel 
Gorton,  and,  in  1637,  he  was  one  of  those 
summoned  before  the  general  court  for  not 
conforming  to  the  dictation  of  the  church  and 
other  authorities.  With  Gorton  and  others 
Potter  became  one  of  the  owners  of  a  tract  of 
land,  purchased  of  the  Indians,  called  Shawo- 
mett  Purchase,  in  Rhode  Island,  afterwanls 
named  Warwick,  in  honor  of  the  Earl  of  War- 
wick, who  had  befriended  the  exiles  from  Mas- 
sachusetts. Gorton  came  from  Groton.  Eng- 
land. Potter  was  admitted  an  inhabitant  of 
Aquidneck,  Rhode  Island,  in  1638;  on  April 
30,  1639,  he  and  twenty-eight  others  signed 
the  compact,  on  which  the  civil  government  of 
the  town  rested.  Gorton,  Potter  and  others 
agreed  with  the  Friends  in  rejecting  church 
ordinances,  but  differing  in  other  points.  The 
pioneers  were  not  without  their  troubles  in 
Rhode  Island.  Potter.  Garden,  Houlden  and 
Shotten  were  ordered  disarmed  and  disfran- 
chised, March  16,  1642,  for  some  religious 
reasons,  it  is  presumed.  In  the  same  year 
Potter  sold  his  house,  at  Portsmouth,  to  his 
brother-in-law,  John  Anthony.  The  persecu- 
tion by  the  lioston  bigots  continued.  In  1643 
Robert  Potter,  with  others  of  the  Shawomett 
purchase,  was  notified  to  appear  before  the 
general  court  of  Massachusetts,  on  an  alleged 
complaint  of  Indians,  from  whom  land  was 
bought  unjustly.  The  summons  was  not  obey- 
ed, the  Rhode  Island  men  denying  jurisdiction. 
Captain  Cook,  with  a  company  of  soldiers,  was 
then  sent  from  Boston  and  besieged  the  set- 
tlers in  a  fortified  house.  In  a  [larley  it  was 
then  said  "that  they  held  blasphemous  errors 
which  they  must  repent  of  or  go  to  Boston  for 
trial."  They  were  soon  all  taken  to  Boston, 
excepting  Shotten,  and  seven  of  them,  viz  :  Gor- 
ton, Wickes,  Houlden,  Potter,  Garden,  Weston 
and  Warner,  sentenced  to  be  confined  in  dif- 
ferent towns.  .\t  the  time  of  their  capture 
their  wives  and  children  were  forced  to  betake 
themselves  to  the  woods,  and  suffered  hard- 
ships that  resulted  in  the  death  of  three  women, 
one  of  whom  was  the  wife  of  Robert  Potter. 
In  reality  the  sentence  of  the  Puritan  Inc|uisi- 
tion  was  that  they  be  condemned  to  death  and 
executed,  provided  they  attempted  to  escape 
or  maintained  their  religious  beliefs,  which 
were  described  as  "blas|)hemnus  and  abomin- 
able heresies."  But  the  indignation  of  the 
general  ])ul)Iic  at  the  cruelty  of  the  punish- 
ment eventuallv  caused  their  release  or  banish- 


ment, tiorton  and  ^onie  associates  went  to 
England  to  present  the  case  to  the  commission- 
ers of  foreign  plantations  and  naturally  enough 
secured  an  order  reinstating  them  in  the  prop- 
erty at  Shawomett.  and  prohibiting  further 
molestation  from  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony. 
Potter  and  others  of  Roxbury  were  excom- 
municated for  supporting  Mrs.  Hutchinson. 

In  1649  Mr.  Potter  was  licensed  to  keep  an 
inn  ;  in  1651  he  was  a  commissioner.  He  died 
in  1656,  and  left  a  small  estate,  over  which 
his  widow  had  some  difficulties.  She  married 
(second)  John  Sanford,  and  she  died  in  Bos- 
ton, in  1686.  Her  will  was  dated  March  16, 
1686,  and  proved  May  4,  following.  She  be- 
(|ueathed  to  the  children  of  John  Potter,  and 

to  others.     His  first  wife  was  Isabel  . 

wlio  died  in  i'')43.  as  related.  Children  of  first 
wife:  Elizabeth,  born  at  Roxbury;  Deliver- 
ance, at  Portsmouth,  1637;  Isabel,  at  Ports- 
mouth, died  .\ugust  26.  1724;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Robert  Potter,  was  born 
at  Portsmouth,  in  1639,  died  there  in  1694. 
He  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1660.  He  was 
deputy  to  the  general  assembly  from  Ports- 
mouth, in  1667-71-72-80-83.  He  served  in  a 
court  martial,  at  Newport,  for  trial  of  certain 
Indians,  charged  with  being  engaged  in  King 
Philip's  designs,  August  24,  1676.  He  was 
assistant  in  1685-86.  He  deeded  land  to  his 
son  Robert,  October  10,  1687,  and  he  and  his 
son  Robert  sold  land  to  John  x\nthony,  April 
28,  1688.  He  deeded  also  to  sons  Fisher  and 
John  and  Samuel  in  1692-0)3.  He  married 
(first)  Ruth,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Judith 
Fisher:  (second)  Sarah  (Wright)  Collins. 
Children  by  first  wife,  bom  at  Warwick:  Rob- 
ert, March  5.  1665:  Fi.sher,,  July  12.  1667: 
John,  mentioned  below :  William.  May  23, 
1671  ;  Samuel.  January  10,  1672;  Isabella.  Oc- 
tober 17.  1674;  Ruth,  November  29,  1676;  Ed- 
ward, November  23,  1678:  Content,  October 
2.  1680. 

(HI)  John  (2).  son  of  John  (i)  Potter, 
was  born  at  Warwick,  November  21,  1669, 
died  February  3,  171 1.  He  married  Jane, 
daughter  of  Roger  and  Mary  Burlingame.  He 
was  killed  by  the  fall  of  a  tree  and  his  widow 
married.  December  27.  in  the  same  year,  his 
brother,  Edward  Potter.  Each  of  the  brothers 
had  a  son.  John  Potter,  who  grew  to  maturity, 
each  having  the  same  mother.  The  jury  mak- 
ing an  inciuest  on  the  death  of  Potter  found 
him  to  be  ".\xedentoll\-  exceserv"  to  his  own 


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(leatli.  It  may  he  iiKntiuiied  aNo  that  I'homa^ 
Fenner,  assistant,  refused  to  marry  the  widow 
to  her  hushand's  brother,  on  account  of  the 
relationship  which  under  EngHsh  law  was  a 
bar.  Children  of  John  Potter  and  wife  Jane, 
born  at  Cranston:  John,  before  1605:  Fisher, 
mentioned  below;  ^Iary  :  William;  Amy,  and 
Alice. 

( I\' )  I'lsher.  son  of  John  (2)  1 'titter,  was 
born  September  29,  1706.  at  Cranston.  Rhode 
Island,  died  April  28,  1789.  He  married,  No- 
vember 10.  1728.  Mary  W'insor,  born  1707. 
died  1789,  daughter  of  Samuel  Jr.  and  Mercy 
(Harding  or  Harden)  W'insor.  Children,  the 
five  eldest  born  at  Cranston,  the  four  others  at 
Scituate.  Rhode  Island:  I'liilip,  August  27, 
1729:  Samuel,  January  10,  17,^1:  Mary.  De- 
cember 23.  1733:  Fisher,  June  10,  1735:  Jere- 
miah. March  3.  1737:  Phebe,  May  20,  1742: 
Christopher,  mentioned  below;  John.  Xnveni- 
ber  II.  1747:  Winsor.  January   15.  1741J. 

(  \  )  Christopher,  son  of  Fisher  Potter,  was 
born  at  Scituate.  Rhode  Island.  August  22. 
1744,  died  July  23,  1822.  lie  married.  Seji- 
tember  12.  1765,  \\'ait  Waterman,  born  1730, 
died  in  1835.  daughter  of  Colonel  John  and 
Sally  (Fenner)  Waterman.  Children,  born  at 
Scituate:  William.  April  5.  I7')();  Emor.  July 
-23.  1767;  Phebe,  February  i.  1769;  Pardon: 
Charles  ;  Harden. or  Harding. mentioned  beli nv  : 
Fdward  ;  Isaac  D..  Ajjril  8.  1786;  James  ;  Lillis. 

(V'l)  Harden,  or  Harding,  son  of  Christ"- 
|)her  Potter,  was  born  at  .Scituate.  Rhode  Island. 
June  8.  1779,  died  at  Solon,  now  Taylor.  New 
York.  October  22.  1857.  He  came  to  New  York- 
state,  when  a  young  man,  and  made  his  home 
at  Taylor,  where  he  followed  the  occu])atiiin 
of  farming  until  his  death.  He  married  Ruth 
Champion,  of  Stark.  Herkimer  C(junty.  New 
York,  born  May  8,  1790,  died  January  17.  183(1. 
daughter  of  Dan  and  Ruth  (Harris)  Cham- 
jiion  (see  Champion  \").  Children:  John,  born 
N'ovember  10.  1808,  died  May  17,  1885;  Dan- 
iel Champion,  July  i,  1810.  died  May  <>.  1826; 
Charles.  November  28.  181 1.  died  May  U). 
1881  ;  Joel.  October  19.  1813,  dieil  January 
1908;  Erastus,  June  7.  1815.  died  July  17. 
1896;  Harris,  born  March  31.  1817.  died  Sep- 
tember 22.  1885 ;  Elisha.  born  August  22.  1819. 
died  February  22,  1821  ;  Philander.  February 
25.  1821,  died  April  14.  1901  ;  Nelson.  March 
9.  1823,  died  June  18.  1805:  Chauncy  D..  Au- 
gust 20.  1826,  died  June  16.  1869,  soldier  in 
the  civil  war.  Seventy-sixth  New  York  Regi- 
ment; Elijah  Champion,  March  26,  1828.  died 


.Se[)temljer  27.   1855;   Edmund,  mentioned  be- 
li)w;  David  King,  born  January  20,  1837. 

(VII)  Edmund,  .son  of  Harden,  or  Hard- 
ing, Potter,  was  born  in  Solon,  now  Taylor. 
Cortland  county.  New  "S'ork.  Se])tember  20. 
1830.  died  at  Cortland.  April  11,  1906.  He 
was  educatetl  in  the  common  schools,  and 
learned  the  trade  of  blacksmith.  For  many 
years  he  resided  in  Taylor  and  Cincinnatus. 
New  York,  and  was,  for  some  some  years,  em- 
ployed by  Kingman,  Sturtevant  &  Larabie,  in 
the  carriage  business,  as  a  blacksmith.  When 
this  firm  moved  the  business  to  I'inghainton 
he  went  with  them  and  worked  there,  for  ten 
years,  in  the  same  business.  In  1893  he  came 
to  Cortland,  and,  for  twelve  years,  was  em- 
ployed by  the  Cortland  Carriage  Company. 
He  resided  in  Cortland  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and.  for 
twenty  years,  was  postmaster  of  Taylor.  He 
held  the  office  of  justice  of  the  peace  many 
years.  1  le  was  an  expert  penman  and  used  t<i 
give  lessons  in  penmanship.  He  was  a  meiu- 
ber  of  the  Weslevan  Methodist  Church. 

lie  married  (first),  November  30.  1851. 
I.illis  Cole,  of  .Solon,  now  Tayhir.born  in  1832. 
(lied  .April  28.  1861.  He  married  (second). 
.Xovember  21.  1861.  Jane  llalbert,  born  June 
2'>,  1825.  died  April  23.  1891;.  He  married 
( third  ).  September  27.  1901,  Mrs.  Hattie  Chat- 
field.  Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Velma  D.. 
liorn  October  16,  1852.  died  .April  Ci,  1899; 
married  .Andrew  Hutchinson;  children:  Ed- 
ward A..  Richard  D..  De  Forrest,  Harley,  .Al- 
bert Hutchinson.  2.  Lucy  Jane,  born  May  5 
1853,  died  September  23,  1874.  3.  Lafarenz:; 
L.,  born  June  23,  1839,  died  January  22.  1893 
4.  Herbert  Louie,  mentioned  below. 

(  \TH  )  Herbert  Louie,  son  of  Edmund  Pot- 
ter, was  born  at  Cincinnatus,  New  A'ork,  April 
20,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the  district 
schools  of  Taylor,  New  A'ork,  and.  for  six 
years  after  leaving  school,  worked  on  a  farm. 
He  worked  also,  for  a  time,  at  the  blacksmith 
trade.  In  1888  he  came  to  Cortland.  New 
\'ork.  where  he  since  made  his  home.  I'or  a 
year  and  a  half  he  worked  for  the  railroad 
company,  and  ten  years  for  Wickwire  Brothers. 
Since  1907  he  has  been  in  the  trucking  busi- 
ness, on  his  own  account.  He  is  a  member  of 
fdlin  L.  Lewis  Lodge.  Indejiendent  Order  of 
Odd  l'>llows,  of  Cortland,  and  in  ])olitics  is  a 
Re])ublican.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church. 

He   married,    .Sq)temlier  1;.    l87().    Alice    .M. 


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Allen,  of  Taylor,  daughter  of  Anienzo  W.  and 
Mary  Elizabeth  (Angell)  Allen.  Children:  i. 
Waldo  Roscoe,  born  June  20,  1881,  an  elec- 
trician; resides  in  Buffalo:  married,  in  1901, 
Celestia  Suits;  son,  Herbert,  born  January, 
1903.  2.  \'ivian  Ruth,  born  August  17,  1887: 
resides  with  her  parents. 

(The  Champion  Line). 

(I)  Henry  Champion,  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  the  American  colonies,  and  settled  at 
Saybrook,  Connecticut,  as  early  as  1647.  His 
land  is  described  in  the  records  of  1660.  Be- 
fore that  date  he  had  sold  his  lot,  on  the  town 
plot,  to  Jonathan  Rugg.  He  removed,  with  his 
family,  to  the  east  side  of  the  Connecticut 
river,  and  became  one  of  the  most  active  found- 
ers of  Lyme,  being  propounded  a  freeman, 
May  12,  1670.  The  records  of  that  town  were 
begun  in  1674,  and,  on  June  18,  1674,  a  record 
of  his  land  was  made ;  he  owned  several  lots 
at  this  time.  He  lived  in  the  house  which  he 
had  built  on  the  hill,  just  east  of  the  meeting 
house,  near  the  old  burying-ground,  and  he 
was  very  likely  a  farmer,  as  the  remainder  of 
the  settlers  were.  His  ear  mark  was  recorded 
March  24,  1673-74.  On  March  12,  1671,  repre- 
sentatives of  the  town  of  X'ew  London  entered 
a  complaint  against  Henry  Champion  and  sev- 
eral of  his  fellow-townsmen  in  the  court  at 
Hartford.  The  trouble  between  the  towns  was 
a  strip  of  land  between  Bride  brook  and  Ni- 
antic  river,  including  Black  Point,  in  Lyme, 
which  both  towns  claimed  by  virtue  of  previ- 
ous grants.  New  London  was  fined  nine  pounds 
and  Lyme  five  pounds,  and  these  fines  were 
afterwards  remitted.  His  name  occurs  fre- 
quently in  the  records  as  a  grantor  or  grantee 
of  land.  He  was  a  witness  of  the  will  of 
Tobiah  Colls,  of  Saybrook,  September  2,  1664, 
and  was  a  beneficiary  in  it,  a«  were  the  other 
two  witnesses.  When  Sir  Edmund  Andros 
received  the  government  of  Connecticut,  in 
October,  1687,  he  ordcretl  an  inventory  to  be 
taken,  August  2"],  1688,  and  Henry  Champion's 
property  was  valued  at  thirty-seven  pounds. 
At  this  time  he  had  given  much  of  his  property 
to  his  sons.  November  i,  1706,  there  is  a  deed 
of  gift  to  his  grandson  Henry,  eldest  son  of 
Henry,  his  son,  in  which  he  gives  part  of  his 
home  lot,  on  Meeting  House  Hill,  and  "said 
Henry  was  not  to  put  any  tenant  on  this  tract 
during  the  lifetime  of  his  grandfather  or  his 
wife  Deborah,"  who  signed  the  deed  of  con- 


sent "as  per  marriage  agreement."  His  wife 
was  probably  a  sister  or  daughter  of  one  of 
the  early  settlers  of  Saybrook.  His  second 
wife  was  evidently  very  shrewd,  as  she  in- 
duced the  old  man  to  make  a  very  good  mar- 
riage settlement  on  her  and  finally  involved 
him  in  a  law  suit  with  the  widow  of  the  eldest 
son,  who  maintained  a  strong  fight  for  her- 
rights  in  the  property  of  her  husband.     His 

second   wife   was   Deborah  ,  and  they 

were  married  March  21,  1697-98.  He  died 
February  17,  1708-09,  said  to  be  ninety-eight 
years  old.  Children,  born  in  Saybrook:  Sarah, 
1649 ;  Mary,  1651 ;  Stephen,  1653  :  Henry,  men- 
tioned  below:   Thomas,  April,    1655;   Rachel, 

165-. 

(H)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Cham- 
pion, was  born  in  Saybrook,  in  1654,  died  in 
the  middle  of  July,  1704,  in  Lyme.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Lyme,  April  i,  1684,  Susanna,  daugh- 
ter of  Balthazar  and  Alice  DeWolf.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  John  Huntley  Sr.,  of  Lyme. 
Henry  Champion  lived  on  Meeting  House  Hill, 
in  Lyme,  and  owned  several  tracts  of  land, 
some  by  grant  and  some  from  his  father.  He 
was  forty-nine  years  old  at  his  death.  The 
inventory  of  his  estate  amounted  to  two  hun- 
dred and  thirty  pounds,  more  than  half  of 
which  was  real  estate.  Mrs.  Susanna  Cham- 
pion was  made  administratrix,  August  8,  1706. 
She  was  given  one-third  of  the  property  for 
life,  and  one-half  of  the  movable  property 
forever.  The  eldest  son  was  given  a  double 
portion,  and  the  others  equal  shares.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Lyme:  Henry,  January  5,  i6>84- 
85 ;  Joshua,  mentioned  below ;  Susanna,  I'cb- 
ruary  25,  1689-90;  Samuel,  June  18,  1691, 
died  young;  Alice,  March  15,  1694;  Rachel, 
December  i,  1697;  Abigail,  June  25,  1699; 
Stephen,  July  5,  1702;  Mary,  October  14,  1704. 

(HI)  Joshua,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Champion, 
was  born  in  Lyme,  Connecticut,  September  28, 
1686,  and  died  there.  He  married  (first),  in 
Lyme,  May,  1712,  Mary,  born  January  5,  1692- 
93,  in  Lyme,  died  there,  March  29,  1730,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  Mott.  He  married 
(second),  in  Lyme,  March  15,  1732,  Sarah, 
born  April  13.  1702,  daughter  of  Jasper  and 
Ruth  (Peck)  Griffin,  of  North  Lyme.  He 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  part  owner 
of  a  sawmill,  at  Four  Mile  River.  On  June 
28,  1703,  he  was  reinstated  in  certain  rights  by 
John  Andruss,  who  had  acquired  them  from 
the  former's   father.     Children  of  first  wife. 


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born  in  Lyme:  Mary,  April  9,  1713;  Hannah, 
August  I,  1715;  Joshua,  February  6,  1718; 
Samuel,  December  17,  1722,  died  young;  Sus- 
anna, May  8,  1725;  Phebe,  October  12,  1728; 
Ezra,  mentioned  below.  Children  of  second 
wife,  born  in  Lyme:  Sarah,  ALircb  18,  1734; 
Jasper,  July  30,  1737;  Ruth,  June  22,  1744; 
Samuel,  January  15,  174^). 

(IV)  Ezra,  son  of  Joshua  Champion,  was 
born  in  Lyme,  February  21,  1730,  died  there, 
March  15,  1776.  He  married  there,  October 
24,  1752,  Mary  Bump,  who  married  (second) 
Asahel  Rowland.  She  died  March  11,  1826, 
aged  ninety-three  years.  Both  were  buried  in 
the  East  Lyme  burying-ground.  He  lived  at 
Four  Mile  River,  now  South  Lyme,  and  was 
master  and  owner  of  a  coasting  vessel.  His 
inventory  showed  an  estate  of  six  hundred  and 
forty-four  pounds  three  shillings  three  pence. 
Children,  born  in  South  Lyme:  Hannah,  Au- 
gust 23,  1753;  Stephen,  March  16,  1755;  Reu- 
ben, February  16,  1757;  Thankful.  June  23, 
1759;  Dan.  mentioned  below;  Ezra.  August 
28,  1763;  Lydia,  February  11,  1765;  John  De- 
cember 21,  1768;  Polly,  January  26,  1770; 
Joshua,  August  22,  1773. 

(V)  Dan,  son  of  Ezra  Chamijion,  was  born 
in  South  Lyme,  August  29,  1 761,  died  in  Stark- 
ville.  New  York,  January  i,  1821.  He  mar- 
ried Ruth  Harris,  born  in  Lyme,  October  23, 
1760,  died  in  Starkville,  December  17,  1849. 
Soon  after  his  marriage  he  removed  to  Chat- 
ham, New  York,  and  became  one  of  the  first 
settlers  there.  About  1800  he  removed  to 
Herkimer  county.  New  York,  and  settled  in 
that  part  of  the  town  of  Stark  which  was  after- 
wards known  as  Starkville.  For  several  years 
he  lived  in  a  log  hut.  and  then  built  the  house 
which  remained  standing  until  1830.  when  it 
was  pulled  down  by  his  son  Joel.  He  died 
intestate,  and  left  six  hundred  acres  of  land, 
which  were  divided  among  his  thirteen  chil- 
dren. Children:  Mary,  born  November  3,  1782  ; 
Sarah,  October  12,  1784;  Elizabeth,  July  12, 
1786,  died  November  14,  1789;  John  Marvin, 
July  12,  1788;  Ruth,  May  8,  1790,  married 
Harden,  or  Harding,  Potter  (see  Potter  VI)  ; 
Dan,  March  14,  1792;  David,  December  21. 
1793  ;  Elijah  (twin).  November  23,  1795  ;  Lydia 
(twin),  November  23,  1795;  Elisha,  January 
13,  1798;  Joel,  February  2,  1801  ;  Ezra,  De- 
cember 13,  1802:  Abraham,  May  21.  1805; 
Wealthy.  November  2.  1809. 


The  progenitor  of  the  Wright 

WRIGHT     family,  with  two  brothers,  came 

from  Ireland  or  England,  about 

1750,  perhaps  earlier,  and  settled  in  Dutchess 

county.  New  York,  near  the  Hudson  river.  He 

married  Abigail  Smitli. 

(I)  Jacob  Wright,  or  Jacob  Henry  Wright, 
as  the  name  is  also  given,  was  born  in  Dutchess 
county,  about  1756.  He  settled  on  a  farm 
near  the  village  of  Moravia,  Cayuga  county, 
New  York,  and,  later  in  life,  removed  to  Preble. 
New  York,  where  he  died  in  1849,  aged  ninety- 
three  years.  He  was  a  farmer  all  his  active 
life.  In  1790  there  were  three  men  named 
Jacob  Wright  in  New  York  state,  according  to 
the  federal  census.  One  lived  at  Canaan, 
Columbia  county,  and  two  were  of  Montgom- 
ery county,  living  respectively  at  Canajoharie 
and  Caughnawaga.  (Ine  of  them  was  a  cap- 
tain in  the  revolution,  in  Colonel  Philip  \'an 
Cortland's  regiment. 

Jacob  Wright  married  Anna  Armstrong,  who 
died  in  1850,  aged  eighty-two  years.  Children: 
Henry,  mentioned  below  ;  Thomas  ;  Smith  : 
Joshua,  born  in  Windham,  near  Catskill,  on 
the  Hudson,  August  13.  1813.  and  came,  with 
his  family,  to  Moravia  anil  Preble,  died  May 
20.  1802.  married  Rebecca  A.  West,  and  had 
five  children  ;  Eleanor,  married  Sullivan  Smith  ; 
Ann,  married  Harmon  Loomis  ;  Charity,  mar- 
ried    Cambern. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Jacob  Wright,  was  born 
in  Dutchess  county.  New  York,  in  1788,  died 
in  Illinois,  in  1865.  He  came  to  Cayuga  coun- 
tv.  with  his  parents,  when  a  young  man.  and 
followed  farming  for  an  occupation.  He  lived 
for  some  years  at  Preble,  New  York,  and  spent 
his  last  years  in  the  home  of  his  son.  at  Hunt- 
ley, Illinois.  He  married  Martha  Egbertson, 
born  in  1794,  died  in  1856.  Children  of  Henry 
and  Martha  (Egbertson)  Wright:  Abram,  died 
aged  about  twenty-five  years  :  Ann  Maria,  died 
aged  twenty  years;  Egbert  Alanson,  mention- 
ed below  ;  Jerome ;  Rebecca,  married  Joseph 
Rarce:  Jacob  Henry;  Harriet,  married  Jerome 
Fulton  ;  Charles,  lives  in  Huntley.  Illinois  ;  An- 
drew. 

( III )  Egbert  .\lanson,  son  of  Henry  Wrieht. 
was  born  in  Windham.  Greene  county.  New 
York.  August  21.  1821.  and  is  now  (iqii) 
living  with  his  daughter  in  Homer,  New  York, 
at  the  advanced  age  of  ninety  years.  He  re- 
ceived   a    common    school    eilucation.      .About 


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NEW    \(  )RK. 


1827  he  came  to  the  town  of  Tully,  with  his 
]jarcnts,  and  afterward  removed  to  Trnxton 
Mill,  where  he  hved  ami  worked  for  tifteen 
years.  In  1864  he  came  to  Homer,  after  Uving 
for  some  _vears  at  Preble,  New  York,  and 
since  then  he  has  made  his  home  in  Homer. 
He  purchased  a  large  farm,  near  the  Little 
York  station,  in  Homer,  known  as  the  Walrad 
farm,  and  conducted  it  successfully  for  many 
years.  This  farm  is  now  owned  by  his  son. 
Since  advancing  age  obliged  him  to  retire  from 
active  labor  he  has  made  his  home  witii  his 
daughters  in  Homer  Village.  He  has  been  an 
active,  progressive  and  industrious  man.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  At  one  time  he 
held  the  office  of  road  commissioner,  or  "path 
master,"  but  he  never  cared  for  public  office. 
He  married,  January  16,  1843,  Aliriam  Wins- 
low,  born  at  j'reble,  New  York,  July  26,  1824, 
died  February  9,  1897,  daughter  of  Ira  and 
Tryphena  (  Waterman  )  Winslow  ( see  Wins- 
low  XI).  Children:  i.  .Anna  Maria,  born 
January  15,  1844,  lives  in  Homer,  New  York: 
married  .\bram  Knapp,  deceased.  2.  Harriet 
Francelia,  born  July  19,  1845,  lives  in  Homer: 
married  David  W.  Carver,  deceased.  3.  Mary 
Amanda,  born  July  2,  1847,  ''ves  in  Homer: 
married  Richmond  Klock.  4.  Jennie,  born 
February  17,  1849;  married  Alerritt  Hallen- 
beck,  of  Tully,  New  York.  5.  Lewis,  born 
January  17,  1853,  lives  in  Detroit,  Michigan; 
married  Martha  Devendorf,  and  had  Elmer 
Egbert  and  Ann.  6.  Henry  S.,  born  March 
10,  1859,  died  November  24,  1861.  7.  Nellie 
M.,  born  October  8,  i860,  died  October  19, 
1861.  8.  Charles  E.,  born  March  24,  1862, 
died  March  28,  1863.  9.  RoUin  Egbert,  men- 
tioned below.  10.  Robert  Trowbridge,  twin  of 
Rollin  Egljert,  born  May  20,  1866;  married, 
February  11,  1891,  Ro.xanna  B.  (]ay,  of  Preble, 
daughter  of  Irving  and  Deborah  Gay ;  they 
have  a  daughter,  Sarah  Emily,  born  I'V'bruary 
15,  1896. 

(IV)  Rollin  Egbert,  son  of  Egbert  .Manson 
Wright,  was  born  in  Homer,  New  \'ork.  May 
20,  1866.  He  attended  the  juiblic  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  the  1  lonier  Academy.  He 
has  always  followed  farming  for  an  occupa- 
tion, and  has  always  lived  on  the  homestead, 
where  he  was  born,  which  he  now  owns.  Mr. 
Wright  is  keenly  interested  in  jniblic  afifairs, 
and  has  been,  for  the  jiast  seven  years,  road 
commissioner  of  the  tow^n  of  Homer,  and  large- 
ly through  his  skill  and  management  the  town 
has  some  of  the  best  roads  in  the  state.      In 


politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member 
of  Homer  Lodge,  No.  352.  Free  and  .Accept- 
ed Masons :  of  Homer  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
.Masons,  of  Homer;  of  Little  York  Grange, 
Xo.  441,  Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of  the 
liajjtist  church,  of  Homer. 

He  married,  January  16,  1888,  .\delia  Hunt- 
ley, born  February  25,  1869,  of  Otisco,  Onon- 
daga county.  New  York,  daughter  of  Warren 
and  Mary  (Henderson)  Huntley.  Children: 
.Smith,  born  July  18,  1890;  Laura  -\.,  July  25. 
1895:  .Miriam,  May  17.  1901,  died  aged  seven- 
teen months;  .\rthur  \\'arren.  July  26,  1905: 
.Mabel   Irene.  Se])teml)er  24.   1908. 

(The  Winslow  Line). 

(  1  )  William  Winslow,  or  Wyncelow,  the 
first  of  the  lineage  as  traced  in  England,  had 
children:  John,  of  London,  afterwards  of 
Wuncelow  Hall,  living  in  1387-88.  married 
Mary  Crouchman.  wdio  died  in  140Q-10.  styled 
of  Crouchman  Hall ;  William,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (i) 
Winslow. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  William  12)  Wins- 
low, was  of  P.urton,  county  O.xford,  having 
lands  also  in  Esse.x :  was  living  in  1452.  He 
married  Cecelia,  one  of  the  two  daughters  and 
heiress  of  an  old  family — Tansley.  .She  was 
called  Lady  Agnes. 

(IV)  William  (3),  son  of  Thomas  Wins- 
low was  living  in  1529.  Children:  Kenelm, 
mentioned  below ;  Richard,  had  a  grant  from 
Edward  VI.,  of  the  rectory  of  Elksley.  county 
Nottingham. 

(\')  Kenelm.  son  of  William  (3)  W'inslow. 
purchased,  in  1559,  of  Sir  Richard  New])ort, 
an  estate  called  Newport's  Place,  in  Kempsey. 
Worcestershire.  He  had  an  older  and  very 
extensive  estate,  in  the  same  parish,  called 
Clerkenleap.  sold  by  his  grandfather,  Richard 
Winslow,  in  1550.  He  died  in  1607.  in  the 
parish  of  .St.  Andrew.     He  married  Catherine 

.     i  lis  will,  dated  .Ajiril  14,  1607,  jiroved 

November  9,  1607,  is  still  ]ireserved  at  Wor- 
cester.    Only  son,  Edward,  mentioned  below. 

(\'I)  Edward,  son  of  Kenelm  Winslow, 
was  born  in  the  parish  of  St.  .\ndrew.  county 
Worcester.  England,  October  17,  1560,  died 
before  1631.  He  lived  in  Kempsey  and  Droit- 
wich,  county  Worcester.  He  married  (first) 
Eleanor  Pelham,  of  Droitwich ;  (second),  at 
St.  Piride's  Church.  London,  November  4,  1594, 
Magdalene  Oliver,  the  records  of  wdiose  fam- 
ily  are    foimd    in    the   parish    register   of    St. 


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XKW  ^IJRK'. 


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IVtcr's,  Droitwich.  Cliildren :  Ricliard.  burn 
about  1595-96:  Edward,  governor  of  Plymouth 
colony.  October  18,  1595,  Droitwich:  John, 
April  ifi,  1597:  Eleanor,  .April  22.  1598,  Droit- 
wich ;  Kenelm,  mentioned  below  :  f  lilbert,  Oc- 
tober 26,  i6oo,  came  in  the  "Mayflower"  with 
Edward,  signed  the  Compact :  Elizabeth,  March 
8,  1601-02;  Magdalen,  December  26,  1604. 
Droitwich:  Josiah,  Eebniary  u.  1605-06. 

(\'ll)  Kenelm  (2),  son  of  Edward  Wins- 
low,  was  born  at  Droitwich,  county  Worcester, 
England,  April  29,  1599,  and  was  the  immi- 
grant ancestor.  He  came  to  Plymouth,  prob- 
ably in  1629,  with  his  brother  Josiah,  an(l  was 
admitted  a  freeman,  January  i,  1632-33:  was 
surveyor  of- the  town  of  Plymouth,  1640,  and 
was  fined  ten  shillings  for  neglecting  the  high- 
ways. He  removed  to  Marshfield,  about  1641. 
having  previously  received  a  grant  of  land 
there,  called  Green's  Harbor,  March  5.  i')37- 
38.  This  grant,  originally  made  to  losiah 
Winslow,  his  brother,  he  shared  with  Love 
Urewster.  His  home  was  "  on  a  gentle  emi- 
nence by  the  sea,  near  the  extremity  of  land 
lying  between  Green  Harbor  and  South  Rivers. 
This  tract  of  the  township  was  considered  the 
Eden  of  the  region.  It  was  beautified  with 
groves  of  majestic  "oaks  and  graceful  walnuts, 
with  the  underground  void  of  shrubbery.  A 
few  of  these  groves  were  standing  within  the 
memory  of  persons  now  living  (1854),  but  all 
have  fallen  beneath  the  hand  of  the  woodman." 
The  homestead  he  left  to  liis  son  Nathaniel. 
Other  lands  were  granted  to  Kenelm,  as  the 
common  land  was  divided.  He  was  one  of  the 
twenty-six  original  proprietors  of  Assonet 
(Ereetown),  Massachusetts,  purchased  of  the 
Indians,  April  2,  1659,  and  received  the  twenty- 
fourth  lot,  a  portion  of  wdiich  is  still  owned  by 
a  lineal  descendant.  Kenelm  was  a  joiner  by 
trade,  as  well  as  a  planter.  He  filled  various 
town  offices  :  deputy  to  the  general  court,  1642- 
44,  1649-53.  He  had  considerable  litigation, 
as  the  town  records  show.  He  died  at  Salem, 
wdiither  he  had  gone  on  business,  September 
13.  1672,  apparently  after  a  long  illness,  for 
his  will  was  dated  five  weeks  earlier,  .August 
8.  1672,  and  in  it  he  describes  himself  as 
"being  very  sick  and  drawing  nigli  unto  death." 
He  may  have  been  visiting  his  niece,  Mrs.  Eliz- 
abeth Corwin,  daughter  of  Edward  Winslow. 
He  married,  June,  1634,  Eleanor  Adams,  widow 
of  John  Adams,  of  Plymouth,  who  survived 
him,  and  died  at  Marshfield,  where  she  was 
buried   December   5,    1681,  aged   eighty-three. 


Children:  Kenelm,  mentioned  below:  Eleanor, 
or  Ellen,  born  about  i'>37:  Xathaniel.  about 
1639:  Job,  1 64 1. 

(\T"II)  Kenelm  (3),  son  of  Kenelm  (2) 
Winslow,  was  born  about  1635,  at  Plymouth, 
died  November  11.  1715,  at  Harwich.  He  re- 
moved to  Cape  Cod  and  settled  at  Yarmouth, 
afterwards  Harwich,  and  now  Brewster,  Mas- 
achusetts.  His  homestead  w^as  on  the  west 
border  of  the  township,  now  called  West 
Brewster,  Satucket  or  Winslow's  Mills.  He 
was  mentioned  in  the  Yarmouth  records  in 
1668.  In  records  he  was  called  "Colonel  Wins- 
low, planter  or  yeoman."  He  bought  large 
tracts  of  land  in  what  is  now  Rochester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, on  which  several  of  his  children 
settled.  The  water  privilege  remains  in  the 
family  to  the  present  day.  In  1699  he  deeded 
it  to  his  son  Kenelm,  and,  in  1873,  it  was  own- 
ed by  William  T.  Winslow,  of  \\'est  Brewster. 
Kenelm  Winslow  bought  of  George  Dennison, 
of  Stonington,  Coimecticut,  one  thousand  acres 
of  land,  in  Windham,  later  Mansfield,  March 
II,  1700,  for  thirty  pounds.  He  gave  land, 
October  7,  1700,  to  son  Samuel,  who  sold  it  to 
his  brother  Kenelm,  but  neither  Samuel  nor 
Kenelm  lived  in  Windham.  October  3,  1662, 
he  was  fined  ten  shillings  for  "riding  a  journey 
on  the  Lord's  day,"  yet  he  rode  sixty  miles  to 
Scituate,  on  three  occasions,  to  have  a  child 
baptized  in  the  Second  Church  there.  He  was 
on  the  committee  to  seat  the  meeting  house, 
October  4,  17 14. 

He  married  (first),  September  2t,,  1667, 
Mercy  Worden,  born  about  1641,  died  Sep- 
tember 22,  1688,  daughter  of  Peter  Jr.  and 
Mercy  Worden,  of  Yarmouth.  Her  gravestone 
is  in  the  W'inslow  graveyard,  at  Dennis.  It  is 
of  hard  slate  from  England,  and  is  the  oldest 
in  the  yard.  This  burying-ground  is  near  the 
road  leading  from  Nobscusset  to  Satucket,  a 
short   distance   from   the    Brewster   line.     He 

married   (second)    Damaris  ,  wdio  was 

living  as  late  as  March  27,  1729.  His  will  was 
dated  January  10,  1712.  and  proved  December 
2'^.  1715.  Children  of  first  wife:  Kenelm, 
baptized  at  Scituate,  August  0.  1668:  Josiah, 
born  November  7,  1670:  Thomas,  baptized 
March  3,  1672-73.  died  .April  6,  i68g:  Samuel, 
born  about  T674:  Mercy,  about  1676:  Nathan- 
iel, 1679:  Edward,  January  30,  1680-81.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Damaris,  married,  July 
30,  1713,  Jonathan  Small,  of  Harwich:  Eliza- 
beth, married,  .August  9,  1711,  .Andrew  Clark, 
of    Harwich :     Eleanor,    married,    March    25, 


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1719,  Shubael  Hamblen,  of  Barnstable;  John, 
born  about  1701,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  John,  son  of  Kenelm  (3)  Winslow, 
was  born  in  1701.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Ro- 
chester, iMassachiisetts,  and  was  elected  dea- 
con of  the  church  there,  August  5,  1748.  He 
married,  Alarch  15,  1721-22,  Bethia  Andrews, 
born  May  26,  1699,  daughter  of  Stephen  and 
Bethia  Andrews,  of  Rochester.  She  died  at 
an  advanced  age,  at  the  home  of  her  son  Prince. 
His  will  was  dated  January  11,  1752,  and 
proved  July  16,  1755.  Children,  born  at  Ro- 
chester: John,  October  31,  1722;  Deborah, 
February  8,  1724;  Jedediah,  March  26,  1727; 
Nathaniel,  April  22.  1730;  Bethia,  May  24, 
1732  ;  Lemuel,  November  3,  1734 ;  Prince,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Stephen,  July  5,  1739  ;  Elizabeth. 

(X)  Prince,  son  of  John  Winslow,  was 
born  at  Rochester,  April  6,  1737,  died  at  Shef- 
field, December  29,  1793.  He  bought  land  at 
Salisbury,  Connecticut,  in  1761,  and  sold  it 
November  18,  1763,  and  removed  to  Sheffield, 
Massachusetts,  the  adjoining  town  on  the  north. 
He  was  a  farmer,  sherifY  of  the  county  during 
the  revoluticm.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, a  sergeant  in  Cajitain  John  Holmes's  com- 
pany. Colonel  John  Felton's  regiment,  April 
21,  1775;  also  in  Captain  Enoch  Noble's  com- 
pany, Colonel  John  Brown's  regiment,  June 
29  to  July  28,  1777,  in  the  northern  army;  and 
a  private  in  Captain  John  Spoor's  company. 
Colonel  John  Ashley's  regiment,  from  Berk- 
shire county,  in  r)ctober,  1780,  for  a  few  days. 
He  married,  June  21,  1763,  Sarah  Goodrich, 
Ijorn  November  25,  1739.  daughter  of  Jareil 
and  Miriam  (Boardman)  Goodrich,  of  Shef- 
field. She  died  March  12,  1822,  at  Preble. 
Children,  except  first  born  at  Sheffield  :  Miriam, 
at  Sali.sbury,  March  25,  1764;  Bethia,  August 
-7>  1765;  Stephen,  June  29,  1767;  Abigail, 
June  12,  1770;  Diadema,  I'^bruary  28,  1772; 
lared,  April   10,   1774;  Ira,  mentioned  below. 

(XI)  Ira,  .son  of  Prince  Winslow,  was  born 
at  Sheffield,  June  7,  1776,  died  November  10, 
1862.  He  was  named  for  Ira  Allen,  brother 
of  the  famous  Ethan  Allen.  He  married,  at 
Florida,  Montgomery  county.  New  York,  Try- 
phena  Waterman,  born  ]\Iarch  29,  1782,  at 
Chatham,  died  March  4,  1856.  at  Preble,  New 
York,  where  she  was  buried.  She  was  a  daugh- 
ter of  IClisha  and  Mary  (X'aughn)  Waterman, 
of  Chatham.  Ira  Winslow  was  a  saddler  and 
harness-maker  by  trade,  and  resided  at  Florida, 
Duanesburg,  in  Schenectady  county,  and  at 
I'reble.    Cortland    county.    New    York.      Chil- 


(hen  :  Ira,  born  July  11,  1798,  lived  at  Elgin, 
Illinois;  Bethia,  February  2,  1802;  Noble,  mar- 
ried Samuel  Trowbridge :  Matikla,  born  Au- 
gust II,  1804,  married  Elijah  Thomas;  Har- 
riet, August  3, 1806,  married  Samuel  C.  Skeele  ; 
Mary,  January  31,  1808,  married  Ira  Skeele; 
Sarah  Ann,  January  21,  1810,  married  Willis 
Smith;  Charles  Nichols,  January  13,  1812; 
Cynthia,  December  11,  1814;  Elisha,  Decem- 
ber  9,    1816,   married   Jane   Gilbert;   Abigail, 

August   17,  1818,  married Egbertson ; 

William,  September  3,  1820 ;  Miriam,  July  26, 
1824,  married,  at  Homer,  January  16,  1843, 
Egbert  Alanson  Wright  (see  Wright  III). 


Rev.  John  Crandall,  the  im- 
CRANDALL     migrant  ancestor,  was  born 

in  England,  and  settled  in 
Providence,  Rhode  Island,  as  early  as  1637. 
He  is  the  progenitor  of  all  of  the  name  of 
colonial  ancestry  in  this  country.  He  was  a 
Baptist  in  religion,  and  for  differing  with  the 
Puritan  church  was  persecuted  in  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  settled  first.  From  Providence 
he  came  back  to  Newport,  Rhode  Island,  as 
early  as  165 1,  and  became  a  prominent  mem- 
ber of  the  Baptist  church  there,  subse(|uently 
the  first  elder  of  the  denomination  at  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island.  With  John  Chace  and  Obadiah 
Holmes  he  went  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  to 
hold  services  for  the  Baptists,  was  arrested 
there,  July  21,  165 1,  and  sent  to  prison  in  Bos- 
ton, and,  ten  days  later,  convicted  of  breaking 
the  law  in  holding  services,  and  fined  five 
pounds,  in  default  of  which  he  was  to  be 
publicly  whipped.  Upon  his  promise  to  appear 
at  the  next  term  of  court  he  was  released.  In 
1655  he  was  a  freeman  of  Rhd)de  Island:  in 
1658-59  he  was  a  commissioner.  With  eight 
others  he  signed  a  letter  to  the  court  of  com- 
missioners of  Rhode  Island,  dated  August  27, 
1661,  in  relation  to  a  tract  of  land  at  Wester- 
ly, where  they  and  others  desired  to  settle.  He 
was  a  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  in  iC^iJ, 
and,  in  the  fall  of  that  year,  was  living  at 
Westerly.  He  and  Joseph  Torrey  were  ap- 
pointed commissioners  to  treat  with  Connecti- 
cut, as  to  jurisdiction  over  disputed  territory. 
May  14,  1669,  and  was  supplied  with  thirty- 
five  shillings  h\  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island  to 
jiay  his  expenses  to  Connecticut.  He  received 
a  letter  from  the  governor  and  assistants  of 
Connecticut,  November  18,  1669.  comjilaining 
that  he  and  others  had  appropriated  a  large 
tract  of  land  belonging  to  Stonington,  Connecti- 


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cut.  He  and  Tobias  Saunders  answered  the 
'Complaint  for  the  Westerly  people.  He  was 
conservator  of  the  peace  at  Westerly  in  1670, 
and  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  again  in 
1670-71.  He  was  arrested  by  the  Connecticut 
authorities.  May  2,  1671,  and,  by  advice  of 
the  Rhode  Island  government,  declined  to  give 
bond.  The  Rhode  Island  colony  promised  to 
pay  his  expenses  and  defend  him.  His  first 
wife  died  August  i,  1670,  and  he  married 
(  second  )  Hannah,  ]5robably  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Ann  (Porter)  Gaylord,  of  Windsor, 
Connecticut.  She  died  in  1678.  He  died  at 
Newport,  whither  he  had  removed  on  account 
of  King  Philip's  war.  in  1676.  Children:  John, 
married,  June  18,  1672,  Elizabeth  Gorton; 
James,  took  the  oath  of  allegiance  .September 
17,  1679;  Jane,  married  Job  Babcock ;  Sarah, 
married  Josiah  Witter;  Peter,  died  in  1734; 
Joseph,  married  Deborah  Burdick,  in  whose 
family  the  name  Tracy  is  found  ;  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Jeremiah,  died  1718  ;  Eber,  1676. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Crandall,  was 
born  in  1663,  and  died  May  19,  1736.  He 
lived  at  Newport  and  Little  Compton,  Rhode 
Island.  He  married,  in  1685,  Sarah  Celly, 
born  i666,  died  August  3,  1758.  Children, 
born  at  Little  Compton:  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Mary,  born  May  17,  1689,  died  July 
II,  1732;  James,  August  23,  1692,  died  Janu- 
ary 20,  1752;  John,  January  11,  1693;  Peter, 
October  25,  1697;  Joseph,  November  28,  1701, 
died  June  2,  1731  ;  Thomas.  July  27,  1707. 

( III )  Samuel  ( 2  ) ,  son  of  Samuel  { i )  Cran- 
dall, was  born  at  Little  Compton,  October  30, 
1686.  He  married,  at  Tiverton,  Rhode  Island, 
May  3,  1706,  Mary  Wilbour,  and  lived  at  Little 
Compton.  Children,  born  there :  Thomas, 
1707;  Eber,  1708;  Samuel,  mentioned  below; 
\\'illiam,  1711;  John,  1713;  Peter,  1715;  Wil- 
bour, 1717;  Sarah,  1718;  Joseph.  1721,  died 
January  19.  1791  ;  Mary,  born  1723,  died  April 
4,  1783;  Lois,  1725;  Benjamin.  1731  ;  Nathan- 
iel, 1733,  died  April  10,  1821. 

fIV)  Samuel  {3).  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Cran- 
dall, was  born  at  Little  Compton,  in  17 10.  The 
records  of  the  Rhode  Island  towns  are  deficient 
and  the  record  of  his  family  is  wanting. 

(V)  Samuel  (4),  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Cran- 
dall, according  to  the  best  evidence  available, 
and  undoubtedh-  of  the  family  given  above, 
was  born  in  Little  Compton,  Westerly,  or  vicin- 
ity, in  1736.  He  removed  to  New  York  state, 
and  died  there  in  1836.  aged  one  hundred  years. 


Children:    Laban.    mentiDned    lielnw  ;    Wilson; 
John,  and  Sanuiel. 

( VL)  Laban,  son  of  Samuel  (4)  Crandall, 
was  born  in  1765.  He  married,  in  1788,  Esther 
Crandall,  a  distant  relative,  born  1765,  died 
1867,  according  to  family  records,  aged  one 
hundred  and  two  years.  He  died  in  1815. 
Children:  Ezra,  born  1788,  died  1881  ;  Ilosea. 
March  30,  1790  (q.  v.)  ;  Ira,  born  1792,  died 
1874 ;  George,  mentioned  below  ;  Olive  ;  Susan  ; 
John;  Tracy  (a  name  brought  into  the  family 
by  marriage  with  the  Burdicks,  see  above)  ; 
Hial. 

(\'II')  George,  son  of  Laban  Crandall,  was 
born  in  1797.  and  died  in  1887.  He  married, 
in  1816,  Hannah  Ciage,  born  1797,  and  died  in 
1882.  Children:  Louisa,  born  1816;  Marilla; 
John  M.,  mentioned  below;  Elkanah,  January 
II,  1825. 

(\'III )  Rev.  John  M.  Crandall,  son  of  George 
Crandall,  was  born  January  16,  1823.  He  is  a 
Baptist  clergyman  at  Lestershire,  Broome  coun- 
ty. New  York.  He  married  Lucy  A.  Session, 
born  May  31.  1831,  died  December  31.  i8f)6. 
Children:  Lathan  Augustus,  mentioned  below: 
L.  Addie,  born  February  14,  1855  ;  Bert,  born 
December  26,  1866,  died  November  29,  1889. 

(IX)  Rev.  Dr.  Lathan  A.  Crandall,  son  of 
Rev.  John  M.  Crandall,  was  born  in  Plymouth, 
Chenango  county.  New  York,  September  30. 
1850.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
|)ublic  schools  and  prepared  for  college  at 
Wliitestovvn  Seminary,  New  York,  graduating 
in  the  class  of  1871.  He  entered  Pennsylvania 
.State  College,  and  afterward  went  to  Hillsdale 
College,  in  Michigan,  where  he  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of  Arts  in  1873, 
and  received  the  degree  of  Alaster  of  Arts  in 
1874.  He  received  the  degree  of  Doctor  of 
Divinity  from  his  alma  mater  in  1889.  He 
studied  divinity  at  the  Rochester  Theological 
Seminary.  New  York,  and  received  the  degree 
of  Bachelor  of  Divinity  there,  in  1881,  and  was 
ordained  in  the  Baptist  denomination  in  the 
same  year.  He  was  pastor  of  the  Memorial 
Baptist  Church,  of  Chicago,  from  1902  to  1904. 
and  since  then  has  been  pastor  of  the  Trinity 
I'aptist  Church,  at  Minneapolis,  Minnesota. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  executive  committee  of 
the  Baptist  Educational  Society  ;  member  of 
the  board  of  trustees  of  the  Divinity  School  of 
the  L'niversity  of  Chicago;  chairman  of  the 
.American  Committee  on  the  Baptist  World 
■Alliance.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.     He 


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married  (first).  July  i6,  1872.  Mary  Nichols, 
born  1850.  (lied  April  3,  1891,  daughter  of  Rev. 
Asahel  Aichols.  of  Ames,  Montgomery  county. 
New  York.  He  married  (second),  December 
8,  1892,  Nellie  L.  Hart,  of  Racine,  Wisconsin, 
daughter  of  John  S.  and  Susan  (Hawkins) 
Hart.  She  was  born  October  6.  1868.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  Bruce  \'.,  born  October 
16,  1873:  married,  December  8,  1900,  Minnie 
Smith  ;  children  :  Bruce,  born  May,  1904,  and 
W'illard.  I^'ebruary  29,  1908.  2.  Vinnie,  born 
December  7.  1875  ;  married  Hervey  B.  Hicks, 
and  resides  at  Oaklanfl,  California:  children: 
Hervey,  born  1902.  Children  by  second  wife: 
3.  Susan,  born  January  i,  1894.  4.  Lathan  .\., 
born  October  10,  1903. 


Belosity  Smith  was  born  in  Con- 
SMITH  necticut,  and  came,  with  si.x  broth- 
ers, to  Pennsylvania,  settling  in 
Upsenville,  Susquehanna  county.  He  married 
Laura  Lines,  of  an  old  Connecticut  family. 
Children  :  Wellington  Conger,  mentioned  below  : 
Frederick  Augustus,  married  Margaret  Dear- 
born; Esther,  married  Edward  Park. 

(H)  Wellington  Conger,  son  of  llelosity 
Smith,  was  born  at  L'psenville,  Pennsylvania, 
August  22,  1823,  died  January  i,  1904.  He 
married,  November  29,  1847,  .\nna,  born  May 
4,  1830,  died  May  2,  1882,  daughter  of  An- 
drew and  Mary  (Buel)  Leighton.  He  was  a 
farmer,  owning  a  considerable  tract  of  land  at 
L'psenville,  and  was  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Presbyterian  church  there.  Children:  Clar- 
ence Belford,  mentioned  below;  Alice  Emor- 
€tte,  bom  December,  1853.  died  April  7,  1867; 
Elsie  Adeline,  born  September  8,  1857,  mar- 
ried, December  18,  1883,  William  Lawson. 

(HI)  Clarence  Belford.  son  of  Wellington 
Conger  Smith,  was  born  at  Upsenville,  Penn- 
sylvania, November  i.  1850,  died  in  1899.  He 
was  connected,  for  more  than  thirty  years, 
with  the  wholesale  dry  goods  firm  of  .Smith. 
Kenney  &  Company,  becoming  a  partner  in 
the  firm  in  1873.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
First  Presbyterian  Church,  of  Binghamton, 
and,  for  many  years,  was  an  active  and  effi- 
cient worker  in  the  Binghamton  Young  Men's 
Christian  Association.  Li  politics  he  was  a 
Democrat.  He  married.  October  15,  1872, 
Fannie  E.  Crandall,  born  March  31,  1856  (see 
Crandall  YHI).  Children,  born  at  Bingham- 
ton: I.  Andrew  J..  January  22,  1874,  died  July 
I.  1874.     2.  (lUthrie,  Octoi)er  13.  1877.  died  in 


1908:  married  Eveline  Jennings,  of  Candor,. 
New  York ;  child :  Clarence  Jennings,  born 
January  18,  1908.  3.  Edna  Lucilla,  January 
31,  1888:  married,  February,  1904.  Leslie  Mc- 
Lean Wilson  Jr.,  of  Binghamton;  children: 
Leslie  McLean,  born  September  7,  1903 :  Fran- 
ces Crandall,  October  3,  1908 ;  Nellie  Cuthrie. 
August  31,  1910. 

(The  Crandall  Line). 

(\'H)  Hosca,  son  of  Laban  Crandall  (q.v. ). 
was  born  at  .Sherburne,  New  York,  March  30, 
1790,  died  August  16,  1887.  He  was  a  farmer, 
and  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  of  the  region 
near  the  present  city  of  Syracuse,  New  York. 
He  owned  large  tracts  of  land  there.  He  mar- 
ried, June  16,  1812,  Martha  Lawrence,  born 
February  19.  1790,  died  March  18,  1871.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  .\chsah  ]\J.,  born  .\pril  2^,  181  ^ :  mar- 
ried, April  29,  1838,  Allen  II.  Kelly;  she  died 
.'\pril  7,  1872.  2.  Hial.  .September  30,  1813. 
died  September,  1883;  married,  September. 
1840.  Alaria  Hicks.  3.  Andrew  Jackson,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Julia  A.,  April  18,  1820,  died 
.\pril  8,  1880;  married  A.  J.  Soule.  3.  Charles. 
December  23.  1822,  died  March  3,  1872;  mar- 
ried Sarah  I^iaum.  6.  Charlotte,  January  6, 
1826;  married.  November  26,  1S61,  Henry  D. 
Dreasbeck.  7.  Christiana.  May  23,  1828;  mar- 
ried, February  18,  185 1,  John  Boon.  8.  Har- 
riet E.,  October  13,  1831  ;  married,  August  23. 
1837,  William  PL  Young. 

(  VHl )  Andrew  Jackson,  son  of  Hosea  Cran- 
dall, was  born  near  Sherburne.  Chenango  coun- 
ty. New  York,  January  3,  1818.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools,  .\fter  farming  for 
a  few  years  he  came  to  Binghamton,  New 
York,  in  1863,  and  purchased  the  Ways  Tav- 
ern, which  he  remodeled  and  named  for  his 
family.  The  Crandall  House,  the  name  by  which 
it  has  since  been  known.  He  conducted  the 
hotel  successfully  to  the  time  of  his  death. 
March  22,  1889.  In  ])olitics  he  was  a  Demo- 
crat. Hemarried.  March  1 1,  1831,  Eliza, daugh- 
ter of  Albert  and  .Abigail  (.\Iexander)  \Vay 
(see  Way  YH).  Children:  i.  Lucilla,  born 
December  18,  1831  ;  married  Daniel  M.  Bodle ; 
children :  Edward  J.  and  Myrtle  Lucilla.  2. 
Donna  Maria,  March  27,  1834;  married  (first) 
Edward  Payson  Smith;  child,  Ceorgia,  mar- 
ried Fred  F.  Hammond;  married  (second) 
L.  C.  Rockwell,  of  (ilens  I<"alls.  3.  Fannie  E.. 
March  31.  1836;  married,  October  15,  1872. 
Clarence  Belford  Smith   (see  Smith). 


Xi'.W   VORK. 


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(The  Way   Line). 

(I)  Henry  Way,  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  England,  in  1585,  died  May  24,  1667. 
He  and  his  wife  Elizabeth  came  in  the  ship 
"Mary  and  John,"  in  1630,  and  settled  in  Dor- 
chester, Massachusetts.  Two  or  more  of  his 
nephews  also  settled  there.  Aaron  Way  was 
a  proprietor  of  Dorchester  in  1640;  freeman. 
May  7,  1641  :  bought  a  farm  at  Rumney  Marsh, 
jointly  with  William  Ireland.  February  19. 
165 1,  and  removed  to  Boston;  gave  bond  for 
his  brother.  Richard  Way.  1657;  was  dismiss- 
ed to  the  new  church  at  Boston,  with  his  wife 
and  William  Ireland,  February  3,  1660-61  : 
his  will  is  dated  August  25.  and  proved  SejHem- 
ber  26,  1695.  Richard  Way  was  a  cooper  by 
trade,  lieutenant  of  the  Dorchester  company, 
was  admitted  to  the  church.  May  5,  1643,  ^ri'' 
freeman.  April  2~,  1657:  removed  to  lloston 
and  was  admitted  t(5wnsman.  April  2~.  1657; 
deposed,  in  \(ii^(^,  that  his  age  was  forty-twc^. 
There  was  a  Widow  Way  in  Dorchester.  Feb- 
ruary 23.  1646.  perhaps  mother  of  Aaron  and 
Richard,  and  sister-in-law  of  Henrv.  There 
is  reason  to  believe  that  her  husband  was 
George  Way,  mentioned  in  the  Dorchester 
records.  January  2,  1637-3S,  as  having  had  a 
grant  of  land  formerly.  Henry  Wav  is  digni- 
fied with  the  prefix  Mr.,  which,  at  that  time, 
indicated  some  rank  or  social  station.  He 
came  with  the  first  company  of  pioneers,  and 
carried  on  a  fishing  business.  His  boat  saved 
three  shipwrecked  men  off  the  coast.  July  26, 
1631,  and  two  other  boats  of  his  were  lost. 
five  men  being  killed  by  the  Indians,  and  two 
drowned  in  1633.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
church.  May  5,  1643.  His  wife  Elizabeth  died 
June  3,  1665,  aged  eighty-four.  Children: 
George,  mentioned  below  :  Samuel :  Ilenr}-  Jr.  : 
Richard ;  Elizabeth ;  another  son  was  lost  in 
the  winter  passage  of  the  ship  "Lion,"  charter- 
ed by  the  governor  and  council  to  go  to  Bristol. 
England,  for  food  for  the  colonies.  December 
or  January,  1650-51. 

(II)  George,  son  of  Henry  Way.  was  born 
in  England,  about  1620.  died  at  Saybrook. 
Connecticut,  about  1690.  While  he  was  living 
in  Boston,  with  the  remainder  of  the  family, 
mentioned  above,  he  supported  Roger  \Vill- 
iams,  and,  though  not  among  the  original  twelve 
founders  of  Rhode  Island,  he  soon  followed, 
about  1657,  and,  after  the  town  of  Providence 
was  burned,  he  settled  in  Saybrook.  He  mar- 
ried, in  Boston.  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  John 
and  Joanna  Smith.    \\'hilo  in  Boston  he  share<l 


in  a  division  of  the  .Veck  Lauds,  nciw  South 
Boston,  in  1637.  He  took  the  oath  of  allegiance. 
May3i.i66i.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  March 
19,  165 1.  Boston  ;  George,  settled  in  New  Lon- 
don, died  February  23.  1717:  Thomas,  men- 
tioned below. 

(Ill)  Thomas,  son  of  George  Way.  wa.s 
born  about  1665.  in  Rhode  Island,  died  1736. 
at  East  Haven.  Connecticut,  whither  he  "re- 
moved about  1720.  from  Saybrook.  He  was 
a  farmer  by  occupation.  He  married  Ann. 
daughter  of  .\ndrew  Lester.  Children:  Dan- 
iel, born  December  23,  1682,  or  1692:  Eben- 
ezer.  October  30,  1693;  Elizabeth;  George, 
about  1695;  David,  mentioned  below;  James, 
settled  at  East  Haven;  Hannah;  John',  lived 
in  Wallingford  :  Thomas,  born  ^larch  t8,  1700: 
Mary,  died  December  22,  171 1. 

(  W  )  David,  son  of  Thomas  \\a\-,  was  born 
at  East  Haven.  Connecticut,  about  1695-1700. 
Children,  born  at  East  Haven:  Easter,  born 
September.  1720;  Mary.  March.  1722:  David. 
July  25.  1723;  Mary.  February  13.  1725:  Han- 
nah. May  6.  1727;  Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(\)  Thomas  (2).  ?on  of  David  Way.  was 
born  at  East  Haven.  October  25.  1729  (town 
records),  .\nother  date  given.  November  5. 
1728.  is  eviilently  obtained  from  his  age  at 
death,  the  change  of  the  calendar,  in  1752. 
drop])ing  eleven  days,  accounting  for  the  dif- 
ference between  October  25.  and  November  5. 
It  frequently  happens  that  the  age  on  grave- 
stones or  death  records  is  a  year  too  great.  He 
married  Zillali .  born  July  25. 1734.  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Northfield.  Connecticut :  Titus, 
November.  1756;  Elizabeth.  September  9.  1759: 
-\va.  I'ebruary  22.  1761  ;  Elizabeth.  Decem- 
ber 26.  1763;  Elizabeth.  August  5.  1766;  Thad- 

deus.  October.  1768.  married Bunnell. 

and  died  December.  i82<);  Thomas,  twin  of 
Thaddcus ;  David,  born  December  15,  1770. 
died  young;  Sarah.  October  19.  1772;  Thad- 
deus.  April  20.  1775  ;  David,  mentioned  below 

(\T)  David  (2).  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Way. 
was  born  at  Northfield,  Connecticut.  Novem- 
ber 27.  1779,  died  C)ctober  11.  1852.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Doolittle.  born  September  27.  1778. 
died  February  8.  1855.  Children:  i.  .Mbert. 
mentioned  below.  2.  Hiram,  born  .April  i. 
1804;  married  Caroline  Way.  daughter  of 
Thaddeus.  and  hafi  Esther,  who  married  George 
Jacobus.  3.  Matilda.  February  25.  1807 ;  mar- 
ried    Bryant,  and  died  November   15. 

1838.  4.  Esther.  September  9.  1809:  married 
Putnam,  and  had  Harvev  and  Tudson 


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Putnam.  5.  Harvey,  June  15,  1813;  married 
(first)  Amelia  Vosburg;  (second)  Sarah  Bev- 
erly; children:  Eugene  and  Minnie.  6.  Arvins, 
August  5,  1814,  died  September  14,  following. 
(VII)  Albert,  son  of  David  (2)  Way.  was 
born  September  10,  1801,  died  September  24, 
1863.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  Lakin ; 
(second),  May  24.  1829,  Abigail  Alexander, 
born  October  23,  1812,  died  August  16,  1848; 
(third),  November  26,  1850,  Betsey  L.  Jones. 
Child  by  first  wife:  Jane  Amelia,  born  Febru- 
ary 19,  1827.  Children  by  second  wife:  Sophia, 
December  30.  1830,  died  February  12,  1831  ; 
Mary,  February  18,  1832,  died  June  2},,  1832; 
Esther,  April  3,  1833,  died  January  25,  1835; 
Angeline,  December  27,  1834.  died  January  i, 
1891  ;  Eliza,  October  5,  1836,  died  March  27, 
1898,  married  Andrew  J.  Crandall,  March  11, 
1851  (see  Crandall  VIII)  ;  Frances  E.,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1838,  married,  September  16,  1861, 
O.  N.  Swift ;  Albert,  July  31, 1844,  married,  Au- 
gust 4,  1863,  Alice,  born  March  14,  1847,  daugh- 
ter of  WiUiam  and  Almira  (Aspe)  Wright: 
children  :  Olive  Mary,  born  July  19,  1868,  mar- 
ried, July  12,  1887,  Theodore  Earle :  Albert 
Crandall,  August  28,  1870;  Frances  E.,  Janu- 
ary 3,  1884. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (2) 
SANDS     Sands  (q.  v.),  was  born  Novem- 
ber   24,    1735.    died    October    14. 
1824.     He  married   Mary  Jackson,  who  was 
born    1739,   died   November    16,    1798.     They 
had  a  son  Obadiah. 

(V)  Judge  Obadiah  Sands,  son  of  Benja- 
min Sands,  was  born  August  22,  1774.  very 
likely  at  Sand  Point,  Long  Island,  died  Janu- 
ary 30,  1858.  He  married  Elizabeth  Teed, 
born  April  5,  1778,  died  January  29,  1837.  He 
moved  from  Sand  Point  to  Delaware  county. 
New  York,  where  he  had  a  large  tract  of  land 
and  became  a  wealthy  farmer  for  those  times. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  in  religion 
botii  he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the 
Society  of   Friends.     Children:   i.  Marcelhis, 

married    Jackson ;    children :    Jerome, 

Julia,  Andrew  J.  and  Herbert.  2.  Odessa,  died 
young.  3.  William  Guthrie,  married  Eliza 
^lyeatt:  children;  Maria,  Sarah  anil  Catherine. 
4.  Charles  Teed,  married  Anna  Turk.  5.  Fred 
Augustine,  married  Clarissa  Mygatt :  children: 
Claris.sa,  Henry,  J.  Frederick  and  Arabella.  6. 

Andrew  Jackson,  married  Harriet  .     7. 

Elizal)eth  Eneid,  married  Joshua  Sanders.     8. 


Catherine  Iliad,  twin  of  Elizabeth  Eneid,  mar- 
ried James  Clark.  9.  Jerome  Bonaparte,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VI)  Jerome  Bonaparte,  son  of  Judge  Oba- 
diah and  Elizabeth  (Teed)  Sands,  was  born 
in  Franklin,  New  York,  February  2,  i82i,died 
I-'ebruary  10,  1902,  in  Bainbridge,  and  was 
buried  there.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
common  schools,  and  the  academy  nf  bis  native 
town.  He  moved  to  Bainbridge  in  1858.  He 
w-as  a  ]jractical  and  successful  farmer,  being 
always  the  first  in  his  neighborhood  to  take  up 
new  inventions  in  agricultural  implements,  and 
improved  methods  in  farming.  He  was  a  promi- 
nent man,  and  held  a  number  of  public  offices. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  in  religion 
favored  the  Episcopal  church.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Free  and  Accepted  ^lasons.  of  Bain- 
bridge. 

He  married,  January  11,  1843,  Jane,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  and  Lucy  (Arnold)  Shaw.  She 
died  June  3,  1893.  Children:  Emma,  born 
February  29,  1844,  married  Stephen  H.  Sea- 
cord:  Charles  T.,  September  16,  1845;  Jane: 
Frederic  J.,  November  24,  1849:  Elizabeth, 
November  14,  1852,  died  June  10,  1885;  James 
C,  Tanuarv  10,  1856;  William  G.,  May  31, 
1858;  Orin  A.,  April  21,  1862. 

Matthew  Rowe,  immigrant  ances- 

ROWE  tor,  was  one  of  the  early  settlers 
of  New  Haven,  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren :  Elizabeth,  born  January,  1650:  Daniel, 
Tanuary,  1651  ;  John,  mentitmed  below;  Han- 
nah, .-\ugust,  1656;  Joseph,  November,  1658; 
Stc])hen,  August  28,  1660. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Matthew  Rowe,  was  born 
in  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  April  30,  1654. 
He  married  there,  July  14,  1680,  Abigail  Alsop. 
Children,  born  at  New  Haven :  John,  October 
2},,  1681  ;  Matthew,  February  14,  1684;  Ste- 
I)'hen,  mentioned  below;  Abigail,  August  13, 
1689;  Hannah,  Februar)-  11,  1691  ;  Sarah,  Oc- 
tober 15,  T700. 

(HI)  Stephen,  son  of  Joint  Rowe,  was  born 
at  New  Haven,  July  i,  1687.  Children,  born 
at  New  Haven:  Stephen,  September  7,  1716; 
Joseph,  mentioned  below:  Daniel,  November 
7.  1720:  Marv,  December  21,  1722;  Ebcnezer, 
February  18,  1725. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Stephen  Rowe,  was 
born  at  New  Haven,  October  7,  1718:  married 
there,  December  21,  1743,  Abigail  Beecher. 
Children,  born  at  New  Haven:  Joseph,  men- 


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tioned  below;  Ebenezer,  September  2,  1748; 
Rebecca.  June  29,  1750;  Mary,  January  28. 
1753;  Eunice,  June  29,  1755;  Stephen,  Janu- 
ary 31.  1758- 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Rowe, 
was  born  at  Xew  Haven,  September  27,  1744. 
He  settled  at  what  is  now^  Plymouth,  Connec- 
ticut. Among  their  children  was  Ari,  men- 
tioned below.  In  this  connection  it  is  interest- 
ing to  note  that  Plymouth  was  incorporated 
under  that  name  in  1795,  before  that  being 
known  as  Northbury.  Daniel  Rowe,  one  of 
the  incorporators,  is  supposed  to  have  been  a 
brother  of  Ari. 

(VI)  Ari,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Rowe,  was 
born  at  Plymouth,  Connecticut,  October  2. 
1765.  He  married  Wealthean  F.ull,  born  July 
7,  1762,  daughter  of  Samuel  Bull,  a  descendant 
of  Thomas  Bull,  of  Hartford,  Connecticut. 
Children:  Levi,  born  September  18,  1791  : 
Laura,  jMay  7,  1793:  Norman,  mentioned 
below;  Cynthia.  February  2.  1797;  Martin, 
April  21,  1799:  Samuel,  April  22,  1801  ;  Jo- 
seph Hopkins.  July  30,  1803. 

(VII)  Norman,  son  <">f  Ari  Rowe.  was  born 
in  Connecticut,  January  2.  1795.  at  Harwinton. 
in  Litchfield  county.  He  married  Polly  Moore. 
February  15,  1816.  Children:  Samuel  Rowe; 
Nathan  Moore,  mentioned  below;  Henry  M. ; 
.\bbie  M. ;  Augustus  F. 

(VIII)  Nathan  Moore,  son  of  Norman 
Rowe,  was  born  in  Oswego.  New  York,  in 
1823.  He  married,  in  1850,  Sophia  Park,  born 
in  1830.  Children:  Charles  N. :  Louise,  mar- 
ried Professor  F.  G.  Hubbard,  and  resides  at 
Madison.  Wisconsin ;  Louis  Cass,  mentioned 
below  ;  Norman,  consular  agent  of  the  I'nited 
States,  at  Guanaquato,  iVIexico. 

(IX)  Hon.  Louis  Cass  Rowe,  son  of  Na- 
than Moore  Rowe,  was  born  in  Oswego,  No- 
vember 27.  1861.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  and.  in  1881.  began 
to  study  law  in  the  office  of  Benjamin  F.  Chase, 
then  district  attorney  of  the  county.  In  1884 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  and  immediately 
began  to  practice.  He  is  a  Democrat  in  poli- 
tics, and,  in  1894,  was  appointed  postmaster 
by  President  Cleveland,  and  served  one  term 
of  four  years.  In  1908  he  was  elected  to  the 
office  of  county  judge,  overcoming  a  Repub- 
lican majority  of  four  thousand  in  a  presi- 
dential election.  He  married.  1898,  Emma 
Benz.  born  1868.  Children,  born  at  Oswego: 
Abbie  Louise,  May  10,  1900;  Charles  Lee,  No- 
vember 15,  1904. 


Michael  Maricle,  of  ancient 
MARICLE  Dutch  ancestry,  lived  in  Scho- 
harie county.  New  York,  until 
i8u,  when  he  located  at  Cincinnatns,  New 
York,  among  the  pioneers  of  that  town.  The 
farm  which  he  cleared  has  remained  in  the 
possession  of  his  family  to  the  present  time, 
and  is  now  occupied  by  J.  Edwin  ;\Iaricle.  He 
died  at  Cincinnatus,  after  a  long,  active  and 
useful  life,  at  the  age  of  eighty-four  years,  in 
1853.  His  wife  was  of  Scotch  ancestry.  Chil- 
dren :  Margaret,  married  Cyphrinus  Seeber ; 
Elizabeth,  married  Thomas  Esmoy ;  Catherine, 
married  King  Solomon  Stevens ;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Michael;  Jacob;  Philip;  Cor- 
nelia; Peter;  Nicholas;  Mary,  married  George 
Harper. 

(  H  )  John,  son  of  Michael  Maricle,  was  born 
in  Sharon.  Schoharie  county,  New  York.  De- 
cember 10.  1804.  died  in  Cincinnatus.  New 
York.  March  23,  1891.  He  removed  to  Cin- 
cinnatus. with  his  jiarents.  when  he  was  about 
seven  years  old.  and  received  his  early  educa- 
tion there  in  the  public  schools.  He  helped 
his  father  clear  the  farm  and  continued  to 
work  on  the  homestead  when  a  man.  He  suc- 
ceeded to  the  farm  on  which  his  father  died, 
and  continued  to  live  there  all  his  life.  He  was 
a  genial,  jovial,  companiable  man.  a  sturdy,  up- 
right citizen,  highly  respected  by  all  his  towns- 
men. In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  in  relig- 
ion a  Presbyterian.  He  married  Catherine  See- 
ber. born  in  August.  1808,  died  May  7.  1891, 
daughter  of  Cyphrinus  Seeber.  Children,  born 
at  Cincinnatus:  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy; 
Lydia,  born  November  15,  1832,  died  in  1848; 
Martin,  November  2T,,  1835.  mentioned  below  : 
Delila.  born  1840,  died  1871,  married  William 
I.  Holmes ;  John  Edwin,  lives  on  the  Maricle 
homestead,  at  Cincinnatus. 

(Ill)  Martin,  son  of  John  Maricle,  was 
born  at  Cincinnatus,  November  23,  1835,  and 
attended  the  public  schools  there.  He  lived 
with  his  father  on  the  homestead  until  he  was 
twenty-five  years  old,  and  then  engaged  in 
farming  on  his  own  account,  in  Cincinnatus. 
for  a  number  of  years,  and  afterward  at  Mara- 
thon and  Freetown.  He  lived  in  the  town  of 
McGraw  for  twenty-five  years,  having  financial 
interests  still  in  the  Miller  Corset  Company. 
For  two  vears  he  conducted  a  hotel  at  Virgil, 
New  York.  Froin  1898  to  1908  he  followed 
farming  again  at  Freetown,  and  then  he  ex- 
changed his  farm  for  city  property  in  Cortland 
and  came  there  to  live.     Since  1908  he  has 


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made  liis  honif  in  Lortland.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Democrat,  and,  wliile  living  in  Freetown,  he 
served  the  town  on  the  board  of  assessors.  He 
is  a  member  of  AIcGrawville  Grange,  Patrons 
of  Husbandry.  He  attends  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church. 

He  married,  September  21,  1858,  Emma 
.\deline  Hall,  born  August  30.  1839.  at  Tarry- 
town,  New  York,  daughter  of  William  Edwin 
and  Marinda  (  I'urdy)  Hall.  Children:  I.  Her- 
bert D.  Alton,  born  June  30,  1859,  died  1864. 
2.  Alarinda  Purdy.  uSfx);  married  Cass  C.  Wil- 
cox, now  with  the  Ciillette  Skirt  Company,  of 
Cortland,  New  York :  children :  i.  Ward  Wil- 
cox, born  May  28,  1885,  married  Hattio  Bean, 
and  has  a  daughter,  Alargaret  Elizabeth  Wil- 
cox;  ii.  Nina  E.  Wilcox,  born  May  16,  1886. 
married  Arby  Pudney ;  iii.  Martin  David  Wil- 
cox, born  August  8,  1895.  3.  George  Howard, 
mentioned  below.  4.  Fred  II.,  born  January 
14,  1865,  a  merchant  at  McLean,  New  Y'ork ; 
married  Carrie  Totiuan,  and  has  one  daughter, 
Corinna. 

(IV)  George  Howard,  son  of  Martin  Mar- 
icle,  was  born  at  Cincinnatus,  New  York,  June 
I,  i8()2.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town.  His 
first  business  experience  was  a  year  as  clerk  in 
a  general  store,  at  Harford,  New  York.  He 
came  to  the  town  of  McGraw,  New  York,  in 
1876,  and  has  made  his  home  there  since.  For 
several  years  he  worked  as  clerk  in  a  store. 
and,  in  1891,  engaged  in  business  on  his  own 
account,  in  partnership  with  Holland  C.  Jcihn- 
son,  under  the  firm  name  of  Maricle  &  John- 
son. Besides  conducting  a  general  store,  the 
firm  had  coal  and  wood  yards  connected  with 
the  Cortland  &  Homer  Traction  Company,  and 
was  the  largest  buyer  of  country  produce  in 
the  town.  In  1904  the  junior  ])artner  sold  his 
interest  to  Mr.  Maricle,  who  has  continued  the 
business  alone  since  that  time.  A  recent  publi- 
cation described  his  business  thus:  "He  does  a 
large  business,  his  trade  extending  through  a 
wide  area,  including  many  families  in  Mc- 
Graw, who  purchase  nearl_v  all  of  their  house- 
hold supi)lies  from  him.  This  activity  in  the 
store  is  due  largely  to  the  fact  that  anything 
needed  in  staple  and  fancy  dry  goods,  dress 
goods,  notions,  boots  and  shoes,  house  furnish- 
ings, groceries,  fruits,  vegetables,  etc.,  can  be 
had  there  at  prices  a  little  bit  less  than  are 
charged  by  com|jetitors.  .No  retail  merchant 
makes  the  jirofits  some  ])eople  imagine,  |)ar- 
licularly  in  these  times  of  the  high  cost  of  liv- 


ing :  hence  we  say  'little  less'  in  prices,  compared 
with  those  other  merchants  get."  E'our  clerks 
are  employed  by  Mr.  Maricle,  there  is  a  well 
regulated  free  delivery  service,  telephone  con- 
nections, and  the  premises  are  lighted  evenings 
by  gas  generated  in  the  basement.  The  store 
occupies  all  the  buildings,  except  the  front 
room  on  the  second  floor,  which  is  used  by  the 
telephone  company  as  a  local  exchange. 

In  [lolitics  Mr.  Maricle  is  a  Republican  of 
jjrominence.  He  has  been  a  member  of  the 
boartl  of  trustees  of  the  incorporated  village 
of  McGraw,  of  the  board  of  education  and  is 
now  treasurer  of  the  village  and  of  the  water 
board.  For  six  years  he  was  town  clerk  and 
he  is  now  serving  his  second  term  as  super- 
visor of  the  town.  He  is  a  prominent  member 
of  the  board  of  su]5ervisors  of  the  county.  He 
is  a  member  of  Cortlandville  Lodge,  No.  470. 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons:  of  McGrawville 
Lodge,  No.  320,  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  En- 
campment and  Canton  in  Cortland.  He  is 
keenly  interested  in  music  and  his  voice  has 
been  well  trained.  He  has  been,  for  many 
years,  leader  of  the  Corset  City  Band,  and  a 
member  of  the  Male  Quartette,  of  McGraw, 
which  has  made  more  than  a  local  reputation. 
Mr.  Maricle  is  a  self-made  man  of  the  finest 
tyjie,  a  substantial  and  useful  citizen,  wdiose 
integrity,  enterprise  and  public  spirit  have 
made  him  known  throughout  the  county  and 
brought  to  him,  especially  in  his  own  town,  the 
esteem  and  confidence  of  the  community.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian. 

He  married,  January  18,  1883,  Cora  E. 
Graves,  born  in  AIcGraw,  daughter  of  Walter 
and  Emma  (Giles)  Graves,  of  McCiraw.  They 
liave  one  daughter,  Goldie  Emma,  born  Octo- 
ber 16,  1888. 


This  name,  written  also 
L(  )L'.\ .SHERRY     Lounsbury,  is  not  given 

in  "Patronymica  Brit- 
tanica,"  or  any  other  commonly  used  work  on 
British  surnames,  and  books  of  Heraldry  do 
not  mention  it.  It  seems  to  be  an  English  local 
name,  although  not  common.  The  immigrant, 
Richard  Lounsbury,  settled  at  Rye,  New  York, 
which  was  an  English  settlement,  and  he  is 
believed  to  have  been  an  Englishman.  There 
is  nothing  to  support  the  theory  that  it  is  an 
.Anglicized  form  of  a  French  surniune.  exce])t 
the  fact  that  New  Rochelle.  an  adjoining  town, 
was  settled  by  I'rench  Huguenots.  Richard 
Lounsbury.  as  he  >pelled  his  name,  settled  first 


r^, 


O^^Uc^ 


XEW  YORK. 


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in  Dutchess  county,  Xew  \'(irk.  in  i(>4,S  ;  was  in 
Putnam  county  in  1660.  ami  a  proprietor  of 
Pening's  Xeck.  Rye,  Westchester  county,  as 
■early  as  1672,  many  years  before  the  Hugue- 
nots came  to  Xew  Rochelle.  He  sold  land  and 
rights  on  the  "Xeck"  in  1(>~J,  and  1682,  but  re- 
tained land  on  Pudd's  Xeck,  in  Rye.  His  will  is 
dated  January  2.  i6()0,  the  year  of  his  death.  His 
wife's  name  was  Elizabeth.  Children  :  Thomas. 
had  rights  in  the  town  of  White  Plains  con- 
veyed to  him  by  his  father  :  Michael,  of  further 
mention;  John,  lived  in  Rye,  Xew  ^'ork : 
Henry,  born  August  15,  1684;  Mary. 

(H)  Michael,  son  of  Richard  and  Elizabeth 
Lounsbury,  was  born  i^Ss,  died  1731.  He 
settled  at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  as  early  as 
1709.  He  married,  June  ig,  1707,  Sarah  Lock- 
wood.  Children:  Elizabeth,  born  June  13. 
1708;  Sarah,  twin  of  Elizabeth;  Michael  (2). 
born  January  27,,  ijotj;  Jemima,  March  17, 
171 1  ;  Joshua,  July  i,  1716  ;  Monmouth,  of  fur- 
ther mention;  Xehemiah,  December  23,  1718; 
.Abigail,  September  11.  1719;  Jonathan,  (Octo- 
ber 20,  1 72 1. 

(HI)  Monmouth,  son  of  Michael  and  Sarah 
(  Lockwood )  Lounsbury,  was  born  December 
23.  1717-  I'l  1747  'ic  was  a  member  of  the 
school  committee  of  Stamford.  The  only  rec- 
ord found  tif  his  marriage  is  to  a  second  wife 
in  1766.  Children  by  first  wife:  Thomas,  born 
January  16,  1739;  Elizabeth,  July  25,  1741. 
died  young;  P)enjaniin,  of  further  mention: 
I\Iichael,  September  12,  1744;  h'lizabeth,  Se])- 
tember  16,  1746;  Alonmouth  (2),  July  31. 
1748:  William.  February  28,  174O,  died  young; 
Jemima,  December  4,  1751  ;  \\"illiam,  August 
5.  1753-  Tamar,  September  11.  1755;  Abigail. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Monmouth  Louns- 
bury, was  born  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  De- 
cember 23,  1742,  died  1771.  He  married,  in 
Stamford,  January  ifi,  176C),  Rebecca  Whit- 
ing, and  had  issue. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2).  son  of  Benjannn  (i) 
and  Rebecca  (Whiting)  Lounsbury,  was  born 
.\pril  II,  1767,  in  Stamford,  Connecticut,  dierl 
in  XTichols,  Tioga  county.  New  York,  May  31, 
1857.  He  married.  1792,  Elizalieth  Piatt.  Chil- 
dren ;  Harriet,  born  June  7.  1793:  Hannah, 
May  23.  1795;  Piatt,  of  further  mention; 
Charles,  July  19,  1800;  Horace,  December  12, 
1804;  Benjamin,  May  4,  1807.  died  September 
20,  1888;  James,  October  17.  1809;  William. 
December  6.  1812,  died  July  12,  1887;  Xorman. 
born   May   12,   1815. 

(VL)    Piatt   Lounsberrv    (as  the   name   was 


spelled  in  this  generation),  sun  of  Benjamin 
(2)  and  Elizabeth  (Piatt)  Loun>bury,  was 
born  at  Xichols,  Tioga  county,  Xew  \'ork, 
Sejitember  18,  1797.  He  followed  agriculture 
all  his  days.  He  married  Sarah  Lanning.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah,  Piatt  (2).  Mary,  Amos,  Horace. 
Prudence,  Betsey.  Benjamin.  Harriet,  Ceorge 
and  Enoch. 

(\TL)  Benjamin  (3),  son  (if  Piatt  and 
Sarah  (Lanning)  Lounsberry,  was  born  in 
Xichols,  Xew  York,  died  March  2^.  1911.  He 
married   I'Vances  .Silvernail. 

(\1H)  Dr.  Robert  L.  Lounsberry,  son  of 
Benjamin  (3)  and  Frances  (Silvernail)  Louns- 
berry, was  born  at  .Smithboro,  Tioga  county. 
Xew  York.  February  14.  1869.  Pie  received 
his  early  educati<in  in  schools  of  Kingston. 
Pennsylvania,  and  chose  the  profession  of 
medicine.  He  prepared  in  the  medical  depart- 
ment of  the  University  of  Xew  York,  wdience 
he  graduated  M.  D.  He  began  ])ractice  in 
Oswego,  New  York,  continuing  two  years, 
then  settling  in  Buffalo,  where  he  spent  five 
years  in  jiractice.  In  1899  he  removed  to  Bing- 
hamton.  New  Y(3rk,  where  he  is  now  medical 
<lircctor  of  the  Security  Mutual  Life  Insurance 
Companv.  He  is  a  member  of  many  societies 
and  associations,  among  them  the  State  Med- 
ical Society.  He  married,  ?ilay  2y,  1890.  Emma 
M;iry  Harris  (see  Harris  IX). 

(The  Harris  Line) 

This  name  is  one  frequently  found  in  early 
New  England  records,  as  several  families  set- 
tled in  Massachusetts,  Rhode  Island  and  Con- 
necticut, prior  to  1700.  This  branch  of  the 
familv  descends  from  English  ancestors.  The 
name  is  derived  from  the  possessive  of  Henry 
or  Harry  as  Harry's,  finally  becoming  the  sur- 
name Harris.  Thomas  Harris,  born  in  Eng- 
land, emigrated  to  New  England  and  settled 
at  Charlestown,  Mas.sachusetts,  in  1630.  His 
wife  was  Elizabeth,  who  survived  him  and  be- 
came the  wife  of  Deacon  William  Stilson,  of 
Charlestown.  She  died  February  16,  1669-70, 
aged  ninety-three  years.  Deacon  Stilson  in 
his  will,  made  April  12.  1688,  named  John 
Harris,  Thomas  Harris,  William  Harris,  Dan- 
iel Harris  and  .Anne  Maverick  (widow  of 
Elias  Maverick )  as  the  children  of  his  first 
wife. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  df  William  and  F.lizabeth 
Harris,  had  a  house  lot  assigned  to  him  in 
Rowlev,  Massachusetts,  very  soon  after  the 
first   assignment   of  Ints   in    1644.      He   was  a 


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carpenter  and  wheelwright,  and  carried  on 
both  trades  at  Rowley.  On  the  loth  and  21st 
of  August,  1652,  he  sold  his  lands  in  Rowley, 
and  soon  afterward  removed  to  Middletown, 
Connecticut,  where,  in  1660,  he  was  "approved 
to  keep  an  inn."  He  was  appointed  lieutenant 
in  1661,  and  later  was  commissioned  captain. 
He  married  Mary,  ilaughter  of  Joseph  \\'eld, 
of  Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  "Captain  Daniel 
Harris  departed  this  life  the  last  erf  November, 
1701."  "Mary,  the  widow  of  Captain  Daniel 
Harris  departed  this  life  September  5,  171 1." 
Children,  all  but  the  first,  born  at  Middletown  : 
Mary,  born  at  Rowley,  married  Isaac  Johnson  ; 
Daniel,  of  further  mention ;  Joseph,  died 
young ;  Thomas,  twice  marrietl ;  Elizabeth,  died 

young;  Sarah  (2),  married Hunnewell ; 

William,  born  July  17,  1665;  John,  married 
(first)  Susannah  Collins,  (second)  Mindwell 
Lyman ;  Hannah,  twice  married. 

(HI)  Captain  Daniel  (2)  Harris,  son  of 
Captain  Daniel  (i  )  and  Mary  (Weld)  Harris, 
was  born  at  Middletown,  Connecticut,  July  15, 
1653,  died  October  18,  1735.  He  also  held  the 
military  rank  of  captain.  He  married  (first), 
December  14,  1680,  Abigail  Barnes,  died  Alay 
22,  1723.  He  married  (second),  January  5, 
1726-27,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Samuel  Cook,  of 
\Vallingfor(l.  Children  by  first  wife,  all  born 
in  Middletown  :  Abigail,  Mary,  Daniel,  Joseph, 
Patience  and  John. 

(IV)  John,  son  of  Captain  Daniel  (2)  and 
Abigail  (Barnes)  Harris,  was  born  in  Middle- 
town,  Connecticut,  March  i,  1690-91.  He  mar- 
ried Rachel  AIoss,  of  WalHngford  or  Derby, 
Connecticut.  They  lived  at  Cornwall,  New 
York,  and  later  at  the  "Oblong,"  Dutchess 
county.  New  York. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  and  Rachel 
(Moss)  Harris,  was  born  in  Derby,  Connecti- 
cut, April,  1744.  lie  was  the  first  of  his  line 
to  settle  in  Pine  Plains,  New  Y^ork.  He  was 
the  founder  of  the  Harris  Scythe  Works,  going 
to  Pine  Plains  when  twenty  years  of  age  and 
beginning  work  on  an  anvil  in  a  shop  owned  by 
his  uncle  Joseph.  This  eventually  grew  into  a 
very  large  business.  He  married  Mary  Gam- 
ble, and,  about  1770,  went  to  Eort  Ann,  New 
York,  returning  to  Pine  Plains  after  the  war, 
and  resumed  scythe-making.  He  died  Novcm- 
lier  27,  1814.     llis  widow  died  December  20, 

1834. 

(VI)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  and  Mary 
(Gamble)  Harris,  was  born  November  2,  1776. 
He  married  Elizabeth  ,  and  had  issue. 


(VII)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  and  Eliz- 
abeth Harris,  was  born  September  12,  1802, 
died  January  19,  1872.  He  was  of  Orange 
county.  New  York.  He  married,  January  12, 
1826,  Adeline  Loomis,  born  November  18, 
1802,  died  November  14,  1867. 

(\TII)  (Jliver  Porter,  son  of  John  (4)  and 
.Vdeline  (Loomis)  Harris,  was  born  at  Mont- 
gomery, Orange  county.  New  York,  October 
17,  1837,  died  May  6,  1898,  at  Nichols,  New 
York.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
Newburg,  New  York,  schools,  chose  the  pro- 
fession of  law,  entered  Albany  Law  School, 
whence  he  was  graduated,  and  later  admitted 
to  the  New  York  state  bar.  He  located  in 
Nichols,  Tioga  county.  New  York,  where  he 
practiced  his  profession.  He  later  became  in- 
terested in  the  wholesale  produce  business, 
being  senior  of  the  firm  Harris,  De  Groat  & 
Comjiany.  He  was  an  active  Republican  in 
politics,  and,  for  several  years,  served  as  jus- 
tice of  the  peace.  He  married,  at  Yonkers, 
Westchester  county.  New  York,  March  21, 
1867,  Harriet  Isabel  Corsa,  born  September  18, 
1843,  at  Montgomery,  New  York,  died  June  i. 
1882,  daughter  of  Solomon  and  Elizabeth  (De- 
voe)  Corsa,  and  granddaughter  of  Andrew 
Corsa,  and  great-granddaughter  of  Isaac  Corsa. 
Isaac  Corsa  was  born  in  1735,  died  1822.  He 
married  Mary  Gibbs.  Their  son,  Andrew 
Corsa,  married.  October  12,  1792,  Mary  Poole, 
born  February  10,  1776,  daughter  of  Solomon 
I'oole.  Their  son,  Solomon  Corsa,  was  born 
iSoo,  died  1891  ;  married  Elizabeth  Devoe, 
born  March  i,  1807.  daughter  of  John  and 
granddaughter  of  John  Devoe,  born  1733,  mar- 
ried 1754,  Maria  DuBois.  John  Devoe  (2), 
l;orn  February  5,  1778,  married  Sarah  Weeks, 
born  April  13,  1 77 1.  Children  of  Solomon 
and  Elizabeth  (  Devoe )  Corsa :  Robert,  born 
July  31,  1826:  Sarah  Ann,  died  young;  Eliza- 
beth, born  July  i" ,  1833:  Martha,  June  26, 
1836;  Matilda.  June  26,  1838;  Emma,  October 
20,  1841  ;  Harriet  Isabel,  September  18,  1843, 
married  Oliver  Porter  Harris;  John  D.,  Feb- 
ruary 7,  1846;  Walton,  Jaiuiary  14,  1850.  Chil- 
dren of  Oliver  Porter  and  Harriet  Isabel 
(Corsa)  Harris:  Nettie  May,  married  Frank 
Ross,  child,  Nina  Frances;  lunma  Mary,  of 
further  luention ;  Maud  Anna,  married  Milton 
Johnson,  children :  Isabel,  Harris  and  Robert ; 
Lizzie  Viola,  married  Dr.  Walter  Everett, 
child,  Oliver  Harris. 

(IX)  Emma  Mary,  second  daughter  of  Oli- 
ver Porter  and  Harriet  Isabel  (Corsa)  Harris. 


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married,  May  27,  1890,  Dr.  Robert  L.  Louns- 
berry.  of  Ringhaniton,  New  York,  their  pres- 
ent home. 


Francis  Wilson  was  a  native  of 
WILSON     West  Meath,  Ireland,  and  was 

educated  and  spent  his  boyhood 
in  his  native  county.  He  married  there,  and, 
about  1825,  when  still  a  young  man,  came  to 
this  country  and  located  in  Oneida  county. 
New  York.  After  a  time  he  bought  a  farm  at 
Amboy,  Oswego  county,  New  York,  where  he 
followed  farming  the  rest  of  his  days  and  was 
a  useful  and  respected  citizen.  He  held  vari- 
ous offices  of  trust  and  responsibility  in  the 
town,  and  was  an  old-line  Whig  in  politics 
until  his  party  dissolved,  afterward  being  a  Re- 
publican. He  died  in  Camden,  Oneida  county, 
in  1871.  He  was  a  communicant  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church.  lie  married  Cath- 
erine Moore,  who  died  at  -\mboy,  in  1854. 
Children:  Ann, John,  William,  Francis,  George 
H.  (mentioned below),  Elizabetli,  James,  Lucy, 
Samuel  and  Joseph. 

(II)  George  H.,  son  of  I'rancis  Wilson,  was 
born  in  Amboy,  New  York,  March  21,  1836. 
His  early  life  was  spent  in  farm  work  on  the 
homestead  and  in  the  district  schools  of  his 
native  town.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he  began 
work  as  a  cooper,  and  afterward  engaged,  on 
his  own  account,  in  the  lumber  business,  which 
he  followed  for  fifteen  years  on  a  large  scale 
and  with  much  financial  success.  In  1871  he 
established  a  general  store  at  Glenmore,  and 
a  year  later  removed  to  Taberg,  Oneida  coun- 
ty, where  he  continued  in  the  same  line  of 
business,  and,  for  twenty  years,  was  a  prosper- 
ous and  influential  merchant.  In  the  mean- 
time he  established  a  canning  factory  at  Ta- 
berg and  built  up  an  extensive  business  in  that 
line ;  in  1889  he  built  another  canning  factory 
at  Mexico,  and  conducted  that  in  connection 
with  his  other  business.  In  1902  he  came  to 
Mexico,  and  since  then  has  made  his  home 
in  that  town.  In  1909  he  sold  an  interest  in 
his  business  at  both  places  and  retired  from 
active  labor,  devoting  himself  to  the  care  of 
his  property  and  enjoying  some  well  earned 
leisure.  He  was  one  of  the  reorganizers  of 
the  First  National  Bank  of  Mexico,  and  has 
been  its  president  since  then.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican,  and  while  living  in  the  town  of 
Ansville,  Oneida  county,  was  elected  super- 
visor, and  has  been  a  trustee,  and,  for  five 
years,  president  of  the  incorporated  village  of 


Mexico.  Mr.  Wilson  commands  the  respect 
and  confidence  of  the  entire  community,  and 
is  counted  among  the  leading  men  of  the  town. 
Kindly  and  generous  by  nature,  he  has  always 
given  freely  of  his  means  to  help  the  unfor- 
tunate, and  contributes  generously  to  the  vari- 
ous charitable  organizations  of  the  town.  He 
is  a  trustee  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  married,  November  30,  1870,  Mrs.  Mary 
W.  Sanders,  widow  of  Lucian  Sanders.  She 
was  born  in  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts. 
August  14,  1831,  daughter  of  John  and  Maria 
( lialdwin )  Driggs :  her  father  was  born  in 
I'erksliire  county:  her  mother,  Mary  ('Bald- 
win 1.  was  a  daughter  of  James  and  Mary 
r.aldwin,  of  an  old  and  prominent  New  Eng- 
land family.  James  Baldwin  was  a  soldier  in 
the  revolutionary  war,  and,  for  many  years, 
was  a  representative  to  the  ^Massachusetts  gen- 
eral court:  two  of  his  sons  were  soldiers  in 
the  war  of  1812.  In  1839,  John  Driggs,  his 
wife  and  children,  came  to  Oswego  county. 
New  York,  traveling  in  wagons  and  sleds,  and 
settled  first  three  miles  southeast  of  the  town 
of  Mexico,  removing  afterward  to  Colosse,  a 
small  settlement  in  the  town  of  Mexico,  where 
he  lived  for  many  vears.  The  discovery  of 
gold  drew  him  to  California  in  1840,  l)ut  he 
returned  in  a  short  time.  Although  too  old  to 
enlist  in  the  civil  war,  he  was  active  in  secur- 
ine  recruits  and  in  otherwise  supporting  the 
1 'nil  in.  Mr.  Driggs  spent  his  last  years  on  a 
farm,  a  mile  south  of  the  village  of  Mexico, 
where  his  wife  died  in  1867,  and  he  died  in 
i88^  Mr.  anfl  Mrs.  Driggs  had  three  chil- 
dren. John,  James,  and  Mary,  who  married  as 
stated  above. 


John  Sullivan,  a  native  of 
SIT.LIV.AN  Ireland,  came  to  this  country 
when  a  young  man  and  locat- 
ed in  Fulton,  New  York.  His  father  and  an- 
cestors lived  and  died  in  Ireland.  For  many 
vears  he  worked  in  the  mills  at  Fulton  and  died 
there,  Augtist  (S,  1876.  He  married  lulia  Barry. 
Children:  Nellie,  married  Thomas  McGovern ; 
Tennie  :  Margaret,  married  John  Goss :  Dennis 
M.,  proprietor  of  a  drug  store  at  Oswego  F"alls. 
New  York  :  Tohn  R.,  mentioned  below. 

Tohn  R.  .Sullivan,  .son  of  John  Sullivan,  was 
born  in  Holyoke,  Massachusetts,  October  to, 
186?.  and,  when  a  voung  child,  was  brought, 
by  his  parents,  to  Fulton.  New  York,  where  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  At  the  age 
of  sixteen  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods 


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and  grocery  store  of  Howe  &  Dexter,  and  con- 
tinued with  that  concern  for  five  years.  As 
soon  as  he  was  of  age  he  started  in  business 
on  his  own  account  at  Oswego  Falls.  He  start- 
ed his  present  business  in  I'^ulton.  in  iSS'i.  in 
a  small  store  in  the  Emeny  block,  on  the  west 
side.  His  affairs  prospered,  and,  three  years 
later,  he  erected  the  handsome  and  commodious 
building  at  the  corner  of  West  Broadway  and 
Second  street,  and  occupied,  at  first,  only  the 
ground  floor.  In  a  few  years,  however,  he 
added  furniture  and  other  departments  and 
occupied  the  entire  building,  in  the  meantime, 
trebling  his  force  of  clerks.  He  also  organized 
a  very  efficient  antl  well-e(|ui])i5ed  delivery  serv- 
ice. In  the  course  of  time,  he  found  it  neces- 
sary to  again  enlarge  his  tjuarters.  and,  in  1908, 
he  erected  the  furniture  annex,  a  large  build- 
ing with  five  floors  and  basement,  and,  in  191 1, 
on  account  of  increasing  trade,  he  added  a 
large  and  well-equipped  basement  in  the  main 
store.  The  main  floor  of  the  store  presents 
the  attracti\e  features  of  the  modern  depart- 
ment store,  showing,  on  one  side,  notions, 
men's  and  women's  furnishing  goods,  jewelry, 
cut  glass  and  other  glassware,  and  underwear, 
on  the  other,  dress  goods,  table  linen,  ladies' 
coats  and  suits,  and  domestic  goods  in  great 
variety.  A  balcony  is  devoted  to  china  and 
glassware,  French  clocks,  novelties  and  all 
sorts  of  bric-a-brac.  The  general  and  private 
offices  of  Mr.  .Sullivan  are  also  on  .this  floor. 
The  second  floor  of  the  main  store  is  devoted 
to  parlor  and  upholstered  furniture,  carpets, 
rugs,  curtains,  shades,  pianos  and  other  musi- 
cal instruments  and  a  well-stocked  art  depart- 
ment. The  third  floor  is  also  part  of  the  furni- 
ture department,  with  a  well-selected  stock  of 
dining  tables,  butTets,  sideboards,  chairs  and 
other  furniture  ;  for  the  bedroom,  iron,  brass 
and  wooden  bedsteads  and  accessories,  dress- 
ers, commodes,  chairs,  etc.  The  sewing  ma- 
chines are  shown  on  this  floor.  A  feature  of 
this  part  of  the  store  is  the  complete  furnish- 
ing of  a  jiarlor,  a  dining-room,  a  library  and  a 
bedroom,  the  settings  being  changed  from 
week  to  week.  Mr.  Sullivan  makes  a  s])ecialty 
of  the  (llobe-W'ernicke  sectional  book  cases 
and  modern  office  e(|uipmcnt.  The  furniture 
annex  is  located  at  the  corner  of  West  Sec- 
ond and  Voorhees  streets.  The  Imilding  is 
forty  by  fifty- four  feet.  Here  all  the  goods 
for  the  furniture  department  are  received  by 
freight  and  made  ready  for  the  salesrooms. 
The  first  floor  is  a  showroom  for  buffets,  dress- 


ers, desks,  sideboards  and  dressing  tables,  and 
a  great  variety  is  kept  in  stock.  The  second 
floor  is  given  up  to  the  bulky  material,  such  as 
mattresses,  iron  bedsteads,  and  to  the  picture 
framing  room.  Rocking  chairs,  sofas,  couches, 
davenports  and  similar  goods  are  .stored  on  the 
third  floor  of  the  anne.x.  and  refrigerators, 
coolers,  kitchen  cabinets  and  similar  goods  on 
the  fourth  floor.  A  total  of  sixteen  thousand 
feet  of  floor  space  are  in  use,  and  this  is  the 
Irrgest  department  store  in  Oswego  county. 
and  perha]is  in  northern  New  York. 

Mr.  Sullivan  is  not  only  a  very  successful 
and  enterprising  merchant,  but  a  citizen  of 
])ublic  spirit  and  usefulness.  He  has  been 
jiresident  of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  is  an 
active  member  of  the  Boost  Club,  the  name  of 
which  indicates  its  public-spirited  purposes. 
He  is  treasurer  of  the  Aluminum  Manufactur- 
ing Company,  and  one  of  the  directors  of  the 
Oswego  County  Independent  Telephone  Com- 
pany. He  was  appointed  postmaster  of  the 
west  side,  in  1885.  and  served  four  years,  and 
again,  in  1892,  he  was  appointed  and  served 
another  term  of  four  years.  In  politics  he  is 
an  influential  Democrat,  with  independent 
ideas.  I'or  four  years  he  was  town  clerk  and 
at  present  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  educa- 
tion of  Fulton.  He  is  a  director  of  the  First 
National  liank.  and  a  trustee  of  the  Fulton  Sav- 
ings Bank.  In  religion  Mr.  Sullivan  is  a  Roman 
Catholic,  an<l  a  generous  sujiporter  of  the 
Church  of  the  Immaculate  Conception,  of 
which  he  is  a  communicant.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Flks,  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  of  the 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men. 

John  R.  .Sullivan  married,  July  14,  1909, 
-Ann  M.  .Satterlee,  a  native  of  Providence. 
Rhode  Island. 


Patrick  Bulger  was  the  son  of 
BL'LGER     a    well-to-do    farmer    and    was 

born  in  Castle  Corner,  county 
Queen,  in  the  eastern  part  of  Ireland,  August 
17,  i8o^>.  He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of 
his  native  place.  In  1844  he,  with  his  wife  and 
family  and  possessions,  came  to  this  countr\' 
and  made  his  home  in  \'olney,  Oswego  coun- 
ty. Xew  York,  where  he  bought  a  farm  and 
conducted  it  for  a  number  of  years.  He  pros- 
pered and  became  one  of  the  representative 
men  of  the  community.  About  ten  years  be- 
fore he  died,  he  sold  his  farm  and  sought  a 
home   for  his  declining  years.     He  purchased 


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a  place  on  the  west  bank  uf  the  Oswego  river, 
about  five  miles  from  the  city  of  Oswego,  in 
a  beautiful  location,  and  since  his  death  the 
property  has  remained  in  the  possession  of  his 
family.  Here  he  continued  to  follow  agricul- 
ture and  having  the  skill  and  the  means  to  fol- 
low out  his  ideas  successfully  he  added  ma- 
teriallv  to  his  fortune.  He  died  August  ^. 
1880.  ■ 

He  married,  in  his  native  land.  Uridget  Mur- 
jjhy,  an  accomplished  and  cultivated  young 
woman,  who  was  educated  in  the  excellent 
schools  of  her  native  town,  and  at  Dublin 
Seminary.  Her  fine  character  and  liberal  edu- 
cation fitted  her  admirably  for  her  duties  as 
wife  and  mother  and  she  succeeded  in  making 
a  model  home  for  her  family.  She  died  at 
Oswego,  October  20.  1879.  Children:  i.  Child, 
died  in  infancy,  in  Ireland.  2.  F'atrick  F.,  born 
in  Ireland,  formerly  recorder  of  the  city  of 
Ctica,  Xew  York.  ^.  Hon.  Charles  X..  born  in 
\'olney,  Xew  York,  recorder  of  the  city  of 
Oswego  for  many  years.  4.  Dr.  William  James, 
mentioned  below.  5.  Mary,  born  in  Ireland, 
married  Michael  Hennessv.  of  Oswego.  Xew 
York. 

(II)  Dr.  William  Janus  liulger.  sun  of  Pat- 
rick Bulger,  was  born  in  Volney,  near  the 
\illage  of  Fulton,  Oswego  county,  Xew  York. 
May  28.  1867.  In  his  youth  he  had  all  the 
educational  advantages  possible.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  then 
took  a  course  at  Falley  Seminary,  in  Fulton, 
and  entered  the  State  Xormal  School,  at  Os- 
wego, Xew  York.  He  decided  upon  medicine 
for  his  profession  and  began  to  study  under 
Dr.  Ira  L.  Jones,  of  Minetto.  Xew  ^'ork.  and 
afterward  continued  under  the  instruction  of 
Dr.  James  A.  Milne,  of  Oswego.  In  1879  he 
entered  the  Long  Island  College  Hospital,  of 
ISrooklyn,  where  he  spent  a  year.  During  the 
following  year  he  was  a  student  in  the  Medical 
School  of  the  University  of  Michigan,  at  Ann 
Arbor.  He  returned  to  complete  his  course  in 
the  Long  Island  Hospital,  however,  and  was 
appointed  assistant  to  the  noted  anatomist.  Dr. 
Carrlen  L.  Ford.  He  received  his  degree  from 
the  Long  Island  College  Hospital.  June  15. 
1882,  exceptionally  well  equipped  for  his  pro- 
fession. He  was  admitted  to  partnership  by 
his  former  preceptor  at  Oswego.  Dr.  Milne, 
and  the  medical  firm  continued  w-ith  abundant 
success  until  Dr.  Milne  retired  shortly  before 
his  death,  in  1887.     Dr.  Bulger  rose  steadily  in 


his  profession  and  attained  high  rank.  He  be- 
came recognized  as  one  of  the  most  skillful 
surgeons  in  this  section,  and  no  physician  is 
held  in  higher  estimation  either  by  patients  or 
by  the  medical  fraternity.  In  later  years  he 
has  been  called  in  consultation  in  most  of  the 
cases  of  peculiar  difficulty  and  his  reputation 
lias  not  been  confined  to  this  locality.  Xatur- 
ally  a  student.  Dr.  Bulger  has  not  confined  his 
researches  and  reading  to  medicine  and  sur- 
gery, but  has  made  natural  science  of  all 
liranches  a  life  study.  In  politics  he  is  a  Dem- 
ocrat, and  was  elected  mayor  of  Oswego  in 
1892.  While  filling  that  office  he  was  appoint- 
ed collector  of  customs  at  port  of  Oswego,  by 
President  Cleveland.  In  religion  he  is  a  Roman 
Catholic,  member  of  St.  Mary's  Catholic 
Church,  of  Oswego.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
State  Medical  and  County  Medical  societies. 
:ind  consulting  physician  to  (.)swego  Hospital. 
He  was  a  member  of  Xew  York  Xational 
( iuard,  at  Oswego,  the  I'orty-eighth  Separate 
(.  (jmpany,  and  for  fifteen  years  was  surgeon 
of  the  company.  At  the  beginning  of  the 
-Spanish-.American  war  he  was  ap]3ointed,  b} 
( iovernor  Black,  surgeon  of  Third  Regiment. 
Xational  ( iuard  of  Xew  York,  and  retired  with 
rank  of  major. 

He  married,  .\ugust  20,  1883,  Mary  Cusick. 
born  in  Oswego.  Xew  York,  daughter  of 
Frank  and  Elizabeth  (  Ging )  Cusick.  M  the 
time  of  her  marriage  Mrs.  Bulger  was  jjrinci- 
]ial  of  one  of  the  public  schools  of  the  city  of 
Oswego.  Their  only  child,  Charles  William, 
born  Jnh'  13,  1884,  died  aged  fourteen  months. 


William  McCarthy,  born  in 
AkC.ARTH^'  Ireland,  came  to  this  coun- 
try when  a  young  man  and 
made  his  home  in  (_)s\vego  county,  Xew  York. 
He  married  Sarah  Wallace,  who  was  born  in 
.Scotland,  and  came,  with  her  family,  to  Xew 
York  state,  when  she  was  a  girl.  They  were 
married  in  Oswego.  Children:  William  .\.. 
James  H..  John.  Margarette.  .Sarah.  Kitt\'. 

(  II  )  William  A.,  son  of  William  McCarthv. 
was  born  in  Oswego.  Xew  York,  in  1837.  He 
I  eceived  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools,  and  in  boyhood  began  the  life  of  a 
mariner  on  the  Great  Lakes,  and  became  a 
master  mariner,  and,  for  many  years,  was 
familiarly  known  as  "Captain  McCarthy."  He 
commanded  many  vessels  and  owned  a  num- 
ber.    .After  he  left  the  navigation  business  he 


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was  traveling  salesman  for  the  Kings  ford 
Starch  Company.  He  married,  in  1862,  Nancy 
Maria  Hubbard,  who  was  born  in  1843,  '" 
Cummington,  Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Sam- 
uel Porter  and  Vanila  (Mitchell)  Hubbard. 
Children:  Albert  F.,  mentioned  below :  Sarah 
Josephine,  born  in  Oswego,  married  Harry  P.  ■ 
Penfield,  of  Oswego  county,  and  resides  at 
present  at  Ridley  Park,  Pennsylvania ;  Will- 
iam N.,  born  in  Oswego,  in  187 1,  married 
Jessie  Durey,  he  is  in  partnership  with  his 
brother. 

(ill)  Albert  F.,  son  of  William  A.  .Mc- 
Carthy, was  born  in  Oswego,  New  York,  May 
3,  1863.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  place,  .\fter  leav- 
ing school  he  became  a  salesman  in  a  boot  and 
shoe  house,  engaged  in  the  wholesale  trade.  In 
1883  he  succeeded  to  the  ownership  of  the 
business,  in  partnership  with  Charles  North  and 
William  A.  AlcCarthy,  his  father,  under  firm 
name  of  North,  McCarthy  &  Company.  .About 
ten  years  later  Mr.  North  withdrew  and  the 
firm  became  A.  F.  McCarthy  &  Company, 
composed  of  A.  F.  and  William  A.  McCarthy. 
After  the  death  of  his  father,  William  A.,  in 
1908,  W'illiam  N.,  his  brother,  was  admitted. 
The  firm  has  a  large  wholesale  trade  in  leather, 
boots  and  shoes.  Several  traveling  salesmen 
are  kept  on  the  road.  Mr.  AlcCarthy  was  one 
of  the  promoters  of  the  People's  Oil  &  Fuel 
Company,  of  Oswego,  and  is  vice-president  of 
the  company,  which  has  stations  at  Water- 
town  and  Clayton,  New  York ;  is  a  trustee  in 
the  Oswego  County  Savings  Bank. 

In  politics  Mr.  McCarthy  is  a  Republican. 
He  has  been  active  in  public  affairs  for  many 
years,  and,  in  1909,  was  elected  county  clerk 
of  Oswego  county.  For  eight  years  he  served 
on  the  fire  and  police  commission  of  the 
city  of  Oswego.  He  is  a  member  of  Oswego 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  Os- 
wego. He  belongs  to  Grace  Presbyterian 
Oiurch. 

He  married,  June  16,  1887,  Helen  Viola  Le- 
Faiver,  born  in  Oswego,  May  2,  1864,  daugh- 
ter of  Stephen  and  Esther  (Scruton)  LeFaivcr. 
Children:  Albert  Porter,  born  April  25,  1888; 
Esther  Maria,  born  October  23,  1896.  Albert 
Porter  fitted  for  college  in  the  schools  of  Os- 
v.ego,  and  was  graduated  from  Yale,  in  the  class 
of  1910.  He  is  at  present  in  the  employ  of  the 
.Suburban  Gas  Company,  of  Pennsylvania,  as 
a  mechanical  engineer. 


Redhead  is  an  ancient  English 
KEDllE.AD  surname,  derived  from  the 
name  of  a  locality.  Places  of 
this  name  are  still  found  in  Forfarshire  and 
Orkney,  in  the  British  Isles,  The  name  is 
found  in  the  Hundred  Rolls,  among  the  oldest 
surnames  in  the  country.  Two  coats-of-arms 
are  given  by  Burke.  One  is  described :  Sable, 
a  bentl  engrailed  between  two  cotises,  argent . 
on  a  canton  of  the  last  a  saltire,  gules.  Crest : 
A  sinister  arm  in  armor,  proper,  embowed  in 
the  gauntlet,  a  sword  point  downward,  argent, 
hilt  and  pommel,  or,  charged  above  the  wrist 
with  a  crescent  of  the  last.  Another  and  prob- 
ably more  ancient  one  is  described:  Argent, 
three  martlets,  sable,  a  chief,  azure.  Crest: 
An  eagle's  head,  azure.  The  family  described 
in  this  sketch  was  located  for  some  generations 
at  Gedney  Dyke.  Lincolnshire.  England. 

( I )  Richard  Redhead  was  born  at  Gedney 
Dyke,  Lincolnshire,  England,  and  received  his 
education  there.  He  was  ordained  as  a  Wes- 
leyan  preacher,  and,  for  several  years,  follow- 
ed his  profession  in  England.  In  1840,  while 
still  a  young  man,  he  came  to  this  country,  and 
located  in  Central  New  York.  He  was  a  pas- 
tor of  Methodist  churches  at  Waterloo,  Bald- 
winsville,  Wolcott,  Port  Byron  and  Tully. 
Skaneateles,  Fulton,  Liverpool,  Rome,  and  other 
places  in  New  York  state.  He  married  Eliza- 
beth Barker,  who  was  also  a  native  of  England. 
Children :  Sarah  E.,  died  at  the  age  of  thirteen 
years ;  Nellie,  married  Samuel  Willis,  of  Tully. 
New  York ;  Edwin  Richard,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Edwin  Richard,  son  of  Rev.  Richard 
Redhead,  was  born  in  Brownville,  Jefferson 
county.  New  York,  January  6,  1851.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  prepared  for 
college  at  Red  Creek  and  Fairfield  seminaries, 
and  entered  \\'esleyan  University.  Afterward 
he  went  to  Syracuse  LIniversity,  and  was  grad- 
uated in  the  class  of  1874,  with  the  degree  of 
Bachelor  of  Arts.  He  studied  law  for  a  time, 
but  on  account  of  impaired  eyesight  gave  up 
his  professional  career  and  became  a  travelling 
salesman  for  the  F.  G.  W'eeks  Paper  Manu- 
facturing Company,  of  Skaneateles.  In  1880, 
with  Mr.  F.  G.  Weeks,  he  was  one  of  the 
founders  of  the  Victoria  Paper  Mills  Company, 
of  Fulton ;  he  became  secretary  and  treasurer 
of  the  corporation,  and  since  i8gi  has  been  its 
l-resident.  Since  1898  he  has  been  president 
of  the  Citizens'  National  Bank.  He  is  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  trustees  of  the   Fulton 


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Public  Librar_v,  and  trustee  of  Syracuse  Uni- 
versity, the  Cazenovia  Seminary,  and  the 
Thousand  Islands  Park  Association.  For  the 
]iast  thirty  years  one  of  the  leading  business 
men  of  Fulton,  he  has  ever  taken  an  active 
part  in  the  development  of  the  city,  and  in 
promoting  its  growth  and  prosperity,  giving 
his  best  effort  to  the  advancement  of  all  bene- 
ficial improvements.  His  unselfish  sujiport  of 
public  interests  has  been  frequently  given,  in 
face  of  strenuous  opposition,  but  in  every 
instance  his  views  and  actions  have  found 
ample  vindication  in  the  accom])lis]ied  results. 
This  was  fully  manifested  in  the  sewage  and 
waterworks  enterprises,  which  were  closed  up 
to  the  full  satisfaction  of  the  entire  community. 
He  has  been  active  in  promoting  various  im- 
I'.ortant  industries.  He  promoted  the  develop- 
ment of  water  power  at  the  West  End  upper 
dam.  and.  with  Mr.  Weeks,  organized  the  Os- 
wego Falls  Pulp  &  Paper  Company,  and  built 
its  plant — one  of  the  most  important  manu- 
factories in  all  this  region,  and  assisted  ma- 
terially in  building  up  the  \'ictoria  Paper  Mills. 
He  was  ])ersonally  the  moving  spirit  in  the 
development  of  industries  across  the  river,  at 
the  lower  dam,  devoting  to  it  much  of  his  time 
and  ca])ital.  For  five  years  he  was  president 
of  the  Chamber  of  Commerce,  of  Fulton,  and, 
during  his  administration,  the  act  was  passed 
to  consolidate  the  villages  oi  Fulton  and  Os- 
wego Falls,  and  the  project  had  his  hearty 
>-upport.  ITe  was  one  of  the  original  sewer 
commissioners  of  the  city,  having  charge  of 
the  installation  of  the  city  sewerage  system. 
When  the  c|uestion  of  the  city  (then  a  village) 
;icquiring  ownership  of  the  waterworks  was 
brought  forward,  a  citizens'  committee  of  in- 
vestigation was  appointed,  of  which  he  was 
cliairmau,  the  other  members  being  ,\bram 
Emerick  and  J.  A.  Foster.  The  committee 
made  an  exhaustive  report,  and  of  such  con- 
vincing nature  that  the  people  voted  favorably 
by  a  strong  majority.  Their  views  were  amply 
vindicated,  the  waterworks  having  proven  one 
of  the  best  investments  of  the  city  ever  made, 
and  one  which  will  be  liberally  productive  of 
revenue  to  the  city  for  years  to  come.  It  is 
conceded  that  Mr.  Redhead  was  the  moving 
spirit  in  this  important  enterprise. 

Mr.  Redhead  is  a  Methodist  in  religion,  a 
trustee  of  the  State  Street  Methodist  Epis- 
copal Church,  superintendent  of  its  Sunday 
school,  and,  in  1892,  he  was  a  delegate  to  the 
Cieneral    Conference   of   the    Methodist    Epis- 


co]ial  Church,  at  Omaha,  Nebraska ;  delegate 
to  the  Ecumenical  Conference  at  London,  Eng- 
land, in  1902,  and  delegate  to  the  General  Con- 
ference, at  Baltimore,  Maryland,  in  1908. 

He  married,  May  25,  1877,  Sarah  A.  Petty, 
daughter  of  Israel  Petty,  of  Port  Ryron,  New 
York.     They  have  no  chiklren. 


Henry    (ioetcheus,    immi- 
GOETCHEUS     grant   ancestor,   was   born 

in  Germany,  in  1767,  dietl 
in  East  Homer,  Cortland  county,  New  York, 
December  26,  1844.  With  two  brothers  he 
came  to  this  country,  when  he  was  a  young 
man.  and  followed  farming.  For  a  time  he 
lived  in  Orange  county.  New  York,  then  in 
I'reble,  and  finally  at  East  Homer,  where  he 
spent  his  last  days.  He  married  Nancy  Daven- 
port, born  in  1778,  died  in  1866.  Children: 
John  D.,  mentioned  below:  Beverly;  .\ndre\v  ; 

(jeorge;  Mekeel ;  Morris;  Mary,  niarried  ■ 

Fox :  Catherine,  married  Joseph  Case :  Sally, 
married   Jeft'erson   Ransom ;   Betsey,   married 

Rowe. 

( II )  John  D.,  son  of  Henry  Goetcheus,  was 
Ixirn  in  Orange  county.  New  York,  February 
24,  1802,  died  in  Upper  Lisle,  Broome  county. 
New  York,  May  17,  1886.  During  most  of  his 
long  life  he  resided  in  Chenango  and  Broome 
counties.  New  York.  For  many  years  he  lived 
in  German,  Chenango  county,  where  he  had 
charge  of  a  farm  of  three  hundred  acres  or 
more.  Afterward  he  removed  to  Upper  Lisle, 
Broome  county,  where  he  spent  his  last  years. 
He  married  (first),  January  5,  1827,  Amelia 
F'ord,  born  October  2,  1809,  died  in  1851, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Nancy  (Preston) 
Ford,  of  Butternuts,  New  York.  He  married 
(second)  Hulda  (Cotton)  Neal,  a  widow,  born 
November  11,  1812,  died  October  22,  1882, 
Children  of  first  wife:  I.  Chauncey,  born  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1828,  died  March  19,  1907.  2.  Amelia 
Jane,  .\ugust  15,  1830,  lives  in  McGravv,  New 
York;  married  Mordina  Totman,  deceased.  3. 
Rosetta,  August  24,  1832,  died  December  15, 

i8fii  ;  married Davis.    4.  Harvey,  No- 

\ember  26,  1834,  died  March  28,  1906.  5. 
Willard,  July  28,  1837,  lives  at  Oakland,  Cali- 
fornia. G.  Mary,  June  10,  1839,  died  April  18, 
1906;  married  Nathaniel  Drummond.  7.  h'rank 
DeWitt,  July  15,  1842,  lives  in  Binghamton, 
New  York.  8.  Eug-ene,  August  27,  184''),  died 
September  25,  1888.  9.  Jerome,  mentioned 
lielow.  10.  Emory,  November  15,  1850,  died 
in  infancy.     Child  of  second  wife:  n.  Hattie, 


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born  September  14,  1859,  lives  in  L'pper  Lisle, 
Xcw  York:  married  Charles  Brannan,  de- 
ceased. 

(III)  Jerome,  son  of  John  D.  Goetcheus. 
was  born  in  the  town  of  German,  Chenango 
county,  New  York,  Aiignst  26,  1848,  and  is 
now  living  in  Syracuse,  New  York.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  at  Upper  Lisle,  Broome  county.  New  York. 
For  several  years  he  worked  at  farming  in 
L'pper  Lisle,  and  was  also  a  carjienter,  and. 
during  his  later  years,  followed  that  tratle.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican.  He  married,  in 
1872,  Ella  F)Urnap,  born  in  (ierman,  July  30, 
1855,  died  March  8,  1891,  daughter  of  William 
and  Amanda  (Gidley)  Burna]).  Children:  1. 
Ella  May,  born  May  2,  1875 ;  married  Nelson 
.\IcKeen,  of  Binghamton.  New  York.  2.  Cora 
Belle,  Ajjril  10,  1876.  3.  John  D.,  mentioned 
below.  4.  George,  resides  at  McGrawville. 
New  York. 

(IV)  John  D.  (2),  son  of  Jerome  (i) 
Goetcheus,  was  born  in  Upper  Lisle,  Broome 
county,  New  York,  November  26,  1877.  His 
early  education  was  received  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  In  1894  he  came  to 
Cortlandville,  and,  for  three  years,  was  em- 
ployed in  the  bo.x  factory  at  \IcGravv.  where 
lie  remained  for  three  years.  In  1897  he  came 
to  Cortland  and  entered  the  employ  of  Lling- 
ham  &  Miller,  as  clerk  in  their  men's  furnish- 
ing store,  and,  in  1904,  was  admitted  to  part- 
nership in  the  firm.  Since  then  the  firm  has 
been  known  as  the  Bingham  &  Miller  Com- 
pany. Mr.  Goetcheus  is  president  of  the  fam- 
ily association,  comprising  the  descendants  of 
Ilenry  Goetcheus.  which  holds  annual  reunions 
in  this  vicinity.  In  politics  he  is  Republican, 
in  religion  a  Alethodist.  He  married,  .\ugust 
30,  1900,  Effa  May,  daughter  of  W.  P.  and 
f)phelia  ( Morey )  Henry,  of  McGraw,  New 
N'ork.  Children:  Richard  R.,  born  May  26, 
1901  ;  J.   I'aul,  I'ebruary  13,   191 1. 


Joshua  Chauncey,  father  of 
CH.VUNCE'S"     George  G.  Chauncey,  came 

from  Waterford,  Ireland, 
and  located  in  Oswego,  New  York,  in  1845 
He  was  a  shijj-builder  by  trade.  He  married 
Mary  Stannard,  of  Waterford,  Ireland,  both 
of  whom  were  members  of  the  Episcopal 
church.  Children:  William,  John,  Joshua, 
Julian,  I'^lizabeth,  Catherine,  Mattie,  George 
( ]..  mentiiiued  below. 


George  G..  son  of  Joshua  Chauncey,  was 
born  in  Oswego.  New  York,  October  7,  1853. 
He  was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and.  after  leaving  school,  learned  teleg- 
raphy, and  was  appointed  train  dispatcher  for 
the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  Railroad 
Company,  CJswego,  and  later  took  charge  of  the 
business  of  the  company  at  Fulton,  New  York. 
In  1880  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Denver 
&  South  I'ark  Construction  Com]3any.  This 
company  was  at  that  time  building  a  railroad 
from  Denver,  Colorado,  to  (iunnison  City.  He 
was  in  charge  (jf  construction  work  on  the  Al- 
pine Tunnel,  which  penetrates  the  Continental 
Divide,  at  Williams  Pass.  Two  years  later, 
in  1882,  he  removed  to  Niagara  Falls,  where  he 
had  charge  of  the  Rome,  Watertown  &Ogdens- 
burg  railroad  for  a  period  of  five  years.  In 
1887  he  returned  to  F'ulton,  New  York,  and 
became  treasurer  of  the  Fulton  Water  Works 
Company,  and  he  was  also  treasurer  of  the 
Fulton  Electric  Light  &  Power  Company.  He 
held  this  position  for  twelve  years,  and,  in 
1903,  he  was  elected  secretary  of  the  Volney 
Paper  Com])any,  and,  for  six  years,  was 
active  in  its  management.  In  1909  he  bought 
the  Phceni.x  Tissue  Paper  Mill,  at  Phoenix. 
New  York,  and  is  at  present  engaged  in  the 
manufacture  of  tissue  paper.  When  Fulton 
became  a  city  he  was  made  president  of  the 
fire  and  police  board  and  organized  the  police 
department.  In  1906-07  he  was  president  of 
the  board  of  public  works.  He  is  vice-presi- 
dent of  the  Fulton  Savings  Bank.  In  religion 
he  is  an  Episcopalian,  and  he  is  a  vestryman 
in  the  Zion  Episcopal  Church,  Fulton,  New 
York.  In  1879  he  was  appointed,  by  Governor 
Robinson,  aide-de-camp  of  Sixth  Brigade,  New 
York  National  Guard,  to  the  raivk  of  first  lieu- 
tenant. In  1880  he  was  appointed,  by  Gov- 
ernor Cornell,  senior  aide-de-camp,  to  the  rank 
of  captain.  He  was  a  member  of  Company 
G,  Fulton,  New  York  National  Guard.  In 
1882  he  married  Cora  B.,  daughter  of  Reuben 
and  Ruth  P.radshaw,  of  Fulton,  New  York. 


John  Johnston,  son  of  George 
JOHNSTON  and  Elizabeth  Johnston,  was 

born  in  the  north  of  Ireland. 
He  came  to  this  country  at  the  age  of  seven 
years,  with  his  parents,  who  located  at  Fulton, 
New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and.  in  early  life,  was  employed  in 
the  sawmills.    In  i8fii  he  enlisted  in  the  Twen- 


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ty-fourth    New    York    Regiment,    New    York 
Volunteer  Infantry,  for  two  years.     He  reen- 
listed  after  he  wa's  mustered  out,  and  served 
three  years  more,  in  the  Fifteenth  Regiment, 
New  York  \'ohmteer  Infantry,  and  was  honor- 
ably discharged  at  the  end  of  the  civil  war. 
His  last  >'ears  were  spent  in   North  Dakota, 
where  he  took  up  a  homestead,  and  where  he 
died  in  1903.     He  married  .\nn  Doyle.     Chil- 
dren: Mary,  married  John  .Murphy;  George, 
mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth,  married  Barney 
Burns  ;  Margarita  ;  William,  deceased  ;  Nellie. 
George  Johnston,  son  of  John  Johnston,  was 
born   at   Fulton,    New    York,   July   23,    1853. 
After  a  very  brief  schooling  he  began  to  work 
at  the  age  of  nine  years  in  Kellogg  &  Kennedy's 
mill,  and,  after  wo'rking  one  year,  when  he  was 
but  ten  years  old,  he  was  operating  a  steam 
engine  at  the  match  factory  of  John  Foster  & 
Companv.     After  a  year  and  a  half  with  this 
concern  he  went  to  tlie  Hitchcock  &  Blakesley 
Knitting  Mill  to  learn  the  trade  of  knitting  and 
weaving  cotton  warp  dressing.     Mr.  Johnston 
went  to  Oswego,  New  York,  in  the  employ  of 
Hart  &  Fletcher,  until  1867,  when  he  returned 
tc  Fulton  in  the  fall,  and,  for  a  year,  worked 
as  porter  and  bell  boy  in  the  Lewis  House. 
He  then  began  to  learn  the  trade  of  copper 
and  tinsmith,  and  became  foreman  of  the  shop 
at  the   age  of   eighteen  years.     In   February, 
1876.  he  became  the  proprietor  of  the  business, 
and,  before  he  was  of   age,   had   largely   in- 
creased the  business  and  was  a  prosperous  and 
successful  business  man.     Always  progressive 
and  industrious,  his  affairs  have  prospered,  and 
he  now  has  one  of  the  largest  hardware  stores 
in  the  city  of   Fulton,  and  an  extensive  tin- 
smith business.    He  is  a  charter  member  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  and 
has  been  treasurer  for  ten  years.     Hewas  a 
charter  member  of  Oswego  Council,  Knights 
of  Columbus,  but  has  transferred  his  member- 
ship to  Fulton  Council.     He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Improved  Order  of  Red  Men;  of  the 
Holy  Name  Society,  of  Fulton,  and  a  faithful 
communicant  of  the  Catholic  church.     In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  in  187Q,  Hannah  Sullivan,  born 
at  Fulton,  in  1857,  daughter  of  Thomas  and 
Hannah  Sullivan.  Children,  born  at  Fulton: 
George,  died  in  infancy:  William,  died  aged 
sixteen  years;  Agnes,  died  in  infancy;  Anna, 
married 'William  ""I.  Gillespie;  :Margarita  ;  Ger- 
trude ;  George,  who  is  now  a  student  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania;  Thomas. 


Tohn  Wilde  Allen  was  born  in 
.ALLEN  London,  England,  in  1825.  What 
little  education  he  had  in  his 
youth  was  received  in  the  schools  of  his  native 
land.  Early  in  life  he  went  to  work  in  the 
coal  mines 'in  England.  Afterward  he  fol- 
lowed the  sea.  While  still  a  young  man  he 
came  to  Canada  and  resided  in  Prince  Edward 
county,  Ontario.  He  was  a  contractor  and 
builder  there,  and  afterward  a  miller.     He  died 

in  i8g3. 

He  married  Elizabeth  Smith,  in  Canada. 
Children  :  Thomas  ;  Henry  ;  Isaac  ;  Joseph  ; 
lane :  Mcry ;  John  W. ;  William  N.,  who  is 
in  business'  in  Scranton.  Pennsylvania;  Reu- 
ben Y'oung,  mentioned  below. 

Reuben  Young  Allen,  son  of  John  Wilde 
.Allen,  was  born  in  the  .town  of  Consecon, 
Prince  Edward  county, Ontario,  Canada,  March 
28.  1835.  He  attended  the  schools  there,  then 
learned  the  trade  of  stone  mason,  becoming  ex- 
])ert  in  the  cutting  and  inscription  of  stone 
monuments  and  gravestones.  He  worked  for 
some  years  as  journeyman  in  various  places, 
and,  in  1882,  came  to  Phoenix,  New  Y'ork.  In 
that  town,  three  vears  later,  he  started  in  busi- 
ness for  himself,  and  he  has  built  up  a  large 
trade  in  monumental  stone  work  of  all  kinds. 
Mr.  .\llen  has  taken  an  active  part  in  pubhc 
affairs,  and  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  trus- 
tees of  the  incorporated  village  of  Phoenix, 
and  one  of  the  sewer  commissioners.  He  is 
director  and  secretary  of  the  Phoenix  Rural 
Cemetery  Association.  Hs  is  a  member  of 
the  Citizens'  Club,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the 
founders,  and  a  member  of  Golden  Rule  Lodge, 
No.  --,  Odd  Fellows,  of  which  he  is  past  noble 
grand.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Congregational 
church. 

He  married,  in  1883,  Harriet  E.  Share,  born 
in  Phcenix,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Sarah  .A. 
Share,  of  Phcenix.  They  have  one  child,  Made- 
line Harriet,  born  March  25,  1894. 


In  1790,  at  Branford,  New  Haven 
SMITH     countv,  Connecticut,  there  was  a 

Dow  'Smith  who  had  one  son  over 
sixteen, three  sons  under  si.xteen  and  six  females 
hi  his  family.  Other  heads  of  the  family  there 
were  Stephen.  lames.  Isaac.  Jordon,  Joseph 
and  Allen  Smith,  who  were  doubtless  related 
to  each  other.  Stephen  Smith  joined  the  church 
lune  25,  1749.  and  was  a  deacon  for  many 
"vears.  until  he   resigned  in    1771.     His  wife, 


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■Margaret  Smith,  joined  the  church  at  Bran- 
ford,  in  September,  1745. 

(I)  Dow  Smith  was  born  at  Branford,  Con- 
necticut, in  1737,  and  died  February  26,  1841, 
aged  one  hundred  and  three  years  eleven 
months  twenty-four  days.  He  settled  in  the 
town  of  \'an  Buren,  on  lot  20,  in  1814.  He 
served  in  the  revolution.  On  page  19,  vol.  viii, 
Connecticut  Historical  Records,  Dow  Smith  is 
recorded  as  serving  under  Captain  Isaac  Cook. 
Continental  Regiment,  1775.  He  also  was  in 
Captain  Davis'  company.  Colonel  Charles  Bur- 
rell's  regiment,  in  1776.  and  is  named  on  the 
pay  roll.  He  had  two  sons — Augustus  and 
Robert. 

(H)  Augustus,  son  of  Dow  Smith,  was  born 
near  New  Haven,  Connecticut,  October  11, 
t8o2,  and  was  brought  to  \'an  Buren  by  his 
parents  in  1802.  He  was  a  shoemaker  by 
trade,  but  later  was  engaged  in  farming.  He 
married  Martha  Howe  (first)  and  (second) 
Julia  A.  I'eckham.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Ann  E.,  who  married  L.  E.  Warner ;  Abigail, 
married  John  J.  Hopkins ;  Sarah  J.,  married 
William  Carpenter;  Martha,  died  in  1851  ; 
Maynard  ;  Miles,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Miles,  son  of  Augustus  Smith,  was 
born  in  \'an  Buren,  New  York,  June  10,  1828. 
By  trade  he  was  a  millwright  until  1878.  when 
he  and  his  son  took  up  the  furniture  and 
undertaking  business  at  Baldwinsville,  New 
York.  He  was  trustee  of  the  village  and  high- 
way commissioner.  In  religion  he  is  a  Meth- 
odist, attending  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church. 
He  is  a  member  of  Mohegan  Lodge,  No.  29, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  mar- 
ried Jane  M.  Fuller.  Children :  Cora  I.,  mar- 
ried John  I.  \'an  Ness :  ]\I.  Homer,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  M.  Homer,  son  of  Miles  Smith,  was 
was  born  in  \'an  Buren,  New  York,  Septem- 
ber 20,  1856.  He  received  his  education  in  the 
public  schools  of  Baldwinsville.  He  then  work- 
ed for  one  year  as  clerk  in  the  post  ofifice.  after 
which  he  remained  with  Downer  &  Company, 
as  clerk  for  four  years.  In  October,  1878,  he 
bought  the  furniture  and  undertaking  business, 
which  he  kc])t  up  until  a  few  years  ago,  when 
he  closed  out  the  furniture  business.  Now  he 
is  the  leading  undertaker  of  Baldwinsville, 
New  York.  In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist,  in 
politics  a  Republican.  He  was  a  member  of 
the  school  board  for  eight  years,  and  town 
clerk  for  nine  vears.   I  le  is  a  member  of  Seneca 


River  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons ; 
Riverside  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  and 
of  the  Masonic  Club. 

In  1882  he  married  Phebe  A.  Schofield,  of 
Saratoga,  New  York.  Children :  Edna  A., 
married  J.  W.  Smith  ;  Clarence  H. :  Windsor  C. 


Matthew  Woodruff,  iinmi- 
WOODRUFF     grant  ancestor,  w-as  born  in 

England,  and  settled  early 
at  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He  removed  to 
Farmington  in  1640-41,  and  died  there  about 
1662,  at  an  advanced  age.  His  will  becjueaths 
to  his  wife,  three  sons  and  a  daughter  Hannah, 
wife  of  Richard  Seymour  Jr.,  and  the  court 
added  to  these  the  name  of  another  daughter. 
Elizabeth,  wife  of  John  Broughtor.  of  North- 
ampton, Massachusetts.  Matthew  Woodruff 
was  one  of  the  eighty-four  proprietors  of 
Farmington  Church,  April  2,  1654.  Children; 
John,  born  1643;  Matthew,  1646;  Hannah. 
1648;  Elizabeth,  1651  ;  Mary,  November  5. 
i(>54.  died  young:  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Matthew  Woodruff, 
was  born  at  Farmington,  August  26,  1661.  He 
married,  in  1686,  Rebecca,  daughter  of  John 
Clark.  She  died  August  4,  1737,  aged  seventy- 
five  years.  In  1698  they  located  in  the  western 
])art  of  Farmington,  afterward  called  South- 
ington,  of  which  he  was  the  first  white  settler. 
He  was  a  man  of  great  size  and  strength  and 
excellent  disposition.  He  died  January  8,  1742. 
Children,  born  at  I'^armington :  Samuel,  Janu- 
ary 20,  1686-87  :  Jonathan,  November  30,  1688 ; 
Rebecca,  February  4,  1690-91  ;  Ruth,  Febru- 
ary 15,  1692;  Ebenezer,  December  27,  1694; 
Daniel,  November  2,  1696;  David,  February 
27,  1698-99  ;  Hezekiah,  August  9,  1701  ;  Rachel, 
November  2.  1703:  .Abigail,  February  26,  1705- 
06:  John,  mentioned  below:  Retle,  1710. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Woodruff',  was 
born  at  Farmington.  April  5.  1708.  He  lived 
in  what  is  now  Southington,  near  the  Adna 
Neal  house  and  afterward  on  West  street.  He 
died  October  17,  1794.  being  killed  by  a  fall. 
He  married  (first),  August  11,  1729,  Eunice 
Wiard,  who  died  May  7,  1761.  He  married 
(second)  .Abigail  Ives.  Children,  born  at 
.Southington:  .Sarah,  born  September  10,  1730; 
John,  October  18,  1732;  Russel,  mentioned 
below;  Jesse,  bajjtized  March  12,  1738,  mar- 
ried   Mygatt,  of  Berlin,  and  removed 

to    AYatertown,   Connecticut:    John,  baptized 
June  15,  T740;  Etmice,  baptized  February  12, 


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1743;  Timothy,  baptized  December  5,  1745, 
removed  to  Burlington :  Lucy,  baptized  Mav 
10,  1752. 

(I\)  Russel,  son  of  John  \\(iO(h-uff,  was 
baptized  at  Southington,  July  13,  1735.  lie 
removed  to  Burlington,  Connecticut.  Accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790  he  was  living  at 
Berlin,  Hartford  county,  a  town  adjoining 
Southington,  and  had  no  family.  The  other 
heads  of  family  of  this  surname  in  that  town, 
doubtless  his  sons,  were :  Roswell,  mentioned 
below;  Selah,  who  had  no  family;  Amos,  who 
had  two  sons  under  .sixteen  years  and  five  fe- 
males ;  Gad.  had  a  son  under  sixteen  and  one 
female. 

(\')  Roswell,  son  of  Russel  Wooilruff,  ac- 
cording to  the  best  evidence  at  hand,  and  as 
■-liown  by  the  census,  certainly  of  this  familv. 
was  born  probably  at  Burlington,  Connecticut. 
May  ID.  1763.  He  settled  in  the  town  of  Le- 
roy,  Xtw  York,  at  Sanford  Corners,  in  1804, 
and  died  in  1830.  He  married  Lois  Patter- 
son. Children:  i.  Daughter,  died  young.  2. 
Xorman,  mentioned  below.  3.  Xorris,  born 
September  7.  1792,  died  June  4,  1828;  mar- 
ried Lucy  Houghton,  and  had  children :  i.  Lois 
P..  born  1821  (now  living),  married  Howell 
Cooper,  of  W'atertown,  New  York ;  ii.  Marie 
D.,  deceased,  married  Pierceon  Mundy,  of 
W'atertown,  New  York;  iii.  Emma  A.,  mar- 
ried Flenry  Keep,  southern  railroad  magnate, 
afterward  Judge  Schley,  of  New  York  City 
(  deceased )  ;  iv.  Mary  M..  married  Henry  Cad- 
well,  of  Erie,  Pennsylvania  (deceased)  ;  v. 
Norman  W.,  unmarried,  died  at  age  of  twenty- 
five  years ;  vi.  Sarah  M.,  married  Roswell  P. 
Flower,  late  governor  of  the  state  of  New 
York,  died  1910;  vii.  Horace  W. ;  viii.  Fred- 
rick B. ;  ix.  Abbie  A.,  married  ex-Lieutenant- 
( Sovernor  Allen  C.  Beach. 

(VI)  Norman,  son  of  Russel  and  Lois  (Pat- 
terson) Woodruff,  was  born  April  20,  1789, 
died  June  4,  1828.  He  married  Lucy  Hough- 
ton, and  had  children:  Georee  \V.,  mentioned 
below;  Charles,  born  April  18,  1817,  died  June 
4,  1893;  Pitt  M.,  born  January  2^.  1823,  now 
livinp'. 

(VH)  George  W.,  son  of  Norman  and  Lucy 
(  Houghton)  W^oodruff.  was  born  July  19, 
1 81 5,  in  Jefferson  county.  New  York,  died 
November  30,  1893.  He  married  (first)  Mar- 
tha Trua.x,  born  October  29.  1816,  and  (sec- 
ond) Mary  C.  Salisbury,  who  died  in  1906. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Cornelia  IT.,  born 
June  29.  1842,  married  Edward  Snell,  died  Oc- 


tober 4,  1807.  2.  Nancy,  born  julv  29,  1845, 
married  Dempster  D.  Taggart,  1862,  died  Oc- 
tober 13,  1868.  3.  Norman  W.,  twin  of  Nancy, 
mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Norman  \\'.,  son  of  (jeorgc  \\'.  and 
Martha  (Truax)  Woodruff',  was  born  in 
Theresa,  Jefferson  county,  New  York,  July  29, 
1845.  He  received  his  early  education  iii  the 
public  schools  and  at  Falley  Seminary,  Fulton, 
New  York,  and  at  the  Eastman  Business  Col- 
lege, at  Poughkeepsie.  .After  leaving  school  he 
engaged  for  several  year.s  on  the  old  homestead 
in  Theresa.  In  1875  he  came  to  Mexico,  Os- 
wego county,  New  York,  and  established  a 
retail  grocery  store,  which  he  conducted  with 
uniform  success  for  a  period  of  twenty-five 
years.  With  his  surplus  capital  he  made  ex- 
tensive investments  in  western  real  estate,  and 
after  he  retired  from  the  grocery  business  he 
devoted  his  attention  exclusively  to  real  estate 
and  became  a  large  operator  both  in  New  York 
and  the  west.  His  judgment  was  good  and  his 
investments  turned  out  well.  .\t  the  time  of 
his  death  he  possessed  a  large  fortune.  He 
was  handicapped,  moreover,  by  loss  of  hear- 
ing, but  he  had  the  assistance  of  a  very  cap- 
able wife,  who  kept  his  books  while  he  was  in 
the  grocery  business  and  became  familiar  with 
every  detail  of  his  real  estate  operations,  so 
that  after  his  death  she  was  able  not  only  to 
care  for  the  property  wisely,  but  she  added  to 
it  materially.  He  attended  the  Presbyterian 
church,  iintl  contrilnited  largely  to  its  benev- 
olences. In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat.  He 
died  at  Mexico,  December  18,  1908.  He  mar- 
ried, June  I,  1881,  Margaret  M.,  adopted 
daughter  of  .\bram  and  Jemima  (Townsend) 
Hadley.  who  were  respected  citizens  of  Mex- 
ico. Mr.  and  Mrs.  Woodruff  had  one  son. 
George  Norman,  born  April  25,  1894,  a  grad- 
uate of  the  Mexico  Academy,  class  of  191 1, 
and  entered  the  Dr.  I  lolbrook  preparatory 
school,  at  (Jssinning.  New  "\"ork,  September 
23.  191 1. 


The    Irwin    family    is    nl    :incient 

IRWT.V      Iri-li  ancestry,  whose  family  seat 

for  many  generations  was  at  Rox- 

borough,    county    Roscommon,     Ireland.      In 

ir)38  the  family  estate  was  sold  and  has  since 

remained  out  of  possession  of  the  family. 

(I)  Captain  W'illiam  .Arthur  Irwin  held  a 
commission  in  the  Ninety-third  Regiment,  in 
the  British  army.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Smythe,  whose  grandfather  possessed  Toper- 


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croft,  an  estate  in  county  Norfolk,  near  county 
Suffolk,  England.  They  had  three  sons:  i. 
William  James,  mentioned  below.  2.  Arthur 
Leighton,  a  wrangler  and  fellow  of  Cains  Col- 
lege, Cambridge  University,  England,  who  at 
the  time  of  his  death  was  principal  of  the  Dio- 
cesan College,  at  Madras,  India.  3.  Henry 
Offley,  graduate  of  Pembroke  College,  Cam- 
bridge University,  where  he  took  honors  in  a 
mathematical  tripos;  at  the  time  of  his  death 
was  rector  of  Hagley,  Tasmania. 

(II)  William  James,  son  of  Captain  Will- 
iam Arthur  Irwin,  was  educated  at  Cambridge 
University  (A.  M.);  was  head  master  of  the 
Grammar  School,  at  Kingston,  Canada.  He 
married  Selina  Maria,  eldest  daughter  of 
Chamberlin  \\'illiam  Walker,  LL.  D.,  of  Trin- 
ity College,  Dublin.  Children  :  William  Henry  ; 

,  married  Dr.  John  McCarthy ;  Chere, 

married  a  Mr.  Cameron;  Annie,  married  James 
MacKridge :  Arthur  C,  mentioned  below. 

(III)  Dr.  .Arthur  Chamberlin  Irwin,  son  of 
William  James  Irwin,  was  born  on  the  Isle 
of  Guernsey,  in  the  English  Channel,  .\pril  zt,, 
1843.  He  was  educated  at  the  Kingston  (iram- 
niar  School,  of  which  his  father  was  princi])al. 
and  at  Queen's  University,  where  he  studied 
medicine.  After  he  graduated  from  the  med- 
ical school  of  Queen's  University  he  settled 
at  Wolfe's  Island  to  practice  his  profession, 
and  he  remained  there  until  1880,  when  he  re- 
moved to  the  city  of  Kingston  and  resumed 
practice  in  that  city.  Both  as  a  citizen  and  as 
a  physician  he  was  very  popular,  and  as  a 
teacher  he  is  held  in  the  highest  regard  both 
by  students  and  fellow-instructors.  He  was 
professor  of  medical  jurisprudence  and  sani- 
tary science  and  clinical  medicine  in  the  Royal 
College  of  Physicians  and  Surgeons,  at  Kings- 
ton, Ontario,  in  Canada.  He  has  been  vice- 
president  of  the  Ontario  Medical  Association 
(in  1883),  and  he  was  alderman  of  the  city 
of  Kingston  in  1885-86.  Dr.  Irwin  has  been 
a  Free  Mason  since  1874.  He  is  a  communi- 
cant of  the  Church  of  England.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Liberal. 

He  married  Marion  A.  Murray,  of  Kings- 
ton, Ontario,  Canada.  Children  :  Lulu,  wife  of 
K.  Cameron  ;  Dr.  .\rthur  W.,  mentioned  below  ; 
.Annie ;  Oiere. 

(IV)  Dr.  .Arthur  W.  Irwin,  son  of  Dr. 
Arthur  Chamberlin  Irwin,  was  born  in  Kings- 
ton, Ontario,  Canada,  August  31.  1875.  lie 
attended  the  Kingston  Collegiate  Institute  and 
Queen's  University,  from  which  he  was  grad- 


uated in  1896,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He 
began  to  practice  medicine  at  Marysville,  On- 
tario, and  remained  there  for  nearly  a  year. 
Since  1900  he  has  been  in  active  general  prac- 
tice at  Oswego.  New  York.  He  is  a  skillful 
surgeon,  and  has  been  particularly  successful 
in  this  branch  of  his  profession.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  County  and  State  Medical  societies.  In 
religion  he  is  an  Episco])alian.  He  is  a  Free 
Mason  and  member  of  the  Improved  Order  of 
Fxed  Men.  of  Oswego. 

He  married,  in  1900,  Stella  P.  Emmett,  born 
.Vugust  31,  1880,  at  St.  Catherine's,  Ontario, 
daughter  of  Maitland  Emmett,  a  railroad  engi- 
neer. Children:  Chere  Irene,  born  in  Oswego. 
October  31,  1901  ;  Arthur  Emmett.  born  at 
Oswego,  .April  22,  1907. 


Charles  H.  Calisch  was  born  in 
C.ALISCH     1824,  in  Denmark,  and  came  to 

this  country  in  i860,  locating 
at  first  in  New  York  City,  and  afterward  in 
Jersey  City,  New  Jersey.  During  most  of  his 
active  life  he  was  a  tobacco  broker.  He  died 
in  New  A'ork  City,  in  1894.  lie  married  Se- 
villia  Gunst,  born  in  Denmark.  Children:  i. 
-Albert  G.,  born  in  Denmark,  resides  in  Mon- 
toya.  New  Mexico.  2.  Harry,  born  in  New 
York  City,  resides  in  Chicago,  lUionis.  3. 
.Marion  H..  born  in  New  York  City,  married 
Charles  Carlisle,  resides  in  New  York  City,  a 
widow.  4.  Louis,  born  in  New  A'ork  City,  died 
aged  twenty-seven.  5.  Julius,  born  in  Hobo- 
ken.  New  Jersey,  resides  at  Buffalo,  New 
A'ork,  the  general  manager  of  the  ButTalo  & 
Lake  Erie  Traction  Company.  6.  Dr.  Alex- 
ander C,  mentioned  below.  7.  Serina,  born  in 
Hoboken,  New  Jersey,  married  Nate  Heilbrun  : 
resides  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio. 

( II )  Dr.  .Alexander  C.  Calisch,  son  of  Charles 
H.  Calisch,  was  born  in  Jersey  City,  New  Jer- 
sey, January  29,  1871.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  and  grailuated  from  the  Hoboken  high 
school,  in  1886.  He  then  entered  the  New 
A^ork  Homoeopathic  Medical  College  and  Flow- 
er Hospital,  of  New  A'ork  City,  receiving  his  de- 
gree in  1891.  He  was  appointed  house  phy- 
sician at  the  .\lbany  City  Homoeoiiathic  Hos- 
[lital,  and  served  six  months.  During  the  next 
year  he  was  house  physician  and  surgeon  at 
Ward's  Island  lIosi)ital,  and  afterwards  was 
physician  and  surgeon  at  the  Five  Points 
House  of  Industry,  of  New  A'ork  City,  for 
nine  months.  Since  1893  he  has  been  in  gen- 
eral  practice  at  .Sharon   ."springs.   New  York. 


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ami  at  (Jswego,  whither  he  came  in  1808.  lie 
enjoys  a  large  and  growing  practice  in  that 
city. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Oswego  Academy  of 
Medicine ;  the  Oswego  County  Medical  Soci- 
ety, of  which  he  is  vice-president,  the  first 
homoeopath  ever  elected  to  that  office ;  mem- 
ber of  the  New  York  State  Homoeopathic 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  is  one  of  the 
censors ;  member  of  the  New  York  State  Med- 
ical Society.  He  is  visiting  physician  and  as- 
sistant surgeon  of  the  Oswego  Hospital.  He 
was  assistant  surgeon,  witli  the  rank  of  first 
lieutenant,  in  the  National  Guard  of  the  State 
of  New  York.  He  is  captain  of  the  Uniform- 
ed Order  of  Knights  of  Pythias;  member  of 
the  Elks,  Independent  Order  of  Foresters,  the 
Columbia  Club,  Fortnightly  Club  and  Yacht 
Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat  and  was 
elected  for  three  years  coroner  of  Schoharie 
county,  New  York. 

He  married,  October  21,  1896,  at  Johnstown. 
New  York,  Lena  Richheimer,  born  at  Johns- 
town, December  5,  1873,  daughter  of  Joseph 
and  Henrietta  Richheimer.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Ca- 
lisch  have  no  children. 


William  Heagerty  was  a  na- 
HEAGERTY  five  of  Ballylongford,  Ire- 
land. In  1 85 1  he  came  to 
this  country,  with  his  family,  at  the  time  of 
the  great  emigration  caused  by  the  famine  in 
Ireland.  He  landed  at  Quebec  and  came  to 
Dunkirk,  New  York,  where  he  found  employ- 
ment in  the  railroad  business,  and  became  fore- 
man of  his  section.  He  died  in  i86g.  He 
married  in  Ireland,  and  had  seven  children. 

(II)  Jeremiah,  son  of  William  Heagerty, 
was  born  in  Ballylongford,  Ireland,  Novem- 
ber I,  1845,  3"<J  came  to  this  country,  with  his 
father,  w  hen  he  was  si.x  years  old.  The  family 
came  to  Buffalo,  New  York,  from  Quebec, 
where  they  first  landed,  and  located  finally  at 
Dunkirk,  New  York.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  at  Dunkirk,  but  at  the  age  of  ten  years 
he  began  to  work  for  a  living  as  water  boy  for 
the  section  hands  on  the  railroad  at  Dunkirk. 
At  the  age  of  sixteen  he  entered  the  employ  of 
L.  L.  Hyde,  for  wdiom  he  worked  for  five 
years.  He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Mer- 
chants' Union  Express  Company,  December 
10,  1866,  and  continued  for  two  years,  leaving 
to  accept  a  position  with  the  American  Express 
Company,  in  the  service  between  Bufi^alo  and 
.Mban}-.     .\fter  five  years  in  this  position  he 


accepted  the  agency  of  the  Wescott  E.xpress 
Company.  In  1871  he  started  in  business  on 
his  own  account  in  Oswego,  in  a  fruit  and  con- 
fectionery store.  His  business  flourished  and 
he  is  one  of  the  leaders  in  this  line  of  business 
in  the  city  of  Oswego.  He  has  a  cold  storage 
plant  in  Oswego,  with  a  ca]:)acity  of  fifteen 
thousand  barrels,  erected  in  1894,  and  the  only 
plant  of  its  kind  in  the  city  of  Oswego.  In 
recent  years  the  capacity  of  the  building  has 
been  tested  to  its  limits. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Elks,  of  Oswego;  of 
the  Knights  of  Columbus;  of  the  Catholic 
Men's  Benevolent  Association.  In  politics  he 
is  independent.  He  is  a  communicant  of  St. 
Mary's  Roman  Catholic  Church.  For  tw'o 
years  he  filletl  the  office  of  commissioner  of 
public  works,  and  was  chairman  of  the  board. 
Mr.  Heagerty  is  a  citizen  of  public  sjiirit  and 
substantial  worth,  of  liberal  views,  upright, 
industriiius,  enterprising,  and  highly  respected 
by  his  townsmen.  His  career  is  another  fine 
illustration  of  the  success  in  life  of  those  who 
start  with  no  advantages.  He  is  a  typical  self- 
made  man. 

He  married  (first),  in  .\ugust,  1867,  Mary 
Donovan,  who  was  born  in  Ireland,  in  1845, 
died  in  1888.  He  marrierl  (second)  Elizabeth 
Hickey,  born  in  Sterling,  Ne^'  York,  daugh- 
ter of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  John  Hickey.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Catherine  \  .,  born  in  Dunkirk, 
1869:  William  J.,  born  in  Syracuse,  1871  ; 
Margaret,  born  in  Oswego,  1873;  Helen,  born 
in  Oswego,  1875;  Jeremiah,  born  in  Oswego, 
1879.  Child  by  second  wife:  J.  J.,  born  De- 
cember 16,  1895. 


Ca]itain  John  I  *arsi  ms  was  born 
PARSON.S     in  Yarmouth.  England,  in  1831, 

and  received  his  schooling  in 
his  native  place.  Early  in  life  he  began  to  fol- 
low the  sea,  and,  after  he  came  to  this  country 
in  1850  he  was  a  mariner  on  the  Great  Lakes, 
rising  to  the  rank  of  master  mariner,  and  hav- 
ing command  of  several  vessels  in  succession 
and  nun:erous  steamers,  engaged  in  trade  on 
the  lakes.  Most  of  his  active  years  w^ere  spent 
on  the  upper  lakes.  He  retired  a  few  years 
ago.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in 
religion  a  Methodist.  He  married.  January  4, 
i860,  Eliza  McAuley,  who  was  born  in  Os- 
wego, New  York,  in  1843.  Children :  Fannie, 
died  in  1880;  Nellie  E.,  married  Charles  S. 
Wright,  and  resides  at  Oswego;  John  S.,  men- 
tioned below ;  .\nna   M.,  married  George   H. 


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Hunt,  and  resides  at  Oswego:  Minnie  R.,  mar- 
ried Fred  C.  West  fall,  and  resides  at  Niagara 
Falls.  New  York;  Lizzie,  died  in  1885. 

(II)  John  S.,  son  of  Captain  John  Parsons, 
was  born  in  Oswego,  New  York,  December  25, 
1864.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  until  the  age  of  sixteen  years, 
when  he  began  work  as  office  boy  for  B.  C. 
Frost,  commission  merchant,  and  continued  in 
his  employ  until  August  14.  1881.  From  that 
time  until  1890  he  was  in  the  employ  of  Daniel 
Lyon  &  Son,  ship  chandlers.  He  succeeded  to 
the  business,  after  the  death  of  his  employers, 
in  1890,  and  has  continued  it  to  the  present 
time,  with  uninterrupted  success.  It  is  the 
only  house  in  this  line  of  business  in  the  city 
of  Oswego.  Mr.  Parsons  is  also  collector  of 
customs  for  the  port  of  Oswego,  an  office  to 
which  he  was  ap])ointed  by  President  Taft.  in 
January,  1910.  lie  is  a  prominent  and  influ- 
ential Republican.  He  was  elected  alderman 
of  the  city  in  1888.  In  1905  he  was  chosen 
police  and  fire  commissioner,  and,  at  the  end 
of  his  terni  in  1909,  was  reelected.  In  1907  he 
was  elected  county  clerk  for  three  years.  He 
was  a  deputy  compiler  for  the  constitutional 
convention  in  1894.  For  the  past  twenty  years 
he  has  been  a  member  of  the  county  committee 
of  the  Republican  party. 

He  is  a  member  of  the  Frontier  City  Lodge, 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons,  of  which  he  is 
treasurer;  of  Lake  Ontario  Chapter,  Royal 
.Arch  Masons;  of  Lake  Ontario  Commandery, 
Knights  Templar :  of  Media  Temple.  !Mystic 
Shrine;  of  Oswego  Lodge,  Benevolent  and 
i'rotective  Order  of  Elks;  the  Oswego  Yacht 
Club;  the  City  Club,  of  which  he  is  also  treas- 
urer, and  the  Fortnightly  Club.  He  is  an 
active  member  and  treasurer  of  the  Oswego 
Chamber  of  Commerce.  His  business  career 
has  demonstrated  unusual  ability,  persistence 
and  enterprise  on  his  part,  and  his  success  is 
due  entirely  to  his  own  efforts  and  capacity. 
He  holds  a  leading  position  in  the  business 
world  and  the  res])cct  of  the  entire  community. 

Me  married.  I'ebruary  14,  1902,  Cora  Cap- 
ron,  liorn  in  llion.  New  York,  daughter  of 
Charles  and  Mary  (Jones)  Capron.  She  is  a 
graduate  of  the  Oswego  State  Norma!  School. 
She  is  a  descendant  of  revolutionary  stock  and 
regent  of  Fort  Oswego  Chapter,  Daughters  of 
ihe  .\merican  Revolution,  also  president  of  the 
Winter  Club.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Parsons  have  no 
children. 


John    Wright,    t!ie    immigrant 
WRIGHT     ancestor,  was  a  native  of  Eng- 
land.    He  settled  at  Whitehall, 
New  York. 

(II)  John  Bradley,  son  of  John  \\'right, 
was  born  at  Whitehall,  New  York.  He  was 
education  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town.  About  1870  he  removed  to  Van  lluren. 
New  York,  where  he  has  followed  farming. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  in  religion 
a  Methodist.  He  married  Harriet  Cornell, 
daughter  of  Abner  and  Mary  Cornell.  Chil- 
dren ;  James  K.,  mentioned  below  ;  Carl  C. ; 
three  who  died  in  infancy. 

(III)  James  Kent  Wright,  LL.  B.,  son  of 
John  Bradley  Wright,  was  born  in  Van  Buren, 
Onondaga  county.  New  York,  November  14, 
1880.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
Baldwinsville  high  school,  and  studied  law  at 
Union  Colle£re,  .Albany,  New  York,  graduating 
in  1903,  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  In  the 
same  year  that  he  graduated  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar.  Since  1905  he  has  had  a  law  office 
at  Baldwinsville,  and  be  is  also  a  partner  in  the 
law  firm  of  Mosher,  Wright  &  Bennett,  Uni- 
versity Block,  Syracuse,  New  York.  He  was 
elected  justice  of  the  peace  in  the  town  of  Van 
Buren  in  1903,  serving  four  years.  In  1910  he 
was  chosen  village  attorney.  In  1908  he  was 
admitted  to  practice  in  the  L^nited  States  dis- 
trict and  circuit  courts.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  New  York  Stnte  Bar  Association ;  Syra- 
cuse Lodge  of  Elks,  No.  -^i  ;  Seneca  River 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  Riverside 
Chapter,  Royal  .Arch  Masons  ;  Mohegan  Lodge, 
IndeiKnv'ent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  No.  29; 
and  is  treasurer  of  the  Odd  Fellows  Temple 
Association :  and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of 
.America.  He  is  a  member  of  the  First  Meth- 
odist Church,  of  Baldwinsville.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  'May  26,  1903,  Hazel  Belle  Wid- 
rig,  born  in  Baldwinsville,  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  Jackson  and  Betsey  (White)  W'drig. 
Thev  have  one  child.  Norma  Harriet,  born 
.April  12,  1905. 


Most  of  the  colonial  families  of 
SNELL     the  name  of  Snell,  and  prob-ibly 

all  of  them,  are  descended  from 
lolm  Snell,  who  came  from  England  to  Wey- 
inouth,  Massnchu.setts.  He  was  a  shipwright 
of  Boston.  His  wife  Philijtpa  died  there,  and 
he    married    (second)    Ifaiuiah,    daughter    of 


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James  Smith,  of  Weymouth.  He  died  Novem- 
ber 27,  1658,  leaving  a  will  in  which  he  be- 
(ineaths  to  wife  Hannah  and  four  children; 
son  John  to  be  brought  up  by  his  father-in- 
law,  James  Smith,  and  mother-in-law  (parents 
of  Snell's  second  wife),  Joan  Smith;  Susanna 
and  youngest  daughter  Jane  by  wife;  Hannah 
by  his  master  and  by  Mrs.  Timothy  Prout,  Sen. ; 
money  to  be  sent  to  his  brother  Symon  Snell, 
of  London,  England.  Children:  Susanna,  born 
June  21,  1659;  Anna,  January  2,  1661  ;  John, 
October  9,  1663;  I'hilippa,  October  10,  1663; 
Simon,  August  29,  1667.  Descendants  have 
been  numerous  in  Weymouth,  Bridgewater  and 
vicinity,  and  in  Ware  and  Nortli  I'rooklield, 
Massachusetts. 

The  relationship  of  the  Alohawk  X'alley  Snells 
has  not  been  established,  on  account  of  de- 
ficiencies in  records.  It  is  known  that  the 
Snell  family  came  before  the  revolution,  and 
had  a  grant  of  three  thousand  acres  of  land, 
near  what  is  now  Little  Falls,  then  Tryon 
county,  now  Herkimer  county,  in  the  Mohawk 
valley.  Five  generations  have  lived  on  this 
original  grant,  and  the  name  is  still  common 
in  that  section.  The  family  was  numerous  in 
revolutionary  days.  In  the  Second  Regiment 
of  Tryon  county.  New  York,  Colonel  Jacob 
Klock,  we  find  in  the  revolution,  Adam,  Hanckl, 
Hanyost,  Jacob,  Jacob  Frederick,  Jt)hn,  John 
Jr.,  John  F.,  John  J.,  John  P.,  Nocholas,  Peter, 
Selfrinus,  Thomas  Jacob;  Nicholas  and  Jacob 
were  heads  of  families  in  1790,  and  also  John, 
John  J.,  and  John  S.  Snell,  all  of  Palatine 
town.  New  York.  The  names  indicate  that  the 
family  had  Dutch  blood  in  its  veins,  perhaps 
by  intermarriage  with  the  Palatines  of  the 
Mohawk  valley.  According  to  the  family  tra- 
ditions there  were  nine  brothers  among  the  an- 
cestors from  Snell  Bush,  under  General  Herki- 
mer, at  the  battle  of  Oriskany,  in  the  revo- 
lution. The  record  appears  to  corroborate 
this  tradition,  though  the  exact  names  are  not 
known. 

(I)  Stephen  Snell,  doubtless  a  descendant 
of  the  Mohawk  valley  pioneers,  mentioned 
above,  lived  at  New  Haven,  Oswego  county. 
New  York. 

(II)  Orville  H.,  son  of  Stephen  Snell,  was 
born  in  New  Haven,  New  York,  in  1832.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  his  native 
town,  and  learned  the  traile  of  cooper.  In 
later  years  he  followed  farming.  He  married 
Betsey,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Ball.  Children, 
born  in  Volney,  New  York :  William  ;  Lewis ; 


Efhe  ;  Harold  ;  Edith, married  Charles  E.  Davis  ; 
John  Elmer,  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  John  Elmer, son  of  Orville  II.  Snell, was 
born  in  Volney, Oswego  county,  New  York,  June 
24,  1872,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  and 
high  schools  of  Fulton,  New  York.  He  learn- 
ed the  business  of  manufacturing  cheese  and 
butter,  and,  in  April,  1895,  started  at  Baldwins- 
ville  the  largest  creamery  in  the  town  of  Ly- 
sander,  as  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Garrett  & 
Snell.  The  firm  has  been  highly  prosperous. 
Mr.  Snell  is  also  president  of  the  Farmers' 
Implement  &  Lumber  Company,  and  president 
of  the  Odd  Fellows  Temple  Association.  In 
politics  he  is  an  independent,  and,  at  the  pres- 
ent time,  is  a  trustee  of  the  incorporated  village 
of  Baldwinsville.  In  religion  he  is  a  Meth- 
odist. He  is  a  member  of  the  Modern  Wood- 
men of  America,  and  has  held,  in  succession, 
all  the  offices  in  his  lodge.  He  is  colonel  of 
the  Second  Regiment  of  Patriarchs  Militant, 
Independent  (,)riler  of  Odd  Fellows,  and,  for 
the  past  eleven  years,  has  been  delegate  to  the 
Grand  Lodge  of  the  state. 

He  married,  April  26,  1893,  Cora  M.  Gard- 
ner, born  May  30,  1871,  daughter  of  Sands  D. 
Gardner,  of  Fulton.     They  have  no  children. 


Peter  Carr  was  born  on  Long  Is- 
CARR     land,  about  1766.     His  father  was 

a  native  of  Germany,  and  tlie  name 
is  also  spelled  Karr.  Peter  Carr  removed  to 
Orange  county.  New  York,  and  died  there, 
about  1836.  Children:  Peter;  David,  men- 
tioned below  ;  William  ;  Fannie,  and  Elizabeth. 
( II )  David,  son  of  Peter  Carr,  was  born  on 
Long  Island,  before  i8cx>.  and  came,  with  his 
parents,  to  Orange  county,  New  York.  In 
1850  he  settled  in  Cortlandville,  New  York,  on 
a  farm  of  one  hundred  and  forty-one  acres, 
now  or  lately  owned  by  C.  Travis.  Mr.  Carr 
built  a  frame  house  and  barn  and  planted  one 
of  the  largest  apple  orchards  in  this  section, 
and,  before  his  death,  had  improved  his  farm 
to  such  an  extent  that  it  was  one  of  the  most 
valuable  and  productive  of  its  size  in  the  coun- 
ty. He  sold  it  and  bought  another,  consisting 
of  one  hundred  and  six  acres,  which  his  son 
William  afterward  owned.  He  also  bought 
the  farm  of  C.  Coles,  in  Cortlandville.  He 
was  a  well-to-do,  progressive  and  enterprising 
farmer,  and  a  useful  citizen.  He  served  in  the 
war  of  1812,  and  took  part  in  various  battles. 
He  died  at  Cortlandville.  aged  about  eighty- 
four  years. 


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NEW   \URK. 


He  married  Aziibah  Corwin,  born  in  1800, 
(lied  aged  eighty-six,  daughter  of  Peter  Cor- 
win. Her  father  was  born  in  1762,  and  bap- 
tized at  Aquebogue,  Long  Island,  fuly  22,  1764, 
died  September  30,  1850.  He  m'arried,  April 
I,  1787,  Jemima  Young,  born  June  30,  1766, 
died  June  25,  1850.  Peter  Corwin  removed 
to  Goshen,  New  York,  before  1793.  His  chil- 
dren were:  Elizabeth  H.,  Israel  Y.,  Azubah, 
Lucetta  and  Mary  Corwin.  Children  of  David 
and  Azubah  (Corwin)  Carr :  Israel  Y.,  men- 
tioned below  ;  William,  born  fune  2y.  1824,  a 
farmer  of  Cortlandville  and  McGraw,  married 
Ann  Eliza,  daughter  of  Jefferson  Ransom ; 
Elizabeth,  married  Adolphus  Barker,  of  East 
Freetown  ;  Clarissa  Jane,  married  Ransom  Mc- 
Elhcney;  .Azubah;  David;  Peter;  Corwin; 
Hiram. 

( III )  Israel  Young,  son  of  David  Carr,  was 
born  m  Goshen,  Orange  county,  New  York,  in 
1822;  died  in  Charles  City,  Iowa,  Septemlaer 
7,  1891.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools, 
and,  when  a  young  man,  came  to  Cortlandville.' 
where  he  lived  during  the  greater  part  of  his 
active  life.  In  his  younger  days  he  followed 
farming,  and  afterward  was  owner  of  the 
Cortland  flouring  mill,  now  the  Wickwire  Roller 
Mills,  for  a  number  of  years.  His  last  years 
vyere  spent  at  the  home  of  his  daughter,  in 
Charles  City,  Iowa.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican, in  religion  a  Presbyterian.  He  mar- 
ried Margaret  Rowe,  of  Homer,  New  York 
born  in  1823,  died  January  18,  1896.  Children.' 
Delmar  William,  mentioned  below  ;  Cassius  M., 
deceased;  Eugene,  a  farmer  at  Charles  City' 
Iowa,  married  Julia  Ayers ;  Florence  L.,  mar- 
ried M.  S.  Wilson  (deceased),  and  resides  in 
Charles  City, 

_  (IV)  Delmar  William,  son  of  Israel  Young 
Carr,  was  bnrn  in  Cortlandville,  New  York- 
November  13,  1844.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and  at  Caz- 
enovia  Seminary.  For  many  years  he  was  in 
the  dry  goods  business  in  Cortland.  In  recent 
years,  however,  he  has  been  a  traveling  sales- 
man, and  connected  with  the  Empire  Corset 
Company,  of  McGraw,  New  York.  In  politics 
he  IS  a  Republican,  in  religion  a  Presbyterian 
He  married,  January  15,  1867,  Annie  Car- 
son, a  native  of  .Armagh,  Ireland,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Sarah  (Carson)  Carson.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Margaret  Ursula,  born  April  5,  1868  • 
married  Charles  B.  Gray,  of  Newark,  New 
Jersey,  a  manufacturer  of  jewelry;  children- 
Margaret    .Anna    Gra\'.    born    March   6     |8')0 


married  Harold  Logan;  Henry  ludd  Gray, 
born  July  8,  1892.  2.  Frederick  Delmar,  born' 
October  6,  1874,  manager  of  a  hardware  firm 
in  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey;  married  Josephine 
\a-n  Denburg,  of  Clyde,  New  York;  child- 
Catherine  Josephine,  born  September  2S.  1903. 

U'illiam  Allen,  progenitor  of  the 
.ALLEN     Rhode  Island  families  of  his  sur- 
name, was  born  in  England,  and 
settled  in  Portsmouth,  Rhode  Island  (  Prudence 
Island),  as  early  as  1670.     He  married  Eliza- 
beth   .     He  and  James  Greene  Sr.  were 

ap[)Ointed  messengers  to  carry  a  letter  from 
the  Rhode  Island  general  assembly  to  Gov- 
ernor Cranfield,  of  New  Hampshire,  .August 
21.  1683.  His  will  was  dated  June  2.  i68s, 
proved  June  29,  1685.  His  wife  died' in  the 
same  year.  Children;  Mary;  William,  of  Ports- 
mouth ;  Thomas,  of  Swanzev ;  John,  born  Oc- 
tober 26,  1670,  died  March '30,  1747,  lived  at 
North  King.ston,  Rhode  Island ;  Matthew,  No- 
vember 20,  1675,  lived  at  Portsmouth,  War- 
wick and  North  Kingston  ;  Mercy  ;  Sarah.  The 
family  was  prolific,  each  having  a  large  family, 
and  the  descendants  in  Rhode  Islan  1  and  all 
parts  of  the  country  have  been  very  numerous. 
A  descendant  of  William  Allen  came  to  Madi- 
son county.  New  York,  and  settled,  not  long 
after  the  revolntion,  among  the  pioneers  of 
that  section. 

(I)  George  E.  Allen,  a  descendant  of  Will- 
iam Allen,  was  a  farmer  of  Madison  county. 
New  York.  He  married,  and  among  his  chil- 
dren was  John  Milton. 

(II)  John  Milton,  son  of  George  E.  Allen, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Lenox,  Madison 
county,  New  York,  in  1835.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  worked  on  his  father's  farm  in 
boyhood,  afterward  taught  school  in  the  winter 
terms,  and  followed  farming  the  remainder  of 
the  year.  He  married  Hattie  V..  daughter 
of  Truman  Look.  Children:  George;  f.ilin; 
Charles  Milton,  mentioned  below. 

(lU)  Charles  Milton,  .son  of  John  .Milton 
Allen,  was  born  in  Lenox.  Aladison  county. 
New  York.  October  2.  1859.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  .schools.  He  has  been  en- 
gaged in  manufacturing  all  his  active  life. 
Since  1885  he  has  resided  at  Fulton,  where  he 
has  a  large  factory,  devoted  to  the  making  of  ' 
excelsior  and  butter  tubs.  He  is  counted  among 
the  most  i)rogressive  and  representative  busi- 
ness men  of  the  town,  and  is  a  useful  and  pub- 
lic-spirited citizen.     He  married.   1890.  Mary, 


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iXyi^rt^ 


XEW    VURK. 


30.^ 


(laughter  of  W.  R.  Hamilton,  of  I'rt)vidence, 
Rhode  Island.  Ciiildren  :  Ronald  H.,  a  student 
in  Harvard  College;  Charles  Milton  Jr.,  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  his  father;  Zulma ; 
Lloyd  L. 


The  Carrison  family  is  of  an- 
GARRISOX     cient  English  origin,  though 

some  of  this  name,  including 
many  of  the  New  York  families,  are  descended 
from  Gerritt  Gerritson,  of  Staten  Island,  and 
Bergen.  Xew  Jersey,  who  was  born  in  W'agcn- 
ingen,  Xetherlands,  and  died  at  Staten  Island, 
in  1725.  He  came  to  this  country  in  1(158, 
aged  about  twenty-five,  in  the  ship  "Gilded 
Beaver."  He  married  Anna  Plermansse,  and 
had  nine  sons,  He  appears  to  have  returned 
to  Holland  soon,  and  to  have  come  again  in 
December,  1659,  with  Jan  Gerritson.  Wouter 
and  StofTel  Gerritson  came  in  February.  i(>39. 
In  1790  the  first  federal  census  shows  the 
Garrison  family  well  distributed  throughout 
Xew  York  state,  no  less  than  thirty-six  families 
being  reported  in  various  sections.  The  fam- 
ily was  also  numerous,  in  colonial  days,  in 
Xew  Jersey. 

(  I)  Abner  C.  Garrison  was  born  in  Nassau. 
Albany  county  (now  Rensselaer),  Xew  \'ork. 
He  had  half-brothers,  Daniel  and  David  Henry 
Garrison.  He  had  sons:  Charles  H..  of  Troy; 
George  I'.,  of  Jordan.  Xew  York,  and  Leavitt 
D.,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Leavitt  D..  son  of  .Abner  C.  (larrison. 
was  born  in  Cortland,  Xew  York,  where  his 
parents  settled.  He  was  e  lucated  in  the  iniblic 
schools,  and,  when  a  young  man,  engaged  in 
the  grocery  business,  and  afterward  was  a 
manufacturer  of  confectionery.  He  was  one 
of  the  promoters  of  the  Homer  &  Cortland 
Street  Railway  Company,  and.  for  a  time,  was 
superintendent  of  the  road.  He  has  been  re- 
tired from  active  business  for  several  years. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Cortlandville  Lodge  of 
Free  and  Accepted  Masons.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  in  religion  a  Presbyterian.  He 
married  Eliza  Jane  Wilson.  Their  only  living 
child  is  G.  Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(III )  G.  Henry,  son  of  Leavitt  D.  Garrison, 
was  born  in  Cortland.  Xew  York,  October  13, 
1873.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  at  Trov.  New  York. 
He  entered  the  employ  of  the  Citizens  Steam- 
boat Company,  of  Troy,  wdiich  operates  a  line 
of  steamers  between  New  York  City  and  Troy. 
He  became   a   director   of  the   company   and 


member  of  the  executive  committee,  .\fter 
two  years  he  returned  to  Cortland  and  became 
bookkeeper  for  the  Homer  &  Cortland  Trac- 
tion Company,  and,  when  the  company  was 
reorganized  in  1901,  as  the  Cortland  County 
Traction  Company,  he  was  elected  a  director. 
Since  1904  he  has  been  secretary  of  the  cor- 
])oration.  He  is  vice-]iresident  of  the  N'alatie 
Knitting  Company,  of  N'alatie,  ami  connected 
with  various  other  enterprises.  lie  is  a  mem- 
ber of  the  Cortlandville  Lodge,  h'ree  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons;  of  the  I'.enevolent  and  I'rotec- 
tive  ( Jrder  of  Elks,  of  Cortland,  and  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  of  Cortland.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  Se])tember 
18.  1901,  Anna  W'inchell,  of  Cortland,  born  in 
Cortland,  daughter  of  Alfred  H.  and  Ella  M. 
(  Much  )  W'inchell. 


This  famil\-  originallv  came 
TERPEXIX( ;  from  Amsterdam  City.  Hol- 
land. The  name  was  for- 
merly s[jelled  Teerpenningh,  but  is  now  spelled 
in  various  ways,  such  as  Terpening,  Terpcn- 
ning,  Ter])eney,  Tarpeney  and  Turpeny.  "The 
Gazateer  of  the  State  of  New  York"  makes 
the  following  statement:  "As  far  back  as  1682 
BaltiKs  Terpening  was  married  to  Tryntja  \"an- 
\'iet,  in  town  of  Frunville,  Clstcr  county,  Xew 
York."  It  was  the  first  marriage  in  that  town. 
Many  of  the  family,  who  spelled  their  name 
Teerpenningh,  resided  in  Lister,  Esoi)US  and 
Saratoga  counties,  at  an  earlier  date. 

Tennis  Terpenning.  or  Terpcnny,  as  he  sign- 
ed his  name,  was  an  early  settler  at  Kingston 
L'lster  county,  Xew  York.  His  will  was  dated 
there  May  6,  1746,  and  he  bec|ueathed  to  his 
wife  Gertie,  and  children  :  Gerit,  Jacobus,  Abr-a- 
ham,  Hendrickus,  Esther,  Mary  Van  Allen, 
Bridget,  Hannah  and  Elizabeth.  Dirck  and 
Jacol)  Terpenny  were  witnesses  and  were  doubt- 
less brothers.  According  to  the  first  federal 
census,  John  Terpenning,  of  the  neighboring 
town  of  Peekskill,  Dutchess  county,  Xew  York, 
had  two  males  over  sixteen  and  one  female. 
while  his  father,  John  Terpenning,  of  the  same 
town,  had  two  males  over  sixteen,  one  under 
that  age  and  five  females.  .Among  the  pioneers, 
in  the  state  of  New  York,  wxre  Jacobus  or 
Jacob,  Derrick  or  Dirk,  Elias  and  John  and 
P>oadawin,  sons  of  Derrick  or  Dirk.  These 
resided  in  L'lster  county  as  early  as  1763. 
F^lsewhere  in  Xew  York  state  we  find  Peter 
and  Samuel,  who  were  living  at  Halfmoon. 
■Albanv  countv.  heads  of  families  in  1790. 


304 


NEW  YORK. 


(II)  John  Terpeney,  as  he  spelled  his  name, 
son  of  Peter  Terpening,  was  born  July  20, 
1777,  died  June  27,  1856.  He  came  from  the 
Holland  patent,  a  twenty-thousand-acre  tract, 
comprising  the  present  towns  of  Deerfield, 
Floyd,  Steuben  and  Trenton,  in  Oneida  coun- 
ty, and  settled  in  the  town  of  Halfmoon,  Sara- 
toga county,  and  then  removed  to  Ira,  Cayuga 
county,  where  he  became  the  owner  of  six 
hundred  and  twenty  acres  of  land.  About 
1808-10  John  and  his  father  purchased  a  large 
farm  in  Ira  or  Hannibal  town,  and  moved  his 
family  there,  and  there  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  days.  Some  of  their  descendants  spent 
their  lives  on  the  same  land.  John  Terpeney 
married  ( first),  in  Saratoga  county.  New  York, 
Phoebe,  Southard,  about  1798-99-1800;  mar- 
ried (second)  a  widow,  Cecelia  Olcott ;  mar- 
ried (third)  Mrs.  Olive  Foster,  wdio  survived 
him.  He  was  the  father  of  seventeen  chil- 
dren, fifteen  by  first  wife  and  two  by  second 
wife. 

(III)  Isaac  Terpening,  son  of  John  Ter- 
peney, was  born  in  Ira,  March  18,  1807,  died 
1870.  He  followed  farming  there  all  his  active 
life.  He  married  Sally  Drake.  Children: 
Ephraim ;  Reuben  T. ;  Anna,  married  George 
Barlow. 

(IV)  Reuben  T.  Terpening,  son  of  Isaac 
Terpening,  was  born  in  Ira,  New  York,  July 
23,  1 841.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  followed  farming  in  his  native 
town.  During  the  civil  war  he  w-as  a  private  in 
Company  E,  Twenty- fourth  New  York  Regi- 
ment, Volunteer  Infantry,  and  in  active  service 
for  three  years.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat, 
and  served  as  a  commissioner  of  highways  of 
the  town  of  Ira.  He  married  Lovina,  daugh- 
ter of  John  Anthony.  Children,  born  in  Ira : 
Dr.  Harvey  J.;  Mina.  married  Silas  Carter; 
Myron,  married  Mertice  Jones ;  Anna,  mar- 
ried Floyd  Dickinson ;  Clara,  married  Arvid 
Goodrich ;  Homer,  resides  in  Wyoming. 

(V)  Dr.  Harvey  J.  Terpening,  son  of  Reu- 
ben T.  Terpening,  was  born  in  Ira,  New  York, 
December  12,  1869.  He  attended  the  Ira  dis- 
trict schools  and  Fulton  Academy.  For  three 
years  he  taught  school,  and  then  entered  upon 
the  study  of  medicine  in  the  Eclectic  Medical 
Institute,  at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  where  he  matric- 
ulated, August  28,  1892,  and  graduated  June 
6,  i8<j)5.  In  the  same  nioiitii  that  he  graduated 
he  i)assed  the  New  York  state  examination 
and  began  to  ])ractice  at  South  Hannibal,  New 
York,    where    he    remained    until    January    i. 


1900.  After  practicing  for  a  year  in  Penn- 
sylvania he  came  to  Fulton,  New  York,  July 
15,  1901,  and  since  then  he  has  built  up  a  large 
and  successful  practice  in  that  city.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Central  New  York  Eclectic 
Society,  the  New  York  Eclectic  Medical  Soci- 
ety, the  National  Eclectic  Medical  .Association, 
the  Academy  of  Medicine,  of  Fulton,  New' 
York ;  the  Oswego  County  Medical  Society, 
the  New  York  State  Medical  Society,  and 
Utoka  Tribe,  No.  420,  Improved  Order  of  Red 
Men.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist, 
and  in  politics  a  Democrat.  He  has  served,  for 
the  past  six  years,  as  health  officer  and  town 
jjhysician.  for  the  town  of  Granby. 

Dr.  Terpening  married,  April  i,  1905,  IMayme 
Dines,  born  April  6,  1874,  daughter  of  Nor- 
wood and  Frances  Dines.  Children :  Norwood, 
born  March  9,  1906;  Jessie  M.,  June  i,  1908; 
Ellery  (twin),  January  29,  191 1  ;  Orion,  twin 
of  Ellery. 


The  Keller  family  was  of  Dutch 
KELLER     or  German  origin.     Before  the 

revolution  the  progenitor  came 
to  Montgomery  county.  New  York,  and  his 
descendants  have  been  numerous  in  central 
and  western  New  Y'ork.  He  may  have  come 
thither  from  Pennsylvania,  as  the  Kellers  set- 
tled in  that  colony  early.  In  1790,  in  Herki- 
mer, Canajoharie,  and  other  towns  of  Mont- 
gomery county,  we  find  ten  heads  of  families 
of  Keller — Andrew,  Casper,  Henry  (2),  Ho- 
ness,  Jacob,  John  (3)  and  Rudolph. 

(I)  David  Keller,  son  of  one  of  those  men- 
tioned in  the  census,  and  doubtless  grandson 
of  the  first  settler  in  Montgomery  county,  mar- 
ried Mayney  Moyer,  and  settled  in  Shropel. 
New  York. 

(II)  Felix  Albert,  son  of  David  Keller,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Shropel,  New  York,  July 
3,  1849.  He  attended  the  public  schools  there 
and  afterward  was  engaged  in  farming  with 
his  brother.  For  a  number  of  years  he  had 
several  boats  engaged  in  trade  on  the  Erie 
canal,  and,  for  twenty-five  years,  he  was  a 
hotel  proprietor  in  the  towns  of  Fulton  and 
Volney,  New  York.  He  was  a  member  of 
\'olney  Grange,  Patrons  of  Hu.sbandry.  He 
niarried  Elizabeth  Ann  Churches,  born  April 
28,  1859,  daughter  of  John  Churches,  who  came 
to  New  York  state  from  England,  where  he 
was  born,  and  settled  first  in  Herkimer  county, 
later  in  Oswego  county,  with  the  pioneers 
there,  doing  business  as  a  carpenter  and  con- 


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tractor,  and  alsu  following  farming  for  many 
years.  John  Churches  married  Jane  Appleby. 
Fehx  Albert  Keller  died  September  21,  1908. 
Child — Sylvester  D.,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Sylvester  D.  Keller,  son  of  Felix 
Albert  Keller,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Volney 
New  York,  April  14,  1879,  and  was  educated 
m  the  Phoenix  and  Fulton  high  schools,  and 
the  Syracuse  Medical  School,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1906,  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.  For  three  years  he  was  en- 
gaged m  general  practice  at  \'olney  Center 
New  York,  and,  since  1909,  has  been  located 
at  Fulton,  New  York.  In  the  comparatively 
short  tmie  in  which  he  has  been  in  that  city  he 
has  built  up  a  large  and  successful  practice 
He  IS  a  member  of  the  Physicians  and  Sur- 
geons Association,  of  Fulton;  of  the  Oswego 
County  Medical  Society;  of  the  New  York 
State  Medical  Society,  and  of  the  American 
Medical  Association ;  of  the  Alpha  Kappa  fra- 
ternity, of  his  alma  mater,  and  of  the  Im- 
proved Order  of  American  Woodmen  the 
Maccabees,  and  the  Elks.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  in  religion  a  Presbyterian. 

He  married,  October  2,  1907,  May  Rose 
(iifford.  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Mary  Gif- 
ford,  of  Canastota,  New  York.  They  have  no 
chiMren. 


Edward  H.  Lewis  is  first  found  in 
LEWIS     Canada,  where  he  engaged  in  the 
hotel  business.     Later  he  came  to 
Fulton,  New  York,  where  he  conducted  a  hotel. 
He  had  a  son,  Thomas  Borland,  born  in  Can- 
ada, mentioned  below. 

(II)  Honorable  Thomas  Borland  Lewis,  son 
of  Edward  H.  Lewis,  born  in  Canada,  came  to 
Fulton  with  his  parents,  and  received  his  edu- 
cation there.  Like  his  father  he  engaged  in 
the  hotel  business,  during  the  first  years  of 
business  life.  Later  he  started  in  the  coal  and 
grocery  business.  He  was  prominent  among 
his  fellowmen,  and  held  important  offices  in  the 
town.  He  was  president  of  the  village  of  Ful- 
ton, and_  supervisor  six  years,  and  represented 
his  district  in  the  assembly  for  eight  years.  He 
is  now  retired,  and  lives  in  New  York  City. 
He  married  Cora  Case.  Children  :  Br.  Mur- 
ney,  of  New  York  City;  Sarah;  Victor  C. 
mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Victor  C,  son  of  Hon.  Thomas  Bor- 
land Lewis,  was  born  in  Fulton,  New  York, 
June  3,  1880.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
•schools  of  Fulton,  and  in  the  Mead  Bu.siness 

20— c 


College,  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  and  at  Pratt's 
Institute,  Brooklyn,  New  York.  He  then  start- 
ed in  a  paper  mill,  to  learn  the  business  but 
gave  that  up  to  receive  a  position  as  a  boat- 
rnan,  on  the  engineer  corps.  He  worked  in 
this  position,  for  two  years,  on  the  Barge 
Canal,  and,  for  one  year,  at  Sylvan  Beach.  On 
July  4,  1908,  he  started  his  present  cigar  and 
tobacco  store,  which  now  has  a  large  and  suc- 
cessful trade.  He  was  a  delegate  to  the  On- 
tario county  convention,  and  also  an  appointed 
substitute  to  the  district  convention.  He  is  a 
member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No.  144,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons;  of  Chapter  No.  167,  Roval 
Arch  Masons;  Lake  Ontario  Commanderv 
Knights  Templar;  of  the  Benevolent  and  Pro- 
tective Order  of  Elks,  and  of  the  Knights  of 
Pythias.  In  June,  190c;,  he  married  Edith 
daughter  of  William  R.  Hamilton.  They  have 
one  daughter,  Janet,  who  was  born  in  Febru- 
ary, 1907. 

.     James  Ensign,  immigrant  ances- 
ENSKtN     tor,  was  born  in   England,  and 
was  among  the  first  settlers  of 
Cambridge,   Massachusetts.     The   family  was 
located  in  Kent  county,  England,  as  early  as 
1395,  and  in  Norfolk,  Essex  and  other  coun- 
ties very  early.    He  was  a  proprietor  of  Cam- 
bridge in   1634.  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
of  Massachusetts,  March  4,  1634-35.  The  only 
other  pioneer  of  the  name,  in  New  England', 
was    Thomas    Ensign,    who    was   at   Scituate, 
Massachusetts,  in  1638,  and  was  deacon  of  the 
church  there.     With  Hooker  came  James  En- 
sign to  Hartford,  among  the  founders.     He 
was  an  original  member  of  the  First  Church. 
February  12,  1670.     His  home  was  on  what  is 
now  Elm  street,  Hartford.     He  was  constable 
of  Hartford  in  1649  and  1662;  chimney  viewer 
in    1655 ;   townsman   in    1656.     His   will   was 
dated   November  23.   1670,  and   in   it  he  be- 
queathed to  Rev.   Mr.   Whiting  and  to  Gov- 
ernor Winthrop.  His  wife  Sarah  died  at  Hart- 
ford,   May,    1676,   and   the   inventory  of   her 
estate  was  filed   May  29.     Children,  born  at 
Hartford  :      Bavid,   mentioned   below  ;   Mary, 
married,  in  1662,  Samuel  Smith;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Eaton  ;  Lydia,  baptized  August  rg. 
1649;  Sarah,  born  May  6,  1651. 

(II)  Bavid.  son  of  James  Ensign,  was  born 
in  1644-45.  at  Hartford ;  died  at"  West  Hart- 
ford. Becember  13,  1727.  He  was  a  miller  as 
well  as  a  farmer,  and  held  various  town  offices, 
serving  as  chimney  viewer.  1666.     He  was  an 


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original  niembev  of  the  First  Church,  at  West 
Hartford,  1713.  He  married  (first),  October 
22,  1663,  Mehitable,  daughter  of  Thomas  Gunn, 
of' Windsor.  He  married  (second)  Sarah, 
daughter  of  John  and  Sarah  (Wads worth) 
Wilcox,  who  died  February  3,  1717-  Chddren 
of  first  wife:  David,  born  November  16,  1664; 
James  May  8, 1666 ;  Thomas,  mentioned  below  ; 
Sarah,  January  22,  1673 ;  Mary,  January  26, 
167^. 

(UI)  Thomas,  son  of  David  Ensign,  was 
born  at  West  Hartford,  December  7,  1668.  He 
married,  December  i,  1692,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Rebecca  (Greenhill)  Shepard. 
His  will  was  proved  February  28,  1737.  and  he 
bequeathed  to  his  wife  and  these  children: 
Thomas  ;  John  ;  Moses,  mentioned  below  ;  Dan- 
iel and  Hannah  (Benton).  Thomas  and  Moses 
were  executors.     (Hartford  Probate  Records, 

iii.  p.  259).  . 

(IV)  Moses,  son  of  Thomas  Ensign,  was 
born  about  1700-03:  married,  January  3,  1730- 
31, Love,daughterof  Thomas  Andrews.  Among 
their  children  was  Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Isaac,  son  of  Moses  Ensign,  was  born 
at  Hartford,  December  16,  1747  ;  flie^l  at  Sims- 
bury,  Connecticut.  May   12,  1816.     He  was  a 
farmer,  and  by  trade  a  blacksmith,     ihe  town 
of  Simsbury  gave  him  a  parcel  of  land    as  an 
inducement  to  follow  his  trade  there.     He  held 
various  town  offices  in  Simsbury.     He  was  an 
active  patriot  in  the  revolution,  but  on  account 
of  lameness   was  not   in   service.     He  was   a 
Congregationalist  in  religion.  He  married  Lur- 
annah  (I'ettibone)  F.arber.  December  29,  1771- 
She  died  April  11,  1843,  aged  ninety-five  years, 
daughter  of  Jacob  and  Jemima  (Cornish)  Pet- 
tibone      Her  first  husband,  Jonathan  F.arber, 
was  killed  at  Louisburg,  in  the  old  T-rench  war, 
in   1748,  aged  twenty-eight  years.     Children, 
born  at  Simsbury:  Isaac,  September  12,  1772: 
Isaiah,   March    15,    I774:  Lurannah    April   3. 
T776-  Ariel,  also  called  Sideny  Ariel,  July  19. 
1788-   Zebe  or   Ziba,    March   29,    1781,   men- 
tioned below;  Love.  June  26,   1783;  Zophar ; 
Bildad;  Eri ;  Moses,  March  2.   1794- 

(VI)  Zeba,  son  of  Isaac  Ensign,  was  born 
in  Simsbury,  March  29,  1781,  and  came  to 
Nelson  Madison  county.  New  York,  with  his 
brother  Isaiah,  in  1800.  Tie  was  one  of  the 
pioneers  of  that  section.  By  trade  he  was  a 
mason,  and  also  a  farmer.  He  married  Sarah 
Case.  Children,  the  first  three  born  m  Con- 
necticut, the  others  in   New  York:  Wealthy: 


Lurannah;    Sterling;    Asa;    Newton;   David; 
Zeba  S.,  mentioned  below ;  Nathan ;  Sally. 

(Vll)   Zeba   S.,   son  of  Zeba  Ensign,  was 
born  in  Nelson,  New  York,  January  12,  1816; 
died  in   McGrawville,   New   York,  November 
30,   1895.     He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools   and   in   the   high   school.     He  taught 
school  for  a  time  in  his  young  days,  and  then 
became  a  farmer.    He  owned,  at  one  time,  two 
large  farms,  and  engaged  in  dairy  farming  and 
sheep   raising.     In    1891    he  removed  to   Mc- 
Grawville  and   made  his  home  with  his  son 
until  his  death.     He  married,  June  7,   1849, 
Betsey    Grover,   born    in    Canandaigua,    New 
York,   August    13.    1821.  died  May  21,   1872, 
daughter  of  Nelson  and  Tirzah  (Chase)  Gro- 
ver, the  former-named  a  native  of  Connecti- 
cut'   She  had  received  a  common  school  edu- 
cation,   and    had   then    learned    the   trade    of 
tailoress,  in  which  she  was  engaged  until  her 
marriage.     Children:  Duane  Edwin,  mention- 
ed below;  Nettie,  born  October  i,  1862,  mar- 
ried Fred  Martin,  of  McGrawville. 

(VIII)   Dr.   Duane  Edwin   Ensign,   son  ot 
Zeba    S     Ensign,    was    born    in    Georgetown, 
Madison    county,    New    York,    December    16, 
1859      He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
common    school,    and   the    Union    School,    of 
Morrisville,   and  then  entered  the   Cazenovia 
Seminarv,  where  he  prepared  for  college.    He 
graduated  from  the  Eclectic  Medical  Institute 
of  Cincinnati.  Ohio.  June  5.  1888.  and  opened 
an  office  in  McGrawville,  where  he  has  been 
practicing  ever  since.     He  is  now  one  of  the 
best  known  physicians  in  Cortland  county,  and 
has  a  large  and  constantly  increasing  practice. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  State  and  Central  New 
York  Eclectic  Medical  societies;  of  the  Cort- 
1-uid    County    Medical    Socifety ;    Cortlanclville 
lod^e    No.  470,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons; 
Dast" grand  of   McGrawville  Lodge,  No.  320, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows;  past  chief 
patriarch  of  Cortland  Encampment.  No    127. 
He  is  a  Republican  in  politics,  antl  has  always 
taken  a  great  interest  in  political  affairs,     lie 
has  been  a  member  of  the  board  of  education 
for  eleven  years,  since  1900,  and  president  ot 
that  body  since   1903.     He  has  also  been  the 
village  health  officer,   and.  in  both  positions, 
-ave  good  service  and  satisfaction.  For  twelve 
years  he  was  a  member  of  the  State  Board  of 
Medical   Examiners.     In   religion  he  and  his 
wife  are  both  members  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church.     He  has  been  a  trustee  of  the 


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society  t\>r  twenty  years,  since  i8yi,  and  super- 
intendent of  the  Sunday  school  for  sixteen 
years.  He  married,  December  6,  1888,  Emma 
J.,  daughter  of  Amos  H.  and  Emma  J.  ( Par- 
sons )  Towne,  of  Sauquoit,  .Vew  York.  Chil- 
dren:  Harold  Grover.  born  April  13,  1891; 
Bessie  Elena,  August  2,  1895. 


Phineas  Henderson  was  a 
HENDERSON     native    of    Scotland,  and. 
with  two  brothers,  was  an 
early  settler  at  Tully,  New  York. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Phineas  Henderson,  was 
born  in  Tully,  New  York.  He  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools,  and  followed  farm- 
ing all  his  active  life.  For  many  years  he  was 
postmaster  of  Tully.  He  married  Mary  Hunt. 
Children:  Hiram;  William  H. :  Henry  L. ; 
(Jeorge;  Clarinda ;  Polly  Ann:  Jane:  (Jrrin. 
mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Orrin,  son  of  John  Henderson,  was 
born  in  Tully,  July  7,  1823,  was  educated  there 
in  the  district '  schools,  and,  in  his  boyhood, 
worked  on  his  father's  farm.  He  followed 
farming  until  1851,  when  he  removed  to  South 
Hannibal,  Oswego  county.  New  York,  and 
settled  on  a  large  farm,  wdiich  he  had  bought. 
.Some  years  later  he  returned  and  engaged  in 
the  flour  and  feed  business,  at  Fulton,  New 
York,  as  sales  agent  for  the  firm  of  \V.  G. 
Gage  &  Company,  for  twenty-five  years.  He 
also  engaged  in  the  retail  coal  business,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Henderson  &  Thomson,  and 
in  the  dry  goods  business,  in  the  firm  of  Hen- 
derson &  Redhead.  He  has  continued  in  these 
firms  to  the  present  time.  In  1853  he  attended 
the  first  fair  of  the  .Agricultural  Society,  ex- 
hibiting a  fine  flock  of  sheep,  and  afterward  he 
was  president  of  the  society  for  seven  years. 
Mr.  Henderson  is  a  life  member  of  the  society, 
under  its  present  name,  the  Oswego  County 
Agricultural  Society.  .\11  the  buildings  of  the 
society  were  erected  under  the  su])ervision  of 
Mr.  Henderson,  and  its  success  is  largely  at- 
tributed to  his  energy  and  leadership,  .-\ctive 
and  prominent  in  public  affairs,  in  1S87  he  was 
supervisor  of  the  town,  and  he  also  filled  the 
offices  of  road  commissioner  and  assessor  for 
several  terms.  He  w-as  a  delegate  to  the  first 
county  convention  of  the  Republican  ])arty, 
an<I  to  the  first  state  convention,  which  was 
held  at  Syracuse,  and  ever  since  he  has  been  a 
firm  supporter  of  Republican  jiolicies  and  can- 
didates. In  1844  he  cast  his  first  presidential 
vote    for    Henry    Clav.      He    is   an    influential 


member  of  the   inrst   Metliodi>i   Church.      He 
resides  at  Fulton. 

He  married,  in  i84(>,  .Maria  L.  ( Jardner, 
horn  at  Tully,  daughter  of  William  C.  Gard- 
ner, of  Tully,  New  York.  One  child,  Edward 
-A.,  was  born  in  1855,  at  Fairbanks,  .Alaska. 
.Mrs.  Henderson  died  in  1900. 


Luren  11.  Miller  was  a  farmer 
MILLF.R  in  Leyden,  Lewis  county.  New 
York,  and  made  his  home  there 
all  his  active  life.  He  married  Cynthia  .\.  Fan- 
ning. Children:  William  J.,  mentioned  lielow  ; 
Jose])hine  E. ;  Alyron  L. :  Albert  D. :  Henry  R. ; 
Charles  S.,  and  ]'2va  .\. 

ill)  William  J.,  son  of  l.oren  II.  .Miller, 
was  born  at  Leyden,  .Septemlier  11,  1841,  and 
spent  his  youth  on  his  father's  farm.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  Mexico  Acad- 
emy. When  a  young  man  he  taught  school  for 
a  time,  but  he  devoted  his  life  principally  to 
farming,  in  the  town  of  Mexico.  Some  years 
ago  he  retired  from  active  business,  and  since 
then  has  made  his  home  in  the  village  of  Mex- 
ico. In  ])olitics  he  is  indeiiendent,  but  was 
formerly  a  Democrat :  in  religion,  a  member 
of  the  Methodist  Episciipal  church.  He  mar- 
ried, December  29,  1864,  in  Mexico,  Lydia  A. 
Burlingham,  born  .August  17,  1847,  daughter 
of  Isaac  M.  and  and  Maria  (Howard)  Bur- 
lingham. Her  parents  came  from  Herkimer 
county.  New  York,  to  Mexico,  where  she  was 
born.  Children  of  William  J.  and  Lydia  A. 
.Miller:  Loren  H.,  born  .May  24,  1866:  Clayton 
I.,  mentioned  below  ;  Molly  Blanche,  born  Sep- 
tember 8,  1883. 

(Ill)  Clavton  I.,  son  of  William  J.  Miller, 
was  born  in  Mexico,  Oswego  county.  New 
York.  June  16,  1868.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  Mexico 
-\cademy,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1889.  He  entered  Cornell  University, 
and  was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1893.  from 
the  Law  School.  P.efore  graduating  he  taught 
school  for  a  number  of  terms,  and  was  clerk 
in  the  law  offices  of  C.  C.  Brown,  of  Mexico, 
and  William  A.  Toucher,  of  Oswego.  He  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  September  15,  1893,  and, 
a  month  later,  opened  a  law  office  in  Mexico. 
He  has  built  up  a  large  and  growing  practice. 
In  1901  he  was  elected  special  surrogate  of 
Oswego  county  for  three  years,  and,  in  1904. 
was  reelected.  In  1907  he  was  elected  surro- 
gate of  the  county  for  a  term  of  six  years.  He 
lias  served  the  incorporated  village  of  Mexico 


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as  a  trustee,  and  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
town  and  village  affairs  in  Mexico.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Rejniblican.  He  is  a  member  of 
Mexico  Lodge,  No.  136,  Free  and  Accepted 
Masons;  of  Mexico  Chapter,  No.  135,  Royal 
Arch  Masons;  of  Arbeit  Lodge,  No.  168,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  and  his 
wife  attend  the  Presbyterian  church.  He  mar- 
ried, April  10,  1900,  Alice  May  Bard,  a  native 
of  Mexico,  New  York,  daughter  of  fames  and 
Diana  (Wilder)  Bard. 


John  Padget  was  born  in  Eng- 
PADGET     land,  and  came,  in  boyhood,  to 

this  country,  with  his  parents, 
who  located  in  Norwich,  Chenango  county. 
New  York.  He  died  at  Nineveh,  Broome 
county.  New  York.  After  receiving  a  com- 
mon school  education  he  learned  tlie  trade  of 
stone  mason,  and,  besides  following  this  trade, 
was  a  farmer.  He  married  Almira  Scott,  a 
native  of  Scotland.  Children  :  Leonard  ;  Silas 
E.,  mentioned  below;  Henry,  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Silas  E.,  son  of  John  Padget,  was  born 
in  Oxford,  Chenango  county.  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 22,  1835,  and  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  and  at  Oxford  Academy,  in  his  native 
town.  He  learned  the  trade  of  cooper,  when 
a  young  man.  During  the  civil  war  he  was  in 
the  service  in  a  New  York  regiment.  About 
1870  he  located  on  a  farm  in  Tioga  county, 
where  he  has  since  lived.  He  is  a  well-to-do 
farmer,  and  a  highly  respected  and  useful  citi- 
zen. He  is  a  member  of  the  Presbyterian 
church,  of  Owego.  He  married,  in  1862,  Fran- 
ces Ingersoll,  of  Owego,  Tioga  county.  New 
York,  born  at  Owego,  daughter  of  James  and 
Lucinda  (Balluu)  Inger.soU.  Children:  i.  Gur- 
don  Edgar,  mentioned  below.  2.  Lyman  Alexis, 
born  at  Owego.  a  farmer  in  Owego,  New 
York ;  married  Ellen  Hunt ;  children  :  Florence 
and  an  infant  son.  3.  Horace  Greeley,  born 
at  Owego,  a  ])hysician  and  surgeon,  located  at 
Tully,  New  York,  a  graduate  of  Princeton 
University  and  Syracuse  Medical  College  ;  mar- 
ried Lucy  Adams,  of  Tow-anda,  Pennsylvania; 
children :  Thomas,  Richard  and  Alice.  4. 
Vesta,  born  at  Owego,  teacher  in  East  Orange, 
New  Jersey.  5.  l-"rancis,  born  at  Owego,  has 
been  a  teacher  in  the  Rochester  high  school, 
Rochester,  New  York ;  a  graduate  of  Elmira 
College,  receiving  degree  of  A.  B. 

(III)  Dr.  Gurdon  Edgar  Padget,  son  of 
Silas  E.  I'adget,  was  born  Ajiril  24,  1866,  at 
Nineveh,  New  'N'ork.     Willi  his  parents  lie  re- 


moved, when  a  small  boy.  to  (Jv\ego,  New 
York.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools,  the  Owego  Academy  and  Syracuse 
University,  from  which  he  graduated  with  the 
degree  of  M.  D.,  in  the  class  of  1904.  He 
located  in  Cuyler,  New  York,  August  18,  1904, 
and  has  practiced  there  since  that  time.  He  is 
a  member  of  the  Cortland  County  Medical 
Society  and  the  New  York  State  Medical  Soci- 
ety. He  is  health  officer  of  the  town  of  Cuy- 
ler. In  religion  he  is  a  Presbyterian,  in  poli- 
tics a  Rei)ul)lican.  He  is  a  member  of  De 
Ruyter  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons. 

He  married  (first),  in  1885,  Delphine  Eliz- 
abeth, daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Melissa 
(Gould)  Leonard.  He  married  (second), 
March  18,  1903,  Sarah  Frances  Easton,  of 
Candor,  New  York,  daughter  of  Zenas  R.  and 
Eliza  Sophronia  (Hubbard)  Easton.  Children 
of  first  wife:  i.  Bonnylyn,  born  August,  1887, 
graduate  of  Owego  Academy  and  Cortland 
Normal  School,  now  a  teacher  in  Woodbridge, 
New  Jersey.  2.  Lenora,  born  July  14,  1889, 
lives  in  Boston.  Child  of  second  wife:  Fran- 
ces Alice,  born  August  25,  1907. 


Richard  Radwav  was  born  in 
R  ADWAY  Chedworth,  England,  the  young- 
est of  a  family  of  eleven  chil- 
dren. .Some  of  his  elder  brothers  came  to  this 
country,  and  when  a  young  man  he  followed 
them  thither,  walking  through  the  forest  from 
Lake  Champlainto  Canton,  St.  Lawrence  coun- 
ty. New  York,  where  he  cleared  a  farm  that 
is  still  in  the  possession  of  the  family.  In  his 
native  country  he  had  learned  the  trades  of 
painter  and  plumljer.  anil  he  followed  it  in  this 
countrv.  in  addition  to  his  agricultural  occupa- 
tion. Mr.  Radway  was  a  Rejniblican  in  ])oli- 
tics.  He  was,  in  early  life,  a  communicant  of 
the  Church  of  England,  afterward,  in  this 
country,  a  member  of  the  Universalist  church. 
He  married  Mary  Ann,  daughter  of  Solo- 
mon and  Ann  (Wells)  Squires,  who  came 
from  \'ermont  to  .St.  Lawrence  county,  among 
the  early  settlers.  Children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Radway:  i.  Charles  W.,  mentioned  Iielow.  2. 
William  ().,  born  November  24,  1853.  now 
living  o\\  the  old  homestead  in  Canton.  3. 
Anna,  married  Marshall  Giffin,  and  had  two 
children :  Richard,  deceased,  and  Mary. 

(II)  Dr.  Charles  W.  Radway.  son  of  Rich- 
ard Radway,  was  born  in  Canton,  St.  Law- 
rence county.  New  York,  December  24.  185 1. 
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farm,  and  attended  the  jniblic  schools  of  Can- 
ton. He  prepared  for  college  at  the  Canton 
Academy,  and  was  graduated  from  the  New 
York  Homoeopathic  Medical  College,  in  the 
class  of  1876,  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  He 
was  associated,  for  a  year,  in  ]iractice  with  his 
preceptor,  Dr.  San  ford  Hoag.  He  opened  an 
office  at  Mexico,  New  York,  April  6,  1877, 
and  since  then  has  been  in  active  practice 
there.  His  practice  is  large  and  lucrative  and 
his  standing  in  his  profession  among  the  fore- 
most. He  is  president  of  the  Aledical  Chirur- 
gical  Society  and  a  member  of  the  New  York 
State  Homreopathic  Medical  Society.  Dr.  Rad- 
way  has  always  been  interested  in  public  af- 
fairs, especially  in  public  education,  and  he  has 
been  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  of 
Me.xico  since  it  was  organized.  For  fifteen 
years  he  has  been  health  officer  of  the  village 
of  Me.xico.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  of  Mexico  Lodge,  No.  136,  I'Vee 
and  Accepted  Masons,  and  member  of  the 
Presbyterian  church,  of  the  board  of  trustees 
of  which  he  is  president. 

He  married,  June  5,  1878,  Minnie  liennett, 
Ijorn  at  Morristown,  St.  Lawrence  county. 
New  York,  daughter  of  Andrew  T.  and  Eliz- 
abeth (Smith)  Bennett.  Her  father  was  born 
in  Canada,  and  came  to  this  country  when  a 
young  man ;  served  in  the  Union  army,  in  the 
civil  war,  from  beginning  to  end ;  her  mother 
was  born  in  Hammond,  St.  Lawrence  county, 
daughter  of  William  Smith,  who  was  born  in 
Scotland,  and  came  to  this  country  at  the  age 
of  eighteen  years.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Radway  have 
two  children:  Ruth,  born  October  25.  1892; 
Mary  Isabel,  Sejitembcr  10,  1897. 


Seth   Jones,   who   was   of  an   old 
JONES     New   England   family  which   set- 
tled   early    in    \'ermont,    lived    at 
Bennington,  \'ermont.     He  was  a  farmer.   He 
married,  and  among  his  children  was  Edward 
A.,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Edward  A.,  son  of  Seth  Jones,  was 
born  at  F.ennington.  Vermont,  in  1840.  died  in 
1903.  He  removed  to  Granby,  New  York,  and 
from  there  to  Fulton,  New  York,  in  1858.  He 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools  of  P.enning- 
ton.  For  many  years  he  was  freight  agent  for 
the  New  York  Central  &  Hudson  River  rail- 
road, of  Fulton.  He  married  Carrie  M.  Jef- 
ferds.  of  Fulton,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Car- 
oline JefTerds.     Children  :  Charles  F.,  mention- 


ed below;  George,  born  in   1865,  lives  in  Ful- 
t(in,  married  Olive  Wood,  no  issue. 

(Ill)  Charles  F.,  son  of  Edward  A.  Jones, 
was  born  in  Granby,  New  York,  January  12, 
1863.  He  received  his  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Fulton,  New  York,  and  then  learn- 
ed the  trade  of  stove-plate  molding,  which  he 
followed  for  a  number  of  years,  l-'or  the  last 
twenty  years  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  hotel 
business.  He  is  a  member  of  Utoka  Lodge, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  of  Fulton 
Lodge,  No.  830,  Benevolent  and  Protective 
Order  of  Elks.  In  1885  he  married  Catherine 
Gue,  of  Fulton.  Children:  i.  May,  married 
Cleveland  Denesha ;  children :  Charles  T., 
Genevieve  and  Ellen.  2.  Nellie,  married  Har- 
old Carv. 


A  branch  of  the  Austin  family 
AUSTIN  of  Rhode  Island  went  to  Shef- 
field, Berkshire  county.  Massa- 
chusetts. Zephaniah  Austin  settled  in  Whites- 
town,  Washington  county.  New  York.  His 
sf)ns,  Zephaniah,  Amos  and  Reuben,  settled  at 
Poultney,  Vermont.  Of  the  same  family  were 
John  Austin  and  Solomon  Austin,  who  were 
heads  of  families,  in  1790,  at  Whitestown, 
New  York. 

(I)  Edward  Austin,  doubtless  a  son  of  one 
of  the  Austins  mentioned,  was  born  in  Ver- 
mont, and  settled,  when  a  young  man,  in  Wash- 
ington county.  New  York,  where  he  followed 
farming.  His  last  years  were  spent  in  the 
family  of  his  son  Edward,  in  Warren  county. 
New  York.  He  lived  to  the  advanced  age  of 
eighty  years.  He  was  a  noted  hunter  and 
trapper  in  his  younger  days.  Children :  Gideon, 
John,  William,  Edward,  Elizabeth,  Anna,  and 
Daniel  and  Henry,  twins. 

(II)  Henry,  son  of  Edward  Austin,  was 
born  October  23,  1800.  in  Washington  county. 
New  York,  and,  during  his  boyhood,  worked 
on  his  father's  farm.  When  a  young  man  he 
worked  as  a  farm  hand  in  the  neighborhood. 
When  he  was  twenty-five  years  old  he  and 
his  brother  Daniel  came  to  the  town  of  Me.xico 
and  took  up  a  tract  of  one  hundred  and  sixty 
acres  of  timber  land,  just  north  of  the  present 
village,  and  cleared  and  improved  an  excellent 
farm.  Here  he  followed  farming  the  remain- 
der of  his  life.  In  politics  he  was,  in  his 
younger  days,  -an  old-line  Whig,  afterward  a 
Republican.  In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist, 
and  he  held  the  offices  of  steward,  class  leader 


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and  trustee  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
of  Mexico.  He  married,  in  Washington  coun- 
ty, August  27,  1825,  Maria  W.  Warner,  horn 
August  13,  1807,  in  Washington  county,  daugh- 
ter of  Solomon  Warner.  She  died  June  15, 
1857.  Children :  Elizabeth  J.,  born  February 
10,  1827,  died  October,  1905 ;  Solomon  W., 
February  7,  1829.  died  March  20,  1897;  Will- 
iam Woodsworth,  June  22,  1831,  died  June  6, 
1887;  Daniel  II.,  mentioned  below:  Rosa,  Oc- 
tober 14,  1838.  died  September  4,  1883. 

(Ill)  Daniel  H.,  son  of  Henry  Austin,  was 
born  at  Mexico,  New  York,  December  17, 
1833,  and  was  brought  up  on  his  father's  farm 
there.  He  attended  the  jjublic  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  the  Alexico  Academy.  For 
five  years  he  was  employed  in  farming.  In  the 
first  year  of  the  civil  war  he  went  to  the  front, 
enlisting,  October  10,  1861,  in  Company  K, 
Eighty-first  Regiment,  Xew  York  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  joined  the  .Army  of  the  Potomac. 
.'Vfterward  his  regiment  was  transferred  to 
the  Army  of  the  James.  His  regiment  was  in 
many  of  the  important  battles  of  the  war,  and 
he  took  part  in  them.  He  was  wounded  at  the 
battle  of  Cold  Harbor.  He  remained  in  active 
service  to  the  close  of  the  war  and  was  muster- 
ed out,  with  his  regiment,  August  30,  1865. 
He  returned  to  the  homestead  in  Mexico  and 
resumed  farming,  following  it  successfully 
until  he  retired  from  active  business,  in  1893. 
Since  then  he  has  made  his  home  in  the  village 
of  Mexico.  He  is  a  member  of  Melza  Rich- 
ards Post,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  and 
of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  of  which 
he  is  a  steward.  In  pulitics  he  is  a  steadfast 
Reiniblican. 

He  married  (first),  June  14,  1873,  Florence 
Moorhouse,  born  in  Phoenix,  Oswego  county. 
New  York,  daughter  of  Somers  Moorhouse. 
She  died  in  June.  1873,  and  he  married  (sec- 
ond), December  3,  1879,  Minnie  \.  Chesebro, 
who  was  born  at  Phceni.x,  January  9,  1852, 
daughter  of  Elmanson  and  Alary  (Sweet) 
Chesebro.  Her  father  was  a  native  of  Man- 
lius.  New  York,  a  son  of  Jesse  Chesebro,  who 
came  thither  from  Preston,  Connecticut,  where 
the  family  has  been  ])rominent  from  the  first 
days  of  the  .settlement.  Child  of  first  wife: 
T.  Florence,  died  Sejjtemher,  1893;  married 
.\mbrose  Orser;  children:  Harold  Orser,  died 
in  infancy;  .Austin  I  larold  Orser,  born  Se])- 
temher  7,  1893.  Children  of  second  wife:  2. 
Edith  May,  born  .Ainil  19,  1882;  married,  June 
28,   1905,  Wesley   Moore.     3.   Henry  Warner, 


born  September  2^,  1884;  inspector  on  Balti- 
more &  Ohio  railroad.  4.  Alinnie  Luella,  born 
-August  25,  1887:  married,  June  26,  1906,  Carl- 
ton D,  Calkins. 


The  surname  Rice  is  itlentical  with 
RICE     Roice  or  Royce,  which  was  the  spell- 
ing in  this   family  during  the  first 
century  or  more  in  this  countrj'. 

(I)  Robert  Royce  or  Rice,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England,  and  settled 
early  in  Boston,  Alassachusetts.  Some  accounts 
locate  him  in  Boston  as  early  as  1631,  and  he 
seems  to  have  been  a  member  of  the  Boston 
church  in  1632.  Perhaps  he  returned  to  Eng- 
land, for  there  is  a  record  of  Robert  Royce 
coming  over  in  the  ship  "Francis,"  in  1634. 
At  any  rate  he  was  a  member  of  the  church, 
and  admitted  a  freeman  April  i,  1634.  In 
1637  he  was  disarmed  with  other  supporters  of 
Wheelwright,  and  Anne  Hutchinson,  on  ac- 
count of  his  religious  views.  He  removed  to 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  in  1644,  and  was  liv- 
ing there  in  1658.  About  that  time  he  located 
at  New  London,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  a 
constable  in  1660,  and  he  was  a  member  of 
the  general  assembly  in  1669.  He  left  an 
estate  valued  at  £420.     He  married  Elizabeth 

.      Children :   Josliua,   born   at   P)Oston, 

April  14,  1637 ;  Nathaniel,  baptized  Alarch  24, 
ir>39,  removed  to  Wallingford,  Connecticut; 
Patience,  born  at  Boston,  .Ajiril  i,  1642,  died 
young;  Rut-h,  married,  December  15,  1669, 
John  Lothrop  ;  Sarah,  married  John  Caulkins  ; 
Nehcmiah,  removed  to  Wallingford ;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below ;  Isaac,  married,  December 
15,  i6(')(),  Elizabeth  Lothro]),  who  married  (sec- 
ond), in  1696,  Ebcnezer  Clark  ;  Jonathan,  mar- 
ried Deborah  Caulkins. 

(II)  Samuel  Rice  (Royee),  son  of  Robert 
Rice,  was  born  in  Connecticut,  January  9, 
1647,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman  in  1669. 
He  died,  according  to  the  jirobate  records,  at 
Meriden.  Connecticut,  ])rior  to  Alarch,  1712. 
He  married  (second),  June  5,  1690,  Sarah 
Baldwin.  He  left  children:  Robert;  .Samuel; 
Abigail,  married  Joseph  Cowles  ;  Prudence,  mar- 
ried John  Austin;  Deborah,  married  Thomas 
Mix;  Isaac;  John;  Mary,  and  Jacob. 

(III)  Isaac  Rice  (Royce),  son  of  Samuel 
Rice,  was  born  about  1690.  .According  to  the 
probate  records  at  New  Haven  (book  v,  p. 
535),  he  died  ])rior  to  November  1 1,  1729, 
leaving  a  widow  and  four  children:  Joash. 
Plucbe,  .'\sa  and  Isaac. 


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(IV)  Lieutenant  Asa  Rice,  son  of  Isaac 
Rice,  was  born  about  1720,  probably  at  W'all- 
ingford.  Ezekiel  Rice  was  appointed  his  guar- 
dian (book  vi,  p.  210,  New  Haven  probate 
records).  He  married,  at  W'allingford,  No- 
vember 25,  1746,  Anna,  daughter  of  Ezekiel 
and  granddaughter  of  Samuel  Rice.  He  was  a 
first  lieutenant  in  the  provincial  troops,  in  Cap- 
tain Israel  Woodward's  company,  from  March 
26  to  December  5,  1756  (p.  119,  French  and 
Indian  War  Records,  Conn.  Hist.  Society). 
He  was  a  shoemaker  by  trade,  and  also  a 
farmer  in  Cheshire,  formerly  part  of  Walling- 
ford.  He  died  at  Sharon,  Connecticut,  in  1783. 
Children :  Asa,  mentioned  below ;  Seth,  born 
June  6,  1752  (  ?)  ;  Isaac  and  Barnabas. 

(\')  Asa  Rice,  son  of  Lieutenant  .\sa  Rice, 
was  born  in  Cheshire,  September  i,  1754.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  in  Captain 
David  Downs's  company.  Colonel  Burrell's 
regiment,  and  was  taken  prisoner  at  the  Cedars, 
Canada,  May  19,  1776.  In  1777  he  was  in  the 
company  of  Captain  Jarius  \Vilcox,  a  corps  of 
artificers,  in  Colonel  Jeduthan  Baldwin's  regi- 
ment, and  his  regiment  served  in  the  battles  of 
Brandywine,  Germantown,  Monmouth,  and 
other  battles  (pp.  112  and  290,  Conn.  Rev. 
Rolls).  In  October,  1897,  .^rvin  Rice,  of  Ful- 
ton, read  a  sketch  of  the  family,  and  it  seems 
best  to  preserve  this  account : 

"One  luiiidred  years  ago  to-day,  .-Vsa  Rice  ( V ) 
and  his  family  landed  upon  this  shore,  and  founded 
the  first  permanent  settlement  in  this  part  of  the 
country.  The  following  facts  with  regard  to  his  an- 
cestry, his  family  and  the  circumstances  of  the  jour- 
ney to  this  place,  and  the  making  of  a  settlement  in 
the  then  wilderness,  are  from  statements  made  by 
my  father,  Arvin  Rice,  who  was  then  a  hoy  of  eleven 
years  of  age.  I  will  give  the  history  in  his  own 
words : 

"  'My  father's  name  was  also  .Vsa,  and  he  had  the 
honor  of  taking  part  in  the  struggles  of  the  revolu- 
tion; was  taken  prisoner  by  the  Indians  at  the  north; 
was  at  the  taking  of  Burgoyne,  and  was  an  assistant 
in  placing  the  great  chain  across  the  Hudson  river 
at  West  Point.  After  the  close  of  the  w-ar  he  set- 
tled in  Connecticut,  and  became  possessed  of  four 
acres  of  land  worth  $40.  This  land  he  traded  with 
an  old  soldier  for  a  lot  in  the  military  tract,  and 
when  the  military  tract  was  surveyed,  lot  No.  2, 
Hannibal  (which  lot  lies  upon  the  lake  shore  three 
miles  west  of  Oswego)  fell  to  him.  He  married 
Elizabeth  Merriam,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  Merriam, 
and  about  the  year  1789  moved  with  his  family  from 
Cheshire.  Connecticut,  to  .-Xcra.  Green  county.  New 
York,  and  in  170;  to  Kensselaerville,  in  .Albany  coun- 
ty. In  1795.  while  the  British  were  in  possession  of 
Oswego,  and  when  there  was  no  settlement  upon  the 
west  side  of  the  river,  he  came  on  to  view  his  lot 
of  land.     In   February,    1797.   he  moved   to  Whites- 


town,  Oneida  county,  having  then  a  family  of  eight 
or  nine  children.  By  selling  a  part  of  his  land  he 
cditained  enough  help  to  move  on  to  his  lot,  and  on 
September  26,  1797,  left  his  abode  in  Whiteslown 
for  a  wilderness  home  upon  the  sh.ires  of  Lake 
Ontario. 

"  'The  first  day  we  readied  the  bnat  <.>n  the  Mo- 
hawk, and  the  next  day  moved  up  the  river  and 
found  a  large  number  of  Irishmen  digging  the  canal 
across  from  the  Mohawk  to  Wood  creek,  a  distance 
of  two  miles.  We  passed  the  carrying  place  and 
entered  Wood  creek,  two  other  boats  being  in  our 
ciimpany,  and  were  three  days  in  reaching  Oneida 
lake,  the  water  being  low  in  some  places,  and  all 
hands  dragging  the  boats,  one  after  another  over  the 
shoals.  My  brother  Heman,  then  two  years  old, 
fell  overboard.  He  had  on  a  red  dress,  and  we 
could  see  him  in  the  water,  and  soon  got  him  out. 
Where  Wood  creek  empties  into  Oneida  lake,  the 
boat  struck  a  log,  and  I  fell  into  the  water  and  was 
helped  out  liy  my  father.  We  reached  the  lake  at 
evening,  and  at  two  o'clock  in  the  mnrning  reached 
Rotterdam  (now  Constantia).  The  ne.xt  day  we 
reached  Three  River  Point,  where  lived  Squire 
liingham,  who  professed  to  be  a  pilot,  and  the  next 
morning  he  took  charge  of  our  boat  to  conduct  il 
down  Three  River  Rift  (opposite  the  present  vil- 
lage of  Phoenix').  In  going  down  the  hoat  struck 
a  rock  in  the  middle  of  the  river,  and  whirled  around 
across  the  stream,  the  bottom  upon  the  rock.  The 
upper  side  sunk  and  the  boat  filled  with  water,  wash- 
ing olT  many  light  articles  which  were  never  recover- 
ed. .-Ml  the  goods  were  thoroughly  drenched  except 
the  upper  drawer  of  the  bureau,  in  which  were  the 
writings.  The  family  fortunately  were  placed  upon 
the  shore  previous  to  reaching  the  Rift,  and  stayed 
in  a  lisherman's  camp  opposite  the  boat,  where  we 
remained  three  or  four  days  through  a  tremendous 
uiirtlnvest  storm.  After  the  storm  a  light  boat  came 
•  ilong  and  helped  get  our  things  out,  and  our  boat 
righted.  We  then  came  down  the  river,  and  at 
Oswego  Falls  found  a  carrying  place  of  about  a 
mile,  thence  down  the  river  to  the  lake,  and  along 
the  shores  to  father's  lot.  It  was  on  October  6, 
1797.  at  about  two  o'clock  in  the  afternoon,  we  ar- 
rived at  Four  Mile  creek,  and  father  s.iid :  'This  is 
our  land.'  and  turned  the  boat  towards  the  shore.  I 
got  to  the  bow.  and  when  the  boat  touched  the  shore, 
I  jumped  ofif  and  said,  'I'll  be  the  first  tn  take  pos- 
session.' 

"  'The  goods  were  taken  out  upon  the  beach,  and 
ihe  lioatmen  went  back.  It  was  a  beautiful  day,  and 
the  first  business  was  to  open  the  goods  and  snread 
ihem  out  to  dry.  Not  a  bush  had  been  cut  towards 
a  clearing,  but  father  had  borrowed  at  the  garrison 
in  Oswego,  a  tent,  seven  by  ten  feet,  which  he  raised 
for  a  temporary  shelter  a  few  rods  back  from  the 
beach.  Toward  night  the  wind  blew  hard  off  the 
lake,  and  it  began  to  lighten  and  thunder,  and  a  little 
after  sundown  it  rained  and  stormed  very  hard, 
while  we,  a  family  of  ten,  crept  into  the  little  tent 
and  stayed  all  ni.ght.  The  next  day  father  went  back 
about  thirty  rods  from  the  shore  and  cut  some  logs 
and  made  a  ])en,  seven  by  ten  feet,  and  jilaced  the 
tent  on  top,  and  put  some  boards  or  pieces  of  boats 
he  found  on  the  lake  shore  across,  making  a  cham- 
ber for  the  bovs.  Soon  afterward  we  built  of  poles 
twelve  feet  long,  a  pen  about  six  feet  high,  and 
made    a    roof    Iiy    putting    hemlock    Imuglis    on    the 


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rafters,  and  ilic  family  moved  into  it.  About  that 
time  mother  and  one  of  the  children  were  taken  sick 
with  fever  and  ague.  The  boatmen  who  left  us  the 
day  we  kuidcd  were  to  have  returned  in  three  weeks 
with  provisions  for  the  winter,  but  did  not  return 
for  six  weeks.  We  had  a  little  hag  of  flour,  about 
twenty  pounds,  and  father  caught  a  salmon,  and  took 
another  one  from  an  eagle.  That  was  all  the  pro- 
visions we  had.  Father  went  to  Oswego  and  bought, 
for  six  dollars,  a  barrel  of  flour,  which  had  been 
under  water,  and  was  wet  and  mouldy ;  no  light 
bread  could  be  made  of  it,  and  it  made  the  children 
sick  when  they  ate  it.  When  the  boatmen  returned 
(probably  about  November  20)  they  helped  father 
build  a  log  house,  sixteen  by  eighteen  feet,  covered 
with  basswood  bark,  about  a  hundred  rods  back 
from  the  lake,  and  then  the  family  moved  in,  draw- 
ing our  sick  mother  upon  a  sled,  as  winter  had  al- 
ready set  in.  After  we  had  moved  in  the  boatmen 
said  we  must  name  our  village,  and  they  drank  wine 
and  named  it  'Union  Village.'  In  February,  1798, 
my  brother  Joseph,  aged  fourteen,  and  myself,  clear- 
ed about  four  acres,  and  in  the  spring  some  corn 
and  potatoes  were  planted,  and  a  pair  of  oxen  and 
a  heifer  brought  from  Whitestown.  Once  during  the 
summer  the  cattle  strayed  away,  and  were  gone  some 
three  weeks.  On  the  fourth  of  July,  1798,  Joseph 
and  I  went  to  Fort  Oswego,  and  returned  home  at 
dusk.  Lois,  aged  ten.  and  Ira.  aged  seven,  had  been 
set  to  hunt  for  the  cattle,  and  had  not  returned.  We 
searched  till  late  in  the  evening  but  did  not  find 
them.  The  next  inorning  we  went  out  again,  and 
as  we  called  they  answered.  They  had  spent  the 
night  lying  between  the  roots  of  two  large  birch 
trees.  During  the  first  winter  but  one  family  remain- 
ed at  Oswego,  and  a  man  by  the  name  of  Hudson 
lived  up  the  river  about  a  mile,  and  hunted  through 
the  winter.  F'rom  Oswego  west  to  Big  Sodus  Bay. 
thence  south  to  the  Seneca  river,  and  down  the  river 
to  Three  Rivers  Point,  and  thence  to  Oswego,  there 
were  only  two  or  three  families,  and  they  were  at 
the  Point  and  the  Falls.  In  the  fall  of  1798  the 
children  were  all  taken  sick  with  the  lake  fever, 
and  father,  who  was  of  feeble  constitution,  was  sick 
for  three  months.  In  1790  the  family  were  well  and 
some  progress  was  made  in  clearing.  For  two  years 
we  pounded  corn  in  a  maple  log  for  our  bread  and 
pudding.  In  1800  the  family  were  all  sick  again. 
About  this  time  the  bears  began  to  trouble  us  by 
catching  calves  and  pigs.  We  also  suffered  for  lack 
of  clothing,  and  the  ticking  of  our  beds  and  pillows 
was  cut  up,  the  feathers  being  emptied  into  barrels 
and  boxes.  Wild  game  and  fish  were  then  plenty, 
.and  we  began  taking  grain  to  the  mill  to  be  ground, 
sotnetiines  to  Sodus  Point  or  to  Ellisburg  in  Jeffer- 
son county,  and  once  to  Oswegalchie,  now  Ogdens- 
burg.  Once  father  and  mother  and  one  child  started 
to  go  to  Oswego  in  a  log  canoe,  and  there  being  a 
south  wind,  hoisted  a  sail.  When  they  were  about 
half  a  mile  out  the  wind  shifted,  and  the  canoe  was 
turned  bottom  upwards;  they  got  upon  the  canoe, 
and  a  boat  went  after  them,  so  they  arrived  safely  at 
home. 

"  'The  first  plow  my  father  h;ul  was  made  by  Mr. 
Church,  and  when  1  was  about  fifteen  years  old  I 
walked  up  to  Van  Valkenbnrg's  (probably  near  Ful- 
ton), and  carried  the  plow  share  to  be  repaired.  I'or 
ten  years  after  our  first  arrival  there  was  no  oppor- 


tunity fur  school,  and  then  it  was  at  Oswego,  three 
miles  from  our  home. 

"  '1898  the  townships  of  Hannibal,  Lysander  and 
Scipio  were  organized  into  one  town,  and  Asa  Rice, 
my  father,  was  supervisor.  He  reported  fifteen  in- 
habitants and  the  valuation  of  taxable  property  at 
$1,500.  He  continued  supervisor  until  1806.  The 
first  marriage  in  the  town  was  of  Augustus  Ford 
and  my  sister,  Damaris  Rice,  in  the  year  of  1800.' 

"Here  closes  the  history  as  I  find  it  in  papers 
written  or  dictated  by  my  father.  From  the  year 
r8oo  the  family  history  was  similar  to  that  of  other 
early  settlers  in  a  new  country,  but  their  perils  and 
privations  and  the  struggles  and  hardships  they  en- 
dured for  the  first  two  or  three  years  of  their  resi- 
dence here,  were  equalled  by  few  if  any  in  our  state. 
In  one  respect  only  did  they  suffer  less  than  tho.se 
in  some  other  localities,  and  that  was  from  the  In- 
dians, who  at  that  time  were  few  in  numbers,  and 
friendly.  How  different  their  experiences  from  those 
of  the  emigrant  or  new  settlers  of  the  present  day. 
Then  ten  days  were  necessary  to  make  the  journey 
of  less  than  one  hundred  miles;  now  a  few  hours 
are  sufficient  to  carry  them  several  hundred  miles. 
Then  in  their  want  and  distress,  relief  was  six  weeks 
in  coming:  now  in  cases  of  destitution  or  great 
calamities,  distant  towns  and  cities  respond  in  a  few 
hours  with  assistance  and  supplies. 

"Notwithstanding  their  exposure  and  the  hardships 
they  endured  our  family  survived,  most  of  them 
living  to  a  good  old  age.  Asa  Rice  lived  twenty- 
six  years  from  the  time  of  his  settlement  here,  and 
although  not  rich,  was  in  comfortable  circumstances. 
He  had  some  two  score  of  grandchildren,  and  died 
at  the  age  of  sixty-nine.     His  children  were: 

"l.  Damaris.  born  in  1781.  married  Augustus  Ford, 
in  1800.  and  died  in  1852.  She  was  the  mother  of 
thirteen  cliildren,  of  whom,  I  think,  none  are  now 
living.  The  Ford  Brothers,  who  kept  a  jewelry 
store  on  East  Bridge  street.  Oswego,  about  forty 
years  ago,  were  of  this  family.  Augustus  Ford,  a 
successful  jeweler  now  of  Frceport,  Illinois,  is  a 
grandson. 

"2.  Joseph,  born  in  1783.  married  Sally  Burt  in 
1S09,  and  died  in  1871,  aged  eighty-eight  years.  He 
had  a  family  of  ten  children,  all  of  whom  are  dead. 
Mr.  IC.  M.  Rice  and  Mrs.  Dora  Saunders,  of  Hanni- 
b;d.  .■ire   liis  grandchildren. 

",V  Miriam,  born  in  1784,  married' Daniel  Pease  in 
1816,  and  died  in  1857.  She  was  the  mother  of  seven 
children,  of  whom  Levi  Pease,  Alfred  Pease,  and 
.\mos  Pease,  of  Oswego  town,  and  Mrs.  Nancy 
Plumb,  of  Red  Creek,  New  York,  are  living. 

"4.  .Vrvin,  born  in  1786,  was  married  three  times, 
and  died  in  1878,  aged  ninety-two  years.  He  was 
the  father  of  seven  children,  of  whom  Dr.  Alfred 
Rice,  of  Hannibal,  Mrs.  Eliza  R.  Hull,  and  myself 
(.'\rvin^,  are  now  living.  Marshall  Dunham  and 
Thurston  Dunham,  of  Elmira.  New  York,  Rev. 
Dvvight  Dunham,  of  Kansas,  Mrs.  C.  C.  Place,  of 
Oswego.  Mrs.  Charles  R.  Plumb,  of  Red  Creek, 
New  York,  Rev.  E.  C.  Hull,  now  of  Oswe.go  Town, 
Ernest  W.  Rice,  of  Hannibal,  and  Eugene  E.  Rice, 
of  Mont.ma.  and  my  children  are  the  living  grand- 
children. 

"5.  Lois,  born  in  1787.  married  Stephen  Brace  in 
1807.  and  died  in  1833.  She  was  the  mother  of  eleven 
cliildren.     One,   Lucrelia,   married   A.   Ogden   Hay- 


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wood,  and  settled  in  (Jhiu,  but  it  is  many  years  since 
I  have  known  anything  of  them. 

"6.  Mehitabel,  born  171^9,  married  Montgomery 
Perry  in  181 1.  and  died  in  1S4-.  She  was  the  mother 
of  JMrs.  Eliza  P.  Casey,  later  of  .\uburn.  New  York, 
deceased.  Two  sons  of  Mrs.  Casey,  Nicholas  and 
Frank,  still  reside  there. 

"".  Ira,  born  in  17(10.  died  in   1809. 

"8.  Polly,  born  in  1792,  married  Erastus  Todd  in 
1813,  and  died  in  1S27.  She  was  the  mother  of  live 
children,  one  of  whom  was  i\lrs.  Laura  Johnson, 
late  of  Hannibal,  New  York,  deceased.  Mrs.  John- 
son's children:  Henry  A.  Johnson,  of  Friend,  Ne- 
braska, and  Mrs.  B'rances  Beailel,  of  Geddes,  New- 
York,  arc  all  of  this  Iiranch  of  the  family  I  know  of. 

"9.  Heman.  born  in  1794.  married  Eliza  Wilson, 
and  died  in  1887,  aged  ninety-three  years  and  one 
day.  He  was  the  father  of  three  or  four  children, 
all  of  whom,  I  believe,  are  dead.  Some  of  his  de- 
scendants are  living  in  Wisconsin. 

"10.  Horace,  born  in   1796,  died  in  February.  1798. 

"11.  Sallv,  born  in  1799.  never  married,  died  about 
185-'. 

"12.  Nathaniel,  born  about   180-I.  died  in   1807. 

"13  Thomas  Jefiferson,  born  February  20,  1801,  and 
died  about  1875.  He  was  the  first  white  child  born 
in  Oswego  county.  He  was  the  father  of  three  chil- 
dren, all  of  whom  arc  dead. 

"The  family  were  remarkable  for  their  integrity 
of  character,  and  all  enjoyed  the  fullest  conlidence 
and  respect  of  those  who  knew  them.  We  trust  the 
same  may  be  said  in  the  future  of  their  descendants. 

"In  the  old  cemetery  on  the  west  bank  of  the 
Union  X'illage  creek,  about  twenty  rods  below  the 
bridge,  are  the  graves  of  some  forty  or  fifty  persons, 
marked  by  rude  stones,  all  without  inscriptions,  ex- 
cept (f\e.  Those  are  Asa  Rice,  his  wife,  and  two 
of  their  children,  and  one  other.  Around  their 
graves  a  substantial  stone  wall  was  erected  some 
years  ago.  An  orchard  was  once  planted  there,  but 
now  the  place  presents  more  the  appearance  of  the 
wilderness  to  which  our  forefathers  came  than  any- 
thing else.  Few  of  us,  I  am  sorry  to  say,  ever  visit 
the  place.  What  a  commentary  it  is  upon  the  hurry 
and  strife  of  our  lives  and  the  age  in  which  we  live. 
Those  to  whom  we  owe  so  much,  who  endured  the 
firivations  and  hardships  of  a  settlement  here,  with- 
out neighbors  or  friends,  and  prepared  the  way  for 
our  comfort  and  happiness,  are  forgotten,  and  their 
last  resting  place  neglected. 

"We  are  here  at  the  precise  time  of  year  and  at 
the  place  where  the  family  first  settled.  The  sky 
above  and  the  earth  beneath  our  feet  are  the  same. 
We  see  the  lake,  and  imagination  pictures  the  little 
boat,  with  the  family  and  all  their  possessions,  draw- 
ing slowly  to  the  shore,  the  father  directing  the 
expedition,  the  mother  doubtless  full  of  anxious 
care  with  the  little  ones,  and  the  older  children  full 
of  impatience  to  explore  the  land.  Wearied  and 
worn  with  the  vicissitudes  of  the  journey,  they  land, 
and  as  soon  as  their  scanty  furniture  can  be  taken 
ashore,  they  see  the  boat  leave  them,  the  boatmen 
promising  to  return  in  a  few  days  with  provisions 
for  the  winter.  We  see  the  mother  and  children 
seeking  to  dry  their  clothing  and  bedding,  which 
had  been  wet  in  the  disaster  at  Three  River  Rift, 
while  the  father  cuts  away  a  few  bushes  and  erects 
the  little  tent,  their  only  protection  from  the  hard 
•^torm  that  came  upon  them  the   first  night  of  their 


arrival.  In  a  few  days  their  supply  of  Hour  is  gone, 
and  famine  stares  them  in  the  face.  The  children 
become  puny  and  sick.  How  anxious  and  weary 
must  have  been  those  six  weeks  before  the  relief 
came.  Then  the  building  of  a  little  cabin,  and  the 
moving  in  after  winter  had  commenced,  and  the 
attempt  at  rejoicing  as  they  drank  some  wine,  and 
gave  a  name  to  their  settlement.  I  remember  well 
of  hearing  my  father  sing  a  verse  of  a  hymn  sung 
u))on  the  occasion.     It  was: 

"  'Where  nothing  dwells  but  beasts  of  prey. 
Or  men  as  fierce  and  wild  as  they, 
He  bids  the  oppressed  and  poor  repair, 
.\nd  build  them  towns  and  cities  there, 
They  sow  the  fields,  and  trees  they  plant. 
Whose  yearly  fruit  supplies  their  want; 
Their  race  grows  up  from   fruitful  stocks. 
Their  wealth  increases  with  their  flocks.' 

"1  cannot  give  you  the  tune,  but  1  think  it  was 
'Whitestow-n.'  Many  of  you  doubtless,  as  well  as 
myself,  have  heard  father  tell  some  of  the  incidents 
of  his  early  life  here.  At  the  risk  of  being  tiresome, 
1  will  speak  of  some  of  them. 

"On  one  occasion  he  set  a  trap  for  a  rabbit  or  fox, 
.and  on  going  to  it  found  caught  therein  a  large  wild- 
cat, which  fiew  at  him  as  far  as  the  chain  would 
;dlow.  The  little  stick  he  had  was  not  sufficient,  and 
he  had  to  bring  large  stones  from  the  lake  shore  and 
stone  it  to  death.  In  speaking  of  it,  he  gave  me  the 
impression  that  if  the  animal  had  once  reached  him, 
it  would  have  done  him  serious  injury. 

".Another  time  he  was  washing  his  hands  at  the 
house,  when  some  one  said,  'There  is  a  bear.'  He 
took  down  his  gun,  and  stepping  out  saw  the  bear 
up  yonder  hill,  some  thirty  rods  away.  He  thought 
he  would  shoot  it  anyway,  and  raising  his  gun  fired 
it.  The  bear  turned  his  head  a  little,  but  kept  on 
and  went  over  the  fence.  Following  on.  when  father 
reached  the  fence  he  saw  the  bear  weak  from  loss 
of  blood,  and  it  soon  died.  It  seems  the  bullet  struck 
a  little  alio\e  the  tail,  and  passed  lengthwise  nearly 
through  the  body. 

"In  the  year  of  1804,  the  'Fair  .American,'  a  small 
schooner,  was  built  at  Oswego  by  Mr.  Wilson,  and 
either  Uncle  Joseph  or  my  father  drove  an  ox  team 
and  drew  timbers  for  it  across  the  river  on  ice, 
every  day.  except  Sundays,  in  the  month  of  March. 

"Two  of  the  boys  went  to  Big  Sodus  to  mill,  and 
returning,  their  lunch  being"  gone,  they  took  some  of 
the  meal  in  the  scoop  and  with  water  from  the  lake, 
made  batter  for  pancakes,  baking  them  upon  a  flat 
stone  over  the  fire.  The  stone  burst,  and  they  had 
a  great  laugh  over  their  new  way  of  turning  the 
cakes. 

".After  my  father  was  twenty-one  years  of  age,  he 
worked  two  seasons  and  earned  enough  to  pay  his 
way  at  school  at  Constableville,  in  Lewis  county, 
walking  out  in  the  fall  and  back  in  the  spring.  He 
said  at  the  beginning  of  the  school  the  little  boys 
stood  at  the  head  of  the  class,  and  the  large  ones 
at  the  foot,  but  at  the  end  of  the  term,  the  order  was 
reversed. 

"In  1809,  as  I  understand  it.  grandfather  bought 
or  helped  my  father  buy  the  States'  one  hundred 
acres  on  Lot  58.  Hannibal,  and  in  May  or  June  of 
that  year  my  father  commenced  clearing  there ;  the 
first   tree  out   stood   just   across   the   road   from   the 


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house  in  which  my  father  resided  for  thirty-eight 
years  before  his  death.  The  first  season  he  spent 
entirely  in  cutting  down  the  forest,  commencing 
work  at  sunrise  and  working  as  long  as  he  could 
see  at  night. 

"In  March,  1812,  he  married  Polly  Colton,  who  died 
in  1841.  He  then  married  Lydia  Dada  Cowles,  my 
mother,  who  died  in  1864.  His  third  wife  was  Mrs. 
Jane  McCool,  who  survives  him.  Many  of  you  know 
what  a  strong,  vigorous  man  he  was,  and  how  earn- 
est he  was  in  the  cause  of  temperance  and  other 
matters  of  public  welfare.  He  was  a  strong  anti- 
Mason,  and  was  earnestly  opposed  to  slavery.  In 
my  early  days  it  was  rumored  in  the  family  that  his 
house  was  a  station  of  the  underground  railroad, 
and  that  a  certain  old  gray  horse  he  had,  knew  well 
the  road  to  Oswego  in  the  darkest  night.  Much 
more  might   be  said  but  time   forbids." 

(VI)  Arvin  Rice,  son  of  Asa  Rice,  was  burn 
in  Cheshire,  Connecticut,  June  25,  1786;  died 
October  13,  1878,  at  Hannibal,  New  York.  He 
settled  in  Hannibal,  in  1809,  and  was  one  of 
the  most  success ful  fanners  in  the  town.  He 
was  supervisor,  1829-30-40;  town  clerk  from 
1822  to  1828,  1831-32;  justice  of  the  peace, 
1829-37;  member  of  assembly,  1838.  He  iniited 
with  the  Presbyterian  church  about  1819,  was 
elected  deacon,  and  afterwards  deacon  for  life. 
He  married  (first)  Polly  Colton,  born  1812, 
died  1841.  He  married  (second)  I^ydia  Dada 
Cowles,  December,  1841  ;  she  died  May  18, 
1864.  He  married  (third),  October,  1864, 
Jane  M.  McCool.  Children  of  first  wife:  Cor- 
nelia, married  H.  Dunham;  Jackson:  Alfred; 
Eliza,  married  Isaac  E.  Hull ;  Nathan  ;  .Ann 
A.    Child  of  second  wife:  Arvin  Jr. 

(\'ir)  Arvin  Rice,  son  of  Arvin  Rice,  was 
born  in  Hannibal,  New  York,  March  23,  1843. 
He  was  educated  in  the  common  schools,  and 
Falley  Seminary,  Fulton.  He  is  a  prominent 
lawyer  and  banker,  serving  as  president  of  the 
Fulton  Savings  Bank,  of  Fulton,  since  Janu- 
ary, 1903.  He  was  supervisor  of  town  of  Vol- 
ney,  Oswego  county,  1879  to  1882,  and  1884  to 
1886.  He  is  a  Republican  in  ])olitics,  a  Pres- 
byterian in  religion,  and  has  been  older  in  the 
church  since  1876. 

He  married  (first),  .\ugtist  5.  1868,  Eliza- 
beth Giddings,  died  October  17,  1869;  married 
(second),  at  Fulton.  New  "S'ork,  October  16, 
1873,  Fannie  S.  Howe.  Children:  Cornelia 
Howe,  .Anna  X'irena,  .\rvin  Lewis.  George 
Benjamin. 

The    surname    Bradford    is 

BRADFORD     derived  from  the  name  of  a 

place.   Broad  ford,  or  Brad- 

onford.     There  are  two  very  ancient  towns  of 


this  name,  one  in  Wiltshire,  Englantl,  and  one 
in  Yorkshire,  near  Leeds.  Near  the  latter  was 
the  home  of  the  ancestors  of  the  American 
family.  This  family  dates  back  in  England, 
doubtless,  to  the  beginning  of  surnames,  in  the 
eleventh  or  twelfth  centuries.  C)ne  of  the  first 
martyrs  burned  at  the  stake  during  the  reign 
of  Bloody  Mary  was  John  ]]radford,  prebend 
of  St.  Paul  and  a  celebrated  preacher.  He  was 
born  in  Alanchester,  Lancashire,  1510,  and  was 
executed  July  i,  1555.  He  was  a  friend  of 
Rogers,  Saunders,  Latimer,  Cranmer  and  Rid- 
ley, who  also  died  at  the  stake  about  the  same 
time.  The  Bradford  coat-of-arms  is:  .Argent, 
on  a  fesse,  sable,  three  stags'  heads  erased,  or. 
Right  Rev.  Father  in  God,  Samuel  Bradford, 
lord  bisho])  of  Rochester  and  dean  of  West- 
minster, bore  these  arms,  as  well  as  those  of 
his  Episcopal  See. 

The  ancestry  of  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford has  not  been  traced  beyond  his  grand- 
father, mentioned  below,  though  it  is  known 
that  the  family  is  ancient. 

(  1  )  William  l!radfi:ird.  grandfather  of  (jov- 
ernor  William  Bradford,  lived  at  .\usterfield 
f  Osterfeldt ).  county  Nottingham.  England, 
and,  in  1575,  he  and  John  Hanson  were  the 
only  subsidiaries  located  there.  Bradford  was 
taxed  twenty  shillings  on  land ;  Hanson  the 
same  amount  on  goods.  Mis  grandson,  Will- 
iam f governor),  lived  with  him  after  the  death 
of  William,  his  son.  The  date  of  his  burial,  at 
-Austerfield.  was  January  10,  1595-96.  Chil- 
dren: I.  W'illiam,  mentioned  below.  2.  Thomas, 
had  a  daughter  Margaret,  baptized  March  9, 
1578,  at  Austerfield.  3.  Robert,  baptized  at 
.Austerfield.  June  25.  1 561  ;  married.  January 
31.  1585,  Alice  Waingate.  Robert  was  the  only 
subsidiary  at  Austerfield ;  his  \Vill  was  dated 
.April  15,  1599.  and  he  was  buried  .\pril  23. 
following;  children:  Robert.  Mary,  Elizabeth 
and  Margaret.    4.  Elizabeth,  baptized  July  15, 

1570:  married,  January  20,  150^, . 

■  (II)  William"  (2), son  of  WiUiam  f  i)  Brad- 
ford, was  born  at  Austerfield,  probably  about 
1550,  and  died  when  yet  a  young  man,  July  15, 
1591.  He  married  Alice,  daughter  of  John 
Hanson.  Children,  born  at  .Austerfield:  i. 
Margaret,  baptized  March  8,  15S5.  died  young. 
2.  .Alice.  ba|itized  October  30.  1587.  3.  Gov- 
ernor \\'illiam.  mentioned  below. 

(HI)  Ciovernor  William  (3)  Bradford,  son 
of  William  (2)  Bradford,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land, and  baptized  at  Atisterfield,  March  19, 
I  ^on.     After  his   father's  death  he  lived  first 


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witli  his  grandfather,  but,  on  the  latter's  death, 
W'ilham  went  to  hve  with  his  uncle,  Robert 
Bradford,  who  hved  in  Scrooby,  five  miles 
from  Austerfield,  near  the  estate  of  the  Brew- 
sters,  in  county  Nottingham.  He  joined  the 
church  where  Rev.  Richard  Clifton  and  Rev. 
John  Robinson  preached,  and  soon  became  one 
of  the  leading  "separatists."  His  early  educa- 
tional advantages  were  limited,  but  by  diligent 
study  he  became  very  proficient  in  Dutch, 
Latin,  French  and  Greek,  and  also  devoted 
himself  to  the  study  of  Hebrew,  that  he  might 
read  the  Bible  in  its  original  form.  He  went 
with  the  company  which  migrated  to  Holland, 
and  was  a  most  influential  power  among  them. 
On  his  coming  of  age  he  received  considerable 
property  from  his  father's  estate,  but  did  not 
succeed  him  in  his  commercial  undertakings. 
He  learned  the  art  of  "fustian  or  frieze  weav- 
ing." On  November  15,  1613  he  was  affianced 
to  Dorothea  May.  from  W'isbeach,  Cambridge, 
England.  The  banns  were  published  in  Ley- 
den,  and  they  were  married  in  Amsterdam. 
Holland.  December  9,  1613.  His  age  is  given 
as  twenty-three,  hers  as  sixteen.  They  em- 
barked for  England,  July  22,  1620,  and,  after 
many  trials,  sailed  from  Plymouth,  England, 
September  6,  1620,  in  the  ship  "Mayflower," 
reaching  Cape  Cod  harbor  the  November,  fol- 
lowing. While  they  were  at  anchor,  Dorothea 
fell  overboard  and  was  drowned.  Soon  after 
the  death  of  Governor  Carver,  William  Brad- 
ford was  elected  governor  of  the  colony,  which 
position  he  held  by  annual  election  until  his 
death,  with  the  exception  of  the  years  1633- 
34-36-38-44.  He  took  a  prominent  part  in  all 
the  councils  which  were  held  at  his  house,  and 
in  all  civic,  political  and  military  affairs.  From 
his  house,  at  the  foot  of  Burial  Hill,  each  Sun- 
day morning,  the  company  of  peojile  who  as- 
sembled there  marched  up  to  the  fort  at  its 
top,  where  religious  services  were  held.  The 
history  of  the  times  which  he  left  gives  a  cor- 
rect and  valuable  picture  of  the  events  of  that 
day.  He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Alice  (Car- 
penter) Southworth,  widow  of  Edward  South- 
worth,  and  daughter  of  Alexander  Carpenter, 
of  Wrentham,  England.  She  died  March  26, 
1670;  he  died  May  9,  1657.  Child  of  first 
wife:  John,  of  Duxbury,  1615:  married  Mar- 
tha Bourne;  died  in  Norwich,  Connecticut, 
1678,  s.  p.  Children  of  second  wife:  i.  Will- 
iam, mentioned  below.  2.  Mercy,  married 
Benjamin  or  Joseph  Vermayes.  3.  Joseph, 
born   1630;  married.  May  25.  1664,  Joel  Ho- 


bart.  daughter  of  Rev.  Peter  Hobart,  first  min 
ister  of  Hingham;  died  July  10,  171G. 

(I\')  Major  William  (4)  Bradford,  son  of 
Governor  William  (3)  Bradford,  was  born 
June  16,  1624,  in  Plymouth,  Massachusetts, 
died  there,  February  20,  1703.  He  removed 
to  Kingston,  Massachusetts.  He  was  assist- 
ant treasurer  and  dejjuty  governor  of  Plym- 
outh from  1682  t(i  ifi86,  and  from  1689  to 
1691,  and,  in  the  latter  year,  one  of  the  council 
of  Massachusetts,  under  Governor  Andros.  He 
was  also  the  chief  military  nflicer  of  Plymouth 
Colony.  His  will  is  dated  January  29,  1703. 
Ife  married  (  first)  Alice  Richards,  who  died  at 
Plymouth,  December  12,  1671,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Wealthy  Richards,  of  Weymouth, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  (second)  Widow 
Wiswell.  lie  married  (third)  Mrs.  Mary 
Holmes,  who  tiled  June  6,  1714-15,  widow  of 
Rev.  John  Holmes,  of  Duxbury,  and  daughter 
of  John  Atwood,  of  Plymouth.  Children  of 
first  wife:  I.  John,  born  b'ebruary  20,  1653. 
2.  ^^■illiam,  March  11,  1655,  died  ifiiij ;  mar- 
ried Rebecca  Bartlett.  3.  Thomas,  of  Norwich. 
4.  Alice,  married  Rev.  William  .\dams  and 
Major  James  Fitch.  5.  Hannah,  married,  No- 
vember 28,  1683,  Joshua  Rijjley.  6.  Mercy, 
married  Samuel  .Steel.  7.  Alelatiah,  married 
John  Steel..  8.  Samuel,  mentioned  below.  9. 
Mary,  married  William  Hunt.  10.  Sarah,  mar- 
ried Kenelm  Baker.  Child  of  second  wife:  11. 
Joseph,  of  Norwich.     Children  of  third  wife: 

12.  Israel,  married  Sarah  Bartlett.  of  Duxbury. 

13.  Ephraim,  married.  February  13,  1710,  Eliz- 
abeth Bartlett.  14.  David,  married,  17 14,  Eliz- 
abeth Finney,  died  March  16,  1730.  15.  Heze- 
kiah,  marrietl  Mary  Chandler,  of  Duxbury. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Major  William  (4) 
Bradford,  was  born  in  1668,  and  was  of  Dux- 
bury as  early  as  1700,  when  he  was  first  chosen 
juryman.  He  was  constable,  1701  :  selectman, 
1703.  and,  in  1710.  was  one  of  three  men  ap- 
pointed to  divide  the  common  lands.  Fie  had 
a  grant  of  land  adjoining  his  house  lot,  in  1713. 
and  lived  about  a  third  of  a  mile  northeast 
from  the  mouth  of  Island  creek.  He  is  called 
lieutenant  in  records.  He  married,  July,  i68c;, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Rogers,  of  Duxbury.  Children:  I.  Hannah, 
born  February  14,  1689-90:  married  Nathaniel 
Gilbert,  of  Taunton.  2.  Gershom,  December 
21,  1 691 :  married  Priscilla,  daughter  of  Rev 
Ichabod  Wiswall,  of  Duxbury.  3.  Perez.  De- 
cember 28.  1694 :  married  .A.bigail  Reich.  4. 
Elizabeth.  December   15,   i6f)6:  married  Will- 


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lam  Whiting,  of  Hartford.  5.  Jerusha,  March 
10,  1699;  married  Rev.  Ebenezer  Gay  of 
Hingham.  6.  Welthea,  May  15,  1702;  mar- 
ried ■_ Lane,  of  Hingham.     7.  Gamaliel, 

mentioned  below. 

(VI)   Gamaliel,   son   of   Samuel   Bradford 
was  born  May  18,  1704,  died  1778.     He  was 
known  as  the   Hon.   Gamaliel   Bradford,  and 
held  several  important  public  positions,  judge 
of  the  county  court,  member  of  the  council  of 
Massachusetts.    He  married,  August  30    1727 
Abigail  Bartlett,  of  Duxburv,  who  died  Au- 
.gust  30,  1776.    Children:  i.  Abigail,  born  Sep- 
tember 24,  1728;  married  Captain  Wait  Wads- 
worth,  of  Duxbury,  December   15,    1748.     2 
Samuel,  January   2,    1730;   revolutionary  sol- 
dier; married  Grace  Ring,  of  Kingston    No- 
vember  I,    1749.     3.   Gamaliel,   September  2 
1731;  married   (first)    Sarah  Aklen,  of  Dux- 
bury,  (second)  Mary  Cooper;  he  was  colonel 
in  the  revolution;  died  January,   1806-07      4 
Seth     September    14,    1733;    married    Lydia, 
daughter  of  Jedediah  Southworth.of  Duxburv 
February  7,  1760.    5.  Pavbody,  March  8,  1735  • 
soldier  in  the  revolution  ;  married  Welthea  De- 
lano, of  Kingston,  1760.     6.  Deborah,  August 
i_7.  1738:  niarried  Captain  Melzer  Adams,  of 
Kingston.    7.  Hannah,  July  30,  1740;  married 
Joshua  Stanford,  of  Duxbury,  November  13, 
1774-     8.  Ruth,  July  5,  1743:  married  Elijah 
-Sampson,    of    Duxbury,    September   3,    1761  ; 
died    1812.     g.    Peter,   mentioned  below.      10 
Andrew,  twin  of  Peter,  June  2,  1745;  soldier 
in  the  revolution;  married  Marv  Turner    of 
Pembroke;  died  January  i,  1836' 

(VH)  Peter,  son  of  Gamaliel  Bradford 
was  born  June  2,  1745.  He  married  Abigail 
Loring,  of  Pembroke.  .Among  their  children 
was  Paul  P.,  mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Paul  P.,  son  of  Peter  Bradford,  was 
born  July  14,  1795,  died  October  2,  1865.  He 
settled,  with  his  family,  in  1832,  in  Oswe<^o 
county.  New  York.  He  married  Rhoda  Bab- 
cock.  Children:  Benjamin,  Harriet,  Dudlev 
.\le\-ander,  Jesse,  Abbey. 

(IX)  Alexander,  soii  of  Paul  P.  Bradford 
was  born  in  Rhode  Island,  November  25  i8^g  • 
died  March  i,  1897.  He  was  three  vears  old 
when  the  family  came  to  Oswego  county.  New 
York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Oswego  county,  and  followed  farming  for 
many  years,  at  Volney,  New  York.  He  was 
mterestcd  in  public  affairs,  and  served  the 
town  of  Volney  as  assessor  and  two  terms  as 
highway  commissioner.     In   t886  he  removed 


to  Fulton,  New  York.  He  was  trustee  of  the 
incorporated  village  of  Fulton  and  street  com- 
missioner several  years.  He  was  one  of  the 
charter  members  of  Volney  Grange,  Patrons 
ot  Husbandry,  and  a  faithful  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Republican.  He  married,  February  10, 
1854,  Catharine  Sears,  born  August  20  18?-?' 
daughter  of  Z.  P.  Sears,  descendant  of  Rich- 
ard Sears,  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Cape  Cod. 
Children:   i.  Charles  P.,  born   November   i-j 

^oF'  ^-  -^^"'^  ^■'  ^^y  3.  1858,  died  July  29! 
1884.  3-  Catharine  M.,  April  23,  1862  4 
Ira  A.,  April  i,  1864.  5-  ^Villiam  lesse,  men- 
tioned below. 

(X)  William  Jesse,  son  of  Alexander  Brad- 
ford, was  born  in  Ingalls  Corners,  Oswego 
county.  New  York,  January  11,  1870.  He  was 
educated  in  the  public  schools  and  the  Fulton 
high  school.  He  then  engaged  in  the  sand  and 
gravel  business,  and  has  built  up  a  prosperous 
trade  as  a  general  contractor.  He  has  invested 
considerably  in  real  estate  in  Fulton.  In  poli- 
tics he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Fulton  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
married,  January  21,  1891,  Carrie  Bertha  Por- 
ter, born  in  Fulton,  daughter  of  John  and 
Susanna  Porter,  of  Fulton.  Children:  Nettie 
Susanna,  born  December,  1891 ;  Leonard  Tune 
I.  1897. 

William   Moody,  immigrant  an- 
MOODY     cestor  of  this  family,  was  bom 

in    Wales,    England,    and   came 
from  Ipswich,  Suffolk  county.  Wales,  and  lo- 
cated in  Newbury,  Massachusetts.    He  was  of 
U  elch  ancestry,  and  a  saddler  by  trade,  com- 
ing to  New  England  in  1634.     He  was  admit- 
ted as  a  freeman.  May  6,  i6'3S,  and  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  the  town  of  Newbury.   His 
descendants  have  been  among  the  n}o.st  promi- 
nent men  of  that  town  and  vicinity  to  the  pres- 
ent time.     He  had  a  ninety-two  grant   from 
the  town.     According  to  tradition  he  was  the 
first  to  shoe  oxen.    He  died  October  25,  1673. 
His  widow,  Sarah,  died   [anuary  13,  1672-73. 
Children:  Samuel,  born  in  Wales,  about  1630; 
Rev.  Jo.shua,   about    1632;   Caleb.     The   Rev.' 
Joshua  was  educated  in  Newburv,  and  was  a 
graduate  of  Harvard  College  in  1653.    He  was 
a  minister    in    the    Congregational    church    at 
Portsmouth,   New   Hampshire,   in    1658.     Be- 
cause of  his  refusal  to  administer  the  sacra- 
ment to  two  strangers,  to  him  unknown,  he 
was  thrown  into  prison  by  c^irder  of  Governor 


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Crawford,  where  he  remained  thirteen  weeks, 
when  through  the  influence  of  friends  he  was 
released,  and  went  to  the  "old  Church"  in  Bos- 
ton, where  he  preached  until  i(X)2.  He  had  a 
son  Samuel,  who  was  a  graduate  of  Harvard, 
and  a  renowned  preacher,  who  had  five  sons, 
three  of  whom  were  ministers. 

(I)  David  Moody  was  a  descendant  of  Will- 
iam Moody,  who  immigrated  from  Wales,  and 
is  said  to  have  been  a  son  of  Joshua  Moody,  a 
descendant  of  William,  and  born  in  Essex 
county,  Massachusetts,  May  4,  1778.  He  mar- 
ried Gemima  Bean,  and  removed  to  New 
Hampshire,  and  from  thence  to  Vermont,  and 
from  there  to  Union,  Broome  county.  New 
York,  in  1812.  He  purchased  a  farm  on  Bean 
Hill,  and  followed  farming  during  his  life. 
Children:  i.  Nehemiah,  born  in  Vermont,  in 
1800;  married  Nancy  Rockwell,  at  Union,  had 
a  son  Elisha,  and  several  other  children ;  re- 
moved to  McKean  county,  Pennsylvania,  wMi 
his  family.  2.  Stephen,  bom  in  Vermont,  in 
1801  ;  settled  in  Cortland,  New  York ;  mar- 
ried Charlotte  ;  had  three  sons:   .Mur- 

dette,  Frank  and  Gideon.  3.  Zebina.  born 
1804;  removed  to  Michigan,  and  had  several 
children.  4.  Gemima,  who  married  Josiah  Caf- 
ferty,  and  left  three  children:  Charles  M., 
Milton  T.  and  Albertine.  Charles  M.  had  two 
sons.  Lute  D.  and  Lee  M.  Cafferty  ;  Albertine 
left  no  children,  and  Milton  T.  left  one  daugh- 
ter, Emma  Cafferty.  5.  Hannah.  6.  Sally. 
7.  Abbie,  each  of  whom  were  married,  but  left 
no  descendants.  8.  Charles,  see  forward,  (j. 
John,  born  at  LTnion,  in  1818;  was  an  attorney 
and  resided  in  New  York;  married  (tirst) 
Elizabeth  Steele,  and  had  one  daughter,  Jennie, 
who  married  Frederick  Goeller,  and  has  sev- 
eral children.  His  first  wife  died  1870,  and  he 
married  (second)  Margaret  Goeller,  by  whom 
he  had  two  sons,  John  and  Milo.  who  reside  in 
New  York. 

(II)  Charles,  son  of  David  Moody,  was 
born  April  8,  1808,  in  Vermont,  and  he  re- 
moved, in  1812,  with  his  father  to  Union,  New 
York.  He  received  a  common  school  educa- 
tion, and,  for  a  number  of  years,  was  engaged 
in  farming  and  lumbering  at  Union,  New 
York,  where  he  married,  January  i,  1838, 
Amanda,  daughter  of  George  Keeler,  who 
came  from  Connecticut,  and  Elizabeth  (Smith) 
Keeler,  who  came  from  Dutchess  county,  New 
York,  who  had  several  other  children.  Charles 
Moody  and  his  wife  removed  from  Union, 
New  York,  to  Spencer,  New  York,  in   1862, 


where  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  resided 
until  his  death,  in  1891.  He  was  a  long  time 
member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church, 
and  one  of  its  officers,  and  one  of  the  principal 
persons  who  had  charge  of  the  erection  of  the 
first  Methodist  Episcopal  church  in  the  village 
of  Union,  causing  the  same  to  be  built.  Chil- 
dren, all  born  at  Union,  New  York:  i.  Edwin 
C,  see  forward.  2.  Harriet  A.,  married  Mar- 
shall  Sweetlove,   and  has  no  living  children. 

3.  William  H.,  born  May  20,  1848;  married 
Ella  Sullivan,  and  they  had  three  children :  L. 
Dwight,  born  1874,  died  June,  1910;  Fred  C. 
born  1876,  died  1888;  Raymond,  born  1885. 
an  attorney  at  law,  and  resides  in   Brooklyn. 

4.  Charles  E.,  born  b'ebruary  22,  1850;  mar- 
ried Dean  Hutchins,  and  resides  at  Sayer, 
Pennsylvania ;  has  three  living  children,  Mau- 
rice, May  and  Floyd.  5.  Julia  K.,  born  Sep- 
tember, 1855  :  married  Rev.  Isaac  B.  Wilson, 
has  one  daughter,  Ruth.  They  reside  at  Spen- 
cer, New  York. 

( III )  Edwm  C,  son  of  Charles  Moody,  was 
born  in  Union,  New  York,  November  4,  1838. 
He  was  educated  at  the  public  schools,  and  at 
an  academy  at  Union,  New  York.  He  began 
the  study  of  law  in  1858,  in  the  office  of  his 
tmcle,  John  Moody,  in  the  city  of  New  York, 
and  attended  the  New  York  L^niversity  Law 
School,  where  he  was  graduated  in  April,  1861, 
and  the  degree  of  LL.  B.  was  conferred  upon 
him  by  the  university,  and  he  was  admitted  in 
the  supreme  court  in  New  York,  in  May,  1861. 
as  an  attorney  and  counselor.  It  was  in  the 
midst  of  the  civil  war,  and  he  opened  a  law 
office  in  the  village  of  Union,  New  York,  and 
commenced  the  practice  of  law  at  that  place,  in 
July,  1861.  He  was  engaged  in  the  enlisting 
of  men  for  tlie  service,  and  as  deputy  provost 
marshal!  in  the  enrollment  of  men  preparatory 
to  a  draft.  During  the  winters  of  1861-62-63 
he  taught  school  at  Union.  He  was  town  clerk 
of  Union  in  1865-66.  and  supervisor  of  the 
town  of  Union  "for  eight  years  after  1866. 
chairman  of  the  board  of  supervisors  in  the 
years  1870-74-75;  in  1877  he  was  a  member 
of  assembly  from  Broome  county.  Removed 
from  Union  to  Binghamton  in  1877,  and,  from 
1861  to  the  present  time,  engaged  in  practicing 
law  in  Broome  county  general  business,  and 
was  county  attorney  from  August,  1907,  to 
January,  1910.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Calumet  Lodge,  Odd 
Fellows,  and  of  the  Binghamton  Club. 

He    married    (first),    November    26.    1862. 


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Helen  D.,  burn  July  i6,  1840,  daughter  of  Ste- 
plien  and  Maria  (Powers)  W'lieeler.  She  died 
in  June,  1879,  and  he  married  (second),  at 
Canastota.  New  York,  August  12,  1885,  Sadie 
A.,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Elizabeth  Clow. 
Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Edith  S.,  born  Octo- 
ber I,  1866;  married  Rev.  E.  I".  Hallenbeck; 
children :  Wilbur  C.  and  Margaret.  2.  Carrie, 
born  1867,  married  Henry  S.  W'aldron.  and 
had  Helen  and  Gladys  Waldron.  4.  Edwin 
H.,  born  May  3,  1879,  graduate  of  Hamilton 
College,  afterwards  from  New  York  Law 
School,  1902;  admitted  as  an  attorney  aild 
counselor  at  law  in  supreme  court,  1905 ;  now 
in  partnership  with  his  father.  Child  of  sec- 
ond wife:  5.  Mildred  E.,  born  March  29,  1895. 


John  Alexander  was  an 
ALEXANDER  early  settler  at  Cambridge, 
Massachusetts,  and  was 
active  in  the  movement  to  have  the  town  of 
Newton  set  off  and  incorporated.  He  died  at 
Newton,  December  i,  1696.  He  appears  to 
have  been  in  New  Hampshire  in  1686,  and  in 
Groton,  Massachusetts,  in  i6gi.     He  married 

Beatrice .    Three  children  are  recorded 

in  the  Newton  printed  records :  IMartha,  born 
July  16,  1668;  Deliverance,  January  5,  167 1  ; 
Elizabeth. 

(H)  Joseph  Alexander,  believed  to  be  son 
of  John  .Alexander,  was  at  Alendon  as  early  as 
1736.  A  deed  recorded  at  Worcester  sliows 
that  John  Alexander,  of  Worcester,  bought 
land  at  Mendon,  April  23,  1736,  and  was  then 
of  Mendon,  as  shown  by  Deed  Book  33,  p.  367, 
Worcester  records.  Joseph  died  intestate,  at 
Mendon,  in  1753.  His  inventory  was  dated 
May  5,  1753,  and  his  widow  Sarah  was  ap- 
pointed administratrix,  May  10,  1754.  Their 
son  William  was  born  in  1745;  as  shown  by 
the  nomination  of  his  mother  as  his  guardian, 
on  October  27,  1762,  when  he  was  seventeen 
years  of  age.  There  were  doubtless  other  chil- 
dren. 

(HI)  William,  son  of  Joseph  Alexander, 
was  born  at  Mendon,  in  1745.  He  settled  in 
the  adjacent  town  of  I'pton.  W'orcester  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts,  and  died  there,  February 
[9,  1817.  His  will  was  dated  March  13,  1813, 
bef|ucathing  to  wife  Sarah  and  children —  Eze- 
kiel,  William,  Daniel  (mentioned  below),  Jo- 
seph and  r.eonard.  William  married,  October 
9,  1804,  Anna  Campbell,  of  Worcester;  child, 
tlliza,  bom  at  Shrewsbury,  June  30,  1807. 
Ezekiel  lived  at  Upton,  where  he  died  August 


15, 1840,  aged  sixty  years;  married,  about  1803, 
ThirzaWheelock,of  Mendon  (.intentions  March 
15,  1803),  and  she  died  November  15,  1840, 
aged  sixty.  Leonard  married  (intentions  dated 
March  9,  1809)   Sarah  Rhodes. 

(IV)  Daniel,  son  of  William  Alexander, 
was  born  at  Mendon  or  L'pton,  about  1775. 
He  is  said  to  have  lived  at  Cambridge  and  Wor- 
cester, Massachusetts,  and,  when  a  young  boy, 
was  doubtless  educated  and  brought  up  in 
Upton.  About  181 7  he  came  to  New  York 
state,  after  a  short  sojourn  in  Vermont,  and 
his  brothers,  William,  Leonard  and  Joseph, 
came   to  the   same   section.      He   married,   at 

Upton,    February   18,    1796,   Hannah   . 

Children,  born  at  Upton:  Augusta,  September 
23,  1797.  married  Peleg  Arnold:  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Jacob  Schermerhorn ;  Electa,  married 
David  Pratt ;  Leonard,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Leonard,  son  of  Daniel  .Alexander, 
was  born  at  Bennington,  Vermont,  in  1803; 
died  in  Cortland,  New  York,  November  20, 
1887.  About  1817  he  came,  with  his  parents, 
to  Cortland  county.  New  York,  and  located 
at  East  Homer.  He  cleared  a  tract  of  wild 
land,  when  a  young  man,  and  should  be  count- 
ed among  the  pioneers  of  the  town.  Eventu- 
ally he  became  possessed  of  a  farm  of  one 
hundred  and  ninety-seven  acres,  and  he  gave 
his  attention  to  general  farming  until  he  re- 
tired from  active  labor,  and  came  to  Cortland 
to  make  his  home  with  his  daughter,  Orissa 
A.,  there  spending  his  declining  years.  He 
was,  at  one  time,  commissioner  of  highways, 
and  held  various  other  positions  of  trust.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Republican,  in  religion  a 
Methodist.  He  married  Melvina  Miner,  of 
Homer,  born  1808,  died  1878,  daughter  of 
Asahel  and  Rhoda  (Keep)  Minor.  Children, 
born  at  Homer:  Louisa  Nelton,  .April  5,  1833; 
Morris  La  Grange,  July  27,  1834;  Orissa 
-Aurelia,  June  21,  1836;  Melvin  L.,  mentioned 
below;  Irving,  June  12,  1839,  died  March  i, 
1908;  Hartley  Keep,  March  28.  1841,  died 
1849;  V'innie  Amanda.  July  16.  1843;  Frank 
F.,  November  14,  1848,  died  March  6,  1892; 
William  II.,  May  18,  1853.  resides  in  Chicago, 
Illinois. 

(VI)  Melvin  L.,  son  of  Leonard  Alexander, 
was  born  in  East  Homer,  January  14,  1838, 
and  is  now  living  in  McGraw,  New  York.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  district  schools  of 
his  native  town.  He  followed  farming  as  a 
youth  and  young  man.  After  leaving  home 
he  followed  farming  on  his  own  account  until 


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1890,  at  Cortlandville.  making  a  specialty  of 
his  dairy.  For  a  number  of  years  he  had  an 
insurance  agency  in  Cortland.  Since  1905  he 
has  made  his  home  at  McGraw,  New  York, 
and  is  retired.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican  ;  in 
religion  a  Methodist.  He  married,  December 
16,  i860,  Nancy  M.  Barber,  of  Caton,  Steuben 
county.  New  York,  born  February  10,  1842, 
daughter  of  Ephraim  and  Betsey  Barber.  Cliil- 
dren :  i.  Minnie,  born  December  12,  1S61  ; 
married  \V.  C.  Taylor,  of  Syracuse.  2.  ?\Iary 
L.,  born  .\pril  20,  1864:  married  Frank  \\'., 
Hendee,  of  McGraw.  3.  Hartley  Keep,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Rolland  L.,  born  July  19, 
i86g;  now  with  the  Empire  Corset  Company. 
5.  Stephen  D.,  born  November  15,  1871  ;  assist- 
ant superintendent  of  the  Empire  Corset  Com- 
pany;  married  Elva  Town.  6.  Maggie  S.,  born 
.\pril  23,  1874,  (lied  February  11,  1891.  7.  Mil- 
dred A.,  born  October  18,  1876:  married  C. 
Pearl  Gecr,  of  McGraw.  8.  Mattie  O..  born 
.March  3,  1879.  9.  Frank  L.,  born  December  i9, 
1881  ;  stenographer  and  bookkeeper  w'ith  the 
[empire  Corset  Company.  10.  Maud  Ethel,  born 
September  21,  1886:  married  Arthur  B.  Day,  of 
Buffalo,  New  York,  city  passenger  agent  of 
Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  Railroad 
Company. 

(\''II)  Hartley  Keep,  son  of  Melvin  L. 
Alexander,  was  born  at  East  Homer,  New 
York,  May  31,  18A6.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools,  and  at  the  State  Normal 
School,  at  Cortland,  and  Allen's  Business  Col- 
lege, at  Elmira,  New  Y'ork.  For  a  time  he 
taught  school  in  Steuben  county,  New  York, 
and  then  was,  for  some  years,  bookkeeper  for 
Hopkins  Brothers,  of  Cortland.  In  1888  he 
came  to  McGraw,  New  Y'ork,  and  was  em- 
ployed as  bookkeeper  by  P.  H.  AIcGraw  & 
Sons,  corset  manufacturers,  remaining  in  this 
position  until  1901.  He  left  to  become  vice- 
president  and  treasurer  of  the  Empire  Corset 
Company,  of  which  he  was  one  of  the  organ- 
izers, and  he  has  held  these  offices  since  that 
time.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  For 
three  years  he  was  president  of  the  incor- 
porated village  of  McGraw.  He  is  a  trustee  of 
the  high  school,  and  member  of  the  board  of 
water  commissioners  of  the  village  of  McGraw 
and  a  director  in  the  Cortland  Savings  &  Loan 
Association. 

He  married.  June  24,  1890,  Hattie  May 
Warren,  of  McGraw,  born  May  3. 1867,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  Benjamin  and  Sarah  .A.  (Jones) 


Warren.     They  have  one  child,  Warren  Ken- 
neth, born   March   13.   1897. 


Probably  the  earliest  record  of  the 
I'.VGE  Page  family  was  in  1151  to  11 57, 
when  John  de  Pagham  was  the 
fourth  L'.ishop  of  Worcester,  England.  Pag- 
ham, Pagenham,  and  Pageham,  are  the  same 
names,  the  spelling  being  changed  gradually 
in  the  records  until  it  became  I'age  of  Page- 
ham,  and  finally  Page. 

About  1600,  Sir  Gregory  Page,  Knight,  had 
sons  who  came  to  .America.  Sir  Gregory  Page, 
created  baronet  December  3,  1714,  of  Green- 
wich, Kent,  England,  was  his  son ;  the  baro- 
netcy became  extinct  August  4,  1774.  Their 
coat-of-arms  was:  .A.zure,  a  fesse  indented  be- 
tween three  martlets  or,  sometimes  or  and  azure. 
Crest:  .\  demi-horse  per  pole  danccttee  (or 
and  azure).  Many  branches  of  the  family  in 
l-'ngland  have  used  this  coat-of-arms,  and  it 
may  have  been  a  late ,  grant  to  the  baronets. 
The  arms  give  distinct  proof  that  the  Page  and 
Pagenham  families  were  the  same,  for  there  is 
no  other  form  given.  Sir  Hugo,  Knight,  must 
have  had  arms,  and  William  the  Crusader, 
1271,  at  the  time  of  the  last  Crusade,  also  must 
have  had  arms,  so  they  were  evidently  record- 
ed as  Pagenham,  for  their  coats-of-arms.  About 
1310,  in  the  time  of  Edward  II..  the  coat-of- 
arms  of  Sire  Edmon  de  Pagenham  (Pagan- 
ham  or  Pakenham)  and  later  of  John  de  Pag- 
enham, were:  Quarterly  or  and  gules  (gold 
and  red  )  in  the  first  quarter,  an  eagle  display- 
ed vert  :  mantling  or  and  gules.  Crest:  Out  of  a 
mural  crown  or,  a  demi  eagle  gules.  On  one 
banner  is  ]ilaced  the  same  coat-of-arms  as  on 
the  family  flag,  and  on  another  is  ]>laced  that 
branch  of  Pagenham  called  Page,  or  Paige,  of 
Devonshire,  England.  These  arms  were:  Ar- 
gent a  bend  between  three  eagles  displayed  all 
sable.  Crest :  .\n  eagle  ermine.  To  this  fam- 
ily belonged  Nicholas  Paige,  of  Rumney  Marsh, 
colonel  of  the  Second  Regiment  of  Foot,  Suf- 
folk county,  Massachusetts,  1717.  He  came 
from  Plymouth,  Devonshire.  England,  in  1665, 
anrl  used  a  demi-eagle  instead  of  eagle  ermine, 
for  his  crest. 

Deacon  Robert  Page  married  Lucia . 

and  came  from  Ormsby.  Yorkshire,  England, 
or  near  by,  to  Massachusetts.  Their  daughter 
married  in  1(162.  Francis  Page,  of  Bedford, 
England.  1 504-1678,  had  a  son.  Colonel  John 
Page,  (if  Williamsburg.  \'irginia.  who  was  horn 


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at  Bedford,  1627,  and  died  in  1692.  Colonel 
Page  was  a  member  of  the  Virginia  colonial 
council.  He  married,  1656,  Alice,  daughter  of 
Lucky,  of  Essex.  He  was  created  a  baronet. 
The  foregoing  matter  pertaining  to  the  early 
history  and  heraldry  of  the  family  was  furnish- 
ed for  this  work  by  Emmett  D.  Page,  274  Gates 
avenue,  Brooklyn,  New  York. 

(I)  Asa  Page,  from  one  of  the  early  .\mcr- 
ican  immigrants  of  the  Page  family,  settled  in 
Litchfield  county,  Connecticut.  According  to 
the  first  federal  census,  taken  in  1790,  Asa 
Page,  of  Litchfield  county,  had  three  sons  under 
sixteen  and  three  females  in  his  family.  .  He 
was  probably  born  as  early  as  1745.  At  the 
same  tiine  and  in  the  same  locality  there  was 
according  to  the  same  authority  an  Asa  Page 
(2d).  The  fact  that  he  was  called  2d  tends 
to  show  that  there  was  a  third  Asa  Page  at 
some  time,  and  that  the  father  may  have  been 

Asa  Jr.     Asa   Page  married   Eunice  . 

Between  1790  and  1792  both  Asa  Page  and 
his  son  Asa  removed  to  Whitney  Point,  Broome 
county,  New  York.  The  old  homestead  there 
on  Page  Brook  is  now  owned  by  Orlan  T. 
Page.  Dr.  Page  writes  of  Asa  Page  and  Asa 
('2d)  :  "Both  of  these  Asa  Pages  were  buried 
just  north  of  where  the  widow  of  Sherman 
r^age  now  lives  in  a  meadow  above  Whitney's 
Point,  then  used  as  a  burial  plot.  It  overlooks 
tlie  valley  of  the  Otsclic  river.  This  land  is  on 
what  is  now  known  as  the  David  Allcrton 
farm.  About  i860  Allerton  removed  the  stones 
and  plowed  up  the  plot,  after  asking  Sherman 
Page,  a  son  of  Asa  (2d)  to  share  in  the  ex- 
pense of  removing  the  bodies  to  the  cemetery 
at  Lisle,  New  York,  two  miles  distant.  The 
bodies  were  finally  removed  by  Allerton  and 
the  stones  are  now  scattered.  Many  of  the 
Page  family  were  buried  there.  On  one  of  the 
old  stones  these  words  were  inscribed  : 

".Afflictions  sore  long  time  I  bore, 

Phy.sicians  were  in  vain; 
'Til  God  was  pleased  to  give  me  ease, 

And  free  me  from  my  Pain." 

.'\sa  Page  ( ist)  desired  to  be  buried  there,  so 
that  when  the  last  trumpet  sounded  "he  could 
rise  up  and  at  the  resurrection  could  overlook 
the  river  and  meadows  thereof."  Dr.  Page  re- 
members seeing  the  graves  when  a  child,  and 
recalls  the  locations.  Tie  says  the  stones  are 
piled  up  around  the  place  of  burial  or  used  for 
doorsteps  to  a  barn.  His  inother  related  to 
him  much  of  the  family  history  preserved  here. 


as  written  down  at  the  time  uf  her  death  in 
1901. 

Children  of  Asa  and  Eunice  Page  :  Solomon, 
Calvin  and  Luther,  died  early ;  John,  mention- 
ed below  :  Asa  (2d  ),  married  Hannah  L.  Faulk- 
ner, a  native  of  Scotland,  and  lived  in  Litch- 
field county,  Connecticut,  and  Broome  county, 
New  York ;  and  earlier  on  Long  Island  Sound, 
in  Connecticut.  (Dr.  Page  writes  that  his 
mother's  mother,  Anna  Page,  a  daughter  of 
.\sa  Page  (2d),  visited  the  old  home  in  Con- 
necticut when  she  was  seven  years  old,  and  she 
used  to  tell  of  her  impressions  and  how  she 
thought  the  Sound  was  the  ocean.  It  was  in 
the  Leet  or  Leete  district).  Children  of  Asa 
(2(1)  :  Rufus,  of  Olean,  New  York,  father  of 
State   Senator   Charles    Page,   of   New   York 

City;  Lewis;  Sherman;  Lucy,  married 

Thurston;  Anna  Page  (grandmother  of  Dr. 
Page),  and  Clara  Page.  Polly  Page  was  the 
third  surviving  child  of  Asa  (ist). 

(II)  John,  son  of  Asa  Page,  was  born  in 
Coimecticut,  and  came  with  his  father  to 
liroome  county.  New  York,  about  1792.  Dr. 
Page  says  the  remnants  of  the  old  log  house 
that  he  built  in  1792  are  still  visible,  and  he  re- 
members John  Page,  who  died  in  1856,  and  is 
buried  at  Copper  Lisle,  New  York.  Dr.  Page 
says  that  about  1792-95  John  used  to  go  by 
canoe  to  Binghamton  with  the  wheat  for  mak- 
ing fl(5ur,  down  the  Otselic  river  to  Chenango 
Forks,  where  it  joined  another  stream,  and 
while  he  was  away  on  these  long  trips,  his 
wife  stayed  at  home  to  protect  the  live  stock 
from  wild  beasts,  herself  living  in  a  log  cabin 
with  a  curtain  in  place  of  a  door  at  first.  He 
married,  in  Connecticut,  Rachel  Perrin.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Laura,  married  Benjamin  Hodges; 
their  only  surviving  son,  Alexander,  is  still 
living  on  Page  Brook,  on  the  homestead,  aged 

about  eighty-two  years.    2.  Sally,  married 

Ashley,  of  Chicago.  3.  Solomon,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Irene.  5.  Calvin.  6.  Elmira,  mar- 
ried Cyrus  Coy.  7.  Luther,  father  of  Orlan 
Page,  of  Whitney's  Point,  New  York.  8. 
Rhoda.  9.  Asa,  father  of  Dr.  Emmett  D. 
Page,  of  Brooklyn.   10.  Lavinia.   ii.JohnOrin. 

(  HI)  .Solomon,  son  of  John  Page,  was  born 
in  Triangle,  or  Whitney  Point,  New  York,  and 
died  in  Crecne,  New  York,  Tuly  9,  1886.  He 
married,  July  8,  1828,  Eliza  Coy,  who  was  born 
in  Connecticut,  December  28,  1805,  and  died 
at  Whitney's  Point,  September  2.  1886.  Chil- 
dren:  t.  Cyrus,  born  January  10,  1830:  died 
A])ril    24.    1905.      2.    Ransnni    D.,    mentioned 


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below.  3.  Almira  L.,  born  October  22,  1833; 
died  October  15.  1863.  4.  Maryette,  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1838;  died  Uecember  6,  1902.  5. 
Albert,  born  March  4,  1843;  ^''-'d  ^iay  9,  1910. 

(IV)  Ransom  D.,  son  of  Solomon  I'age. 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Triangle,  Broome 
county,  New  York,  at  the  liomestead  on  Page 
Brook,  April  11,  1832,  and  died  at  W'hitne) 
Point,  New  York,  April  20,  1886.  lie  was  a 
farmer  and  dealer  in  eggs,  butter  and  other 
farm  produce.  During  all  his  active  life  he 
resided  in  his  native  town,  and  took  a  keen 
interest  in  its  affairs  and  welfare.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Baptist,  and  a  trustee  of  the  church 
many  j-ears.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 
He  married.  November  18,  1847,  at  Barker, 
New  York,  Lydia  A.  Boynton,  born  in  Tri- 
angle, New  York,  died  in  (Ireene,  New  York. 
February  id,  1902,  daugliter  of  George  and 
Eliza  (Walworth)  Boynton.  Children;  i. 
.'Xrthur  W.,  born  .August  11,  i860;  died  No- 
vember 24.  1904,  a  produce  dealer,  owning 
several  creameries  in  Whitney's  Point  and 
vicinity :  married,  August  26,  1890,  Ida  M. 
Wright,  of  Maine.  Broome  county,  and  had 
one  son,  Rutherford  E.,  born  September  21. 
1897.    -■  Erford  Lydcll.  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Erford  Lydell,  son  of  Ransom  D.  Page. 
was  born  in  the  ti)wn  of  Triangle,  New  York. 
May  8,  1863.  He  attended  the  iniblic  schools 
and  Whitney  Point  .-\cademy  and  Cornell 
University.  In  1886  he  engaged  in  business  as 
a  merchant  in  the  town  of  Greene,  where  he 
has  resided  since  then.  He  conducted  a  gen- 
eral store  for  fifteen  years.  In  1896  be  found- 
ed the  I'age  Seed  Company,  of  which  lie  is 
president  and  general  manager.  The  business 
was  incorporated  in  1902.  It  has  flourished 
from  the  first,  and  grown  to  large  pn.iportions. 
The  first  building  t)f  the  new  plant  was  erected 
in  1905,  and  since  then  several  others  have 
been  built.  Mr.  Page  is  president  of  the  Chen- 
ango Hotel  Company;  secretary  of  the  Board 
of  Trade  of  Greene,  and  was  formerly  presi- 
dent of  the  American  Seed  Trade  .Association. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  been 
president  of  the  incorporated  village  of  Greene. 
He  is  a  trustee  and  a  prominent  member  of 
the  Congregational  church  of  Greene. 

He  married.  May  9,  1889,  Cornelia  Jennette 
Russell,  of  Greene,  daughter  of  William  Fred- 
erick and  Cornelia  Juhel  (Juliand)  Russell. 
Children:  i.  Ethel,  born  May  9,  1894;  died 
April  14.  1895.  -■  Joseph  Russell,  born  May 
7,  1897.     3.  Lyman  Arthur,  born  June  4,  i()02. 


Edward  Nash  was  born  in  Lancas- 
.\ ASll     ler,  Lancashire,  England,  in  1592, 
during  the  reign  of  Queen  Eliza- 
beth,    lie  had  sons  Edward,  mentioned  below, 
and  John. 

(11)  Edward  (2),  .son  of  Edward  ( i )  Nash, 
was  tlie  immigrant  ancestor,  and  was  born  in 
Lancaster,  England,  in  1623.  He  came  to 
.\merica  about  1650  to  Stratford,  and  within  a 
year  settled  at  Xorwalk,  Connecticut,  on  a  lot 
which  he  bought  of  Mark  St.  John,  situated 
where  the  present  luist  Xorwalk  sc1h)o1  now 
stands,  lie  died  here  in  1699.  He  was  a 
farmer,  and  a  tanner,  keeping  his  vat  on  Mill 
Brook.  He  married  the  widow  of  Thomas 
ISarlow,  of  Fairfielil;  slie  was  also  widow  of 
Thomas  Rumble,  of  ."Stratford,  and  probably 
was  the  daughter  nf  Thomas  Sherwood,  of 
h'airfield.  She  had  a  child,  Picrtlia  Rumble,  by 
her  first  husliand;  by  second  iiushand,  Mary 
and  Phcbe  Barlow,  and  children  by  Edward 
Nash:  John,  mentioned  below;  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Deliverance  Wakeley,  1678. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Edward  (2)  Xash,  was 
born  in  X<irwalk,  in  1652,  and  is  said  to  have 
been  the  first  English  male  child  born  there. 
He  was  a  farmer  in  Norwalk.  lie  married 
Mary  P.arlow,  daughter  of  his  stepmother,  and 
she  died  Sejitenibcr  2,  171  1.  Children:  John, 
mentioned   below;    .Xatlian,   boiMi    lanuarv   26, 

lf)<J2-3. 

(  I\")  John  (2  ).  son  of  John  (  1  )  Xash,  was 
horn  in  .Xoiwalk.  Connecticut,  December  25, 
1C188,  and  died  there  in  1769.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married.  May  14.  1709.  Abigail  Blakeley. 
Children:  Edward;  Mary;  John;  Nathan-; 
Abraham,  mentioned  below;  Micajah;  Sam- 
uel; ,\bigail ;  Ebenezer  ;  Mercy. 

(\')  .Vbraham,  son  of  John  (2)  Xash,  was 
born  in  Norwalk,  October  10,  1718,  and  died  at 
Ridgefield,  Connecticut.  June  24.  i8oi.  He  re- 
moved there  in  1748.  and  owned  a  large  farm 
in  the  southern  jjart  of  the  town,  lie  was  a 
member  <.if  the  Presbyterian  church  at  first, 
but  later  joined  the  Congregational  church. 
He  married,  November  21,  1738,  Rhoda  Keel- 
er.  granddaughter  of  John  Keeler,  who  mar- 
ried. June  18,  1C179,  Mehital)]e.  daughter  of 
John  Rockwell;  their  son.  John  Jr..  born  De- 
cember 2fi.  1682,  married,  April  19,  1710. 
Rhoda  Hoyt.  Children,  resided  at  Ridgefield: 
.\bigail ;  .\braham,  mentioned  below;  Phcbe : 
Isaac;  John;  Samuel;  Jacob,  married  August 
30,  1751.  Freelove  Keeler;  Rhoda;  Mehitable: 
Ezra;  fonathan  ;  Riah, 


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(\"I)  .Vbraham  (2),  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
Nash,  was  born  at  Norwalk,  November  7, 
1740,  and  died  at  Ridgefield,  November  iX, 
1821.  He  was  eight  years  of  age  when  he 
went  to  Ridgefield  with  his  parents.  [It  was 
a  farmer.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congregation- 
alist.  He  married,  November  17,  1792,  a  Aliss 
( )lmstead.  Children  :  Daniel,  mentioned  below  : 
Sarah;  Jared  ;  I'hebe;  Samuel  ( ). :  .Xbraham  ; 
.\biel ;  Abraham. 

(VH)  Daniel,  son  of  .Miraliam  (2)  Nasli, 
was  born  in  Ridgefield,  November  24,  \/(\^. 
and  died  in  Uutternnts,  Otsego  county.  New 
York,  October  5,  1844.  He  removed  there 
about  1805.  He  married,  .\i)ril  30,  1783.  Olive, 
born  .'\pril  5,  1766,  died  (  )ctol:)er  24,  1840, 
daughter  of  I'^liakim  Nash.  Daniel  Nash 
served  in  the  revolution.  Children :  David, 
born  November  10,  1783,  died  March  22,  i860, 
was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of  1812 ;  Dorcas,  born 
February  22,  1787,  married  Nathan  Gray; 
.Sarah,  born  May  3,  179S,  died  August  10, 
icSoi  ;  Harvey  O.,  mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Harvey  Olmstead,  son  of  Daniel 
Nash,  was  born  in  Ridgefield,  January  i,  1804, 
and  died  January  11,  1875,  at  Har])ersville. 
Broome  county,  New  York.  He  was  brought 
to  New  York  state  by  his  parents  when  a 
young  child.  He  was  a  miller  and  a  farmer. 
For  many  years  he  lived  at  Butternuts,  where 
his  children  were  all  born,  and  he  later  re- 
moved to  Guilford,  New  York,  and  then  to 
Harpersville,  where  he  died.  He  married,  1839, 
Eliza  A.,  daughter  of  Lenniel  Merchant ;  she 
was  born  May  31,  iHo'),  in  Danbury,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  July  16,  1886,  in  ("luilford. 
New  York.  Children :  Elizabeth  O..  born 
July  25,  1840,  married  (first)  Joseph  Thurs- 
ton, (second)  W.  S.  I'sher,  of  Kingston,  On- 
tario; William  O.,  born  Alarch  0,  T842,  lives  in 
Guilford;  Martin  M.,  mentioned  below;  Ellen 
M.,  born  May  31,  1845,  married  William  1!. 
Harvey,  of  (niilford:  Gould,  born  b'ebruary 
23,  1847,  merchant,  lives  in  Eagle  River,  Wis- 
consin;  I'hebe  A.,  born  .August  30,  1848,  mar- 
ried Oliver  C.  Bentlv,  lives  in  Gilbertville,  New 
^'ork. 

(IX)  Martin  Marvin,  son  of  llarvey  ( ). 
.\asli,  was  born  in  llnttt'rnuts,  .New  ^'ork,  Octo- 
ber 9,  1843,  and  died  in  Kingston,  New  York, 
.April  27,  1905.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of  wheel- 
wright and  wagon  builder  and  for  many  years 
was  in  business  making  wagons  and  carriages 
at  Guilford,  New  York.     He  was  a  soldier  in 


the  civil  war,  serving  in  Company  F,  Eighty- 
ninth  Regiment  New  York  Volunteer  Militia, 
and  took  part  in  the  battles  of  Antietam,  Cold 
Harbor  and  Gettysburg,  besides  other  less  im- 
portant actions.  Through  most  of  his  three 
years  and  a  half  of  service  he  was  attached 
to  the  hospital  corps.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  was  an  active  and  faithful  mem- 
ber of  the  Methodist  Episcopal  church.  He 
married,  October  17,  1867,  Lucinda  R.  Bentley, 
a  native  of  Guilford,  daughter  of  Charles  H. 
and  llaimah  (.Main)  ISentley.  Children: 
Charles  ( l(_iuld,  mentioned  below;  May  Eliza- 
beth, died  in  childhood :  Paschal  .Andrew,  born 
in  the  town  of  (juilford,  married  Susie  Root, 
of  (niilfiird,  and  had  Luella  and  Harry. 

(  -X  )  Charles  Cionld,  son  of  .Martin  Marvin 
.Xash,  was  born  in  Guilford,  Chenango  county, 
New  York,  February  8,  1869.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  tinsmith.  After 
working  ten  years  as  apprentice  and  journey- 
man at  his  trafle,  in  1896  he  engaged  in  busi- 
ness as  partner  in  the  firm  of  King  &  Nash, 
tinsmiths  and  plumbers.  .At  the  end  of  three 
years  the  firm  was  dissolved  and  Mr.  Nash 
continued  the  business  alone  for  the  next 
eleven  years.  In  1910  he  admitted  a  partner, 
and  since  then  the  business  has  been  carried 
on  by  the  firm  of  Nash  &  Robinson.  Mr.  Nash 
is  a  director  of  the  Chenango  Agricultural  So- 
cietv.  He  has  taken  a  keen  interest  in  jniblic 
atifairs,  and  has  been  trustee  of  the  incorpo- 
rated village  of  Norwich,  and  is  at  the  present 
time  supervisor  of  the  town.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Republican,  and  was  the  choice  of  his  party 
as  candidate  f<ir  county  treasurer  of  Chenango 
county  at  the  fall  election  ,(1911),  taking 
seat  of  office  January  i,  1912.  He  is  vice- 
president  of  the  Alert  Hose  Company,  and  an 
influential  member  of  the  Norwich  Fire  De- 
partment. He  is  a  member  of  Norwich  Lodge, 
No.  302,  I<"ree  Masons ;  of  Harmony  Chapter, 
Royal  Arch  Masons,  No.  151  ;  Norwich  Com- 
mandery.  No.  146,  Knights  Templar;  Ziyara 
Temjile.  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Utica,  New  York ; 
of  Canasawacta  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows;  Nor- 
wich Castle,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of  Norwich; 
Perlee  Camp,  Sons  of  Veterans,  of  Norwich, 
and  Norwich  Lodge,  Benevolent  and  Protect- 
ive Order  of  Elks. 

He  married,  July  6,  1893,  Jennie  Davis,  born 
at  Crossville,  Tennessee,  daughter  of  William 
and  Rachel  (Collins)  Davis.  Her  father  was 
burn  in   I"rankfort-on-Main,  German v,  son  of 


NEW  Y(JKK, 


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Hans  \  on  Debis,  an  officer  in  the  German 
army,  afterward  a  noted  jjliysician,  who  came 
to  America  about  1849  and  located  at  Little 
Falls,  New  York,  afterward  in  Utica,  New 
York,  where  he  died.  The  name  was  angli- 
cized in  spelling  to  Davis.  Air.  and  Mrs.  Nash 
iiave  one  son,  Edward,  born  July  26,  1897,  and 
one  adopted  son,  John  Nash. 


Captain  Thomas  llrooks,  the  im- 
I'.  1\( )(  )1\S     migrant  ancestor,  is  said  to  have 

come  from  Suffolk,  England, 
and  settled  fir^t  at  Watertown,  Mas.sachusetts, 
where  he  had  a  lot  assigned  him  in  1631.  He 
was  made  a  freeman  December  7,  if^;^6,  and 
soon  after  this  moved  to  Concord,  Massachu- 
setts. In  Watertown  he  had  grants  of  land 
along  Reaver  Brook  in  1636.  At  Concord  he 
was  elected  constable  by  the  general  court,  De- 
cember 4,  1 638,  and  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court  for  six  years.  He  was  captain  of  the 
Concord  company,  and  held  other  offices,  as 
assessor,  or  "appraiser  of  horses,  cattle,  etc., 
for  the  purjiose  of  taxing."  Pie  was  also  ap- 
pointed a  special  officer  to  prevent  drunken- 
ness among  Indians.  He  was  granted  the  right 
of  carrying  on  fur  trade  at  Concord,  for  the 
sum  of  five  pounds.  He  was  a  leading  citizen 
of  his  time.  His  wife,  Grace,  died  May  12, 
1664,  and  he  died  intestate.  May  21,  1667.  An 
agreement  among  his  heirs  was  signed  at  the 
probate  office,  June  17,  1667,  by  Joshua 
Brooks,  Captain  Timothy  Wheeler,  husband  of 
Mary  Brooks,  Caleb  and  Gershom  Brooks. 
Children:  Mary,  died  October  4,  1693;  Han- 
nah, Joshua,  mentioned  below  ;  Caleb,  hi  irn 
1632 ;  Gershom.     Perhaps  other  children. 

(H)  Joshua,  son  of  Ca])tain  Thcjmas 
iirooks,  was  born  about  1630,  probably  in 
England.  He  married,  October  17,  1653,  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Captain  Hugh  Mason.  He 
was  a  tanner  by  trade,  and  settled  in  that 
part  of  Concord  which  was  later  Lincoln.  He 
was  ancestor  of  nearly  all  of  the  name  in  Con- 
cord and  Lincoln,  and  three  generations  have 
in  succession  held  the  office  of  deacon  in  the 
church  at  Lincoln.  He  inherited  half  of  the 
Med  ford  property.  He  learned  his  trade  of 
furrier  and  tanner  from  Captain  Mason,  whose 
ilaughter  he  married.  He  was  made  a  freeman 
May  26,  1652.  Children:  Hamiah,  John,  died 
May  18,  1697:  Noah,  born  1657;  ( irace,  born 
at  Concord,  March  10,  1660-1  :  Daniel,  men- 
tioned below;  Thomas,  May  5,  ifif/),  dierl  Sep- 
tember g,  1671  :  Esther.  July  4,  1668;  Joseph, 


September  i(),  1071  ;  Elizabeth,  December  16, 
1672;  Job,  July  26,  1675;  Hugh,  January  i, 
1677-8 ;  Thomas  (perhaps). 

(Ill)  Daniel,  son  of  Joshua  llrooks,  was 
born  at  Concord,  Massachusetts,  November 
15,  i()63.  He  was  known  as  Daniel,  Sr., 
or  as  Ensign  Daniel.  He  died  (October  18, 
1733.  He  married,  .\ugu.st  9.  Kxjo,  .\nn,  who 
died  January  24.  1757,  daughter  of  John  and 
Mary  (Cooper)  Meriam.  His  will,  dated  Jan- 
uary 6,  1728-9,  mentioned  brother  Jos"ei>li. 
wife  Anna,  daughters  .\nna  Jones  and  Mary 
Wheeler,  sons  Samuel  and  Job.  Children': 
Daniel,  born  June  5,  1693,  died  young;  Samuel, 
May  5,  1694;  Hannah  or  Anna,  February  21, 
"''95-6;  Job,  baptized  1698;  Mary,  March  2, 
1699-1700;  John,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Deacon  John  I'.rooks,  son  of  Daniel 
Brooks,  was  born  h'ebruary  12,  1701-2,  in  Con- 
cord. He  married  Lydia,  born  June  18,  1711, 
daughter  of  John  and  Ehzabeth  Barker.  He 
was  deacon  of  the  First  Church  at  Acton, 
where  he  died  March  6.  1777.  Children,  four 
recorded  at  Concord,  others  at  .\cton :  John, 
born  December  17,  1728;  Samuel,  mentioned 
below;  Charles,  April  6,  1732;  Lydia,  May  7, 
1734;  Ephraini,  August  5,  1736;  Daniel,  Octo- 
ber 24,  1738;  Nathaniel,  February  17,  1740-1  ; 
Jonas,  March  18,  1742-3,  died  March  15,  1746; 
Peter,  March  29,  1745  ;  Jonas,  July  31,  1747. 

(  \' )  Cajjtain  Samuel  Brooks,  son  of  Deacon 
John  Brooks,  was  born  in  Concord.  Massa- 
chusetts, March  16.  1730.  He  married,  March 
14.  1754,  widow  Hannah  Brown,  of  Carlisle. 
-Massachusetts,  daughter  of  Simon  and  Han- 
nah (Brown)  Davis,  of  Concord.  Captain 
Samuel  Brooks  settled  in  Worcester,  Massa- 
chusetts, about  1752,  where  many  of  his  de- 
scendants now  live.  He  was  on  the  jury  list 
as  early  as  1760.  In  1762  he  was  elected  field 
driver;  highway  surveyor  in  1764;  town  war- 
den in  i/fti;  tythingman  in  176S;  juror  of  the 
superior  court;  highway  surveyor  in  1770; 
surveyor  of  boards,  shingles,  etc.  ;  special  com- 
mittee to  draw  the  town  line  between  Shrews- 
bury and  Worcester  in  1771  ;  juror  in  1772; 
tythingman.  school  and  special  committees  in 
1773.  In  1774  he  was  among  many  of  those 
most  wealthy  and  influential  men  who  signed 
a  protest  against  the  acts  and  agitation  of  the 
committee  of  safety  and  correspondence.  .Al- 
though he  seemed  to  wish  no  war,  when  it 
came  he  fought  hard  for  our  rights.  He  was 
sent  to  the  general  court  in  1786  and  1787. 
and  was  selectman   from    1783  to    1793.     He 


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was  captain  in  the  militia.  He  died  in  \\  orces- 
ter,  June  29,  181 7,  aged  eighty-seven,  and  his 
widow  died  there  December  6,  1819,  aged 
ninety-five.   Child  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Deacon  Samuel  Brooks,  son  of  Cap- 
tain Samuel  Urooks,  was  born  at  Worcester, 
Massachusetts,  June  10,  1755,  and  removed 
from  there  to  llaverhill,  New  Hampshire,  at 
about  the  close  of  the  revolution.  He  opened 
a  store  at  the  "Corners"  there,  and  also  owned 
an  oil  mill  on  the  brook,  but  he  was  not  very 
successful.  Later  he  went  to  Quebec,  Canada, 
where  he  contracted  with  the  governor  of  the 
provinces  for  a  tract  of  land  in  the  town  of 
Chester,  then  a  wilderness,  and  he  and  two  of 
his  brothers  began  the  lumbering  business.  In 
1812,  a  year  or  two  later,  he  removed  his  fam- 
ily there,  Init  on  account  of  a  change  of  gov- 
ernors his  plans  were  defeated,  and  he  re- 
moved again  to  Stanstead,  Canada,  where  he 
lived  the  rest  of  his  life.  While  in  Haver- 
hill he  was  very  influential  and  took  part  in 
all  public  affairs.  He  was  a  representative 
of  the  general  court,  selectman  of  the  town,  and 
also  held  other  public  positions.  For  many 
years  he  was  register  of  deeds  for  Crafton 
county.  New  Hampshire.  He  was  a  man  of 
genial  manners,  very  ingenious  and  skillful. 
He  married,  March  8,  1779,  Ann  Bedel  Butler, 
daughter  of  Colonel  Timothy  Beckl,  who  was 
prominent  in  the  revolution,  and  widow  of 
Dr.  Thaddeus  Butler.  Children,  probably  not 
given  in  order  of  birth:  i.  Hannah,  married 
(first)  Captain  William  Trotter,  of  Bradford, 
Vermont;  (second)  Colonel  William  Barron, 
of  Bradford.  2.  Calvin,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Daughter,  married  Asa  Low,  of  Bradford.  4. 
Daughter,  married  Judge  Nesmith,  of  Frank- 
lin, New  llam])shire.  5.  Samuel,  born  in  Hav- 
erhill, 1793;  married  Eliza  Towle,  ])rominent 
merchant  at  Stanstead,  Canada ;  a  farmer  and 
trader  at  Lenno.xville ;  in  1837  was  a  delegate 
to  London  to  interest  cajiital  in  developing 
Canada;  formed  and  became  manager  of  Brit- 
ish Land  Company ;  removed  to  Sherbrooke. 
where  he  was  manager  of  a  branch  of  Mont- 
real Bank ;  was  a  promoter  of  (Irand  Trunk 
Railroad.  6.  Nathaniel,  born  in  Haverhill, 
New  Hampshire,  October  3,  1797.  7.  Edwin, 
lawyer  in  New  York,  removed  to  California. 
8.  George  Washington. 

(VII)  Calvin,  son  of  Deacon  Samuel 
Brooks,  was  born  probably  in  Haverhill,  New 
Hampshire,  Ajjril  9,   1782,  and  died  at  Phar- 


salia,  Chenango  county,  New  York,  December 
7,  1848.  He  came  to  Chenango  county  about 
1812  and  settled  among  the  first  in  the  wilder- 
ness. He  was  a  farmer.  He  married,  in  1805. 
Betsey  Bartlett,  born  December  17,  1785,  died 
April  I,  1846.  Children;  Luther,  mentioned 
below;  son,  died  in  infancy;  Mary  H.,  born 
July  22,  i8io,  died  April  7,  1842;  Calvin,  June 
30,  1812;  Lucy,  June  22,  1817,  died  February 
9,  1897,  married  Franklin  Holmes;  John,  June 
2,  1818;  ,\rtemas.  May  5,  1820;  Prentice, 
March  17,  1822;  Charles,  February  23,  1824; 
Betsey,  February  22,  1826,  died  February  25, 
1829;  Eliza  .\nn,  May  19,  1830,  died  July  31. 
1844;  Almira,  August  8,  1832. 

( VIII)  Luther,  son  of  Calvin  Brooks,  was 
born  December  4,  1806,  probably  in  Haverhill, 
New  Hampshire,  and  died  in  Norwich,  New 
York,  January  9,  1892.  He  came  with  his 
parents  to  New  York  state  when  about  six 
years  old.  and  settled  with  them  at  Pharsalia, 
Chenango  county.  In  this  town  he  lived  dur- 
ing his  boyhr)od  and  attended  the  jiublic  schools 
there.  He  followed  farming  there  afterward- 
His  later  years  were  spent  in  Norwich,  New 
York,  where  he  was  also  a  farmer.  In  poli- 
tics he  was  an  earnest  and  active  Republican. 
In  religion  a  communicant  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church.  Fle  married,  January  i, 
1827,  Ann  Bosworth,  born  in  Pharsalia,  New 
York,  July  25,  1807,  died  August  18,  1869. 
daughter  of  Timothy  and  Xancy  (Monroe) 
Bosworth.  Children:  .\dflison  11.,  mentioned 
below  ;  Luther  Sherman,  born  March  1,  1830, 
died  January  22,  1909;  Amelia  .Ann,  born 
March  29,  1834,  died  June  24,  1904,  married 
William  S.  Scarruth  ;  Freeman  Novello,  born 
March  5,  1837,  died  July  7,  1904;  John  Mor- 
ell,  born  September  26,  1840,'  died  January, 
1854;  Harriet  Elizabeth,  horn  June  i",  1843. 
widow  of  Frank  II.  Brown;  Carroll  Costello, 
born  June  i,  1846,  died  March  2-j,  1902;  Lun- 
etta  .Adella,  born  February  6,  1852,  married 
.Augustus  E.  Race,  of  Norwich,  New  York. 

(IX)  Addison  Bifield.  son  of  Luther 
Brooks,  was  born  in  Pharsalia,  New  York, 
December  31,  1827,  and  died  at  Norwich,  June 
I,  i(j07.  He  was  educated  in  the  common 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  in  early  life 
worked  on  his  father's  farm  and  at  the  trade 
of  shoemaking.  In  1865  he  came  to  Norwich, 
New  York,  and  after  working  at  his  trade 
several  years,  retired  from  active  labor.  In 
jiolitics    he    was   a    Republican.      He   married 


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(first)  Lydia  Evans;  (secoml)  Maria  Hall, 
born  in  Plymouth,  New  York,  August  4,  1836, 
daughter  of  Lyman  and  Harriet  (Olin)  Hall. 
Children  by  first  wife:  i.  Addison  C,  born 
April  8,  1853.  resides  in  Norwich;  Daughter, 
died  in  infancy.  Children  by  second  wife:  2. 
Ransom  D.,  mentioned  below.  3.  Elmer  Bi- 
field,  born  April  8,  1861,  died  July  24,  1905: 
married  Kate  E.  Hartness ;  children:  Clarence 
Ransom,  deceased;  Archibald,  died  in  infancy: 
r.eroy  Homer,  Ethel  May.  4.  Casson  Morell, 
born  October  10,  1862,  a  traveling  salesman, 
living  in  .Springfield,  Massachusetts  ;  children  : 
Morell  \'.,  Isabelle.  5.  Minetta  Maria,  born 
June  28,  i86g;  married  George  A.  .Stacy,  of 
Korwich,  and  has  children:  Ruth  M.,  \'era  M., 
John  Harold  Stacy. 

(X)  Ransom  D.,  son  of  .\ddison  Uifield 
l^rooks,  was  born  in  Pitcher,  New  York,  July 
21,  1859.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
Plymouth  and  Norwich,  New  ^'ork,  and  the 
Eastman  Business  College  at  Poughkeepsie, 
New  York,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1881.  Immediately  after  graduation  he  en- 
tered the  employ  of  Lord  &  Ta_\lor,  New  Y'ork 
City,  dry  goods  merchants,  as  correspondent, 
and  continucfl  for  two  years.  He  had  prior 
to  entering  business  college  worked  at  the 
shoemaking  trade  for  several  years.  In  1883 
he  returned  to  Norwich  and  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  David  Maydole  &  Company,  manufac- 
turers of  hammers,  in  the  capacity  of  book- 
keeper, and  in  1886  he  became  general  mana- 
ger of  the  David  Alaydole  Hammer  Company. 
a  position  he  has  since  occujjied.  He  is  also 
a  director  of  the  Norwich  Hospital  .-\ssocia- 
lion.  In  politics  he  is  a  Prohibitionist  and  a 
strong  supporter  of  the  temperance  movement 
in  politics  and  elsewhere.  He  is  a  faithful 
member  and  one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Meth- 
•  idist  Episcopal  church  of  Norwich.  He  mar- 
ried, March  10,  iSSfi,  Kate  Randall  Barnard, 
of  Norwich,  born  in  Chicago,  August  2-j.  1857, 
daughter  of  Thaddeus  W.  and  Caroline  (Ran- 
dall) Barnard.  Children,  born  in  Norwich:  i. 
Edith  Kate,  born  December  24,  iSSfi,  a  school 
teacher  in  Norwich.  2.  Philip  (~)lin  Elmer, 
born  January  26,  1889,  stenographer :  married, 
March  26,  1910,  Virginia  Lucretia  Frink,  of 
Norwich.  3.  Marian  \^irginia,  born  September 
20,  1890:  married  Septemlier  21,  1910,  Rev. 
Arthur  John  Green,  a  Methodist  clergyman. 
4.  Caroline  Rose,  born  December  17,  1S93.  5. 
Laurence  Addison,  born  October  5,  1897. 


.Me.xandvr  Baker,  the  immigrant 
B.VKI-IR     ancestor,    was    born    in    London, 

England,  about  1607,  and  came 
over  in  the  ship  "Elizabeth  and  Ann"'  in 
^^"'iS-  when  twenty-eight  years  of  age,  with  his 
wife  Elizabeth,  aged  twenty-three,  and  two 
children,  Elizabeth  and  Christian.  He  seems 
to  have  been  for  a  short  time  in  (jloucester, 
Massachusetts,  but  settled  permanently  at  Bos- 
ton, where  he  was  a  ropemaker.  He  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  before  two  justices  of  the 
peace,  having  obtained  a  certificate  as  to  his 
standing  from  the  church  in  England  before 
his  departure.  He  and  his  wife  were  admitted 
to  the  church  October  4,  1^145.  Children  :  ICliz- 
abeth,  born  about  1633;  Christian,  about  1634; 
Alexander.  January  15,  1636;  Samuel,  June 
16,  1638;  John,  June  20,  1640;  Joshua,  men- 
tioned below;  Hannah,  .September  29,  1644; 
William,  May  15,  1^147;  I'.enjamin,  March  if), 
'653'  Josiah,  I'ebruary  26,  T655,  died  in  in- 
fancy: Josiali,  born  l'\'bruary  26,  1658.  The 
first  two  children  were  born  in  England,  the 
others  in   .\mcrica. 

(II)  Joshua,  son  of  .Mexamler  Baker,  was 
born  April  30,  1642,  in  Boston,  and  died  at 
New  London,  December  2~.  1717.  About  1670 
he  removed  from  Boston  to  New  London, 
where  he  had  shares  in  the  town  ])lot  and  be- 
came in  time  owner  of  much  land.  He  had  a 
deed  about  1700  from  Owaneco.  Chief  of  the 
Mohegans.  for  a  large  piece  of  land  in  Mohe- 
gan,  and  some  of  his  descendants  still  occupy 
some  of  this  land,  located  near  the  famous 
"Cochegan  Rock."  He  married,  .September  13. 
1674,  Hannah  Tongue  Mintern,  widow  of 
Tristram  iMintem,  of  New  London,  and 
daughter  of  George  Tongue.  She  was  born 
July  20,  1654:  one  of  her  sisters  married  Gov- 
ernor John  Fitz  Winthroii.  Children  :  Eliza- 
beth, born  May  9,  1676;  Joshua,  mentioned 
below;  .Alexander,  born  Decanber  t6,  1679; 
John,  December  24,  1681  ;  Hannah,  January 
18,  1683:  Sarah,  twin  of  Hannah:  Benj;uniii, 
Mercv,  Patience. 

(III)  Joshua  (2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Baker, 
was  born  January  5,  ir)77.  He  lived  in  the 
North  Parish,  near  New  London,  where  he 
was  a  carpenter  and  farmer.  He  was  an  ac- 
tive member  of  the  society,  and  his  wife  was 
a  member  of  the  church.  He  married,  March 
27,  1705,  Marion,  daughter  of  Stephen  Hurl- 
hurt.  He  died  in  1740.  and  his  widow  mar- 
ried (second)  John  \'ibber.  May  8.  1754.     Tn 


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his  will,  dated  May  25,  1740,  proved  at  New 
London,  July  8,  1740,  he  mentioned  his  wife 
and  ten  chilclren.  Children:  Joshua,  born  May 
3,  1706;  Samuel,  mentionel  below;  Elizabeth, 
born  April  24,  1709;  Gideon,  November  27, 
1711;  Lydia,  June   12,   1712,  died   November 

24,  1712;  James,  born  March  17,  1714;  Anna. 
May  28,  1716;  Stephen,  March  17,  1719; 
Sarah,  May  14,  1721 ;  John,  1723;  Asa,  1726. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Baker, 
was  born  August  24,  1707.  He  married,  De- 
cember 8,  1733.  Jerusha,  daughter  of  Andrew 
and  Sarah  (Haker)  Davis,  of  Groton,  now 
Ledyard,  where  he  settled  and  was  a  farmer. 
He  died  in  March,  1793.  Children:  Andrew. 
born  September  18,  1738,  died  young;  Am\-, 
born  January  9,  1739-40;  Lydia,  July  13,  1742  ; 
Daniel,  mentionel  below ;  Elizabeth,  May  5. 
1748;  Samuel,  July  27,  1750;  Sarah,  February 
16,  1753-4;  Andrew,  March  22,  1756;  Eunice, 
January  14,  1758. 

(V)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  Baker,  was 
born  in  Groton,  Connecticut,  February  26, 
1745-6,  and  died  there  November  10,  1815. 
aged  sixty-nine  years.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Crosby,  who  died  February  26,  1827,  aged 
seventy-six  years.  Among  his  children  was 
Andrew,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Andrew,  son  of  Daniel  Baker,  was 
born  in  Groton,  February  20,  1779,  and  died  in 
Michigan,  July  10,  1856.  .\bout  1806  he  came 
to  New  York  state  and  lived  in  Allegany, 
.Steuben  and  other  counties.  He  was  a  farmer. 
Before  1856  he  removed  to  Michigan,  where 
he  remained  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  married 
(first),  November  25,  1802,  Nancy  Moxlcy. 
born  in  Groton,  August   I,   1784,  died  March 

25,  1S44.  He  married  (second),  March  12, 
[848,  Assenath  Armstrong.  Children  by  first 
marriage:  Nancy,  born  in  (irotfin,  October  16, 
1803,  married  Nathaniel  Naramor,  and  died 
June  ir,  1897:  .'\ndrew,  mentioned  below; 
Fanny,  born  in  Ilarpersville,  New  York, 
.\ugust  5,  1807,  married  Benjamin  D.  Dol- 
bee ;  John,  born  in  Jefferson,  New  York, 
July  8,  1809:  Lois,  born  in  Jefferson,  May  31, 
1811,  married  .\lfred  Burli.son;  Prudence, 
born  in  Jefferson,  .\pril  5,  1813,  died  October 
6,  1844,  married  John  l''.  Burnett;  Charles, 
bom  in  Jefferson,  September  13,  181 5  ;  J.  War- 
ren, born  in  Canisteo,  New  York,  June  i,  1817, 
died  May  14,  1863,  married  Huldah  Converse; 
Elizabeth,  born  in  Howard,  New  York,  Jan- 
uary 8,  1820,  died  February  7,  1891,  married 
William   II.  Gordon;  Hiram,  born  in  Howard, 


May  6,  1823,  died  December  19,  1894,  married 
Hannah  L.  Head  ;  John,  born  in  Howard,  May 
6.  1826,  died  July  6,  1892,  married  Olive  L. 
Wilson ;  Charles  T.,  born  in  Howard,  January 
2,  1829,  married  Ada  Nutting. 

(VII)  Andrew  (2),  son  of  .\ndrew  (i) 
Baker,  was  born  in  Lyme,  Connecticut,  August 
28,  1805,  and  died  in  Norwich,  New  York, 
December  14,  1863.  He  was  about  one  year 
old  when  his  parents  removed  to  New  Y'ork 
state.  He  studied  medicine  with  Dr.  Case,  of 
Howard,  New  York,  and  practiced  for  several 
\ears  in  Bath,  New  Y\jrk.  In  1843  '^^  came 
from  there  to  Norwich,  New  York.  He  was 
graduated  from  the  (ieneva  Medical  College 
in  1836.  In  1843  he  came  from  there  to  Nor- 
wich, where  he  remained  until  his  death.  In 
religion  he  was  a  Universalist.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Chenango  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, a  member  of  Norwich  Lodge,  Indepen- 
dent Order  of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married 
(first),  March  5,  1829,  Armena  Graves,  who 
died  August  30,  1835;  (second),  September 
4.  1836,  Ruth  K.  Marshall,  born  in  Poultney, 
Vermont,  about  1814,  died  September  8,  1856. 
Children  by  first  wife :  Austin  Alonzo,  born 
May  8,  1830,  died  May  19,  1866;  Julia  M., 
born  1832,  died  March  3,  1834.  Children  by 
second  wife:  Thomas  Spencer,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Clarence  M.,  born  I\Iay  23,  1839,  died 
February,  1910;  Julia  A.,  born  May  23,  1841, 
married  Melvin  Graves ;  Delia  L..  bom 
.\ugiist  21,  1843,  married  R.  S.  Van  Keuren ; 
Caroline  Olivia,  bom  June  2,  1845,  married 
Aleck  Dobson  ;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  April  24, 
1847,  died  September  28.  1883;  Charles  Orin, 
born  June  8,  1849,  physician  at  Fort  Madison, 
Iowa;  Adelphia  A.,  born  September  i,  1851, 
died  May  15,  1854;  Fannie  M.',  born  August 
15,  1853,  married  Thomas  H.  Wright,  of  Fort 
Dodge,  Iowa ;  Ruth,  born  September  8,  1856, 
died  April  16,  1867. 

(VIII)  Thomas  Spencer,  son  of  Andrew 
(2)  Baker,  was  born  at  Bath.  New  York,  Sep- 
tember 28,  1837.  He  came  to  Norwich  with 
his  parents  when  he  was  six  years  old,  and  has 
resided  there  since  then,  excej^ting  during  two 
years  spent  in  the  west.  He  attended  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  Norwich  Academy.  He  began 
to  study  medicine  under  the  instruction  of  his 
father,  but  instead  of  completing  his  course, 
he  went  to  Ottawa,  Illinois,  where  for  two 
years  he  taught  school.  He  was  one  of  the 
first  to  enlist  in  the  civil  war.  On  April  15, 
1861.    President    Abraham   Lincoln   issued  liis 


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call  for  75,000  volunteers  to  serve  for  three 
months  in  the  defense  of  the  Union.  Four 
days  later,  on  April  19,  1861,  three  young  men 
walked  from  Freedom,  Illinois,  to  Ottawa,  in 
the  same  state,  a  round  trip  of  twenty-four 
miles,  for  the  purpose  of  enlisting  in  the  Elev- 
enth Illinois  Regiment  Volunteer  Infantrv. 
One  of  the  trio  of  young  men  who  responded 
so  promptly  to  the  president's  call  was  T. 
Spencer  EJaker.  ^Vhen  the  war  broke  out  Mr. 
Baker,  a  young  man  of  twenty-four,  was 
teaching  in  Illinois.  After  serving  the  three 
months  term  of  enlistment,  he  came  to  his 
home  in  Norwich,  New  York,  and  spent  the 
winter  of  1861-2.  Then  he  went  to  Chicago, 
where  he  re-enlisted  in  Battery  M,  First  Illinois 
Light  .Vrtillery.  He  took  part  in  many  battles, 
including  Chickaniauga,  Lookout  Mountain, 
and  all  the  engagements  in  northern  Georgia 
during  Sherman's  March  to  the  Sea.  Being  a 
meilical  student  he  was  chosen  steward  of 
the  Nashville  Hospital,  whither  he  had  been 
sent  on  account  of  illness,  and  had  charge 
of  dis])ensing  medicine  to  1,400  patients.  He 
continued  in  the  service  until  the  close  of  the 
war,  when  he  returned  to  Norwich,  New  York, 
and  entered  the  employ  of  John  AHtchell  as 
clerk  in  his  drug  store.  In  1871  he  established 
himself  in  business  as  a  druggist,  and  for  many 
years  conducted  a  large  and  successful  busi- 
ness. He  retired  from  business  in  1908.  Since 
lie  sold  his  drug  store  he  has  represented  the 
Victor  and  Columbia  talking  machines  in  this 
section.  In  1888  he  built  the  Baker  Block,  at 
the  corner  of  North  Broad  and  Henry  streets, 
and  for  twenty  years  lie  occupied  the  corner 
store  with  his  drug  business.  He  also  owns 
a  block  on  Lackawanna  avenue  and  other  val- 
uable real  estate  in  the  town.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Democrat,  and  he  has  served  as  town  clerk 
several  years.  In  religion  he  is  a  Spiritualist. 
He  is  a  charter  member  of  E.  B.  Smith  Post. 
Grand  Army  of  the  Republic,  of  Norwich. 

He  married,  September  4,  1867,  Lucy  H. 
Bailey,  born  in  England  January  7,  1840,  died 
in  Norwich,  July  14,  1909,  daughter  of  Sam- 
Bel  and  Mary  (Cross)  Bailey.  Children: 
Maud,  born  June  29,  1868,  died  September  14, 
1868;  Mae,  born  September  23,  1870,  married. 
January  15,  1901,  Charles  H.  Corey,  manager 
of  the  Borden  Creamery,  Norwich :  Grace, 
born  December  24,  1875,  married  1908,  Ray- 
mond \.  Rindge,  secretary  of  the  Borden  Con- 
flensed  Milk  Company,  in  charge  of  New  York 
Citv  office. 


John  Hill,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
MILL     was  born  in  England  and  very  likely 

married    there,    in     r(>2(),    Frances 

,   who  was  born  about   ifxjS,  and  died 

about  1680.  He  died  in  Dorchester,  Massa- 
chusetts, May  21,  1664.  His  wife  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  Dorchester  church  about  1638. 
and  (in  February  13,  1667,  the  widow  Hill  was 
taxed  on  eighteen  acres  in  the  "Create  Lotts." 
Children :  John,  mentioned  below :  b'rancis. 
born  about  1632;  Rebecca,  about  1634,  in 
Dorchester,  married  Joseph  Gray  ;  IVIary,  about 
1636.  married  Thomas  Breck ;  Samuel,  born 
and  b.qitized  about  1638;  Jonathan,  baptized 
July  12.  1640;  Hannah,  baptized  December. 
1641,  married,  iC/)2,  Daniel  P'isher.  of  Taun- 
ton, Massachusetts;  Mercy,  baptized  January 
8,  1642,  married  Elkanab  Willis,  of  IJridge- 
water.  Massachusetts;  Ruth,  born  .\ngnst. 
1644,  married  July  19,  1664,  Roger  Willis; 
Ebenezer,  Israel,  served  in  King  Philip's  war, 
and  was  killed  while  in  service;  Martha,  bap- 
tized .\ugust  20,  1(148;  Mehitable,  baptized 
February  18,  1650-1,  died  March  5,  1671). 

(II)  John  (2).  son  of  John  ("i)  Hill,  was 
born,  probably  in  England,  about  1^1,50.  In  1657 
he  was  one  of  a  company  who  purchased  a  large 
tract  of  land  from  the  Indians  in  the  frontier 
beyond  Medfield.  They  settled  on  this  land, 
which  later  becaine  Sherborn,  and  he  became 
one  of  the  prominent  members  of  the  new  set- 
tlement. He  owned  a  large  farm,  where  he 
lived  until  his  death,  January  23,  1717-8.  He 
married  (first)  Hannah,  daughter  of  .Abra- 
ham Martin,  of  Rehoboth  ;  she  died  Novem- 
ber. 1690.  He  married  (second),  about  i6<)3. 
Eliz.'djetli,  wi(l(:iw  of  Benjamin  lUillard,  of 
Sherborn;  she  died  December  1,  1719.  Chil- 
dren; Samuel,  born  about  1634;  Ebenezer, 
born  1(15(1;  .\bigail,  born  February  2,  1657-8. 
married  Hopestill  Leland  ;  John,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Mary,  born  October  28,  1662,  married 
(second)  John  Ellis,  of  lioston  ;  Eleazer,  born 
June  29,  1664;  Johnson.  June  22,  1666;  Han- 
nah, about  tC)68.  married,  1686,  Daniel  Pond, 
of  Wrentham,  Massachusetts;  Sarah,  about 
1670.  married.  i(ioi.  John  Ring,  Jr.,  of  Sher- 
born ;  .Abigail,  child  of  second  wife,  born 
[une  10,  i(i<-)5.  married.  17 12-3,  James  .Adams. 

(III)  Johii  (3),  son  (if  John  (2)  Hill,  was 
born  March  14,  i6(3o.  He  was  a  husbandman, 
and  lived  on  a  part  of  his  father's  farm  at 
Sherborn.  Massachusetts,  where  he  died  May 
-,!•  '7,^<^-  l^s  married,  about  1693,  Hannali 
Rockwdiid.  hern   Octnlier    1.    1673.   died   Feb- 


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ruary  7,  1729-30,  daughter  of  Deacon  Sanniel 
and  Hannah  (Ellis)  Rockwood.  Children 
born  at  Sherborn :  John,  mentioned  below; 
Aaron,  born  about  1698;  Hannah,  August  9, 
1702,  marriefl  William  Maine,  Jr.,  of  Wren- 
tham ;  Sarah,  November  11.  1705,  married 
.Samuel  Morse,  of  Wrentham ;  Samuel,  August 
II,  1710;  James,  March  3,  1711-12.  died  May 
[I,  1729. 

(IV)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Hill,  was 
born  at  Sherborn,  about  1695,  and  was  also  a 
husbandman  at  Sherborn  all  of  his  life,  and 
died  there  about  1760.  On  condition  of  sup- 
port of  his  wife  Ruth  and  himself,  on  April 
3,  1758,  he  transferred  real  estate  to  his  son 
James.  He  married.  November  21,  1733,  Ruth 
Day,  born  in  Wrentham,  October  i,  1707, 
daughter  of  John  and  Ruth  (Puffer)  Day;  she 
married  (second),  1762,  Benjamin  Bullard,  of 
F{t)lliston,  who  died  in  1766,  and  she  married 
(third)  Deacon  John  Chapin.  of  Mendon. 
Children:  James,  born  August  17,  1734:  Caleb, 
mentioned  below;  Ruth,  born  Ajjril  26,  173Q, 
married  John  Cheney,  Jr.,  of  Dedham ;  Han- 
nah, born  October  16,  1741,  married  .\sa  Part- 
ridge, of  Medway ;  Ebenezer,  born  July  8, 
[744;  Abigail,  born  February  9,  1746,  married 
Tsaiah  Daniels;  John,  born  April  28,  1750,  was 
in  the  revolution. 

(V)  Caleb,  son  of  John  (4)  Hill,  was  born 
August  17,  1736,  at  Sherborn,  where  he  lived 
until  1778.  He  then  removed  to  Lancaster, 
-Massachusetts,  where  he  died  the  same  year. 
He  served  in  Captain  Daniel  White's  company 
from  April  10  to  November  28,  1758,  during 
the  Canada  expedition,  and  also  served  as  pri- 
vate on  the  Lexington  Alarm  in  1775.  He 
married,  ATarch  17,  1762,  Hannah  (Fiske) 
Fairbanks,  born  January  24.  1733,  daughter 
of  John  and  Abigail  (Leland)  Fiske,  of  Sher- 
born, and  widow  of  John  Fairbanks.  .As  late 
as  1794  she  was  living  in  Medway.    Children; 

Rhoda,  married  Leland.   1781  ;  David. 

Aaron,  Abigail,  John,  nientionefl  below  :  La- 
vina,  Timothy. 

(VI)  John  (5),  son  of  Caleb  Hill,  was  born 
at  Sherborn,  November  21,  1771,  and  died 
October  13,  1852,  in  McDonough.  Chenangt) 
county.  New  York.  He  lived  in  .\thol.  Massa- 
chusetts, and  then  removed  (o  New  York 
state.  He  married  Susanna  Parmcnter,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1795,  daughter  of  Jacob  and  Mary 
(  Hadlcy)  Parmcnter.  She  died  December  26, 
1846.  Children:  John  Fiske,  born  July  20, 
1701.  died  Novemlitr  r.  1846:  Susannah,  born 


June  13,  1800;  /Abigail,  married 


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ton ;  Chester,  born  December  9,  1802,  died 
December  i,  1873;  Sophie,  born  July  14,  1805, 
married  Samuel  Bachellor ;  Jacob  Parmenter, 
mentioned  below ;  Edwin,  born  February  19, 
1815,  died  August  21,  1893,  married  Cornelia 
Parks  ;  Theodore,  born  July  10,  1819,  died  No- 
vember 5,  1887,  married  Mary  Meade. 

(\TI)  Jacob  Parmenter,  son  of  John  (5) 
Hill,  was  born  January  22.  181 1,  died  August 
30,  1899.  He  lived  in  McDonough,  New  York, 
where  he  was  a  merchant.  He  held  the  of- 
fice of  postmaster  there  for  thirty  years.  In 
addition  to  his  business  he  dealt  in  real  estate. 
In  religion  he  was  an  Episcopalian  and  in  poli- 
tics a  Republican.  He  married  Jane  Jenkins, 
liorn  h'ebruary  13,  1 81 3,  died  April  5,  1850. 
He  married  (second)  Ilelen  Jenkins,  a  sister 
of  Jane;  she  died  April  13,  1883.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Mary  Jane,  born  July  27,  1835, 
married  Bruce  ,  Reed ;  Charlotte,  born  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1837,  died  October  10,  1840;  James 
Parmenter,  born  April  22,  1839;  Laura  L.. 
l)orn  March  6.  1841  ;  Frederick  .Augustus,  born 
May  13,  1843,  died  February  25,  1864;  James, 
mentioned  below  ;  Thomas  Jenkins,  born  .April 
5.  i8=;o. 

(VIII)  James,  son  of  Jacob  Parmenter  Hill, 
was  born  at  McDonough,  New  York,  October 
19,  1845.  Lie  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools.  For  thirty  years  he  conilucted  a 
general  store  in  Cincinnatus,  Cortland  county. 
New  A'ork,  in  1896  returning  to  Chenango 
fount\'.  In  politics  he  is  a  Rejiublican.  in  re- 
ligion a  Methodist.  He  married  Ruth  .Ann 
Purdv.  born  April  19,  1850.  died  June  14,  i8()6, 
daughter  of  James  Orlando  and  Harriet 
(Lull)  Purdy.  She  is  descended  from  Francis 
]\irdy.  who  settled  in  Fairfield,  -Connecticut, 
in  iG^H.  through  James  Orlando  (7)  ;  James 
(6).  married  Roxy  Tyler;  David  (5),  David 
(4).  Joseph  (3),  John  (2),  Francis  (i).  Mr. 
Hill  married  (second)  Ella  Blanchard.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Jane,  born  June  5,  1875, 
died  in  infancy;  James  Parmenter.  mentioned 
below. 

(IN)  James  Parmenter,  son  of  James  Hill, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  German,  Chenango 
countv.  New  York,  April  7,  1878.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  the  Cincinnatus  .Academy.  He  studied 
law  in  the  offices  of  Bixby  &  Brown,  in  Nor- 
wich, for  about  three  years,  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar  in  1901.  .\fterward  he  became  a 
partner  in  the  law  firm  of  Bixby  il-  Hill.    This 


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firm  was  tlissolvcd  in  Octuber,  1905.  and  since 
then  Mr.  Hill  has  practiced  alone.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  as  a  candidate  of  his 
part}'  was  elected  district  attorney  in  1907, 
leading  the  ticket  at  the  election.  As  district 
attorney  he  displayed  exceptional  ability,  and 
(hiring  his  administration  several  notable  crim- 
inal trials  were  held.  He  secured  the  conviction 
of  William  Scott  for  murder  in  the  first  degree 
and  a  similar  verdict  in  the  case  i:)f  Earl  Hill.  He 
prosecnterl  the  famous  Yeager  burglary  cases 
and  he  convicted  David  Borst  of  murder  in  the 
second  degree.  He  was  faithful,  conscientious 
and  indefatigable  in  the  discharge  of  his  official 
duties,  especially  in  the  wise  and  discriminating 
disposition  of  the  cases  not  brought  to  trial.  He 
was  chairman  of  the  Republican  county  com- 
mittee, igoS-ii.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Nor- 
wich Club,  the  Alert  Hose  Company,  director 
of  the  Chenango  Xaticmal  Hank  and  director 
of  the  Norwich  Hosintal  Association:  mem- 
ber of  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.     In  religion  he  is  an  E])iscopalian. 

He  married,  January  9,  1907,  Florine  1'. 
Hall,  of  Norwich,  daughter  of  John  P.  and 
Grace  M.  ( Pellett )  Hall.  Tliey  have  no  chil- 
rlren. 


William  Walworth,  the  im- 
WAL\\'(  )RT1-1  migrant  ancestor,  came 
from  near  London  in  1689, 
and  settled  in  the  New  London  colony,  at 
the  special  instance  of  Fitzjohn  Winthrop, 
then  major-general  commanding  the  forces 
of  the  colony,  and  afterward  governor.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  descended  from  Sir  Wil- 
liam Walworth,  lord  mayor  of  London,  died 
1383.  The  arms  of  the  family  were:  Gules,  a 
bend  engrailed  argent,  between  two  garbs  or. 
Crest:  a  cubit  arm  vested  or.  cufT  argent,  the 
arm  grasping  a  dagger  sinister  imbrued  gules, 
]iommel  and  hilt  or.  Motto:  ".Strike  for  the 
laws." 

William  Walworth  was  the  first  lessee  and 
settler  on  P'isher's  Island,  where  he  was  sent 
to  introduce  the  English  system  of  cultivation. 
and  was  very  successful  in  this  undertaking. 
Fisher's  Island  is  a  part  of  Sufifolk  county, 
Long  Island,  and  because  of  the  doubt  as  to 
title.  William  Walworth  obtained  grants  from 
Massachusetts,  Connecticut  and  New  York. 
New  York  was  finally  granted  the  island,  and, 
by  a  confirmation  of  Winthrop's  title  obtained 
from  Governor  Nichols,  of  New  York,  the 
island  was  declared  to  be  subject  to  state  au- 


thority, and  Walworth  had  [iractical  indepen- 
dence in  everything.  He  married  soon  after 
his  arrival,  1690,  Alary  Seaton,  born  in  Eng- 
land, in  1669,  and  came  to  New  London  in  the 
ship  with  him.  Being  left  in  a  penniless  state 
at  her  father's  death,  as  he  was  a  second  son 
of  the  family  and  received  no  inheritance  from 
his  wealthy  father,  she  determined  to  emigrate 
to  America  and  try  lier  fortune  here.  About 
1698  or  1699,  because  of  tlanger  from  raids 
from  pirates  and  Captain  Kidd,  he  removed 
his  family  from  the  island  to  Groton.  In  re- 
ligion William  Walworth  was  a  Congrega- 
tionalist,  and  he  and  his  wife  were  baptized 
in  the  old  New  London  meeting-house  January 
24.  ifr)i-2.  He  died  in  1703,  probably  in  Jan- 
uary. His  will  was  filed  January  3,  1703;  the 
will  and  records  were  destroyed  by  fire  at  the 
capture  of  New  London  by  Benedict  Arnold. 
His  widow  (lied  January  14,  1752.  Children  : 
Martha,  born  Alarch,  1691  ;  William,  men- 
tioned below:  .Mary,  l'\'bruary,  1695:  John, 
June,  1(197:  Joanna,  (October,  1699;  Thomas 
and  James,  twins.  May,  1701,  in  Groton. 

{  U  I  William  (2  ),  sen  of  William  ( i )  Wal- 
worth, was  born  on  h'isher's  Island,  New 
York,  January,  ifi()4,  and  died  May  17,  1774. 
at  Noank,  Connecticut.  He  owned  much  land 
in  Groton,  Bozrah  and  Lebancjn,  and  he  is 
said  to  have  moved  to  Bozrah  about  1744  and 
to  have  died  there.  He  married,  January  16, 
1720,  Mary,  born  January  10,  1693,  daughter 
of  Captain  Samuel  and  Susannah  (Palmes) 
Avery,  of  Po(|nanoc :  her  maternal  great- 
grandmother  was  Lady  Susan  Clinton,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas,  third  earl  of  Lincciln :  Lady 
Susan  was  wife  of  General  John  Humphrey, 
a  founder  of  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony, 
and  a  helper  in  the  foundation  of  Cambridge 
College.  William  Walworth  married  (sec- 
ond), Seiitember  2;t,.  1742,  Elizabeth  Hinckley. 
Children  by  first  wife:  Nathan,  mentioned  be- 
low :  Amos,  James,  Elijah,  Alary.  Susan.  Lucy, 
Abigail.  Children  by  second  wife:  Eunice, 
Charles. 

(Ill)  Nathan,  son  of  William  (2)  Wal- 
worth, was  born  at  Groton,  Connecticut,  Octo- 
ber i~.  1724.  He  married  Amy  Stark,  his 
cousin,  and  lived  in  Halifax,  \'ermont.  Chil- 
dren: Mary,  born  .September  13,  1752:  Wil- 
liam, mentioned  below :  Abigail,  born  Octo- 
ber 17.  1757:  Lucy,  born  December  11,  1759: 
Elijah,  born  at  Bennington,  Vermont,  Jan- 
uary m,  1762:  Nathan,  i-C'C<:  .\my.  April  T2. 
\"Ci(-):  Zacheus,  September  3.  1771. 


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(IVj  William  (3),  son  of  Nathan  Wal- 
worth, was  born  September  17,  1755,  and  died 
August  15,  1825.  He  married  Esther  Packer, 
who  died  May  24,  1838,  aged  eighty-three 
years.  He  went  from  Groton  to  Preston,  New 
York,  in  1802.  and  lived  there  until  his  death; 
he  was  one  of  the  pioneers  there.  Children : 
Percival :  born  May  30,  1779,  died  young;  Na- 
than, July  15,  1783,  died  February  3,  1786. 
William,  April  4,  1786;  Charles,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Daniel,  June  18,  1790. 

(V)  Charles,  son  of  William  (3)  Wal- 
worth, was  born  February  26,  1788,  doubtless 
at  Sodus,  New  York,  near  Oswego,  or  in  Gro- 
ton, Connecticut,  and  died  in  Cayuga  count)', 
New  York,  July  14,  1872.  He  came  to  Pres- 
ton, Chenango  county,  New  York,  in  1802, 
with  his  parents,  and  was  a  farmer  there.  He 
lived  at  various  places  in  the  state,  and  died 
at  the  home  of  one  of  his  daughters  in  the 
town  of  Sterling,  Cayuga  county.  Pie  was  in 
the  war  of  1812,  and  while  holding  his  colo- 
nel's horse  was  wounded  in  the  head.  He  mar- 
ried Eunice  Hicks,  of  New  London  or  Gro- 
ton, daughter  of  John  Hicks,  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution;  she  was  born  in  1787,  and  died 
December  11,  1866.  Children:  Lucy,  born  No- 
vember 23,  181 5,  died  July,  1874,  married 
Downing  Fletcher  ;  Alonzo  M.,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Eunice  E.,  born  July  23,  1819,  married 
William  Franklin ;  Charles  .\..  born  in  Pres- 
ton, July  14,  1821.  died  December  29,  1908, 
married,  I'ebruary  28,  1856.  Jane  Kilsey, 
(laughter  of  William  Kilsey,  of  Weare,  New 
Hampshire,  and  Mary  (Tewksbury)  Kilsey, 
of  Woodstock,  Vermont,  and  they  had  daugh- 
ter, Hattie  Eliza,  of  Norwich,  New  York; 
Robert  H.,  born  March  7,  1824,  died  Novem- 
ber 10,  1881  :  Hiram  D.,  born  August  i,  1828, 
lived  in  Oxford.  New  York ;  Prudence,  died 
in  infancy. 

(  V'l  )  Alonzo  Marvin,  >on  of  Charles  Wal- 
worth, was  born  in  Preston,  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  October  8,  1817,  and  died  at 
Smithville  Centre,  December  6,  1908.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Sterling,  Cayuga  county.  New 
York,  for  some  time,  but  spent  most  of  his 
life  in  Chenango  county,  and  many  years  in 
Smithville.  In  ])olitics  he  was  a  Republican, 
never  missing  a  town  meeting  or  other  elec- 
tions from  the  time  he  was  old  enough  to 
vote.  He  held  the  offices  of  assessor,  town 
clerk,  and  justice  of  the  peace.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Greene.     He 


married  (first)  Ellen  M.  \'an  Patten,  who  died 
in  1848;  (second)  Harriet,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Nancy  (Shaw)  Terry,  and  she 
died  June  16,  1884.  Child  by  first  wife: 
\\^alter  C,  of  Norwich,  New  York.  Children 
by  second  wife:  Harmon  A.,  mentioned  below  ; 
Ella  M.,  born  April  28,  1857;  Lucy  E.,  May  9, 
1859,  died  January  30,  1887,  married  Horace 
l!enedict,  and  had  child,  Lucy;  Ursula,  Feb- 
ruary 4,  1864,  married  Joel  Dorman,  of  Nor- 
wich, New  York,  and  has  one  child.  Esther. 

(\TI)  Harmon  Alonzo,  son  of  Alonzo  M, 
Walworth,  was  born  in  Sterling,  New  York,. 
November  30,  1851.  He  attendud  school  in 
I'lymouth  and  the  Norwich  Academy.  After 
the  custom  of  his  day  he  taught  school  in  win- 
ter and  followed  farming  in  the  summer,  for 
ten  years.  In  his  later  years  he  followed  farm- 
ing. During  most  of  his  life  he  has  been  a 
resident  of  Smithville,  where  he  still  owns  a 
farm.  He  has  been  honored  by  many  places 
of  public  trust.  For  nine  years  he  was  super- 
visor of  the  town  of  Smithville,  and  during 
two  years  of  that  time  he  was  chairman  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  of  Chenango  county.  He 
was  elected  sheriff  of  the  county  for  a  term  of 
three  years  in  November,  1900.  He  has  been 
a  director  of  the  Chenango  Fire  Relief  Asso- 
ciation for  more  than  twenty  years.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  was  a  traveling  salesman  for  the 
International  Harvester  Company  and  for  the 
Johnson  Farm  Machine  Company.  He  is  a 
member  of  Smithville  Center  Grange,  No.  512, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  of  the  Baptist 
church.  Mr.  \\'alworth  has  had  a  successful 
business  life  and  his  administration  of  the 
important  county  and  town  offices  that  he  has 
held  has  been  characterized  by  zeal,  prudence 
and  faithfulness.  His  integrity  and  executive 
ability  were  esjiecially  valuable  to  the  town  and 
county  that  he  served  so  well.  Throughout 
this  section  of  the  state  he  has  a  wide  ac- 
i|uaintance  and  a  host  of  friends  in  all  classes 
and  parties.    In  ])olitics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married   (first),  December  20,   1877. 
Charlotte  Hotchkiss,  born  in  Smithville,  died 

May  28,  1901,  daughter  of  Calvin  and  

(Sherman)  Hotchkiss.  He  married  Csecond). 
October  mi.  11103.  Emma  King  Bliven,  of 
Preston,  New  York,  daughter  of  Jason  and 
Diana  (Park)  King;  she  was  born  at  Pres- 
ton, New  York.  By  his  first  wife.  Mr.  Wal- 
worth had  one  son,  Leon,  born  at  Smithville, 
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a  member  of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  niarrieil, 
August  15,  1906,  Ida  Benetia  Waltz,  and  has 
children,  Harold  Walworth,  born  April  30, 
1907;  Harmon  Alvin,  September  20,   191 1. 


Peter  Mallory,  immigrant 
MALLORY  ancestor,  was  born  in  Eng- 
land and  came  early  to  New 
Haven,  Connecticut,  being  one  of  the  signers 
of  the  Plantation  Covenant.  He  died  after 
1675.  Children :  Rebecca,  born  at  New  Ha- 
ven, May  18,  1649;  Mary,  October,  1655; 
Mary,  September  28,  1657 ;  Peter,  July  2"] , 
1658;  Thomas,  September  15,  1659,  married 
Mary  Humberfield ;  Daniel,  November  25, 
166 1  ;  John,  May  10,  1663;  Joseph,  1665; 
Benjamin,  Jainiary  4,  1668;  Samuel,  ^larch 
10,  1673:  William,  September  2,  1675;  Abi- 
gail, married  a  Mr.  Adams  ;  children  :  William, 
Eli  and  Sarah. 

(I)  Peter  Mallory,  a  descendant  of  Peter 
Mallory,  the  immigrant,  was  born  near  the 
border  line  between  New  York  state  and  Ver- 
mont, about  1770,  and  came  among  the  early 
settlers  to  Otsego  county.  New  York.  Pie  mar- 
ried a  daughter  of  David  Shipman,  of  Hoosic, 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York.  Children  :  Levi, 
Norman,  Lucius,  William,  Hiram  Delos,  Lucy. 
Jane,  Lucinda. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Peter  Mallory,  was 
born  in  Otsego  county,  New  York,  in  1808, 
died  in  Hartwick,  New  York,  in  April,  1888. 
In  his  younger  days  he  was  a  member  of  a 
theatrical  company,  and  traveled  in  various 
parts  of  the  country.  His  later  years  were 
spent  at  Hartwick,  New  York,  where  he  fol- 
lowed farming  to  the  time  of  his  death.  He 
married  Eliza  Todd,  who  was  born  in  Hart- 
wick, New  York,  in  1808,  died  in  April,  1888, 
and  was  buried  in  the  same  grave  with  her 
husband.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Lemuel 
and  Sarah  (Street)  Todd;  her  father  lived  to 
the  great  age  of  ninety-five  years.  Children : 
Emilv,  married  Thomas  Glenn :  Hiram  Delos, 
mentioned  below ;  Ophelia,  married  Sands 
Shumway. 

(III)  Hiram  Delos,  son  of  William  Alal- 
lory,  was  born  in  Hartwick,  New  York,  July 
3,  1842,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  at  Cooperstown  Seminary. 
When  he  was  fifteen  years  old  he  went  to  work 
for  the  Union  Manufacturing  Company  at 
Oak  Creek,  selling  cotton  goods  manufactured 
by  this  concern,  and  continued  in  this  position 


for  a  number  of  years.  In  1861  he  located  at 
Norwich,  New  York,  where  he  has  since  lived. 
He  was  for  many  years  a  traveling  salesman 
representing  various  large  wholesale  tobacco 
houses  at  New  Y'ork  City  and  elsewhere.  Dur- 
ing the  early  days  of  the  development  of  the 
oil  fields  of  Pennsylvania  he  bought  and  leased 
territory  in  the  oil  fields.  b>om  1878  to  1905 
he  represented  the  tobacco  house  of  G.  B.  Far- 
rington,  of  Nev^'  York  City,  and  still  does  some 
business  for  that  concern.  [  [e  served  the  town 
of  Norwich  as  justice  of  the  peace  and  as 
magistrate  and  meiuber  of  the  town  board  and 
proved  an  able  and  efficient  public  servant. 
.Since  1905  he  has  been  city  judge  and  has 
filled  the  position  with  credit  and  ability.  He 
is  a  member  of  Norwich  Lcwlge  of  Free  Ma- 
sons; of  Harmony  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons ;  of  Norwich  Commandery,  Knights 
Tcmjilar.  In  pulitics  he  is  a  Democrat  and  in 
religion  a  Methodist.  He  married,  May,  1864, 
Sophia  S.  Nash,  born  in  Cooperstown,  New 
York,  October  9,  1837,  died  in  Norwich,  Jan- 
uary 25,  1903,  daughter  of  Lewis  L.  and  So- 
])hia  (Shipman)   Nash  (see  Nash). 

(  I\'  )  Fred  Lewis,  son  of  Hiram  Delos  Mal- 
lory, was  born  in  Nijrwich,  New  York,  A])ril 
14,  1869.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  public  schools  of  Norwich,  and  studied 
law  in  the  office  of  A.  F.  Gladding,  of  Nor- 
wich. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar  May  31. 
1890,  and  during  the  next  two  years  practiced 
law  in  Norwich.  For  seven  years  he  was  em- 
]5loyed  in  the  United  States  Geological  Survey 
in  New  York  state.  He  was  appointed  deputy 
county  clerk  of  Chenango  county  in  January. 
1910,  and  has  filled  that  office  since  then.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  has  been  jus- 
tice of  the  peace  of  the  town  of  Norwich,  and 
deputy  collector  of  internal  revenue.  He  is 
a  member  of  Norwich  Lodge  of  Free  Masons; 
of  Harmony  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of 
Norwich  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  and 
is  an  active  member  of  the  Methodist  Episco- 
pal church  of  Norwich. 

He  married,  November  11,  1901.  Eugeifia 
H.  Ross,  of  Lewes,  Delaware,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Rowland  and  Alartha  (West)  Ross. 
Her  father  was  born  at  Milton,  Delaware,  De- 
cember 30,  1832;  her  mother  in  Lewes,  Dela- 
ware, July  17,  1836.  Her  paternal  grandpar- 
ents were"  Samuel  and  Eliza  (Enniss)  Ross, 
and  her  maternal  grandjiarents,  William  and 
Ruth  (Duffield)  West.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Mallory 
have  no  children. 


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NEW  YORK. 


Daniel    Conroy    was    born    in 
CONROY     County  Queens,  Ireland.  About 

1851  he  came  to  America  and 
settled  in  Ulster  county,  New  York,  and  died 
in  New  Paltz,  New  York.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Dunn.  Child :  Daniel,  a  young  boy  at 
his  father's  death,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Daniel  Conroy,  son  of  Daniel  Conroy, 
was  born  in  Boyle,  County  Queens,  Ireland, 
May  I,  1846.  and  when  five  years  of  age  came 
to  America  with  his  parents.  He  died  in  Nor- 
wich, New  York,  January  25,  1904.  The  Con- 
roys  were  large  land  owners  in  Ireland  and 
well-to-do  until  the  lands  were  confiscated  by 
the  Crown.  Daniel  Conroy  went  to  school 
until  he  was  nine  years  of  age,  when  he  left 
to  work  in  the  Blue  Stone  Quarries,  and  the 
rest  of  his  life  from  that  time  was  spent  in 
(|uarry  work.  He  lived  first  in  Hurley,  New 
York,  and  around  there,  until  1881,  and  then 
he  went  to  Smithville  Mats,  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  Here  he  remained  for  five  years, 
and  then  removed  to  Hastings-on-the-Hud- 
son  for  two  years.  After  this  he  worked 
in  Roscoe  for  two  years,  and  then  removed 
again  to  South  Oxford,  New  York,  where  he 
stayed  for  a  period  of  thirteen  years.  He  next 
went  to  Norwich,  New  York,  and  lived  there 
for  three  years.  He  was  foreman  and  su])er- 
intendent  of  cjuarries  for  many  years.  In 
Roscoe  he  carried  on  a  bu.snness  of  his  own, 
and  in  South  Oxford  he  was  superintendent 
for  Mr.  Clark  over  his  quarries  there.  In  Nor- 
wich, where  he  came  in  1901,  he  joined  with 
Mr.  Ryan  and  carried  on  business  under  the 
firm  name  of  Ryan  &  Conroy.  In  December, 
[903,  the  company  was  reorganized  under  the 
name  of  Clarke,  Conroy  &  Co.,  Mr.  H.  W. 
Clarke  being  the  new  member  of  the  firm.  In 
IKjlitics  Daniel  Conroy  was  a  strong  Demo- 
crat, lie  was  a  member  of  Norwich  Lodge, 
No.  211.  Knights  of  Columbus,  and  of  the 
Kniglits  of  Labor.  He  married,  .\ugust  24, 
1873.  Catherine,  daughter  of  Patrick  and  Mary 
(  I'lielan  )  Cahill.  T'atrick  Cahill  was  principal 
of  the  National  School  in  Alullingar.  Ireland, 
where  he  lived  and  died.  Catlu-rine  Cahill  was 
borti  in  June  15.  1853,  in  Mullingar,  County 
Mcalh,  Ireland,  and  is  now  living  in  Norwich, 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Daniel  F..  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Mary,  born  March  i.  1876, 
died  November  9.  1881.  3.  Patrick,  born  Jan- 
uary 5,  1878;  is  a  doctor  in  Norwich.  4. 
John,  born  December  i,  1880,  died  January 
19.  1882.     5.   Jo-;cph.  l).irn  Jamiary  9.  T883:  is 


bookkeeper  for  Clarke,  Conroy  &  Co. ;  mar- 
ried Margaret  Ivory;  children:  Joseph  (de- 
ceased), Mary,  Catherine  and  Anita.  6.  James, 
born  November  13,  1884,  died  Alarch  19,  1885. 
7.  Margaret,  born  April  17,  1886;  married, 
June  28,  191 1,  John  James  Glavin,  of  Syra- 
cuse, New  York.     8.  Catherine,  born  April  i, 

1888.     9.    Agnes,   born    July    23,   .      10. 

Francis,  born  January  19,  1893.  H-  Anna, 
born  July  I,  1896,  died  March  8,  1897.  Three 
other  children  died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  Daniel  Francis,  son  of  Daniel  Con- 
roy, was  born  in  Hurley,  Ulster  county  New 
York,  June  22,  1874.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  Oxford  Academy, 
Oxford ;  Hastings  high  school,  Hastings-on- 
the-Hudson,  and  the  Eastman  Business  Col- 
lege, at  Poughkeepsie  ,  New  York.  He  became 
associated  with  his  father  in  the  management 
of  the  blue  stone  business  and  has  continued 
in  it  to  the  present  time.  He  was  in  partner- 
ship with  his  father  for  three  years  in  the  blue- 
stone  business  in  South  Oxford,  New  York, 
and  afterward  was  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Ryan  &  Conroy  and  of  Clarke,  Conroy  &  Com- 
])any.  When  the  concern  was  incorporated  in 
11)10  luider  the  name  of  the  Clarke-Conroy 
Company,  Mr.  Conroy  became  secretary  of  the 
corporation,  and  has  had  charge  of  the  work 
at  the  <|uarry.  The  hard,  dark  blue  stone  quar- 
ried; in  Chenango  county  is  second  to  none  in 
quality,  and  is  used  throughout  the  country 
ft)r  buildings  and  roadmaking.  This  company 
is  the  foremost  in  this  line  of  business  in  this 
section  of  the  county.  The  mill  and  yards  are 
connected  with  both  railroads.  A  large  force 
of  stonecutters  are  employed  in  the  mill  in 
addition  to  the  large  force  of  quarrymen  in 
Norwich.  Much  of  the  stone  is  shi])i)cd  in  a 
finished  state  for  curbing,  flagging,  lintels, 
steps,  copings,  water  tables,  sills,  etc.,  besides 
an  immense  quantity  in  rough.  The  largest 
<|uarry  of  the  company  is  cm  a  hill  west  of  the 
village.  The  mill  has  all  the  modern  ma- 
chinery and  is  lighted  by  electricity. 

Mr.  Conroy  is  independent  in  [)olitics  and 
has  served  the  town  of  Oxford  as  justice  of 
the  ]>eace.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ;  the  Knights  of 
Columbus,  and  the  Ancient  Order  of  Hiber- 
nians. In  religion  he  is  a  Roman  Catholic,  a 
communicant  of  St.  Paul's  Church. 

He  married,  A])ril  27,  1898,  Julia  A,  I'urke, 
born  August  13,  1874,  at  Poughkeepsie,  New 
^'^rk,    daughter    of    Patrick    and     Margaret 


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Burke.  Children;  Alary,  born  at  O.xfortl,  New 
York,  April  24,  1899;  Daniel  FrancLs,  Jr., 
born  at  Norwich,  New  York,  June  25,  1904; 
William  Rurke,  born  at  Norwich.  December 
21,  1905. 

The  Bell  family  is  of  ancient 
llliLL  Scotch  ancestry.  John  Bell  settled 
at  Ballstown,  Albany  county.  New 
York,  and  is  believed  to  be  the  pioneer  in  this 
country.  According  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus he  had  in  his  family  in  1790  four  males 
over  sixteen,  one  under  sixteen,  and  four  fe- 
males. Stq)hen  Ball,  presumably  a  relative, 
was  of  the  same  county,  and  head  of  a  fam- 
ily in  1790. 

(II)  David,  son  of  John  I'lell.  was  born 
February  5,  1770.  He  settled  in  Cireen  Bush, 
Albany  county.  New  York,  and  for  many  years 
was  a  manufacturer  of  cloth  for  men's  cloth- 
ing. His  sho]3  with  all  the  machinery  and 
books  was  burned,  November  25,  i8i().  He 
married,  December  3,  1792,  Abigail  .Allen, 
born  March  19,  1774,  died  November  8,  1861. 
David  Bell  died  "Tuesday  night,  five  minutes 
after  12  o'clock,  July  27,  1847,  aged  "/"]  years, 
five  months,  22  days."  Children:  i.  Deidamic, 
born  Sunday,  February  25,  1794;  marrieil. 
December  2"],  1818,  Henry  Sleighrer ;  she  died 
October  i,  1872,  aged  seventy-eight  years 
.seven  months  six  days.  2.  Martha,  born  Mon- 
day, November  23,  1795,  died  November  9, 
1863,  aged  si.xty-seven  years  eleven  months 
sixteen  days;  married,  June  i,  1817,  James 
Van  \''oorhas.  3.  John  Allen,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Laura,  born  February  14,  i8oo,  died 
June  2},.  1882,  aged  eighty-two  years  two 
months  nine  days;  married,  March  16.  i82<), 
Henry  .\ikers.  5.  Sally,  born  Sunday.  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1802,  died  suddenly  May  11,  1879, 
aged  seventy-seven  years  two  months  twenty- 
seven  days.  6.  Hiram,  M.  D.,  born  Tuesday, 
June  12,  1804;  a  physician;  had  his  leg  ampu- 
tated March  11.  1823;  died  Thursday  morning. 
November  25,  1830,  aged  twenty-five  years 
five  months  thirteen  days.  7.  Stejjhen  Bell, 
born  Friday,  August  i,  1806;  a  miller  by 
trade;  died  December  13,  1869,  aged  sixty-two 
years  six  months  twelve  days ;  married,  Sep- 
tember 2,  1828.  Eliza  Becker.  8.  Horace,  born 
Friday,  October  28,  1808;  a  merchant;  d5ed 
March  2,  1861,  at  io;30  p.  m.,  aged  fifty-two 
years  four  months  four  days.  9.  .Arthur,  born 
Thursday,  January  4,  181 1  ;  married,  January 
10,     1855,     Charity     Deyo.       10.   Alary,    born 


Thursday,  .\ugu.st  5,  1814;  died  June  4,  1890, 
aged  seventy-five  years  nine  months  twenty- 
nine  days. 

(Ill)  John  .Allen,  son  of  Daviil  Bell,  was 
born  Alarch  28,  1798,  at  Greenbush,  or  East 
.Albany,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the 
])ublic  schwils,  and  was  a  hardwood  finisher 
by  trade  andl  a  musician  by  profession.  Fie 
died  Se])tember  28,  1854.  He  married,  Jan- 
uary 2.  1819,  Ann  Hubbard  Woodworth 
(called  Nancy),  born  November  5,  1802,  died 
January  15,  1851.  Children:  William,  born 
October  18,  1819,  died  October  18,  1819;  An- 
geline  A.,  born  August  28,  1820;  Edwin,  April 
24,  1822;  Caroline  F..  .August  1,  1823,  died 
-Vpril  22,  T830;  David  1.,  born  April  11,  1825; 
Horace,  mentioned  below ;  Robert  Wood- 
worth,  Alarch  8,  1829;  Hiram,  .April  8,  1831, 
died  May  30,  1831;  Elizabeth,  July  4,  1832; 
Alexander,  February  16,  1835,  died  April  15, 
1836;  .\nn,  born  May  16,  1837;  John  Allen, 
Jr..  I'ebruary  17,  1831). 

(  I\  )  Horace,  son  of  John  .Allen  liell,  was 
Ijurn  Alay  3,  1828,  in  Troy,  New  York,  for- 
merly East  .Albany,  and  died  in  Boonton,  New 
Jersey,  July  13,  1882.  1  le  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  and  learned  the  trade  of 
car])enter.  He  worked  at  his  trade  in  Troy  for 
a  numlier  of  years,  and  at  the  age  of  thirty 
settled  in  lioonton,  New  Jersey,  where  he  fol- 
lowed his  trade  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He 
married  Huldah  Temple,  of  Alorris  county. 
New  Jersey;  she  was  born  April  2,  1830,  and 
is  now  living  at  Norwich,  New  A'ork,  a  daugh- 
ter of  Ira  and  Alary  (Hedley)  Temple,  and 
granddaughter  of  Ebenezer  Temjile,  who  was 
a  siildier  in  the  revolution.  Children  of  Hor- 
ace and,  Huldah  Bell :  Laura,  O.scar  G.,  Julia, 
married  Wilson  Husk,  of  Caldwell,  New  Jer- 
sey: Clara,  Elizabeth,  died  in  infancy. 

(  \" )  Oscar  Gaines,  son  of  Horace  Bell,  was 
horn  in  Boonton,  New  Jersey,  December  23, 
1857,  and  died  in  Norwich,  New  A^ork,  Feb- 
ruary 21,  1908.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  town,  and  in  1874 
began  his  business  career  as  a  clerk  in  a  drug 
store  in  Boonton.  Two  years  later  he  removed 
to  Smyrna,  Chenango  county.  New  A'ork, 
where  he  also  worked  two  years  as  a  clerk 
in  a  drug  store,  returning  at  the  end  of  that 
time  to  take  a  position  as  bookkeeper  in  a 
silk  mill  in  his  native  town.  In  1882  he  came 
to  the  village  of  Norwich  to  take  the  position 
of  prescription  clerk  in  the  drug  store  of  T. 
D.  Aliller  and  continued  in  tlir  employ  of  Air. 


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NEW  VUKK. 


Miller  until  1885.  when  the  Xorwich  Phar- 
macal  Company  was  organized,  Air.  Bell  be- 
ing one  of  the  founders  and  owners.  In  1890 
the  business  was  incorporated,  with  Oscar  G. 
liell,  president ;  T.  D.  Miller,  vice-president. 
and  C.  S.  Norris,  secretary.  The  company 
took  the  front  rank  in  its  line  of  business  in 
this  section  of  the  state.  Numerous  proprie- 
tary articles  and  ointments  and  pharmaceutical 
preparations  were  included  in  the  output  of 
the  concern.  Unguentine,  a  surgical  dressing 
made  by  this  company  from  a  formula  dis- 
covered by  Sir  .'\stley  Cooper,  secured  a  world- 
wide reputation  and  enormous  sales.  The 
plant  consists  of  several  large  buildings,  fitted 
with  machinery  of  a  special  type  and  design 
made  expressly  for  the  company.  The  main 
building  is  a  three-story  structure  thirty  by 
one  hundred  feet.  Another  building,  devoted 
exclusively  to  the  manufacture  of  pills,  is  24 
by  64  feet  and  two  stories  high.  The  boiler 
house  is  24  by  38  feet,  and  the  engine  room 
twenty  feet  square.  The  office  building,  in 
which  the  advertising  department  is  located  as 
well  as  the  counting  room  and  the  experi- 
mental laboratory,  is  22  by  34  feet.  The  New- 
York  office  of  the  Norwich  Pharmacal  Com- 
pany is  located  at  51  John  street,  New  York 
City,  and  the  company  has  traveling  salesmen 
in  nearly  every  state  of  the  union  and  agents 
in  South  America  and  Canada.  The  growth 
and  prosperity  of  this  great  business  has  been 
due  in  large  measure  to  the  energy  and  capacity 
of  the  president,  and  he  continued  at  the  head 
of  the  company  until  he  died.  He  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  lioard  of  Education  and  always 
keenly  interested  in  jmlilic  education.  He  was 
an  officer  of  the  local  building  and  loan  asso- 
ciation. In  religiiin  he  was  a  Congregational- 
ist  and  a  member  of  the  church.  In  politics 
Mr.  P>ell  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  member 
of  Norwich  Lodge,  No.  302,  Free  Masons,  and 
of  other  social  clubs  and  organizations,  lie 
was  well  known  in  the  drug  trade,  and  highly 
respected  in  the  community  for  his  sjilenflid 
business  ability  and  achievements  and  his  u\)~ 
rightncss,  kindliness  and  enterprise. 

He  married,  November  24,  1881,  Flora  M. 
Hunt,  of  Smyrna,  Chenango  coimty,  New 
York,  daughter  of  (ieorge  Hunt,  who  was  born 
January  12,  1828.  died  1898,  married  Mary 
Jane  Dixon,  born  July  20,  1830,  died  in  1889. 
John  Dixon,  father  of  Jane,  was  the  son  of 
Major  Jose])h  Dixon,  a  soldier  in  tlie  revolution. 


George  Hunt  was  a  son  of  Lucius  Hunt.  Chil- 
djren  of  Oscar  G.  and  Flora  M.  Bell:  i.  Caro- 
line, born  December  11,  1882;  married  Floyd 
\y.  Trieble,  principal  of  grammar  school  at 
Itica,  New  York;  children:  Bruce  Wilson 
Trieble,  Helen  Belle  Trieble,  and  Richard 
lielcher  Trieble.  2.  Joseph  H.,  born  October 
9.  1884;  a  member  of  Booth  Company,  of 
Xorwich,  New  York,  in  the  manufacture  of 
])erfumes ;  married  Jennie  Doyle,  of  Ellen- 
ville.  New  York,  and  has  a  daughter,  Eleanor. 
3.  Helen  Temple,  born  September  20,  1889, 
(lied  aged  five  years.  4.  Dorotha  Hunt,  born 
September  26.  1897. 


Henry  Lyon,  the  immigrant  ances- 
LYON  tor,  was  one  of  the  family  of  Lyons 
of  (jlen  Lyon  in  Perthshire,  Scot- 
land, and  came  to  the  colonies  with  his  two 
brothers  Thomas  and  Richard  in  1648.  The 
three  brothers  had  been  soldiers  in  CromwelTs 
army,  and  were  on  guard  before  the  banquet- 
ing house  at  Whitehall,  January  31.  1648,  when 
Charles  the  First  was  executed.  Immediately 
after,  they  fled  to  America.  Henry  went  to 
Milford,  Connecticut,  where  he  is  first  on  rec- 
ord, February  24,  1642,  when  he  was  admit- 
ted to  the  church.  In  1652  he  married  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  \\'illiam  Bateman,  of  Fair- 
field, Connecticut,  and  was  granted  a  house 
lot  there.  May  28,  1654.  he  was  dismissed 
from  Fairfield  to  Milford  church.  In  1666 
he  came  to  Newark,  New  Jersey,  as  one  of 
the  founders  with  the  Milford  colonists.  He 
was  the  first  treasurer  of  Newark,  1668-73, 
and  first  keeper  of  the  ordinary.  In  1673-74 
he  removed  tci  Elizabethtown,  where  he  was 
a  large  landowner  and  a  merchant  of  e.xtensive 
interests.  He  was  a  member 'of  the  general 
assembly,  November  5,  1675.  On  August  11, 
1681,  he  was  appointed  justice  of  the  peace; 
on  February  4,  1681,  was  made  judge  of  small 
causes;  February  28,  1681.  a  member  of  the 
governor's  council;  December,  1683.  commis- 
sioner; November  26,  1684.  representative  in 
council  of  the  governor.  .Among  his  lands 
were  one  hundred  acres  of  upland  since  known 
as  Lyon  Farm.     He  married   (sectind),  1669- 

1700,  Mary .     He  returned  to  Newark 

in  i6(;6,  and  died  there  in  1703.  Children  of 
first  wife:  Thomas,  1652-53;  Mary,  1654-55; 
Samuel,  mentioned  below ;  Josqih.  1658-60; 
Nathaniel,  1663-64 ;  John,  1665-66;  Benjamin, 
1668;  Ebenezer,  1670.     .\11  were  born  in  I'air- 


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field,  except  last  two,  in  Newark.  Children  of 
second  wife:  Mary.  1690-91  ;  Dorcas,  1692-93. 
both  born  in  Elizabethtown. 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Henry  Lytm,  was  horn 
about  1653-36,  in  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  He 
married  (first)  Sarah  Beach,  born  1654,  daugh- 
ter of  Zopher  and  Sarah  (  Piatt)  I'each,  of 
New  Haven.  Connecticut.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Hannah,  daughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
(Harrison)  I'ierson.  In  1666  Samuel  Lyon 
received  a  lot  in  the  distribution.  On  June  24. 
1667,  when  he  could  have  been  only  about 
twelve  or  thirteen  years  of  age.  he  signed  the 
"fundamental  agreement"  with  the  Milford 
colonists,  and  February  25.  1683-84  he  sold 
two  acres  of  land  to  Zopher  lieach.  His  will, 
dated  August  20,  1703,  proved  at  Xew  York. 
February  26,  1707,  mentions  wife  Hannah, 
and  his  children,  making  his  brother  Benja- 
min executor.  Children  of  first  wife:  Samuel : 
Henry,  born  1682;  Joseph;  Mary;  Sarah 
Children  of  second  wife:  John,  mentioned 
below;  James,  born  October  5.  1700;  Hannali. 

(III)  John,  son  of  Samuel  Lyon,  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Mary 
Riggs.  lulward  Riggs  was  descended  from 
Edward  Riggs.  who  came  in  1633  with  his 
family  to  Boston.  John  Lyon's  descendants 
have  not  been  traced  definitely,  but  it  'is  possi- 
ble that  he  had  sons  Joseph,  John,  and  Thomas, 
mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Thomas,  son  of  John  Lyon,  married. 
1760,  Huldah,  a  sister  of  Martha  Burlingame, 
who  married  John  Lyon,  of  Scituate,  (Jctober 
27,  1763,  in  Cranston,  Rhode  Island;  she  was 
daughter  of  Daniel  and  Rcise  (  Piriggs )  Bur- 
lingame. .Samuel,  Alexander,  and  Major 
Thomas  Lyon  were  probably  his  sons.  ( )nc 
reason  for  this  statement  is  that  Cyrus,  a  son 
of  John,  brother  of  Thomas,  named  his  oldest 
son  Alexander  in  1797,  and  there  can  be  no 
doubt  that  Cyrus  and  .Alexander  were  cousins. 
Also,  a  daughter  of  Samuel  Lyon  marriefl  a 
Burlingame. 

(V)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  Lyon,  came  to 
Chenango  county.  New  York,  in  1791,  with  his 
Ijrothers  .Alexander  and  Alajor  Thomas.  Sam- 
uel and  Alexander  are  said  to  have  served  in 
a  Connecticut  regiment  in  the  revolution : 
Alexander  never  married.  Major  Thomas 
Lyon  was  killed  at  Little  A'ork,  in  1812,  in  a 
fight  with  the  British.  He  led  a  regiment  of 
state  troops  from  Chenango  county  in  1812. 
"Toward  the  close  of  1S13  General  Dearborn, 
under  whom  Major  Lyon  served,  crossed  Lake 


Erie  with  seventeen  hundred  men,  with  the 
intention  of  attacking  York,  now  Toronto,  and 
then  the  chief  depot  of  the  British  depots  in 
the  west.  .\  landing  was  made  before  York 
on  the  27th  of  the  month  (April)  under  hot 
fire,  but  tlie  Americans  pushed]  on  and  the 
enemy  were  driven  from  the  works.  The 
.Vmericans  were  still  pressing  tow^ard  the  main 
works  when  a  magazine  exploded,  a  plot  of  the 
British.  Two  hundred  Americans  were  killed 
and  wounded,  among  the  mortally  w^ounded 
l)eing  Major  Lyon,  who  was  carried  on  board 
the  commodore's  vessel  and  tliere  died,  the 
death  of  a  hero."  .Samuel  Lyon  and  his 
brothers  bought  land  of  Benjamin  Hovey, 
Ciovernor  Clinton's  land  agent,  for  one  shilling 
an  acre,  and  Iniilt  a  gristmill,  and  also  a  lum- 
ber and  a  woolen  mill.  He  settled  in  O.xford, 
1792,  and  at  Lyon  Brook,  near  Lyon  Brook 
tjridge,  i.m  the  New  York.  Ontario  &  Western 
railroad.  He  came  from  Great  Bend,  Penn- 
sylvania. He  is  said  to  have  had  a  brother. 
Dr.  Daniel  Lyon.     Children:  Daniel;  Huldah. 

married  Charles  Smith  ;  Sally,  married 

Rathbone ;  lietsey,  married  Burlin- 
game; Polly,  married  Samuel  Pollard;  Sam- 
uel, married  Eddy;  Lovina,  and  Lu- 

cina,  twins,  Lovina  married  John  Pollard,  Lu- 
cina  married Baker  ;  Ira  ;  Lovica,  mar- 
ried William  Smith;  George  Rowdey,  men- 
tioned below. 

I  \'I  )  (icorge  Rowdey.  son  of  Samuel  Lyon, 
was  I)(irn  .August  16,  1800,  at  Lyon  Brook, 
town  of  Oxford,  Chenango  county.  New  York, 
and  died  in  Greene,  New  York,  in  1886.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith  with  David 
Mavdole.  of  Norwich,  the  founrler  of  the  May- 
dole  1  lanimer  Company.  He  also  worked  wdth 
lames  .A.  tilover,  of  (J.xford,  and  about  1822 
came  to  (Ireene,  where  he  started  a  small  iron 
foundry,  with  the  bellows  operated  by  horse 
power.  The  present  Lyon  Iron  \\'orks  grew 
out  of  this  small  business.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Re|)ublican,  and  served  as  supervisor  of  the 
town.  He  was  a  Congregationalist.  and  a  dea- 
con in  the  church.  He  married,  December  28, 
i8j2.  Susannah,  daughter  of  David  and  Char- 
ity (Wilson)  Lyon,  she  was  born  in  Oxford. 
New  \'ork.  May  30,  1803.  Children:  Henry  A.. 
mentioned  below;  .Ann  Eliza,  born  .August  21, 
1829.  lives  in  Greene,  married  (first)  Judson 
Babcock.  (second)  Isaac  P..  PerLee.  who  died 
in  1901  ;  (George  Milton,  born  February  15. 
1832.  married  Eliza  Lewis;  Mary  .Alice,  born 
May  II,  1839,  died  May  i,  1842;  Susan  Alice, 


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born  September  14,  1842,  died  February  9, 
1896,  married  Burdette  Holcomb,  wbo  died  in 
1896. 

(VII)  Henry  A.,  son  of  George  Rowley 
Lyon,  was  born  in  Greene,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 22,  1826,  and  died  December  2,  1908.  He 
received  a  public  school  education  at  Greene, 
and  then  attended  Oxford  Academy.  Until 
his  marriage  he  worked  in  the  Lyon  iron 
Works  for  his  father,  and  then  he  conducted 
a  hotel  in  Willett,  New  York,  for  a  time.  Later 
he  returned  to  Greene,  and  after  the  death  of 
his  father,  who  founded  the  works  in  1840, 
the  business  which  had  been  conducted  in  a 
partnership,  was  incorporated.  He  was  made 
vice-president  of  the  corporation,  and  later 
became  president.  At  the  time  of  his  death 
he  was  vice-president.  He  married  Elvira  H. 
Dyer,  of  Willett,  Cortland  county.  New  York, 
daughter  of  John  and  Harriet  (Shaw)  Dyer; 
she  was  born  in  1830,  and  died  May  25,  1909. 
Children :  '  Harriet  A.,  married  Edward  A. 
Barnard,  and  they  have  a  son  Robert ;  Susie 
\.,  married  John  Eaton,  deceased,  has  daugh- 
ter Florence ;  Walter  Dyer,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Walter  Dyer  Lyon,  son  of  Henry 
.\.  Lyon,  was  born  at  Greene,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 22,  1867.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  the  Greene  high  school, 
graduating  from  the  latter.  After  leaving 
school  he  entered  the  Lyon  Iron  Works,  at 
Greene,  for  the  purpose  of  learning  the  busi- 
ness, and  he  has  been  engaged  there  to  the 
nresent  time  in  various  jiositions  of  responsi- 
bility. Since  it)07  he  has  been  ])resident  and 
general  manager  of  the  corporation.  The  Lyon 
Iron  Works,  founded  by  George  R.  Lyon, 
manufactures  saw,  shingle  and  latli  mills,  mak- 
ing small  gray  castings  a  specialty.  The  com- 
pany also  makes  shingle  bolters  and  bunchers, 
slab,  circular  and  drag  saw  machines,  horse, 
animal  and  dog  power  machinery,  fodder  cut- 
ters and  carriers,  agricultural  implements  in 
great  variety,  ]nillcys,  shafting,  hangers,  etc. 
Special  machinery  is  built  to  order. 

Mr.  Lyon  is  politically  a  Republican.  He  is 
past  master  of  Eastern  Light  Lodge,  No.  126, 
Free  Masons,  of  Greene:  of  Greene  Chapter. 
No.  106,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of  Greene:  of 
Malta  Commandery,  Knights  Templar,  of 
Binghamton,  New  York,  and  Kalurah  Temple, 
Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine.  He  married.  December  14,  iQii,  Eliz- 
abeth,  daughter   of    lohn   and   Matilda    ((iilli- 


land)  Mason.  Mr.  Lyon  attends  the  Baptist 
church,  being  one  of  the  trustees.  Mrs.  Lyon 
is  a  Congregationalist. 


James  Gibson,  the  immigrant  an- 
GI  B.S(  )N  cestor,  came  from  Argyleshire, 
on  the  western  shore  of  Scot- 
land, to  .\merica,  in  1722,  and  made  his  home 
in  Connecticut.  With  him  came  his  second 
wife,  Agnes  (Campbell).  By  his  second  wife 
he  had,  born  in  Connecticut :  John,  mentioned 
below ;  Janet,  married  John  Gordon. 

(II)  John,  son  of  James  Gibson,  was  born 
in  Connecticut,  about  1725.  He  lived  in  Wind- 
ham county,  Connecticut.  He  married  Esther, 
daughter  of  Adam  and  Jane  (Hall)  Kasson ; 
her  parents  came  from  Belfast,  Ireland,  and 
according  to  family  tradition  they  came  in  the 
same  ship  with  James  Gibson  and  other  Scotch 
and  Scotch-Irish  pioneers.  .Adam  Kasson  died 
at  Volunlown,  Windham  county,  Connecticut. 
November  i,  1752,  aged  seventy-one  years, 
and  his  wife  died  there  March  31,  1767,  aged 
eighty-five  years.  Children  of  John  and  Esther 
Gibson  :  Jacob,  married Deming ;  Arch- 
ibald, died  in  infancy;  Alexander,  never  mar- 
ried: John  J.,  married  Kate  Warren;  Archi- 
bald, married  three  times;  William,  married 
Lodema  Ransford;  James,  married  Hannah 
W.  Pierson ;  Thomas  Kasson,  married  Lubrina 
Reddington  ;  Mollie,  married  Hezekiab  Pellett ; 
Nancy,  married  Edward  Waterhouse;  Betsey, 
married  John  Wasson ;  Chauncey  C,  mention- 
ed below. 

(HI)  Chauncey  C,  son  of  John  Gibson, 
was  born  in  Windham  county,  Connecticut, 
about  1775.  His  father  and  he  were  among 
the  first  settlers  of  Norwich,  and  settled  there 
about  1790.  He  died  in  South  New  Berlin, 
New  York,  about  1867.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  He  was  an  especially  skill- 
ful violinist,  and  for  many  years  was  in  recjuisi- 
tion  for  country  dances  and  other  entertain- 
ments. The  section  was  sparsely  settled  in  his 
day,  and  on  one  occasit)n  he  was  accompanied 
by  howling  wolves  in  traveling  to  North  Nor- 
wich by  night.  He  manufactured  spinning 
wheels,  which  were  in  use  in  all  farm  houses 
in  his  day,  and  was  a  skillful  mechanic.  He 
married  Mary  Smith,  a  second  cousin  of  Gail 
Borden,  a  descendant  of  a  famous  old  New 
Bedford  family.  Children  :  John,  died  in  in- 
fancy:  Harriet,  married  Ira  Lincoln;  Phebe, 
died   in   infancv:   .Stanford   Chandler:   Homer 


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Ue  Lance,  died  in  infanc)  ;  Sarah  Sniitii,  mar- 
ried Abial  Cook  Hernjn ;  Schuyler  Jerome, 
married  Sarah  Eliza  Hancock;  Polly  Maria, 
married  Henry  Bennett. 

(IV)  Dr.  Stanford  Chandler  Gibson,  son  of 
Cliauncey  C.  Gibson,  was  born  in  Norwich,  in 
1810,  and  died  in  South  New  Berlin,  New 
York,  in  1894.  He  attended  the  public  schools. 
but  was  largely  educated  through  his  own  ef- 
forts. A  constant  student  all  his  life,  he  ac- 
quired a  liberal  education  and  became  a  man 
of  learning  and  culture.  For  some  years  he 
taught  school  when  a  young  man,  but  found 
a  preference  for  medicine,  and  fitted  himself 
for  the  profession  of  physician  and  surgeon 
and  followed  it  through  life.  He  located  at 
South  New  Berlin,  Chenango  county,  New 
York,  and  practiced  there  till  about  eight  years 
before  he  died.  He  was  a  successful  practi- 
tioner, much  beloved  by  the  people  of  the  com- 
munity, and  sincerely  mourned  when  he  died. 
Before  the  civil  war  he  was  a  Democrat,  hut 
he  became  a  Republican  in  the  early  days  uf 
that  party  and  was  strong  in  his  support  of 
the  Union  during  the  civil  war.  He  married 
(first)  Martha  R.  Hall;  (second)  Sarah  E. 
Church,  born  at  Columbus,  New  York,  1816, 
ancj  died  in    1863,  daughter  of  Varnum  and 

(VVyman)  Church.   He  married  (third) 

Katherine  E.  Failing.  Children  uf  first  wife: 
Captain  Edwin  O.,  who  served  in  the  civil  war. 
and  in  the  regular  army,  anrl  is  buried  in  the 
National  Cemetery  at  Arlington  :  Dwight  T., 
a  lawyer  at  Waverly,  Iowa.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Kasson  Church,  a  dentist  in  New 
York  City  ;  Frances  Janet,  married  Jay  Eccles- 
ton,  and  lives  at  Canastota,  New  York ;  Mar- 
tha, married  Daniel  Thompson,  of  Norwich  ; 
Stanford  Jay,  mentioned  below.  Children  of 
third  wife:  Charles  S.,  supervisor  of  grades 
in  Syracuse  public  schools. 

(V)  Stanford  Jay,  son  of  Dr.  Stanford 
Chandler  Gibson,  was  born  in  South  New 
Berlin,  January  13,  1858.  He  attended  the 
public  schools,  the  New  Berlin  Academy,  and 
Cornell  ITnJversity,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1879.  He  studied  law  in 
Ithaca  and  in  the  office  of  Judge  Gladding,  of 
Norwich,  and  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1883. 
For  three  years  he  was  principal  of  the  South 
New  Berlin  Union  School,  three  years  of  Af- 
ton  high  school  and  three  years  of  New  Berlin 
high  school  in  Chenango  county.  In  1893  he 
was  chosen  principal  of  the  Norwich  high 
school,  and  since  1899  he  has  been  superintend- 


ent of  schools  of  .\urwicli.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  and  he  has  taken  an  active  part  in 
public  afl:'airs.  lie  is  a  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity,  of  the  Odd  Fellows,  and  of 
the  Im])roved  Order  of  Red  Men,  all  of  Nor- 
wich. 

He  married,  in  .\pril,  1885.  Gertrude  J.  Sage, 
of  South  New  Berlin,  daughter  of  Gilbert  and 
.\delaide  (Sargent)  Sage.  Children:  i.  Ed- 
win Fred,  born  January  27,  1886,  graduate  of 
Cornell  University  in  1910  (M.  D. ),  and  now 
a  practicing  physician  in  Norwich ;  he  is  also 
health  officer  of  the  village.  2.  Kasson  Stan- 
ford, born  January  7,  1890;  a  student  of  Cor- 
nell University.  3.  ( lilbert  Sage,  born  August 
10,  1896.     4.  Stanford  Jay  Jr.,  June  2^,  1909. 


Daniel    Rindge,    the    immigrant 
RINDGE     ancestor,  was  born  in   England. 

and  settled  as  early  as  1648  in 
lp>wich.  He  died  in  h'ebrnary,  idOi.  His 
will  was  dated  I'Vbruary  3.  and  proved  Marcli 
25,  166 1.  To  his  wife  Mary  he  bequeathed  a 
third  of  his  property;  also  house  and  lands 
now  in  possession  of  Thomas  W'aite,  until  his 
two  youngest  daughtei'^  be  of  age,  "and  it 
they  desire  it  they  may  have  the  same  for  their 
portion."  1  le  had  a  farm  in  the  hands  of  Dan- 
iel Davison.  He  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Robert  Kinsman.  He  purchased  of  Jolm  Davis. 
February  8,  i''>48,  a  si.\-acre  lot  on  Heartbreak 
Hill;  and  February  14,  1648,  a  dwelling  house 
and'  si.x  acres  of  Thomas  Emerson.  He  bought 
a  fanu  of  Thomas  Bishop,  March  5,  1670. 
located  on  .Mile  limok.  He  was  licensed  as  an 
innkeeper  in  Ijjswich  in  May,  \C>Cm,  and  was 
"to  keepe  the  herd  on  the  south  side  of  the 
River,"  May  9,  1*^155.  Robert  Kinsman  came 
to  New  England  in  the  ship  "Mary  &  John," 
in  i'i34.  and  settled  in  Ipswich  in  1635.  His 
homestead  was  near  the  site  of  the  present 
.Scjuth  meeting  house  and  the  Cove.  Children 
of  Daniel  Rindge  :  Mary,  married  Uzziel  Ward- 
well  :  Daniel,  soldier  in  King  Philip's  war ; 
Roger,  born  June  19,  1657;  Susanna;  Isaac, 
mentioned  lielow ;  Sarah,  August  7,  1659. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Daniel  Rindge,  was  born 
about  1655,  and  died  in  Ij^swich  in  1714.  Fie 
bequeathed  to  his  son  John  his  negro  Jack, 
and  to  his  son  Isaac  he  gave  his  sword.  His 
estate  was  valued  at  £202  6s.  Two  of  his 
sons,  Isaac  and  John,  being  over  fourteen 
years  of  age,  chose  for  their  guardian  their 
uncle  Francis  Crompton.  John  settled  in  I'orts- 
mouth,  New  Hampshire.     He  married   (first  I 


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NEW  YORK. 


Elizabeth  Dutch,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
(Roper)  Dutch.  She  died  May  3,  1700,  and 
he  married  (.second)  Ehzabeth  (iUirnham) 
[■Cinsman,  daughter  of  Deacon  John  I'.urnhain. 
Children  of  Lsaac  Rindge:  John,  born  June  i, 
1695;  Lsaac.  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  Sep- 
tember 2.  1701  :  Abigail.  December  26,  1703; 
Daniel,  August  24,  \/0^ :  Samuel.  {December 
27,  1709. 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Rindge, 
was  born  at  Ipswich,  May  25,  1698.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1719,  Mercy  Ouarles.  ( Page  283. 
Manimatt's  "Early  Inhabitants.  Ipswich.  Mas- 
sachusetts"). He  moved  from  Cape  Ann. 
Massachusetts,  to  Ham])t(in.  Connecticut.  Chil- 
dren :  Isaac  :  John  :  Lucy  ;  Daniel :  William, 
mentioned  below:  Alartha  ;  Sar.ih.  Xo  record 
I  if  eighth  child. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Rindge, 
was  born  about  1740.  He  lived  in  Hampton 
and  Ash  ford.  Connecticut,  and  Wilbrahain, 
Massachusetts.  He  married  Hannah  L'tley. 
and  built  the  house  in  Wilbraham  in  which 
four  generations  of  the  family  have  been  born. 
Of  their  fifteen  children,  thirteen  grew  to 
maturity.  Children:  i.  Erastus,  married  Sally 
West ;  children ;  William.  Emeline.  John  and 
Angeline.  2.  Isaac,  married  T'hoebe  Richard- 
son ;  children:  Isaac,  married  Matilda  Tate, 
and  had  Charles  and  .\lfred:  Mary  .\nn,  mar- 
ried Addison  Alden,  and  had  Addison  and 
Mary;  Catherine,  married  Charles  West,  and 
had  Catlierinc ;  William,  went  to  California. 
3.  Eunice.  4.  Linda,  mentioned  below.  5. 
William,  mentioned  belnw.  f).  Nancy,  married 
Orson  Cone.  7.  Royal,  married  Ro.xanna 
Barker.  8.  .\lfred.  9.  Lucy,  married  David 
McCray ;  children :  Cornelia,  Caroline,  Sarah 
and  David.  10.  Cornelia,  married  Augustus 
Rarrett.  i  r.  Eidelia,  mentioned  below.  \2. 
Caroline,  married  Thomas  J.  Shepard ;  chil- 
dren:  Hannali  Jane,  married  Richard  P>.  Price: 

Caroline,  married Winter;  Nellie  She]i- 

ard,  married  (lidenn  Hall.  13.  Jane  M.,  mar- 
ried Earl  Trumbull:  lived  at  Little  Ealls,  New 
N'ork ;  had  children. 

(\')  Linda,  daughter  of  William  Rindge. 
married  Henry  Lathrop.  Children:  i.  L'tley, 
married  Lavinia  Peck;  children:  Henry.  Har- 
riet Lavinia  and  Erances  Marie.  2.  Porter, 
married  Cornelia  Reals ;  child :  William.  3. 
Emily,  married  Lewis  Moody  Eerry.  4.  Caro- 
line, married  S(.ilomon  Williams;  children: 
Carrie;  and  Emil}-,  married  James  Martin,  and 
had  Marie.     3.  Julia.    6.  Charlotte.    7.  Eidelia. 


8.  Charles,  married  Sarah  Churchill:  children: 
PVederic,  Linda  and  Eidelia. 

(\')  William  (2).  son  of  William  (i) 
Kludge,  was  born  in  Windham  county,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  March  17,  1821.  Accord- 
ing to  the  family  his  name  was  William  E. 
Rindge.  He  came  to  New  York  about  1810 
.Kmong  his  children  was  Samuel  Fuller,  men- 
tioned below. 

(V)  Eidelia,  daughter  of  William  Rindge, 
married  Elkanah  Barton.  Children:  i.  Horace. 
2.  Lucy,  married  Charles  Shaw  ;  children  :  Eliz- 
abeth and  Charles.  3.  George  Erost.  married 
Julia  Beardsley;  children:  Elizabeth,  and 
Cieorge  E.,  married  .-Xunie  Bunch,  and  had 
daughter  Julia.  4.  Elizabeth,  married  Charles 
-Vicholas  ;  ch.ildren  :  Robert  P^enner,  and  Grace, 
married  Charles  Hall,  and  had  children:  Nich- 
olas, Hiland  and  Elizabeth. 

i\  I)  Samuel  Euller.  son  of  William  E. 
Rindge.  was  born  in  \\  indham  county,  Con- 
necticut, and  died  in  fSrookfield,  Madison  coun- 
ty. New  York.  He  settled  in  the  town  of 
Homer,  Cortland  county,  near  the  village  of 
East  Homer,  where  he  followed  farming  and 
taught  school.  He  was  a  powerfully  built, 
earnest,  resolute  man,  a  noted  hunter  of  big 
game,  when  deer,  bear,  foxes  and  all  the  fur- 
bearing  animals  were  plentiful  in  this  region. 
He  held  a  commission  in  the  state  militia  under 
(ieneral  Hathaway,  of  Solon,  New  York,  and 
for  a  time  lived  at  Solon.  He  spent  his  last 
years  at  the  home  of  his  daughter  in  Brook- 
tield,  and  died  there.  He  married Bing- 
ham, who  was  related  to  the  founder  of  liing- 
hamton.  New  York.  Children :  Edwin  R., 
mentioned  below ;  Lucius ;  Charles,  living  in 
Baldwinsville,  New  York;  Levantia.  married 
Delos  Clark,  nf  Brookfield,  Madismi  county. 
New  York. 

( \'II  >  lulwin  R.,  son  of  .Samuel  Fuller 
Rindge,  was  born  in  1819,  at  Homer,  Cortland 
county,  and  died  at  Killawog.  P>roome  county, 
in  1889.  He  attended  the  jjublic  schools  of 
Homer  and  Solon.  When  a  young  boy  he  was 
apprenticed  to  Mr.  Carpenter,  of  Carpenter- 
ville.  in  the  town  of  Homer,  to  work  in  the 
woolen  and  carding  and  cloth  dressing  mill, 
and  continued  to  work  in  this  mill  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  In  1843  '^^  removed  to  the  town 
of  Lisle,  in  I'roome  county,  and  conducted  a 
carding  and  fulling  mill  for  about  five  years. 
He  then  went  to  Chenango  Forks  in  the  em- 
ploy of  Josephus  Byram.  who  owned  grist, 
woolen  and  carding  mills,      .\fter   four  vears 


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at  this  place  he  removed  to  Dryden,  Tomp- 
kins county,  where  he  took  charge  of  the  full- 
ing department  of  a  large  woolen  mill  for  two 
years.  About  1S56  he  went  to  Killawog.  Xew 
York,  and  for  about  six  years  operated  a  card- 
ing and  fulling  mill.  Afterward  he  was  asso- 
ciated with  liis  son  in  the  management  of  hi> 
general  store,  the  railroad  station  antl  post- 
<iffice  in  Killawog.  He  was  postmaster  of 
Killawog  and  lived  there  during  his  last  years. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican  ;  in  religion  a 
l!aptist.  He  married,  in  1843,  Cynthia  D. 
Briggs,  born  1806,  in  Cortland  county,  and 
(lied  in  1905,  daughter  of  Joel  R.  Kriggs.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  [•'ernando  D.,  born  1844:  enlisted  in 
1862  in  Company  D,  One  Hundred  and  Ninth 
Regiment  New  York  Volunteers,  and  killed  at 
battle  of  the  Wilderness,  May  12,  1864.  2. 
Rowley  Eugene,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jerome 
D.,  born  1852;  a  farmer  in  Cortland  county. 
near  the  town  of  Marathon. 

(\'HI)  Rowley  Eugene,  son  of  Edwin  R. 
Rindge,  was  born  in  the  town  of  Lisle,  Broome 
county.  New  York.  July  12,  1846.  He  attend- 
ed the  district  schools  of  Killawog,  Dryden. 
Chenango  Forks,  and  the  Marathon  Academy, 
walking  a  distance  of  three  miles  daily  from 
Killawog  to  the  academy.  Afterward  he  taught 
the  winter  term  of  school  at  Up|)er  Lisle.  In 
1864  he  became  a  general  merchant  at  Killa- 
wog in  the  firm  of  Pratt,  Hoyt  &•  Rindge. 
.After  one  year  Mr.  Pratt  withdrew  and  the 
name  of  the  firm  became  Hoyt  &  Rindge  for 
three  years.  Mr.  Hoyt  was  succeeded  by  Mr. 
I'iiettiplace,  antl  until  1872  the  firm  name  was 
Rindge  &  Phettiplace.  Mr.  Rindge  then  sold 
out  to  his  partner,  and  in  1865  was  apjjointetl 
station  and  express  agent  at  Chenango  P'orks, 
on  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  Western  rail- 
road, a  position  he  filled  until  1871,  and  dur- 
ing these  years  his  father  had  charge  of  his 
interests  in  the  store  at  Killawog.  He  came 
to  Norwich,  New  York,  in  1871,  as  agent  and 
dispatcher  for  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  iS; 
Western  railroad,  having  charge  of  all  the 
train  men  and  the  yard  gang  of  section  men 
until  187^,  but  continued  as  agent  until  1878. 
In  1878  he  engaged  in  the  coal  business  in  Nor- 
wich in  ])artncrship  with  Mr.  Partle,  under  the 
firm  name  of  Bartle  &  Rindge.  The  firm  was 
dissolved  by  the  death  of  his  jjartner  in  . Au- 
gust, 1880,  and  Mr.  Rindge  continued  in  busi- 
ness alone  until  1882.  He  handled  all  the  coal 
that  came  into  the  town  over  both  railroads 
for  manv  vears.     In  addition  to  his  coal  busi- 


ness, he  deals  extensively  in  real  estate  and 
is  the  owner  of  nnich  valuable  property  in  the 
town.  Mr.  Rindge  is  active  in  public  aft'airs. 
and  for  ten  years  was  a  member  of  the  board 
of  education  and  has  been  a  member  of  the 
board  of  health.  He  was  formerly  president 
and  general  manager  of  the  Norwich  h'urni- 
ture  Company,  and  is  one  of  the  owners  at  the 
present  time,  lie  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  was  chairman  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  society,  lie  joined  the  Free 
Masons  in  Lisle,  New  York,  many  years  ago. 
He  married.  September  7,  i8(k;,  Lucy  A. 
Davis,  of  La  Pierre,  Cortland  county.  New 
York,  daughter  of  John  C.  and  Julia  A.  (  Terry) 
Davis.  L'liildien :  i.  l'"red  Davis,  born  April 
JT,.  1 87 1,  died  September  H).  1872.  2.  Ray- 
mond .Arthur,  born  in  Norwich.  November  13, 
1873;  confidential  secretary  of  ( ieneral  Super- 
intendent Rogers,  of  the  ISorden  Condensed 
Alilk  L'ompanv,  in  New  \'ork  City;  married 
( irace,  daughter  of  T.  Sjjencer  Baker,  of  Nor- 
wich. 3.  (irace  .Ada,  married  .Alexander  L. 
Hackett.     4.   Morence  May. 


William  Teall  (Teal  or  Teel),  the 
TEALL     immigrant    ancestor   of    most    of 

the  Teal,  Teel,  Teale  and  Teall 
families  of  this  country,  if  not  of  all,  was  a 
carpenter  by  trade.  He  located  early  at  Mai- 
den, Massachusetts,  and  also  lived  at  Medford 
and  Charlestown.  He  was  a  nephew  of  Will- 
iam Clement,  of  Newton.  Of  his  children  all 
but  William  appear  to  have  left  their  native 
town.  William  Teall  married  (first)  Mary 
:  (  second  )  Hannah  Kendrick.  Chil- 
dren, the  fir.st  five  of  whom  were  born  at  Med- 
ford, the  others  at  Charlestown  :  .Abigail,  born 
January  i.  1685;  Benjamin,  November  2,  1689; 
Elizabeth.  June  22,  1696:  Oliver,  July  19.  1699, 
doubtless  the  settler  of  New  Haven  and  Kill- 
ingsworth,  Connecticut,  said  to  have  come 
from  England  in  a  lirief  genealogy  of  his  de- 
scendants (his  son  Oliver  was  of  Hillsdale. 
Columbia  county,  NewA'ork,in  1790)  ;  Rachel. 
August  I,  1705:  Hannah,  July  25,  1707;  John, 
September  25.  1709:  Esther.  September  9, 
1711:  Mary.  Alarch  30,  1713:  William,  bap- 
tized October  3,  1714,  lived  at  Charlestown; 
('aleb.  ba]itized  June  23.  1717:  Abigail,  bap- 
tized June  30,  1723;  Elizabeth,  born  October 
12.  1723. 

( II )  The  second  generation  scattered  through 
Massachusetts  and  Connecticut.  Oliver  Teall, 
ipf   New   Haven   and    Killingsworth.  has  been 


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mentioned.  In  1790  the  first  federal  census 
shows  that  Aaron,  Benjamin  and  Blaney  Teall 
were  the  only  heads  of  families  left  in  Charles- 
town,  and  Gershom,  Jonathan  and  Samuel  in 
Medford.  Anne,  William,  William  Jr.  and 
Joseph  were  heads  of  families  in  Newbury- 
port,  Massachusetts.  Dr.  Oliver  Teall,  son  of 
Oliver  Teall  and  grandson  of  William  Teall. 
was  in  Hillsdale,  New  York,  in  1790.  In 
Columbia  county  his  cousins,  Lawrence  and 
Zachariah  Teall,  also  located  and  had  fam- 
ilies in  1790.  The  other  heads  of  families  of 
this  surname  in  New  York  state  in  1790  were 
Henry,  Jacob,  Joseph,  Samuel,  William  and 
Timothy  Teall.  Joseph  and  Timothy  Teall 
were  mentioned  in  the  Oliver  Teall  genealogy. 
Some  of  the  New  York  Tealls  are  descended 
apparently  from  Henry  G.  Teel,  who  was  burn 
September  28,  1728,  died  July  2,  1795;  came 
to   Knowlton,    Warren    county.    New    Jersey, 

before  the  revolution ;  married  Christina , 

born  1730,  died  March  25,  1795.  The  will  of 
Henry  G.  Teel  was  dated  June  12,  and  filed 
August  20,  1795,  bequeathing  to  .Andrew,  born 
August  15,  1758:  John,  born  I7to,  resided  at 
Blairstown,  New  Jersey;  William,  Henry, 
Christina  and  Barbara.  Isaac  and  Joseph  Teall 
were  the  only  heads  of  family  of  this  surname 
in  1790  in  the  state  of  Connecticut,  but  there 
served  in  the  revolution  from  Connecticut 
Jacob,  Joseph,  Nathan,  Samuel  (2),  Titus  and 
Timothy  Teall,  several  of  whom  moved  to 
New  York  before  1790. 

(HI)  Charles  Teall,  descendant  of  William 
Teall,  probably  in  the  third  generation,  ])er- 
haps  the  fourth,  was  born  at  Rhinebeck,  New 
York.  We  have  shown  that  several  of  this 
family  located  in  Columbia  county  before 
1790.  Henry  had  one  son  under  sixteen  and 
two  females  in  his  family,  Lawrence  had  two 
sons  under  si.xtecn  and  one  female,  and  Zach- 
ariah had  two  females.  They  were  living  in 
the  same  town,  and  their  names  follow  each 
other  in  the  list  as  taken  in  Cohnnbia  county. 

(IV)  Charles  Teall,  born  about  1775,  son 
of  one  of  the  Columbia  county  settlers,  was 
born  at  Rhinebeck,  and  located  at  Albany, 
New  York.  He  married  and  had  a  son,  Charles 
H.,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Charles  H.,  son  of  Charles  Teall,  was 
born  on  Quaker  street,  Albany,  New  York,  in 
1824.  He  was  educated  in  the  i)ublic  schools, 
and  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter.  He  be- 
came a  master  builder  and  contractor  and  also 
followed  farming.    He  died  in  1906.    He  mar- 


ried Mary  Hunting,  anil  they  had  one  son, 
Charles  C,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Dr.  Charles  Clayton  Teall,  son  of 
Charles  H.  Teall,  was  born  in  Lysander,  New 
York,  April  12,  1863.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools,  at  Falley  Seminary  and 
Cazenovia  Seminary.  In  1897  he  entered  the 
.\nierican  School  of  Osteopathy  at  Kirksville, 
.Missouri,  then  under  the  presidency  of  its 
founder.  Dr.  Still.  After  graduating  in  1899 
he  took  a  post-graduate  course  at  St.  Louis. 
He  began  to  practice  in  Brooklyn,  New  York. 
Since  1909  he  has  been  located  in  Fulton,  New 
York,  where  he  has  an  extensive  practice.  He 
was  elected  president  of  the  American  Osteo- 
])athic  .Vssociation  at  St.  Louis  in  1902,  and 
he  has  been  secretary  of  the  New  York  Osteo- 
pathic Society.  Dr.  Teall  has  written  various 
articles  of  a  professional  nature  and  is  author 
of  the  work,  "Practice  of  Osteopathy."  He  is 
a  member  of  Weedsport  Lodge,  No.  385,  Free 
and  .Accepted  Masons,  of  Weedsport,  New 
■^ork ;  Royal  .Arch  Masons,  at  Jackson,  Michi- 
gan ;  Jackson  Council,  Royal  and  Select  Mas- 
ters ;  Salem  Town  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  of  .Auburn.  New  York:  Lulu  Temple. 
Mystic  Shrine;  of  the  Pathfinder  and  Masonic 
clubs  of  Fulton,  and  Citizens'  Club.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  September,  1900,  Grace  Hen- 
ninger.  born  in  Hamilton,  Ohio,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Henninger.  Children:  Charles  H., 
Mary  Grace. 


James  Conners  was  hiirn  in 
CO.NNERS     Ireland  in  1817.     He  married 

Mary  A.  Fuller,  of  Killarney, 
Ireland,  in  Montreal,  Canada,  October  20, 
1847,  ^y  I'ishop  Phalen.  In  1850  they  came 
t(j  Fulton,  New  York,  wliere  they  made  their 
home  for  over  fifty  years,  and  were  loved  and 
res])ected  by  all  with  whom  they  came  in  con- 
tact for  their  charity  and  kindness  of  heart.  Mr. 
Conners  jnirchased  what  was  then  known  as 
the  Great  Bear  Spring  Farm,  ami  after  im- 
proving the  same  sold  to  the  village  of  F'ulton 
the  portion  of  ground  upon  which  the  present 
City  Water  Works  is  now  located.  He  work- 
ed for  the  late  Captain  Malcolm,  of  Oswego, 
and  the  Dodge  Company,  of  Washington,  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  many  years,  retiring  from 
])ublic  work  in  1879.  Ten  children  blessetl 
this  union,  namely:  I.  John,  interested  in  the 
ciil  wells  in  .Sunny  Side,  Pennsylvania.  2. 
Willi.im.  physician  of  Scranton,  Pennsylvania, 


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also  a  very  successful  writer.  3.  James,  de- 
ceased; was  president  of  the  Nebraska  Mining 
(.'ompany.  4.  Stephen,  one  of  the  stockholders 
of  the  above  mine.  5.  Thomas,  of  the  Stand- 
ard Oil  Company,  of  Taft,  California.  6.  Mrs. 
John  Carroll.  7.  Mrs.  Martin  Dietrich,  of 
Fulton,  New  York.  8.  Mrs.  Frank  Mack,  of 
Oswego,  New  York.  9.  Kate,  who  resides  on 
the  homestead.  10.  Joseph  II.,  of  whom  fur- 
ther. 

( II)  Joseph  H.,  son  of  James  Conners,  was 
liorn  in  Fulton,  New  York,  .•\ugnst  15,  1864. 
He  was  etlucated  in  the  city  schools,  and  for 
.seven  years  worked  in  a  cheese  factory  in  Ful- 
ton for  the  late  Harvey  Smith.  He  then  ran 
the  factory  for  two  years.  In  the  spring  of 
1S87  he  entered  the  employ  of  Hines,  Mof- 
fett  &  Clark,  of  W'atertown.  New  York,  as 
their  supjily  man  and  timekeeper  on  water 
and  electric  light  works  at  Rochester.  Minne- 
'iota.  In  1S88  he  worked  on  the  Battle  Island 
l(5ck  and  on  the  water  works  at  Phoeni.x,  New- 
York.  The  following  year  he  worked  for 
P.assett  Brothers  on  construction  of  water 
works  at  Clyde,  Palmyra,  Phelps,  ?>rockport 
and  Holly,  New  York.  In  1891  he  went  back 
to  work  for  William  Patrick  and  remained 
with  him  for  three  years.  In  1894  'le  formed 
a  partnership  with  the  late  Willard  Johnson 
under  the  firm  name  of  Johnson  &•  Company. 
They  raised  the  Oswego  Falls  dam  and  built 
the  foundation  for  the  Oswego  Falls  Paper 
Company.  In  1897  he  took  over  the  tools 
of  the  company  and  founded  the  company  of 
Conners  &  Smith.  They  built  the  Nestle  Food 
plant  at  Fulton,  New  York,  two  and  one-half 
miles  of  jiavement  at  Salamanca,  New  York, 
the  power  house  at  Stuyvesant  I'alls,  install- 
ed machinery  for  the  third  railroad  from  Rens- 
selaer to  Hudson,  the  lock  and  dam  at  Saranac 
Lake,  Albany  avenue  bridge  foundation  at  .At- 
lantic City,  Oakwood  avenue  pavement  at 
Troy,  bridge  at  Waterford  and  three  miles  of 
ijood  roads  from  Lestershire  to  Hooper. 

In  1904  Mr.  Conners  started  in  business  for 
himself.  He  built  roads  at  Fabius,  Ai)ulia, 
Deerfield,  L'tica.  Parish  and  Rurrs  Mills.     In 

1905  he   built    the   Henderson    roads,   and    in 

1906  Mill  No.  5  at  Fulton  for  E.  R.  Redhead. 
In  the  last  three  years,  in  the  firm  of  Con- 
ners &  Hendricks,  he  has  built  the  Utica  Street 
Bridge  at  Oswego,  New  York,  and  the  Dia- 
mond Match  Factory  and  pavement  on  Sec- 
ond  street.      In    lOTO  the  same   firm   had   the 


contract  for  building  the  concrete  sewer  for 
the  liarge  canal  at  Fulton,  New  York,  and  in 
the  same  year  also  built  a  retaining  wall  for 
the  Fulton  Light,  Heat  &  Power  Company, 
and  a  dock  for  the  Eureka  Paper  Company. 
In  the  past  year,  191 1,  he  built  four  miles  of 
the  Fulton  Hannibal  road.  No.  772,  at  a  cost 
of  $45,000.00.  He  is  a  stockholder  and  di- 
rector in  the  Nebraska  Mining  Company  of 
Hastings,  Nebraska,  mines  joining  the  valu- 
able Silver  Slipper  mines  located  at  Robaux, 
South  Dakota.  In  politics  Mr.  Conners  is  a 
Democrat  and  has  held  many  positions  of  re- 
sponsibility and  trust.  In  1909  he  was  elected 
mayor  of  the  city  of  Fulton  by  a  large  major- 
ity. He  is  a  member  of  the  Church  of  the 
Immaculate  Conception,  and  at  present  is 
])resi(1ent  of  the  St.  Vincent  De  Paul  Society, 
president  of  the  Hospital  Association;  member 
of  the  Knights  of  Columbus,  St.  Joseph's 
Council,  No.  256;  Lodge,  No.  830,  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks ;  Citizens'  Club, 
and  Chamber  of  Commerce. 

He  married,  July  11,  1900,  Ellie  Macksey, 
(faughter  of  Patrick  and  Ellen  Macksey,  of 
Sherbourne,  New  York.  Children:  Joseph  M., 
born  October  30,  1901  ;  Marguerite,  born  De- 
cember 15.  1903. 


In  the  great  exodu>  from 
ICLl.AND  l-"rance  following  the  P'rench 
revolution,  thousands  sought 
f(ir  a  home  in  this  country.  Of  these  emigres 
a  small  company  in  Philadelphia  decided  to 
form  a  settlement  in  the  rapidly  developing 
section  of  New  ^'ork  state,  and  Simon  Barnct 
was  delegated  to  select  a  site  for  the  proposed 
town.  He  came  up  the  Susc|uehanna  river  to 
"Chenango  Pint,"  now  Binghamton,  and  then 
followed  the  course  of  the  Chenango  river  to 
the  present  town  of  Greene.  Here  he  decided 
to  locate  the  settlement  and  he  made  a  contract 
with  Malachi  Treat  and  William  W.  Morris, 
the  original  patentees,  for  a  tract  of  land, 
which  came  to  be  known  as  the  French  Tract 
or  the  French  Village  Plot,  located  on  the  east 
bank  of  the  Chenango  river  and  embracing  the 
j)resent  grounds  of  the  Riverside  .Xgricultural 
Society.  Charles  Felix  de  Bolyne,  a  man  of 
considerable  talent,  learning  and  wealth,  was 
at  the  head  of  the  project.  In  1792  or  soon 
afterward  eight  or  ten  of  these  French  fam- 
ilies established  themselves  in  Greene,  but  the 
colonv  did  not  flourish,  and  after  the  death  of 


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Mr.  Bolyne  by  drowning  in  1795,  the  French 
families  scattered  and  few  remainetl  to  carry 
on  the  settlement. 

(1)  Captain  Josejih  Juliand  was  burn  in 
Lyons,  France,  January  17,  1749.  In  his  early 
Hfe  he  received  a  good  academic  education. 
His  father  intended  that  he  should  devote  him- 
self to  the  medical  profession  and  he  stutlied 
medicine  for  a  time,  acquiring  such  a  general 
knowledge  of  the  subject  as  to  stand  him  in 
good  stead  in  later  life,  both  as  commander 
of  a  vessel  and  as  a  pioneer  in  a  new  country. 
Being  a  man  of  great  energy  of  character, 
bold  and  venturesome,  he  abandoned  the  study 
of  medicine  and  followed  the  sea.  He  passed 
through  all  the  grades  and  while  yet  a  young 
man  became  a  master  mariner  and  coinmand- 
ed  a  merchant  vessel.  He  made  several  voy- 
ages across  the  Atlantic,  sailing  between  Nantes 
and  Bordeaux  in  France,  and  Boston  and  Phil- 
adel])hia  in  the  L'nited  Stales.  While  in  this 
country  he  took  occasion  to  travel  in  the  inter- 
ior and  mingled  freely  with  the  people,  losing 
no  opportunity  to  improve  his  knowledge  of 
the  English  language  and  of  the  manners  and 
customs  of  the  country.  (Jn  one  of  his  voy- 
ages he  was  staying  for  a  time  near  Xew 
Haven,  Connecticut,  and  met  the  woman  he 
married,  Hannah  Lindsley,  daughter  of  a  re- 
spectable farmer.  This  marriage  doubtless 
changed  his  plans  materially,  for  after  closing- 
out  his  interests  he  abandoned  the  sea  and  de- 
cided to  make  his  home  in  this  country.  His 
decision  may  have  been  influenced  also  by  the 
political  disturbances  in  his  native  land.  His 
own  native  city  of  Lyons  was  torn  by  the 
strife  of  civil  war  during  the  dreadful  h'rench 
revolution.  Soon  after  his  marriage  in  1788 
he  removed  to  a  farm  near  Greenfield,  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  resided  for  several  years. 
Having  heard  of  the  French  colony  mentioned 
above  and  being  urged  to  locate  there,  he  de- 
cided to  join  the  French  settlers  and  set  out 
with  his  wife,  two  children,  and  household 
goods  through  tlie  wilderness  to  make  his  home 
in  Clienango  county.  New  York.  He  expect- 
ed to  find  good  land  and  congenial  society.  In 
1798  he  joined  the  colonists  at  Greene,  leaving 
his  family  in  that  part  of  the  town  which  is 
now  Coventry  while  he  set  to  work  to  build  a 
house  and  clear  his  land.  Several  families 
had  already  left  tiie  town  and  others  were  pre- 
])aring  to  seek  homes  elsewhere,  btit  Captain 
Juliand  was  not  discouraged.  He  bought  the 
land  tliat  otiiers  had  abauiloucd,  including  the 


town  plot.  To  him  and  Jutlge  Elisha  Smith 
must  be  given,  history  tells  us,  the  credit  for 
permanently  settling  the  town  of  Greene.  He 
lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  days  and  rear- 
ed a  family  of  five  sons  and  one  daughter.  After 
living  many  years  to  enjoy  the  fruits  of  his 
enterprise  and  to  witness  the  im])rovement  and 
prosperity  of  the  country,  he  died  October  13, 
1821,  in  the  seventy-third  year  of  his  age. 
Cajitain  Juliand  was  a  man  of  medium  stature. 
He  possessed,  however,  remarkable  energy  and 
vivacity,  shrewd  common  sense  and  character- 
istic French  courtesy  of  manner.  He  was 
charitable,  giving  his  time,  sympathy  and  money 
freely  to  the  poor  and  unfortunate,  and  he 
fought  earnestly  and  always  against  the  spirit 
of  intolerance  and  oppression. 

His  wife,  Hannah  (Lindsley)  Juliand,  was 
born  in  Guilford.  Connecticut,  January  27, 
17(13,  died  at  Greene,  New  York,  April  11. 
1851.  Children:  Richard  W'.,  born  Alarch  8, 
1790,  in  Greenfield:  Martha,  September  13, 
1792.  in  Greenfield:  Joseph,  mentioned  below; 
Lewis,  August  31,  1800;  George,  March  23, 
1803;  Frederick,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Joseph  ( 2),  son  of  Captain  Joseph  (i) 
Juliand,  was  born  in  (jreene.  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 2T^,  ^797,  died  in  Greene,  February  13, 
1870.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  liarly  in  life  he  became  a 
general  merchant  and  until  1839  was  in  part- 
nership with  his  four  brothers.  They  were 
also  dealers  in  cattle  and  live  stock.  After 
that  time  he  conducted  the  store  alone.  In 
1859  he  established  a  banking  business  and  he 
contimied  in  this  business  until  the  time  of 
his  death.  The  bank  is  still  known  as  the 
Juliand  Bank.  He  was  a  shrewd  and  success- 
ful man  of  affairs.  In  politics 'he  was  a  Whig 
until  that  party  was  dissolved,  and  afterward 
a  Republican  and  a  leader  in  the  new  party. 
He  was  elected  to  the  New  York  state  assem- 
bly and  served  in  1827  and  again  in  1834,  and 
during  his  term  was  one  of  the  prime  movers 
in  securing  the  building  of  the  Chenango  canal. 
He  was  active  in  the  state  militia  and  became 
colonel  of  his  regiment  and  afterward  was 
universally  known  as  Colonel  Juliand.  He  was 
a  conununicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  the  church 
in  Greene  and  warden  for  many  years,  holding 
that  office  from  the  founding  of  the  church 
until  he  died. 

He  married,  October  13,  1822,  .Anna  Maria 
Perkins,  born  May  C>.  1804.  died  May  i,  i860, 


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•  laughter  of  Erastu.s  and  Abigail  (Stevens) 
Perkins.  Children :  Cornelia,  born  November 
24,  1826,  married  William  F.  Russell,  of 
(Greene;  Anna  M.,  August  18.  1835,  died  Au- 
gust 2Ti,  1855:  Joseph  Erastus' '  mentioned 
below. 

(11)  Frederick,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  (i) 
Juliand,  was  born  at  Greene,  October  9,  1805. 
He  received  his  early  education  in  the  district 
schools,  and  at  the  academy  at  Utica,  New 
York,  then  a  noted  institution,  and  at  c3xford 
Academy  under  Dr.  David  L.  Prentice.  After- 
ward he  studied  uiuler  the  tutorship  of  Rev. 
John  B.  Hoyt,  of  Greene.  He  began  his  busi- 
ness life  in  the  employ  of  Hill  &  Juliand,  hcjtel 
proprietors.  Afterward  he  was  a  clerk  in  the 
store  of  Colonel  Aloses  G.  Ilenjamin,  then  a 
prominent  merchant  in  Rainbridge,  New  York, 
residing  in  the  family  of  his  employer  and  re- 
ceiving as  wages  for  the  first  year  the  sum  of 
fifty  dollars  and  an  increase  of  ten  dollars  a 
year  after  the  first  year.  In  the  fourth  year  he 
received  a  stipend  of  fifteen  dollars  a  month. 
In  1830  ;\lr.  Juliand  entered  into  partnership 
with  his  brothers.  Joseph,  Lewis  and  George 
Juliand,  under  the  firm  naine  of  J.  Juliand  & 
Brothers  in  the  conduct  of  general  farming 
and  a  general  store,  and  the  firm  had  a  pros- 
perous existence  of  ten  years.  When  the  firm 
was  dissolved,  Frederick  Juliand  continued  the 
store  as  sole  proprietor.  In  i860  he  trans- 
ferred the  business  to  his  son,  John  R.  Juliand. 
who  continued  it  until   iSfi^). 

In  religion  Mr.  Juliand  was  an  Episco- 
|)alian.  He  was  baptized  at  the  age  of  four 
years  in  that  church  at  Bradford,  Connecti- 
cut, and  confirmed  by  Bishop  Onderdonk 
on  the  occasion  of  the  last  visit  of  the  bishop 
to  this  diocese.  For  twenty-five  years  Mr. 
Juliand  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school,  and  from  1873  he  was  junior  warden. 
In  early  life  he  was  a  Whig  and  his  first  vote 
for  president  was  cast  for  John  Ouincy  Adams. 
He  was  i>unctilious  in  performing  his  simple 
duties  of  citizenship,  and  during  a  long  life 
rarely  missed  voting  at  an  election.  When  the 
Republican  party  was  organized  he  joined  it 
and  continued  to  support  its  candidates  all  his 
life.  Just  before  the  civil  war  he  was  interest- 
ed in  the  Underground  Railroad  and  gave  his 
hearty  support  to  the  anti-slavery  movement. 
He  was  a  lifelong  supporter  of  the  temperance 
movement.  The  first  office  held  liy  Mr.  Juli- 
and was  that  of  postmaster  of  (ireene,  receiv- 
ing his  commission   from  the  hand  of  Presi- 


ilent  Harrison  and  serving  through  the  Tyler 
administration.  He  was  elected  on  the  Whig 
ticket  to  the  state  assembly  in  1855  and  served 
in  the  session  of  1856  on  the  committee  on 
banks.  In  the  fall  of  18U3  he  was  nominated' 
for  state  senator  on  the  Republican  ticket  from 
the  Twenty-thii'd  district  comprising  Chenan- 
go, Madison  and  Cortland  counties,  and  was 
elected  by  a  iilurality  of  5.451)-  In  the  senate 
he  was  apjiointed  chairman  of  the  committee 
on  public  jjrinting,  member  of  the  committee 
on  banks,  roads  and  bridges  and  ])oor  laws. 
He  was  an  efficient  and  able  legislator  and  ex- 
erted a  large  infiuence  in  the  legislature.  In 
the  fall  of  1866  he  was  again  nominated  for 
the  assembly,  against  his  expressed  wishes, 
and  was  elected  b_\-  a  majority  of  1,608,  the 
largest  given  to  any  candidate  on  the  ticket 
with  him.  He  served  in  tlie  session  of  1867  as 
chairman  of  the  committee  on  towns  and  coun- 
ties and  member  of  the  committee  on  banks. 
1  le  was  I'eelected  the  following  year,  and  al- 
though his  party  was  in  the  minority  he  was 
honored  with  an  appointment  upon  his  old 
committee,  that  r)f  towns  and  counties,  and 
was  on  the  important  sub-committee  of  the 
whole.  In  1862  and  again  in  1866  he  was  a 
member  of  the  Republican  state  committee. 
He  was  appointed  one  of  the  incorporators  of 
tlie  State  Soldier's  Home  at  Bath  and  a  trus- 
tee of  the  State  Inebriate  Asylum  at  Bingham- 
ton.  During  the  civil  war  he  gave  strong  suj)- 
porl  to  the  Union,  contributing  money,  aiding 
the  families  of  absent  soldiers  and  encouraging 
enlistments.  In  u%2  he  served  on  a  commit- 
tee from  the  Twenty-third  senatorial  district 
to  raise  troops  and  aided  effectively  in  putting 
the  (Jne  Hundred  and  Fourteenth  Regiment  in 
the  field.  In  the  summer  of  1864  he  went  to 
the  front  with  funds  from  the  town  of  Greene, 
and  on  his  wa\'  to  North  Carolina  the  steamer 
on  which  he  was  a  passenger  was  attacked  b)' 
guerillas.  He  was  robbed  of  all  his  valuables, 
including  the  .$6,000  he  was  carrying  to  the 
recruiting  agent.  Through  the  infiuence  of  a 
frienil,  he  and  Major  Jenny,  of  Syracuse,  were 
paroled,  but  the  remainder  of  the  captives  were 
sent  to  a  rebel  ])rison  and  half  oi  them  died. 
Mr.  Juliand  married  (first),  in  1835,  Jane 
Cameron,  daughter  of  Ca])tain  John  Ringer, 
of  (jeneva.  He  married  (.second),  in  1841, 
Catherine  R..  daughter  of  Hon.  Isaac  Hayes. 
of  L'nadilla.  lie  married  (third),  in  Septem- 
ber, 1865,  Harriet  M.,  daughter  of  Hon.  Ben- 
jamin    Crocker,    of    Cambridge.    Washington 


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county,  Xew  \'ork.  V,y  his  first  wife  he  had 
one  son,  John  Ringer,  who  succeeded  his  fatlier 
in  business.  By  the  second  wife  he  had  a  son, 
and  two  daughters,  Sarah  J.  and  Minerva. 
The  son  died  in  infancy. 

(Ill)  Joseph  Erastus,  son  of  Joseph  (2) 
JuHand,  was  born  in  (ireene.  New  York,  in 
the  same  house  in  which  he  is  now  living,  Oc- 
tober 28,  1S43.  JI'-'  attended  the  pubHc  schools 
of  his  native  town  and  Ilobart  College  at  Ge- 
neva, New  York,  from  which  he  was  gradu- 
ated in  the  class  of  1864.  Immediately  after 
he  graduated  he  became  a  clerk  in  his  father's 
bank,  .'\fter  the  death  of  his  father  he  formed 
a  partnershi])  under  the  name  of  Russell  & 
Juliand.  with  his  l)rother-in-law,  and  since  then 
this  firm  has  conducted  the  Juliand  Bank  with 
marked  success.  In  1893  tlie  business  was  re- 
organized under  a  state  charter  under  the  name 
of  the  Juliand  Bank  and  Mr.  Juliand  has  been 
president  of  the  bank  since  that  time.  He  has 
also  been  president  of  the  Lyons  Iron  Works 
of  Greene.  I  le  was  for  nineteen  years  treas- 
urer of  the  Riverside  .Agricultural  Society,  and 
is  a  director  of  the  (ireene  Manufacturing 
Company.  He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Prot- 
estant Episcopal  church,  was  its  vestryman  for 
thirt)'  years  and  since  1^04  has  been  junior 
warden. 

In  politics  Mr.  Juliand  i>  a  loyal  and  influ- 
ential Re[)uI)Iican  and  he  has  held  many  offices 
of  trust  and  honor.  For  twelve  years  he  was 
supervisor  oi  the  town  of  Greene  and  an  influ- 
ential member  of  the  board  of  supervisors  of 
Chenango  county.  He  has  been  elected  to 
various  county  and  state  conventions  of  his 
party  and  has  been  chairman  of  the  county 
convention.  He  is,  moreover,  a  useful  and 
public-spirited  citizen,  giving  freely  his  influ- 
ence and  sup])ort  to  all  movements  designed  to 
better  the  community  in  which  he  lives. 

He  married,  Se]itember  C>,  1870.  Mary  ;\.. 
born  August  8,  1845,  in  Greene,  daughter  of 
Charles  A.  and  Maria  L.  (Guernsey)  Stevens. 
Children:  i.  Adelaide  Maria,  born  July  9,  1873: 
married,  July  10,  1901,  Horace  A.  Gross,  a 
merchant  of  Greene  ;  children  :  Mary  Adelaide, 
born  May  17,  1904;  Caroline  A.,  May  6,  1906; 
Clara  Cornelia,  January  23,  19CX):  Joseph  Juli- 
;md,  July  5,  191 1.  2.  Clara  Cornelia,  born  May 
15,  1877:  married,  September  C\  1905,  Ralpli 
Van  Valkenburg,  of  Chicago,  a  mechanical 
engineer;  child.  Juli.ind.  diefl  December  23. 
1910. 


Putnam  is  an  ancient  English 

PUTNAM  surname,  taken  from  the  place 
name,  Puttenham.  This  town 
is  mentioned  in  the  Domesday  Book  (1086); 
it  was  a  part  of  the  great  fief  known  as  the 
Honor  of  Leicester.  The  parish  of  Putten- 
ham is  situated  in  Hertfordshire,  near  Bed- 
fordshire and  Buckinghamshire.  The  coat-of- 
arms  to  which  all  tiie  American  descendants  of 
this  lineage  are  entitled  is :  Sable,  between  eight 
crosses  crosslet  fitches  (or  crusily  fitches)  ar- 
gent, a  stork  of  the  last,  beaked  and  legged 
gules.    Crest:  A  wolf's  head  gules. 

( 1  )  Simon  de  Puttenham  is  the  first  of  the 
name  of  whom  there  is  definite  record  in  Eng- 
land, and  was  probably  the  lineal  descendant 
of  Roger,  who  held  the  manor  of  Puttenham 
under  the  Piishop  of  Baieu.x.    He  lived  in  1199. 

(  H  )  Ralph  de  Puttenham  is  supposed  to 
have  been  son  of  Simon.  He  lived  in  1217, 
and  held  a  knight's  fee  in  Puttenham. 

(HI)  Richard  de  Puttenham  lived  in  1273. 
believed  to  have  been  son  of  Ralph. 

(I\")  John  de  Puttenham  lived  in  1291  in 
the  manor  of  Puttenham. 

(  V )  Thomas  Puttenham  lived  in  the  time 
of  P^dward  I.  He  is  said  to  have  married 
Helen,  daughter  of  John  Spigornell.  He  had 
sons  Roger  and  Henry. 

( Vl )  Roger  Puttenham,  son  of  Thomas,  was 
of  age  before  1315,  and  was  high  sheriff  of 
Hertfordshire  in  1322.  He  married  Alisha — — . 

(  \'1I)  Henry  Puttenham,  son  of  Roger,  lived 
from  about  1300  to  1350. 

(\TIT)  Sir  Roger  Puttenham,  believed  to 
be  son  of  1  lenry.  was  born  about  1320  and  died 
about  1380. 

(IX)  William  Puttenham  is,  believed  to  be 
son  of  Sir  Roger,  and  was  of  Puttenham  Penn, 
Sheffield,  Marbleton.  He  married  Margaret 
Marbleton,  daughter  of  John.  Children:  Henry, 
Robert  and  William. 

(X  )  Henry  Puttenham,  son  of  William  Put- 
tenham, was  over  sixty  years  old  in  1468,  and 
lived  in  1473.  H^  inherited  the  estates  of  his 
father.  He  died  July  6,  1473.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  widow  of  Geoflfrey  Goodluck.  In 
her  will,  dated  December  25,  1485,  she  desired 
to  be  buried  in  the  Chapel  of  St.  Mary  the 
Mrgin,  in  .All  .Saints  of  Istehvorth. 

(XI)  William  Puttenham,  son  of  Henry 
Puttenh.'im,  was  born  about  1430,  and  died  in 
1492.  He  married  .\nne,  daughter  of  John 
Hampden,  of  Hampden,  coimty   Bucks.     His 


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will,  dated  July  lo,  1492,  was  proved  at  Lam- 
beth, July  23,  1492.  He  directed  that  his  body 
be  buried  before  the  image  of  the  Blessed  Vir- 
gin Mary,  in  the  Chapel  within  the  church  of 
the  Hospital  of  the  Blessed  Alary,  called  the 
Elsingsjiytell.  in  London.  Children  :  Sir  George, 
heir,  knight ;  Edmund  of  Puttenhani,  died  with- 
out issue;  Nicholas  of  Penne,  ancestor  of  the 
American  family ;  Frideswide  ;  Elizabeth  ;  Alio- 
nore,  married  Richard  Pigott ;  Brigide ;  Agnes. 

(XH)  Nicholas  Puttenham,  son  of  William 
Puttenhani,  lived  at  Putnam  Place,  in  Penne. 
This  estate  probably  came  into  the  family  in 
1 315,  in  the  time  of  Roger  Puttenham.  Put- 
nam I'lace  is  now  a  farm  house,  and  a  railway 
station  perpetuates  the  name.  Nicholas  was 
Ijorn  about  i4fio.  His  will  was  made  in  1526. 
Children:  John  of  Penne;  Henry,  mentioned 
below. 

(XHl)  Henry  Puttenham,  son  of  William 
Puttenhani,  was  living  in  1526,  probably  in 
Eddlesborough.  Children:  Richard  of  Eddies- 
borough  and  \\ougliton,  mentioned  below  ;  John 
of  Slapton  and  Mawridge;  Thomas  of  Eddies- 
borough. 

(XIN)  Richard  1 'titnani,  son  of  llenry  l^it- 
tenhani  (  Putnam ) .  was  probably  the  eldest 
son.  and  lived  at  Eddle.sborough  and  Wough- 
ton.  In  his  will,  dated  December  12,  1556, 
proved  February  28,  1556-57,  he  directed  tiiat 
his  body  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  at  Wough- 
ton.  Children  :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Harry 
of  Woughton,  whose  will  was  dated  July  13. 
1579,  proved  October  3,  following;  Jonas, 

(XV)  John,  son  of  Richard  Putnam,  was  of 
Row'sbam,  in  Wingrave,  and  was  buried  in 
Wingrave,  October  2,  1573.  His  wife  was 
jirobably  Margaret,  who  was  buried  January 
2-],  1568.  His  will,  dated  September  19,  1573. 
and  proved  November  14.  that  \ear,  directs 
that  he  be  buried  in  the  churchyard  at  Win- 
grave. Children:  Nicholas,  mentioned  below; 
Richard  of  Wingrave,  died  without  issue,  bur- 
ied at  Wingrave.  June  24,  1576;  Thomas  of 
Rowsham ;  Alargaret. 

(XVI)  Nicholas,  son  of  John  Putnam,  was 
born  about  1540.  He  lived  at  Wingrave  until 
about  1585,  when  he  removed  to  Stewkeley. 
He  inherited  property  from  his  father  and 
both  his  brothers.  His  will  is  dated  January  i. 
'597'  proved  September  27,  1598.  He  mar- 
ried at  Wingrave,  January  30,  1577,  Margaret. 
•  laughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth  Goods]ieed. 
-She   was   baptized    at    Wingrave,    .Xugust    \(k 


1556;  buried  at  Aston  Abbotts,  January  8, 
1618-19.  She  married  (second),  December  8, 
1614.  Children  of  Nicholas  and  Margaret  Put- 
nam, bajitized  at  Wingrave:  Anne,  October  12, 
1578;  John,  mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  Feb- 
ruary II,  1581  ;  Thomas,  September  20,  1584; 
Richard,  living  in  1597. 

(XX'H)  John,  son  of  Nicholas  Putnam,  was 
baptized  at  Wingrave,  county  Bucks,  England, 
January  17,  1579.  He  was  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor. He  inherited  the  estates  of  Aston  Ab- 
botts, and  probably  lived  in  Stewkeley  with  his 
|)arents  until  his  father's  death,  when  he  took 
possession  of  the  estates  at  .Aston  Abbotts, 
where  he  lived  until  he  went  to  New  England. 
He  was  called  husbandman  in  1614.  He  is 
su])posed  to  have  married  Priscilla  Deacon,  in 
I'll  I  or  161J.  [fe  was  an  early  settler  in 
Salem,  Massachusetts,  and  according  to  fam- 
ily tradition  came  there  in  1634;  but  the  first 
record  of  him  is  March  21,  1640-41,  when  his 
wife  was  admitted  to  the  church,  and  in  the 
same  year  he  received  a  grant  of  land.  He 
was  ailniitted  to  the  church,  .\pril  4,  1647.  If*-' 
was  a  farmer,  and  his  handwriting  indicated  a 
good  education.  He  was  well  off,  one  of  the 
wealthy  men  compared  to  his  neighbors.  Be- 
fore his  death,  he  gave  farms  to  his  sons  John, 
Nathaniel,  and  probably  to  the  others  also. 
John  received  bis  by  deed,  March  31,  1653. 
Jiihn  Putnam  died  in  Salem  Village,  now  Dan- 
vers.  December  30.  1662.  Children :  Eliza- 
beth, baptized  in  England,  December  20.  161 2; 
Thomas,  March  5,  1614-15;  John,  July  24, 
1617.  died' young  ;  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below; 
.Sarah,  March  7.  1622-23;  Phcbe.  July  28, 
1624;  J<jhn,  May  27,  1627. 

iXVHI)  Nathaniel,  son  of  John  Putnam, 
was  born  in  England,  and  baptized  at  Aston 
.\bbotts,  Buckinghamshire,  October  11,  1619. 
He  died  at  Salem,  July  23,  1700.  He  was  a 
prosperous  farmer  and  settled  on  what  is  now 
Danvers.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Richard  and  Alice  (Bosworth)  Hutchinson. 
She  was  born  in  Arnold,  England,  August  20, 
1629;  baptized  there  .August  30;  died  at  Dan- 
vers. Massachusetts,  June  24.  1688.  Both  were 
admitted  to  the  church  at  Salem,  in  1648.  Part 
of  the  original  homestead  at  Danvers  is  still 
known  as  the  Judge  Putnam  place.  Nathaniel 
Putnam  was  constable  in  1658,  and  deputy  to 
the  general  court  in  1690-91.  He  was  promi- 
nent in  church  and  town,  serving  for  some 
vears   as    selectman.      He   had   great    business 


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ability  and  activity :  was  a  man  of  unusual 
powers  of  mind,  "of  great  energy  and  skill  in 
the  management  of  affairs  and  of  singular 
sagacity,  acumen,  and  quickness  of  perception."' 
He  left  a  large  estate.  He  was  involved  in  a 
lawsuit  over  the  ownership  of  the  Bishop  farm, 
and  his  side  of  the  controversy  was  successful. 
During  the  trouble  over  the  ]jastorate  of  Rev. 
Mr.  Bayley,  he  was  an  op])onent,  but  when  Mr. 
Bay  ley  was  dismissed,  he  was  one  of  those  who 
contributed  land.  May  6,  1680,  to  make  a  farm 
for  him.  He  had  the  rank  of  lieutenant,  and 
was  one  of  the  four  messengers  to  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Parris  to  obtain  his  reply  to  their  call.  As 
the  head  of  the  large  and  influential  Putnam 
family,  he  was  known  for  years  as  "Landlord 
Putnam."  He  was  a  leader  in  the  witchcraft 
delusion  which  had  its  centre  in  Salem  and 
Salem  X'illage,  where  he  liverl.  L'pham  says 
of  him:  "Entire  confidence  was  felt  by  all  in 
his  judgment  and  deservedly,  but  he  was  a 
strong  religionist,  a  lifelong  member  of  the 
church,  ami  extremely  zealous  in  his  ecclesi- 
astical relations.  He  was  getting  to  be  an  old 
man  (at  the  time  of  the  delusion),  and  Mr. 
Parris  had  wholly  succeeded  in  obtaining  for 
the  time  the  jjossession  of  his  feelings,  sym- 
pathies and  zeal,  in  the  management  of  the 
church,  and  secured  his  full  cooperation  in  the 
witchcraft  prosecutions.  He  had  been  led  b\- 
Parris  to  take  the  very  front  of  the  proceed- 
ings. i^)Ut  even  Nathaniel  Putnam  could  not 
stand  by  in  silence  and  see  Rebecca  Nurse 
sacrificed."  Children,  born  at  Salem  X'illage: 
Samuel,  Eebruary  18.  1652.  died  young;  Na- 
thaniel, .April  24,  1655,  died  young;  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Joseph,  died  young;  Elizabeth. 
August  11,  1662;  Benjamin,  December  24. 
1664;  Mary,  September  15,  1668. 

(XIX)  John,  son  of  Nathaniel  Putnam,  was 
born  at  .Salem  X'illage  (Danvers),  iMarch  26, 
1657;  baptized  in  Salem,  Septeniber  6,  1657. 
His  farm  was  in  that  part  of  Danvers  west  of 
Hathornc's  Hill,  near  the  log  bridge  across  the 
Ipswich  river.  Part  of  it  is  or  was  lately 
owned  by  George  11.  I'eabody.  He  was  known 
as  "Carolina  John,"  and  as  John  Putnam  Jr. 
He  was  constable  of  .Salem  during  the  witch- 
craft trials.  .\t  one  time,  Mercy  Lewis,  one 
of  the  "afllictcd  girls."  had  been  living  at  his 
house  as  a  servant,  and  in  May,  1692,  he  testi- 
fied, apparently  in  good  faith,  as  to  a  fit  she 
had  when  bewitched.  A  week  after  the  ordi- 
nation  of   the    Rev.   Joseph    (ireen.   a   church 


meeting  was  held  at  John  Putnam's  house  in 
i6g8,  and  several  of  the  wronged  members  of 
the  church  again  met  with  the  majority  and  all 
agreed  to  live  in  "love  together."  John  Put- 
nam was  frequently  tythingman,  surveyor  of 
highways,  and  served  in  other  town  offices. 
His  will  was  dated  November  30,  1721,  and 
])roved  October  I,  1722.  He  married  in  Salem, 
December  2,  1678,  Hannah,  born  December, 
1653,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Eliza  Cutler. 
Children  :  Hannah,  born  August  22,  1679  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, November  26,  1680;  Abigail,  Eebruary 
26,  1682;  Samuel,  November  5,  1684;  Josiah, 
mentioned  below  ;  Joseph,  baptized  July  i,  1688; 
Mary,  born  September  29,  1688;  Susanna, 
April  II,  1690;  Joshua;  David;  Rebecca,  born 
.Xugust  16.  1691  ;  John,  August  16,  1691  ;  Sarah, 
March  5.  1693;  Amos,  January  27.  1698;  Pris- 
cilla.  May  7,  1699. 

(XX)  Josiah,  son  of  Jdhn  Putnam,  was 
born  at  Salem  X'illage,  October  29,  1686;  died 
at  Danvers,  July  5,  1766.  He  married  at  Salem 
X  illage,  Eebruary  19,  1712-13,  Ruth,  born  Feb- 
ruarv  26,  1690-91,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Elizabeth  (  Swinnerton  )  Hutchinson.  His  will 
was  dated  June  8,  1762,  proved  Se]:)tember  2, 
1766.  He  and  his  wife  were  admitted  into  the 
church,  December  10,  1727.  He  was  called 
"Xeoman,"  and  evidently  did  not  take  much 
part  in  town  alTairs.  His  house  was  built  after 
1714.  Children,  ba]5tized  at  Salem  Village: 
Asa.  i)(irn  July  31.  1714;  Enos,  October  6, 
i7i();  Josiah,  mentioned  below;  Peter,  bap- 
tized April  3,  1724;  Elizabeth,  baptized  July 
4,  1723;  Elisha,  baptized  March  24,  1727-28; 
Ruth,  baptized  June  4,  1732. 

fXXI)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (x)  Put- 
nam, was  born  at  Salem  X'illage,  March  3, 
1718-19,  and  died  in  XX'arren,  Massachusetts. 
Eebruary  4,  1793.  He  married,  January  13, 
1740,  Lydia  XX'heeler,  of  Brookfield,  Massa- 
chu.setts;  born  .\ugu.st  14,  1721;  died  March 
23,  1803,  after  a  sickness  of  five  years  with 
numb  i)alsy.  Josiah  Putnam  was  a  captain  in 
Colonel  Jedediah  I'oote's  regiment,  and  was  at 
Lexington,  .Xpril  19,  1773.  .Among  his  men 
was  his  son  Josiah.  Children  :  .Asa,  mentioned 
below  ;  Lydia  ;  Thankful,  May  6.  1747  ;  Josiah. 
June  8,  i'74i>-3o;  Ruth.  July  24.  1732;  Mary 
XX'estern.  .\]n-\\  13.  1739. 

(XXH)  .Asa,  "son  of  Josiah  (2)  Putnam, 
was  born  in  Danvers,  .Xugust  10,  1743:  died 
Septeniber  7.  1793-  He  married.  July  24,  1766. 
Anna  Collins.      Thev  removed  to  Brattleboro'. 


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Vermont.  His  widow  married,  about  1800, 
Colonel  Benjamin  Simonds,  of  Berkshire  coun- 
ty, Massachusetts.  Children  of  Asa  Putnam : 
Parley,  born  March  10,  1767;  Lewis,  mention- 
ed below  ;  Serephina,  September  7,  1772  ;  Eben- 
ezer,  September  4,  1779;  Josiah,  August  i, 
1781 ;  Alfred,  May  10,  1784;  Sewall,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1786;  Sylvia.  May  25,  1789:  Harvey, 
January  5,  1793. 

(XXHI)  Lewis,  son  of  Asa  Putnam,  was 
born  August  22,  1769,  and  from  Brattleboro, 
V^ermont,  removed  with  his  family  to  W'eeds- 
port,  New  York.  Children  (  ?)  :  Robert:  Par- 
ley; Lewis,  mentioned  below. 

(XXIV)  Lewis  (2),  son  of  Lewis  (1  )  Put- 
nam, came  to  Weedsport.  New  York,  with  his 
parents  when  he  was  a  small  boy,  before  the 
road  was  built,  and  helped  to  clear  the  farm 
and  build  the  family  home  in  the  wilderness. 
Children  :  Charles  ;  Frank  W. :  A.  D. ;  Joseph- 
ine S.,  married  O.  T.  Atvvood. 

(XXV)  Frank  W.,  son  of  Lewis  Putnam. 
was  born  at  Weedsport,  New  York,  about 
1827,  and  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
He  became  one  of  the  substantial  and  repre- 
sentative farmers  of  the  town,  and  died  there 
in  1R87.  He  married  Marietta  Remington, 
born  in  Cayuga  county,  New  York.  She  died 
in  1908.  Children,  all  born  at  Weedsi^ort : 
Blanche  E.,  married  Frank  M.  Mills;  Grace 
L. ;  Jay  R.,  married  Eva  Hoyt ;  Ernest  Ambert, 
mentioned  below. 

(XXVI)  Ernest  Ambert,  son  of  Frank  W. 
Putnam,  was  born  at  Weedsport,  New  York, 
.'\ugust  17,  1868.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  there,  and  after  graduating  from  the 
Weedsport  high  school,  became  a  clerk  in  the 
drug  store  of  H.  L.  Burrill  &  Company,  where 
he  was  employed  for  nine  years.  After  work- 
ing for  a  time  in  a  drug  store  in  Seattle,  Wash- 
ington, he  returned  to  New  York  state,  and  in 
July,  1896,  bought  a  drug  store  at  Fulton,  and 
since  then  has  conducted  a  successful  business 
there.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church,  and  of  the  following  organiza- 
tions: Hiram  Lodge,  No.  144,  Free  Masons, 
of  which  he  was  for  four  years  worshipful 
master;  Fulton  Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons; 
the  Council,  Royal  anci  Select  Masters,  and 
Lake  Ontario  Commandery,  Knights  Temjilar. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  June  30,  1887,  Florence  Bow  en, 
born  at  Sennett,  daughter  of  J.  M.  Bowen,  of 
Weedsport.  They  hnve  one  daughter,  Modena. 
born  October  17,  1889. 


The   surname    Whitaker    is 
WIIITAKI'IR    variously    spelled    Whittier, 

Whitehair,  Whiteyear,  Whit- 
yeare,  W'hittaker.  It  has  been  an  English  sur- 
name, (iriginally  a  place  name,  meaning  White- 
acre.  Wliitakers  settled  in  X'irginia  among  the 
first.  Rev.  .Alexander  Whitaker,  the  Apostle, 
accompanied  Sir  Thomas  Dale  to  X'irginia  in 
161 1,  ba])tized  Pocahontas  in  1614,  and  mar- 
ried her  to  Rolfe;  w-as  drowned  in  the  Jaines 
river  in  1 616.  Edward  Whitaker  was  grantee 
of  land  in  Virginia  in  1^)38-  Captain  William 
Whitaker  and  Richard  Wiiitaker  appear  to  be 
his  sons.  Descendants  of  Richard  Whitaker  are 
numerous  in  Enfield.  North  Carolina.  George 
Whitacre  was  on  shipboard  on  his  way  to  Vir- 
ginia in  May,  1054.  The  fact  that  some  pioneers 
went  from  X'irginia  to  Haverhill  and  others 
from  Haverhill,  Massachusetts,  to  Virginia 
ma>'  be  remembered  in  investigating  the  rela- 
tionship of  the  X'irginia  and  Massachusetts 
families,  and  the  fact  also  that  the  name  Ed- 
ward was  found  in  both  families. 

(  1  I  .Xbraham  Whitaker,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor of  this  family,  was  born  in  England, 
!5yo-95,  died  in  Haverhill,  "Abraham  the  old 
man,"  May  3.  1674.  He  settled  first  in  Salem 
and  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  I  le  was  taxed 
as  a  resident  of  Marblehead  in  1637;  was 
one  of  the  parties  to  a  lawsuit  in  1637.  He 
removed  to  Manchester,  Massachusetts,  and 
finally  to  Haverhill  wdiere  his  son  settled.  He 
made  an  oral  will,  August  6,  1674,  and  it  was 
proved  November  26,  1674.  The  date  of  death 
as  given  here  must  be  incorrect  or  the  date  of 
the  will  as  given  by  Pope.  He  undoubtedly 
died  in  1674,  however.  He  bequeathed  to  his  son 
Edward  one-half  the  land;  the  other  half  to 
wife  for  the  bringing  up  of  the  children  he  had 
by  her ;  five  shillings  apiece  to  the  two  children 
of  the  first  wife;  five  pounds  debt  due  to  son 
John  above  his  share  of  the  estate,  to  be  paid 
to  him  when  twenty-one  years  old.  The  son, 
Edward  XVhitaker,  of  Beverly,  sold  his  share 
of  the  land  January  2,  1675.  Children:  Ed- 
ward, of  AuTcsbury:  .Xbraham.  mentioned  be- 
low ;  John ;  others. 

(II)  Abraham  (2).  son  of  Abraham  (i) 
XX'hitaker,  was  born  about  1626,  in  England, 
probably  by  his  father's  first  wife.  He  de- 
posed in  1666  that  he  was  forty  years  old. 
This  deposition  could  not  have  been  his  father's, 
for  the  first  Abraham  was  a  taxpayer  in  1637 
and  over  twenty-one.  He  married,  March  19, 
1655.   Elizabeth   Simonds,  at   Haverhill.     She 


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died  there  November  5,  1683.  He  built  his 
house  about  1660,  surely  before  1668,  on  the 
common,  as  did  many  others.  At  the  end  of 
thirteen  years  his  land  was  taken  from  him 
by  the  town  because  he  failed  to  pay  six  pence 
a  year  rent  to  the  town.  I'nless  it  was  some 
(|uibble,  Abraham  was  in  financial  trouble,  for 
he  had  ])ai(l  no  rent  in  thirteen  years  and  de- 
clared himself  unable  to  do  so.  Chase  says: 
■'He  must  have  been  poor  indeed,  as  he  candid- 
ly told  the  town  when  he  was  called  on  to 
know  when  he  would  pay  his  rent."  That  was 
in  1673.  Children,  born  at  Haverhill:  Abra- 
ham, February  28,  1656;  William,  December 
21.  1658;  Isaac,  July  30,  iTif)!  ;  Hannah,  April 
15,  1664,  died  1664:  Elizabeth,  January  26, 
1669;  Henry,  September  24,  1672:  Hannah. 
March  19,  1674-75  :  John.  .August  27,  1679. 

(VH)  James  Whitaker,  a  descendant  of 
.\braham  (i)  Whitaker,  in  the  si.xth  or  seventh 
i^eneration,  was  born,  according  to  family  rec- 
ords, January  6,  1796,  at  Keene,  New  ?Iamp- 
shire,  died  November  17,  1870.  In  1816  he 
came  to  Syracuse,  New  York,  where  he  work- 
ed at  his  trade  of  carriage  making  for  a  year. 
In  1817  he  came  to  Fulton,  New  York,  and 
built  a  shoj)  on  the  present  site  of  the  luill  of 
True  Brothers.  He  built  a  house  with  his  own 
hands  after  his  regular  working  hours,  furnish- 
ed it,  and  bought  a  barrel  of  flour  costing 
twenty-five  dollars.  Having  prepared  his  home, 
he  walked  to  Swanzey,  New  Hampshire,  to 
get  married.  His  wife  came  to  Fulton  by  stage 
alone,  while  be  returned  on  foot,  but  he  made 
the  tri])  in  record  time,  arriving  two  days  be- 
fore his  bride  and  in  one  day  he  covered  a 
distance  of  eighty  miles.  He  worked  at  his 
trade  until  1830,  when  he  built  the  first  brick 
block  in  Fulton  and  established  a  general  store 
which  he  conducted  for  twenty-five  years.  He 
also  owned  six  canal  boats.  After  he  sold  his 
store  he  bought  a  farm  and  carried  it  on  the 
remainder  of  his  life.  He  married  Lucretia 
Holbrook  (see  Holbrook  \T).  She  died  De- 
cember 29,  1887.  Both  were  members  of  the 
Methodist  church  of  which  he  was  a  class 
leader  for  forty  years.  Children :  James  H., 
born  January  24.  1820;  Mary  M.,  December 
II,  1822:  James  H.,  Sej)tember  22,  1824;  Mar- 
tha, February  19,  1827;  John,  July  13,  1829; 
Elizabeth,  April  5.  1831  ;  Samuel  B.,  July  17. 
1834;  Charles,  December  28,  1837;  Edward 
C,  November  27,  1840;  George  G.,  mentioned 
below:  Francis  L.,  August  24,  1846. 

rVIII)    Dr.    George    Gary    Whitaker.    son 


of  James  Whitaker,  was  born  in  I'^ulton, 
New  York,  April  5,  1842.  He  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town  and  Falley 
Seminary.  He  began  to  study  medicine  in  the 
ofiice  of  Dr.  C.  G.  Bacon,  September  i,  1863, 
and  he  entered  the  University  of  \'ermont,  in 
February,  1864,  but  in  1865  went  to  the  Al- 
bany Medical  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  December,  1865,  with  the  degree 
of  Doctor  of  Medicine.  On  January  5,  1866, 
he  began  to  practice  medicine  at  New  Haven, 
Oswego  county.  New  York,  and  continued 
until  1880  when  he  came  to  Rodman.  In 
March,  1884,  four  years  later,  he  moved  from 
Rodman  to  Oswego  Falls,  New  York,  estab- 
lished the  first  drug  store  in  that  town  and 
conducted  it  for  ten  years.  In  November, 
1890,  he  located  at  Bowens  Corners,  New 
York,  and  after  practicing  there  for  four  years 
came  to  Fulton  where  he  has  a  large  practice. 
In  1876-77  he  took  a  post-graduate  course  at 
the  Jefferson  Medical  College  of  Philadelphia, 
Pennsylvania.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Oswego 
County  Medical  Society,  the  Jefferson  County 
Medical  Society,  the  New  Y'ork  State  Medical 
Society  and  the  .American  Medical  Associa- 
tion. He  is  a  member  of  Rodman  Lodge,  No. 
136,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons;  a  charter 
member  of  Beacon  Light  Lodge,  Independent 
Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  its  first  noble 
grand  ;  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of  United 
Workmen.  In  religion  he  is  a  LTniversalist : 
in  politics  a  Republican. 

He  married  (first),  February,  1867,  Ella 
M..  born  in  New  Haven,  New  "S^ork,  daugh- 
ter of  U.  M.  Barker,  She  died  in  September, 
1880,  and  he  married  (second),  October,  1884, 
Louise  A.  Dean.  He  had  one  son  by  his  first 
wife,  who  died  in  December,  1877.  Children 
of  second  wife:  Fordyce  E.,  born  March  4, 
1887:  Ellen  L..  born  .\ugnst  16,  1888,  died  at 
three  vears  of  age:  Gertrude,  liorn  September 
13,  1890. 

(The  Holbrook  Line). 

The  family  of  Holbrook  is  ancient  and  dis- 
tinguished in  England.  The  ancient  coat-of- 
arms  is:  A  chevron  between  three  martlets. 
Several  other  coats-of-arms  were  borne  by 
different  branches  of  the   family  in  England. 

(I)  Thomas  Holbrook  or  Holbrooke,  the 
immigrant  ancestor,  aged  thirty-four,  of  Broad- 
way, England,  with  wife  Jane,  aged  thirty- 
four,  and  children  John,  aged  eleven,  Thomas, 
aged  ten,  .\nne,  aged  five,  and  Elizabeth,  aged 
one,  came   from  Weymouth,  England,  about 


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1628.  He  settled  at  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, ill  1640,  and  was  on  tiie  committee  to  lay 
(Hit  the  way  from  Braintree  to  Dorchester.  He 
was  admitted  a  freeman  in  May,  1645.  He  was 
selectman  for  several  years.  His  will  was 
<lated  December  31,  1669,  with  codicil,  De- 
cember 31,  1673.  He  died  1674-76.  His  widow 
Jane  died  before  April  24,  1677,  when  admin- 
istration of  the  estate  was  granted  to  his  son 
John.  Children:  John,  born  1617;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Captain  William,  died  i6<J9, 
lived  at  Scituate ;  Ann,  married  Rey- 
nolds ;  Elizabeth,  married  Walter  Hatch  ;  Jane, 

married  Drake. 

(H)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i)  Hol- 
brook,  lived  at  Scituate,  W^eymouth  and  Brain- 
tree,  Massachusetts.  In  1653  he  bought  a  farm 
of  fifty-three  acres  in  Braintree,  and  later  be- 
came the  owner  of  much  real  estate.  He  mar- 
ried Joanna  ,  who  survived  him.      He 

made  his  will  July  25,  1695,  'i"''  administra- 
tion on  his  estate  was  granted  his  widow.  .Au- 
gust 19,  1697,  and  his  eldest  son  Thomas.  In 
the  will  he  mentions  Thomas  as  his  eldest  son, 
and  I'eter,  to  whom  he  gives  "all  that  estate  of 
lands  and  meadows  in  Mendon  which  he  had 
formerly  purchased  of  his  brother  William." 
Children :  Thomas,  buried  at  Braintree,  De- 
cember 20,  1728;  John,  born  (Jctober  15,  1653. 
at  Braintree:  Peter,  mentioned  below:  Joanna, 
October  30,  1656;  Susanna,  married  Andrew 
Willet,  of  Boston;  Joseph,  born  February  12. 
(660,  died  young. 

(III)  Deacon  Peter  Holbrook,  son  of  Thomas 
(2)    Holbrook,  was  born  September  6,   1655, 

died  1712-13.     He  married  (first)  Alice  , 

who  died  April  29,  1705.  He  married  (sec- 
ond) Elizabeth  Pool,  who  survived  him  and 
married  (second)  Robert  \\'are,  of  Wenham, 
and  died  1724.  He  settled  in  Mendon,  where 
he  inherited  lands  from  his  father,  most  of 
which  were  afterwards  included  in  Bellingham. 
He  was  an  important  man  in  his  time.  His 
will  was  made  January  16,  1711-12,  and  proved 
May  29,  1713.  Children:  John,  born  Septem- 
ber 24,  1679,  at  Braintree;  Peter,  October  16, 
1681,  at  Mendon:  .Silvanus,  August  15,  1685; 
Joanah.  March  7,  1686-87;  Richard,  May  30, 
1690:  Eliphalet,  mentioned  below;  William, 
March  28,  1693-94;  Samuel,  February  27, 
1695-96;  Mary.  October   14,   1702. 

(IV)  Eliphalet,  son  of  Deacon  Peter  Hol- 
brook, was  born  January  27,  1691-92,  died 
October  19,  1775,  at  Bellingham.  He  is  called 
yeoman.      He    married,    November    17,    17 16, 


Hannah  Rockwood,  born  August  15,  1692. 
Children:  Ebenezer,  born  June  3,  1718,  at 
Mendon;  Seth,  h'ebruary  26,  1721,  at  Belling- 
ham ;  Eliphalet,  mentioned  below ;  Noah,  De- 
cember 6,  1727;  Caleb,  January  14,  1731 ;  Eli- 
jah, May  6,  1736,  died  May  2,  1740;  Joanna, 
July  21,  1738. 

(\)  Eliphalet  (2),  son  of  Eliphalet  (i) 
Holbrook,  was  born  October  25,  1725.  He 
died  intestate,  and  administration  was  granted 
to  his  son  Henry,  on  whom  the  homestead  was 
settled,  April  10,  1778.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 26,  1753,  Abigail  Wight,  who  died  Sep- 
tember 3,  1808.  Children:  Olive,  born  April 
4,  1755;  Henry,  August  27,  1756;  Martha,  Oc- 
tober II,  1758;  Caleb,  November  i,  1760; 
Peter,  November  23,  1762;  Seth,  mentioned 
below;  Nathan,  July  24,  1768;  Pcruda,  March 
24,  1770;  Elias,  F'ebruary  20,  1772,  died  Octi> 
her  16,  1775;  Eliphalet,  February  9,  1774,  died 
October  15,  1775;  Abigail,  June  9,  1776,  died 
aged  six  weeks;  Abigail. 

{\'l)  Seth,  son  of  Eliphalet  (2)  Holbrook, 
was  born  July  19,  1765,  died  December  11, 
1833.  He  married  Hannah  Bates,  who  was 
born  in  April,  1776,  died  November  19,  1868, 
of  Mendon,  sister  of  Mrs.  Peter  Holbrook. 
They  settled  in  Swanzey  in  1800.  Children: 
Lucretia,  born  April  14,  1800,  married  James 
Whitaker,  of  New  York  state  (see  Whitaker 
\TI)  :  Chiron,  born  .April  11,  1803. 


The  late  Judge  Maurice  L. 
W  Ri(iH  T  Wright,  an  accomplished  law- 
yer and  able  jurist,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Scriba,  Oswego  county.  New 
York,  November  27,  1845,  son  of  David  Parks 
and  Betsey  (W'oodworth)  \\'right,  members 
of  pioneer  families.  He  was  a  lineal  descend- 
ant of  Samuel  Wright,  who  emigrated  from 
England  with  the  Winthrtip  colony  to  Massa- 
chusetts in  1630,  and  of  Walter  Woodworth,  a 
native  of  Kent,  England,  who  settled  in  Massa- 
chusetts prior  to  1635.  He  was  also  of  revolu- 
tionary ancestry  on  both  the  paternal  and  ma- 
ternal sides. 

Judge  \\'right  received  his  education  at  F^al- 
ley  Seminary.  Fulton,  New  York,  and  at  Mex- 
ico (New  York)  Academy,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1864,  in  his  nineteenth  year.  In 
.August  of  the  same  year  he  enlisted  in  the 
Ignited  States  navy  for  service  in  the  civil  war. 
and  was  assigned  to  the  gunboat  "Valley  City." 
and  was  engaged  in  some  of  the  most  notable 
naval  operations  of  the  war  period,  acquitting 


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himself  witli  fidelity  and  courage.  His  vessel  be- 
longed to  the  Xorth  Atlantic  S(|uadron,  under 
command  of  Admiral  Porter,  and  took  part  in 
the  famous  Roanoke  expedition  following  the 
sinking  of  the  rebel  ram,  "Albemarle,"  by  the 
heroic  Gushing.  Being  honorably  discharged 
at  the  close  of  the  war.  Judge  Wright  returned 
home  and  read  law  in  the  office  of  the  Hon. 
John  C.  Churchill,  of  Oswego,  member  of  con- 
gress. He  completed  his  professional  studies 
in  the  Columbian  Law  School,  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  from  which  he  was  grad- 
uated in  1870,  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Laws.  In  the  same  year  he  was  admitted  to 
the  bar  of  the  District  of  Columbia.  In  187 1 
he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  of  the  state  of  New 
York,  and  located  in  Mexico,  where  he  formed 
a  partnership  with  Hon.  T.  W.  Skinner,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Skinner  &  Wright,  and  fol- 
lowed his  profession  with  usefulness  and  suc- 
cess for  a  period  of  twenty  years,  removing  to 
Oswego  in  1892. 

Judge  Wright  became  engaged  in  public  life 
soon  after  locating  in  Mexico.  He  was  elected 
village  president,  and  his  administration  was 
so  successful  that  he  was  twice  reelected.  His 
abilities  attracted  the  attention  of  the  entire 
county,  and  in  1883  he  was  elected  county 
judge  and  was  reelected  in  1889.  During  this 
period  (in  1890)  he  was  appointed  by  Gov- 
ernor Hill  to  membership  on  the  commission 
charged  with  the  revision  of  the  judiciary  sec- 
tions of  the  state  constitution.  This  last  term 
was  cut  short  by  well-deserved  promoti(jn.  His 
record  on  the  bench  brought  him  into  general 
notice  so  widely  and  favt)rabl_\'  that  his  name 
was  brought  before  the  nominating  convention 
for  a  supreme  court  justiceshij),  at  Utica,  Seji- 
tember  22,  1891.  His  nomination  featured  the 
most  prolonged  contest  known  in  the  judicial 
history  of  the  state.  The  opposing  candidates 
were  the  late  Judge  Watson  M.  Rogers,  of 
Watertown  :  fdrmer  .Supreme  Court  Justice 
VV.  E.  Scripture,  of  Rome;  C.  A.  Alareness,  of 
Lewis  county,  and  A.  M.  Mills,  of  Herkimer 
county.  The  convention  balloted  for  three  days 
without  a  choice,  and  an  adjourinnent  was 
then  taken  to  Syracuse,  where  the  convention 
reconvened  on  October  1,  when  Judge  Wright 
was  nominated  on  the  one  hundreil  and  thirty- 
sixth  ballot,  and  at  the  ensviing  election  he  was 
elected  for  a  term  of  fourteen  years. 

During  his  term  ujion  the  bench  Judge  Wright 
tried  many  important  cases,  and  ])resided  with 
<lignity,  ability  and  tact,  preserving  the  esteem 


and  confidence  of  the  entire  bar.  During  his 
incumbency  he  was  appointed  by  Governor 
Morton  to  hold  a  term  of  the  supreme  court 
in  the  city  of  New  York,  and  there  adjudicated 
many  notable  cases,  winning  the  admiration  of 
the  bar  and  receiving  many  encomiums  from 
the  jjublic  press.  After  the  e.xpiration  of  his 
judicial  term  he  resumed  law  practice  in  part- 
nership with  his  son,  .Vvery  S.  Wright.  He 
entered  largely  into  the  business  and  social 
life  of  his  town,  and  was  known  as  one  of  the 
most  courteous  and  companionable  of  men. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Oswego  Bar  Asso- 
ciation ;  the  Frontier  City  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Alasons,  and  of  the  Fortnightly  Club. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican. 

Judge  Wright  married,  Noveiuber  3,  1869, 
Mary  Grace,  daughter  of  Judge  Avery  Skinner, 
of  Cnion  S(|uare.  Judge  Wright  died  October 
14,  1911,  and  is  survived  by  his  widow  and 
their  only  son,  Avery  S.  Wright,  a  well-estab- 
lished lawyer,  who  has  succeeded  to  The  father's 
practice.  Avery  S.  Wright  married  Jessie  Skin- 
ner, of  Ilion,  New  York,  and  has  one  child. 
Dorothy. 


Manister  Worts  was  born  in  Lon- 
WORTS  don,  England,  October  10,  1825. 
In  1830  he  came  with  his  parents 
to  America.  The  family  located  in  Detroit, 
Michigan,  and  five  years  later  came  to  Oswego, 
\ew  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  learned  his  father's  trade  of  baker. 
In  1853  ^Ir.  Worts  and  Charles  T.  Radclift' 
bought  the  business  established  by  the  father 
(if  Mr.  Worts.  Three  years  later  Mr.  Worts 
bought  the  interest  of  his  partner  and  after- 
ward incorporated  the  business  under  its  pres- 
ent name  of  The  Worts  Company,  of  which  he 
was  president  until  he  died,  March  21,  1909 
He  was  an  able  and  successful  business  man, 
and  was  also  ]irominent  in  public  and  social 
life,  holding  many  jiositions  of  trust  and  honor 
in  the  community. 

He  became  a  member  of  the  I-'irst  Methodist 
ICpiscopal  Church  in  1850.  He  was  elected  a 
member  of  the  board  of  trustees  in  1834  and 
became  president  of  the  board  in  18(12  and  con- 
tinued in  that  office  as  long  as  he  lived.  His 
record  in  the  church  and  Sunday  school  was 
probalily  une(|ualled  in  the  entire  state.  He 
served  as  superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school 
from  1864  until  he  died,  lie  was  for  many 
years  active  and  prominent  in  all  the  depart- 
ment^ of  tlie  chiu-ch,   and   was  a   liberal  con- 


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tributor  to  all  the  church  benevolences  and 
activities.  In  1840  he  joined  the  old  volunteer 
tire  department  and  at  one  time  was  foreman 
of  Hose  Company.  No.  5,  and  member  of  the 
Volunteer  Firemen's  .Association  from  tlie  time 
of  its  organization  in  1887.  He  was  supervisor 
of  the  town,  and  an  influential  member  of  the 
board  of  supervisors  fr(im  i^y)  tu  i8(>7  and 
its  chairman  in  1866.  He  was  cmuit\  clerk  of 
Oswego  county  for  three  years.  b"nim  1882 
to  1886  he  was  fire  commissioner  of  (  )swego, 
and  from  April  12,  1886,  to  January  i,  1896. 
chief  assessor  of  the  city.  In  1900  he  was 
appointed  a  member  of  the  fire  council  and 
held  that  office  until  the  time  of  his  death. 

Mr.  Worts  was  made  a  Free  Mason  in  1836 
and  was  the  oldest  Mason  in  point  of  member- 
ship in  Oswego  Lodge  wdien  he  died.  He  join- 
ed the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows  in 
February,  1847,  and  was  a  member  of  Oswe- 
gatchie  Lodge,  Xo.  15C.  until  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  was  a  trustee  of  the  Oswego  Coun- 
ty Savings  I'.ank  from  June,  1875,  to  .August, 
1895,  and  from  May,  1900,  until  he  died,  and 
at  one  time  w'as  vice-president.  He  was  a 
trustee  of  the  Home  for  Homeless  from  the 
time  of  its  organization  in  1872,  and  a  trustee 
of  the  Oswego  Orjihan  .\sylum  from  1872:  a 
member  of  the  chamber  of  commerce  from  the 
time  of  its  organization  :  trustee  and  treasurer 
of  the  Deni])ster  Camp  (Grounds  from  the  be- 
ginning; honorary  member  of  the  Oswego 
Vaclit  Club  from  1884:  la}-  delegate  for  more 
than  thirty  years  to  the  annual  conference  of 
the  Methodist  Episcopal  church,  and  in  1880 
delegate  to  the  general  conference  which  met 
at  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  representing  the  Northern 
New  York  Conference.  He  was  one  of  the 
organizers  of  the  Thousand  Island  I'ark  .\ssn- 
ciation  and  for  several  years  was  trustee  and 
treasurer.  .\t  the  time  of  his  deatli.  nne  who 
knew  him  wrote : 

In  tlie  death  of  Maiiister  Worts.  NortluTii  New 
York  has  lost  a  strong  and  useful  citizen,  a  man 
who  had  heen  active  along  many  and  varied  lines 
since  he  came  to  Oswego  and  whose  name  will  he 
remember  long  in  the  history  of  the  city.  A  Meth- 
odist, he  was  from  the  early  days  and  for  many 
years  he  was  considered  the  strongest  representative 
of  his  faith  in  this  part  of  the  state.  He  was  inter- 
ested in  his  home,  his  home  church  and  did  much  for 
it  and  the  Sunday  School.  He  was  interested  in  tlie 
work  of  the  Camp  Meeting  at  Dempster  and  when 
the  Methodists  started  their  annual  meetings  at 
Thousand  Island  Park,  he  at  once  became  greatly 
interested  in  that  association.  As  a  business  man 
he  worked  up  from  a  small  bakery  until  the  names 


of  Worts  and  Worts  bread  were  known  throughout 
.Korthern  New  York.  His  word  was  taken  as  his 
bond  and  he  made  the  products  of  his  business  as 
good  as  his  word.  He  was  of  tlie  litiest  type  of  a 
ck'an  upright  business  man.  With  all  his  activities 
in  church  and  business  he  always  found  time  to  serve 
tlie  people  of  the  city  and  the  county  in  his  many 
otficial  capacities,  and  like  everything  else  that  he 
was  connected  with  performed  his  duties  as  a  public 
servant  honorably  and  well.  He  was  also  a  man  who 
liked  close  associations  with  his  fellowmcn,  as  is 
proven  by  his  fraternal  affiliations.  It  is  truly  said 
about  Mr.  Worts  that  he  lived  well  his  life  and  his 
character  was  such  that  while  a  man  of  strengtli  he 
died  without  a  single  enemy,  a  in.in  whom  everyone 
loved    .'Hid    honored. 

Me  married  ( fir.st )  Sarah  .\.  Uofferty,  of 
Sterling,  in  1846.  He  married  (second),  in 
1857.  Mary  .A.  Dofferty,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
He  married  (third)  .Ann  Parkin.son,  in  1866. 
She  died  in  July,  1898.  Children:  i.  Manister 
C.  2.  R.  I'Veti,  resides  at  Toledo,  Ohio.  3. 
Cenrge,  deceased.  4.  Charles  A.,  tlied  in  Se])- 
temljer.  1910.  5.  .Albert  K.,  mentioned  below. 
().  .Anna,  marrietl  Charles  Allen,  secretary  of 
the  Oswego  Young  Men's  Christian  Associa- 
tion, Four  other  children  died  in  infancy.  Mr. 
Worts  left  two  brothers,  John  J.  Worts,  of 
Toletlo,  Ohio,  and  George,  also  of  Toledo, 
(  )bio,  also  one  sister,  Mrs.  Albert  Kirk,  of 
Toledo,  who  died  in  December,  1907. 

(  11 )  .Albert  K.,  son  of  Manister  Worts,  was 
l)(>rn  January  i,  i860.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools.  He  is  now  president  and 
manager  oi  The  Worts  Company  and  is  con- 
ducting with  much  success  the  bakery  that  his 
father  established,  in  the  same  building  which 
has  been  occui)ied  by  the  concern  since  1874. 
This  compao)'  has  the  largest  plant  and  the 
greatest  product  of  any  concern  in  this  line  of 
business  in  the  city  of  Oswego,  consuming  two 
tliinisand  five  hundred  barrels  of  flour  annually 
and  employing  a  score  of  bakers  regularly,  con- 
ducting a  wholesale  and  retail  business.  He 
is  a  menil)er  of  Oswego  Lodge,  Free  and  Ac- 
ce])ted  Masons,  and  Oswegatchie  Lodge.  Inde- 
penilent  ( )riler  of  Odd  Fellows.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Methndist.  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 


William  I  lart.  of  an  old  New  Eng- 
ll.XRT     land  family,  was  born  near  Clinton, 

Oneida  county.  New  York.  Janti- 
ary  6.  1786,  died  at  .\dams,  November  7,  1833. 
He  came  from  (Jneida  county,  to  ,\dams,  Jef- 
ferson county.  New  York,  in  1810.  and  made 
his  home  there.  He  was  one  of  the  first  mer- 
chants of  the  town,  and  was  one  of  the  found- 


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ers  and  incorporators  of  tlie  Jeft'erbon  County 
Bank  in  1824.  He  married  Delia  Willis.  Among 
their  children  were :  William  Dwight,  born 
June  7,  1819;  George,  died  in  1893;  Henry, 
who  lived  to  be  a  young  man  :  John  J.,  men- 
tioned below. 

(H)  John  J.,  son  of  William  Hart,  was  born 
in  Adams,  New  York,  March  4,  1830.  He 
commenced  his  business  life  as  clerk  in  a  dry 
goods  store  in  his  native  town,  and  was  a  dry 
goods  merchant  practically  all  of  his  active 
life.  In  politics  he  was  a  Republican ;  in  relig- 
ion a  Congregationalist.  He  died  in  1896.  He 
married  Mary  E.  Gidley,  born  January  i,  1840. 
She  is  now  living  with  her  daughter,  Mrs. 
Smith  Mott  Bostick,  in  Syracuse,  New  York. 
Mrs.  Hart's  mother  married  a  Mr.  Mathews 
for  her  second  husband  and  Mrs.  John  J.  Hart 
was  known  as  Mary  E.  Mathews.  Children : 
George  D.,  resides  in  Detroit,  Michigan ;  Mary 
E.,  married  Smith  Mott  Bostick,  of  Syracuse. 
New  York  ;  James  M.,  mentioned  below  ;  Fred- 
erick M.,  lives  in  Oswego,  New  York. 

(HI)  James  M.,  son  of  John  J.  Hart,  was 
born  in  Oswego,  New  York,  September  18. 
1862.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town,  the  Oswego  high  school  and  the 
Hamilton  Boys'  and  Classical  College  of  Os- 
wego. His  first  business  experience  was  gain- 
ed in  the  employ  of  his  father  as  clerk  in  his 
dry  goods  and  carpet  store  in  Oswego.  In 
1895  he  became  secretary  of  the  Sanitary  Moss 
Company  and  continued  in  that  business  until 
1900.  and  since  then  has  been  engaged  in  the 
wholesale  and  retail  ice  business  in  the  city  of 
Oswego,  conducting  business  under  the  name 
of  the  Peerless  Ice  Company  and  having  con- 
trol of  the  entire  ice  business  of  the  city.  In 
addition  to  the  business  of  supplying  the  ice 
to  consumers  in  the  city  and  vicinity  he  ships 
large  c|uantities  to  other  points.  In  politics  he 
is  an  ]nde])cndcnt. 

He  married,  October  20,  1886,  Sophia,  born 
in  Oswego,  January  26,  1863,  daughter  of  John 
and  Susan  (Shepard)  Ould.  Children,  born 
in  Oswego:  i.  John  ].,  born  July  25,  1887; 
educated  in  the  Oswego  high  school  and  the 
State  Normal  School  in  Oswego;  began  his' 
business  career  in  the  emi)loy  of  his  fatlier ; 
spent  a  year  in  New  York  City  and  in  New 
[Taven.  Connecticut,  and  since  then  has  been 
associated  with  his  father.  2.  James  Shepard, 
born  June  15,  1889;  educated  in  the  Oswego 
hig'h  school  and  the  Culver  Cavalry  Military 
."school  in  Indiana.    3.  .Susan  C.  born  February 


10,  1890;  educated  in  the  public  schools,  the 
State  Normal  School  at  Oswego  and  the 
Wheaton  Seminary,  at  Wheaton,  Massachu- 
setts. 


John  M.  Schuler,  son  of  Julius 
SCHL'LER  Schuler,  was  born  in  Oswego, 
New  York,  May  15,  1857.  He 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools.  At  the  age  of  twelve  years  he  began 
to  work  on  the  coal  dock.  A  year  later  he 
became  an  apprentice  of  R.  J.  Oliphant,  a 
printer  and  book  binder.  Thirty  years  later 
he  bought  the  book  bindery  of  his  employer 
and  engaged  in  business  on  his  own  account, 
adding  a  stationery  department  to  the  business 
two  years  later  in  the  store  at  217  West  Fourth 
street.  (Jswego.  His  trade  has  grown  rapidly 
and  in  eight  years  has  attained  a  most  prosper- 
ous condition,  being  the  largest  book  bindery 
in  the  city  of  Oswego.  Mr.  Schuler  is  a  thor- 
ough and  painstaking  craftsman,  an  energetic 
and  industrious  business  man,  fully  deserving 
the  success  he  has  achieved  in  life.  He  is  a 
self-made  man,  starting  in  life  without  capital, 
never  borrowing  nor  asking  for  credit.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican;  in  religion  a  Luth- 
eran. 

He  married,  October  24,  1881,  Jeanette,  born 
in  Oswego,  August  23,  1859,  daughter  of 
George  Atkinson,  a  master  mariner,  who  com- 
manded lake  vessels  for  many  years,  having 
been  one  of  the  best-known  and  most  highly- 
respected  men  in  the  service;  he  died  in  Os- 
wego, Sejitember  13,  1909.  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Schuler  have  one  child,  Richard  J.,  born  in 
Oswego,  October  26,  1882 ;  graduated  from 
the  Oswego  high  school  with  high  honors ;  is 
a  gifted  musician ;  is  junior  partner  of  John  M. 
!^chu!er  &  Son. 


Rev.  Thomas  Hubbard,  a  de- 
1 1  r  lU! ARD     scendant  of  an  old  New  Eng- 
land  family,   was  a  preacher 
in  the  Methodist  church. 

(II)  .Xmos,  son  of  Rev.  Thomas  Hubbard, 
was  a  resident  of  Scriba,  Oswego  county,  New 
"S'ork,  where  for  many  years  he  followed  his 
trade  as  shoemaker.  He  was  educated  in  the 
j)ublic  schools.  He  married Toby.  Chil- 
dren: Henry  M. ;  Harry  T. ;  Hernando  D. ; 
Flora;  daugliter,  died  in  early  life. 

(III)  Harry  T.,  son  of  Amos  Hubbard,  was 
bom  at  Scriba,  1843,  and  was  educated  there 
in  the  public  schools.     He  learned  the  trade  of 


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couper  when  a  young  man,  and  afterward  en- 
gaged in  business  as  a  carpenter  and  builder. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  and  in  religion  a 
Baptist.  He  married  Eliza  Laird,  who  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Celina,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren:  Dr.  Ralph  B.,  mentioned  below;  Hcrtie 
Munro,  born  August  2~,  1876.  a  machinist, 
married  Albertina  Buskv. 

(IV)  Dr.  Ralph  B.  Hubbard,  son  of  Harry 
T.  Hubbard,  was  born  in  Scriba,  Oswego  coun- 
ty, New  York,  December  6,  187 1.  He  attend- 
ed the  public  schools  of  his  native  town,  and 
was  graduated  from  the  Fulton  high  schuol. 
He  entered  the  Pennsylvania  College  of  Dental 
Surgery,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1895.  For  two  years  he  practiced  den- 
tistry in  Syracuse,  New  York,  and  for  two  yearv 
at  Phcenix,  New  York.  Since  October,  1899,  he 
has  practiced  his  profession  with  notable  suc- 
cess at  Fulton,  New  York.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Derigo  Lodge,  No.  249,  Knights  of  Pythias. 
and  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America.  In 
politics  he  is  an  Inde])en(lent,  in  religion  a  I'a])- 
tist. 

He  married,  in  1895,  Lillian  Lake,  born  in 
Canada,  daughter  of  Dr.  D.  E.  and  Dr.  Jennie 
M.  Lake.  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Hubbard  have  had 
one  daughter,  Frances,  born  October,  1897, 
died  in  infancy. 


William  H.  Mansfield  was 
M.\NSFIELD     horn  in  Waterford,  Ireland. 

in  1842,  and  came  to  this 
country  at  the  age  of  thirteen.  He  began  work 
as  a  cobbler's  ap])rentice  in  a  Bowery  shop. 
New  York  City.  He  took  advantage  of  his 
opportunity,  however,  and  in  the  course  of 
time  opened  a  retail  boot  and  shoe  store  in 
New  Brunswick,  New  Jersey,  where  he  built 
up  a  large  and  profitable  business.  His  son 
William  is  now  in  partnership  with  him,  and 
they  have  one  of  the  finest  stores  in  the  city. 
He  married,  at  New  Brunswick,  Mary  Fitz- 
gerald, born  in  Waterford,  Ireland,  in  1848. 
died  in  New  Brunswick,  in  1905.  Children:  I. 
William,  born  in  1864,  resides  with  his  father. 
with  whom  he  is  in  partnership.  2.  Dr.  James 
Edward,  mentioned  below.  3.  Mary,  married 
Judge  Peter  F.  Daley,  resides  in  New  Bruns- 
wick.    Three  children  now  deceased. 

I'll)  Dr.  James  Edward  Mansfield,  son  of 
William  H.  Mansfield,  was  born  at  New  Bruns- 
wick, New  Jersey,  .\ugust  22,  1866.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  ti^wn  ; 
.St.  Charles  College,  Baltimore,  Maryland,  and 


Sacred  Heart  College  at  Viiieland,  New  Jersey, 
from  which  he  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  bachelor  of  arts  in  the  class  of  1888.  He 
received  his  medical  education  in  the  Dart- 
niciuth  Meilical  College,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  1896.  He  opened  an  office  at 
Oswego,  New  ^'ork,  in  1897,  and  soon  won  an 
excellent  practice.  He  has  a  large  general 
practice,  and  is  in  much  demand  as  a  surgeon. 
He  is  surgeon  of  the  Oswego  Hospital ;  the 
National  Starch  Factory  at  Oswego ;  the  New 
York  Central  &  Hudson  River  Railroad  Com- 
pany, and  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  &  West- 
ern Railroad  Com])any.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Academy  of  Medicine  of  the  city  of  Os- 
wego ;  the  Oswego  County  Medical  Society ; 
the  New  York  State  Medical  Society,  and  the 
American  Medical  Association.  He  belongs 
to  the  orders  of  Elks,  the  Knights  of  Columbus 
and  the  Eagles.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat. 
He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Roman  Catholic 
church.  For  several  years  he  was  a  member 
I  if  the  board  of  health,  and  in  1904  and  1905 
was  mayor  of  the  city  of  Oswego.  His  admin- 
istration was  eminently  satisfactory  to  the 
people  of  the  city  and  creditable  alike  to  hi- 
ability  and  integrity. 

He  married,  December  20,  1900,  Mary  Mor- 
rissey,  who  was  born  in  Oswego,  November  19. 
r88o,  daughter  of  Daghlan  and  Mary  Morris- 
sey.  Her  father  was  a  hotel  proprietor,  born 
at  Waterford,  Ireland,  in  1852;  died  at  Oswe- 
go, C)ctober  ly,  1907.  Her  mother  was  born 
in  Oswego,  .\ugust,  1857.  Her  brother,  Thomas 
Morrissey,  resides  in  Oswego,  and  is  the  fire 
marshal  of  the  city:  jier  brother,  Daghlan  J. 
Morrissey,  is  a  grocer  in  Oswego ;  her  brother, 
Patrick  Morrissey,  born  in  Oswego,  is  engaged 
as  an  electrician.  One  sister,  Harriet,  resides 
with  Mrs.  Mansfield.  Daghlan  Morrissey  Sr. 
was  an  earnest  and  influential  Democrat,  never 
seeking  oflice  for  himself  but  always  working 
eft'ectively  and  -strenuously  for  his  party,  and 
friends  who  were  candidates  for  ofifice.  Chil- 
dren of  Dr.  James  E.  and  Mrs.  Mansfield:  1. 
William  D..  born  November  26,  iqoi.  2.  Cath- 
erine, born  June  2,  1904.  3.  James  Edward, 
born  January  20,  1908.  4.  Margaret,  born 
September  3,  1909. 


.According  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
MTLLS     sus.  at  Halfmoon.and  other  town^ 

of  Albany  county,  New  York,  lien 
jamin,  Daniel,  (ieorge,  John,  Isaac  and  Tim- 
othy were  heads  of  the  Mills  famil}'.     I'"amily 


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traditions  says  that  five  brothers  came  over 
from  England.  Three  settled  in  New  York 
state,  one  went  to  Canada,  and  the  other  went 
west.  For  thirty-three  years  the  Mills  family 
has  held  a  reimion,  once  a  year,  at  W'eedsport, 
New  York,  on  August  31. 

(I)  Henry  Mills  was  burn  in  Albany  coun- 
ty, New  York,  or  perhaps  Schoharie  county. 
New  York.  He  was  a  farmer.  In  ])olitics  he 
was  a  Republican,  and  in  religion  a  Methocli.st. 
He  rnarried  Polly  Bates.  Children  :  Abraham  ; 
William  H..  mentioned  below  ;  James  ;  Mar- 
garet:  !^ally  :  Mary  (or  Maria)  :  Louisa:  Julia 
.\nn. 

(H)  William  H.,  son  of  Henry  .Mills,  was 
born  in  Schoharie  county.  New  ^'ork.  July  3. 
1808.  He  moved  with  his  ]ia rents  to  Cato, 
New  York,  where  he  was  among  the  promi- 
nent men.  At  first  he  was  a  farmer,  but  later 
he  ran  a  saw  and  grist  mill.  For  seventeen 
years  he  was  postmaster,  and  for  over  thirtx' 
years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace.  In  religion 
he  was  a  Methodist,  attending  the  Methodist 
Episco])al  church.  In  ]:)olitics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  was  a  lieutenant  in  military 
service.  He  married  Lydia,  daughter  of  John 
and  Polly  (Court)  Welch.  The  \\'e!ch  family 
came  from  Scotland.  Children  :  \\'illiam,  born 
May  I,  1833;  Clarinda.  October  29,  1834: 
Hettie  Maria,  August  14.  1836;  John  Henry, 
April  14,  183Q  :  Eliza  Jane,  July  4,  1841  ;  David 
M.,  mentioned  below;  Mary  Frances,  May  3, 
1846:  Japhet  Newton,  May'S,  1849. 

(Ill)  David  Martin,  son  of  William  II. 
Mills,  was  born  in  Cayuga  county,  New  York, 
in  the  town  of  Cato,  Fel)ruary  18,  1844.  He 
received  his  education  in  the  public  schools, 
and  then  ran  a  farm  for  some  time,  working 
in  his  father's  saw  and  grist  mill  in  the  winters. 
He  was  a  clerk  and  dejiuty  postmaster  for  ten 
years.  His  present  l)usiness,  which  he  started 
himself,  is  pump  manufacturing,  and  he  has 
been  very  successful  in  this.  His  place  of  busi- 
ness is  Fulton,  New  York,  where  he  ranoved 
in  1883.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
was  town  collector  for  Cato  for  one  term.  In 
religion  he  is  a  Methodist. 

He  married,  November  10.  i8fi(;.  at  jurilan, 
Cayuga  county.  New  York,  Emma  L..  horn  in 
Cayuga  county,  town  of  P>rutus,  New  York, 
July  13,  1850,  daughter  of  George  and  Hannah 
(.Abbey)  Passage:  he  was  a  farmer,  and  a 
speculator  in  cattle  ;  tlieir  children  were  :  Emma 
L.,  hllizabeth,  Laura  and  Martha  Passage.  Mr. 
and   Mrs.   Mills  have  one  diild,  Laura   Tessie, 


born  March  24,  1871,  who  graduated  from  the 
primary  grades ;  she  married  Edwin  Forest 
\'an  Amburg,  and  their  children  are:  Lee  Mills 
and  Ruth  L.  \'an  .\mburg. 


Johannes  Petrus  Walrad  set- 
\\',\LR.\I)  tied  at  Canajoharie,  now  Mont- 
gomery county.  New  York,  and 
is  said  to  have  come  thither  from  Germany. 
He  appears  to  have  lived  at  what  is  now  the 
village  of  Duel,  where  a  Peter  and  Adolph 
Walrath  were  among  the  first  settlers.  The 
census  of  1790  shows  that  at  that  time  John 
Peter  Walrad  (or  Walrath.  as  some  of  the  de- 
scendants spell  the  name )  had  two  sons  under 
siNteen  and  four  females  in  his  family  :  .\dolph. 
probably  his  son,  had  one  son  under  sixteen 
and  two  fanales.  Garret  Walrad  had  two 
males  over  sixteen,  three  under  that  age  and 
three  females.  There  was  also  a  William  Wal- 
rad having  three  sons  under  sixteen  and  two 
females  in  his  family. 

(  II  )  One  of  the  sons  of  John  Peter  or  Jo- 
hamies  Petrus  \\'alrad.  had  sons:  W'arner ; 
Peter,  mentioned  below:  Charles:  [ohn.  and 
William. 

(III)  Peter,  grandson  of  Johannes  Petrus 
Walrad,  was  born  in  Canajoharie  or  vicinity, 
in  Montgomery  county,  about  1799,  and  died 
July  5.  1857,  aged  fifty-eight  years.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools.  Re- 
moving to  the  town  of  Homer,  Cortland  coun- 
ty, New  York,  in  1837,  he  settled  on  land 
where  the  Little  York  railroad  station  now 
stands,  and  followed  farming  the  rest  of  his 
life.  A  citizen  of  prominence,  actively  inter- 
ested in  public  affairs,  he  was  supervisor  of 
the  town  at  the  time  of  his,  death.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church  at 
I  lomer. 

He  married  Catherine  Peliinger,  of  Little 
Falls,  New  York,  daughter  of  ChristO])her  P. 
P)ellinger,  and  she  died  at  Homer,  .April  8. 
1854,  aged  fifty-two  years.  Children:  1.  Cath- 
erine, born  1821,  died  October,  1893:  married 
( icorge  Chamberlain,  of  Cortland.  2.  Philo, 
Hves  on  the  hotuestead  :  married  Lois  .A.  Camj) : 
their  daughter  1  larrict  married  Charles  I'each, 
of  Tully,  New  York.  3.  Harriet  N.,  born  1830, 
died  igo3  :  married  S.  V>.  Curtis,  of  Niagara-on- 
the-Lakes.  Canada.  4.  Calvin  P..  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Calvin  P.,  .son  of  Peter  Walrad,  was 
l)orn  in  P)Uel,  Montgomery  county.  New  York, 

\pril  25.  1835.     I  le  was  educated  in  the  public 


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•schools  and  at  Homer  Academy.  For  five 
years  he  was  in  business  as  a  merchant  in 
I  lomer,  and  for  twenty  years  in  Cortland,  New 
^'ork.  Since  i86(),  when  the  Cortland  Savings 
liank  was  organized,  he  has  been  an  officer  of 
the  institution:  in  18A6  he  was  elected  secre- 
tary, and  continued  to  fill  that  office  until  1891, 
since  when  he  has  been  president.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican,  and  for  two  years  he  was 
president  of  the  incorporated  village  of  Cort- 
land. He  is  a  director  of  the  Cortland  Silk 
Mill.  He  is  an  active  and  prominent  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church,  and  has  been  one 
of  its  trustees  for  the  past  thirty  years. 

He  married  (first),  in  1864,  Sarah,  daugh- 
ter of  Alfred  and  Samantha  ( Boyes )  Cham- 
berlain, of  Cortland.  She  died  June  23,  1871, 
and  he  married  (second),  Se])tember  3,  1873, 
(irace  Chamberlain,  sister  of  his  first  wife. 
Child  of  first  wife:  i.  .Alfred  C,  born  No- 
vember, 1867:  employed  in  office  of  W'ickwire 
llrothers,  Cortland:  married  Anna  Hudson: 
chililrcn :  Henry  Calvin,  .\lfred  Hudson  and 
Catherine.  Children  of  second  wife:  2.  Kath- 
arine, born  June  26,  1880:  married  Frank  W. 
.McKee,  of  Pittsburgh,  Pennsylvania,  and  had 
a  daughter,  .Anna,  who  died  in  infancy.  3. 
Anna,  born  February  22,  1883;  lives  with  her 
I'arents  on  the  homestead  at  Cortland. 


Laurence  Ryan  was  of  an  ancient 
RVAX      family  in    Ireland,  where   he  lived 

and  (lied, 
ill)  James,  son  of  Laurence  Rvan.  was 
born  in  Limerick,  Ireland.  He  came  In  this 
country  and  made  his  home  in  W'atertown, 
N'ew  York,  in  1848.  He  followed  the  trade 
'if  a  stationary  engineer.  He  was  a  member 
of  St.  Paul's  Church  at  Oswego.  He  married 
.Mary  O'Brien.  He  died  in  1881  and  his  wife 
(liedini87i.  Children:  Margaret :  John  :  Mich- 
ael C,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  Michael  C,  son  of  James  Ryan,  was 
born  in  Syracuse,  New  York.  September  23, 
1856.  He  removed  with  his  parents  when  a 
young  child  to  Oswego,  New  York,  where  he 
received  his  education.  When  only  eight  years 
old  he  i)layed  the  drum  for  the  recruiting  sta- 
tion at  Oswego,  and  in  187 1  was  a  drummer 
boy  on  the  revenue  cutter  "Chase."  Ai  eleven 
years  of  age  he  established  the  first  soda  water 
fountain  in  Oswego,  at  Dr.  Kingston's  drug 
store.  He  worked  as  a  newsboy  for  Captain 
P.erriman  wdien  thirteen  years  old,  and  was 
the  first  boy  to  call  out  the  impurtant  news  on 


the  street  from  the  New  ^'^rk  papers.  In 
1870  he  cleared  ten  dollars  a  day  from  the 
stock  of  Bruce  Ingersoll  that  was  damaged  by 
fire  by  selling  it  in  prize  packages,  and  after 
that  he  sold  the  stock  from  the  book  store  of 
tieorge  Hease  in  the  same  way.  He  was  cm- 
ployed  as  clerk  in  different  stores  in  Oswego 
until  1876:  then  travelled  with  Rcibinson's 
Circus  as  a  musician:  in  1881  he  joined  the 
Kingsford  Band;  in  1885  he  began  work  for 
tlie  Atlantic  &  Pacific  Tea  Company,  and  in 
i8go  was  ai)])ointed  manager  of  the  company: 
in  1893  he  engaged  in  the  wholesale  cigar  busi- 
ness, and  in  1898  he  .started  the  manufacture 
of  berry  crates  at  West  I'irst  street,  Oswego. 
He  removed  to  i'h<cni.\,  Xew  York,  in  1901, 
and  started  the  manufacture  of  hinges.  He 
has  been  successful  in  this  business,  and  has 
increased  his  ])roducts  to  general  hardware  and 
electric  and  novelty  flashers,  having  a  business 
of  twenty-five  thousand  dollars  a  year. 

He  married.  May  20,  191 1,  Sarah,  tiaughter 
of  the  late  Walter  Pendergast,  of  West  Phrenix. 


The  first  mention  <if  the  name 
S'rCR(llS  of  .Sturgis  or  Sturges  was  in  a 
h'rench  book  published  by  Abbe 
.Mac(.jroghegan,  which  reads:  "About  the  year 
815,  during  the  reign  of  Conor,  who  reigned 
foin-teen  years,  Turgesius.  a  son  of  a  king  of 
Xorway  landed  a  formidable  fleet  on  the  north 
coast  of  Ireland:  and  again,  about  the  year 
835,  a  fleet  commanded  by  the  same  man  land- 
ed on  the  west  side  of  Lough  Lea,  where  he 
fortified  himself,  and  laid  waste  Connought, 
Meath  and  Leinster,  and  the  greater  part  of 
Lister,  and  was  declared  king.  He  reigned 
about  thirty  years.  Finall}',  the  people  revolt- 
ed, and.  under  the  lead  of  Malarlin,  prince  of 
Meath,  he  was  defeated  by  a  strategem  and  put 
to  death."  The  first  authentic  mention  is  in 
English  history  when  William  de  Turges  had 
grants  of  land  from  Edward  I.,  King  of  Eng- 
land, in  the  village  of  Turges,  county  of  North- 
ampton, afterwards  called  Xorthfield.  The 
coat-of-arms :  Azure,  a  chevron  between  three 
crosses  crosslet,  fitchee  or,  a  Ijorder  engrailed 
of  the  last.  Crest:  ,\  talbot's  head  or,  cared 
sable.     Motto :  Esse  qiiaiu  -indcri. 

( I  )  Roger  Sturges  was  of  Clipston,  .Xorth- 
am])ti^n,  England,  and  his  will  was  dated  No- 
vember  10.   1330.     He  married  .Alice . 

Children:  Richard,  mentioned  below:  Robert: 
Thomas  :  Ellen  :  Agnes  :  Clementina. 

(H)    Richard,  son  of   Roger  .Stnrges,  mar- 


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ried  in  Clipston.  Children :  Roger,  mentioned 
below  ;  John,  living  in  1579 ;  Thomas,  of  Stan- 
nion,  Northampton,  England. 

(III)  Roger  (2),  son  of  Richard  Sturges. 
was  of  Clipston.  His  will  was  dated  Septem- 
ber 4,  1579.  He  married  Agnes .  Chil- 
dren :  Robert,  mentioned  below  ;  John. 

(IV)  Robert,  son  of  Roger  (2)  .Sturges, 
was  buried  at  Faxton,  county  Northampton, 
England,  January  2,  161 1.  His  will  was  dated 
April  9,  1610,  and  proved  September  19,  161 1. 
He  was  church  warden  at  Faxton  in  1589. 
Children  :  Philip,  mentioned  below  ;  Alice. 

(V)  Philip  Sturgis  (as  the  name  is  now 
s]ielled),  son  of  Robert  .Sturges,  was  of  Han- 
nington,  county  Northampton,  England.  His 
will  was  dated  161 3.  He  married  (first) 
,  (second)  Anne  Lewes.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Edward,  mentioned  below; 
Robert;  Elizabeth.  By  second  wife:  Alice, 
baptized  January  17,  1608;  Anne,  born  Sep- 
tember 29,  ito;;  William,  bnrn  October  10, 
161 1. 

(VI)  Edward,  son  of  Philip  Sturgis,  was 
born  at  Hannington  and  came  to  New  Eng- 
land about  1634,  settling  at  Sandwich,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  in  Charlcstown,  Massachu- 
.setts,  in  1634,  and  in  Yarmouth,  Cape  Cod. 
1639.  He  was  constable  at  Yarmouth  in  1640- 
41  ;  member  of  the  grand  in(|uest  in  1650;  sur- 
veyor of  highways  in  165 1  ;  was  admitted  free- 
man, June  5,  1A51.  and  was  committeeman  on 
affairs  of  the  colony  in  1657;  was  constable  in 
1662,  and  deputy  to  the  general  assembly  in 
1672.  He  died  at  Sandwich  in  October.  1695, 
and  was  buried  at  Yarmouth.  He  married 
(first)  Elizabeth  ,  though  one  gene- 
alogist gave  her  name  as  Alice.  She  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1691.  and  he  married  (second), 
April,  1692,  Mary,  widow  of  Zachariah  Rider. 
Children,  born  in  England ;  .Alice,  December 
23,  1619;  Maria.  October  2,  1621 ;  Edward, 
April  10,  1624;  Rebecca,  February  17,  1626- 
27.  Born  in  New  England :  Samuel,  1638 ; 
Thomas ;  Mary,  baptized  at  Barnstable,  Janu- 
ary I,  1646;  Elizabeth,  born  at  Yarmouth, 
April  20,  1648;  Sarah;  Joseph,  buried  March 
29,  1650,  aged  ten  days;  Hannah.  Otis  says 
there  was  a  son  John,  born  about  1624,  who 
went  to  Connecticut ;  he  was  ancestor  of  the 
Fairfield  county  family,  and  probably  of  the 
\"ew  York  family,  mentioned  below. 

William  Sturgis  of  this  family  was  a  farmer 
in  the  town  of  Cato,  New  York.  He  married 
Martha  Shearer.     Children  :  Nathaniel ;  .Alex- 


ander ;   David ;   George   B.,  mentiuned   below  : 
Mary  ;  Elvira  ;  Martha  ;  William. 

George  B.,  son  of  William  Sturgis,  was  born 
in  the  town  of  Cato,  New  York,  May  25,  1833. 
He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  iron  moulder  and  for 
many  years  held  a  responsible  position  in  the 
foundry  of  the  Remington  Com])any  at  Ilion, 
-New  York.  He  is  a  member  of  Ilion  Lodge, 
[•"ree  and  Accepted  Masons,  and  Ilion  Chap- 
ter, Royal  .\rch  Masons.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican,  and  in  religion  a  Methodist. 

He  married  Mary,  born  in  Lysander,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Lawrence  and  Abigail  Bran- 
do. Children:  Ella,  married  M.  C.  Miller: 
Clinton ;  Ida,  married  George  Eno :  Harry : 
George  Marcus,  mentioned  below. 

George  Marcus,  son  of  George  B.  Sturgis, 
was  born  in  Ilion,  New  York,  May  17,  1872 
He  received  his  education  in  the  schools  of 
Syracuse,  New  York.  He  began  his  business 
life  as  clerk  in  a  grocery  store  at  Syracuse, 
where  he  worked  for  three  years,  and  then 
learned  the  trade  of  moulder  and  followed  it 
for  a  number  of  years.  In  1904  with  his  brother 
Harry  he  bought  a  foundry  at  Phrenix,  New- 
York.  At  the  end  of  the  first  year  his  brother 
died  and  he  was  succeeded  in  the  firm  by  F.  M. 
Pierce,  of  Phcenix.  the  firm  name  becoming 
Sturgis  &  Pierce.  The  business  has  prospered. 
Mr.  Sturgis  isamembcrof  Golden  Rule  Lodge. 
No.  TJ.  Indq^endent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
and  is  a  jjast  noble  grand.  In  ])oIitics  he  is  an 
Independent,  and  in  religion  a  Methodist. 

He  married,  April  7,  1896,  Elizabeth,  born 
in  Phoenix.  New  York,  daughter  of  Melville 
and  Barbara  (Keller)  Sherman.  Children: 
Frances,  born  June  8,  1897;  B.essie,  March  21. 
1899;  Ethel,  March  14,  1900. 


Andrew  Morefield,  later  called 
.MCRPHY     Murphy,  was  born  in  the  north 

of  Ireland,  and  came  to  this 
country  when  a  young  man,  settling  first  in 
Canada  and  later  in  Oswego,  New  York. 

(II)  William  Bruce  Murphy,  son  of  An- 
drew Morefield,  was  born  in  Canada  in  1842. 
and  came  to  Oswego,  New  York,  with  his 
father.  Here  he  learned  the  trade  of  a  car- 
penter. He  remained  in  Oswego  the  remain- 
der of  his  life,  and  died  in  1905.  He  married 
Eliza,  daughter  of  Thomas  Roxbury.  Chil- 
dren :  Emma,  married  George  Barnes,  under- 
taker at  Oswego;  William  E.,  of  Oswego; 
Robert  B. :  Jessie  M.,  married  II.  R.  Porter: 


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I-'anny  ;  Charlotte,  a  stenographer  in  New  York 
City;  George  Wilfred,  mentioned  below. 

(Ill)  George  Wilfred,  son  of  William  Bruce 
Murphy,  was  born  at  Oswego,  New  York, 
March  29,  1873.  He  received  his  education 
m  the  public  schools  there.  He  learned  teleg- 
raphy, and  then  began  work  for  the  Western 
Union  Telegraph  Company,  working  from  a 
position  as  messenger  to  that  of  clerk  in  office 
work  in  five  years.  For  the  ne.xt  four  years 
he  was  employed  by  the  Kingsford  Starch 
Company,  and  in  1895  received  a  position  from 
the  New  Y'ork  Central  railroad.  He  worked 
as  operator  on  the  line  of  the  New  Y^ork  Cen- 
tral from  1904  to  1910,  in  Oswego,  New  York, 
and  in  December  of  that  year  became  station 
agent  at  Phoenix  for  the  New  York  Central 
railroad,  and  express  agent  for  the  .Xmerican 
Express  Company.  In  religion  he  is  a  Bap- 
ti.st,  having  been  a  member  C)f  the  Ba])tist 
church  at  Oswego  since  1890.  He  is  a  mem- 
lier  of  the  Citizens'  Club  of  Phoenix,  New 
York.  He  married,  in  1896,  Delia,  daughter 
■  if  Joseph  and  Mary  Rowe.  Children:  Ethel, 
born  September  18.  1897:  T^uiline,  March  18, 
1899;  Kenneth,  September  2t).  1900:  Erma. 
December  8.  T9or). 

Louis  Philip  Fox,  ov  as  it  was  spell- 
KOX  ed  formerly  Fuchs,  was  born  in  Al- 
sace-Lorraine, Germany,  which  was 
then  in  France.  He  received  a  liberal  educa- 
lion  and  held  a  commission  as  chaplain  in  the 
[•"rencli  army.  He  came  to  this  country  while 
in  the  prime  of  life,  and  followed  farming  at 
Rose.  Wayne  county.  New  York.  His  farm 
is  known  as  the  Henry  Lincks  ])lace.  M  the 
;ige  of  fifty-six  years  he  enlistetl  in  the  L'nion 
army  in  the  civil  war  and  served  three  years. 
taking  part  in  the  battle  of  the  Wilderness  and 
other  important  engagements.  He  married 
Lena  Horn,  who  was  also  of  German  birth. 
Both  are  buried  in  the  Ferguson  burial  ground 
at  Rose.  Children:  i.  (ieorge,  died  in  Cali- 
fornia. 2.  Lena,  married  Cornelius  Barton, 
i>f  Lyons.  3.  Fred,  mentioned  below.  4.  Louis, 
lived  at  Lyons,  New  York.  5.  Siloma.  married 
Ovid  Jefifers,  of  Galen.  6.  Carrie,  married 
Henry  Loucks,  who  was  born  in  r.rooklyn. 
New  York,  and  settled  on  the  Fox  homestead 
in  1881.  7.  Louisa,  marrief!  William  Goetz- 
man,  of  Galen.  8.  Charles,  married  Mary 
Lincks.  9.  Jennie,  married  John  W.  Stewart, 
•  if  Lyons.  10.  William,  died  aged  nineteen, 
f  I .  Charlotte,  died  voung. 


(Hj  I'^red,  stni  vi  Louis  I'iiilip  h'o.x,  was 
born  at  Rose,  New  York,  lie  was  educated 
there  in  the  public  schools,  and  learned  the 
trade  of  cooper.  He  followed  farming  as  well 
as  coopering,  however,  and  owned  one  of  the 
best  farms  in  Wayne  county,  ranking  among 
the  most  successful  and  representative  men  of 
the  town  of  Wolcott.  He  married  Permilla, 
daughter  of  Ernest  Falkey.  Children:  i.  Will- 
iam H.,  born  in  Rose,  dealer  in  produce  at 
Wolcott,  New  York.  2.  Flora  B.,  married 
Floyd  Shyder.  3.  Earnest  I"".,  born  in  town  of 
Huron  ;  a  lawyer  at  Newark,  New  York.  4. 
Grace  M.,  born  in  town  of  Huron ;  a  teacher 
of  German  at  Fulton,  New  Y'ork,  in  the  high 
school.  3.  Dr.  Frank  Edward,  mentioned 
below. 

(Ill)  Dr.  Frank  Edward  Fox,  son  of  Fred 
Fox,  born  in  Rose,  New  York,  November  1, 
1876.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  Wol- 
cott, New  Y^ork.  Fie  entered  upon  the  study 
of  his  profession  in  the  Medical  College  of 
Baltimore,  Maryland,  and  was  graduated  in 
1901  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  For  a  time 
he  was  assistant  surgeon  of  the  Marylantl 
Steel  Com]3any  at  Sparrows  Point,  Maryland, 
and  in  1902  he  came  to  Fulton,  New  York, 
where  he  has  built  up  an  extensive  practice, 
making  surgery  a  specialty.  He  has  been 
president  of  the  board  of  health  of  Fulton,  and 
is  a  member  of  the  Phi  Chi,  a  medical  frater- 
nity. He  is  a  member  and  has  been  an  ofificer 
of  the  Fifth  District  Medical  Society,  member 
and  treasurer  in  191 1  of  the  Oswego  County 
Medical  Society,  member  of  the  Fulton  Acad- 
emy of  Medicine,  the  New  York  State  Medical 
Society  and  the  .\nierican  Medical  .\ssociation. 
While  in  college  lie  was  ])resident  of  the  sec- 
ond year  class  and  at  graduation  was  a  mem- 
ber of  the  executive  committee  and  of  the  Phi 
Chi  fraternity  in  which  he  had  also  been  assist- 
ant treasurer  and  secretary.  He  is  at  present 
visiting  surgeon  of  the  Albert  Lee  Memorial 
Hospital,  and  a  member  of  Lodge,  No.  830, 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks,  of 
Fulton  ;  Derigo  Lodge,  Knights  of  Pythias,  of 
Oswego;  and  of  the  Pathfinders  lioat  Club. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church.  In  iwHtics  he  is  a  ])rogressive  Demo- 
crat. 

He  married,  1903,  Maebelle  S.  Wetniore,  born 
in  Peoria.  Illinois,  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Mary  Wetmore.  Children:  F.  Edward,  born 
<  )ctober  24,  1905;  George  !•".,  April  22.  i(X>7: 
Wayne  W..  June  2  7,.  1908. 


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George  Blake,  immigrant  ances- 
HLAKK  tor,  was  born  in  the  county  of 
lUickinghamshire,  England.  When 
a  young  man  he  came  to  this  country,  and 
about  1858  made  his  home  at  Clay,  New  York, 
where  he  had  a  farm.  After  some  years  he 
removed  to  Schroeppel,  Oswego  county.  Xew 
York,  and  continued  there  as  a  farmer  all 
of  his  active  life.  He  married  Rebecca  Lud- 
low, who  was  born  in  Buckinghamshire,  Eng- 
land. She  died  at  Schroe])pel  in  1891,  and  he 
died  there  in  1906.  Chiltlren :  John;  (leorge; 
Charles;  Henry;  Sarah  E.  ;  Anna,  married 
George  Weller ;  William  Stevens,  mentioned 
below. 

(II)  William  Stevens,  sou  of  George  Blake, 
was  born  in  the  town  of  Clay,  New  York,  No- 
vember 16,  1869.  He  received  his  education  in 
the  public  schools  and  at  the  high  school  of 
Phcenix.  New  York.  Eor  two  years  he  taught 
school  in  the  town  of  Schroeppel,  and  then  he 
spent  two  years  working  in  the  paper  mill 
there.  Afterwards  he  rented  and  operated  the 
mill  for  two  years.  In  1897  '^^  removed  to 
Phoenix  where  he  started  in  his  present  busi- 
ness as  a  dealer  in  coal,  lumber  and  cement. 
He  is  now  one  of  the  leading  merchants  of  the 
town,  and  one  of  the  most  prominent  and  use- 
ful citizens.  He  has  been  one  of  the  trustees 
of  the  incorjioratcd  village  of  Phcenix,  and  is 
now  on  the  board  of  assessors.  In  politics  he 
is  an  Independent,  and  he  attends  the  Congre- 
gational church.  He  is  a  member  of  (jolden 
Rule  Lodge,  No.  jj,  Independent  Order  of 
Odd  Fellows.  He  married.  May.  1897,  .\nna. 
daughter  of  Henry  Limbeck. 


George  Gladman  was  born  in 
(iL.\l)M.\.\'  r.ngland  in  1801,  and  died  in 
Canada  in  1863.  He  was  a 
leading  factor  in  the  Hudson  liay  Company, 
and  spent  most  of  his  life  in  Canada  and  Brit- 
ish North  America.  He  married  Harriet  Vin- 
cent, a  granddaughter  of  Governor  McNabb. 
(II)  Henry,  son  of  George  Gladman,  was 
Ixirn  at  Moose  b'actory,  on  James  Bay,  British 
North  America,  October  2r,  1834.  He  was 
well  educated,  and  studied  for  the  ministry. 
He  started  to  go  to  England  to  complete  his 
preparation  for  the  ministry,  when  he  was 
taken  sick  and  returned  to  Upper  Canada. 
.Afterward  he  became  associated  with  the  Hon. 
F.  C.  WcKjd,  in  the  management  of  the  count)- 
clerk's  office  in  County  \'ictoria,  Ontario,  Can- 
ada,  and    was   later   apjiointcd   postmaster   of 


Lindsay,  Ontario,  holding  that  office  for  thirty- 
five  years.  He  married  Melissa  Rientord. 
Children:  George  J.,  born  1864;  Harry  E., 
1870;  Dr.  Everett  .\ldrich,  mentioned  below: 
William  L.,  1877,  died  in  infancy;  Cyril  R.  A., 
born  1879;  Clifford  L.,  1881  ;  Victor  L.,  1887. 
(HI)  Dr.  Everett  .Aldrich  Gladman,  son  of 
Henry  Gladman,  was  born  in  Lindsay,  On- 
tario, Canada,  October  25,  1875.  He  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  schools  and  at  the 
Collegiate  Institute  at  Lindsay,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  in  the  class  of  1894.  He  then 
began  to  study  his  profession  at  McGill  Med- 
ical College,  Montreal,  and  was  graduated  witli 
the  degree  of  M.  D.  C.  M.  in  1898.  He  spent 
six  months  in  the  hospital  at  Montreal  and  an- 
other si.x  inonths  as  interne  in  Royal  Victoria 
Hospital  at  Montreal,  .\fter  passing  the  state 
e.Namination  in  New  York,  he  entered  upon 
the  practice  of  his  profession  at  Fulton,  Os- 
wego county,  November  8,  1899,  and  has  con- 
tinued with  great  success  in  general  practice 
to  the  present  time.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Fulton  Academy  of  Medicine,  the  Oswego 
County  Medical  Society,  the  New  York  State 
Medical  Society  and  the  .American  Medical 
.Vssociation.  He  is  also  a  member  of  Hiram 
Lodge,  No.  144,  Free  and  .Accepted  Masons, 
of  Fulton,  the  Pathfinder  Club,  and  the  Os- 
wego County  Club.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican, and  in  religion  a  Presbyterian. 


The  Snyder  family  was  among 
SNYDER  the  early  settlers  of  New  Jer- 
sey. In  partnership  with  Nicolas 
Saym,  Jacob  Peter  Snyder  bought  1,300  acres 
I  if  land  in  Amwell  township,  New  Jersey,  of 
FJizabeth  Estaugh,  in  1748.  Jacob  Peter  Sny- 
der was  a  cordwainer  and  citizen  of  New  York 
in  1737.  The  Snyders  also  settled  early  in 
Pennsylvania,  and  the  names  in  New  Jersey 
and  Pennsylvania  are  similar,  indicating  that 
the  two  branches  of  the  family  were  related. 
.According  to  the  family  tradition,  the  family 
ilescribed  in  this  article  are  descended  from 
tile  New  Jersey  branch.  Two  brothers,  we  are 
told,  settled  in  New  Jersey,  but  the  records  of 
the  first  generation  have  not  been  found. 

(  I  )  Jacob  Snyder,  probably  the  first  settler, 
married  Polly  Leigh. 

( II)  Henry,  son  of  Jacob  Snyder,  was  born 
in  1790,  and  died  .April  3,  1862,  aged  seventy- 
iine  years  ten  months.  He  married  Rachel 
Dunlap,  who  died  .April  8.  1859,  aged  seventy 
vears  eight  days.     Children,  born  at  Boylston. 


NEW  YORK. 


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New  York:  Ransom,  mentioned  below;  Han- 
nah; Jacob:  Garret  M.;  William;  Gardner: 
Amy,  now  living  at  Alannsville,  New  York. 

(III)  Ransom,  son  of  Henry  Snyder,  was 
horn  at  Boylston,  New  York,  I-\'bruary  23. 
1829.  He  was  a  farmer  throughout  his  active 
life.  In  religion  he  was  a  Wesleyan  Alethodist. 
and  in  politics  a  Republican.  He  was  a  sol- 
tlier  in  the  civil  war,  enlisting  in  Company  E, 
(3ne  Hundred  and  Eighty-ninth  New  York 
Regiment  \'olunteer  Militia,  in  1804.  and  mus- 
tered out  in  Jime,  1865,  after  the  close  of  the 
war. 

He  married,  October  1,  1848,  at  Boylston, 
New  York,  Abigail  Calkins,  born  May  26, 
1829,  at  Boylston,  daughter  of  Daniel  and 
Hannah  Sophronia  (Shaver)  Calkins,  grand- 
daughter of  John  and  Syphronia  (Overhizer) 
Shaver.  Through  the  Overhizer  ancestry,  tra- 
dition says  the  family  descends  from  May- 
dower  stock.  Ransom  Snyder  died  January 
,?i,  1875,  at  Orwell,  New  York,  and  his  widow 
married  at  C)rwell,  April  21,  1880,  Simon 
I'ruyn.  She  died  at  Lacona,  New  York,  about 
thirty  years  later.  Children  of  Ransom  and 
.Abigail  (Calkins)  Snyder;  Brainard  DeForest, 
mentioned  below :  James  Gardner,  born  June 
23,  1849:  Ivonett,  March  30,  1855:  Ransom 
Henry,  February  13,  i860:  Carroll  Daniel,  Oc- 
tober 7.  1873,  died  February  7,  1875. 

(IV)  Rev.  lirainard  DeForest  Snyder,  son 
of  Ransom  Snyder,  was  born  in  Boylston,  Os- 
wego county.  New  York,  August  13,  1850, 
died  January  2,  191 1,  at  ]\Iannsville,  New 
York.  He  attended  the  public  schools,  and  at 
the  age  of  eighteen  entered  Whitestown  Semi- 
nary, in  which  he  paid  his  own  way.  He  was 
converted  in  his  fourteenth  year  under  the  pas- 
torate of  Rev.  John  M.  Waite,  of  the  Wes- 
leyan Methodist  Church,  which  he  afterward 
joined,  and  at  sixteen  he  was  superintendent  of 
a  Sunday  school.  At  the  age  of  seventeen  he 
determined  to  enter  the  ministry  of  his  chosen 
<lenomination,  and  two  years  later  had  made 
such  progress  in  his  studies  that  he  was  licensed 
to  exhort,  and  thereupon  he  began  his  life 
work  in  his  native  town.  Practically  his  whole 
life  was  devoted  to  the  church.  He  entered 
the  ministry  April  5.  1874,  in  the  Syracuse 
Conference  of  the  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church, 
continuing  to  jireach  in  this  conference  for  a 
period  of  seven  years  in  three  different  par- 
ishes. In  April,  1881,  he  was  received  in  the 
Northern  New  York  Conference  of  the  Meth- 
odist   E])iscoi)al   Church   upon   liis   crerlentials 


from  tlic  Wesleyan  Methodist  Church,  and 
taken  into  full  communion  y\i)ril  13,  1883.  His 
appointments  were  Orwell,  Gilbert's  Mills. 
Brookfiekl  and  Leonardsville,  Fort  Leyden, 
Remsen,  I'liiladeliihia,  New  York,  lleuvelton, 
Alexandria  Bay,  Norwood,  Pulaski  and  Min- 
etto — eleven  different  charges,  during  a  [jeriod 
of  twenty-seven  years.  Including  his  ministry 
in  the  Wesleyan  Church,  he  served  thirty-four 
years  in  fourteen  parishes,  in  all  of  which  In- 
was  an  acceptable  preachei",  and  a  ca])abte 
organizer,  demonstrating  business  ability  as 
well  as  evangelical  zeal,  which  strengthened 
the  churches  of  which  he  had  charge.  The  offi- 
cial iirgan  of  the  Northern  New  York  Confer- 
ence of  11)11  says  of  him  : 

"There  was  promptness  and  inimedialcnesb  in 
Bri)ther  Snyder's  methods.  His  mind  was  quick  tn 
act  and  grasp  the  situation.  His  faith  never  flagged 
Hope  strengthened  his  courage.  He  was  cheerful 
under  all  circumstances.  His  manliness  was  appar- 
ent. He  always  aspired  to  do  his  best.  His  appoint- 
ments give  an  idea  of  the  work  lie  did.  Temporal 
affairs  as  well  as  spiritu.al  were  cared  for.  Evidence^ 
i>i  his  handiwork  can  be  found  on  his  charges.  *  *  * 

"During  his  last  year  at  Minetto,  1908,  his  vocal 
organs  became  so  impaired  that  he  was  compelled 
to  succumb  to  the  inevitable.  He  retired  to  his 
pleasant  home  in  Mannsville,  New  York,  hoping  by 
rest  and  medical  attention  to  recover  and  resume 
work.  But  a  very  uncommon  disease  fastened  itself 
upon  him,  of  whicli  he  died,  viz :  Chronic  bulbar 
paralysis,  involving  a  progressive  symmetrical  paraly- 
sis of  the  lip.  adjacent  facial  muscles,  tongue,  etc. 
which  terminated  in  exhaustion  by  starvation.  Dr, 
J.  C.  Severance,  his  physician,  says  the  remarkable 
feature  of  the  case  was  the  Christian  fortitude 
shown  by  Brotlier  Snyder  through  the  weeks,  months 
and  years  of  his  sufferings;  and  adds,  'this  cnmes  far 
short   of  the  truth.' 

"Our  dear  lirolher  closed  his  busy  life  in  great 
peace  and  Christian  triumph  on  Monday  evening, 
January  2.  1911.  -The  funeral  services  were  held  at 
his  home  Thursday  noon.  January  5.  District  Super- 
intendent Rev.  C.  E.  Miller  presided,  wdiose  addres.- 
was  full  of  sympathy.  Rev.  W.  M.  Hydon  read  the 
Holy  Scriptures,  and  Rev.  S.  S.  Davis  offered  prayer. 
Rev.  Frederick  Maunder  read  appreciative  resolu- 
tions from  the  Pulaski  official  board.  Minetto  was 
reiiresented  by  a  delegation  and  floral  tokens.  Cheerful 
tributes  to  a  friend  and  brother  were  added  by  Rev- 
George  Dermott  and  the  writer.  Rev.  C.  V.  Haven, 
of  Mannsville.  spoke  of  Brother  Snyder  as  a  helpful 
companion  and  sympathetic  friend;  and  with  Atr^. 
Haven  sang.  The  interment  was  in  the  T'rimitive 
Cemetery,  near  Mexico.   New  York  " 

In  politics  Mr.  Snyder  was  a  Republican. 
He  married.  August  20,  1873,  Ohve  Di  Etle 
Wyman,  born  at  Orwell,  New  York,  .\tigtist 
5,  1856,  anil  died  January  22.  i88t,  at  Mallory. 
New'York.  daughter  of  Rastus  D.  Wyman  and 


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Mercy  Ann  ( Smith )  Wyman.  granddaughter 
of  Perley  Wyman,  of  Orwell.  Children:  Fred 
W.,  mentioned  below;  Xila  J.,  born  August  6, 
1878,  at  I'rattville,  New  York,  died  there 
March  4,  1879;  Xila  Etta,  born  December  25, 
1880,  at  Lacona,  New  York,  wife  of  Fred  A. 
Austin,  children,  Julia  and  Helen. 

(V)  Fred  W.,  son  of  Rev.  Brainard  De- 
Forest  Snyder,  was  born  at  Taylor,  Cortland 
county,  New  York,  December  13,  1875.  He 
attended  the  public  schools,  Fairfield  Seminary 
and  Military  Academy,  and  Ives  Seminary  of 
Antwerji,  New  York.  At  the  age  of  nineteen 
he  began  working  for  the  Northern  Christian 
Advocate,  of  Syracuse,  New  York,  as  book- 
keeper and  stenographer.  Three  years  later 
he  began  work  with  the  Fulton  Paper  Com- 
pany of  Fulton,  New  York,  and  held  various 
positions  of  responsibilit}-  and  trust  with  this 
company,  and  afterward  with  the  luireka  Paper 
Company,  the  Granby  Paper  Company,  and 
the  \'ictoria  Paper  Mills  Company,  all  of  Ful- 
ton, New  York,  and  all  closely  associated  in 
ownership  and  management.  In  1902  he  pur- 
chased a  part  of  the  stock  of  W.  S.  Royce 
(deceased)  in  the  X'ictoria  Paper  Mills  Com- 
pany and  became  secretary  of  the  c(irporation. 
In  1908  he  was  elected  vice-i)resitlent  and  treas- 
urer, and  since  then  has  devoted  his  time  ex- 
clusively to  this  company. 

The  \^ictoria  Paper  .Mills  Compan_\-  was 
organized  March  20,  1880,  Forest  G.  Weeks, 
Charles  S.  Eggleston  and  Edwin  R.  Redhead 
being  the  incorporators  and  first  board  of  di- 
rectors. The  No.  2  Mil!,  erected  in  1850  b\ 
Monroe  &  Case,  was  the  only  mill  of  the  com- 
pany in  the  beginning.  From  time  to  time  the 
plant  was  enlarged  and  new  capital  was  added 
to  the  corporation.  Mr.  Royce  died  in  1902. 
In  1893  the  company  began  to  manufacture 
])aper  bags  in  a  small  way,  and  soon  introduced 
machinery  and  developed  this  department  into 
one  of  great  value  and  importance.  In  1908 
l^rinting  ]iresses  were  added  to  the  equipment 
(if  the  bag  factory.  From  1898  to  1908  the 
owners  of  the  Victoria  Company  were  finan- 
cially interested  in  the  development  of  the 
Eureka,  Fulton  and  Granby  Paper  companies 
at  the  west  end  of  the  lower  dam  at  Fulton. 
The  specialties  of  the  company  at  present  are 
rope  papers,  plain  and  jirinted  flour  sacks, 
sugar  bags,  nail  bags,  manilla  and  No.  2  white 
tissue  papers,  the  daily  output  amounting  to 
from  fifteen  to  twentv  tons.     In  iQio  the  com- 


pany celebrated  its  thirtieth  anniversary  of 
successful  business. 

Mr.  Snyder  is  a  Republican,  though  he  is 
inde])endent  of  his  party  in  local  politics.  He 
is  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge.  No.  144,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons ;  high  priest  of  Fulton 
Chapter,  No.  167,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  deputy 
master  of  Fulton  Council,  Royal  and  Select 
Masters;  past  patron  of  Elizabeth  Chapter, 
No.  105,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star,  and  is 
past  assistant  grand  lecturer  of  the  Twenty- 
fourth  District,  Order  of  the  Eastern  Star, 
-State  of  New-  York.  He  is  also  a  member  of 
Lake  Ontario  Commandery,  No.  32,  Knights 
Templar,  of  Oswego,  and  of  the  Masonic  Club, 
of  Fulton,  New  York. 

lie  married,  at  Philadelphia,  New  York,  Oc- 
tober 21,  1897,  Frankie  Scram,  born  at  Phila- 
delphia, New  York,  July  2fi,  1876,  daughter  of 
George  Henry  and  Margaret  Emma  (Mosher) 
Scram.  Mr.  anfl  Mrs.  Snyder  have  no  chil- 
dren. 


(Ill)    James  (iarrett,  son  of 
(i  ARRl-'ir     John  W.  Garrett  (q.  v.),  was 

born  in  Lysander,  New  York, 
.Xdvember  12.  1839,  died  June  4,  1908.  He 
was  a  farmer.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 
He  was  a  member  of  the  Ancient  Order  of 
AiiK-rican  Workmen,  and  of  the  Grange,  Pat- 
runs  of  Husbandry.  He  married  Elizabeth 
P.lakeman,  who  died  in  July,  1909.  Children: 
Ovid  1.,  mentioned  below:  John  O. ;  Hattie ; 
Frank  B. 

(1\')  Ovid  J.,  son  of  James  Garrett,  was 
Ixirii  at  Granby,  Oswego  county.  New  York, 
December  8,  1866.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  iiublic  schools,  and  then  worked  on  a 
farm  until  he  was  twenty-six  ye'ars  of  age.  For 
one  year  afterwards  he  was  engaged  in  the 
creamery  business  at  Weedsport,  New  York, 
and  in  1894  removed  to  Baldwinsville.  Here 
he  CMntiuticd  in  the  creamery  business,  forming 
a  partncrshi])  with  Mr.  Fisher,  which  continued 
for  two  years,  after  which  he  bought  out  Mr. 
l-'ishcr's  interest,  and  in  1896  formed  a  i)artner- 
ship  with  John  E.  Snell.  The  firm  name  is 
Garrett  &  Snell,  and  their  business  is  large 
and  very  successfid.  In  politics  he  is  a  Demo- 
crat, lie  is  a  member  of  Mohegan  Lodge,  In- 
dependent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  Mod- 
ern Woodmen  of  America.  He  married,  1894. 
Zoe,  daughter  of  Tames  and  Matilda  P.uttler. 
Children':  Ruth,  Mildred,  Olive. 


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The  name  Eldredge  is  spell- 
ELDKEDGE     ed   variously    Eldridge,    El- 

dred,  Eldredge,  and  on  old 
records  sometimes  Eldrech.  The  name  existed 
in  England  before  the  Conquest  by  William 
the  Xorman.  It  is  of  Saxon  origin  and  was 
borne  by  several  of  the  Saxon  kings  before  the 
Conquest.  Eldred  was  king  of  Chester  in  951. 
.\t  the  time  of  the  Conquest  the  Archbishop  of 
Canterbury  was  an  Eldredge,  who  cursed  the 
Norman  Conqueror.  The  family  had  lands  in 
Wilts,  Dorset,  Somerset,  Devon,  Gloucester, 
Shropshire  and  Yorkshire  in  1085.  John  Eld- 
redge, born  in  1552,  was  of  Great  Saxham, 
and  was  subsequently  in  Suffolk,  where  he 
died  in  1632.  He  was  a  merchant  and  exten- 
sive traveler,  and  one  of  the  founders  of  Vir- 
ginia, a  director  many  years  of  the  \"irginia 
Company.  He  hatl  four  sons  and  two  daugh- 
ters, and  it  is  presumable  that  the  early  New 
England  immigrants  (William,  Robert,  Sam- 
uel, John  and  Nathaniel)  were  connected  with 
his  family.  Practically  all  families  of  that 
name  in  this  country  are  descended  from  one 
of  three  immigrants,  who  settled  in  Massachu- 
setts before  1650.  Robert  Eldred,  or  Eld- 
redge, came  to  New  England  as  a  servant  to 
Nicholas  Sympkins,  and  was  transferred  to 
Thomas  Prence  for  three  years.  May  25,  1639, 
was  among  the  list  of  those  in  Plymouth  able 
to  bear  arms  in  1643,  settled  in  Yarmouth ;  his 
wife  was  Elizabeth  Nickerson.  Another  im- 
migrant, William  Eldredge,  was  living  in  Y'ar- 
mouth  in  1645,  with  his  wife  Ann.  The  other 
immigrant,  Samuel,  mentioned  below,  was,  ac- 
cording to  B.  C.  Goodhue,  of  the  firm  of  Cram. 
( roodhue  &  Ferguson,  architects,  170  Fifth 
avenue.  New  York  City,  the  son  of  Thomas 
Eldredge.  Thomas  Eldredge  married  a  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  John  or  Robert  Dolling,  of  Vir- 
ginia. Robert  Boiling's  wife  was  a  daughter 
of  Thomas  Rolfe  and  Potthress  (Indian)  and 
granddaughter  of  John  Rolfe  and  Pocahontas, 
who  died  at  Gravesend,  England, 

(  T)  Samuel  Eldredge,  the  innnigrant  ances- 
tor of  this  branch  of  the  family,  was  a  resi- 
dent of  Medford,  Massachusetts,  before  1651. 
In  1652  he  deposed  before  the  court  that  he 
was  thirty-two  years  old.  In  1646  he  was  a 
resident  of  Cambridge,  and  in  1659  in  Rumney 
Marsh,  later  Chelsea.  He  removed  to  Kings- 
ton, Rhode  Island,  in  1668,  and  was  of  Wick- 
ford,  over  which  Connecticut  claimed  juris- 
<iiction.  He  served  as  constable  there  and  was 
a  member  of  the  .\ncient  and  Honorable  Ar- 


tillery Company  of  Boston.  October  8,  1674, 
he  was  granted  by  the  general  court  at  Hart- 
ford "the  sum  of  twenty  nobles  for  his  good 
service  in  doing  and  suffering  for  this  colony." 
On  December  18,  1675,  he  was  at  Richard 
Smith's  garrison  house  just  before  the  Narra- 
gansett  swamp  fight,  as  related  by  Captain  Ben- 
jamin Church,  who  says  that  they  went  on  a 
night  adventure  with  him,  surprising  and  cap- 
turing eighteen  Indians.  In  1697  he  deeded 
to  his  son  John  a  house  and  a  hundred  acres 
of  land  with  a  right  on  the  other  side  of  Pequot 
Path.  He  died  about  1697.  He  married  Eliz- 
abeth   .  Children :  Elizabeth,  born  Oc- 
tober 26,  1642;  Samuel,  October  28,  1644; 
Mary,  June  16,  1646:  Lieutenant  Thomas,  Sep- 
tember 8,  1648;  James,  died  about  1687:  Dan- 
iel, mentioned  below;  John,  died  1724. 

(II)  Daniel,  son  of  Samuel  Eldredge,  was 
born  in  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  and  died  Au- 
gust 13.  172(1.  In  1702  he  was  a  captain,  and 
in  1707  removed  to  Stonington,  Connecticut, 
and  April  6  that  year,  his  wife  and  five  chil- 
dren were  baptized  there.  His  will,  proved 
.\ugust  14,  1726,  names  wife  Mary,  sons 
James,  Thomas  and  Daniel,  and  daughters 
Abigail,  Mary,  Freelove,  Hannah  and  Sarah. 

He   married    Mary    ,    who   died    about 

1726.  Children:  .\bigail,  born  August  19, 
1688:  Daniel,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  Decem- 
ber 6,  i6c;i  ;  Freelove,  March  23,  1695,  died 
young:  James,  December  5,  1696;  Thomas, 
February  2,  1699;  Freelove,  March  29,  1701 : 
Hannah.  March  20,  1705;  Sarah,  January  29, 
7706;  Richard,  April  9,  17 12. 

(III)  Captain  Daniel  (2)  Eldredge,  .son  of 
Daniel  (  1  )  Eldredge,  was  born  March  20, 
1690,  and  died  in  Ciroton,  Connecticut.  He 
married,  June  26,  1711,  .\bigail  Fish,  of  Gro- 
ton,  born  1690,  daughter  of  Samuel  Fish,  of 
New  Liindon,  and  granddaughter  of  John  Fish, 
of  Lynn  and  Sandwich,  Massachusetts.  Among 
their  children  were :  Charles,  born  November 
17,  1720;  Christo])her,  and  Hallam.  She  was 
admitted  to  the  clnn-ch  in  Stonington,  Septem- 
ber 23,  1716.  In  Wheeler's  "Homes  of  Our 
Ancestors"  (1903),  page  78,  the  Eldredge 
homestead  is  described :  "The  Eldredge  house, 
later  the  Elisha  Hennet  house,  owned  by  him. 
is  still  standing,  low  and  brown,  on  the  old 
road  from  the  head  of  Mystic  to  Wolfe's  Neck, 
set  back  a  little  from  the  gaze  of  the  traveller, 
cozily  sheltered  by  some  old  apjile  trees  whose 
boughs  hang  shelteringly  over  this  old  land- 
mark   with    its   broad    stone   doorsteps   which 


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have  been  trodden  by  so  many  feet  in  bygone 
days,  for  here  came  Captain  Daniel  Eldredge, 
then  called  Eldred,  from  Rhode  Island,  in 
1704,  as  the  town  records  and  Joshua  Hemp- 
stead's records  show,  and  here,  at  the  road 
church,  his  children  were  baptized  and  he  un- 
doubtedly built  this  house.  Some  of  his  chil- 
dren went  back  to  Kingstown  (  Rhode  Island  ) 
and  James  is  recorded  there." 

(I\')  Christopher,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  and 
Abigail  (Fish)  Eldredge,  was  born  in  1724, 
and  lived  u])on  the  ]Kiternal  homestead  at 
Wolfe's  Neck.  He  married,  in  Kingstown, 
Mary  Hempstead,  born  about  1725,  daughter 
of  Nathaniel  and  Mary  (  Hallam )  Hempstead. 
The  Hempstead  family  was  founded  by  Rob- 
ert and  Johannah  (Willie)  Hempstead,  who 
settled  about  1645  in  New  London,  where  Rob- 
ert Hempstead  died  in  1653.  His  son  Jo.shua, 
born  June  16,  1649,  resided  in  New  London, 
and  married  Elizabeth  Larrabee.  Their  only 
child,  Joshua  (2),  born  .September  i,  1678. 
was  very  prominent  in  the  town  for  fifty  years 
following  1708,  and  died  in  1758.  He  was 
the  author  of  the  "Hempstead  Diary,"  which 
gives  much  information  regarding  the  history 
of  the  town  and  times.  He  had  wife  Abi- 
gail, and  they  were  the  parents  of  Nathaniel 
liempstead,  born  January  6,  1700,  in  New- 
London.  He  married  Mary  Hallam,  and  they 
were  the  parents  of  Mary  Hemi^stead,  wife  of 
Christopher  Eldredge.  The  latter  built  a  large 
and  very  fine  house  for  that  day,  about  1756, 
in  the  center  of  the  district  known  as  Wolfe's 
Neck,  two  miles  north  of  old  Mystic.  Chil- 
dren born  there  :  Chri.-^topher,  mentioned  below  ; 
Mary,  born  1761  :  Hallam  and  probably  others. 

(V)  ChriMopher  (2),  oldest  son  of  Christo- 
pher (i)  and  Mary  (Hempstead)  Eldredge, 
was  born  May  29,  1756,  at  Wolfe's  Neck,  and 
died  December  2,  17S3.  He  was  wounded  in 
the  face  in  the  fight  at  (iroton,  Connecticut, 
where  his  brother  was  also  in  service ;  their 
sister  Mary  was  first  to  enter  the  fort  after 
the  fight  to  minister  to  the  wounded.  He  was 
master  of  his  own  vessel,  and  lost  his  life  at 
sea.  He  married  .Sarah,  daughter  of  Elisha 
.Satterlec,  born  I'ebruary  1,  1759,  in  Coimecti- 
cut,  and  died  September  12,  1841.  .\fter  her 
husband's  death  she  returned  to  her  father's 
house  and  remained  until  1809,  when  she  re- 
moved to  the  home  of  her  son  Christopher,  in 
Ringliamton,  New  York,  and  tliere  spent  the 
remainder  of  her  life,  living  forty-six  years 
a  widow.      riu'v  had   sons    loliu,   Hallam  and 


Christopher.  The  first,  John,  born  1766,  mar- 
ried, in  1789,  -Susanna  Chesboro,  born  May  18, 
1769;  he  was  killed  at  Groton  Bank  by  a  fall 
from  a  vessel.  Hallam,  born  1783,  in  Ston- 
ington,  settled  in  1808,  at  Natchez,  Mississippi, 
where  he  died  in  1814;  he  married  there  Eliz- 
abeth .\rmstrong,  of  Natchez;  children:  i. 
Mary  Ann,  married  (first)  David  Alexander, 
of  Natchez  ;  (second)  Samuel  R.  Montgomery, 
of  the  same  place ;  she  died  at  Binghamton, 
New  York,  October  31,  1877.  2.  Laura,  died 
•833.  3.  James,  died  181 5,  both  in  Natchez. 
{VI  )  Captain  Christopher  (3)  Eldredge, 
third  son  of  Christopher  (2)  an<l  Sarah  (Sat- 
terlee )  Eldredge,  was  born  June  10,  1785,  in 
Stonington,  and  Settled  at  Binghamton,  New 
York,  in  1804.  He  had  an  excellent  education 
and  his  handwriting  was  very  fine.  He  was 
an  extensive  reader  and  his  mind  was  broad- 
ened through  his  own  study  and  observation. 
Besides  cultivating  a  farm  he  was  a  merchant 
and  dealer  in  lumber,  and  for  more  than  fifty 
years  was  jjrominent  in  the  business  life  of 
Binghamton.  His  life  was  exemplarv.  In  his 
Bible,  the  Fifteenth  Psalm,  wherein  David  de- 
scribes the  citizen  of  Zion,  was  found  mark- 
ed at  such  a  period  of  his  life  as  to  suggest  that 
it  was  to  be  the  rule  of  his  conduct,  and  the 
same  Psalm  was  marked  in  his  Prayer  Book, 
and,  indeed,  ample  proof  of  the  practical  Chris- 
tianity of  the  man  was  given  in  his  daily  life, 
for  "though  he  promised  to  his  loss,  he  made 
his  promise  good."  .-Mthough  he  took  a  keen 
interest  in  public  afifairs,  he  was  averse  to  hold- 
ing public  office  and  never  accepted  but  one. 
.\fter  the  Fifth  Ward  in  which  he  lived  wa^ 
added  to  the  incorporated  village  of  Bingham- 
ton he  was  elected  president  of  the  village. 
Many  stories  are  told  of  his  success  as  a  hunter 
in  the  fields  back  of  Court  House  Hill,  now  in 
the  heart  of  the  city,  and  he  was  very  fond  of 
hunting  and  fishing.  A  vigorous  constitution, 
assisted  by  wholesome  exercise  and  rational 
living,  allowed  him  to  reach  an  advanced  age. 
Me  died  in  his  eighty-first  year,  October  14, 
i86j_.  To  the  Protestant  Episcopal  church,  of 
which  he  was  a  comnitmicant.  and  of  which  at 
the  time  of  his  death  he  was  a  vestryman,  he 
L'ave  his  time  and  money  freely.  He  married 
Olive,  fourth  daughter  of  Joshua  (2)  and 
llnmi.'di  ( Creen )  Whitney,  of  Binghamton 
(see  \\'hitne\'l.  t'hildren :  1.  Ilallam,  horn 
I'"el)ruary  10.  1810,  died  October  31,  1810.  2. 
lane,  born  November  21.  i8ti:  married  No- 
\  ember  j\.   I  83  1 ,  James  .S.  Hawley  :  children: 


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Sarali,  Christopher  E..  marrieti  May  Wright ; 
Jane,  married  James  Curtis  and  had  James, 
Jane,  Ohve  and  Helen  Curtis;  Charles,  who 
married  Carrie  Mersereau.  3.  Hallam  (2), 
born  August  12,  1813,  died  August  25,  18 13.  4. 
Sarah,  twin  of  Hallam,  died  August  28,  181 3. 
5.  Charles,  born  October  6,  1814,  died  July  3, 
i866;  married  Pamela  Janet  Waterman;  chil- 
dren :  Olive,  married  John  Haviland ;  Jane, 
married  Baron  Egmont  Von  Treskow ; 
Thomas,  married  Caroline  Frederica  Lauren- 
celle  Eldredge  ;  Pamela  Jane,  married  Joshua 
M.  Fiero ;  Charles,  married  Ida  Sanford.  6. 
James,  born  December  31,  1817  ;  married,  1862, 
Charlotte  B.  Tompkins  Eldredge.  7.  Robert, 
born  April  20.  1820,  died  1844.  8.  Hallam 
(3),  mentioned  below.  9.  John,  born  June  16, 
1824,  died  December  21,  1868.  10.  Henry, 
twin  of  John  ;  married,  1849,  Mary  T.  Cox.  1 1. 
Hobart,  born  December  15.  1825,  died  Decem- 
ber 15,  i860;  married  Charlotte  Backus  Tomp- 
kins. 12.  William,  born  December  19,  1827, 
died  January  27,  1865. 

(VH)  Hallam,  son  of  Christopher  (3)  Eld- 
redge, was  born  December  16,  1821,  in  Bing- 
hamton.  New  York.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  entered  Yale 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  1844  with  the  degree  of  Bachelor  of 
Arts.  Taking  up  law  for  his  profession,  he 
became  a  student  in  the  office  of  Judge  Bos- 
worth,  of  New  York  City,  and  in  the  course 
of  time  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  after  which  he 
removed  to  Natchez,  Mississippi,  established 
himself  in  the  practice  of  law,  and  became 
prominent  at  the  bar,  and  as  a  Democratic 
leader  in  politics.  In  1859  he  returned  to  Bing- 
hamton,  and  continued  to  practice  there  a  time, 
then  retired,  and  died  there  February  20,  1893. 
He  married,  December  19,  1851,  Ann  Eliza- 
beth Zane.  Children,  i.  Mary,  married  (first) 
James  H.,  son  of  James  H.  and  Alfreda  (Bos- 
worth)  Withington ;  ("second)  Charles  E. 
Hickev.  of  Binghamton. 


The  surname  Whitney  was 
WHITNEY     originally  a  place  name.    The 

parish  from  which  the  family 
takes  its  name  is  located  in  County  Hereford, 
England,  upon  the  extreme  Western  border,  ad- 
joining Wales,  and  is  traversed  by  the  lovely 
W^ye  river.  The  name  of  the  place  doubtless 
comes  from  the  appearance  of  the  river,  mean- 
ing in  Saxon,  white  water,  from  liwit.  white. 
and  ey.  water.  The  coat  of  arms  of  the  Whitney 


family  of  Whitr.ey  is  :  Azure,  a  cross  ciiequ_\ 
or  and  gules.  Crest:  A  bull's  head  couped  sable, 
armed  argent,  and  points  gules.  The  English 
ancestry  of  John  Whitney,  the  immigrant  who 
settled  in  W'atertown,  Massachusetts,  has  been 
established  by  Henry  Melville  and  presented 
in  an  ex(|uisitely  printeil  and  illustrated  vol- 
ume. \"ery  few  American  families  have  their 
English  genealogy  in  such  well  authenticated 
and  satisfactory  form.  An  abstract  of  the 
English  ancestry  is  given  below. 

( I )  Turstin.  "the  Fleming,"  otherwise 
known  as  Turstin  de  Wigmore,  probably  als(> 
as  Turstin,  son  of  F-^olf.  and  Turstin 
"the  White."  was  a  follower  of  Wil- 
liam the  Conqueror,  lie  was  mentioned 
in  Domesday  book  as  an  extensive  land  holder 
in  Herefordshire  and  the  Marches  of  Wales. 
He  married  .-Vgnes,  daughter  of  Alured  de 
Meleberge,  a  Norman  baron  of  Ewias  Castle, 
in  the  Marches  of  Wales. 

(II)  Eustace,  son  of  Turstin,  was  a  bene- 
factor of  the  monastery  of  St.  Peter,  in 
Cloucestcr.  He  or  one  of  his  immediate  de- 
scendants took  the  surname  of  De  Whitney 
from  Whitney  of  the  Wye,  in  the  Marches  of 
Wales,  where  his  |)rinci]5al  castle  was  located. 
The  estate  comprised  over  two  thousand  acres 
and  remained  in  the  family  until  1893,  when  it 
was  S(_ild,  there  being  no  member  c>f  the  famil}- 
to  hold  it.  The  castle  has  entirely  disappeared, 
but  it  is  believed  to  be  in  ruins  under  the  Wye, 
which  has  in  the  course  of  years  changed  its 
|)ath.  The  castle  was  probably  built  on  an  art- 
ificial mound,  surrounded  by  a  moat  fed  by 
the  river,  which  gradually  undermined  the 
castle,  which  v.'as  at  last  disintegrated. 

(HI)  .Sir  Robert  Whitney,  a  direct  de- 
>cen(lant  of  Eustace,  was  living  in  1242  and 
was  mentioned  in  the  "Testa  de  Nevill."  Three 
or  four  intervening  generations  cannot  be 
stated  with  certainty. 

(IV)  Sir  Eustace  de  Whitney,  son  of  Sir 
Robert,  gave  deed  to  the  monastery  of  St. 
Peter  in  1280,  referring  to  and  confirming  the 
deed  of  his  ancestors  above  mentioned.  He 
was  Lord  of  Pencombe,  Little  Cowarn  and 
Whitney  in  1281  ;  was  granted  free  warren  by 
Edward  I  in  1284;  summoned  to  wars  beyond 
the  seas  in  1297;  tenant  of  part  of  the  manor 
of  Huntington  in  1299;  in  Scotch  war  of  1301. 
He  was  tjossibly  grandson  instead  of  son  of 
Sir  Robert. 

(V)  Sir  Eustace  de  Whitney,  .son  of  Sir 
Eustace,  was  knighted  by  Edward  I  in  1306. 


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and  was  a  member  of  parliament  for  Hereford- 
shire in  1313  and  1352. 

(VI)  Sir  Robert  de  Whitney,  son  of  Sir 
Eustace,  was  one  of  two  hundred  gentlemen 
who  went  to  Milan  in  the  retinue  of  the  Duke 
of  Clarence  on  the  occasion  of  the  latter's  mar- 
riage in  1368.  He  was  a  manber  of  parlia- 
ment for  Herefordshire  in  1377-79-80,  and 
sheriff  in  1377. 

(VII)  Sir  Robert  Whitney,  son  of  Sir  Rob- 
ert, was  sent  abroad  to  negotiate  treaty  with 
the  Count  of  Flanders  in  1388;  member  of  par- 
liament for  Herefordshire  in  1391.  He  was 
sent  to  I'rance  to  deliver  the  castle  and  town  of 
Cherbourg  to  the  King  of  Navarre  in  1393; 
was  knight  marshal  in  the  court  of  Richard  II ; 
sent  on  King's  business  to  Ireland  in  1394.  He 
was  killed,  together  with  his  brother  and  most 
of  his  relatives,  at  the  battle  of  Pilleth,  1402. 

(VIII)  Sir  Robert  Whitney,  son  of  Sir 
Robert,  was  granted  the  castle  of  Clifford  and 
lordships  of  Clifford  and  Glasbury  by  Henry 
IV  in  1404,  on  account  of  service  of  his  father. 
He  was  sheriff  of  Herefordshire  in  1413-28- 
?>3'37  •  member  of  parliament,  1416-22.  He 
fought  in  the  French  war  under  Henry  V,  and 
was  captain  of  the  castle  and  town  of  Vire  in 
1420.  He  was  named  as  one  of  the  five  knights 
in  Herefordshire  in  1433.  and  died  March  12, 

(IX)  Sir  Eustace  de  Whitney,  son  of  Sir 
Robert,  was  born  in  141 1.  He  was  head  of  a 
commission  sent  tn  \\'ales  by  Henry  VI  in 
1455,  and  was  a  member  of  parliament  for 
Herefordshire  in  1468.  He  married  Jenett 
Russell;  (second)  Jane  Clifford. 

(X)  Robert  Whitney,  son  of  Sir  Eustace 
(9),  was  probably  a  knight,  and  was  an  active 
])artici[)ant  in  the  War  of  the  Roses,  and  was 
attainted  as  a  Yorkist  in  1459.  He  was  prob- 
ably at  the  battle  of  Mortimer's  Cross  in  1461. 
He  was  the  subject  of  a  poem  by  Lewis  Glyn 
Cothi,  on  the  occasion  of  his  marriage  to  Alice, 
great-granddaughter  of  Sir  David  Gam.  He 
married  (first)  Alice,  daughter  of  Thomas 
\'aughan ;  (second)  Constance  Touchett,  who 
was  the  mother  of  his  sons.  She  was  de- 
scended from  William  the  Conc|ueror  through 
the  second  wife  of  F.dwanl  I,  King  of  Eng- 
land. 

(XI )  James  Whitney,  son  of  Robert,  was 
a])pointed  receiver  of  Newport,  part  of  the 
estate  of  the  Duke  of  Buckingham,  confiscated 
by  Henry  VII  in  1522.  He  married  Blanche, 
daughter  and  an  heir  of  Simon  Milbourne. 


(XII)  Robert  Whitney,  son  of  James  Whit- 
ney, was  of  Icomb,  and  in  charge  of  other  con- 
fiscated estates.  He  was  sheriff  of  Glouces- 
tershire, 1527-28-29-30.  He  was  nominated 
Knight  of  the  Bath  by  Henry  VIII  at  the  coro- 
nation of  Anne  Boleyn  in  1531  ;  was  granted 
part  of  income  of  monaster)'  of  Brewern  in 
1535;  furnished  forty  men  to  put  down  rebel- 
lion in  1536;  was  named  to  attend  upon  the 
king's  person.  He  died  in  1541,  and  his  will 
was  proved  June  11,  1541.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Wye. 

(XIII)  Sir  Robert  Whitney,  son  of  Robert, 
was  knighted  the  day  after  Queen  Mary's  coro- 
nation in  October,  1553.  He  was  summoned 
before  the  privy  council  in  1555-59.  He  was 
member  of  parliament  for  Herefordshire  in 
1559,  and  died  .\ugust  5,  1567.  He  maried 
Sybil  Baskerville,  a  descendant  of  Williatn  the 
Con(|ueror  through  the  first  wife  of  Edward  I. 

(XI\')  Robert  Whitney,  son  of  Sir  Robert, 
was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  father,  and 
also  in  an  inquisition  taken  after  the  latter's 
death.  He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Morgan  Guillims,  Duglim. 

(X\')  Thomas  Whitney,  son  of  Robert,  was 
of  Westminster,  Gentleman.  He  was  buried 
at  St.  Margaret's,  April  14,  1637.  He  married 
Mary,  daughter  of  John  Bray,  of  Westminster  ; 
she  was  buried  at  St.  Margaret's,  September 
25.  1629.  Children:  i.  John,  the  American 
immigrant,  settled  at  Watertown.  Massachu- 
setts. 2.  Nicholas.  3.  William.  4.  Richard. 
5.  Margaret.    6.  Anne. 

(The  Baskerville  Line). 

(  1 )  William  I,  Duke  of  Normandy,  com- 
monly called  William  the  Conqueror,  married 
Matilda,  daughter  of  Baldwin.  Earl  of  Flan- 
ders, and  granddaughter  of  Robert.  King  of 
France. 

(11  )  Henry  I.  born  10(39.  fl'^^d  iC^-'i-  ^"'1  of 
William  the  Conqueror,  was  King  of  England, 
I  loo-i  135  :  married  Matilda,  daughter  of  Mal- 
colm III,  King  of  Scotland,  granddaughter  of 
Edmund  Ironside,  the  last  of  the  West  Saxon 
Kings. 

(Ill)  Geoffrey  Plantagenet,  Earl  of  Anjou, 
was  son  of  Henry  T.    He  married  Matilda  — . 

( I\")  Henry  II,  son  of  Geoffrey,  was  born 
1133,  'li'^fl  ii8().  He  was  King  of  England, 
1 1 54-89 ;  married  Eleanor,  daughter  and  heir 
of  Williatu.  Duke  of  Aquitaine,  and  divorced 
wife  of  Louis  \TI,  King  of  France. 

i\')   John,   sdii   of  Henry   TI,   wa--   horn   in 


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1167,  died  1^15;  King  of  England  1169-1216. 
He  married  Isabella,  daughter  of  Aymer. 
Count  of  Angouleme. 

(VI)  Henry  III,  son  of  John,  was  born 
1207,  died  1272;  King  of  England  1216-72; 
married  Eleanor,  daughter  of  the  Count  of 
Provence. 

(VII)  Edward  I,  son  of  Henry  III,  was 
born  in  1239,  died  1307;  King  of  England 
1272-1307;  married  (first)  Eleanor,  daughter 
of  Ferdinand  III,  King  of  Castile;  (second) 
Margaret,  daughter  of  Philip  III.  King  of 
France. 

(VIII)  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Edward  1 
and  Eleanor,  married  Humphrey  de  Bohun. 
Earl  of  Hereford  and  Essex,  Lord  High  Con- 
.stable.  He  was  killed  at  the  battle  of  Borough- 
bridge,  March  16,  1321. 

(IX)  Agnes,  daughter  of  Humphre\-  and 
Elizabeth,  married  Robert  de  Ferrers,  (sec- 
ond) Baron  Ferrers  of  Chartley.  He  was  son 
of  John,  first  Baron,  and  grandson  of  Robert, 
eighth  Earl  nf  Derliy.  He  was  summoned  to 
parliament  February  25,  1342,  and  was  at  the 
battle  of  Crecy,  1346.    He  died  in  1347. 

(X)  John  de  Ferrers,  son  of  Robert,  was 
third  Baron  of  Chartley.  He  was  in  the  wars 
of  Gascony  in  1350.  and  died  April  2,  1367. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Rolf,  first 
Earl  of  Stafford,  who  had  a  principal  command 
in  the  van  at  Crecy. 

(XI)  Robert  de  Ferrers,  son  of  John,  was 
fourth  Baron  of  Chartley.  He  died  March  13, 
1413.  He  married  Margaret,  daughter  of 
Edward,  Lord  de  Despenser. 

(XII)  Edmund  de  Ferrers,  son  of  Robert, 
was  fifth  Baron  of  Chartley,  and  a  participant 
in  most  of  the  great  victories  of  Henry  V.  He 
died  in  1436.  He  married  Eleanor,  daughter 
and  co-heir  of  Thomas,  Lord  Roche. 

(XIII)  William  de  Ferrers,  son  of  Ed- 
mund, was  sixth  Baron  of  Chartley,  died  1450. 
He  married  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Sir  Hamon 
Belknap,  Knight. 

(XIV)  Anne,  only  child  of  W^illiam,  mar- 
ried Sir  Walter  Devereaux,  Knight.  He  was 
Baron  Ferrer  in  the  right  of  his  wife,  and  was 
killed  at  Bosworth  Field,  August  22,  1485. 

(XV)  Katherine,  daughter  of  Walter,  mar- 
ried Sir  James  Baskerville,  of  Eardisley, 
Knight.  He  was  several  times  sheriff  of  Here- 
fordshire ;  Knight  Banneret  on  the  battlefield 
of  Stoke,  1487,  and  Knight  of  the  Bath  at 
the  coronation  of  Henry  VII. 

(XVI)  Sir  Walter  Baskerville,  son  of  Sir 


James,  was  of  Eardisley,  Knight.  He  was 
sheriff  of  Herefordshire,  and  Knight  of  the 
l!ath  in  1501.  He  married  .Anne,  daughter  of 
.Morgan  ap  Jenkyn  ap  Philip,  of  Pencoyd. 

(X\'II)  Sir  James  Baskerville,  son  of  Sir 
Walter,  was  of  Eardisley,  Knight.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  John  Breyn- 
ton  and  Sybil,  daughter  and  co-heir  of  Simon 
-Milbourne. 

(XVIII)  Sybil,  daughter  of  Sir  James  Bas- 
kerville, married  Sir  Robert  Whitney.  (XIII) 
mentioned  above. 

(Tile  American  Line). 

llj  John  Whitney  was  born  in  England  in 
1389,  son  of  Thomas  and  grandson  of  Robert 
\Vhitney.  He  received  for  his  day  a  good  edu- 
cation in  the  Westminster  school,  now  St. 
Peter's  College.  He  was  apprenticed  at  the 
age  of  fourteen  by  his  father  to  William  Pring, 
of  the  Old  Bailey,  London,  a  freeman  of  the 
Merchant  Tailors'  Company,  then  the  most 
famous  and  prosperous  of  all  the  great  trade 
guilils,  numbering  in  its  niembershi[)  distin- 
guished men  of  all  professions,  many  of  the 
nobilit\',  and  the  Prince  of  Wales.  At  the  age 
of  twenty-one  John  Whitney  became  a  full- 
fledged  member  and  his  apprenticeship  e.xpired. 
He  made  his  home  in  Isleworth-on-Thames. 
eight  miles  from  Westminster,  and  there  three 
of  his  children  were  born.  There,  too,  his 
father  ap|)renticed  to  him  his  younger  brother. 
Robert,  who  also  served  his  seven  years.  Soon 
afterward  John  Whitney  left  Isleworth  and 
doubtless  returned  to  London  and  lived  in  Bow 
Lane,  near  Bow  Church,  where  his  son  Thomas 
was  born.  In  September,  163 1,  he  placed  his 
eldest  son,  John  Jr.,  in  the  Merchant  Tailors' 
School,  where  according  to  the  register  he  re- 
mained as  long  as  the  family  was  in  England. 
Early  in  .\pril,  1635,  John  Whitney  registered 
with  his  wife  Eleanor  and  sons  John,  Richard, 
Xathaniel,  Thomas  and  Jonathan,  as  passen- 
gers in  the  ship  "Elizabeth  and  Ann,''  Roger 
Cooper,  master,  landing  a  few  weeks  later  in 
New  England.  He  settled  in  Watertown  in 
June,  and  bought  the  sixteen-acre  homestall 
of  John  Strickland,  at  what  is  now  Belmont 
and  East  Common  streets.  This  homestead 
descended  to  his  son  Joshua  Whitney,  of  Gro- 
ton.  who  sold  it  October  29,  1607,  to  Nathan 
Fiske.  Whitney  was  admitted  a  freeman 
March  3,  1635-36,  and  was  appointed  constable 
June  I,  1641  ;  was  selectman  1638-1655,  in- 
clusive, and  town  clerk  in  1655.     He  was  one 


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<jf  the  foremost  citizens  for  many  years,  and 
was  grantee  of  eight  lots  in  Watertown.     He 

died  June  i,  1673.   His  first  wife,  Eleanor , 

born  1599,  dietl  in  \\'atertown,  May  11,  1659. 
He  married  (second),  in  Watertown,  Septem- 
ber 29,  1659.  Judith  Clement,  who  died  before 
her  husband.  His  will  was  dated  April  3, 
1673.  Children:  i.  Mary,  baptized  in  Eng- 
land, May  23,  1619 ;  died  young.  2.  John, 
September  14,  1621  ;  prominent  citizen  of  Wa- 
tertown. 3.  Richard,  baptized  in  Isleworth, 
January  h,  1623-24;  married  Martha  Coldam. 
4.  Nathaniel,  baptized  1627.  5.  Thomas,  born 
in  England.  1629;  married  Mary  Kettell.  6. 
Jonathan,  born  in  England,  1634;  married 
Lydia  Jones.  7.  Joshua,  mentioned  below.  8. 
Caleb,  born  in  Watertown,  July  12,  1640;  died 
1640.  9.  Renjaniin.  bi^rn  in  \Vatertown,  |unc 
6,  1643. 

(  H  )  Joshua,  sixth  son  of  John  and  Eleanor 
Whitney,  was  born  July  5,  1635,  in  Water- 
town,  the  first  of  the  family  born  in  America. 
He  was  one  of  the  original  proprietors  and  set- 
tlers of  Groton,  where  he  was  a  deacon  of  the 
church  and  resided  until  the  town  was  burned 
by  the  Indians.  Returning  to  Watertown,  he 
flied  there  .August  7,  1719,  and  was  buried  at 
(iroton.  He  was  elected  selectman  of  the  lat- 
ter town  in  1681 -1683- 1 684-1 687- 1702  ;  in  1680 
was  a  member  of  the  committee  on  building  a 
meeting  house  ;  in  1684  was  constable  :  in  1693 
was  overseer  of  highways;  in  1701  chairman 
of  committee  to  arrange  for  heating  the  meet- 
ing house.  April  22,  1715,  he  resigned  as  dea- 
con of  the  church  on  account  of  his  age.  He 
married,  September  30,  1672,  .\bigail,  probably 
a  (laughter  of  Thomas  and  Mary  Tarball,  of 
Watertown.  Children:  Joshua,  Sarah.  Mary, 
William,  Comfort,  David,  Martha,  Elizabeth. 
Abigail,  Alice,  Hannah  and  Elinor. 

(HI)  William,  second  son  of  Joshua  and 
.\bigail  ( Tarball )  Whitney,  was  born  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1678,  in  Groton,  where  he  resided 
until  his  marriage.  On  April  4,  17 10,  he 
bought  land  in  Killingly,  Connecticut,  and 
about  1720  settled  in  what  is  now  Plainfield, 
Connecticut,  where  he  made  his  will  in  1751. 
In  1754  he  deeded  land,  and  soon  afterward 
died.  He  married  (first)  in  Chelmsford.  Mas- 
sachusetts, March,  1700,  Lydia  Perham,  born 
February  19,  1673,  died  in  Groton  August  24, 
1716;  (second)  in  Newton,  April  25,  1717, 
Margaret  Mirick,  born  after  1692,  daughter 
of  John  and  Elizabeth   I  Trowbridge)   Mirick. 


Children  of  first  wife  :  William,  Lydia,  Joshua  ; 
of  the  second  wife:  John,  Elizabeth,  Caleb. 

(I\')  William  (2),  eldest  child  of  William 
(  I  )  and  Lydia  (Perham)  Whitney,  was  born 
May  5,  1 70 1,  in  Groton,  and  w-as  very  young 
when  the  family  removed  to  Connecticut. 
About  1753  he  removed  to  Canaan,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  was  a  cooper  and  farmer.  He 
was  supervisor  of  Killingly  in  1728.  He  mar- 
ried July  16,  1723,  in  Killingly,  Mary  Whitte- 
more  ;  children  :  William,  Thomas  and  Abigail. 

( \' )  Thomas,  second  son  of  William  (2) 
and  Mary  (Whittemore)  Whitney,  was  born 
February  28,  1727.  in  Killingly,  and  settled 
in  Cannan,  where  he  received  a  deed  of  land 
from  his  father  November  5,  1750.  In  1761 
he  was  a  resident  of  Claverack,  Columbia 
county.  New  York,  at  which  time  he  deeded 
back  the  land  in  Canaan  to  his  father.  He  was 
a  farmer  in  Noblestown  and  Illsdale,  Columbia 
county,  where  he  died  June  26,  1766.  He  was 
active  in  the  strife  between  Massachusetts  and 
New  York  over  the  jurisdiction  of  Livingston 
Manor,  and  was  shot  in  what  were  known  as 
the  anti-rent  riots,  causing  his  death.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  P>oardman,  a  native  of  Shef- 
field, Massachusetts,  who  died  before  1793,  in 
Chenango,  New  York,  where  she  re- 
sided with  her  son  Joshua.  Children:  Joshua, 
John,  William  and  Elizabeth. 

(VI)  Joshua  (2),  eldest  son  of  Thomas  and 
Elizabeth  (Boardman)  Whitney,  was  born  No- 
vember 27,  1748,  probably  in  Noblestown,  and 
resided  in  Chenango  until  1785.  when  he  set- 
tled at  what  is  now  Binghamton,  where  he 
was  a  merchant.  While  returning  from  Phila- 
delphia with  a  stock  of  merchandise  he  died  of 
yellow  fever  at  Wind  Gap,  Pennsylvania,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1793.  In  1787,  with  his  brother 
William,  he  located  on  the  west  side  of  Che- 
nango river  at  what  was  known  as  "Whitney 
Flat."  He  was  known  by  the  title  of  captain, 
probably  gained  in  militia  service.  He  married 
Hannah  Green,  born  September  14,  1748,  died 
.August  17,  1723.  Children:  Joshua,  Sarah, 
Thomas,  John.  Hannah,  Lucy.  (^live.  F.benezer 
and  William. 

(\'II)  Joshua  (3),  eldest  child  of  Joshua 
(2)  and  Hannah  (Green)  Whitney,  was  born 
.August  24,  1773,  at  Noblestown,  and  was  a  boy 
when  lie  removed  with  his  father  to  the  present 
site  of  liinghaniton,  where  he  was  destinetl  to 
become  a  distinguished  and  very  useful  citizen, 
and   where  he  died   .\pril    13.    1845.      He  was 


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■early  accustomed  to  assist  his  father  in  busi- 
ness operations,  and  when  only  twenty  years 
old  was  sent  by  the  latter  to  Philadelphia  with 
a  herd  of  cattle.  Having  disposed  of  the  stock 
he  purchased  merchandise  for  the  store  at 
Binghamton.  and  with  much  difficulty  trans- 
ported it  to  that  town.  It  was  first  carried 
in  wagons  to  a  point  on  the  Susquehanna  river, 
whence  it  could  be  taken  up  stream  in  barges. 
Employing  several  assistants  the  barges  were 
propelled  to  Owego,  New  York.  The  Ijarges 
iieing  propelled  by  poles  in  the  midst  of  tfoat- 
ing  ice,  as  winter  was  upon  the  land,  young 
W'hitney  with  his  assistants  were  often  forced 
to  stand  in  the  water  in  order  to  propel  and 
control  their  unwieldy  craft.  In  1798  he  was 
appointed  postmaster,  and  in  1800  became 
agent  for  \\'illiam  Bingham,  proprietor  of  the 
land  where  Binghamton  now  stands.  A  set- 
tlement had  been  started  about  two  miles  above 
the  present  city,  and  General  W'hitney  ( who 
acquirerl  his  title  in  militia  service ) 
laid  out  the  present  city  of  Binghamton,  and 
made  preparations  for  the  construction  of  a 
l)ridge  over  the  Chenango  river.  He  purchased 
old  buildings  in  Chenango  and  removed  them 
to  his  town  site,  and  through  his  energy  and 
business  ability  succeeded  in  making  that  the 
important  jxiint,  where  rapidly  sjirang  up  a 
thriving  village.  C)n  July  4,  1800,  he  received 
a  deed  from  liingham  of  two  hundred  and  fif- 
teen acres,  and  built  his  house  on  the  north  side 
of  Court  street,  about  opposite  the  present 
Water  street,  which  then  extended  to  Court. 
Ceneral  Whitney  attracted  the  attention  of 
Bingham  while  in  I'hiladelphia,  and  the  lat- 
ter was  so  impressetl  with  his  business  cajiacity 
that  he  appointed  him  as  agent  for  hamlling 
lands. 

General  \\  liitney  married  (  hr--t  1  l\lioda 
Jewell,  who  died  Jaiuiary  21,  1823:  (second) 
[ulia  Crooker.  Children :  Pemelia,  married 
Hon.  Thomas  G.  Waterman,  anil  resided  in 
Binghamton  ;  \'irgil,  lived  to  the  age  of  ninety- 
three  years,  in  Binghamton :  Vincent,  was  a 
prominent  citizen  of  liinghamton,  serving  as 
brigadier-general  of  militia  and  representative 
in  the  state  assembly;  (ieijrge,  a  citizen  of 
Chenango;  Washington,  resided  in  Bingham- 
ton, as  did  also  Franklin  and  Joshua,  the  lat- 
ter a  farmer;  Rhoda,  died  in  infancy;  William, 
Mary  Amelia  and  Charles,  lived  and  died  in 
Binghamton;  Robert,  died  in  infancy.  All 
were  children  of  the  first  wife. 

(VII)   Olive,    fourth     daughter   of    Joshua 


(2)  and  Hannah  (Green)  Whitney,  became 
the  wife  of  Christopher  Eldridge.  of  Bingham- 
ton (see  Eldredge  Vl). 


The  Taft  families  of  America  are 
T.\FT  descended  from  Robert  and  Mat- 
thew Taft,  who  came  from  Ireland 
and  settled  in  Mendon  Massachusetts.  The 
name  in  Ireland  was  spelled  Taaffe,  and  is  not 
found  ui  Scotland.  In  England  only  the  de- 
scendants of  the  Irish  family  are  found  with 
this  name.  Sir  William  TaafTe  was  a  knight 
I  if  Prritestant  faith.  He  was  a  grantee  at  tlie 
time  of  the  Scotch  emigration  to  Ulster  Prov- 
mce,  Ireland,  by  order  of  King  James,  and  in 
1610  he  had  a  grant  of  one  thousand  acres  of 
land  in  the  parish  of  Castle  Rahen,  County 
Cavan.  ."^ir  Thomas  .\she  held  one  thousand 
five  hundred  acres  of  land  here,  and  in  1619 
also  had  the  grant  of  Taft's,  as  well  as  one 
thousand  five  hundred  acres  in  the  neighboring 
parish  of  Tullaghgarvy.  It  ma}-  be  that  Sir 
William  Taaffe  remained  in  Louth,  and  that 
his  sons  lived  on  his  grant,  where  diere  was 
"an  old  castle  new  mended  and  all  the  land 
was  inhabited  by  the  Irish."  County  Louth  is 
in  the  province  of  Leinster,  on  the  northern 
coast  of   Ireland,  and  was  made  a  county  in 

'2IO. 

Robert  Taft,  immigrant  ancestor,  was  born 
i.bout  1640  in  Ireland,  and  came  to  America, 
where  he  had  a  lot  of  land  in  P)raintree,  Mas- 
sachusetts, in   1678.     He  bought  his  first  land 

in  Mendon  about  iC'JCf  ^"<1  ^"''1  '^'''^  ''*"'^'  '" 
['iraintree.  November  18,  1679,  to  Caleb  Ho- 
bart.  He  liought  much  land  around  Mendon 
r*ond,  and  evidently  was  prominent  and  well- 
tii-d<)  from  the  beginning,  as  lie  became  one  of 
the  largest  property  owners  in  the  neighbor- 
hood. In  iTiSo  he  was  one  of  the  first  board 
of  selectmen  of  the  organized  town  of  Men- 
don, and  also  was  on  the  committee  to  build 
the  iuinister"s  house.  He  was  a  housewright 
Uy  trade,  and  evidently  a  strong  Puritan.  He 
was  .nmiiug  the  purchasers  of  the  land  on 
which  die  town  of  Sutton  was  formed.  He 
and  his  -mus  Imilt  the  first  bridge  across  the 
river   ^fenllon   and   his   sons  liuilt   the   second 

bridge.     He  married  Sarah .    Children: 

Thomas,  born  1671;  Robert,  1(^74:  Daniel, 
biseph.   '680;  Benjamin,  1684. 

(  I  )  Matthew  Taft.  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  from  Scotland  with  his  wife,  Anna 
(Quintain)  Taft,  in  1728.  and  was  the  first 
settler  of  the  town  of  I'pton,  Massachusetts. 


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Me  bought  the  land  of  Harvard  College,  which 
owned  at  that  time  over  thirteen  thousand 
and  ninety-four  acres  in  that  vicinity.  He  was 
one  of  the  proprietors  and  most  prominent 
citizens  of  the  town.  He  served  as  moderator, 
1741,  town  treasurer  in  1748-49,  and  select- 
man in  1739-56.  He  married  (second)  Janet 
Craig,  of  Wrentham,  Massachusetts,  in  1749. 
The  intention  of  marriage  was  declared  Oc- 
tober 21,  1749.  Children,  born  in  Upton,  by 
first  wife:  James,  mentioned  below;  John. 
April  7,  1736;  Anna,  twin,  April  27,  1739; 
Matthew  Jr.,  twin,  of  Anna ;  Robert,  captain 
of  Upton  company  in  the  revolution.  Probably 
other  children. 

(H)  James,  son  of  Matthew  Taft,  was  born 
in  1733.  He  removed  from  Worcester  county 
to  Shelburne,  Massachusetts.  He  had  four 
sons:  I.  Matthew,  born  March  13,  1762:  had 
three  sons  and  five  daughters.  2.  Aaron,  June 
30,  1765:  had  two  sons.  3.  James  Jr.,  was 
at  Fort  Ann,  New  York,  in  1790,  and  had  a 
son  Aaron,  born  in  1792.  4.  Eben,  mentioned 
below. 

(HI)  Eben,  son  of  James  Taft,  was  born 
in  June,  1771.  He  settled  in  South  Shafts- 
bury,  Vermont,  and  had  eleven  children, 
among  them  Matthew,  John  and  probably 
Ebenezer,  ,'\aron.  Elijah,  born  1797,  at  Shafts- 
bury,  died  January  4,  1881,  and  Stephen  H., 
mentioned  below. 

nV)  Stephen  H.,  son  or  nephew  of  Ebeii 
Taft,  was  born  at  Shaftsbury,  Vermont,  about 
1800.  When  he  was  twenty-one  years  old  he 
removed  to  Oswego  county,  New  York,  and 
took  up  a  tract  of  land  which  he  prepared  for 
a  -lome-tead.  He  afterward  returned  to  Mas- 
sachusetts to  be  married  and  with  his  wife 
made  his  home  permanently  in  Oswego  county. 
He  was  an  enterprising  and  successful  farmer. 
He  married  Elmina  Legg.  Children,  born  at 
Constantia.  Oswego  county,  New  York : 
George,  Hiram,  Leonard,  Leander,  mentioned 
below. 

(V)  Leander,  son  of  Stephen  H.  Taft,  was 
born  in  Constantia,  Oswego  county,  New  York, 
in  1837,  died  there  at  the  age  of  seventy-one 
years.  He  was  a  farmer  and  shi])builder.  He 
designed  and  built  many  of  the  first  boats  that 
plied  on  the  Erie  canal.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Methodist  and  in  ])olitics  a  Republican.  I  le  mar- 
ried, in  1859,  Dorcas  Stratton,  born  in  \'ermont, 
18^8.  <,'hil(lren:  Mina  Lucia,  born  in  .August, 
1861,  married  I-'rank  L.  Marsden,  a  merchant 


o^  1-iHg  l-land.  New  York;  Charles  Wesley^ 
riientioi.fd  below. 

(VI)  Charles  Wesley,  son  of  Leander  Taft. 
was  burn  in  Constantia,  New  York,  May  4, 
1866.  He  received  his  early  education  in  the 
distriLf  schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the 
College  of  Pharmacy  of  New  York.  During 
the  summer  seasons  from  1879  to  1883  he 
vv-orked  on  the  lakes  and  the  St.  Lawrenct 
river.  He  engaged  in  business  as  a  druggist 
in  Oneifla  in  1879  and  since  then  during  a 
greater  part  of  the  time  he  has  continued  in 
that  line  of  business.  He  was  the  owner  of  a 
drug  store  at  Williamstown,  Oswego  county. 
New  York,  for  fifteen  years.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  has  taken  a  leading  part  in 
l)u!)lic  affairs  in  the  county  and  in  1908  was 
elected  sheriff  of  Oswego  county  for  a  term  of 
three  years;  in  1909  he  was  elected  chairman 
of  the  county  Republican  committee,  term  ex- 
piring in  1912.  He  is  a  member  of  Amboy 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons:  of  Os- 
wego Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Masons ;  of  Os- 
wego Lodge,  pjenevolent  and  Protective  Order 
of  Elks;  Redfield  Lodge,  Independent  Order 
(if  Odd  Fellows ;  Oswego  County  Grange, 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  the  Maccabees. 

He  married,  June  6.  1906,  Mabel,  born  Feb- 
ruary 20.  1871,  daughter  of  Burton  H.  and 
Frances  (Woodruff)  Wells.  Her  father  is  a 
veteran  locomotive  engineer  on  the  Ohio  & 
Western  railroad,  and  is  still  in  active  service 
at  the  age  of  seventy-two  years. 


The  Lamoree  or  Lamorean.x 
L.V.MOREE     families  are  descended   from 

a  French  Huguenot  pioneer 
who  came  early  to  .'Mbany  county.  New  York. 
James  Lamoreau.x,  who  was  born  in  1738,  set- 
tled in  Rensselaerwyck,  New  York,  and  the 
house  he  erected  there  was  at  last  accounts 
still  standing.  His  son  James  was  born  in 
Rensselaerwyck  in  1774,  died  in  1824.  He 
married  Harriet  Faulkner,  a  descendant  of 
Conradt  Ten  Eyck,  who  came  from  Holland 
in  1650.  Peter  Lamoree,  of  the  Albany  county 
family,  was  born  in  181 2  at  New  Baltimore, 
New  York,  died  April  6,  1892.  He  was  a  ship 
carpenter  by  trade.  In  1827  he  came  to  Os- 
wego, New  York,  and  afterward  joined  John 
Lee  in  the  firm  of  Lee  &  Lamoree,  proprietors 
of  the  shipyard  formerly  owned  by  George 
Goble.  This  firm  built  many  vessels,  and  after 
the  firm  was  dissolved  Mr.  T.amoree  continued 


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in  business  alone  and  was  one  of  the  leading 
ship  builders  of  Oswego.  He  was  the  builder 
of  the  first  tug  built  at  Oswego.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  first  fire  company  and  of  the 
old  Oswego  Guards,  prominent  in  public  af- 
fairs, a  useful  and  influential  citizen. 

(I)  James  Lamoree.  grandfather  of  John  J. 
Lamoree,  was  born  in  1775,  in  Hackensack, 
New  Jersey,  died  in  1847  •"  Oswego,  New 
York.  He  was  a  ship  carpenter  by  trade, 
which  line  of  work  he  followed  for  many 
years.  He  married  (first)  Amy  Thorne,  of 
Quaker  descent,  died  in  1828.  Children  :  Uriah, 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Caroline,  James. 
Peter.  Me  married  (second)  Mary  Allen  Cas- 
ter. Children  :  Andrew,  Jane  Ann,  Cornelia. 

(H)  John,  son  of  James  and  .-\my 
(Thorne)  Lamoree,  was  born  in  Coxsackie, 
New  York,  in  1802.  He  was  a  ship  builder  by 
trade,  which  occupation  he  followed  through- 
out the  active  years  of  his  life.  His  death  oc- 
curred at  the  age  of  eighty-one  years.  He 
married  (first)  Electa  Hungerford,  of  New 
Hartford,  New  York.  Cliildren:  I.  Electa,  mar- 
ried Leonidas  Rood,  of  Kalamazoo,  Michigan; 
children  :  William,  Metcher  and  Alary  E.  Rood. 
2.  John  J..  mentii.inc(l  below.  The  mother  of 
these  children  died  when  they  were  infants. 
Mr.  Lamoree  married  (second)  a  Miss  Wil- 
marth,  who  bore  him  two  sons :  Cyrus  and 
James  A. 

(HI)  John  J.,  son  of  John  and  Electa 
(Hungerford)  Lamoree,  was  born  in  the  town 
of  Richland,  now  Mexico,  Oswego  county, 
New  York,  Se[)tember  12,  1833.  His  early  life 
was  full  of  toil  on  the  farm  in  summer,  and  in 
winter  he  attended  the  district  school,  travel- 
ing long  distances  to  and  from  the  old  school- 
house,  earning  money  in  the  meantime  by  car- 
ing for  the  schoolhouse  to  pay  for  his  course 
in  the  academy.  After  a  few  terms  in  Mexico 
Academy  he  began  to  study  law  in  the  office  of 
Levi  Downing,  in  the  village  of  Mexico,  and 
in  the  course  of  time  qualified  himself  to  prac- 
tice. He  was  duly  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1859, 
and  from  then  until  1871  engaged  in  general 
practice  with  an  office  in  Mexico.  At  this  time 
he  removed  to  Oswego,  where  he  practiced 
until  eleven  years  prior  to  his  death.  His  last 
years  were  occupied  in  managing  his  invest- 
ments and  caring  for  his  private  interests.  As 
a  lawyer  Mr.  Lamoree  took  a  prominent  place 
and  held  high  rank  during  his  long  and  suc- 
cessful career  as  an  attorney.  The  same  ster- 
ling qualities  that  led  him  to  educate  himself 

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brought  success  in  the  fields  of  law  and  busi- 
ness. For  a  number  of  years  he  was  the  at- 
torney of  the  federal  government  appointed 
by  the  secretary  of  the  treasury  to  prosecute 
violations  ot  the  internal  revenue  laws,  and  he 
was  actively  and  successfully  engaged  in  the 
duties  of  this  ofifice  for  four  years.  After  he 
resigned  he  formed  a  partnership  with  Cyrus 
Whitney,  and  this  firm  continued  for  a  num- 
ber of  years.  During  his  residence  in  the  vil- 
lage of  Mexico  he  served  as  postmaster  for 
four  years,  also  as  justice  of  the  peace  for 
seven  years. 

Mr.  I^amoree  became  district  attorney  of 
Oswego  county,  January  I,  1873,  having  been 
elected  at  the  state  election  the  November 
preceding,  and  he  won  further  honor  and  dis- 
tinction in  this  imijorlant  office,  in  which  he 
served  for  six  years.  It  became  his  duty  to 
conduct  three  murder  trials,  the  most  nota- 
ble of  which  was  that  of  Nathan  Orlando 
Greenfield,  who  was  tried  three  times  on  an 
indictment  for  murdering  his  wife.  Against 
Mr.  Lamoree  in  this  case  was  that  other  legal 
giant  of  his  day,  Judge  Sylvanus  C.  Hunting- 
ton, of  Pulaski,  New  York.  The  first  trial 
resulted  in  a  disagreement  of  the  jury,  nine 
standing  for  conviction  and  three  for  acquittal. 
LJjnn  the  second  trial  Greenfield  was  con- 
victed, but  the  defense  secured  a  new  trial 
upon  technicalities,  and  a  change  of  venue  to 
Syracuse.  The  third  trial  resulted  in  convic- 
tion of  murder  in  the  first  degree  and  the 
murderer  was  duly  executed.  Mr.  Lamoree 
also  conducted  the  \'an  Auken  and  Gififord 
murder  cases  with  equal  success. 

In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  during 
the  factional  struggles  between  the  Stalwarts 
and  Half-Breeds  in  New  York  he  supported 
President  .Arthur.  In  1882  President  Arthur 
appointed  him  collector  of  customs  of  the 
]jort  of  Oswego,  an  office  he  filled  efficiently 
for  four  years.  He  was  an  earnest  and  faith- 
ful member  of  the  Congregational  church,  to 
whicli  he  gave  freely  of  his  time  and  money 
and  in  the  activities  of  which  he  took  a  leading 
part.  He  was  a  member  of  no  secret  societies, 
devoting  himself  to  his  family  and  home  dur- 
ing his  leisure  hours. 

Mr.  Lamoree  married  (first),  F"ebruary  22. 
1859,  Elizabeth  A.  Hadley,  of  Mexico.  She 
died  in  May.  1869.  He  married  (second),  De- 
cember 13,  1870,  Mary  A.  Hetzel,  born  in 
Florida,  Orange  county.  New  York,  July  9. 
1840,    daughter    of    Joseph    and     Stella    H. 


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(Ketchiini)  Hetzel.  Her  great-grandfather 
on  the  paternal  side  was  small  of  stature,  but 
vigorous  and  energetic.  In  religion  he  was  a 
rigid  Episcopalian,  and  often  he  walked  to 
church  from  Florida  to  Goshen,  a  distance  of 
seven  miles,  to  attend  services,  the  church  in 
Goshen  being  the  nearest  of  this  faith.  He 
took  great  pleasure  in  teaching  his  grandchil- 
dren the  German  language  and  the  prayers  of 
the  Episcopal  church  in  German.  He  was 
buried  in  Florida.  New  York,  in  the  ceme- 
tery where  representatives  of  five  generations 
rest.  Joseph  Hetzel  (father)  was  born  March 
I.  1810,  died  March  14,  1895,  in  the  house  in 
which  he  was  born,  this  having  been  the  home 
oi  the  Hetzels  for  more  than  a  century,  fie 
was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  his  entire  life  hav- 
ing been  passed  on  the  farm  on  which  he  was 
born.  He  was  educated  in  the  Florida  Acad- 
emy and  was  a  schoolmate  of  Hon.  William 
H.  Seward,  secretary  of  state  in  President 
Lincoln's  cabinet.  He  married,  December  4, 
1833,  Stella  H.  Ketchuni,  born  November  17, 
1810.  All  of  the  children  of  Mr.  and  Mrs. 
Hetzel  were  educated  in  the  Seward  Institute 
at  Florida,  New  York.  Children  of  Mr. 
Lamoree  by  first  wife:  i.  Marshall  H.,  who 
was  a  graduate  of  the  Philadelphia  College  of 
Dentistry,  and  who  practiced  his  profession 
for  nineteen  years  in  Grand  Rapids,  Michi- 
gan. He  was  very  jjrominent  among  his 
professional  brethren,  was  highly  esteemed  by 
his  numerous  patrons,  and  was  actively  iden- 
tified with  the  social  afifairs  of  the  commun- 
ity. He  married  Lena  R.  Strutz,  who  bore  him 
one  daughter,  Mildred  H.,  a  student  in  Drew 
Seminar}'  at  Carmel,  New  York.  Marshall  H. 
Lamoree  died  in  1907.  2.  Elizabeth  L.  a  very 
successful  school  teacher  in  New  York  City. 
Children  of  Mr.  Lamoree  by  second  wife  were 
two  sons  who  died  in  infancy. 

Mr.  Lamoree  died  in  Oswego,  New  York, 
November  6,  igio.  He  won  the  respect  and 
confidence  of  the  community  by  his  faithful- 
ness to  duty,  his  ujirightncss  as  a  man  and  his 
fidelity  and  integrity  as  a  citizen.  He  was 
true  to  his  friends,  indefatigable  in  the  inter- 
ests of  his  clients  and  in  the  discharge  of 
public  and  private  trusts. 


The  surname  Sweetzer  is 
SWITZER     identical    with    Sweetser    and 

Switzcr,  both  of  which  are 
still  in  use  in  various  l)ranchcs  of  the  family. 
A  native  of  .Switzerland  was  called  a  Switzer. 


but  the  term  was  used  especially  for  one  of  the 
hired  guards,  and  in  general  came  to  be  used 
for  a  mercenary  soldier.  It  has  been  a  com- 
mon name  in  England  for  many  centuries. 

(  I )  Seth  Sweetzer,  the  immigrant  ancestor 
of  the  .American  family,  was  born  in  England 
in  1606,  and  came  from  Tring,  Herefordshire, 
England,  a  place  about  thirty  miles  from  Lon- 
ilon,  in  1637.  That  year  he  was  admitted  an 
inhabitant  of  Charlestown.  He  was  admitted 
to  the  church  there,  January  8,  1636,  and  a 
freeman,  March  14,  1638-39.  He  was  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade,  and  a  Baptist  in  religion.  A 
letter  from  his  cousin,  Daniel  Field,  dated  at 
Tring,  May  10,  1642,  has  been  preserved.  It 
mentions  his  cousin  Grace,  father,  aunt, 
brothers  and  sister  Elis.  It  notified  him  that 
he  was  to  receive  a  butt  of  leather  for  which  he 
was  to  pay  ten  pounds  to  Thomas  Welch  or 
Goodman  Fowler.  It  conveyed  a  message  of 
love  to  William  Phillips  and  his  wife.  He 
made  a  deed  of  gift  to  his  son   P.enjamin  in 

1660.  He  died  May  27,  1662,  and  his  will  was 
dated  May  24.  1662,  proved  June  17  follow- 
ing. He  bequeathed  to  his  wife  Elizabeth, 
daughter  Sarah,  son  Samuel  P.lanchard  and 
his  wife  Mary,  daughter  Hannah  Fitch  and  to 
his  wife's  three  children  by  an  earlier  mar- 
riage. His  son  Benjamin  and  Edward  Drink- 
er were  executors:  Mr.  Richard  Russell  and 
"my  brother  Thomas  Gold"  overseers.  His 
first  wife  was  admitted  to  the  church,  Septem- 
ber 9,    1639.      He    married    (second),    .April, 

1661,  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Thomas  Oakes,  of 
Cambridge.  His  widow  married  (third)  Sam- 
uel Hayward.  Children  :  Benjamin,  mentioned 
l)elow;  Sarah,  Mary,  Hannah,  baptized  Jan- 
uary 12,  T638-39:  Elizabeth,  born  January 
27. '1642-43.  ' 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  Seth  Sweetzer,  was 
born  in  Tring,  England,  about  1632,  died  July 
22,  17 16.  He  came  to  Charlestown  with  his 
parents  when  an  infant,  and  inherited  the 
homestead.  He  followed  his  trade  of  lastmaker 
in  Charlestown.  He  was  a  prominent  Baji- 
tist  at  the  time  that  denomination  was  being 
oiJliresscd  by  the  Puritans,  and  he  was  fined 
fifty  ])ounds  and  imprisoned  for  being  a  Bap- 
tist. His  will  is  dated  May  5.  1716,  and  proved 
.August  12,  1718.  He  bequeathed  to  his  wife, 
to  sons  Benjamin.  Samuel.  Joseiih  and  ^\'ig- 
glesworth.  He  married  .Abigail  Wisrelesworth, 
born  1632,  died  Julv  22.  1718.  Children,  born 
at  Charlestown:  .Abigail,  Bethiah,  Benjamin, 
horn   .\pril  24,   1666:  Seth.  July  7,   1668;  Jo- 


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seph,  January  14,  1670;  Samuel,  August  i. 
1673;  Wigglesworth,  May  29,  1677. 

(Ill)  Benjamin  (2)  Switzer  (Sweetser  or 
Sweetzer,  as  variously  spelled),  son  of  Ben- 
jamin (i)  Sweetzer,  was  born  April  24,  1666. 
at  Maiden,  died  there  September  23.  1720.  He 
married,  Elizabeth  Phillips,  who  married  ( sec- 
ond) William  Paine.  Children,  as  given  in  the 
Charlestown  history  :  Elizabeth,  born  June  24, 
1694;  Benjamin,  March  5.  1695-96;  William, 
October  19,  1697;  Henry,  April  30,  died  July 
25,  1699:  John,  July  21,  1700;  Jonathan,  No- 
vember 22,  1702,  died  young;  Phillips,  May  2, 
1704  (a  Phillips  died  at  Marlboro,  according 
to  Wyman.  August,  1798,  aged  seventy-six, 
but  this  record  has  not  been  found  at  Marl- 
boro) ;  Mary.  December  5,  1706;  Henry,  Octo- 
ber 8,  1710;  Mehitable,  September  2,  1712. 

(V)  Henry,  grandson  of  Benjamin  (2) 
Switzer,  was  son  of  Henry  or  Phillips  Switzer. 
The  grandfather's  family  appears  to  have 
been  scattered  and  the  records  have  not  been 
found  to  complete  the  identification  of  the 
parents  of  Henry  Switzer.  He  was  in  West- 
borough,  Massachusetts,  formerly  part  of 
Marlborough,  as  early  as  1761.  when  his  inten- 
tions of  marriage  dated  .August  26  were  re- 
corded at  Westborough.  He  was  of  West- 
borough,  .April  2,  1763,  when  he  bought  a  farm 
at  Western,  now  the  town  of  Warren,  Worces- 
ter county,  Massachusetts,  of  Benjamin  Flood, 
and  soon  afterward  he  made  his  home  there. 
He  bought  more  land,  January  12,  1765,  in 
Western  of  Simon  Blackniore.  and  at  that  time 
was  described  as  of  Western.  He  bought  more 
land  there  in  1769  of  Peter  Damon,  of  West- 
ern. He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  in 
Captain  John  Bannister's  company.  Colonel 
Job  Cushing's  regiment,  September  7  to  No- 
vember 29,  1777,  from  Worcester  county.  .An- 
other Henry  Switzer  was  at  the  time  an  officer 
In  a  Hampshire  county  regiment,  credited  to 
Shutesbury. 

Henr)-  Switzer  married  (intention  at  West- 
Ixirough )  .August  29.  1761.  Rebecca  Liver- 
more.  About  the  same  time  Jacob  Switzer. 
November  17,  1763,  married  at  Marlborough, 
of  which  Westborough  was  originally  a  part. 
Mary  Brigham.  It  is  likely  that  they  were 
brothers.  A  Jacob  Sweetser,  an  older  man. 
died  at  Paxton,  leaving  wife  Susanna  (not  his 
first)  and  children.  Elizabeth  Parsons,  Mary 
Moore,  Ann  Ward.  Jacob,  Benjamin  and 
Sarah,  named  in  will  dated  June  3,  1783.    The 


Marlborough  Jacob  died  in  the  twenties,  ap- 
parently at  Lancaster,  mentioning  in  his  will 
his  late  brother  John   and   his  own  children : 

Henry,  John,  married   Charlotte ,  and 

had  John.  Margaret,  Charlotte  and  Ann ;  Ben- 
jamin C.  who  had  a  son  Jacob;  Sally,  married 
I'eter  Thurston  ;  Catherine.  I-'anny  Spear  and 
Mary  Carlton.  In  the  census  of  1790  we  find 
both  Henry  and  Henry  Switzer  Jr.,  heads  of 
families  in  Warren  (Western).  The  elder 
Henry  had  three  males  over  sixteen,  none  un- 
der that  age.  and  three  females  in  his  family, 
while  his  son,  Henry  Jr.,  had  two  sons  under 
sixteen  and  two  females  in  his  family.  This 
indicates  that  Henry  Sr.  had  five  children  liv- 
ing at  home  in  1790.  Their  names  have  not 
been  found. 

Henry  Switzer's  wife  Rebecca  died  at  War- 
ren, p-ebruary  15.  1806,  aged  seventy-two 
years,  and  he  died  September  i.  1818,  in  the 
same  town,  aged  ninety-four  years.  Children, 
recorded  at  Warren:  Anna,  born  October  15, 
1762;  Henry,  mentioned  below;  Leah,  August 
6,  1768;  Nathan.  April  5,  1770;  Silas,  men- 
tioned below.  The  two  latter  were  living  in 
1790.  but  their  children  are  not  recorded  at 
Warren. 

(\T)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Swit- 
zer, was  born  at  Warren,  July  10,  1766.  He 
married  Molly  Brooks  ( intention  dated  March 
10.  1787).  Children,  born  at  Warren:  Eber. 
October  2,  1788;  Timothy,  December  28,  1789; 
Henry,  December  20.  1791  ;  Rial.  September 
19'  1793;  Amasa.  August  29,  1795;  Almon, 
.April  8.  1797;  Nathan.  January  25.  1799;  Eph- 
raim.  May  20,  1801;  Polly,  March  29,  1804: 
Rebecca  Livermore,  July  29.  1805  ;  Freeman. 
January  18,  1807;  Horace.  June  24,  1809. 

(VI)  Silas,  son  of  Henry  (i)  Switzer,  was 
born  at  Warren,  Massachusetts,  September  8. 
1773.  died,  according  to  a  coffin  plate  preserved 
by  descendants,  August  8,  1831,  aged  sixty- 
two.  His  age  was  a  few  years  less,  if  the  town 
record  of  birth  is  correct,  but  experience 
shows  that  this  was  a  conmion  error  on  the 
part  of  families  that  had  removed  from  the 
place  of  birth  of  deceased.  Silas  settled  in 
Warren,  and  probably  moved  to  New  York 
state,  as  the  record  of  death  does  not  appear 
in  Warren  and  his  estate  was  not  settled  in 
Worcester  county,  nor  do  any  deeds  of  land 
appear  to  show  that  he  lived  there  in  his  later 
vears.  as  might  be  expected  if  he  lived  until 
1S31.    Children:    Thomas.   Sophron    (or    So- 


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fron),  Simon  and  perhaps  others  who  grew  to 
maturity.  The  following  e.xtract  from  a  let- 
ter written  by  Joseph  Switzer,  son  of  Thomas, 
to  his  sister  \Vehha  on  May  22,  1877,  from 
Springffield,  Alassachusetts,  is  of  interest:  "1 
went  down  to  Warren,  that  is  24  miles  farther 
east  of  here  last  Saturday  night  and  came 
back  Monday  morning.  I  found  L'ncle  Sophron 
and  Simon.  They  are  quite  old  men.  Uncle 
Sophron  looks  some  like  father  (Thomas), 
except  light  eyes  and  light  complexion  and 
more  fleshy.  Uncle  Simon  is  most  as  tall  as 
I  am  and  not  quite  so  heavy.  He  had  two 
•  laughters,  but  one  is  dead,  the  other  lives 
near  Boston.  Uncle  Sophron  has  no  children, 
this  second  wife  has  a  son  that  is  married  and 
lives  with  them."  Sophron,  born  1798,  is 
buried  at  Warren;  married  (intention  dated 
.'\ugust  28,  1823),  Persis  N.  Barnes,  who  died 
June  13,  1849.  daughter  of  John  and  Phebe 
Barnes  ;  their  children  died  in  infancy,  one  No- 
vember 18,  1832,  and  another,  a  son,  died  June 
22,  1842.  Sophron,  Simon  and  Aliriam  H.,  wife 
of  Simon,  deeded  land  to  Joseph  Fields  in  1825. 
Simon  Switzer  married  (intentions  September 
II,  1824),  and  had  two  children  there:  Eliza 
Ann,  born  January  8,  1829;  Harriet  Nye,  born 
June  II,  1831.  .Simon  died  at  Warren,  June  24, 
1879,  leaving- a  widow,  Miriam  H.,  and  one 
daughter,  Harriet  N.,  wife  of  Joseph  Kings- 
bury, of  Waltham,  Massachusetts,  to  whom 
he  left  by  will  all  his  property. 

(VH)  Thomas,  nephew  of  Henry  (2)  Swit- 
zer, and  believed  to  be  a  son  of  Silas  Switzer, 
removed  to  New  York  state  when  a  young  man. 
He  married  Amy  Clark,  .■\mong  his  children 
w^ere:  Simon,  mentioned  below;  Joseph,  Silas, 
Ann,  Weltha,  Caroline,  Miriam,   Elizabeth. 

(VHI)  Simon,  son  of  Thomas  Switzer, 
was  born  in  1823  in  New  York  state,  died  Jan- 
uary 14,  1877.  He  had  a  common  school  edu- 
cation, and  was  a  carpenter  and  joiner  by  trade 
lie  married  Mary  E.  Phelps,  born  in  Eaton, 
^Tadis()n  county,  New  York,  July  24,  1826. 
They  have  six  children,  living  in  191 1:  Fred- 
erick P.,  of  Holland  I'atent,  New  York;  Hat- 
tie  R.  Clark,  of  Oneida,  New  York;  Frank  J., 
of  Fulton,  New  York,  a  grocer  and  dealer  in 
flour,  feed  and  grain ;  Matie  J.  Tayntor,  of 
Morrisville,  New  York ;  Carrie  E.  Shepard,  of 
Frankfort,  New  York;  William  B.,  mentioned 
below. 

(IX)  William  B.,  son  of  .Simon  Switzer, 
was  bom  in  Madison  countv.  New  York,  No- 


vember 1,  1857.  He  was  educated  in  the  dis- 
trict schools,  working  during  the  summer 
months  and  during  his  spare  time  in  winter 
while  attending  school.  At  the  age  of  twenty- 
five  he  engaged  in  business  as  a  carpenter  and 
contractor,  having  learned  his  trade  of  his 
father.  He  continued  in  this  business  until 
July,  1891.  During  the  remainder  of  that  sea- 
son he  devoted  himself  to  breaking  and  hand- 
ling young  horses,  and  in  the  fall  he  entered  the 
Ontario  X'eterinary  College  of  Toronto,  Can- 
afla,  from  which  he  was  graduated  March  24, 
1893.  He  began  to  practice  his  profession  at 
Williamson,  Wayne  county,  New  York.  While 
a  student  in  the  veterinary  college  he  also 
studied  in  the  Toronto  Veterinary  Dental 
.School,  from  which  he  received  a  diploma, 
h'ebruary  i,  1893.  From  1893  to  1899  he  was 
located  at  Williamson,  and  since  then  he  has 
practiced  in  the  city  of  Oswego,  New  York. 
He  has  built  up  an  extensive  business  extend- 
ing outside  the  city  for  a  radius  of  twenty 
miles.  He  is  secretary  and  treasurer  of  the 
Central  New  York  Veterinary  Medical  Asso- 
ciation and  a  member  of  the  Genesee  Valley 
Medical  \'eterinary  .\ssociation  and  the  New 
"\'ork  State  Medical  .Association,  of  which  he 
is  vice-president.  Dr.  Switzer  is  a  self-made 
man ;  starting  without  cajiital  or  advantages, 
he  has  educated  himself  and  won  a  flourishing 
practice  and  high  standing  in  the  community. 
He  has  a  well-equipped  and  commodious  hos- 
pital, designed  by  himself  and  maintained  in 
accordance  with  the  best  modern  ideas  of  sani- 
tation. In  religion  he  is  a  Congregationalist, 
and  he  is  at  present  one  of  the  deacons  of  the 
church.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Knights  of  Pythias  and 
.Maccabees. 

Dr.  Switzer's  office  is  at  50  East  Seventh 
street,  Oswego.  Naturally  he  is  fond  of  horses 
and  has  owned  a  number  of  fine  specimens.  At 
the  present  time  he  owns  the  mare,  "Lassie," 
which  won  a  blue  ribbon  twice  at  the  Madison 
.Square  Garden  Horse  Show,  and  other  first 
prizes  at  the  New  York  State  Fair  at  Syra- 
cuse, New  York.  She  has  a  very  promising 
yearling  colt  (  191 1 ). 

Dr.  Switzer  married,  .April  20,  1882,  Hattie 
J.,  born  in  Wayne  county,  New  York,  Novem- 
ber 3,  1855,  daughter  of  Amos  Skellenger,  of 
Marion,  Wayne  county.  New  York  Their  .son. 
Merritt  \.  .Switzer,  was  born  in  Williamson, 
Wavne    coinitv.    New    "N'nrk.    Mav    Ji).    1888; 


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graduated  from  the  Law  School  of  Syracuse 
University,  and  is  now  located  in  the  practice 
<if  law  in  Oswego,  New  York. 


In  the  early  records  of  Massa- 
TARBELL     chusetts  this  name  is  found  as 

Tarball,  Tarbel  and  Tarbell. 
Its  representatives  have  spread  over  New  Eng- 
land, New  York,  and  the  regions  beyond.  It 
was  active  in  the  pioneer  settlement  of  Cen- 
tral New  York,  and  is  still  ably  represented 
in  this  state. 

(I)  Thomas  Tarbell,  born  1618,  probably  in 
England,  died  June  11,  1678,  in  Charlestown, 
Massachusetts.  As  early  as  1647  he  was  a 
landowner  in  W'atertown,  Massachusetts,  his 
property  being  valued  at  twenty-five  pounds. 
He  sold  a  house  and  thirty  acres  of  land  be- 
sides four  acres  of  meadow  adjoining  Cam- 
bridge. March  30,  1663,  and  removed  to  Gro- 
ton,  Massachusetts.  He  was  granted  twenty 
acres  of  land  at  Groton  in  association  with. 
three  others,  in  1665,  as  an  inducement  to  build 
a  mill  which  was  to  be  exempt  from  taxation 
for  twenty  years  and  no  other  in  the  town  was 
to  be  permitted  to  build  a  mill  unless  on  his 
own  land.  At  the  time  of  King  Philip's  war 
he  moved  with  his  family  to  Charlestown  for 
safety,  and  there  his  death  was  caused  by 
smallpox  at  the  age  of  sixty  years.  His  first 
wife,  Mary,  born  1619-20,  died  at  Groton, 
April  29,  1674.  and  he  married  (second),  in 
Charlestown,  August  15.  1678,  .Susanna, 
widow  of  John  Lawrence.  Children,  all  born 
of  first  wife:  Thomas,  Mary,  Sarah,  .\bigail. 
John,  Elizabeth,  William,  Martha. 

( II)  John,  second  son  of  Thomas  and  Mary 
Tarbell,  was  born  about  1654,  in  Watertown. 
died  in  Danvers,  IMarch  25,  171 5.  He  resided 
first  in  Charlestown,  whence  he  removed  to 
Salem  village  (now  Danvers),  Massachusetts, 
and  there  resided  until  the  end  of  his  life.  Be- 
cause of  the  persecutions  of  his  wife's  family 
and  others  by  the  deluded  believers  in  witch- 
craft he  withdrew  from  membership  and  at- 
tendance of  the  church,  and  was  subsec|uently 
active  in  procuring  the  dismissal  of  Rev.  Sam- 
uel Parris,  its  pastor.  While  residing  in 
Charlestown  he  enlisted  as  a  soldier  in  King 
Philip's  war,  and  was  known  by  the  title  of 
ensign  which  was  probably  earned  at  this  time. 
r)n  account  of  this  service,  in  1728,  his  heirs 
received  a  grant  of  land  in  Narragansett  No.  i, 
then  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Massachusetts. 
now  Amherst,  New  Hampshire.     He  married. 


in  Salem,  October  25,  1678,  Mary,  daughter  of 
Francis  and  Rebecca  Nurse,  the  latter  the  un- 
fortunate Rebecca  Nurse  who  was  hanged  in 
1692  as  a  witch.  Children:  John,  Mary,  Cor- 
nelius, Jonathan,  Elizabeth,  Sarah. 

(Ill)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John  (i) 
and  Mary  (Nurse)  Tarbell,  was  born  August 
9,  1680,  in  Salem  village,  where  he  was  bap- 
tized April  27,  1690,  after  the  witchcraft 
troubles  were  over.  His  birth  is  recorded  in 
Salem.  He  resided  in  Salem  village  until  1727, 
when  he  removed  to  Billerica,  Massachusetts, 
and  there  died,  February  5,  1757.  He  married, 
in  Salem,  Augu.st  21,  1705,  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  Flint,  born  1685,  died  December  14, 
1779,  in  Billerica,  having  been  over  twenty 
years  a  widow.  Children :  William,  John, 
Thomas,  Hannah,  .Anna.  Elizabeth,  Alary. 
Jonathan,  David. 

(  I\' )  Jonathan,  fourth  son  of  John  (2) 
and  Hannah  (Flint)  Tarbell,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 15,  1726,  in  Danvers,  Massachusetts, 
baptized  at  Lynnfield,  September  25,  of  the 
same  year,  and  died  April  9,  1788,  in  Chester, 
\'ermont.  He  was  living  in  Billerica  in  1755, 
but  before  .\pril  25,  1757,  had  removed  to  that 
part  of  Dunstable  which  is  now  Nashua,  New 
Hampshire.  In  1761  he  had  a  child  baptized 
in  Groton,  Massachusetts  :  was  in  Westminster, 
\'ermont,  in  1765,  and  four  years  later  in  the 
adjoining  town  of  Rockingham.  Before  1772 
he  settled  in  Chester,  Vermont,  where  he  was 
road  commissioner  in  that  year,  and  in  1775 
was  lieutenant  of  a  military  company  from 
Chester,  which  served  in  the  revolutionary 
army.  His  first  wife  Mary  (surname  un- 
known) was  the  mother  of  two  children.  He 
inarried  (second)  Anna,  widow  of  Thomas 
Patch,  of  Hollis,  New  Hampshire,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Gilson,  of  Groton.  Massachusetts, 
where  she  was  born  July  25.  1722.  Children: 
John,  Reuben,  Jonathan,  Mary,  Benjamin, 
Peter,  Isaac,  Sarah. 

(\")  Isaac,  sixth  son  of  Jonathan  Tarbell, 
and  youngest  son  of  his  second  wife,  Anna 
( Gilson-Patch)  Tarbell,  was  born  October  9, 
1763,  probably  in  Groton,  died  in  March,  1841. 
His  will  made  October  2X,  1837,  stated  that  he 
was  of  Hounf'sfield,  Jefiferson  county,  New- 
York.  He  resided  in  Groton  and  Chester,  Ver- 
mont, before  his  removal  to  Houndsfield.  He 
married  (first)  Joanna  Gleason,  born  1770  71, 
died  April  22.  1808,  in  Chester,  where  he  mar- 
ried (second)  February  8,  i8o(j,  Mrs.  Lydia 
Wilson.      The   latter    died    January    3.    1832. 


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Children  of  first  wife:  i.  Isaac,  born  in  Graf- 
ton, died  1832,  in  Smithville,  Chenango  county, 
New  York.  2.  EH,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jon- 
athan, born  in  Chester,  Vermont,  died  in  Illi- 
nois. 4.  John,  died  near  Portsmouth,  \  ir- 
ginia.  5.  William,  resided  in  Orleans,  New 
York,  and  Allerton,  Iowa.  6.  Henry,  died 
young.  Children  of  second  wife:  7.  Thomas, 
died  at  Three-Mile-Bay,  Jefferson  county.  8. 
Henry,  resided  in  Lyme,  same  county,  died  un- 
married. 9.  Joanna  Gleason,  married  Dr. 
Rufus  Thayer  and  died  in  Smithville,  New 
York.  10.  Sarah,  wife  of  William  Thayer, 
brother  of  Dr.  Thayer,  resided  in  Dimmock, 
Pennsylvania. 

(VI)  Eli,  second  son  of  Isaac  and  Joanna 
(Gleason)  Tarbell,  was  born  September  25, 
1790,  in  Vermont,  died  October  4,  1845,  '" 
Smithville,  New  York.  In  181 3  he  settled  on 
lot  48  in  Smithville,  which  he  purchased  for 
one  and  one-(|uarter  dollars  per  acre,  and  from 
1820  to  1844  kept  a  hotel  and  store  at  Smith- 
ville Flats.  .Vt  the  time  of  his  death  he  was 
the  owner  of  six  hundred  acres  of  land.  He 
married  Sybil  Parker,  born  March  7,  1798, 
died  September  22,  1879,  in  Smithville.  Chil- 
dren: Sewell,  Laura,  John  Seymour,  Mary, 
Charles  Parker,  George  L.,  Francis,  James 
Henry. 

(VII)  Charles  Parker,  third  son  of  Eli  and 
Sybil  (Parker)  Tarbell,  was  born  in  Smith- 
ville, where  he  j^assed  his  life,  and  died  at  the 
old  homestead,  on  May  15,  1908.  He  was  a 
progressive,  hard-working  farmer,  of  the  old 
school,  and  always  took  a  great  interest  in 
everything  that  was  of  benefit  to  his  town  and 
county.  He  was  particularly  interested  in  the 
town  and  county  fairs,  believing  that  they  fur- 
nished a  stimulus  that  lerl  to  better  farming 
and  more  care  and  attention  in  the  all-import- 
ant matter  of  breeding  farm  animals.  He  was 
a  staunch  advocate  of  the  public  school  system 
and  believed  that  the  very  best  thing  that  could 
be  done  for  the  children  of  our  country  was 
to  give  them  a  good  education.  He  married 
Mabell  M.,  daughter  of  Abraham  and  Lucy 
Tillotson,  born  July  7,  1824,  died  at  the  old 
homestead,  March  24,  1905.  She  was  a  most 
remarkable  woman  in  every  way,  a  great 
reader,  thoroughly  informed  on  all  the  public 
(|uestions  of  the  day,  a  reasoner  and  debater 
of  extraordinary  ability,  and  a  woman  of  ster- 
ling character  and  integrity.  She  was  a 
staimch  believer  in  the  rights  of  women,  and 
always  predicted  that  woman  suffrage  would 


become  general  in  the  United  States  for  many 
reasons,  but  particularly  because  it  was  right. 
Children :  Charles  Tillotson,  born  June  25, 
1834;  Gage  Eli,  mentioned  below;  Frank 
Parker,  September  11,  1859,  died  March  11, 
1880:  Bessie  Mabell,  Alarch  3,  iS^i^;  all  born 
at  Smithville  Flats. 

( VIII )  Gage  Eli,  son  of  Charles  Parker  and 
Mabell  M.  (Tillotson)  Tarbell,  was  born  Sep- 
tember 20,  1856,  at  Smithville  Flats.  He  was 
educated  at  Clinton  Liberal  Institute,  where  he 
graduated  in  1876.  He  taught  school  one  year 
and  then  commenced  the  study  of  law  at 
(ireene.  New  York.  Was  admitted  to  the  bar 
at  the  general  term  of  the  supreme  court  in 
Ithaca,  New  York,  in  1880,  and  soon  there- 
after located  at  Marathon.  Cortland  county, 
Xew  York,  and  practiced  in  state  and  United 
States  courts  until  1884.  when  he  removed  to 
P.inghamton,  Xew  York,  to  become  general 
agent  of  the  E(|uitable  Life  .Assurance  Society 
for  the  southern  tier  of  counties.  In  1886  he 
went  to  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  as  state  agent 
for  the  same  company,  and  from  there  was 
transferred  to  Chicago,  January  i,  1889,  to  be- 
come a  ]3artner  in  the  management  of  the 
Fi|uitahle  for  the  northwestern  department, 
embracing  nine  states.  The  growth  of  the 
business  under  his  management  was  so  great 
that  two  years  later  he  was  appointed  resident 
secretary  of  the  company,  his  headquarters  re- 
maining at  Chicago,  and  in  1893  was  elected 
third  vice-president  of  the  Equitable  Life  As- 
surance Society  and  removed  to  New  York, 
where  he  had  charge  of  the  agencies  through- 
out the  United  -States  and  Canada.  In  1899 
he  was  elected  second  vice-president,  a  position 
which  he  held  until  he  resigned  in  1907.  The 
growth  of  the  Equitable's  business  under  his 
management  was  phenomenal  and  attracted 
world-wide  attention.  He  still  remains  a  di- 
rector of  the  society.  Since  1907  he  has  been 
operating  in  real  estate.  He  has  also  been 
connected  with  other  large  financial  institu- 
tions, including  the  Mercantile  Trust  Company 
and  the  Ec|uitablc  Trust  Company,  of  New 
York. 

Some  years  before  the  death  of  his  parents, 
with  a  view  to  making  their  remaining  years 
as  comfortable  and  interesting  as  possible,  Mr 
Tarbell  purchased  the  old  homestead  at  Smitii- 
ville  Flats  and  several  adjoining  farms  and  in- 
stituted a  vigorous  and  iirogressive  system  of 
improvement  thereon.  This  included  the  con- 
struction of  new  model,  up-to-date  buildings. 


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the  installation  of  underground  drainage,  a 
large  modern  poultry  plant,  the  systematic  ro- 
tation of  crops,  the  building  of  macadam 
yards  and  macadam  roads,  a  modern 
creamery,  an  extensive  boarding-house 
with  all  conveniences  for  the  help, 
etc.  The  farm  has  been  stocked  with  pure 
bred  Guernseys,  Dorset  and  Shropshire  sheep. 
Angora  goats,  Cheshire  hogs,  and  various 
kinds  of  poultry.  It  now  consists  of  some  two 
thousand  acres  and  is  regarded  as  one  of  the 
show  places  of  Chenango  county.  In  fact, 
good  judges  have  pronounced  the  farm  build- 
ings among  the  most  complete,  modern  and 
sanitary  in  the  United  States. 

Mr.  Tarbell  married,  December  21,  1881, 
Ella,  daughter  of  George  L.  and  Louisa  Swift. 
of  Marathon,  New  York.  Children:  Swift, 
born  November  ^o,  1882;  Louise,  February 
18,  1886. 


Also  written  Clarke,  Clerk, 
CLARK  Gierke  and  Clearke,  is  a  name  of 
great  antiquity  in  England.  Orig- 
inally any  person  who  could  read  and  write 
was  given  the  name,  and  it  came  to  be  the  sur- 
name of  learned  persons  generally,  but  partic- 
ularly of  officers  of  ecclesiastical  courts  and 
parish  churches  who  were  entrusted  with  re- 
cording and  preserving  the  records.  In  medie- 
val days  the  name  was  one  to  be  respected, 
hence  it  is  of  frequent  use  in  Domesday  Book, 
either  written  in  one  of  the  various  spellings 
given  above  or  Clericus,  "clerk  or  clergyman," 
"one  of  the  clerical  order."  In  the  early  settle- 
ment of  New  England  by  the  English  Puri- 
tans, 1625  to  1640,  we  find  men  of  the  name 
who  became  founders  of  large  and  distin- 
guished families,  not  only  in  the  New  Eng- 
land Colonies,  but  in  Virginia,  Maryland  and 
New  York,  the  name  in  the  southern  section 
of  the  L'nited  States  generally  adopting  the 
spelling  with  a  final  "e."  The  most  numerous 
of  the  Christian  names  appears  to  have  been 
William,  with  John,  Thomas  and  Samuel  in 
abundant  evirlence.  Irish  emigrants  to 
America  have  added  to  the  name  either  from 
Scotch-Irish  or  from  the  families  of  O'Clery 
or  O'Clersach,  not  only  common  but  distin- 
guished names  in  the  Emerald  Isle  and  literally 
indicating  "the  son  of  the  clerk." 

( I )  Samuel  Clark  appeared  in  W'ethersfield 
in  16.^6,  "one  of  the  company  of  restless  and 
dissatisfied  men"  numbering  twenty  who  for- 
sook the  ci>l()n\-   and  liound   themselves.   May 


16,  1640,  to  establish  for  themselves  a  home  at 
Ril)I)owamus,  now  Stamford,  Connecticut. 
Samuel  Clark  was  born  about  1619  in  Devon- 
shire, England,  and  his  name  appears  on  each 
of  the  first  three  lists  made  of  settlers  in 
Wethersfield.  They  purchased  the  land  at 
Stamford  from  the  Indians,  for  thirty  pounds, 
in  July,  1640.  The  first  assignments  of  land 
were  made  October  19,  1641,  and  Samuel 
Clark  was  allotted  seven  acres.  He  appears 
among  the  lists  of  that  town  to  the  end  of 
1642  and  is  supposed  to  have  lived  in  Milford, 
Connecticut,  in  1669.  Thence  he  moved  to 
Hempstead,  Long  Island,  was  in  New  Haven 
in  1683.  and  died  about  1690.  He  married 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Robert  Fordham. 
and  seems  to  liave  had  a  large  family  of  chil- 
dren. Nothing  is  definitely  known  of  these 
except  sons,  Samuel  and  William. 

(II)  William,  son  of  Samuel  and  Hannah 
(  Fordham)  Clark,  was  born  in  1645  in  Stam- 
ford, died  in  Bedford,  New  York,  1712,  aged 
about  sixty-seven  years.  He  was  one  of  the 
original  proprietors  of  part  of  the  township  of 
Bedford,  Westchester  county,  New  York,  hav- 
ing been  associated  with  fifteen  others  in  the 
purchase  from  the  Indians  of  the  land  where 
Bedford  now  stands,  on  the  twenty-third  of 
December,  1680.  In  1690  thirty-one  inhabi- 
tants were  in  the  township,  two  of  whom  bore 
the  name  of  William  Clark,  probably  being 
father  and  son.  On  the  last  deed  given  by  the 
Indians  is  the  name  of  Nathan  Clark,  the  son 
of  William,  as  witness;  this  was  July  24,  1703. 
Bedford  was  often  called  "the  hop  lands." 
There  were  many  conveyances  of  land  to  Wil- 
liam Clark  Sr.,  but  there  is  nu  mention  of  his 
wife,  although  it  is  certain  he  had  three  sons, 
William,  Nathan  and  Joseph. 

cm  )  Nathan,  second  son  of  William  Clark, 
was  born  about  1666,  and  was  one  of  the 
twenty-nine  landholders  of  Bedford  to  whom 
Queen  Anne  confirmed  twenty-three  thousand 
acres  of  land,  April  8,  1704.  He  is  named 
among  the  freeholders  of  Bedford  in  1714. 
June  22,  1700.  "the  town  by  maiger  vote  doth 
mack  choice  of  Richard  Holmes  and  Nathan 
Clarck  for  survairs,  for  this  year  ensewing." 
At  the  time  of  making  his  will,  April  29,  1726, 
he  was  too  feeble  to  sign  his  name  and  must 
have   been    near   death.     He   married    (first) 

about  1700,  Clemence,  who  died  about 

1709.  He  married  (second)  about  1710, 
.     Children  of  first  wife:  Stephen,  Na- 


than, Silvainis,  .Sarah,  Elizabeth  ,-uul   Martha. 


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twins,  died  young.  Children  of  second  wife; 
Jehiel,  Joseph.  Nathaniel,  Elizabeth,  Deborah. 
Abigail,  Esther,  Comfort. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Nathan  Clark  and  his 
second  wife,  was  born  in  March,  1713,  in  the 
town  of  Bedford,  New  York,  where  he  died 
of  paralysis,  April  18,  1791.  After  his  marriage 
he  settled  at  Copp's  Bottom,  about  one  mile 
west  of  the  village  of  Bedford,  where  he  and 
his  wife  spent  the  remainder  f)f  their  days.  He 
married,  in  1733,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Jacob 
-Smith;  she  died  in  April,  i7C)f\  having  sur- 
vived him  about  five  years.  They  were 
brought  up  together  as  neighbors.  Children : 
Ezra,  James,  Aljigail,  Anna,  Joseph,  Nathan. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  and 
.Sarah  (Smith)  Clark,  was  born  in  1753,  in 
Bedford,  died  there  in  1821,  aged  sixty-eight 
years.  He  married  Hannah  Clock,  of  Stam- 
ford, Connecticut,  born  1760,  died  in  1825, 
aged  sixty-five  years.  Her  name  is  on  the 
records  of  the  Presbyterian  church  of  Bedford 
in  1786.  They  had  thirteen  children,  ten  of 
whom  reared  families,  among  whom  were: 
Rertha,  Ezra,  John,  died  young;  Clara,  Phoebe, 
Lewis,  Hannah.  John.  Josejih,  Anna,  Ira. 

(VI)  Ezra,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  and  Hannah 
(Clock)  Clark,  was  born  September  15,  1779, 
baptized  1786,  in  Bedford,  died  May  24,  1858, 
at  .Sidney,  Delaware  county.  New  York.  He 
settlerl  in  Sidney  in  1810,  being  one  of  the 
earliest  to  locate  in  that  town,  where  he  cleared 
up  land  and  engaged  in  agriculture.  He  mar- 
ried (fir.st).  in  May.  1799,  Polly  Banks,  born 
January  23,  1779,  died  May  5,  '1806,  in  Baiu- 
brirlge,  New  York.  He  married  (second), 
April  26,  t8o7.  Marv  Foote.  born  September 
24,  1776,  died  May  8,  1858,  in  Sidney.  There 
were  four  children  of  the  first  marriage  and 
six  of  the  second,  namely:  Samuel.  Sally, 
Hiram,  Mary,  Elizabeth  R.,  Joseph  Foote, 
Susan.  Harriet,  Henry  A.,  Catharine  J. 

(VII)  Joseph  Foote,  son  of  Ezra  and  Mary 
(Foote)  Clark,  was  born  July  i,  1810.  in  Bain- 
bridge,  died  June  2;.  1877.  in  Binghamton. 
.\'ew  York.  He  resided  many  years  at  Smeth- 
port,  Pennsvlvania,  was  subscf|uently  in  Brad- 
ford and  Shippen,  same  state,  and  nassed  his 
last  years  at  Binghamton,  New  York.  He 
married,  September  26,  183-?,  Laura  Louisa 
Phelps,  born  August  29,  1809,  dauehtcr  of 
Rop-er  (2)  and  ,\nna  (Jones)  Phelps,  of 
Hebron.  Connecticut  (see  Phelps  IX).  Chil- 
dren:   Theodore    Mortier.    Junius    Randolph, 


Charles  Ludolf,  Edward  Kis.sani,  Ellen  Clar- 
issa and  Mary  Elizabeth,  all  born  at  Smethport 
except  Mary,  who  was  born  at  Shippen. 

(\TII)  Edward  Kissam,  son  of  Joseph 
Foote  and  Laura  Louisa  (Phelps)  Clark,  was 
born  January  i,  1841,  at  Smethport,  Pennsyl- 
vania. He  was  admitted  to  the  bar,  1862,  and 
settled  at  Binghamton,  New  York.  He  mar- 
ried. June  12,  1867,  Martha  Jane  Seymour, 
of  Vestal,  Broome  county.  New  York,  born 
May  28,  1846,  daughter  of  Charles  and  Han- 
nah (Halsey)  Seymour,  of  that  town.  Chil- 
dren: Roger  Phelps,  born  March  14,  1869; 
Laura  Louisa,  January  8,  1872;  Charles  Sey- 
mour, June  13,  1873,  died  in  his  third  year; 
.Anna  Whitman,  August  30,  1875;  Joseph 
Foote,  July  i,  1878;  Edward  Kissam,  July  14, 
1880;  Vernon  Seymour,  November  17,  1882; 
Florence  Evangeline.  May  2j,  1885,  died  in 
her  sixth  year;  Mary  Elizabeth,  July  10,  1887; 
Lewis  .Seymour,  March  29,  1890. 

(The   Phelps  Line). 

The  Phelps  family  dates  from  Lombardy, 
northern  Italy,  where  the  ancestors  vi'ere  called 
Wolf.  In  the  eleventh  century  they  migrated 
to  Ciermany  and  changed  the  name  to  Guelph. 
In  the  sixteenth  century  they  crossed  to  Scot- 
land and  the  name  became  Phelps.  The  Royal 
House  of  Hanover,  to  which  Queen  Victoria 
belonged,  was  of  the  Wolf  lineage,  and  her 
father  has  been  distinctly  traced  back  to  the 
city  of  Padua.  The  English  seat  of  the  family 
was  in  Tewkesbury,  Gloucestershire,  and  be- 
neath the  old  Abbey  Church  there  remain  the 
lettered  tombstones  of  the  ancestors.  The 
name  has  been  variously  spelled  .Philps,  Phe- 
lipps,  Phelpes,  Philipp,  Philippes,  Philipps, 
Phellips.  Phillippes,  Phillipp,  Phellips,  Phyl- 
ipi^es,  Phelyp,  Phelpse  and  Felpes.  The  word 
Phelps  has  its  root  Pilos,  Greek  for  friend. 
The  escutcheon  of  the  American  branch  was 
"per  pale,  or  and  argent  a  wolf  salient  azure 
with  anorle  of  eight  crosses-crosslet  and  fitchie 
and  gide,  crest  a  wolf's  head  erased,  azure 
collard  or,  the  collard  charged  with  a  martlet 
sable."  Interpreted  this  is  supposed  to  mean: 
The  parting  per  pale  indicates  that  a  fortifica- 
tion had  been  placed  by  ancestor  in  face  of  an 
enemy.  The  wolf  signifies  courage  and  endur- 
ance, the  crosses-crosslets  fitchie  being  em- 
blems of  the  second  crusade,  shows  that  it  was 
in  that  campaign  the  arms  were  earned.  The 
martlet  on  the  crest  is  the  martin  or  swallow 


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<jf  Palestine,  and  infers  that  the  ancestor  has 
been  on  a  pilgrimage  to  the  Holy  Land,  in  ad- 
dition to  having  been  in  the  second  crusade. 

(I)  James  Phelps  was  born  about-  1520. 
The  name  of  his  wife  was  Joan.  According 
to  the  prerogative  court  of  Canterbury,  admin- 
istration was  granteil  on  his  estate,  May  10, 
1588.  His  children,  baptized  in  the  Tewkes- 
bury Abbey  church,  were:  William,  Thomas, 
George,  Alice,  Edward,  Keneline,  Richard, 
Robert. 

(H)  William,  eldest  son  of  James  and  Joan 
Phelps,  was  born  August  4,  1550.  His  wife 
was  Dorothy  (surname  unknown).  Adminis- 
tration was  granted  on  his  estate,  September 
28,  1611,  and  his  wife  died  in  1613.  Children: 
Mary,  Mary.  Thomas,  who  was  the  progen- 
itor of  the  Irish  Phelps;  Dorothy.  William, 
mentioned  below  :  Elizabeth,  George. 

(HI)  William  (2),  second  son  of  Wil- 
liam ( I )  and  Dorothy  Phelps,  was  born 
August  19,  1599,  and  emigrated  to  the  new 
world,  sailing  from  Plymouth,  England,  March 
30,  1630,  in  the  ship  "Mary  and  John,"'  Captain 
Squeb,  with  one  hundred  and  forty  passen- 
gers, landinsr  at  Hull,  Massachusetts,  May  30, 
1630.  \Vith  him  was  his  wife  and  six  children. 
The  original  intention  of  the  party  was  to  land 
•on  the  bank  of  the  Charles  river,  but  a  misun- 
derstanding arose  between  the  captain  and  his 
passengers  and  they  were  unceremoniously 
)nit  ashore  at  Hull,  where  they  had  to  shift 
for  themselves.  The  cruel  captain,  however, 
had  to  settle  in  damages  for  the  uncivil  act. 
\\'illiam  Phel[)s  was  made  a  freeman,  October 
\(),  1630,  ser\-ed  on  the  first  jury  impanelled 
m  New  England,  September  27,  was  made 
constable,  was  one  of  the  committee  to  estab- 
lish the  boundary  line  between  Boston  and 
Ro.xbury,  was  on  a  committee  to  see  about  the 
enlargement  of  Boston,  and  in  1635  was  mem- 
ber of  the  general  court.  That  year  he  went 
with  Rev.  Mr.  Warham  and  his  parishioners 
to  settle  Windsor,  Connecticut,  which  was  first 
called  New  Dorchester.  He  was  one  of  seven 
appointed  by  the  Massachusetts  company,  for 
it  was  then  supposed  it  belonged  to  the  Massa- 
chusetts government,  to  govern  the  colony.  It 
was  later  learned  that  the  colony  was  out  of 
the  Massachusetts  jurisdiction,  and  the  several 
colonies  in  Connecticut  met  at  Hartford  and 
adopted  a  constitution.  In  the  work  of  draft- 
ing this  document  William  Phelps  had  a  part. 
The  principles  enunciated  in  that  constitution 
form  the  body  of  the  organic  law  of  Connecti- 


cut today.  These  simple  pioneers  in  the  wil- 
derness builded  better  than  they  knew.  He 
held  the  office  of  magistrate  fourteen  years, 
and  was  one  of  the  committee  to  treat  with  the 
Phenicke  Indians.  His  residence  in  Windsor 
was  on  the  road  running  northerly  and  later 
continued  to  Pof|uonock  and  a  short  distance 
north  of  the  mill  in  the  mill-river  valley.  He 
was  drowned  out  in  the  great  flood  of  1639, 
after  which  he  moved  to  the  highlands.  Marks 
of  the  cellars  of  the  old  house  may  still  be  seen. 
The  first  wife  of  Mr.  Phelps  died  in  1635, 
before  he  left  Dorchester,  Massachusetts.  He 
married  (.second),  in  1638,  Mary  Dover,  who 
was  a  passenger  on  the  same  ship  with  him. 

( IV)  Timothy,  youngest  son  of  William  (2) 
Phelps,  was  born  September  i,  1639.  He  was 
his  father's  successor  on  the  homestead  in 
Windsor,  purchased  from  the  Indians.  He 
was  made  a  freeman,  Alay  2,  1664,  and  in  May, 
1690,  was  chosen  lieutenant  in  the  "Trained 
Band,"  and  promoted  to  captain  six  years 
later.  In  1695  he  went  to  the  "Great  Falls" 
in  Massachusetts,  against  the  Indians,  having 
then  the  rank  of  sergeant  in  the  colonial  troops. 
The  general  court  commissioned  him  lieuten- 
ant in  1707,  under  Colonel  William  Whiting, 
in  Captain  Matthew  Allyn's  company,  in  Queen 
Anne's  war.  He  died  in  17 19.  He  married, 
March  19,  1661,  Mary,  daughter  of  Edward 
Griswoid,  of  Killingworth,  Connecticut.  She 
was  born  in  Wind.sor,  baptized  October  13, 
1644.  died  some  years  before  her  husband. 
Their  children  were:  Timothy,  born  Novem- 
ber I,  1663;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Will- 
iam, February  4,  1669;  Cornelius,  April  26, 
1671  ;  Mary,  August  14,  1673;  Samuel,  Janu- 
ary 29,  if)75;  Nathaniel,  January  7,  1677; 
Sarah,  December  27,  1679;  Abigail,  June  3, 
1682  ;  Hannah,  .August  2.  1684  ;  Anne,  October 
2,  1686;  Martha,  November  12,  1688. 

(V)  Joseph,  second  son  of  Timothy  and 
Mary  (Griswoid)  Phelps,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 2"/,  1666,  in  Windsor,  died  August  30, 
1716,  nearly  fifty  years  old.  He  owned  a  large 
amount  of  land  in  Hebron,  Connecticut,  and 
probably  removed  there  late  in  life,  about 
1710,  some  of  his  children  at  that  time  being 
located  there.  His  will  was  made  two  weeks 
previous  to  his  death  and  was  probated  in 
Hartford.  His  widow  was  ajjpointed  an  exec- 
utrix and  ten  children  were  mentioned.  The 
inventorv  of  the  estate  made  in  October,  1716, 
gives  the  ages  of  most  of  the  children:  Ed- 
ward, eighteen  ;  John,  sixteen  ;  Mary,  thirteen  ; 


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Abel ;  Ichabod,  nine.  Samuel  and  William 
Phelps  were  appointed  guardians,  while  the 
mother  was  appointed  guardian  for  Jonathan 
and  Abigail.  Joseph  Phelps  married,  Novem- 
ber i8,  1686,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and 
Phillury  (Thrall)  Hosford.  She  was  born 
on  the  same  day  as  her  husband  in  Windsor. 
Her  father,  John  Hosford,  was  a  man  of  con- 
siderable property  and  had  a  large  family.  At 
his  death  he  left  to  Mrs.  Phelps  one  hundred 
pounds.  She  died  probably  in  Hebron.  Chil- 
dren :  Sarah,  Mary,  Joseph ;  Abigail,  tlied 
young:  Edward,  Reneni,  John,  .\bel,  Daniel, 
Ichabod,  Jonathan,  Abigail. 

(VI)  John,  fourth  son  of  Joseph  and  Sarah 
(Hosford)  Phelps,  was  born  September  20, 
170,^,  in  Windsor,  and  settled  in  Hebron,  where 
he  died  February  10,  1796.  He  married  (first) 
February  11  or  14,  1725,  Anna,  daughter  of 
Obadiah  and  Mindwell  (Phelps)  Hosford, 
born  February  23,  1705,  in  Windsor,  died  in 
Hebron,  1740.  Her  mother  was  of  the  sixth 
generation  in  descent  from  George  Phelps. 
He  married  (second)  in  1742,  Mindwell  Hos- 
ford, sister  of  his  first  wife.  There  were  six 
children  of  the  first  marriage  and  four  of  the 
second,  namely:  Aaron,  died  young:  Anna: 
John ;  Sarah,  died  young :  Amos :  Roger : 
Aaron  :  Mindwell :  Sarah  ;  Nathan. 

(VII)  Captain  Roger  Phelps,  fourth  son  of 
John  and  Anna  (Hosford)  Phelps,  was  born 
December  24,  1738,  and  baptized  January  4, 
following,  in  Hebron,  where  he  settled  and  was 
a  farmer.  He  was  a  soldier  of  the  revolution, 
serving  eighteen  days  as  lieutenant  on  the 
Lexington  alarm  and  afterward  enlisted  again 
in  Hebron,  February  22,  1809,  in  his  seventieth 
year.  He  married,  April  24,  1760,  Abigail 
Filer,  born  .\pril  10,  1733,  in  Hebron,  where 
she  died  January  22,  1825,  in  her  ninety-sec- 
ond year.  Children  :  Mary  :  Roger  :  Abigail, 
died  young:  Susannah  :  David  :  Abigail :  Anna. 

(VIII)  Roger  (2),  eldest  son  of  Roger  (i) 
and  Abigail  (Filer)  Phelps,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 7,  1762,  in  Hebron,  died  there  September 
8,  1846.  He  was  a  prominent  citizen  of  his 
town,  serving  many  years  as  selectman  and 
several  times  as  representative  in  the  state 
legislature,  and  was  delegate  to  the  convention 
for  revising  the  state  constitution.  He  mar- 
ried, February  i,  1787,  Anna,  born  March  20, 
1765,  in  Saybrook,  died  February  2,  1821,  in 
Hebron,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  Jones.  Children  : 
Anna,  P.etsey,  Maria,  Henry  Jones,  Rachel, 
Clarissa,  Roger  L.,   Laura  and  Louisa    (trip- 


lets, the  last  named  two  died  young)  and  Laura 
Louisa. 

( IX )  Laura  Louisa,  youngest  child  of  Roger 
(2)  and  Anna  (Jones)  Phelps,  was  born  Au- 
gust 29,  1809,  in  Hebron,  died  April  28,  1882, 
in  Binghamton,  New  York.  She  married,  Sep- 
tember 26,  1833,  Joseph  Foote  Clark,  whom 
she  survived  nearly  five  years  (see  Clark  VH). 


Maurice  Lane,  the  first  of  the  fam- 
LANE  ily  in  this  country,  was  born  in  Ire- 
land. During  the  great  emigration 
from  Ireland  to  .\merica,  in  the  middle  of  the 
nineteenth  century,  he  came  with  his  family, 
being  then  well  advanced  in  years.  He  died 
in  this  country.  Children :  Thomas,  mention- 
ed below  ;  Catherine ;  Mary  ;  Nora  ;  Ellen,  and 
Johanna. 

(II)  Thomas  Lane,  son  of  Maurice  Lane, 
was  born  in  county  Clare,  Ireland,  in  1824; 
died  in  Lafayette,  New  York,  in  February,, 
1889.  He  came  to  this  country  with  the  fam- 
ily in  1848,  and  with  the  exception  of  ten  years, 
which  he  spent  in  Cayuga  county.  New  York, 
he  lived  the  rest  of  his  life  at  Lafayette,  New 
York,  and  was  engaged  in  farming.  He  mar- 
ried Mary  Horan,  born  in  Ireland,  about  1837, 
(lied  July  5,  1887,  daughter  of  John  Horan. 
Children:  i.  J(jhn.  2.  Maurice.  3.  Michael 
\ .,  mentioned  below.  4.  Ellen,  married  James 
Conan,  of  Lafayette.  5.  Anna,  married  John 
Shea,  and  lives  in  Cortland,  New  York.  6. 
Mary  Agnes,  died  young.  7.  Thomas  B.,  re- 
sides at  Fort  Wavne,  Indiana. 

(HI)  Michael  V.,  son  of  Thomas  Lane,  was 
born  in  the  town  of  Newhope,  Cayuga  county, 
New  York,  December  9,  i8fj6,  and  was  edu- 
cated there  in  the  public  schools.  From  the 
age  of  eighteen  to  twenty-two  he  followed 
farming.  In  1888  he  came  to  Cortland  and 
was  in  the  employ  of  the  Cortland  Wagon 
Company  from  that  time  until  189=;.  He  then 
began  to  learn  the  trade  of  plumbing  in  the 
employ  of  T.  T.  Bates,  and  after  working  as  a 
journeyman  for  a  number  of  years,  in  1904 
embarked  in  business  on  his  own  account,  in 
partnership  with  Mr.  Cronan,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Cronan  &  Lane.  The  firm  carried  on 
a  plumbing  and  heating  business  in  Cortland. 
.\fterward  he  did  business  under  the  firm  name 
of  the  Lane  Plumbing  and  Heating  Company 
for  two  years.  In  1908  the  business  was  in- 
corporated under  this  naine  and  Mr.  Lane  is 
now  secretary,  treasurer  anil  general  manager 
of  the  corporation.     The  company  does  a  gen- 


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eral  plumbing,  heating,  gas  fitting  and  tinning 
business,  and  carries  a  full  line  of  pumps, 
pipes  and  fittings,  sheet-iron,  tin  conductors 
and  eave-t roughs.  In  the  showrooms  are  speci- 
mens of  the  latest  styles  in  porcelain  and  other 
bath  tubs,  sinks,  urinals,  and  also  the  most 
efficient  apparatus  for  heating.  A  specialty  is 
made  of  the  Spencer  steam  and  water  heat- 
ers. The  plant  is  at  9  East  Court  street.  The 
company  was  the  first  in  the  city  to  use  an 
automobile  delivery  wagon  in  its  business.  It 
has  been  well  said  that  there  is  not  a  more 
thorough  and  practical  man  than  Mr.  Lane  in 
this  line  of  business.  He  is  not  only  well 
versed  in  every  branch  of  the  science  and  trade 
of  plumbing,  heating  and  ventilation,  but  his 
personality  attracts  business,  and  his  efiicient 
and  honorable  methods  of  carrying  out  con- 
■  tracts  of  all  kinds,  large  and  small,  serve  to 
retain  customers  once  secured. 

Mr.  Lane  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  police 
commissioners  of  the  city  of  Cortland,  and 
vice-president  of  the  Emerald  Hose  Company. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Catholic  Men's  Benev- 
olent Association,  the  Knights  of  Columbus, 
and  the  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks.  He  married,  in  1900,  Agnes  J.  Kcenan, 
of  Summer  Hill,  New  York.  Children,  born 
at  Cortland :  Mary  Agnes,  born  in  1902 ; 
Theresa  Frances,  bom  1904:  Elmer  Michael, 
born  1907. 

[t  is  said  the  surname  Carver  is 
C.\R\'ER  derived  from  the  occupation  of 
wood  carving,  and  some  of  the 
work  in  the  cathedrals  of  East  .\nglia  is  at- 
tributed to  the  progenitors  of  this  Carver  fam- 
ily. The  names  Adam  Le  Carver  or  Karver, 
and  Richard  le  Kerver,  are  in  the  Hundred 
Rolls,  and  various  Carver  families  in  later 
centuries  are  found  in  England.  John  Carver, 
first  governor  of  Plymouth  colony,  New  Eng- 
land, was  son  of  Jarnes  Carver,  of  Lincoln- 
shire, England.  A  nephew  of  John  Carver, 
Robert,  son  of  Isaac  Carver,  was  born  in  Bos- 
ton, Lincolnshire,  England,  in  1594,  anrl  set- 
tled early  at  Marshfield,  Plymouth  colony. 
Richard  Carver,  the  third  of  the  family  coming 
with  the  pioneers  of  New  England,  was  sixty 
years  old  when  he  sailed  April  11,  1637.  Rob- 
ert was  the  only  one  having  male  descendants 
in  this  country.  It  appears  likely  that  the  fam- 
ily of  this  sketch  is  of  the  same  English  stock. 
(I)    Richard  Carver  was  born  at  Draycott, 


England.      He   married   and   among   his   chil- 
dren was  Richard,  mentionetl  below. 

(II)  Richard  (2),  son  of  Richard  (i)  Car- 
ver, was  born  in  Draycott,  England.  He  was 
educated  in  his  native  place  and  learned  the 
trade  of  mason  there.  He  came  to  this  coun- 
try, in  1867,  and  settled  at  Skaneateles,  New 
York,  where  he  followed  his  trade  for  many 
years.  In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist.  He 
married  Mary  Williams,  born  in  England, 
daughter  of  Robert  Williams.  She  died  in 
1891.  Children:  Lillie,  deceased;  William  J.: 
Egbert  J. ;  George  R. ;  Ivah  M. ;  Harry  E. 

(III)  Egbert  J.,  son  of  Richard  (2)  Car- 
ver, was  born  at  Skaneateles.  New  York,  July 
20,  1873.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.  He  learned  the  trade  of  inason,  and 
since  1900  has  made  his  home  in  Fulton,  New 
York.  He  had  charge  of  the  mason  work  on 
the  Battle  Island  mill;  then  took  the  contract 
for  building  the  mason  w'ork  on  the  Fulton 
public  library  building.  He  also  was  the  mason 
contractor  of  the  hospital  buildings  at  Fulton, 
and  of  the  new  savings  bank  building.  He 
has  been  very  successful  in  business,  and  be- 
sides the  ])ublic  buildings  mentioned  has  had 
many  important  contracts  for  residences  and 
other  structures  in  Fulton  and  vicinity.  He  is 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church  of  Fulton.  In  politics  he  is  a  Pro- 
hibitionist, and  in  1905  was  the  candidate  of 
his  party  for  the  office  of  mayor  of  Fulton. 
He  married,  September  9,  1903,  Lena,  daugh- 
ter of  Sanford  Wells,  of  Fulton.  Children: 
Mary  L.,  born  September  6,  1905  ;  Richard  W.. 
July  20,  1907. 

Noah  P.  Newell,  descendant  of 
NEWELL     an   old   New    England    family. 

was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  Os- 
wego, New  York.    He  married  — Perry. 

(II)  George  Sherman,  son  of  Noah  P.  New- 
ell, was  born  in  Oswego,  New  York,  March 
12,  1818.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  followed  farm- 
ing there  during  his  active  life.  In  religion  he 
was  a  Baptist,  and  in  politics  a  Republican. 
He  was  collector  of  taxes  of  the  town  of 
Argyle  for  one  term.  He  married,  at  South 
West  Oswego,  November  22.  1841,  Catherine 
Ann  McCoy,  born  July  11,  1823,  daughter  of 
Joseph  H.  and  Nancy  (Beattie)  McCoy.  Jo- 
seph H.  McCoy  was  born  on  the  voyage  to 
this  country.     His  parents  came   from   Scot- 


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land  and  settled  in  Washington  county,  New 
York.  Catherine  was  born  in  the  town  of 
Argyle,  Washington  county.  When  she  was 
ten  years  old  her  parents  crossed  New  York 
state  from  Washington  county  to  Oswego, 
traveHng  in  wagons  which  not  only  furnish- 
ed them  transportation  but  dining-room  and 
sleeping  quarters,  and  locating  in  Oswego. 
Mrs.  Newell  is  now  (1911)  living  at  Oswego. 
When  the  McCoy  family  came  to  Oswego  they 
found  a  small  village  consisting  of  a  few 
houses  on  the  east  side  of  the  river.  They 
located  at  South  West  Oswego,  where  Mr. 
McCoy  followed  farming  during  a  long  and 
useful  life.  He  built  the  house  on  the  farm 
which  he  bought  and  cleared,  now  occupied  by 
his  grandson,  U.  W.  Lewis.  Children  of 
George  Sherman  and  Catherine  Ann  Newell : 
William  Payne,  born  May  i,  1842;  Charles 
Sherman,  mentioned  below ;  Sarah  Adelaide, 
born  August  13,  1846;  Martha  Jane,  July  5, 
1848;  Mary  Elizabeth,  October  28,  1850;  Ed- 
ward Lawton,  January  20,  1851,  of  Oswego; 
Joseph  Carswell,  February  13,  1854.  of  De- 
troit; Catherine  Elizabeth,  November  21,  1857; 
Andrew  Lytle,  July  8,  i8S9  (  ?)  ;  Jessie,  May 
5,  1864. 

(Ill)  Charles  Sherman,  son  of  George  Sher- 
man Newell,  was  born  November  3,  1844,  in 
South  West  Oswego,  Oswego  county.  New 
York,  at  the  home  of  his  grandfather,  Joseph 
H.  McCoy.  He  died  at  Oswego,  Sunday,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  191 1,  and  the  first  six  months  of  his 
life  was  spent  in  this  house.  He  attended  dis- 
trict school  No.  9,  of  South  West  Oswego,  be- 
ginning at  the  age  of  three  years  and  continu- 
ing until  he  was  twelve.  During  the  next  three 
or  four  years  he  attended  only  the  winter  terms 
of  school,  working  on  his  father's  farm  during 
the  summer.  His  first  employment  away  from 
home  was  at  farming,  and  his  wages  were  six 
dollars  a  month.  When  he  was  nineteen  years 
old  he  enlisted  in  the  Union  army  and  served 
in  1864-65,  in  Company  C,  One  Hundred  and 
Eighty-fourth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry,  Colonel  W.  G.  Robinson.  He  took 
part  in  the  battle  of  Bermuda  Hundred,  and 
in  other  engagements  on  the  James  river.  He 
was  mustered  out  at  City  Point,  Virginia. 
Afterward  he  joined  the  militia,  and  from  1874 
to  1882  was  first  lieutenant  of  the  Separate 
Troop  Cavalry,  Twenty-fourth  P>rigade,  Sixth 
Division,  New  York  National  Guard. 

Upon  returning  from  the  war  service  he 
learned  the  trade  of  brickmason  in  the  employ 


of  Jonathan  Horton,  of  Oswego.  While  still  a 
young  man  he  engaged  in  business  on  his  own 
account  as  a  contracting  mason,  and  became 
one  of  the  most  prominent  builders  of  Os- 
wego, erecting  many  of  the  most  important 
structures  in  the  city  in  his  day.  He  was  the 
contractor  and  built  the  Oswego  State  Normal 
School,  the  Arcade  Block,  the  Rome,  Water- 
town  &  Ogdensburg  railroad  shops,  and  other 
public  buildings  and  many  residences.  In  1881, 
when  thirty-five  years  old,  he  was  appointed 
superintendent  of  the  Oswego  City  Almshouse, 
and  filled  that  position  most  efficiently  and 
satisfactorily  during  the  rest  of  his  life.  Dur- 
ing this  long  period  of  thirty  years,  no  com- 
plaint was  filed  and  no  dissatisfaction  discover- 
ed in  the  institution.  For  several  years  be- 
fore he  died  he  desired  to  resign,  but  the  mem- 
bers of  the  board  in  charge,  the  commissioners 
of  charity,  persuaded  him  to  remain  at  his  post. 
He  was  well  (jualified  by  natural  ability  and 
experience  to  administer  this  charge.  His 
early  training  on  the  farm  and  his  knowledge 
of  men  and  afifairs  acquired  in  the  contracting 
business  fitted  him  exceptionally  well  to  man- 
age the  farm  and  care  for  the  inmates  success- 
fully. He  had  an  even  tanper,  a  kindly  dis- 
position and  great  executive  ability.  He  at- 
tended the  West  Baptist  Church,  and  was  a 
member  of  Frontier  Lodge,  No.  432,  Free 
Masons,  and  of  Oswego  Lodge,  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  He  was  well 
known  in  business  circles  and  financially  inter- 
ested in  a  number  of  corporations  doing  busi- 
ness in  the  city  of  Oswego;  a  stockholder  in 
the  Reid  Hardware  Company,  the  Oswego  Oil 
&  Fuel  Company  and  of  the  New.  Hotel  Cor- 
poration, and  was  trustee  of  the  City  Savings 
P.ank.  He  was  a  prominent  member  of  Post 
O'Brien,  Grand  Army  of  the  Republic.  In 
politics  he  was  a  lifelong  Republican,  earnest, 
influential  and  loyal  in  supporting  the  prin- 
ciples and  candidates  of  his  party.  He  served 
in  the  common  council  of  the  city  and  repre- 
sented the  l<"ourth  Ward  in  the  board  of  alder- 
men in  1875-76.  The  following  minute  on  the 
city  records  expresses  the  public  sentiment 
toward  Mr.  Newell: 

"On  Sunday,  February  19,  1911,  in  the  death  of 
Charles  S.  Newell,  there  closes  a  life  of  more  than 
ordinary  usefulness.  The  community  has  lost  one  of 
its  best  citizens,  and  our  city  one  of  its  most  faithful 
and  courteous  officials.  Especially  is  the  Department 
of  Charity  bereft  in  the  death  of  one  who  had  for 
thirty  years  most  acceptably  filled  the  exacting  posi- 
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had  been  performed  in  such  a  careful  and  pains- 
taking manner  that  he  has  ever  enjoyed  the  complete 
contidence  and  esteem  of  the  members  of  the  depart- 
ment, as  well  as  the  greatest  respect  of  those  who 
were  placed  in  his  care. 

"Therefore,  be  it  resolved,  that  we,  the  members 
of  the  Department  of  Charity,  take  this  means  of 
expressing  our  deep  sorrow  in  this  our  bereavement, 
that  this  memorial  have  a  place  on  our  records  and 
that  a  copy  of  same  be  forwarded  to  Mr.  Newell's 
family.  (Signed  by  VV.  W.  Buck,  J.  N,  Lee  Tulep, 
Frank  Schilling.  Arthur  F.  Kelly,  Commissioners  of 
Charity." 

Mr.  Newell  married,  March  3,  1864,  at  Han- 
nibal, Oswego  county,  New  York,  Addie  E. 
Bloflgett,  who  was  born  August  28,  1S44,  in 
Hannibal,  daughter  of  Madison  J.  and  Mary 
A.  (Lockwood)  Blodgett.  Her  father  was 
a  farmer  and  butcher  at  Hannibal.  She  had  a 
brother,  Eugene  M.,  and  five  sisters,  Hannah 
A.,  Eliza  E.,  Leonora,  Alberta  and  Adelle 
Blodgett.  For  many  years  Mrs.  Newell  served 
as  matron  of  the  Oswego  City  Almshouse,  and 
she  was  a  great  favorite  with  the  old  people 
who  lived  there.  She  was  well  qualified  for 
the  trying  duties  of  her  position,  and  took 
great  pride  in  the  institution,  which  was  under 
the  management  of  her  husband.  She  was 
tender  and  kindly  in  her  treatment  of  the  un- 
fortunates committed  to  her  care.  She  died 
very  suddenly  at  the  home  of  her  sister,  Mrs. 
Horton,  during  a  visit.  Mrs.  Newell's  mother, 
Mary  A.  (Lockwood)  Blodgett,  was  born  in 
Hannibal,  New  York,  May  i,  1816.  Her  father 
was  born  in  Marcellus,  Onondaga  county.  New 
York,  and  for  a  period  of  sixty-one  years  her 
parents  lived  together  as  husband  and  wife. 
Mrs.  Blodgett  was  a  member  of  the  West 
Baptist  Church  of  Oswego,  a  devout  Christian, 
a  loving  and  devoted  wife  and  mother.  Those 
who  knew  her  loved  her  for  her  beautiful 
character.  She  was  married  in  February,  1834, 
and  died  February  13,  1895.  Madison  j.  Blod- 
gett, born  1811,  died  in  1898.  One  son  and 
five  daughters  survived  them :  Eugene  M.  Blod- 
gett, of  South  West  Oswego  ;  Mrs.  H.  A.  Dun- 
more,  of  Morgan  Park,  Illinois;  Mrs.  Robert 
McMillen,  of  South  Chicago,  Illinois ;  Mrs.  J. 
Horton,  and  Mrs.  L.  B.  Smith,  of  Oswego. 

Children  of  Charles  Sherman  and  .\ddie  E. 
Newell:  i.  Gertrude  L.,  born  February,  1867, 
died  aged  six  years.  2.  Cora  E..  born  October 
13,  1875;  educated  in  public  and  high  schools 
of  Oswego;  married,  September  21,  1898,  Na- 
thaniel Lester  Wright:  children:  Newell  Na- 
thaniel Wright,  born  September  9,   1899,  and 


Hazel  Leonore  Wright,  born  August  12,  1901. 
3.  Ruth,  died  at  birth. 


David  Lee  was  born  in  county  Lim- 
LEE  erick,  Ireland,  about  1821.  The  Lee 
family  originally  came  from  Scotland 
to  Ireland.  David  Lee  came  to  America  in 
1844,  and  made  his  home  in  Truxton,  Cortland 
county,  New  York,  where  in  1869  he  was  kill- 
ed by  a  falling  tree.  He  was  a  farmer.  He 
married  Joannah  Lane  in  Ireland,  where  she 
was  born.  Children:  i.  Mary,  lives  in  Cort- 
land, New  York ;  married  John  Mack,  and  has 
children :  Anna,  Catherine,  David.  2.  Mar- 
garet, married  William  Council,  of  Truxton. 
3.  Thoinas,  of  Cortland.  4.  John  Francis, 
mentioned  below.  5.  David,  lives  in  Cortland, 
and  is  a  plumber. 

(II)  John  Francis,  son  of  David  Lee,  was 
born  in  Truxton,  New  York,  October  8,  1854. 
He  received  a  public  school  education  there. 
When  he  was  twenty  years  of  age  he  went  to 
Otselic,  Chenango  county.  New  York,  where 
he  became  engaged  in  the  making  of  butter  and 
cheese.  After  about  fourteen  years  there,  he 
removed  to  Norwich  where  he  was  engaged  in 
the  trading  of  butter,  cheese  and  farm  products 
for  ten  years,  and  now  (1911)  is  engaged  in 
the  real  estate  business.  He  is  a  member  of 
Lodge,  No.  211,  Knights  of  Columbus,  also 
Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians,  and  was  former 
president  of  the  Utica  Dairyman's  Board  of 
Trade,  which  meets  at  that  city  every  Mon'lay. 
He  married.  January  i,  1883,  Mary,  daughter 
of  Matthew  Bulger,  of  Norwich.  Children:  i. 
David  Francis,  mentioned  below.  2.  Matthew, 
born  January  4,  1886;  a  civil  engineer  of 
Watertown,  New  York.  3.  Kathryn  A.,  born 
September  30,  1888;  music  teacher.  4.  John 
C.  February  2,  1890;  a  student  at  .Syracuse 
University.  5.  Robert  J.,  born  July  30,  1895. 
fi.  Marian  J.,  born  October  7,  1899. 

(HI)  David  Francis,  son  of  John  Francis 
Lee,  was  born  in  Otselic,  Chenango  county. 
New  York,  January  19,  1885.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Norwich  in  which  he 
fitted  for  college.  He  studied  law  in  Syracuse 
University  and  was  graduated  with  the  degree 
of  LL.  B.  in  1907.  In  the  same  year  he  was 
admitted  to  the  bar.  For  a  time  he  was  clerk 
in  the  office  of  Edward  W.  Murphy,  a  promi- 
ent  New  York  lawyer.  In  the  spring  of  1908 
he  began  to  practice  on  his  own  account  with 
offices  at   216   North  Broad   street.   Norwich. 


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New  York.  He  has  been  admitted  to  practice 
in  all  the  federal  courts.  In  addition  to  his 
law  practice,  he  has  a  large  fire  insurance 
agency  and  real  estate  business.  He  is  active 
in  politics  and  is  an  influential  member  of  the 
Democratic  town  and  county  committees.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  ."Xmerican  Bar  Association  ; 
Delta  Chi,  a  law  fraternity  :  Knights  of  Colum- 
bus ;  Ancient  Order  of  Hibernians  ;  the  Eagles  ; 
Moose ;  Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of 
Elks ;  the  Norwich  Club,  and  the  Ramblers 
Club.  He  married,  June  29,  1909,  Mary  E. 
Belisle,  of  Norwich,  New  York,  daughter  of 
Ivlward  and  Margaret  (Griffin)  Belisle.  They 
have  one  child.  Margaret,  born  June  29,  1910. 
The  family  are  communicants  of  St.  Paul's 
Roman  Catholic  Church. 

A  recent  iniblication  said  of  Mr.  Lee: 

The  esteem  in  which  Mr.  Lee  is  held  by  a  large 
number  of  clients  is  the  best  commentary  upon  his 
ability  as  an  attorney-at-lavv.  He  is  faithful  to  the 
interests  of  all  who  entrust  their  cases  to  his  hand- 
lin.GT  and  by  his  upright  conduct  and  eminent  fit- 
ness for  the  great  professicm  of  which  he  is  a 
member,  he  enjoys  the  esteem  and  respect  of  the 
bench  and  bar  as  well  as  the  public  at  large. 


Oilman  is  an  ancient  English 
OILMAN  surname,  and  the  family  is  found 
in  various  counties  in  the  most 
ancient  records.  The  surname  is  doubtless  de- 
rived from  a  place  name.  The  coat-of-arms 
of  the  family  :  .\  leg  couped  at  the  thigh.  Crest : 
.A  demi-lion  issuing  from  a  cap  of  maintenance. 
Edward  Oilman  was  born  in  England.  He 
married,  June  22,  1555.  Rose  Pysse.  His  will 
was  dated  February  5,  1573,  and  proved  July 
7,  1573.  In  it  he  mentioned  the  eldest  and 
three  other  sons,  and  five  daughters.  His 
widow  married  (second),  April  3,  1578,  John 
Snell,  who  was  buried  October  3,  161 3.  Chil- 
dren: I.  John.  2.  Robert,  mentioned  below. 
3.  Lawrence,  bajjtized  at  Caston,  November  3, 
1561,  buried  August  21,  1629;  married,  June 
20,  1588,  Elizabeth  James,  who  was  buried 
December  20,  1602. 

Robert,  son  of  Edward  Oilman,  was  ba]j- 
tizcd  at  Caston,  England,  July  10,  1559,  bur- 
ied March  6,  1631.     He  married  Mary , 

who  was  buried  at  Caston,  March  9,  1618.  He 
was  mentioned  in  the  will  of  his  brother  Law- 
rence in  1629.  He  enfeoffed  to  his  son  John 
in  his  will  lands  wdiich  had  come  to  him  by  his 
father's  will  in  1573.  Children:  1.  R(jbert, 
married  (first).  May  14,  161 1,  Rose  Hawes; 
(second)    Mary   ;   died    1658.     2.    Ed- 


ward, mentioned  below.  3.  Lawrence,  of  Cas- 
ton, baptized  there  December  i,  1594,  mention- 
ed in  brother  John's  will  in  1639,  and  made  his 
will  in  1647.  4.  John,  bajjtized  at  Caston,  Feb- 
ruary 28,  1598. 

Edward,  son  of  Robert  Oilman,  was  the  im; 
migrant  ancestor.  He  was  born  in  England 
in  1587-88.  He  married,  at  Ilingham,  Eng- 
land, June  3.  1614,  Mary  Clark.  With  his 
wife,  three  sons,  two  daughters,  and  three 
servants,  he  came  over  in  the  ship  "Diligent," 
from  Oravesend,  with  one  hundred  and  thirty- 
three  others,  led  by  Rev.  Robert  Peck,  and 
arrived  at  Boston,  August  10,  1638.  He  set- 
tled at  Hingham,  and  was  admitted  a  freeman 
there  December  13.  1638,  and  was  a  proprietor. 
He  was  a  grantee  of  Seekonk,  now  Rehoboth. 
In  1647  he  moved  to  Ipswich,  and  was  select- 
man there  in  1649.  He  sold  his  estate  in  Hing- 
ham, October  i,  1652,  and  later  he  and  his 
ciiildren  settled  in  Exeter.  He  died  before 
.\pril  10,  1655,  when  administration  of  his 
estate  was  granted  to  his  widow  Mary,  the  sons 
and  sons-in-law  consenting.  Children:  i.  Alary, 
baptized  at  Hingham,  England,  .\ugust  6,  1615. 
2.  Edward,  baptized  December  26,  1617.  3. 
Sarah,  twin  of  Edward,  baptized  December 
26,  1617.  4.  Lydia,  inarried,  January  19,  1645, 
Daniel  Cushing.  5.  Hon.  John,  born  January 
10,  1624;  was  in  lumber  and  milling  business, 
and  prominent  in  public  life;  married  Eliza- 
beth Tremorge.  6.  Moses,  baptized  March  11, 
1630. 

(I)  John  Oilman,  the  first  of  the  line  here 
under  consideration  of  wdiom  we  have  definite 
information,  and  related  to  those  above  men- 
tioned, settled  in  Middlebury,  \'ermont.  He 
married  and  among  his  children  Vas  Henry 
F..  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Henry  P.,  son  of  John  (iilman,  was 
born  in  Middlebury,  Vermont,  or  at  Crown 
Point  near  Lake  Chamjilain,  died  in  1887.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and  when 
a  young  inan  located  in  Fulton,  New  York, 
where  he  engaged  in  the  hotel  business.  .After- 
ward he  was  in  the  lumber  business  in  the 
state  of  Michigan  for  a  ninuher  of  years.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Reiniblican.  i  le  married 
Lana  F.  Howe,  of  Fulton,  born  at  Fulton. 
They  had  one  child,  Hubert  L..  mentioiiecl 
below. 

(III)  Hubert  L.,  son  of  Henry  !•".  (Hlman, 
was  born  in  Fulton,  New  York,  January  31, 
1882.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools.      ,'\fter  graduating    from   the   Fulton 


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high  school  in  the  class  of  1902,  he  began  to 
study  law  in  the  offices  of  Mead  &  Stranahan 
and  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1901J.  Since 
then  he  has  been  in  general  practice  in  h^ilton. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 


Richard   Miller,   the   immigrant. 

MlLLliR  was  doubtless  born  in  England. 
He  settled  in  Charlestown,  Mas- 
sachusetts, as  early  as  1637,  and  afterward  re- 
moved to  Cambridge.  His  wife  Eleanor  was 
admitted  to  the  Charlestown  church  November 
4.  1^4,^.  He  owned  four  lots  in  Charlestown, 
and  one  of  them  adjoined  land  of  John  Har- 
vard, founder  of  Harvard  College.  Elizabeth, 
widow  of  Henry  Herbert,  James  Miller  and 
Joseph  Miller,  husband  of  Mary,  only  daugh- 
ter of  Walter  Pope,  made  an  agreement  about 
lands  November  7,  1677.  Children:  i.  Joseph, 
mentioned  below.  2.  James,  lived  at  Charles- 
town, where  there  were  four  generations  in 
succession  named  James;  married,  November 
25,  1673.  Hannah  George.  3.  Hannah,  mar- 
ried Nathaniel  Dade.  John  Ivlmundsand  .\aron 
l.udkin.     4.  Joanna. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Richard  Miller,  was 
born  about  1620.  He  gave  his  age  as  forty- 
eight  in  1^68  and  as  sixty-four  in  1682.  He 
<lied  in  1697.  He  lived  at  Cambridge  and 
Charlestown,  and  signed  the  secession  petition 
of  1A78  at  Cambridge.  He  received  of  Her- 
liert  heirs  <leefl  of  part  of  a  house  formerly 
owned  by  William  Pope.  He  lived  on  the 
Stimson  ])lace  in  the  west  parish  of  Cambriilge, 
afterward  Newton.  He  married  Mary  Pope, 
who  died  in  171 1.  Children:  i.  Thomas,  born 
at  Cambridge,  April  9,  1675.  2.  Samuel,  men- 
tioned below.  3.  Joseph,  died  in  171 1.  4.  Jane, 
died  in  1719.  5.  James  (?),  of  Worcester, 
who  had  a  son  James,  born  there  in  1722. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Joseph  Miller,  was 
born  at  Cambridge,  September  24,  1678.  He 
marrie<l,  at  Newton,  November  11,  1708,  Eliz- 
abeth Child.  Children,  born  at  Newton  :  Alary, 
April  26,  1710;  Elizabeth,  January  20,  1711; 
Elizabeth,  August  22,  1713,  died  young:  Jo- 
seph, July  29.  1716,  one  of  the  first  settlers  of 
Westminster,  Worcester  county,  gave  his  house 
for  the  use  of  the  first  school  and  gave  land  for 
the  schoolhouse  at  Westminster,  died  at  Wor- 
cester, 1759,  married  Mary  Williams;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Ephraim,  June  23,  1725, 
died  1 73 1,  at  Newton. 

(IV)  Samuel  {2),  son  of  Samuel  (i)  Miller, 
was  bom  at  Newton,  December  20,  17 18.     He 


removed  from  Newton  to  Worcester  about 
1750.  He  married,  at  Newton,  in  1743,  Eliza- 
beth Hammond,  of  an  old  Newton  family. 
Children,  recorded  at  Newton :  Ephraim,  men- 
tioned below;  Moses,  born  December  5,  1745, 
married,  1772.  at  Worcester,  Sarah  Gray;  Jo- 
>iah.  May  2.  1748:  Elizabeth,  September  25, 
1750.  Recorded  at  Worcester:  Sarah,  bap- 
tized September  30,  1750  (date  September  19 
also  given,  and  she  may  be  the  same  child 
given  in  Newton  records  as  Elizabeth);  Eliz- 
abeth, August  9,  1752;  Anna,  November  9, 
1733,  married,  1782,  Amos  Stone,  of  Newton; 
Eimice,  May  27,  1761. 

( \' )  Ephraim,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Miller, 
was  born  at  Newton,  June  4,  1744,  and  came 
to  Worcester  with  his  i)arents  when  about  six 
years  old.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution, 
a  private  in  Ca[)tain  Timothy  Bigelow's  com- 
pany of  minute-men  who  marched  to  Concord 
on  the  Lexington  alarm.  April  19,  1775,  and 
he  continued  in  the  service  (luring  the  summer 
and  was  probably  at  the  liattle  of  Hunker  Hill. 
He  was  in  Captain  Hubbard's  comj^any.  Colo- 
nel Jonathan  Ward's  regiment,  under  Wash- 
ington, at  the  siege  of  I'oston,  and  was  ser- 
geant in  Captain  Jesse  Stone's  company.  Colo- 
nel Job  Cushing's  regiment,  in  July  and  Au- 
gust, 1777.  He  married,  at  Holden,  formerly 
a  part  of  Worcester,  February  20.  1770,  Mary 
Elagg.  In  the  church  records  a  wife  Abigail 
is  mentioned,  but  it  is  not  clear  that  he  had  a 
second  wife.  He  belonged  to  the  First  Church 
of  Worcester.  He  left  Worcester  after  the 
revolution,  and  is  said  to  have  lived  at  Hadley, 
Massachusetts,  and  later  at  Chester,  Massachu- 
setts. Children,  born  in  Worcester :  Samuel, 
February  3,  1771  ;  Alolly,  August  6,  1772;  Eph- 
raim. June  8,  1774;  James,  January  I,  1776; 
Si'as,  March  19.  1778:  Levi,  mentioned  below  ; 
William,  June  ifi.  1782;  Dolly  Flagg,  Decem- 
ber 3,   1784. 

(VI)  Levi,  sc>n  of  Ephraim  Miller,  was 
born  in  Worcester,  Massachusetts,  June  6, 
1780,  died  in  Louisville,  St.  Lawrence  county, 
New  York.  January  26.  1853.  He  came  to 
Springfield.  Massachusetts,  with  his  parents 
when  six  years  old.  and  in  March.  t8oi,  at  the 
aee  of  twentv-one.  accompanied  his  brothers. 
Tames  and  Silns.  to  New  York  state,  walking 
from  Siiringfield  to  Rome  and  settling  first  in 
Turin.  Lewis  countv.  from  whence  he  removed 
in  1823  to  Louisville,  where  he  lived  initil  his 
death."  He  removed  there  at  the  refjuest  of  the 
lanfl  proprietor.  John   MacVicar,  who  owned 


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one-half  of  Louisville  and  about  oiie-Iialf  of 
what  is  now  the  town  of  Norfolk,  then  Louis- 
ville, Mr.  MacX'icar  exchanging  land  in  Louis- 
ville for  what  Mr.  Miller  owned  in  Turin.  He 
superintended  lumbering  interests  for  Mr.  Mac- 
Vicar,  and  had  a  one-quarter  interest  in  the 
proceeds,  and  had  power  as  agent  for  the  pro- 
prietor to  sell  and  contract  sales  of  land.  Tim- 
ber sawn  into  three-inch  planks  (called  deal) 
was  run  down  Grasse  river  to  Massena  Point, 
then  rafted  and  run  down  the  St.  Lawrence 
to  Quebec,  and  he  continued  this  business  until 
1837.  George  Redington  bought  the  interests 
of  Mr.  MacVicar  in  1837,  including  his  lumber 
interests  and  gristmill,  also  all  lands,  for  $10,- 
000,  and  upon  his  death  in  1849,  twelve  years 
later,  he  was  reputed  to  be  worth  $300,000. 
After  the  purchase  by  Mr.  Redington,  Mr. 
Miller  ceased  to  act  as  agent.  Mr.  Miller  was 
a  local  preacher  in  the  Methodist  Episcopal 
church,  and  preached  on  every  alternate  Sun- 
day when  able.  He  was  instrumental  in  the 
laying  out  and  construction  of  the  Methodist 
Episcopal  church  at  Louisville,  called  for  him 
the  Millerville  Church,  built  in  1840,  and  being 
also  a  carpenter  and  one  of  the  trustees,  he 
practically  furnished  the  greater  part  of  the 
means  for  the  same,  his  son,  Levi  Jr.,  having 
the  contract  for  the  building.  Mr.  Miller  was 
one  of  the  trustees  of  the  church  for  many 
years. 

Mr.  Miller  married,  January  i,  1805,  Polly 
Doud,  born  in  Connecticut,  December  28,  1787, 
daughter  of  P>enjamin  Doud,  died  January  i, 
1875.  Children,  all  except  the  last  two  born 
in  Turin,  those  born  in  Louisville  :  i.  Amanda, 
born  October  20,  1805,  died  1859,  married 
Israel  G.  Stone.  2.  Levi,  June  20,  1807,  died 
September  4,  1890.  3.  Rana,  May  12,  1810, 
married  Rev.  A.  E.  Munson.  4.  William, 
April  26,  1812;  this  William  and  two  children 
not  named  died  in  infancy.  5.  John,  January 
23,  1816;  attorney  at  law  and  county  clerk  of 
St.  Lawrence  county.  New  York ;  dietl  at  Chi- 
cago, Illinois,  1899.  He  had  one  son,  John 
S.,  who  became  celebrated  as  attorney  in  the 
famous  Illinois  Central  Lake  Front  case,  and 
as  attorney  for  the  Standard  Oil  Company  and 
the  large  packing  houses  in  Chicago,  and  was 
the  inventor  of  the  now  famous  "Immunity 
Bath."  6.  Williain,  October  7,  1818;  living  at 
Fort  Ann,  New  York.  7.  Rufus  H.,  May  7, 
1821,  died  January  29,  1907.  8.  Mary  M., 
October  14,  1824;  married  Elias  Powers,  died 
August  10,  1866.    9.  James,  mentioned  below. 


(VII)  James,  son  of  Levi  Miller,  was  born 
January  16,  1830,  in  Louisville,  St.  Lawrence 
county.  New  York.  He  attended  the  district 
schools  and  later  Gouverneur  Academy.  As  a 
young  man  he  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and 
lived  on  the  homestead  settled  by  his  father. 
He  also  owned  a  mill  and  store  and  conducted 
them  both  for  several  years.  In  February, 
1887,  he  removed  to  Potsdam  in  order  to  give 
his  children  better  educational  advantages.  He 
acted  as  bookkeeper  for  his  nephew,  Nathan 
L.  Stone,  in  1887,  and  January  i,  1888,  bought 
G.  W.  Bayley's  interest  in  a  general  store  at 
Massena,  and  removed  thither  March  i,  1888. 
He  had  as  partner  his  son-in-law,  Frank  E. 
Bailey,  and  they  conducted  a  general  store  until 
May,  1896.  On  September  6,  1894,  he  was 
waylaid  and  robbed  on  the  sidewalk  near  his 
home  by  a  highwayman.  Edson  McCue,  who 
was  sent  for  a  term  of  thirty  years  to  Danne- 
mora  state  prison,  but  was  later  transferred  to 
the  prison  at  Auburn,  New  York,  where  he  is 
now  confined.  Since  then  Mr.  Miller  has  been 
indisposed  at  different  times  and  is  now  re- 
tired from  active  pursuits.  He  was  collector 
of  customs  at  the  port  of  Louisville  for  several 
years,  resigning  December  i,  1886,  on  the  eve 
of  his  removal  to  Potsdam.  He  also  served  as 
supervisor  in  Louisville  twice  during  the  civil 
war  period ;  as  justice  of  the  peace  for  twenty 
years  in  Louisville  and  four  years  in  Alassena, 
New  York  ;  and  also  served  as  township  clerk  of 
Louisville.  He  is  a  Methodist  in  religion,  hav- 
ing served  as  trustee  of  that  church  in  Louis- 
ville, and  was  superintendent  of  the  Sunday 
school  of  the  Methodist  churches  both  at  Louis- 
ville and  Massena  for  many  years.  He  is  a 
Republican  in  politics.  He  is  a  member  of 
Massena  Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons, 
and  has  also  been  its  master. 

Mr.  Miller  married,  February  13,  1855,  Sa- 
mantha  A.  Thomas,  born  in  Louisville,  April 
24,  1830.  died  April  12,  191 1,  at  Massena,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Henry  B.  and  Anna  Car- 
penter Thomas.  Children  :  i.  James  L.,  born  De- 
cember 10,  1855,  in  Louisville;  for  six  months 
during  the  year  1878  he  was  in  Cresco,  Iowa; 
in  1879  went  to  Augusta,  Wisconsin.  From 
there  he  went  to  Emmettsburg,  Iowa,  then  to 
Fern  Valley,  Iowa,  then  to  Janesville,  Wiscon- 
sin, where  he  remained  six  months,  studying 
telegraphy,  thence  to  Ashby,  Minnesota,  where 
he  served  as  telegrajih  operator  three  months, 
then  to  Minneapolis,  Minnesota,  January,  1881, 
where  he  has  since  remained.    He  is  employed 


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in  the  commission  house  of  Gamble,  Robinson 
Company,  222  to  226  North  Sixth  street,  Minne- 
apolis.   He  married  (first)  Nettie  Strunk,  Oc- 
tober 22,   1886;  she  died   May  27,    1887;  no 
children.     He  married  (second),  February  25, 
1891,   at   Minneapolis,  Jennie   Palmer.     Chil- 
dren: Bernice  Lydia,  born  November  4.  1892; 
James  Harold,  born  March  11,  1897.    2.  Helen 
A.,  born  October  18,  1857,  died  September  11, 
1890;  married,  at  Louisville,  October  23,  1878, 
John  A.  Oliver,  who  died  March  i,  1896,  aged 
forty-five  years.    Children :  George,  born  Sep- 
tember 7,   1879;  James  Andrew,  February  2. 
1881 ;  Jay  Elton,  October,  1886:  Jennie  Helen, 
September  7,  1890.     3.  George  A.,  born  May 
18,  i860;  educated  at  Potsdam  Normal  School 
and  Law  College  of  Syracuse  University ;  em- 
ployed as  bookkeeper  for  Oak  Knitting"  Com- 
pany  from   September    14,    1903.  to  May    14, 
1910;  now  salesman  for  a  Central  New  York 
company,  with  headquarters  in  Union  build- 
ing, Syracuse,  New  York.     He  married,  June 
24,  1901,  Eva  Dell  Gardner;  one  child,  Selma 
Louise,  born  June   15,   1902.     4.  Anna  Eliza- 
beth, born  February  13, 1862  ;  married,  May  27, 
1884,  Frank  E.  Bailey,  of  Louisville,  whence 
he  removed  to  Massena,  where  he  is  a  mer- 
chant.   Children  :  Mabel  Frances,  born  August 
4,  1886,  died  August  2^.  191 1  ;  Jennie  Florence, 
October  21,   1888;  Ruth,  July  20,   1893,  died 
March,    1895;  James    Miller,    July   31,    1896: 
Charles  Ansel,  September  6,   1898 ;  Frank  E. 
Jr.,  July  31,  1904.     5.  Jennie  M'.  Miller,  born 
January  5,  1865  ;  educated  at  Potsdam  Normal 
School ;   has   been   engaged   in   newspaper   re- 
porting; reporter  for  IVatertown  Daily  Times, 
also  typesetting  machine  operator;  was  with 
the   Binghamton    Herald,    1898-99;    Peekskill 
Evening  Nezvs,  1900,  and  with  Massena  Ob- 
server for  about  fifteen  years;  resides  in  Mas- 
sena.   6.  John  H.,  mentioned  below. 

(Vni)  John  Herbert,  son  of  James  Miller, 
was  born  in  Louisville,  New  York,  July  7, 
1869.  fie  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
Potsdam  Normal  School,  from  which  he  was 
graduated  in  the  classical  course.  He  then 
studied  law  in  the  ofifice  of  Judge  John  A. 
Vance,  surrogate  of  St.  Lawrence  county,  and 
was  surrogate's  clerk  under  Judge  Vance  until 
the  fall  of  1893,  when  he  entered  the  law  col- 
lege of  the  University  of  Michigan,  where  he 
took  the  two  years'  law  course  in  one  year  and 
graduated  in  1894  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
That  same  year  he  was  admitted  to  the  circuit 

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and  supreme  courts  of  Michigan.  He  then 
returned  east,  and  during  the  school  year  of 
1894-95  taught  school  in  Chenango  county. 
New  York.  In  January,  1896,  he  was  admit- 
ted to  the  bar  in  New  York  state  at  a  regular 
term  of  the  a])pellate  division  of  the  supreme 
court  held  at  Albany.  He  came  to  Marathon, 
New  York,  in  May  of  that  year,  and  bought 
out  the  library  and  business  of  an  old  practi- 
tioner and  began  the  practice  of  his  profession. 
He  was  admitted  to  practice  in  the  district  and 
circuit  courts  of  the  United  States  at  Utica 
New  York,  November  4,  1898.  His  work 
consists  chiefly  of  general  practice  in  United 
States  and  all  state  courts.  He  has  attained  a 
large  measure  of  success,  and  has  a  reputation 
as  a  safe  counselor  and  careful  practitioner, 
and  is  employed  in  many  important  causes.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  a  great  admirer 
of  the  policies  of  ex-Governor  and  present 
Justice  Hughes  and  Colonel  Theodore  Roose- 
velt. In  his  early  practice  he  was  a  justice  of 
the  peace  in  Marathon.  He  is  a  member  of 
Marathon  Lodge,  No.  167,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows,  and  of  the  Good  Government 
League  of  Marath.  .n.  In  religion  he  is  a  Meth- 
odist, and  is  chairman  of  the  board  of  trustees 
in  that  church.  He  is  popular  with  the  fel- 
low members  of  his  profession,  and  has  besides 
a  large  circle  of  friends  and  acquaintances. 

Mr.  Miller  married,  June  2,  1897,  Jessie  A., 
daughter  of  William  and  Melissa  ("Nichols) 
-Arnolds,  of  McDonough,  Chenango  county. 
New  York.  At  the  time  of  her  marriage  Mrs. 
Miller  was  at  the  head  of  the  senior  inter- 
mediate department  of  the  Marathon  high 
school.  They  have  two  children ;  Ruth  Vir- 
ginia, born  January  16,  1902;  Herbert  .Arnold. 
May  5,  1904. 


There  is  ample  record  that 
THOMPSON     several  of  this  name  were 

among  our  earliest  seven- 
teenth century  settlers.  Sir  William  Thompson, 
of  England,  was  the  owner  of  property  about 
Boston  and  his  coat-of-arms  has  come  down 
through  many  generations,  but  patient  research 
has  failed  to  establish  the  exact  connection  be- 
tween the  English  and  American  houses.  Ed- 
ward Thompson  came  over  in  the  "Mayflower" 
in  1620;  John,  brother  of  the  preceding,  came 
over  from  England  in  1643;  .Archibald  settled 
in  Marblehead  in  1637 ;  Edward  Tlioni[).son 
settled  in  Salem  in  1638;  Dr.  Benjamin  Thomp- 


m. 


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son  settled  in  Braintree  and  was  town  clerk  in 
1696,  and  left  at  his  death  eight  children  and 
twenty-eight  grandchildren. 

(I)  David  Thompson  was  one  of  the  three 
men  who  came  from  England  in  1623  under 
the  auspices  of  Mason  and  Gorges,  making 
the  first  settlement  in  New  Hampshire,  between 
Portsmouth  and  Dover.  David  Thompson 
came  from  London  and  is  said  by  Belknap  to 
have  been  a  Scotchman.  He  established  a 
fishery  at  Portsmouth,  and  was  the  builder  of 
Mason's  hall.  After  a  few  years  he  removed 
from  New  Hampshire  and  settled  on  an  island 
in  Boston  harbor,  wdiich  was  granted  to  him 
by  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony.  This  is 
still  known  as  Thompson's  Island,  and  was  a 
part  of  Dorchester  until  1834,  when  it  was  an- 
nexed to  Boston.  David  Thompson  married, 
in  England,  Amyas  Coles,  and  brought  chil- 
dren with  him  on  coming  to  America.  He  died 
soon  after  settling  on  Thompson's  Island,  and 
his  widow  subsequently  married' Samuel  Mav- 
erick, born  1602,  in  England,  a  son  of  Rev. 
John  Maverick,  of  Dorchester.  For  his  loyal 
and  good  service  to  the  crown  Samuel  Mav- 
erick was  granted  a  house  and  lot  in  the  city 
i:)f  New  York  at  the  point  now  known  as  No. 
50  Broadway. 

(II)  John,  son  of  David  and  Amyas  (Coles) 
Thompson,  was  born  about  1620,  came  over 
with  his  father  as  an  infant,  and  on  attaining 
manhood  resided  for  several  years  in  Wey- 
mouth, Massachusetts.  In  1663  the  town  of 
Mention,  in  Worcester  county,  which  com- 
prised several  of  the  present  towns  of  that 
commonwealth,  was  granted  to  thirteen  men  of 
Braintree  and  ten  of  Weymouth.  One  of  the 
latter  group  is  described  as  "Goodman  Thomp- 
son." In  the  early  records  of  Mendon  he  is 
called  John  Thomjjson  and  John  Thompson, 
Senior,  and  was  selectman  of  that  town  in 
1 667-7 1 -73-80-8 1.  In  1674  he  was  granted 
leave  to  keep  an  inn  and  joined  with  his  towns- 
men in  1681-85  in  jietitions  to  the  general  court. 
He  died  November  g.  1695.  The  baptismal 
name  of  his  wife  was  Sarah  and  they  had  chil- 
dren:  John,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  married, 
June  (),  1670,  John  .Mdrich:  Mehitable,  !uar- 
ried,  November  28,  1666,  Samuel  Hayward. 
He  had  other  children  not  on  the  record. 

(III)  John  (2),  eldest  child  of  John  (i) 
and  Sarah  Thompson,  was  born  about  1643 
(jrobably  in  Weymouth,  and  removed  to  Men- 
don with  his  father.  He  is  referred  to  in  the 
records  of  that  town  as  Ensign  John  Thomp- 


son :  was  selectman  several  years,  and  an  active 
and  honored  citizen.  \\'hen  the  second  meet- 
ing house  was  built  in  1694  he  bought  the  old 
building,  but  we  are  not  informed  what  use  he 
made  of  it.  He  owned  a  considerable  amount 
of  land,  and  iiis  name  as  grantor  and  grantee  is 
often  found  in  the  land  records  of  his  time. 
He  married,  in  1665,  Thankful  Woodland, 
baptized  August  9,  1646,  in  Dorchester,  Mas- 
sachusetts, daughter  of  John  and  Martha  Wood- 
land, of  that  town,  later  of  Mendon  and  Brain- 
tree. In  1670  the  town  of  Braintree  voted  to 
send  Widow  Woodland  to  Mendon  to  her  son 
Thompson,  "who  kindly  offers  to  receive  and 
keep  her."  Ensign  John  Thompson  died  Sep- 
tember 18,  17,39.  Children:  John,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  born  May  12,  1669;  Ebenezer, 
baptized  October  14,  1677,  at  Braintree;  Sam- 
uel, February  4,  1679;  Woodland,  January  27, 
1681,  settled  in  U.xbridge ;  Benjamin,  Septem- 
ber 17,  1684;  David,  May  24,  1687. 

(I\')  John  (3),  eldes't  child  of  John  (2) 
and  Tliankful  (Woodland)  Thompson,  was 
born  December  25,  1667,  in  Mendon.  He  re- 
sided in  that  town  and  Medfield  until  after 
1696,  and  then  in  Bellingham,  dying  in  the  last 
town,  March  6,  1749.  He  married,  about  1688, 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Hatmah 
(Albee)  Wight,  of  Medfield,  born  in  1667, 
died  November  24,  1759.  Her  parents  were 
married  in  1663,  the  father  being  a  son  of 
Thomas  Wight,  wdio  came  from  the  Isle  of 
Wight  with  his  wife  Alice,  and  their  three  sons, 
locating  in  Watertown,  Massachusetts,  in  1636; 
was  later  in  Dedham,  made  a  freeman  in  1640, 
and  was  one  of  the  thirteen  original  proprietors 
of  Medfield,  where  he  settled  in  the  latter  part 
of  1652.  Children:  John,  born  December  28, 
1689;  Hannah,  .April  20,  1692;  Mary,  March 
16,  1694;  Samuel,  July  2,  1696;  Joseph.  Octo- 
ber 19,  1698;  Jonathan,  mentioned  below; 
Benjamin,  April  28,  1703;  Martha,  March  28, 
1705;  Peter,  March  20,  1708;  Abigail. 

(V)  Jonathan,  second  son  of  John  (3)  and 
Hannah  (Wight)  Thompson,  was  born  Octo- 
ber 2;j,.  1700,  in  MedfieM,  and  resided  in  Bell- 
ingham. .Massachusetts,  where  he  died  June  7, 
1782,  in  his  eighty-third  year.  (Private  rec- 
ords say  he  died  in  1783).  His  wife,  Hannah, 
died  Mav  20,  1761,  according  to  private  rec- 
ords. Seven  children  were  recorcled  in  Bell- 
ingham: Eunice,  born  November  21,  1726,  died 
unmarried,  March  24,  1823;  Hannah,  Novem- 
ber 28,  1728;  Jonathan,  September  6,  1731, 
marrietl,  .\|)ri!  10,  1754:  Jemima  Baxter;  .\h\- 


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gail,  Se-pteinber  27,  1735 ;  Caleb,  mentioned 
below;  David,  March  21,  1740,  married  (first) 
Lucy  Blake,  (second)  Eunice  Blake:  John, 
June  8,  1744. 

( \'I )  Caleb,  second  son  of  Jonathan  and 
Hannah  Tlmmjjson,  was  born  November  5, 
1737,  in  Bellinghani.  He  served  as  a  private 
in  Lieutenant  John  Trask's  company.  Colonel 
David  Leonard's  regiment,  of  the  revolution- 
ary army,  eidisting  h'ebruary  26,  1777.  and  was 
<Iischarged  April  10,  of  the  same  year,  having 
served  forty-four  days  in  the  expedition  to 
Ticonderoga,  including  travel  (one  hundred 
and  eighty  miles)  home.  He  died  in  1828, 
probably  at  Monson,  Massachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried, December  21.  1768,  in  Bellinghani,  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Xoah  Alden.  The  last  named 
was  born  May  30,  1725,  in  Middleboro,  Massa- 
chusetts, moved  to  Staffortl,  Connecticut,  in 
1749,  and  in  1766,  to  Bellinghani,  where  he 
died  May  5,  1797,  aged  seventy-two  years.  The 
church  records  say  he  died  May  6,  and  the  town 
records  give  the  date  as  May  5.  He  died  in  the 
forty-third  year  of  his  public  ministry,  thirty- 
one  of  which  he  spent  in  Bellinghani.  He  was 
a  descendant  of  the  Puritan,  Hon.  John  Alden, 
through  the  following :  Joseph,  son  of  John 
and  Priscilla  (Mullins)  Alden,  married  Mary 
Simmons,  and  their  son  John  married  Hannah 
White,  he  and  his  wife  becoming  parents  of 
Rev.  Noah  Alden,  who  was  received  into  the 
Middleboro  Congregational  Church,  March  7, 
1742,  dismissed  to  the  Congregational  church 
at  StafTord  in  1749,  and  a  member  there  until 
1753,  when  he  changed  his  religious  views  and 
became  a  Baptist  minister,  being  ordained  in 
Stafford,  June  5,  1755,  and  in  Bellinghani,  Xo- 
veniber  12,  1766.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
convention  for  adopting  the  constitution  of 
Massachusetts  in  1780,  and  of  the  convention 
which  adopted  the  constitution  of  the  United 
.States  in  1788.  He  is  spoken  of  in  various 
records  as  a  pious  and  worthy  man.  He  was 
one  of  the  four  ministers  who  formed  the 
Warren  association  in  1767.  His  marriage 
with  Joanna  (or  Mary)  Vaughn  is  recorded  at 
Middleboro,  March  4,  1744.  They  had  chil- 
dren as  follows :  Joanna,,  Lucy,  Rutli,  Elisha, 
Israel,  Noah,  Lydia,  and  perhaps  others.  Chil- 
dren as  follows  were  born  to  Caleb  and  Lydia 
Thompson,  as  recorded  at  Bellinghani :  Joel, 
February  13,  1770;  Silence,  June  21,  1771, 
died  June  22,  1771  ;  Hannah,  June  3,  1773, 
died  in  1788;  Freelove,  June  10,  1776:  Zenus. 
mentioned  below;   Rhufus,  born   in   Mention. 


July  9,  1782 ;  Susanna,  October  21,  1785  ;  Han- 
nah, October  7,  1789. 

(VH)  Zenus,  second  son  of  Caleb  and 
Lydia  (Alden)  Thompson,  was  born  Alarch  9, 
1779,  as  recorded  in  the  Bellinghani  records, 
which  say  he  was  born  in  the  adjoining  tow'n  of 
Mil  ford.  He  had  but  limited  opportunity  for 
education,  and  during  his  minority  learned  the 
trade  of  shoemaker  with  his  brother  Joel  at 
Providence,  Rhode  Island.  I^'or  a  short  time 
he  resided  in  the  town  of  Monson,  Massachu- 
setts, and  subsequently  in  the  adjoining  town 
of  .Stafford.  Tolland  county,  Connecticut, 
whence  he  removed  in  1805  to  Butternuts,  Ot- 
sego county.  New  York,  where  he  was  one  of 
the  pioneer  settlers.  In  1827  he  removed  to 
East  Freetown,  Cortland  county,  and  settled 
on  a  farm  at  the  Corners,  subsequently  remov- 
ing to  Lapeer,  Cortland  county,  and  there  died 
November  12,  1 831.  He  married  (first),  De- 
cember 25,  1803,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Abner  and 
Betsey  (Cross)  Wood,  of  Stafford,  Connecti- 
cut, born  in  1779,  died  March  2^.  1837.  Abner 
Wood  was  an  ensign  in  the  revolvitionary  army. 
He  married  (second),  June  ig,  1839,  Mrs. 
Patience  Church,  of  Lajieer,  born  in  1799,  in 
Brattleboro.  Vermont,  died  in  1876.  When  he 
removed  to  Otsego  county  he  purchased  a 
farm,  east  quarter  of  lot  No.  59,  consisting  of 
fifty  acres,  for  one  hundred  dollars,  having  on 
it  a  log  house  and  a  few  acres  of  clear  land. 
While  residing  at  East  Freetown  he  engaged 
in  farming  and  upon  his  removal  to  Lapeer 
purchased  a  small  farm  there.  In  1802  Mr. 
Thompson  became  a  member  of  the  Methodist 
Fpiscoi)al  church,  and  soon  after  his  marriage 
his  wife  also  became  a  member.  His  body 
was  deposited  in  the  Loop  burying  ground  on 
the  road  leading  from  East  Freetown  to  Solon. 
Children  of  the  first  marriage:  i.  Rufus  Al- 
den, mentioned  below.  2.  Elniira  T.,  born 
October  10,  1806;  married  Lyman  Peck,  and 
died  in  1896.  3.  .\pollus  Z.,  1808,  died  1874. 
4.  Laurinda  S.,  1810:  married  (first)  Henry 
Cameron,  (second)  William  Raymond,  died 
in  1883.  5.  Hiram,  1812.  6.  Mary  P.,  May  6. 
18 1  J.:  married  (first)  Nathan  Peck,  (second) 
David  Randall.  7.  Julia  Freelove,  i8i8: 
married  Henry  Loomis,  died  1848.  8.  Betsey 
Helinda,  October  27.  1821  ;  marrietl  (first) 
Stephen  N.  Peck,  (second)  Henry  Loomis. 
There  was  one  child  of  the  second  marriage, 
Augusta,  who  married  Lee  Johnson,  of  La- 
peer. 

(X'lII)    Rufus   Alden,  eldest  son  of  Zenus 


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and  Sarah  (Wood)  Thompson,  was  born  Jan- 
uary 7,  1805,  in  Stafford,  Tolland  county,  Con- 
necticut, died  April  18,  1890,  in  Sidney,  New 
York.  About  1822  he  went  to  Masonville  from 
Butternuts,  New  York.  There  he  learned  to 
be  a  tanner,  currier  and  shoemaker,  and  car- 
ried on  the  business.  He  bought  out  Mr. 
Ketchum  and  for  several  years  carried  on  the 
manufacture  of  leather,  boots  and  shoes.  In 
1829  he  built  a  tannery  and  residence  at  Solon 
Corners,  Cortland  county,  New  York,  where 
he  carried  on  the  tanning  business  until  1835, 
when  he  returned  to  Alasonville.  He  contin- 
ued tanning  and  shoemaking  and  then  settled 
on  a  farm  some  two  miles  from  Unadilla,  in 
Delaware  county.  New  York.  In  1855  he  sold 
his  farm  to  his  son,  Foster  W.  Thompson,  and 
continued  farming  at  Masonville  until  1882. 
He  then  removed  to  Sidney,  where  the  remain- 
der of  his  life  was  passed.  From  early  man- 
hood Mr.  Thompson  was  a  member  of  the 
Methodist  Episcojial  church,  consistent  in  his 
Christian  life.  His  life  impressed  all  who 
were  acquainted  w-ith  him.  His  honesty  of 
purpose  in  all  matters,  his  integrity,  his  con- 
scientious regard  for  the  rights  of  others  and 
his  uniform  courtesy  and  kindness  of  heart 
made  him  respected  wherever  he  dwelt. 

He  married  (first),  January  11,  1828,  l^ru- 
dence  Emiline  Wells,  born  1812,  died  1843, 
daughter  of  Levi  Wells,  a  farmer  of  Mason- 
ville, antl  Electa,  his  wife. 

He  married  (second),  in  184",  Sylvia  S.. 
born  January  20,  1821.  died  October  18,  1894. 
daughter  of  Joseph  Allen  and  Eleanor  (Fos- 
ter) Clark,  of  Masonville.  There  were  three 
children  of  the  first  marriage:  i.  Foster  Wells, 
born  1830,  died  December  4,  1895;  resided  on 
the  paternal  homestead,  and  was  a  leading 
farmer  and  citizen  of  Unadilla.  He  married. 
January  15,  1855,  Sarah  Dewey,  born  Jan- 
uary 4,  1833.  daughter  of  Daniel  Dewey,  born 
October  18,  1789,  and  Bethane  (Follett) 
Dewey,  born  August  4,  1800,  married  August 
28,  1822.  Children :  i.  Clara,  born  April  7, 
1858,  married,  November  22,  1881,  Frank 
Wiiite,  born  May  6,  1858,  now  residing  at  Una- 
dilla, New  York ;  children :  a.  Samuel  N., 
born  .August  22,  1882;  b.  Earl  Foster,  born 
r)ctober  6,  1888;  c.  Ruth,  born  July  23,  1892, 
died  August  18,  1894;  d.  Sarah  Amelia,  born 
December  23,  1895;  e.  Marion  Louise,  born 
December  21,  1899.  ii.  Charles  E.  Thompson, 
D.  D.  S.,  born  January  30,  i860;  now  residing 
at    Oxford,    New     York;    married     Florence 


Wheeler,  born  May  27,  1862;  children:  a. 
Paul  Wheeler  Thompson,  born  December  7, 
1888,  graduate  of  Cornell  University,  class  of 
iQio,  now  one  of  the  faculty;  b.  Julia  Atwood 
Thompson,  born  May  27,  1894,  student  of 
Wells,  New  York.  2.  Electa  Olivia,  born  1832, 
died  1840.  3.  Sarah  Emeline,  born  1837; 
married  Gardner  L.  Rider,  of  Masonville; 
children:  i.  Fred,  now  residing  at  Masonville, 
New  York;  ii.  Edith,  married  Arville  Dean, 
both  deceased.  Children  of  second  marriage: 
4.  Ellen  Almira,  born  1848;  married  (first) 
Jeremiah  Ward,  (second)  Silas  Pindar,  of 
Bakersfield.  California,  now  living  at  Sidney, 
New  York.  5.  Dr.  Rufus  Allen,  mentioned 
below.  6.  Florence  Edith,  born  1856,  died 
June  22.  1892;  married  Charles  H.  Culver,  of 
North  Walton,  New  York ;  children :  i.  Cur- 
tis, residing  at  Oneonta,  New  York;  ii.  Lulu, 
married  and  residing  at  Walton,  New  York. 
7.  Chauncey  Clark,  born  1859,  died  1880. 

(IX)  Dr.  Rufus  .Mien  Thompson,  second 
child  of  Rufus  Alden  and  Sylvia  S.  (Clark) 
Thompson,  was  born  November  30,  1853,  in 
.Sidney,  New  York.  He  received  his  degree, 
M.  D.,  from  the  L^niversity  of  New  York  in 
1879.  He  practiced  medicine  at  Sidney  and 
Franklin.  New  York,  until  1886.  After  a 
course  of  special  study  he  located  in  Norwich, 
.New  York,  in  1888,  where  he  now  resides, 
engaged  in  the  active  practice  of  his  profession. 
He  married,  December  25,  1878,  Rosa  Belle, 
daughter  of  James  Henry  and  Huldah  .\. 
(  I'eck)  Moulton  (.see  Moulton  IX),  Dr. 
and  Mrs.  Thompson  have  one  daughter,  Eliza- 
beth Moulton,  born  October  13,  1886:  she  is 
a  graduate  of  Syracuse  University,  class  of 
11)09,  '"I'l  '^  "O'^^'  o"^  "^  '^'''^  faculty  of  the 
Norwich  high   school. 

(The  Clark   Line). 

The  family  herein  mentioned  does  not  seem 
to  have  any  connection  with  the  numerous 
other  Clark  families  early  planted  in  America. 
With  the  usual  tendency  for  adding  an  "e"  to 
every  word  on  the  part  of  the  early  immi- 
grants that  letter  was  frequently  used  as  a 
termination  of  this  name  in  the  New  Eng- 
land records.  It  has  been  discarded,  however, 
by  later  generations. 

( 1  )  Richard  Clarke,  of  Rowley,  Massa- 
chusetts, probably  came  with  the  party  of 
Rev.  Ezekiel  Rogers  from  the  East  Riding  of 
Yorkshire,  England,  in  1638,  and  settled  in 
Rowley,   in    April   of  the   following  year.      \n 


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1643  Richard  Clarke  purchased  a  lot  of  one 
and  a  half  acres  on  Bedford  street,  which  was 
owned  by  his  descendants  as  recently  as  1883. 
In  1661  he  was  allowed  one  and  a  half  "gates" 
in  the  division  of  common  land.  In  1656  and 
1660  he  was  overseer,  and  selectman  in  iC>(jCi. 
He  died  before  May  31,  1674,  when  his  will 
was  proved,  and  as  this  docimnent  does  not 
mention  his  wife  she  was  probably  not  living 
when  it  was  executed.  His  marriage  was  the 
second  in  the  town,  August  6,  1643,  but  the 
family  name  of  his  wife,  Alice,  is  not  men- 
tioned in  the  record.  They  had  children : 
Judah,  Hester,  Mary,  John,  Martha.  Only 
two  of  these  were  living  wlien  his  will  was 
made.  Hester,  wife  of  Jonathan  Hopkinson, 
received  by  will  one-third  oi  his  estate,  the 
remainder  going  to  his  son,  John. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Richard  and  Alice  Clarke, 
was  born  May  26,  1650,  in  Rowley,  died  there 
December  21,  1736,  referred  to  in  the  church 
record  of  his  death  as  "a  good  old  man."  He 
married,  January  10,  1672,  Mary,  born  Decem- 
ber 12,  1653,  daughter -of  John  Poore,  of 
Newbury.  John  Poore  was  born  in  Wiltshire, 
England,  about  161 5.  and  came  to  America 
in  1635,  settling  on  the  neck  in  Newbury  on 
the  road  from  Newbury  to  Rowley.  No  record 
of  his  wife  appears.  John  Clarke  had  chil- 
dren: Sarah,  Richard,  John,  Judah,  Mary, 
Hester,  Martha,  Ebenezer,  Jonatlian,  Joseph, 
Henjamin. 

(III)  Richard  (2),  eldest  son  of  John  and 
Mary  (Poore)  Clarke,  was  born  November 
10,  1677,  in  Rowley,  and  died  there  of  small- 
]jox,  July  II,  1730.  His  will  made  nine  days 
before  his  death  disposed  of  real  estate  valued 
at  nine  hundred  and  ninety-four  pounds,  five 
shillings,  and  personal  propertv  to  the  value 
of  eigiity-three  pounds,  ten  shillings  and  two 
pence.  This  estate  was  subsequently  increased 
by  one  hundred  and  fifty  pounds,  and  the  de- 
duction of  debts  proven  left  a  net  value  of  one 
thousand  pounds  and  four  shillings.  This 
was  one  of  the  largest  estates  in  Essex  county 
at  that  time.  He  married  (first),  December  2, 
1702.  Abigail,  daughter  of  John  and  Abigail 
Wickom,  who  died  October  17,  1722.  He  mar- 
ried f second).  August  9,  I72f>,  Abigail,  daugh- 
ter of  Tosenh  Kilborn.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Abigail,  John,  Richard,  Thomas,  Simon,  Eben- 
ezer, and  two  infants  who  died  unnamed. 
There  were  two  infant  children  of  the  second 
wife,  who  died  unnatncd.  The  second  perished 
from  small-pox. 


(I\')  Simon  Clark,  fourth  son  of  Richard 
(2)  and  Abigail  (Wickom)  Clarke,  was  born 
Xovembcr  4,  17 14,  in  Rowley,  and  settled  in 
Stafford,  Connecticut,  in  the  spring  of  1738. 
He  received  a  deed  of  one  hundred  acres  of 
land  there,  March  28,  of  that  year,  and  in  De- 
cember of  the  following  year  he  soki  one-half 
of  this  to  his  brother,  Ebenezer,  who  resided 
in  Mansfield,  Connecticut.  Simon  Clark  mar- 
ried Ruth  Taylor,  of  Scituate,  their  intentions 
recorded  in  Rowley,  May  13,  1738. 

(V)  Simon  (2),  eldest  son  of  Simon  (1) 
and  Ruth  (Taylor)  Clark,  was  born  about 
1739,  in  Stafiford,  and  undoubtedly  passed  his 
life  there. 

[VI]  Simon  (3),  eldest  son  of  Simon  (2) 
Clark,  was  born  May  18,  1760,  in  Stafford, 
died  January  9,  1840,  in  Alasonville,  New 
York.  He  married  Sarah  Allen,  born  May  13, 
1764,  in  Mansfield,  Connecticut,  baptized  May 
12,  17O5.  died  December  16,  1840,  in  Mason- 
ville,  New  York,  daughter  of  Hezekiah  and 
Sarah  (Cushman)  Allen,  of  Massachusetts. 
Children:  Jose]ih  .Mien.  Daniel.  Seth.  Thomas, 
John,  Mary. 

(\TI)  Joseph  Allen,  son  of  Simon  (3)  and 
Sarah  (Allen)  Clark,  was  born  June  14,  1792, 
in  Stafl^ord,  died  May  17,  1875,  '"  Bennetts- 
ville.  New  York.  He  was  a  farmer  and  lum- 
berman and  a  P>aptist  in  religion.  The  family 
were  stalwart  both  |:)hysically  and  mentally, 
progressive  and  enterprising.  He  married 
April  23,  181 5,  Eleanor  Foster,  born  October 
12,  1795,  '"  Cherry  Valley,  New  York,  died 
October  8,  1862.  in  East  Mason ville.  New 
York,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Eleanor  (Mor- 
ris) Foster.  Children:  Lucy  L.,  born  Febru- 
ary 24,  1817,  died  May  18.  1904;  Sarah.  No- 
vember 2,  1819,  died  April  14,  1896:  Sylvia 
.'^..  January  20,  1821,  died  October  18,  1894; 
Cynthia.  December  10,  1822.  died  January  17, 
1008;  Milo  P.,  November  30,  1824,  died 
March  27,  1901  ;  Betsey,  Marcli  4,  1827,  died 
February  9,  1905:  Robert  W.,  July  5,  1829, 
livins:  in  East  Masonville,  New  York ;  Simon, 
April  I,  1831,  died  February  26,  1906;  Joseph 
A.,  September  5,  1833,  died  October  13,  1004; 
.Hulda,  June  8,  1836.  died  March  27,  1865; 
Cicorpe  b.,  .Auijust  8.  iSas.  died  in  infancy. 

(YIII)  Svlvia  S.,  ilaughter  of  Joseph 
Allen  and  Eleanor  (Foster)  Clark,  was  born 
January  20,  1821,  died  October  18.  i8()4,  in 
Sidney,  New  York.  She  married,  March  30, 
1847,  Rufns  Alden  Thompson,  of  Sidney, 
New  York  (see  Thompson  VIII). 


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i  (The  Moulton  Line). 

In  the  year  ro66  a  Norman  follower  of  Wil- 
liam the  Con(|ueror  named  Thomas  Multon, 
or  de  Multon,  accomjianied  his  chief  into  Eng- 
land, and  after  the  battle  of  Hastings  was  re- 
warded for  his  services  with  large  grants  of 
land  in  Lincolnshire.  Here  he  built  castles 
and  religious  establishments,  maintained  a 
retinue  of  soldiers,  laborers  and  priests,  and 
lived  the  life  of  a  feudatory  of  the  king.  From 
this  Norman  the  Moultons  of  England  and 
America  are  saifl  to  have  sprung.  Between 
the  time  of  the  first  Sir  Thomas  and  the  pres- 
ent, twenty-five  generations  of  Moultons  have 
been  born,  and  through  nine  generations,  from 
the  battle  of  Hastings,  there  continued  to  be 
some  brave  knights  liearing  the  name  of  Sir 
Thomas,  who  were  ready  to  respond  to  the 
King's  call  to  arms.  .Sir  Thomas  of  the  fourth 
generation  was  sheriff  during  the  ninth  and 
tenth  years  of  King  John's  dynasty,  and  in 
the  fifteenth  year  of  his  reign  attended  the  king 
in  his  expedition  to  Poitou.  Two  years  later 
he  was  taken  into  arms  with  the  rebellious 
barons  and  imprisoned  in  the  castle  of  Corff. 
This  was  the  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  whose 
name  appears  ii])()n  the  magna  charta  as  one  of 
the  English  barons  who  wrung  this  great  muni- 
ment of  liberty  from  an  unwilling  king.  The 
fifth  Sir  Thomas  de  Moulton,  Sir  Walter 
Scott  took  as  a  leading  character  in  his  dra- 
matic story,  "The  Talisman."  Being  a  trusted 
friend  of  Richard  Coeur  de  Lion,  and  pos- 
sessing great  physical  power,  he  was  the  ad- 
miration and  envy  of  the  knights  at  the  great 
tournaments  of  England.  In  the  Holy  Land 
he  was  a  leading  crusader,  and  was  of  all  the 
knights  the  nearest  to  the  king.  Indeed,  when 
Richard's  sickness  laiil  him  low,  Sir  Thomas 
was  the  ruler  de  facto.  Sir  Walter  Scott 
claims  that  in  "The  Talisman"  some  parts 
are  fanciful,  but  that  so  far  as  King  Richard 
and  Sir  Thomas  Moulton  arc  concerned  he 
has  followed  English  history.  From  such 
men  as  these  are  the  American  Moultons  of 
this  day,  and  among  them  are  many  who  are 
the  peers  of  their  ancestors  or  of  their  fel- 
low citizens  in  those  qualities  of  head  and 
heart  which  make  men  leaders  and  trusted 
companions  of  other  men.  "All  branches  of 
the  Moulton  family  had  arms  with  devices 
somewhat  different  from  each  other  in  minor 
details,  yet  alike  in  the  main,  viz :  .A  plain  field, 
either  of  silver  or  blue;  crossed  by  three  hori- 
zontal   bars,   generally    red,   sometime    sable. 


This  continued  several  hundred  years,  down 
to  the  arms  which  were  granted  in  1571  by 
the  records,  described  as  follows :  Argent, 
three  bars  (gules)  between  eight  escalloped 
shells,  sable,  three,  two,  two  and  one.  Crest : 
On  a  pellet  a  falcon  rising  argent.  Granted  in 
1 57 1."  The  name  appears  in  various  forms, 
as  Multon,  Muleton,  Moleton,  Moulson  and 
Moulton.  Three  Moultons — Thomas,  John 
and  William,  supposed  to  be  brothers,  settled 
at  Winnacunnett,  now  Hampton,  New  Hamp- 
shire, and  from  these  all  or  nearly  all  the 
Moultons   of   New   England   are   descendants. 

( I )  Robert  Moulton  came  from  England 
in  1629  accompanied  by  his  brother,  James, 
and  son,  Robert,  in  the  ship  "George  Bona- 
venture,"  in  the  fleet  sent  with  supplies  to 
Governor  ILndicott.  He  was  a  ship  builder 
and  was  in  charge  of  the  tools  and  supplies 
on  the  vessel,  and  was  employed  by  the  Lon- 
don Company  to  build  ships  for  the  Massa- 
chusetts Bay  Colony.  He  settled  first  at  Sa- 
lem, Massachusetts,  and  probably  carried  on 
his  ship  building  at  the  present  Fowler  and 
P)Oston  streets  at  the  head  of  North  river.  He 
flied  at  his  residence  there  in  1655.  He  was 
made  a  freeman.  May  18.  1631,  and  had  a  farm 
in  Salem  village,  now  Peabody.  From  1630 
to  1635  he  resided  in  Charlestown,  near  the 
Charlestown  end  of  the  Chelsea  bridge,  at  a 
place  still  known  as  Moulton  Point,  where  he 
owned  a  house.  This  is  the  point  at  which 
the  British  forces  landed  when  they  made 
the  attack  on  Bunker  Hill.  The  name  is  also 
still  preserved  by  Moulton  street.  Robert 
Moulton  was  a  very  prominent  and  influential 
citizen,  and  represented  both  >  Salem  and 
Charlestown  in  the  general  court,  being  deputy 
from  the  latter  town  in  1634.  He  had  chil- 
dren :  Robert  and  Dorothy.  The  latter  be- 
came the  wife  of  an  Edwards.  By  his  will  his 
farm  was  left  to  his  son  and  grandson  Robert, 
and  to  his  daughter  twenty  marks  and  two  pil- 
lowbers. 

(II)  Robert  (2),  son  of  Robert  (i)  Moul- 
ton, was  an  adult  when  he  accompanied  his 
father  to  Salem,  and  was  granted  land  by  the 
town  in  Salem  village,  where  he  lived  and  died 
in  the  fall  of  1665.  He  was  rector  of  an  Epis- 
copal church  at  Salem  in  1640,  but  the  contin- 
uance of  this  church  was  prevented  by  Gover- 
nor Endicott,  who  considered  it  contrary  to 
public  policy.  He  married,  in  the  soring  of 
1641,  .Abigail  Goode,  a  niece  of  Emanuel 
Downing,  who  died  in  the  same  year  as  her 


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husband.      Children :    Abigail,    Robert,    John, 
Samuel,  Joseph,   Mariam,  Mary,  Hannah. 

(III)  Robert  (3),  eldest  son  of  Robert  (2) 
and  Abigail  (Goode)  Moulton,  was  baptized 
June  23,  1644,  in  Salem,  in  which  town  he 
made  his  home  and  died  in  1731.  He  married 
there,  July  17,  1672,  Mary  Cook,  and  had 
children :  Mary,  Robert,  Ebenezer,  Abigail, 
Samuel,  Martha,  Hannah. 

(IV)  Robert  (4).  eldest  son  of  Robert  (3) 
and  Mary  (Cook)  Moulton,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 3,  1675,  in  Salem,  where  he  resided  until 
about  1708,  when  he  removed  to  Windham, 
Connecticut.  In  1721  he  removed  thence  to 
Brimfield,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
August  25,  1756.  He  was  a  distinguished  in- 
habitant of  the  town,  and  its  first  rejiresenta- 
tive  in  the  colonial  legislature.  .\t  the  first 
town  meeting  in  1731  he  was  moderator  and 
was  chosen  town  clerk  and  chairman  of  the  five 
selectmen.  He  was  also  moderator  in  1733, 
and  both  selectman  and  assessor  in  1732-33. 
He  married,  April  12.  1698,  in  Beverly,  Han- 
nah &OVCS,  of  that  town,  who  survived  him. 
Children :  Hannah,  Robert,  Mary,  .\bigail. 
Lois,  Lydia,  Ebenezer,  Mehitable,  Samuel,  Su- 
sanna, Jose]jh,  Freeborn,  John. 

(V)  Samuel,  third  son  of  Robert  (4)  and 
Hannah  (Groves)  Moulton,  was  born  June  15, 
1 7 14,  in  Windham,  and  resided  in  Brimfield 
and  Monson,  Massachusetts,  adjoining  towns. 
He  became  the  proprietor  of  a  tract  of  land 
which  he  cleared  up  and  whereon  he  erected 
a  log  cabin  before  taking  a  wife.  Not  long 
after  his  marriage  he  exchanged  pro])erties 
with  his  brother.  Ebenezer,  and  became  owner 
and  occupant  of  what  is  termed  the  "Old 
Wales  Tavern  .Stand,"  where  he  opened  and 
for  several  years  kept  the  first  inn  in  the  town. 
He  married,  January  30,  1739.  Mary  Haines, 
and  both  were  living  in  1768.  Children:  Sam- 
uel, Robert,  Mary,  Lois,  Dorcas,  Lydia,  Solo- 
mon, John. 

(VI)  Robert  (5).  second  son  of  Sanniel 
and  Mary  (  Haines )  Moulton,  was  born  about 
1744.  in  Brimfield,  and  resided  in  South  Brim- 
field, now  Wales.  Massachusetts,  and  removed 
thence  after  his  children  were  born  to  the 
nearby  town  of  Stafford,  Connecticut.  He 
married  Judith  Morgan  and  had  children : 
Mary,  Patty,  .Samuel,  Rosa.  Robert,  Horace. 
Nye,  Solomon. 

(VII)  Samuel,  eldest  son  of  Robert  (5) 
and  Judith  (Morgan)  Moulton.  was  born 
August  22.   1784,  in  .South  Brimfield,  and  re- 


sided for  a  time  in  Stafford,  Connecticut. 
-About  1805  lit-'  settled  in  the  town  of  Butter- 
nuts, Otsego  county,  New  York,  where  he  died 
May  3,  1844.  He  married  Asidna  Hendricks, 
who  died  June  19,  1850,  aged  sixty-three  years. 
Their  children  were:  Samuel,  Ascenith,  Caro- 
line, Haiuiah,  Jared,  Justin,  Jane.  Fdizabeth, 
James  Henry. 

(VIII)  James  Henr_\'.  .son  of  Samuel  and 
-Asidna  (Hendricks)  Aioulton,  was  burn  No- 
vember 17,  1818,  in  P.utternuts,  <lied  October 
17,  1866,  in  the  same  town.  He  married,  De- 
cember 25,  185 1,  Huldah  -\lbina  Peck,  born 
February  5.  1829,  died  September  28,  1907, 
daughter  of  Enos  and  Ccjndice  (Sweet)  Peck. 
Children  uf  James  Henry  and  Huldah  Al- 
bina  (Peck)  Moulton  are:  i.  Ella  Jane,  born 
.August  I,  1853;  married,  January  25,  1870, 
Cyrus  Henry  Graves;  now  residing  at  Mt. 
Upton,  -Vew  A^ork :  child:  Lulu  Grace,  born 
January  18.  1873:  married.  Se])tember  16. 
189(1,  I'red  She])ard  Rockwell,  of  Mt.  Upton. 
New  A^ork  ;  they  have  one  son,  Howard  Cyrus, 
born  December  10,  1905.  2.  James  Henry. 
Jr..  born  Alarch  22,  1856,  died  March  4,  18^13. 
3.  Rosa  lielle  (see  forward).  4.  Will  Cassius, 
born  November  15,  1859;  attorney-at-law : 
married  Ruble  Coon,  born  Seiitember  4,  i8(>3: 
children:  William  Connell,  born  -April  7,1888; 
Genevive  Rose,  .August  15,  1889:  Robert  Stan- 
ton, July  24.  1890,  died  -August  19,  1891  ;  Har- 
old Aleredith,  January  5,  1892:  Winifred, 
-August  18.  1894;  Clifford,  February  24,  i8ij<j. 

( IX)  Rosa  Belle,  daughter  of  James  Henry 
and  Huldah  .Albina  (  Peck)  Moulton,  was  born 
November  18.  1S57.  in  Gilbertsville.  and  was 
marrieil  December  25,  1878,  to  Dr.  Rufus  .'M- 
len  Thompson,  then  of  Masonville,  New  A'ork 
(see  Thompson  IX). 


The  surname  .Merseieau 
MKRSERE.XU  was  originally  spelled 
.Mercereau,  and  is  of  an- 
cient I'Vench  origin,  -\fter  the  Revocation  of 
the  E'Hct  of  Nantes  in  1685  and  the  ])ersecu- 
tion  of  the  Huguenots  following,  there  was  a 
general  exodus  of  the  French  Protestants.  Se- 
cretly and  by  night,  often  in  strange  disguises, 
fraught  with  great  suffering  an<l  beset  by 
dangers  on  every  side,  they  fled  in  great  num- 
bers to  -Switzerland,  Germany  and  England, 
and  not  a  few  made  their  way  to  .America. 
.Among  the  latter  was  the  widow  of  Captain 
John  Mersereau.  who  with  her  three  sons. 
Joshua,   Paul   .-md   Daniel,  and   two  claughters. 


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Mary  and  Elizabeth,  fled  to  England  in  1685. 
Of  these  ehildren,  Paul  remained  in  England, 
the  other  four  with  their  mother  continued 
their  flight  to  this  country.  Their  father,  a 
man  of  great  force  of  character  and  energy, 
a  son  of  General  Joshua  Mersereau,  had  died 
many  years  before.  They  intended  to  settle  at 
Philadelphia,  but  were  driven  by  stress  of 
weather  to  Xew  York  and  found  a  home  on 
Staten  Islantl.  There  the  mother  died,  and  was 
buried  in  the  old  French  churchyard.  Eliza- 
beth married  Pierre  Masse;  Mary  married 
John  La  Tourette,  and  was  at  Schenectady, 
New  York,  at  the  time  of  the  massacre  of 
i6go;  her  husband  and  children  were  slain  and 
she  was  scal]jed  and  left  for  dead,  but  recov- 
ered and  sjient  the  rest  of  her  life  in  the  home 
of  her  elder  brother  Joshua,  on  Staten  Island, 
wearing  a  ca])  to  conceal  the  nakeilness  of  her 
skull. 

(II)  Joshua,  S(jn  of  Captain  John  Merser- 
lau,  married  July  16,  1693,  Marie  Chedaine. 
He  resided  on  Staten  Island  and  died  there. 
May  23,  1756,  aged  ninety-three  years.  Chil- 
dren :  Marie.  Paul,  Joshua,  mentioned  below  : 
David. 

(III)  Josliua(2),  son  of  Joshua  (i)  Mer- 
sereau,  was  born  in  New  York  City,  May  18. 
1696;  married,  October  21,  1727,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter of  Colonel  Jacob  Corsen,  of  Staten  Island, 
born  October  21,  1704,  died  July  28,  1763. 
Children,  born  at  Staten  Island:  Joshua,  men- 
tioned below;  Jacob,  April  25,  1730;  John. 
March  2,  1732;  David,  November  10,  1735; 
Cornelius.  July  27,  1739;  Paul,  February  23, 
1741  ;  Elizabeth,  November  26,  1743;  Rachel, 
February  27,  1746. 

(IV)  Joshua  (3),  son  of  Joshua  (2)  Mer- 
sereau,  was  born  on  Staten  Island,  New  York, 
September  26,  1728,  and  died  in  L'nion,  New 
York,  June  10,  1804.  lie  was  educated  at 
Kings  College  (now  Columbia),  and  jjracticed 
law  in  New  York  City.  Tie  and  his  brother 
John  ran  the  first  line  of  stage  coaches  between 
New  York  and  Philadel])hia.  John  introduced 
the  first  postcoach  into  the  country  from  Eng- 
land. When  the  revolution  broke  out  the 
stages  belonging  to  the  brothers  were  stopped 
and  the  horses  turned  over  to  the  American 
service  for  the  army.  Joshua  assisted  in  rais- 
ing a  company  for  the  Quebec  exjiedition  in 
the  autumn  of  1775.  .^ll  edict  issued  from  the 
Itritish  head(|uarters  proclaimed  John  Merser- 
eau  a  "Rebel,"  and  set  a  price  of  five  hundred 
guineas  on  his  head,  dea<l  or  alive.     He  was  a 


member  of  the  provincial  assembly  of  New 
York  state  which  met  at  Kingston  and  Pough- 
keepsie  during  1777-86,  representing  Rich- 
mond county.  He  was  also  deputy  commis- 
sary of  prisoners,  General  Boudinot  being  his 
superior  officer,  with  headquarters  at  Rutland, 
Massachusetts,  and  afterward  at  Elizabeth- 
town,  New  Jersey.  His  service  was  continu- 
ous in  various  capacities  throughout  the  war. 
His  name  appears  in  the  Staten  Island  records 
of  transfers  of  land  from  1762  to  1789,  and 
then  with  other  soldiers  he  received  a  grant 
of  land  for  his  service  in  the  western  part  of 
the  state.  After  the  war  he  removed  with  his 
family  to  Tioga  county.  New  York,  where  he 
was  one  of  the  earliest  judges.  He  married 
(first)  Sophie  La  Grange,  of  French-Hugue- 
not ancestry;  (second)  Ann  Roome,  of  New 
Y'ork  City,  of  Dutch  descent;  (third)  Esther, 
widow  of  Richard  Christopher.  Children  by 
first  wife:  Joshua,  born  1758;  John,  1760; 
Sophie.  Uy  second  wife:  Captain  Lawrence, 
January  4,  1773,  died  January  24,  1873,  mar- 
ried Hannah  ChristO])her ;  Mary,  mentioned 
below  ;  Cornelius,  born  July  12,  1777. 

(V)  Mary,  daughter  of  Joshua  (3)  Mer- 
sereau,  was  born  on  Staten  Island,  IVIay  23, 
1775,  and  died  at  Union,  New  York,  May  i, 
1855.  She  married  (first)  William  Van 
Name,  born  January  15,  1763,  died  November 
25,  1825,  and  removed  to  Union.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  George  Harper.  Children  by 
first  husband  (\'an  Name)  :  Joshua,  Cornelius, 
William,  John,  Mary,  Hester,  Ann,  mentioned 
below;  Hannah,  Panaelia,  Catherine,  Rachel 
and  Elizabeth. 

(\'I)  Ann,  daughter  of  William  and  Mary 
(Mersereau)  Van  Name,  was  born  September 
6,  1795;  married,  December  25,  181 5.  Arthur 
(iray,  Jr.  (  see  Gray). 

(The  Gray  Line). 

(I)  David  Gray  lived  in  Elizabethtown, 
New  Jersey.  He  and  his  brother,  tradition 
says,  were  officers  in  the  British  army  in  the 
revolution,  and  served  under  General  Corn- 
wallis. 

(II)  .Arthur,  son  of  David  Gray,  was  born 
about  1755.  After  the  revolution  he  settled 
at  Binghamton,  New  York,  and  became  the 
owner  of  a  large  tract  of  land  which  he  after- 
ward traded  with  Cajitain  .Stowe  for  a  still 
larger  tract  in  Union,  New  \'ork,  about  1823. 
He  married,  in  1778,  Mary,  daughter  of  Daniel 
.■ind    iMiphcinia   (  Reid )   Reading  (see  Sands). 


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Children:  i.  William,  born  April  3,  1779;  mar- 
ried    —    Lanning.      2.  Daniel,    April    9, 

1781  ;  married  Lydia  Bevier.  3.  Euphemia, 
June  27,  1782;  married  Samuel  Dean.  4. 
Theodosia,  January  15,  1784;  married  Rich- 
ard Lowe.  5.  Anastasia,  March  31,  1786; 
married  Jonathan  Ogden.  6.  Catherine,  mar- 
ried James  McKinney.  7.  Mary,  married  Ly- 
man Page.  8.  Jasper.  June  22.  1792.  9. 
Eleanor,  twin  of  Jasper.  10.  Arthur,  men- 
tioned below.  II.  Isaac,  May  21,  1797;  mar- 
ried Sarah  \\'illiams.  12.  liarzillai,  .May  17. 
1 801 ;  married  H.  A.  Shaw. 

(III)  Arthur  (2),  son  of  .\rthur  (i  )  Gray, 
was  born  October  9,  1794.  Me  married.  De- 
cember 25,  1815,  Ann,  daughter  of  William 
and  Mary  (Mersereau)  \'an  Xame  (see  Mer- 
sereau).  He  died  June  13,  1864,  antl  was  bur- 
ied in  the  dray  plot  in  S]3ring  Forest  Cemetery, 
Binghamton,  Xew  York,  by  the  side  of  his 
wife,  who  died  at  Williamsport,  Pennsylvania, 
May  20,  1893,  aged  ninety-eight  years.  Chil- 
<lren:  i.  Isaac,  born  August  13,  1817,  died 
March  25,  1863;  married,  December  3,  1 85 1, 
Rebecca  G.  Sayer.  2.  William,  September  30, 
1819:  married  (first),  February  28,  i860. 
Sarah  Rounds:  (second)  Ellen  Storer  :  he  died 
December  24,  1905.  3.  Charles,  August  11, 
1821.  died  August  3,  1850.  4.  Elizabeth  Ann, 
July  20.  1S23,  died  March,  1898:  married,  July 
2},,  1844.  Abel  Du  Bois,  of  Tioga,  New  York. 
5.  Mary  Jane,  April  21,  1826,  died  March  26, 
1887:  married,  October  11,  1848,  Charles  Man- 
ning, of  Berkshire,  New  Y(-irk.  6.  James, 
F"ebruary  18.  1828,  died  October,  1852.  7. 
Arthur,  July  ig,  1830,  died  May  14,  1834.  8. 
Euphemia  Catherine,  June  18.  1833:  married. 
October  9,  i860,  Joseph  Du  Hois,  of  Tioga. 
New  Y'ork.    9.  Christopher,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Christopher,  son  of  /\rthur  (2)  Gray, 
was  born  October  30,  1835,  died  August  22. 
1911,  buried  in  Spring  Forest  Cemetery.  He 
married,  in  Union,  New  York,  May  29,  1865. 
Lucy  Baxter  Richards,  daughter  of  Jesse  and 
Mary  Richards:  she  died  April  21,  1892.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  I'nion,  New  York:  I.  Mary 
Richards,  born  June  3,  1866.  2.  Alice  Eliza- 
beth, April  28,  1868;  inarried,  February  11. 
1903,  in  Binghamton,  New  York,  James  Val- 
entine Beazley,  a  native  of  London,  England. 
3.  Arthur  Richard,  May  3,  1870;  married,  April 
13,  1898,  Flora  Green:  child,  Arthur  Leverett, 
born  September  9,  1901.  4.  Helen  Sayer. 
July  27,  1873.  5.  Jesse  Richards,  April  6, 
1880:  married   Phebe  Lane.  January  9.   1908. 


(The  Sands  Line). 

(II)  Samuel,  son  of  Captain  James  Sands 
(q.  v.),  was  born  in  1666;  married  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Simon  and  Mary  Ray,  of  Block 
Island.  He  lived  at  Cow  Neck.  His  will  was 
Ijroved  in  Rhode  Island  in  1716.  Children: 
.Sybil,  married  Jonathan  Rogers ;  Mercy,  mar- 
ried Richard   .Stiilman;  Ann,  married  

Kermann :  .'-^arah,  married  Nathan  Selleck ; 
Samuel,  Jr..  married  Pell;  Mary,  men- 
tioned below. 

(III)  Mary,  daughter  of  Samuel  Sands, 
married,  December  17,  1721,  Colonel  John 
Reid,  of  Hortensia,  New  Jersey,  who  was  born 
July  2~,  1686.  She  died  in  October,  1776;  he 
died  June  i,  1777.  Children:  Mary,  born  No- 
vember 28,  1722,  married,  1749,  Thotnas 
Kearney:  Anna,  born  February  18,  1724,  mar- 
ried, 1748,  Ohadiah  Bonne:  John,  January  2, 
1726;  Helena,  March  9,  1728,  married  Thomas 
r.onne:  Margaretta,  March  29,  1730,  married 
James  Kearney:  Augustine,  December  28, 
1 73 1,  married  Sara  Reading:  Catherine, 
August  14,  1733,  married  Richard  Reading: 
Euphemia,  mentioned  below  :  Samuel,  March 
12,  1737:  Theodosia,  November  24,  1738,  mar- 
ried. 1767,  Jasper  Smith. 

( IV)  Euphemia,  daughter  of  Colonel  John 
and  Mary  (  Sands )  Reid,  was  born  May  24. 
1735.  ^'""^  married  (first),  in  1755,  Daniel 
Reading;  (second),  March,  1772,  Peter  Im- 
ley.  Children  of  Daniel  and  Euphemia  Read- 
ing: Mary,  born  March  31,  1756;  married, 
1778.  .Arthur  Gray  (see  Gray)  ;  John,  May  20. 
1757:  Euphemia,  May  16,  1761  ;  Daniel, 
March.  1763:  Samuel  and  Helena,  twins,  Feb- 
ruarv,  1763.  Children  of  Peter  and  Euphemia 
(Reid)  Imley :  Peter  and  \Villiam  Imley, 
twins.  1773. 

Sampson  Mason  was  the  immi- 
.\1.\S(  )N  grant  ancestor  of  the  family.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  Cromwell's  army 
and  came  to  .\merica  about  1630.  The  earliest 
record  found  of  him  in  America  is  in  the  Suf- 
folk record  of  the  settlement  of  the  estate  of 
Edward  Bullock,  of  Dorchester.  His  will  was 
dated  July  23,  1640,  and  a  debt  is  mentioned  as 
due  to  Sampson  Mason  for  his  wife's  shoes. 
In  163 1  Sampson  Mason  bought  a  house  and 
land  in  Dorchester  of  William  Botts,  and  after- 
ward sold  it  to  Jacob  Hewins.  He  removed 
ti>  Rehoboth  where  by  vote  of  the  town,  De- 
cember 9.  1637,  he  was  given  permission  to 
buv  laml  and  settle  there.     He  was  a  Bajitist, 


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and  the  records  show  that  he,  Luther  and  other 
Baptists  became  prominent  in  the  town  in  spite 
of  the  fact  that  they  were  only  allowed  to  live 
there,  without  the  privilege  of  being  made 
freemen,  by  the  Puritan  inhabitants.  He  ob- 
tained grants  of  land  south  of  Rehoboth  from 
the  Indians,  in  the  town  of  Swansea.  His 
name  is  among  the  original  associates  and  a 
founder  of  the  town,  and  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  the  "North  Purchase,"  later 
Attleborougli,  Massachusetts.  He  died  in 
1676  in  the  midst  of  Indian  wars,  and  his 
widow  settled  that  of  the  estate  whicli  was 
left  after  the  ravages  of  the  Indians. 

He  married  Mary  P>utterworth,  and  she  died 
August  29,  1714.  Children:  Noah,  born  prob- 
ably in  Dorchester ;  Sampson,  born  in  Dorches- 
ter ;  Samuel,  born  about  1656,  in  Dorchester ; 
John,  born  in  Dorchester;  Sarah,  February  15, 
1658,  in  Rehoboth:  Mary,  February  7,  1660; 
James,  October  30,  1661  ;  Joseph,  March  6, 
1663-64;  Bethia,  October  15,  1665;  Isaac,  July 
15,  1667;  Pelatiah,  mentioned  below;  Ben- 
jamin, October  20,  1670;  Thankful,  October 
2"],   1672. 

(II)  Pelatiah,  son  of  Sampson  Mason,  was 
born  in  Rehoboth,  April  i.  1669.  He  married. 
May  22,  1694,  Hepsibeth,  daughter  of  Tim- 
othy and  Mary  (Russell)  Brooks.  She  was 
born  about  1673,  doubtless  in  Woburn,  Mas- 
sachusetts, and  died  August  24,  1727,  in  Swan- 
sea, Massachusetts.  Tradition  says  that  he 
married  four  times,  living  with  his  fourth 
wife  for  twenty-one  years,  but  there  is  record 
of  only  his  first  marriage.  He  was  a  tanner 
and  shoemaker  by  trade.  His  home  was  on, the 
way  to  Great  Bridge,  now  Myles  Bridge,  lead- 
ing to  Mattapoisett,  now  Gardner's  Neck,  in 
Swansea.  Before  his  death  he  distributed  his 
proiKTty  among  his  sons,  and  so  made  no  will. 
He  seems  to  have  been  an  active  member  of 
the  Second  Church,  and  held  several  town 
offices.  On  April  28,  1724,  he  conveyed  forty 
acres  of  land  to  his  son  Job,  and  August  31, 
1747,  he  conveyed  lands  to  his  sons  Job,  Rus- 
sell and  John.  He  died  March  29,  1763,  and 
was  buried  in  the  stnall  family  burial  lot.  a 
little  more  than  a  mile  northwest  from  the 
meeting  house  of  the  Second  Church,  and  his 
grave  still  bears  its  stone.  Children,  burn  in 
Swansea:  Job,  born  February  28,  1695;  Elihu, 
January  i,  1696-97;  Elisha,  January  11,  1698- 
99;  Samuel.  January  30,  1701,  died  1709; 
Aaron,  March  8,  1703;  .Anne,  June  9,  1705; 
Elizabeth.  June   18,   1707;  llepziiiah.   Decem- 


ber 19,  1709;  Pelatiah,  December  16,  171 1; 
Russell,  mentioned  below ;  John,  October  4, 
1716. 

(III)  Russell,  son  of  Pelatiah  Mason,  was 
born  in  Swansea,  April  21,  1714,  died  Janu- 
ary 8,  1799.  He  was  a  carpenter  by  trade.  He 
was  chosen  elder  of  the  Second  Church,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1752,  and  was  ordained  November 
2,  1752,  serving  until  his  death.  He  married 
(first),  June  5,  1736,  Rhoda,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel and  Christian  (Cole)  Kingsley.  She 
was  born  in  Swansea,  February  2,  1720-21, 
died  October  29.  1779.  He  married  (second), 
August  13,  1780,  ]\Iary  Munroe,  who  died  aged 
ninety  years,  March  26,  1828.  and  was  buried 
in  the  old  cemetery  of  the  Second  Church.  He 
was  buried  in  the  old  family  burying  ground 
of  the  present  Kingsley  family  in  Swansea. 
His  will  was  dated  January  2,  1786,  proved 
June  4,  1799,  and  in  it  lie  mentioned  his  wife 
and  children.  Children,  born  in  Swansea  by 
first  wife:  Brooks,  born  October  2.  1737;  Bar- 
bara, .August  II.  1739;  .Andrew,  May  20,  1741  ; 
Alalachi,  February  24,  1743:  Philip,  mentioned 
below;  Russell,  November  4,  1746;  Rhoda, 
.August  29,  1748;  Joseph,  November  15,  1749; 
Phebe,  January  8,  1753;  Nathaniel,  May  29, 
1755;  Kingsley,  June  20,  1759,  died  October 
23,  1761  ;  Zerviah,  March  3,  1761,  died  Sep- 
tember 26,  1768;  Hannah.  March  5,  1763. 
Child  of  second  wife:  Content. 

(IV)  Philip.  s(jn  of  Russell  Mason,  was 
born  in  Swansea,  January  29,  1744-45,  died 
July  21,  1813,  and  w^as  buried  in  the  old  cem- 
etery in  Cheshire,  Massachusetts.  His  will 
was  proved  August  3,  1813.  About  1770  he 
removed  to  Adams,  Alassachusetts,  and  before 
then  he  probably  lived  in  Provfdence,  Rhode 
Island,  for  a  few  years.  He  married  (first) 
Mercy  Scott,  who  died  October  30,  1808,  and 
he  married  (second)  Phoebe .  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Joanna,  born  May  18,  1767, 
))robably  in  Providence ;  Russell,  mentioned 
below;  Scott,  August  2,  1770,  probably  in 
Adams;  Rhoda,  in  .Adams,  .April  lo,  1772; 
Tames,  April  3,  1774,  in  Adams;  Abraham, 
September  14,  1775,  in  .Adams,  died  young; 
Mercy,  Sejitember  10.  1780.  in  .Atlams ;  Amy, 
June  8,  1782,  in  Adams;  Sarah.  .August  20, 
1784,  in  .Adams;  Ruth,  September  6,  1788,  in 
.Adams ;  Adams,  died  young. 

(V)  Russell  (2),  son  of  Philip  Mason,  was 
born  at  Providence.  Rhode  Island,  February 
2.'i,  1769,  died  at  Warren,  Herkimer  county. 
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in  the  schools  of  Adams,  Massachusetts.  He 
married,  December  30,  1792,  Ruth  Lapham, 
born  in  Smithfield,  Rhode  Island,  April  4, 
1769,  died  at  Warren,  New  York,  March  18, 
1829.  Children:  i.  Philip,  born  in  Adams, 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  December 
10,  1793.  2.  Almond,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Horatio,  born  in  Fairfield,  New  York,  June 
29,  1797.  4-  Stephen,  born  in  I-^airfield,  New 
York,  September  8,  1801.  5.  Mary,  born  in 
Fairfield,  New  York,  April  10,  1803.  6. 
Mercy,  born  in  Warren,  New  York,  February 
23,  1804.  7.  Hiram,  born  in  Warren,  New- 
York,  September  17,  1805.  8.  Isaac,  born  in 
Warren,  New  York,  March  15,  1808.  9. 
Nancy,  born  in  Warren,  New  York,  Septem- 
ber I,  1809. 

(VI)  Almond,  son  of  Russell  (2)  Mas(jn. 
was  born  May  11,  1795,  in  Fairfield,  New 
York.  He  was  a  farmer  at  Palermo,  New 
York.  He  married  Lydia  Thompson,  born 
November  16,  1796.  Children:  i.  Russell. 
born  June  2,  1816.  2.  Mary  Ann,  December 
19,  1821.  3.  Nancy  Jane,  January  28,  1823. 
4.  Scott,  June  2,  1826.  5.  Stephen  P.,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Amos  Thomas,  May  27, 
1828. 

(VII)  Stephen  P.,  son  of  Almond  Mason, 
was  born  August  15,  1827.  He  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools,  and  during  his  active 
life  he  was  a  farmer  in  Palermo.  He  mar- 
ried Henrietta  Sternburg.  Children :  Madge 
and  Maude,  twins ;  Burr,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Burr  Mason,  son  of  Stephen  P. 
Mason,  was  born  at  Palermo,  New  York, 
1861,  died  September  3,  1890.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
and  studied  the  profession  of  dentistry  at  the 
University  of  Pennsylvania.  He  came  to 
Phoenix,  New  York,  and  for  nine  years  en- 
joyed a  large  and  successful  practice.  He  was 
a  member  of  Callamachus  Lodge,  Free  and 
Accepted  Masons :  the  Chapter,  Royal  Arch 
Masons,  at  Phoenix.  He  was  ])resident  of  the 
Fifth  District  Dental  Society  and  of  the  Syra- 
cuse Dental  Society,  was  secretary  of  the 
Phoenix  Union  Agricultural  Society,  and  a 
prominent  and  influential  citizen  of  Phoenix, 
In  religion  he  was  a  Congregatioiialist  and  in 
politics  a  Republican.  He  married,  188 1, 
Olive,  born  in  Constantia,  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  W.  Jesse  and  Ellen  Jones,  of  Constan- 
tia, New  York.  They  had  one  child.  Dr.  Burr 
Thomas,  mentioned  below. 

(IX)  Dr.  Burr  Thomas  Mason,  son  of  Dr. 


Burr  Mason,  was  born  at  Phoenix,  New  York. 
.April  15,  1882.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  the  I'hiladelphia  Den- 
tal College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
the  class  of  1908.  Before  he  studied  for  his 
profession  he  worked  as  clerk  in  the  Syra- 
cuse Dry  Goods  Comjiany's  store  for  one  year. 
Since  1908  he  has  had  his  office  in  Fulton. 
New  York,  and  has  built  up  an  excellent  prac- 
tice. He  is  a  member  of  the  Garretsonian  So- 
ciety, the  Fifth  District  Dental  Society, 
Gamma  Chapter  of  the  Xi  Psi  Phi  fraternity, 
the  Callamachus  Lodge.  No.  369,  Free  and 
Acce|)ted  Masons,  and  l'"ultini  C'liajiter,  No. 
I')-.    Ro\al   Arch    .Masons. 


John     llanil,    the    ancestor,    was 

H.\ND     born  in  England  in  161 1.  and  came 

from    county    Kent,    about    1634, 

making  his  home  on  I-ong  Island.    Children: 

John,    Stephen,    Joseph,   Shangar,    Benjamin, 

Thomas,  James,  mentioned  below  ;   Mary. 

(II)  James,  son  of  John  Hand,  was  born 
on  Long  Island,  in  1651.  and  died  in  1732.    He 

married  (first)  Bishop,  who  died  May 

2,  1706;  married   (sec(jnd)   Elizabeth  Dibble. 

(III)  Elias,  son  of  James  Hand,  was  born 
on  Long  Island  in  1700.  He  married  (first) 
Esther  Osborne,  who  died  April  25,  1727.  He 
married  (second)  Experience  Miller.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Phebe.  Lemuel,  mentioned 
below. 

(IV)  Lemuel,  son  of  Elias  Hand,  was  ba])- 
tized  in  1724.  He  married  Hannah,  daughter 
of  John  Thomas,  who  was  a  soldier  in  the 
King's  service  in  the  French  and  Indian  war, 
from  Durham,  Connecticut.  Lemuel  died  in 
1802.  Children  born  at  New  Lebanon,  New 
York:  Nathaniel,  born  1739;  Abraham,  1741, 
married  Ruth  Southworth,  and  died  in  1815; 
Statia,  married  Daniel  Treat ;  Darius,  married 
Elizabeth  Catlin  ;  Lemuel,  mentioned  below  ; 
Nathan,  married  Lois  Doubleday  :  Polly,  mar- 
ried Nathaniel  Warden;  Phebe,  married  Jo- 
se])h  Hubbard;  Esther,  married  Titus  Hart; 
Hannah,  married  Asa  Pease. 

(V )  Lemuel  (2),  son  of  Lemuel  (1)  Hand, 
was  born  November  12,  1763,  at  New  Lebanon, 
New  York,  and  died  there  December  25,  1842. 
He  married,  September  16.  1798,  Lydia,  born 
November  15,  1771,  daughter  of  Elisha  and 
Hannah  (Bailey)  Doubleday.  He  was  a 
farmer  by  occupation  at  New  Lebanon.  In 
jiolitics  he  was  a  Whig:  in  religion  a  free- 
thinker.     Children    born   at    New    Lebanon : 


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Elisha,  born  1799,  died  in  infancy;  Samuel, 
1800,  married  Hannah  Sherman;  Elisha,  1804, 
died  in  infancy;  Hosea,  1805,  married  Caro- 
lina Bassett ;  Stephen  Decatur,  mentioned  be- 
low; Jared,  1808,  married  Dorcas  Montrose; 
Osborn,  August  27,  1810,  died  February  i, 
1886,  married  November  6,  1884,  Maria 
Cowles ;  Nathaniel,  born  1816,  married  Mary 
Palmer. 

(VI)  Dr.  Stephen  Decatur  Hand,  son  of 
T^emuel  (2)  Hand,  was  Ixirn  October  6,  1806, 
at  New  Lebanon,  Columbia  county,  New 
York,  and  died  March  10,  1879,  at  Binghani- 
ton.  New  York,  where  he  was  for  many  years 
a  physician  and  surgeon.  He  married,  April  8, 
1832,  at  New  Lebanon,  Elmina  Hayward,  born 
in  Huntington,  Massachusetts,  January  29, 
1808,  died  at  Ringhamton,  May  20,  1897, 
daughter  of  Edward  and  Lydia  (Granger) 
Hayward.  .Solomon  Hayward,  father  of  Ed- 
ward, was  born  .August  2,  1755,  son  of  Edward 
Hayward,  born  July  24,  1689,  and  grandson 
of  Deacon  Joseph  Hayward,  who  was  the  son 
of  Thomas  Hayward,  the  first  ancestor  of  this 
family,  who  came  from  England  to  Massa- 
chusetts in  1635.  Dr.  Hand  was  a  Presby- 
terian in  religion  and  a  Prohibitionist  in  pol- 
itics, and  was  nominated  by  his  party  for  gov- 
ernor. Children:  i.  Edward,  born  January 
II,  1833,  died  January  28.  1835.  2.  Edward, 
.April  21,  1837,  died  May  fi,  1837.  3.  Edward, 
.August  27,  1838,  died  April  16,  1839.  4. 
Julia  Elmina,  December  25,  1839,  died  Jan- 
uary 13,  1844.  5.  Ceorge  Frederick,  men- 
tioned below.  6.  Charles  Edward,  August  18, 
1845,  cl'd  ^larch  16,  1846.  7.  Walter  Martin, 
.August  9,  1850.  The  latter  graduated  with 
the  first  graduating  class  of  the  Binghamton 
high  school,  of  which  he  was  valedictorian. 
He  then  entered  Hamilton  College,  from  which 
he  was  also  graduated  as  valedictorian  of  his 
class,  after  which  he  studied  law,  was  ad- 
mitted to  the  I'roome  county  bar,  and  prac- 
ticed up  to  the  time  of  his  death,  October  9, 
19(36,  twelve  days  after  the  death  of  his 
brother,  Dr.  Ceorge  F. 

(VH)  Dr.  George  Frederick  Hand,  son  of 
Dr.  Stephen  Decatur  Hand,  was  born  in  Bing- 
hamton, New  York,  November  28,  1842.  After 
receiving  such  education  as  the  i)ublic  schools 
of  Binghamton  afforded,  he  attended  the  sem- 
inary and  graduated  at  the  age  of  si.xteen, 
when  he  began  the  study  of  medicine  in  New 
York  City,  and  being  naturally  inclined  to  this 
study,  he  had,  at  twenty-three  years  of  age, 


received  degrees  from  both  the  Homoeopath 
and  Allopath  Colleges.  Returning  to  Bing- 
hamton he  began  the  practice  of  his  profession 
in  company  with  his  father,  and  after  the  lat- 
ter's  death  he  continued  alone  up  to  his  death, 
September  27,  1906.  He  was  a  member  for 
many  years  and  president  of  the  Homoeo- 
pathic Society  of  Broome  county ;  was  largely 
interested  in  church  work,  being  a  member  of 
the  West  Presbyterian  church,  and  was  the 
first  superintendent  of  its  Sunday  school.  He 
married  (first),  October  31,  1867,  Emily  H., 
born  at  Belfast,  Maine,  July  21,  1846,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Mary  E.  (Simpson)  Cald- 
well. She  died  October  29,  1874,  and  he  mar- 
ried (second),  May  11,  1880,  S.  Delia  Gif- 
ford,  who  was  born  at  Wellsville,  Allegany 
county,  New  York,  December  30,  1857,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Clarissa  ^L  (Jones)  Gif- 
ford  (see  Miles  A^HI).  Children  by  first  wife: 
I.  George  Frederick,  born  November  i,  1871. 
died  July  20,  1872.  2.  Julia  E.,  December  30, 
1872:  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  mission- 
ary in  Japan ;  married  April  30,  1907,  Freder- 
ick S.  Bronson,  of  Geneva,  New  York.  3. 
John  Caldwell,  October  20,  1874;  died  August 
10,  1875.  Children  by  second  wife:  4.  George 
Gifford.  born  April  15,  1882;  is  with  the  Iro- 
(|uois  Sash  and  Door  Company,  New  York 
City;  married,  March  31,  1907,  Winifred 
Cady ;  children :  George  Frederick,  born  Feb- 
ruary 18,  1908,  and  Wilford  Cady,  born  1910. 
5.  Stephen  Walter,  February  3,  1886;  died 
September  4,  1887.  6.  Irving  Forrest,  March 
24,  1888;  was  reared  in  Binghamton,  educated 
in  the  public  schools  there,  graduated  from 
L'nion  College,  1910,  and  is  now  in  the  lumber 
business  in  Binghamton,  New  York. 

(The  Miles  Line). 

Richard  Miles,  the  American  ancestor  of 
this  family,  came  from  England  with  a  com- 
pany of  ])ioneers  who  arrived  in  Boston,  July 
26,  16^7.  After  an  exploring  expedition  in 
the  fall  of  that  year  they  set  sail  from  Boston. 
March  30,  1638,  for  Quinnipiac,  afterward 
called  New  Haven,  in  Connecticut,  and  arrived 
about  a  fortnight  later.  Part  of  them  located 
at  Milford,  Connecticut,  and  among  them  was 
Miles.  His  name  is  sixth  on  the  list  of  free 
l)lanters  under  the  ('ate  of  November  20.  1639, 
on  the  first  page  of  the  town  records  of  Mil- 
ford.  He  was  ap])ointed  a  commissioner  to 
try  small  causes,  one  of  the  earliest  magis- 
trates.     Before     1643   he    removed    to    New 


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Haven.  He  married  Katherine  Constable, 
probably  his  second  or  third  wife,  before  leav- 
ing England,  and  she  had  children  by  a  former 
marriage.  Miles  died  in  New  Haven  in  1663; 
his  wife  in  Wallingford,  January  27,  1683, 
aged  ninety-five  years.  A  memorial  block 
erected  to  their  memory  has  been  suitably  in- 
scribed and  placed  on  the  Milford  bridge. 
Children  of  Richard  Miles:  Richard,  Martha, 
Mary,  Anne,  Samuel.  Hannah.  John,  men- 
tioned below. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Richard  Miles,  was  born 
in  1644,  in  Connecticut.  In  1686  he  removed 
from  New  Haven  to  Wallingford,  Connecticut. 
He  served  as  lieutenant  under  Major  Robert 
Treat  in  the  Great  Swamp  Fight  in  King 
Philip's  war,  and  was  captain  of  his  company 
at  the  time  of  his  death,  December,  1704.  He 
married  (first),  April  11,  1665,  Elizabeth  Har- 
riman,  and  (second),  November  2,  1680.  Mary 
Alsop.  Children :  John,  mentioned  below ; 
Mary,  Richard,  Samuel,  Hannah,  Daniel, 
Joseph. 

(HI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Miles, 
was  born  at  New  Haven,  January  q,  1667-68: 
married  about  1686-87,  Abigail  Thompson. 
Children :  Thomas,  John,  mentioned  lielow : 
Joseph. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  {2)  Miles,  was 
born  about  1687,  probably  at  Wallingford.  He 
married,  August  2,  1710,  Sarah,  daughter  of 
John  and  Sarah  (Glover)  Ball.  She  was  born 
September  16.  1687,  and  died  November  25. 
1760.  Children  born  at  Wallingford:  Samuel, 
.Sarah,  Daniel,  Susanna,  Esther,  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Mehitable. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  Miles,  was 
born  at  VVallingford,  October  4,  1723  ;  married, 
November  14.  1743,  Martha  Curtis.  Children 
born  at  Wallingford :  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
Simeon,  born  April  4,  1746;  Sarah,  September 

30,  1749- 

(VI)  John  (5),  son  of  John  (4)  Miles,  was 
was  born  at  Wallingford,  August  31.  1745; 
married,  January  23,  1768,  at  Wallingford, 
Abigail  Perkins.  He  died  in  1818;  his  wife  in 
1826.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution  as 
first  lieutenant  in  Colonel  Lamb's  regiment, 
commissioned  January  6,  1777;  was  commis- 
sioned captain,  October  26.  1779,  serving  in 
the  army  until  1783.  Children  born  at  Wal- 
lingford: Brundage,  born  November  5,  1766: 
Eunice,  July  3,  1768:  Simeon.  April  13,  1770: 
Moses,  April  18,  1772:  Patty,  .^pril  16,  1774; 


.\bigail,  March  22,  1776;  John,  September  12, 
1777;  Russell,  June  8,  1779;  Sally,  mentioned 
below  ;  Samuel,  March  7,  1785  :  Roxy,  Septem- 
ber 7,  1787. 

(VII)  Sally,  daughter  of  John  Miles,  was 
born  February  3,  1783,  at  Stonington,  Connecti- 
cut;  married  January  17,  1802,  Benjamin  (3) 
Jones,  born  in  1757,  son  of  Benjamin,  Jr,  and 
Mehitable  (Tyrrell)  Jones,  who  were  married 
l\Iay  6,  1756.  His  father,  born  in  1726,  wa^ 
son  of  Benjamin  Jones,  born  in  1696,  mar- 
ried Patience ,  and  grandson  of  Benoni 

Jones,  who  married,  in  1689,  Hester  (Inger- 
soll)  Gurley,  widow  of  William  Gurley.  Grif- 
fith Jones,  father  of  Benoni,  was  the  pioneer 
of  tliis  family.  Children  of  Benjamin  and 
Sally  Jones :  Sally,  born  May  27,  1803 ;  Ben- 
jamin. (Jctober  i,  1805;  Roxy,  May  6,  1807: 
Zenas.  May  10.  1810;  Luman,  September  24. 
iSii  :  William,  .\\m\  10,  1813;  Lamando.  July 
15,  1814:  Louisa,  Septeml)er  29,  1820;  Clar 
issa,  mentioned  below. 

(\'I1I)  Clarissa,  daughter  of  Benjamin  and 
.Sally  (  Miles)  Jones,  was  born  Se])teniber  29, 
1822.  still  living  in  Binghamton,  New  York, 
an  own  daughter  of  the  revolution  ;  married, 
September  29,  1839,  William  Gifford,  son  of 
Hanuel  Honeywell  and  Polly  (Gowdy)  Clif- 
ford. Hanuel  Gififord  was  a  son  of  Dinah 
Cushman.  William  Gifl^ord  was  educated  in 
Oneida,  New  York,  and  was  a  man  of  schol- 
arly attainments.  He  settled  at  Wellsville, 
Allegany  county.  New  York,  and  was  in  busi- 
ness as  an  architect,  contractor  and  builder. 
He  erected  a  number  of  churches,  school 
buildings  and  other  im])ortant  edifices,  for  all 
of  which  he  drew  the  plans.  He  was  presi- 
dent of  the  board  of  education  and  held  vari- 
ous other  offices  of  trust  and  honor.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  His 
last  years  were  spent  in  Binghamton,  New 
York.  Children  of  William  Gift'ord.  i. 
Louisa,  died  young.  2.  Herbert,  died  in  in- 
fancy. 3.  Elizabeth,  married  Eugene  B. 
Smith,  of  Binghamton.  New  York;  children: 
Bertha  M.,  William  C,  Claremont,  Eugene. 
Delia  G.,  and  Gertrude  F.  4.  Mary  Frances, 
married  Frederick  D.  Schweiker :  children : 
Margaretta  K.,  who  married  Harvey  Gerard 
Moore  and  has  one  daughter,  Marjorie:  sons: 
Lawrence  W.,  married  Ada  Brining  ;  Frederick 
GifFord,  married  May  Rook:  Robert.  5.  S. 
Delia,  married  Dr.  George  Frederick  Hand 
(see  Hand  VII). 


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Famih'  records  state  that  Jehiel 
KING  King  hailed  from  Alarlboroiigh.  Co- 
lumbia county,  Massachusetts.  Co- 
himbia  county  is  not  in  ^lassachusetts,  but  Co- 
lumbia county,  New  York,  is  near  the  Massa- 
chusetts line,  and  New  Marlborough,  Massa- 
chusetts, is  near  Columbia  county.  In  1790  we 
lind  the  King  family  prominent  in  New  Marl- 
borough. John,  John  Jr.,  .\mos,  Fenner, 
Reuben,  George  and  Jonah  were  heads  of  fam- 
ilies there,  according  to  the  first  federal  census. 
This  family  was  not  from  Marlborough,  Mas- 
sachusetts, but  was  probably  from  Suffield, 
Connecticut,  or  Middletown.  In  1790  Jo-sepli 
King  was  reported  from  Middletown. 

(I)  Jehiel  King,  of  Chatham,  had  children: 
Betsey,  married  Dr.  Norton  :  Eunice,  married 
.Mr.  Langdon  :  Moses,  .\mos,  Reuben,  Luther 
and  Jehiel. 

( II )  Jehiel  (2)  King,  son  of  Jehiel  (  1  )  King, 
settled  in  Chatham,  Connecticut,  where  he  was 
born  January  22,  1774.  Chatham  was  formerly 
in  Middletown.  He  married,  May  14,  1797, 
Judith  Lay,  born  February  9,  1797.  lie  died 
October  2,  1823;  she  died  in  1863.  Children: 
I.  Rena,  born  July  4,  1798  ;  died  April  8,  1842  ; 
married  John  Cody.  2.  Laura,  born  July  ii, 
1800;  died  1866;  married  Joshua  W'illard.  3. 
Candace,  born  July  21,  1802;  died  March  27, 
1892;  married   (first)   Harvey  Roe;  (second) 

Hutchins;    (third)    Warner: 

(fourth)  l<"rank  W.  Slack.  4.  Andrew,  Feb- 
ruary 27,  1805;  died  November  5.  1805.  5. 
.Andrew  L.,  mentioned  below.  6.  Eunice. 
June  2,  1810;  married  .Me.xander  Welton.  7. 
Reuben  L.,  born  April  3,  181 1  ;  died  .\ugu,-.t 
r2,  1833.  8.  Jonathan  W.,  August  25,  1813: 
died  July,  1863;  married  (first)  Mrs.  E.  Bens- 
field;  (second)  Margaret  Welton;  (third) 
Mrs.  Margaret  Hogan.  9.  Henry,  born  De- 
cember 31,  1815;  died  January  6,  1896:  mar- 
ried Susan  L'tley. 

(III)  .Andrew  L.,  son  df  Jehiel  (21  King, 
was  born  in  X'ernon.  Oneida  county.  New 
\'ork.  May  19.  1807.  He  received  the  limited 
education  that  could  be  obtained  at  the  dis- 
trict school.  He  was  apprenticed  to  learn  the 
trade  of  cabinet  maker,  and  after  serving  his 
apijrenticeshij)  he  came  to  Binghamton,  New 
York,  ti)  work  at  his  trade.  He  started  in 
business  on  his  own  account  as  a  chair  manu- 
facturer, but  in  ;i  time  of  financial  stringency 
failed,  and  after  turning  his  property  over  to 
his  creditors  he  moved  to  Kirtland,  Ohio,  and 
worked  as  a  journeyman  cabinet  maker,  sav- 


ing his  wages  and  sending  money  back  to  Bing- 
hamton until  he  had  paid  every  dollar  of  his 
indebtedness.  From  Kirtland  he  moved  to 
Cincinnati,  Ohio,  which  was  then  the  prin- 
cipal city  of  that  state,  and  started  in  busi- 
ness again  as  a  manufacturer  of  chairs.  After 
several  years  he  became  junior  partner  in  the 
wholesale  dry  goods  firm  of  King,  Corwin  & 
Company,  of  which  the  senior  partner  was  his 
younger  brother,  J.  W.  King.  In  the  fall  of 
\8C>\  the  firm  was  reorganized  and  he  with- 
drew. Early  in  1862,  in  partnership  with  two 
others,  he  opened  a  wholesale  dry  goods  store 
at  Leavenworth,  Kansas,  under  the  name  of 
Fairchild,  King  &  Higinbotham.  The  partners 
were  not  harmonious,  and  Mr.  King  sold  his 
interest  and  became  a  partner  in  the  whole- 
sale dry  goods  firm  of  Thompson  &  Woodruff, 
the  name  becoming  at  that  time  Tliompson, 
Woodruff  &  Company,  of  which  Mr.  King  was 
buyer,  and  the  business  was  flourishing  and  the 
prospects  very  promising  when  Mr.  King  was 
attacked  with  pneumonia  and  died  March  25, 
1865.  He  was  of  untiring  industry,  devoted  to 
his  family,  ])erfectly  upright  in  all  his  dealings, 
and  of  most  exemjilary  character.  He  was 
held  in  high  esteem  in  the  community  in  which 
he  lived.  His  widow  returned  to  Binghamton 
after  he  died,  bought  a  house  at  the  corner  of 
Chenango  and  Warren  streets,  and  lived  there 
the  rest  of  her  days.  He  married,  June  10, 
1833,  in  r.inghamton.  New  York,  Eliza  L. 
Congdon,  born  July  8,  1814,  daughter  of  Jo- 
seph and  Sarah  (Hinds)  Congdon.  Her  father 
was  a  son  of  John  and  Betsey  (Crary)  Cong- 
don. Joseph  Jr.,  father  of  John  Congdon, 
married  Susan  Turner.  His  father,  Joseph 
Congdon  Sr.,  married  Martha  .Wells.  Benja- 
min Congdon,  father  of  Joseph  Sr.,  was  a  son 
of  Benjamin  and  Elizabeth  (.Albro)  Congdon, 
the  first  settlers.  Children  of  .Andrew  L.  King: 
1.  John  .Sheldon,  born  .April  i.  1834,  died  Feb- 
ruary 10,  1842.  2.  Willard  C,  born  .A]iril  25, 
1837,  died  -August,  1887;  married,  November 
18,  1875,  Kate  Hues.  3.  Gilbert  Hinds,  born 
Se])temi3er  2,  1839;  died  October  11,  1884; 
married,  July  2,  1873,  Elizabeth  King.  4. 
Howard  Benton,  born  July  26,  1841  ;  died  June 
21,  1843.  5.  Ellen,  born  September  9,  1843; 
married,  August  18,  1868,  .\.  P.  Woodworth. 
6.  George  Andrew,  born  Septemljer  if),  1845; 
died  July  4,  11)03:  married,  December  25,  1867, 
Mary  McCracken.  7.  Eugene  Frederick,  men- 
tioned below.  8.  Lewis  Cass,  born  February 
25,      1850;  died    February  21,    1900;  married 


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(first),  October  20,  1880,  Laura  T.  Brooks; 
(second),  June  25,  1885,  Kittie  Bruen.  g. 
[^ucy,  born  June  13,  1852;  died  September  27, 
1897;  married,  June  11,  1869,  John  H.  East- 
man. 10.  Carrie,  born  December  29.  1854; 
married,  October  25,  1898,  Stoddard  Ham- 
mond. II.  Lizzie,  born  July  25,  1857;  mar- 
ried (first),  September  18,  1878,  Henry  S. 
Crandall;  (second),  August  2,  1887,  James  E. 
Hoyt;  (third),  November  2<),  1902,  Albert 
Holcomb. 

(I\')  Eugene  Frederick,  son  of  Andrew  L. 
King,  was  born  in  Cincinnati,  Ohio,  July  28, 
1847.  l^c  attended  the  public  schools  oi  his 
native  town  until  1863,  when  the  family  moved 
to  Leavenworth,  Kansas.  By  that  time  he 
was  nearly  through  the  second  year  in  the  high 
school.  The  trip  to  Leavenworth  was  by  steam- 
boat from  Cincinnati  to  St.  Louis,  Missouri. 
where  a  change  was  made  to  another  steam- 
boat, which  took  them  to  Leavenworth.  It 
was  a  pleasant  way  to  travel,  and  the  recollec- 
tions of  the  trip  have  aUvays  been  a  pleasure 
to  him.  Being  desirous  of  earning  liis  own 
living,  he  became  clerk  in  a  small  country  store 
at  Farley.  Missouri,  six  miles  from  Leaven- 
worth, in  the  employ  of  John  R.  Swain,  and 
stayed  there  from  September,  1863,  to  July  i, 
t8'')4.  It  was  so  short  a  time  after  the  border 
warfare  over  the  admission  to  the  L'nion  of 
the  state  of  Kansas  that  there  was  still  much 
bitterness,  and  while  there  he  saw  many  bush- 
whackers and  many  scenes  of  violence.  L^p<;in 
returning  to  Leavenworth  he  became  clerk  in 
the  dry  goods  store  of  Daniels  &  Millington. 
In  October,  1864,  the  Confe<:lerate  General  Price 
made  a  raid  into  Missouri  and  threatened  Kan- 
sas City  and  Independence.  The  militia  of 
Kansas  and  Missouri  was  called  out  in  defence. 
Mr.  King  was  then  but  seventeen  years  old 
and  could  not  be  enrolled  in  the  service  witli- 
'Hit  the  consent  of  his  father,  but  he  secureil 
the  necessary  consent  and  joined  Company 
H,  Captain  Scott,  First  Regiment  of  Home 
(luards,  Colonel  Robinson  commanding.  The 
regiment  marched  out  to  Seven  Mile  Creek. 
October  8,  and  to  Olathe  the  next  day,  a  dis- 
tance of  thirty-five  miles.  .\s  the  men  were 
not  accustomed  to  hard  marching,  being  just 
out  of  stores  and  factories,  and  as  they  had  to 
carry  a  heavy  musket,  amnumition,  blankets 
and  other  impedimenta,  the  experience  was 
severe  and  long  to  be  remembered.  When  the 
regiment  reached  the  state  line  between  Mis- 
souri and  Kansas;  the  men  were  informed  that 


the  colonel  could  not  order  the  regiment  into 
another  state,  but  that  every  man  who  loved 
his  country  could  volunteer  to  defend  her,  and, 
asking  all  who  would  to  follow  him,  he  drew 
his  sword  and  advanced  into  Missouri,  but  only 
thirty-two  out  of  eight  hundred  men  followed 
him,  the  others  returning  to  Leavenworth.  The 
colonel  and  his  small  following  proceeded  to 
Kansas  City  and  thence  to  the  scene  of  the 
battle,  arriving  in  time  to  see  some  of  the  fight- 
ing, and  to  see  the  Confederates  retiring  pur- 
sued by  L'nion  cavalry.  Many  dead  were  left 
on  the  field.  Mr.  King  and  his  brother  George 
were  with  the  colonel's  band,  and  were  on  duty 
two  weeks,  returning  on  a  steamboat  from 
Kansas  City  to  Leavenworth. 

Mr.  King  came  to  Binghamton  with  his 
mother  .\ugust  1,  1865,  and  in  September  that 
year  he  became  a  clerk  in  the  dry  goods  store 
of  D.  M.  &  E.  G.  Halbert,  remaining  until 
July  I,  iSfx;,  wdien  he  went  west  to  visit  his 
brother  at  Leavenw(jrth,  and  remained  there 
about  a  year.  He  bought  a  share  in  the  store 
of  his  brother-in-law,  A.  P.  Woodworth,  at 
Robinson,  Illinois,  and  continued  in  the  part- 
nership until  1874.  when  owing  to  ill  health 
he  withdrew  from  the  firm  and  returned  to 
Binghamton.  After  his  marriage  he  entered 
into  partnership  with  J.  W.  Berkeley  and  his 
brother  G.  H.  King  in  the  retail  dry  goods 
trade,  with  a  store  at  Lexington.  Kentucky, 
under  the  firm  name  of  Berkeley,  King  &  Com- 
pany. .After  a  time,  too  close  attention  to 
business  again  atTected  his  health  and  he  was 
advised,  if  he  wanted  to  live,  to  engage  in  some 
business  that  would  keep  him  out-of-doors. 
In  partnership  with  his  brother,  Lewis  C.  King, 
in  the  firm  of  E.  F.  &  L.  C.  King,  in  the  spring 
of  1871;  be  erected  a  plant  for  the  manufacture 
of  acetate  of  lime,  wood  alcohol  and  charcoal, 
in  Sullivan  county.  New  York.  A  small  vil- 
lage grew  up  in  the  vicinity  of  the  works,  and 
it  was  named  .Acidalia.  Mr.  King  is  post- 
master of  this  village,  appointed  first  in  Janu- 
ary, 1882.  and  serving  continuously  to  the 
present  time.  In  this  business  his  health  im- 
proved, though  he  never  has  enjoyed  good 
health  since.  Me  has  always  been  an  advocate 
of  clean  politics  and  of  temperance.  Within  a 
circle  of  twenty-five  miles  of  this  village  there 
were  some'  thirty  factories  of  the  same  kind, 
and  the  workmen  in  all  of  them  were  much 
addicted  to  drink.  Mr.  King  used  every  means 
in  his  power  to  induce  his  men  to  keej) 
awav  from  lifjuor  and  urged  them  to  .save  their 


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money.  As  a  conse(|iience,  no  less  than  twen- 
ty-five of  his  employees  own  their  homes. 
None  of  the  other  factories  can  make  so  gootl 
a  showing,  largely  for  the  reason  that  liquor 
was  so  easily  obtainable  in  the  other  factory 
villages.  In  1890  Mr.  King  bought  the  inter- 
ests of  L.  C.  King,  exchanging  for  it  his  share 
in  the  business  of  L.  C.  King  &  Company,  of 
New  York  City.  He  admitted  to  the  firm 
Albert  Holcomb,  and  the  name  became  King 
&  Holcomb.  In  1900  the  business  was  incor- 
porated as  the  Sullivan  Chemical  Compan}-. 
Mr.  Kinp-  married,  June  2,  1875,  Louise  E. 
Pratt,  daughter  of  Hallani  E.  and  Elizabeth 
Ripley  (Lathrop)  Pratt  (see  Pratt).  She  is 
descended  from  Mayflower  ancestry  in  the  Rip- 
ley line.  Elizabeth  Ripley  Lathrop,  who  mar- 
ried Hallam  E.  Pratt,  was  daughter  of  Horace 
and  Eunice  (Ripley)  Lathrop,  granddaughter 
of  Captain  Ralph  and  Ruth  (Huntington  )  Ri])- 
ley.  Joshua  Ripley  Jr.,  father  of  Ralph,  was 
a  son  of  Joshua  Ripley  and  grandson  of  Joshua 
and  Hannah  (Bradford)  Ripley.  Hannah  was 
a  granddaughter  of  Governor  William  Brad- 
ford, of  the  Plymouth  colony,  a  "Ma)flower" 
immigrant,  governor  of  the  colony.  John  Rip- 
ley, father  of  the  first  Joshua,  was  a  son  of 
the  immigrant  William  Ripley. 

(The   PraU   Line). 

(I)  Lieutenant  W^illiam  Pratt,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  came  over  it  is  supposed  with 
Rev.  Thomas  Hooker,  and  settled  at  Newtown, 
now  Cambridge,  Massachusetts,  in  1633.  He 
removed  later  to  Hartford,  Connecticut.  He 
was  a  deputy  to  the  general  court  for  the  twen- 
ty-third and  last  time,  at  the  session  which 
convened  at  Hartford,  May  9,  1678.  He  mar- 
ried, in  June,  1636,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
John  Clark,  first  of  Saybrook  and  afterward 
of  Welford.  He  died  about  1678.  Children : 
Elizabeth,  born  February  i,  1641,  at  Hartford, 
married.  May  11,  1660,  Lieutenant  William 
Backus  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Joseph,  .Au- 
gust I,  1648,  at  Saybrook  (?),  married  (sec- 
ond) Sarah  Chapman,  died  August  12,  1703; 
Sarah,  .April  i.  1651.  Saybrook;  Will,  May  14, 
1653,  Saybrook,  married  Hannah  Kirtland ; 
Samuel,  October  6,  1655,  Saybrook:  Nathan- 
iel, married  (first).  May  2,  1688,  S_arah  Beau- 
mont, (second),  January  21,  1718,  Sarah  Will- 

ard,   (third)   Rebecca ;  Lydia.  January 

I,  1659. 

CII)  Ensign  Jolm  IVatt.  son  of  Lieutenant 
William   Pratt,  was  born   February  20,   1644. 


and  died  in  1726.  He  was  a  large  landholder 
in  Saybrook  and  Hebron,  Connecticut.  He 
first  settled  on  land  in  the  old  parish  of  Say- 
brook, which  had  been  given  him  by  his  father, 
in  1672.  In  1678,  on  the  death  of  his  father, 
the  paternal  homestead  on  Esse.x  Point  came 
to  him  and  he  removed  to  the  latter  place.  He 
was  a  blacksmith  by  trade,  and  frequently  ap- 
pears upon  the  records  with  the  title  ensign, 
but  more  commonly  with  that  of  Sergeant  John 
Pratt  (smith),  to  distinguish  him  from  Ser- 
geant John  Pratt  (tailor).  He  was  a  man  of 
distinction,  and  several  times  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  assembly,  October  9,  1684, 
August  29,  1689,  and  May  14,  1691.  He  mar- 
ried, June  8.  1699,  Sarah,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Jones,  of  Guilford,  Connecticut.  .\n  inventory 
of  his  estate  was  presented  in  court,  August 
31,  1726,  which  amounted  to  £119  i6s.  3d.,  not 
including  his  lands.  Children  :  John,  born  Sep- 
tember 5,  1671,  Saybrook,  married,  November 
20,  1697,  Hannah  Williams,  died  about  1744', 
Elizabeth,   .April  3.    1673,   Saybrook,  married, 

.April  13,  1693,  Benjamin  Lord,  (second)  

Whittlesay ;  Thomas,  October  28,  1675,  died 
.\ugust  5.  1694,  at  Hartford;  Isaac,  mentioned 
below;  Sarah,  June  5,  1680,  Sa\brook,  mar- 
ried Joseph  Dudley;  Lydia,  September  18, 
1692,  married,  July  27,  1710,  Rev.  Phineas 
Fiske,  died  July  14,  1765;  Mehitable,  Septem- 
ber 6,    1685,   married  Hough;   Alary, 

born  1688,  married,  May  22,  1713,  John  Worth- 
ington,  died  Cktober  29,  1759. 

(Ill)  Isaac,  son  of  Ensign  John  Pratt,  was 
born  January  16,  1677,  and  married  Mary 
Taylor.  He  died  in  1733.  Children:  Isaac, 
born  July  21.  1705,  Saybrook,  died  May  27, 
1787,  married.  May  31,  1733,  Mary  Jones; 
Timothv,  January  20,  1713,  Saybrook,  married 
Sarah  Balmer ;  Mary,  September  8,  1715,  Say- 
brook, died  January  11,  1794,  married  Thomas 
Ingraham  ;  Humphrey, mentioncdbelow  ;  James, 
1725,  Saybrook,  married  (first)  Deborah  Walk- 
er, (second)   .Anna  Jones;  Elizabeth. 

(I\")  Humphrey,  son  of  Isaac  Pratt,  was 
born  Alay  16,  17 16,  in  Saybrook.  and  married, 
November  30,  1746,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Will- 
iam and  Tulley,  born  July  24,   171 1, 

died  July  31,  1791.  He  died  August  20,  1797- 
Children :  Humphrey,  born  December  5,  1748, 
.Savbrook,  married  (first),  June  6,  1773,  Mercy 
Tulley,  (second).  January  16,  1777,  MaryDor- 
rance:  W'illiam,  November  22,  1750,  died  Feb- 
ruary 2~,.  1850,  married,  November  3,  1773, 
Hannah  Shipman,  served  as  lieutenant  in  the 


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revolution;  Lydia,  July  25,  1752;  Elias,  men- 
tioned below;  Andre,  November  8,  1756,  mar- 
ried (first),  March  i,  1780,  Xancy  Dorrance, 
(second),  1780,  Elizabeth  Wheples,  (third) 
June  12,  1796,  Harriet  Andrews. 

(V)  Elias,  son  of  Humphrey  P'ratt,  was 
born  April  21,  1754.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  and  was  in  the  battles  of  Monmouth 
and  Germantown,  and  several  skirmishes  at 
other  places.  He  was  made  an  orderly  ser- 
geant, and  received  an  honorable  discharge 
shortly  before  the  surrender  of  Cornwallis. 
lie  married  Patience  Clark,  and  lived  in  Bing- 
hamton.  New  York.  Children :  Artemas,  born 
May  5,  1781,  died  in  Kentucky,  1811;  Zenas. 
mentioned  below;  Laura,  March  25,  1787, mar- 
ried January  8,  1802,  Zopher  Adams;  Mav- 
erick, May  9,  1794,  died  November  3.  1869. 
married,  January  6,  1820,  Samantha  Hyde; 
Harriet  Augusta ;  Nathaniel  Proctor,  Septem- 
ber 6,  1802.  married.  October  3,  1828,  Hannah 
Murch. 

(\l)  Zenas.  son  of  Elias  Pratt,  was  born 
December  22,  1763.  and  married,  July  3,  1810. 
.Sally  Sabine,  who  rlied  December  24,  1876.  He 
was  a  cabinet  maker  by  trade  and  lived  in 
Binghamton.  He  died  October  16,  1861.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Robert  M.,  born  March  21,  181 1  ;  mar- 
ried Mary  W'heaton.  died  August  31,  1880;  a 
I)ortrait  painter,  and  lived  in  New  York  City. 
2.  Hallam  E.,  mentioned  below.  3.  George, 
January  14,  181 5,  died  .April  26.  1884;  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  Bradbury.  4.  Francis  M.,  May 
5,  1817,  died  June  2/,  1864;  served  in  the  civil 
war.  5.  Frederick  W.,  May  30,  1819:  married 
Elizabeth  Covert.  6.  James  A.,  July  30,  1821. 
died  .September  30,  1850.  7.  William  H.,  March 
17,  182=;,  died  1891  ;  married  (first)  Eunice 
.Saunders,  (second)  Ellen  Conklin. 

(VH)  Hallam  E.,  son  of  Zenas  Pratt,  was 
bom  in  Binghamton,  New  York,  .August  23, 
r8i2,  and  died  May  28,  1885.  He  married 
Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Horace  and  Eunice 
(Ripley)  Lathrop,  born  May  23,  1822.  He 
was  educated  in  the  schools  of  his  native  vil- 
lage. In  early  youth  he  became  engaged  in  the 
dry  goods  business  but  soon  changed  to  the 
book  and  stationery  business.  To  the  latter 
he  was  well  adapted  by  his  literary  tastes  and 
acquirements.  For  many  years  he  conducted 
one  of  the  best  known  book  stores  in  the  town. 
He  served  for  many  years  on  the  city  school 
board,  and  in  1867  was  elected  county  clerk. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Republican,  and  an  un- 
compromising  anti-slavery   partisan   and   pro- 


hibitionist. In  religion  he  was  a  Presbyterian. 
Children:  i.  Frances,  born  December  5,  1841  ; 
married.  June  16.  1863,  Charles  H.  Smith; 
children :  Annie,  Charles,  Hallam,  Louise, 
Sarah,  Bessie.  2.  Sarah,  August  i,  1844;  mar- 
ried, June  6,  1866,  Asa  R.  Tweedy;  children: 
Asa ;  Harry  Hallam,  professor  of  practical 
theolog)-,  Yale  University  ;  Raymond  L. ;  Ken- 
neth King.  3.  Louise  E.,  April  6, 1848 ;  married, 
June  2,  1875,  Eugene  F.  King  (see  King).  4. 
George  H.,  January  4,  1852;  married,  Janu- 
ary 24,  1876,  Elizabeth  Chaftee  ;  child  :  Carroll, 
deceased.     5.    Horace   L.,   married,    Februar}- 

18,  1891, — ;  children:  Hallam  E., 

Donald  Lathrop. 

(The  Saliiiu-  Line). 

(I)  William  Sabine,  or  Sabin,  the  immi- 
grant ancestor,  was  born  in  France  or  Eng- 
land, and  settled  as  early  as  1643  in  the  town 
of  Rehoboth.  Massachusetts,  being  among  it.^ 
founders.  Tradition  has  it  that  he  came  from 
Wales  or  the  south  of  England,  taking  refuge 
there,  but  it  is  more  likely  that  his  parents  01 
grandparents  left  France  on  account  of  relig- 
ious trouble.  He  was  evidently  English-speak- 
ing, and  must  have  been  educated  in  England. 
He  became  one  of  the  leaders  of  the  town  and 
church.  He  was  a  miller  by  trade.  He  mar- 
ried  first   ,    (second)    Martha. 

born  December  11,  i()4i,  daughter  of  James 
and  Anna  Allen.  He  died  February  9,  1687. 
His  will,  dated  June  4,  1685,  proved  at  Bos- 
ton, July  17,  1687,  be(iueathing  to  sixteen  of 
his  twenty  children.  Children  of  first  wife,  all 
born  in  Rehoboth  except  the  two  eldest :  Sam- 
uel:  Elizabeth,  1642;  Joseph.  May  24,  1645: 
Benjamin,  May  3,  1646;  Nehemiah,  May  28, 
1647;  Experience,  June  8,  1646;  Mary  or 
Mercy,  May  2^.  1652;  Abigail,  September  8, 
1653;  Hannah,  October  22,  1654;  Patience, 
last  of  February,  1655;  Jeremiah,  January  24. 
1657 :  Sarah,  July  27,  1660.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  James,  January  i,  1664-65;  John. 
August  27.  i6(56;  Hezekiah.  April  3,  1669; 
Noah,  March  i,  1671  ;  Mehitable,  May  15. 
1673;  Mary,  September  8,  1675;  Sarah,  Feb- 
ruary 16,  1677;  Margaret,  April  30,  1680. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  William  Sabine,  was 
born  at  Rehoboth,  May  3,  1646.  In  1675  he 
removed  to  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  and  in 
1686  was  one  of  the  thirteen  pioneers  who  set- 
tled at  Woodstock.  Connecticut,  and  joined 
the  same  year  in  purchasing  a  tract  of  land 
just  south  "of  Woodstock.  Mashamo<:|uoit,  now 


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Pomfret.  lie  lived  in  Woodstock  until  1705, 
when  he  moved  to  Pomfret,  and  died  there 
July  21,  1725.  He  married  (first)  Sarah,  born 
June  2,  1650,  daughter  of  John  and  Rebecca 
Polly,  of  Roxbury:  (second),  July  5,  1678, 
Sarah  Parker,  who  died  January  22,  1717-18. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Josiah,  born  in  Reho- 
both,  Octtiber  11,  1669;  Ebenezer,  at  Reho- 
both,  mentioned  below ;  Benjamin,  at  Reho- 
both,  December  2,  1673 :  Mehitable,  at  Rox- 
bury, September  7,  1677.  Children  of  second 
wife,  born  at  Roxbury,  excejjt  two  youngest : 
Sarah,  August  i,  1679:  Xehemiah,  January  10, 
r68i  ;  Patience,  May  3,  1682:  Jeremiah.  March 
II,  1684;  Experience,  February,  1686;  Ste- 
phen, at  Woodstock,  May  30.  1689:  Timothy, 

1694- 

(III)  Ebenezer,  son  of  benjamin  Sabine, 
was  born  at  Rehoboth,  December  10,  1671. 
He  resided  at  Woodstock.  In  1700  he  was 
ensign  in  exjtedition  against  Canada.  He  died 
September  18.  1739.  He  married  Susanna 
.  Children,  born  at  Woodstock :  Eben- 
ezer. July  8,  i(y)C>:  Joseph,  January  2^,,  1701  ; 
Susanna,  .'Xjiril  3.  1704;  Joshua,  mentioned 
below:  Mehitable,  July  21.  171 1:  Seth.  Octo- 
ber 21,  1714. 

(IV)  Joshua,  .son  of  Ebenezer  Sabine,  was 
born  at  Woodstock,  May  26,  1706.  He  mar- 
ried, January  22,  1734,  Mary  — .  Chil- 
dren, born  at  Pomfret :  .\bishai,  September  10, 
1735;  Susanna,  August  25.  1737;  Joshua.  June 
6,  1740;  Mary,  May  6,  1742;  Sylvanus,  Janu- 
ary 14,  1744;  Phethena,  January  6, 1747;  Lucy. 
August  9,  1749;  Walter,  l-'ebruary  12,  1752: 
Alice,  April  20,  1754;  Elizabeth,  September 
6,  1756. 

(V)  Walter,  son  of  Joshua  Sabine,  was  born 
at  Pomfret.  February  12,  1752.  He  was  a  sur- 
veyor, and  moved  to  New  York  state.  His 
daughter  Sally,  born  November  28,  1780.  died 
December  24,  i87r).  married  Zenas  Pratt  (see 
Pratt). 

In  1790  the  federal  census  shows  that  Wal- 
ter Sabine  was  of  Chenango  town.  Montgom- 
ery county,  New  York,  and  had  four  females 
in  his  family.  No  other  Walter  is  reported  in 
the  census  from  anv  state. 


This  branch  of  the  IJarllett 
R.'\RTLETT     family  came  from  Stopham, 

county  Sussex,  England.  In 
the  ancient  Norman  church  of  this  period  is 
seen  the  marble  slabs  with  figures  of  brass  in 


laid,  in  memory  of  the  Bartlett  ancestors,  show- 
ing a  regular  lineage  from  John  Barttelot,  who 
died  in  the  year  1428,  to  Colonel  George  Bart- 
lett, who  died  in  1872.  The  ancient  form  of 
the  name  (Barttelot)  dates  back  to  the  Nor- 
man conquest.  The  coat-of-arms  is:  Sable 
three  sinister  falconer's  gloves  argent,  arranged 
triangularly  two  above  and  one  below,  pendant 
bands  around  the  wrist  and  tassels  or.  About 
the  close  of  the  fifteenth  century  the  castle  was 
granted  as  a  crest  to  John  Barttelot,  and  in 
the  sixteenth  century  the  Swan  crest  was  grant- 
ed in  commemoration  of  the  right  granted  the 
family  by  William  the  Con(|ueror  to  keep 
swans  in  the  river  Arun. 

(  [  )  Adam  Barttelot,  an  esquire,  came  with 
the  Conqueror  from  Normandy,  and  had  his 
seat  at  I'erring,  county  Sussex. 

(II)  William  Barttelot  de  Stopham,  son  of 
Adam,  was  buried  at  Stopham  Church,  as  was 
his  son.  Tohn  (III),  and  his  son.  Richard.  Esq. 
(I\'). 

(  \'  )  Thomas,  son  of  Richard,  was  a  native 
and  resident  of  Sussex  county.  F'ngland.  His 
name  ajjpears  as  Bartlett. 

(VI)  Robert,  son  of  Thomas  Bartlett.  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor  of  the  American  branch 
of  the  family.  He  was  born  in  Sussex  county, 
England,  in  1606,  and  came  in  the  ship  ".\nn," 
in  1623.  He  was  a  cooper  by  trade,  and  set- 
tled at  Plymouth,  Massachusetts;  was  admit- 
ted a  freeman  in  1633.  and  served  on  the  jury 
and  as  a  town  officer.  His  will,  proved  Octo- 
ber 29,  1676,  devised  his  entire  estate  to  his 
wife.  His  name  is  inscribed  on  the  tablet  at 
Hartford  Church  as  one  of  the  founders  of 
that  town.  He  married,  in  1628,  Mary,  daugh- 
ter f>f  Richard  Warren,  who  came  in  the  "May- 
flower." and  her  marriage  portion  was  con- 
firmed to  him,  March  7,  1636.  Children:  Ben- 
jamin, born  1638;  Joseph,  of  whom  further; 
Rebecca,  married,  December  30,  1659,  Will- 
iam Harlow;  Mary,  married  (first),  Septem- 
ber 10.  ifi6i,  Richard  Foster,  of  Plymouth, 
(second).  Jonathan  Morey ;  Sarah,  married. 
December  23,  1661,  .A.nthony  .Sprague,  of 
Plytuouth  ;  Lydia,  born  June  8,  1(^47,  married 
(first)  James  Barnaby.  (second)  John  Nelson; 
Mercy,  born  March  ro,  1650.  married.  Decem- 
ber 25.  1668,  John  Ivey.  of  Boston. 

(\TI)  Jose])h.  son  of  Robert  Bartlett,  was 
born  in  Plymouth,  in  1639.  and  inarried  Han- 
nah, daughter  of  Gabriel  Fallowell.  Children  : 
Josei)h.  of  whom  further  ;  Robert ;  Elnathan  ; 
r.enjamin  ;  ITainiah.  married  J(^seph  Sylvester; 


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Mary,  married  John   Barnes;  Sarah,  married 
Elisha  Holmes. 

(VIII)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)Bart- 
lett,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  in  i66s.  He  mar- 
ried, 1692,  Lydia  Griswold.  Children:  Joseph, 
of  whom  further;  Samuel,  born  1696;"  Lydia! 

1698,  married  Lazarus  Le  Baron;  Benjamin,' 

1699.  married  Lydia  Merton;  Sarah,  1703! 
married  ( first  j  Francis  Le  Baron,  (second) 
Joseph  Swift. 

(IX)  Joseph  (3),  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Bart- 
lett,  was  born  in  1693;  married,  1717,  Eliza- 
beth Bartlett.  Children:  William,  born  1718; 
Sylvamis,  oi  wliom  further;  Jerusha,  born 
1721;  married  Joseph  Croswell ;  Lydia,  bom 
1722,  married  Jonathan  Parker;  Zacheus,  born 
1725;  Betty,    1727,  married   Benjamin   Rider; 

Joseph,  1729,  married  Lydia  Cobb. 

(X)  Sylvanus,  son  of  Joseph  (3)  Bartlett, 
was  born  in  Plymouth,  in  1719.  He  married, 
r743.  Martha  Wait.  Chiklren,  born  in  Plym- 
outh: Wait,  1744;  Elizabeth,  1749,  married 
Thomas  Bartlett;  Sylvanus,  of  whom  further; 
Mary,  1753,  married  Joseph  Bartlett;  Abner! 
1755,  married  Anna  Hovey ;  Martha,  1757; 
Jerusha,  1759;  Jo.seph,  1761  ;  Francis;  Sophia, 
married  Benjamin  Drew;  lesse,  1772. 

(XI)  Sylvanus  (2).  son  of  Sylvanus  (i) 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  1751,  in  Plymouth,  and 
settled  in  the  adjoining  town  of  Plympton.  He 
was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution,  a  private  in 
Captain  John  Bradford's  company.  Colonel 
Theophilus  Cotton's  regiment ;  also  'in  Captain 
Thomas  Samson's  company.  Colonel  Thomas 
Lothrop's  regiment,  in  December,  1776,  during 
the  alarm  at  Bristol.  Rhode  Island;  also  in 
Captain  Sprague's  compan\-,  in  1777.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Plymouth  or  Plympton,  Sarah  Loring ; 
she  died  October  16,  1822,  and  he  died  in  Feb- 
ruary, 1827.  Children,  probably  not  in  order 
of  birth  :  Bathsheba  ;  Martha  ;  Sylvanus  ;  Sarah  ; 
Isaac;  Betsey;  Alvin  ;  Joseph;  Loring;  Igna- 
tius; Jerusha.  married  Nathaniel  Holmes; 
Isaac,  of  whom  further  ;  Lvdia  ;  Thomas  ;  Dan- 
iel. 

(XII)  Isaac,  son  of  Sylvanus  (2)  Bartlett, 
was  born  at  Plympton,  about  1775.  He  mar- 
ried, October  29,  i8oi,  Hannah 'Stevens,  of 
Duxbury,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  Eliza, 
born  August  23,  1802.  2.  Joseph,  June  11, 
1804;  married  Deborah  Cafferty.  3.  Alvin, 
October  21,  1806,  died  1816.  4.  Robert  S.! 
born  December  18,  1808;  married  Dorcas  M., 
daughter  of  Colonel  Loring  Bartlett,  of  Salis- 
bury, Connecticut,  son  of  Sylvanus  and  Sarah 


I'.artlett.  5.  Abigail,  born  December  20,  1810; 
married  James  Weed.  6.  Isaac  L.,  of  whom 
furuier.  7.  Jerusha,  born  May  24,  1815;  mar- 
ried Chester  Manning.  8.  William  B.,  born 
October  14,  1818,  died  young.  9.  Charles, 
burn  August  25,  1822. 

(Xlll)   Lsaac  L.,  son  of  Isaac  Bartlett,  was 
born   June  20,    1813.     He   married,   in    1846, 

Emily,  daughter  of  Joseph  Jessup  and  '■ 

(Sherwood)  Banks.  Children,  born  in  Bing- 
hamton.  New  York:  i.  Arthur  S.,  of  whom 
t\irther.  2.  Laura  B.,  married  Herbert  E. 
Smith;  children:  Emily  S.,  married  Richard 
DeW  itt,  and  Florence  S.  3.  Lsaac  L..  Jr 
died  in  1872.  4.  Charles  ].,  died  in  1886.  5.' 
Emily  B.,  married  Sidney  T.  Clark ;  children : 
Charles  J.  (deceased),  and  Sidney  T..  fr. 

(XI\')   Arthur   Strong,   son    of    Isaac    L. 
Bartlett,  was  born  in  Binghamton,  New  York 
April  2,  1847.    He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  was  among  the  first 
graduates    from   the   high   school,   completing 
tile  course  at  the  age  of  sixteen  years.     After 
a  course  in  a  business  college  he  entered  the 
emi>loy  of  his   father  in  the  lumber  business, 
and  after  a  time  he  and  his  brother  were  ad- 
mitted to  partnership,  under  the  firm  name  of 
Bartlett  &  Company.    After  his  father  died  he 
continued  to  carry  on  the  business,  which  is 
now  one  of  the  most  extensive  in  its  line  in 
the  city  of  Binghamton.     Mr.  Bartlett  is  presi- 
dent of  the  Board  of  Commerce,  and  a  director 
of  the  First  National  Bank,  and  of  the  Chen- 
ango X'alley  Savings  Bank.  He  is  a  Republican, 
and  has  served  the  city  several  years  as  a  park 
commissioner.     In  religion   he' is   an   Episco- 
palian, and  he  is  a  member  of  the  Binghamton, 
Press  and  Dobson  clubs.    He  married,"in  Mon- 
ticello.   New    York,   October  27,    1882,   Kate. 
daughter  of  James  B.  and  Sarah  B.   (Teller) 
Maplefloram. 

(The  Teller  Line). 
(  I )  Willein  Teller,  son  of  Romaniis  Teller, 
vvas  the  first  ancestor  of  the  family  in  New 
N'etherland.  He  vvas  born  in  1620.  According 
to  a  deposition  made  July  6,  1698,  when  sev- 
enty-eight years  of  age  he  arrived  at  New 
York  in  the  summer  of  1639,  and  was  sent  by 
Governor  Kieft  to  Fort  Orange,  where  he 
served  as  corporal,  and  afterward  was  made 
wachtmeister  of  the  fort.  He  lived  in  Albany 
from  1639  to  i(X)2.  with  small  intermissions  in 
voyages  to  New  York,  Delaware,  and  one  to 
Holland.  He  was  a  trader  about  fifty  years  in 
Albany,  from  whence  he  moved  with  his  sons 


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NEW  ^ORK. 


to  New  York  in  1692.  He  was  one  of  the 
earliest  proprietors  of  Sclienectady  in  1662,  but 
probably  never  resided  there,  and  was  one  of 
the  five  patentees  named  in  the  first  patent  of 
the  town,  in  1684.  He  died  in  1701.  In  his 
will,  made  March  19,  1669,  he  mentions  six 
children  as  living:  Andries,  Helena,  Elizabeth, 
Willem,  Johannes  and  Jannetje.  Although  a 
l^rosperous  merchant,  the  inventory  of  his 
property  only  amounted  to  910  pounds,  10  shil- 
lings 2  pence.  There  is  reason  to  believe  that 
he  distributed  most  of  his  property  to  his  chil- 
dren before  making  the  will.  He  married  Mar- 
garet Duncassen,  who  died  before  1664,  in 
which  year  he  made  a  marriage  contract  (April 
9)  with  Maria  Varlett,  widow  of  Paulis 
Schrick.  She  died  in  1702,  and  her  estate  in- 
ventoried one  thousand  two  hundred  and  sev- 
enty-five pounds  twelve  shillings  and  nine 
pence.  He  and  his  wife  were  among  the  first 
members  of  the  old  Dutch  Church  at  Fort  Or- 
ange (Albany),  their  names  being  on  the  first 
records  of  tlie  church.  He  endowed  it  with 
funds  to  maintain  it.  In  the  church  tower  a 
panel  of  glass  bore  his  coat-of-arms.  Children : 
I.  Andries,  for  many  years  a  magistrate  in 
Albany;  married  Sophia,  daughter  of  Olofif 
Stevense  Van  Cortlandt,  May  6,  1671,  in  New- 
York,  whither  he  soon  after  moved.  2.  Hel- 
ena, married  (first)  Cornelius  Bogardus,  who 

(lied  1666:  (second)  Van  Ball;  (third) 

Francis  Rombouts.  3.  Maria,  married  (first) 
Pieter  Van   Alen,   who  died    1674;    (second) 

Lookermans;    (third),    1677,    Garrett 

Van  Ness.  4.  Elizabeth,  or  Lysbetli,  married 
(first)  Abraham  \'an  Tricht ;  (second)  Mel- 
gert  Wynantse  \'an  der  Pool.  5.  Jacob,  mar- 
ried, October  24,  1683,  Christina  Wessels,  of 
New  York,  where  he  was  living  in  1686,  in 
Whitehall  street;  was  master  of  sloop  "Hope- 
well," plying  between  New  Y'ork  and  Esopus. 
6.  William,  of  whom  further.  7.  Johannes, 
settled  in  Schenectady;  married.  August  18, 
1686,  Susanna  Wendell;  was  taken  prisoner  by 
Indians  at  burning  of  Schenectady  in  1690, 
taken  to  Canada  by  the  French,  and  redeemed 
by  his  father,  who  deeded  to  him,  June  20, 
1700,  two  lots  of  forty-seven  acres  in  Schenec- 
tady, received  under  patent  from  Governor 
Stuyvesant,  June  29,  1667.  8.  Jannetje,  mar- 
ried Arent  Philippse  Schuyler,  November  26, 
1684. 

The  records  show  tliat  the  above-named  Wil- 
lem Teller  was  a  strong  figure.  In  1656  he 
and  Evert  Wendell  were  collectors  of  taxes. 


July  26,  1670,  his  wife  Maria  had  a  suit  against 
Dominie  Schlaetz,  as  to  the  ownership  of  a 
negro  slave.  In  1678  Willem  Teller  acci- 
dentally killed  an  Indian  squaw  with  a  gun  he 
had  taken  from  the  wall  as  she  entered  the 
door.  A  trial  w'as  held  May  16,  1678.  There 
were  several  Indian  witnesses.  During  the 
trial  he  was  confined  at  his  house.  He  was 
actjuitted.  On  May  21,  1681,  his  stepdaugh- 
ter, Susanna  Schrick,  married  Captain  An- 
thony Brocksholes,  commander-in-chief  of  the 
military  forces  of  the  colony,  and  who  acted 
as  governor  during  the  absence  of  Governor 
Andros.  On  December  9,  1681,  Willem  Teller 
has  a  dispute  with  the  magistrate  as  to  Gab- 
riel's house,  where  powder  was  stored.  In 
1684  the  tow-n  was  divided  into  six  wards,  and 
he  was  chosen  representative,  the  election  being 
held  in  the  court  house,  June  3.  On  October 
7,  1684.  he  was  continued  as  a  justice  of  the 
peace. 

(II)  William,  .son  of  Willem  Teller,  mar- 
ried. November  19,  1686,  Rachel,  daughter  of 
Dr.  Hans  antl  Sarah  (Bogardus)  Kiersted. 
her  mother  being  a  daughter  of  Dominie  Ever- 
ardus  Bogardus  and  Anneke  Jans.  Soon  after- 
ward he  removed  to  New  Y^ork,  where  he  made 
his  will,  June  25,  1710.  He  owned  large  tracts 
of  land  in  Westchester  county ;  one  was  above 
the  town  of  Ossinning,  a  part  of  it  projecting 
into  the  Hudson  river,  and  was  known  as  Tel- 
ler's Point.  Children  baptized  in  New  York : 
Margarita,  born  August  17.  1687:  William. 
September  i,  1689,  married  Mary  Kenniff ; 
John,  of  whom  further;  Margarette,  April  3, 
1696.  married  Jacobus  Stoutenburgh  ;  Jacobus, 
(October  29,  1703. 

( III )  John,  son  of  William'Teller.  was  born 
in  i()i)3;  married  Aulie  \'ermilyea'.  Children: 
Luke,  of  whom  further;  Rachel,  Catherine, 
Abram,  John,  Jonas. 

(IV)  Luke,   son   of  John   Teller,    married, 
October  16,  1763,  Sarah  Snediker.    Children: 
James,  Elizabeth,  Sarah,  Abram.  Rachel,  Cath 
erine,  Richard,  John,  of  whom  further,  Auley, 
Theodora. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Luke  Teller,  married 
Deborah  Waring.  Children  :  William  Waring, 
of  whom   further;  James,  married   Elizabeth 

Devoe;  Harriet,  married  \'an  Schoick ; 

Solomon,  born  April  6,  1793,  died  November 
26,  1852,  married  Cynthia  Groo;  Luke,  mar- 
ried Julia  Remsen  ;  Stephen,  married  Abigail 
Smith. 

(VI)  William    Waring,    son    of    John    (2) 


NEW  YORK. 


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Teller,  was  born  in  1794.  and  died  in  Monti- 
cello,  New  York,  October  4,  1862.  He  mar- 
ried Amy  Hall,  born  September  23,  1799,  died 
June  9,  1878.  Children :  Deborah,  married 
Alexander  Black ;  Lucinda,  married  James 
Johnston;  David,  born  April  18,  1821,  married, 
September  2,  1843,  Elizabeth  IJlack ;  John, 
married  Minerva  Kniffin ;  Richard,  married 
Eliza  Chase:  Sarah  B.,  of  whom  further; 
Nancy,  married  Levi  Devoe  ;  Elizabeth,  married 
William  \^an  Valkenburgh ;  Daniel,  married 
Mary  Hoyt ;  James,  married  Vesta  Dunham  ; 
Horace. 

(VH)  Sarah  B.,  daughter  of  William  War- 
ing Teller,  was  born  January  22,  1831,  and  died 
July  28,  1907.  She  married,  September  18, 
1851,  James  B.  Maplcdoram,  born  December 
18,  1827,  at  Blagdon,  near  Bath,  England.  Chil- 
dren :  Ida,  born  July  3,  1852,  married,  October 
16,  1872,  John  J.  Linson ;  Ira.  twin  of  Ida, 
married,  C)ctober,  1883,  Cora  Pinney ;  Myron, 
born  October  2,  1854;  Kate  B.,  born  May  2. 
1856,  married,  October  27,  1882,  .-^rtliur  S. 
Rartlett  (see  Bartlett  XIV). 


Frederick  Hale  was  born  in  Con- 
HALE  necticut  about  1789,  died  in  Nor- 
wich, New  York,  in  1855.  He 
came  to  New  York  state  some  time  between 
1808  and  181 2,  and  lived  for  some  time  in  New 
Lisbon,  Otsego  county.  New  York,  where  all 
his  children  were  born.  For  many  years  in  his 
youth  he  ran  a  peddler"s  cart  on  the  road,  and 
later  in  life  settled  in  Pharsalia,  where  he  was 
a  farmer.  He  came  to  Norwich  in  1851,  when 
he  retired  from  active  life.  He  married,  in 
Otsego  county.  New  York,  Abigail  Warner, 
born  in  1789,  died  in  1854.  Children  born  in 
New  Lisbon:  Warner  E.,  Elam,  Henry,  Hiram, 
mentioned  below  ;  Eliza,  \Villiam  H.,  Samuel. 
(II)  Hiram,  son  of  Frederick  Hale,  was 
born  in  New  Lisbon,  September  27,  1817,  died 
in  Norwich,  New  York,  1899.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  at  New  Lisbon,  and  the  Old 
Norwich  .-Vcademy,  Chenango  county,  where 
he  came  with  his  parents  in  1835.  For  some 
years  he  taught  school  in  the  winters,  and  was 
a  farmer  at  Pharsalia  until  1851,  when  he  went 
to  Norwich,  living  on  what  is  now  the  old 
Hale  farm.  In  1896  he  removed  to  the  village 
of  Norwich,  where  he  retired  from  active  life, 
and  where  he  resided  until  his  death.  In  pol- 
itics he  was  a  "Black  Republican,"  and  served 
several  terms  as  assessor.  For  many  years  he 
was  deacon   and   trustee  of  the   First   Ba])tist 


church.  lie  married,  in  1844,  .Abigail  M. 
Newton,  born  in  Preston,  New  York,  July  17, 
1817,  died  May  28,  1907,  daughter  of  Jedutha 
Newton,  of  Guilford,  Vermont,  and  Martha 
Maria  (Smith)  Newton,  daughter  of  Elisha 
Smith,  a  first  settler  of  Norwich,  who  built 
the  stone  mill  on  West  Main  street  in  1806. 
Children:  I.  Hiram  Oscar,  mentioned  below. 
2.  Martha  Maria,  born  1851  ;  married  F.  W. 
Foster,  a  Baptist  minister,  of  Omaha,  Ne- 
braska, now  western  manager  of  Penn  Life  In- 
surance Company;  children:  Robert,  Harold, 
Mildred.  3.  Eliza  Jane,  married  Milton 
Brown,  deceased  :  chilclren  :  Henry  Hale,  Grace 
Hull,  married  Henry  Skidmore,  one  child,  Do- 
rothea Hale  Skidmore ;  William  R.,  Ray,  Reed. 
4.  Charles  Newton,  died  aged  two. 

(Ill)  Hiram  Oscar,  son  of  Hiram  Hale, 
was  born  in  Pharsalia,  Chenango  county.  New 
York,  July  16,  1848.  When  he  was  about  three 
years  old  he  removed  with  his  parents  to  Nor- 
wich, New  York,  and  has  made  his  home  there 
since  that  time.  He  attended  the  Norwich 
public  schools  and  the  Eastman  Business  Col- 
lege at  Poughkeepsie,  New  York.  Until  1894 
he  followed  farming  for  his  occupation  on  a 
place  that  his  father  bought  in  Norwich  in 
1 85 1,  known  to  the  present  time  as  the  old 
Hale  farm.  In  1894  he  engaged  in  business  in 
Norwich  as  a  dealer  in  flour,  feed  and  grain, 
and  has  built  up  a  large  and  flourishing  trade. 
He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  town  affairs 
and  has  been  honored  with  various  offices  of 
trust  and  responsibility.  He  has  been  assessor, 
overseer  of  the  poor  and  appraiser  in  bank- 
ruptcy under  the  new  federal  bankrupt  law.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Repuljlican  and  for  several  years 
has  been  a  member  of  the  Re])ublican  town  com- 
mittee. He  is  a  director  of  the  Norwich  Hos- 
pital .Association  and  trustee  of  the  First  Bap- 
tist church.  For  ten  years  he  was  secretary  of 
the  Chenango  County  Agricultural  Society.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd 
Fellows,  of  Norwich. 

He  married.  September  22,  1872,  Delia 
Franklin,  of  Norwich,  daughter  of  William  B. 
and  Eunice  (Walworth)  Franklin,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Elisha  Franklin,  of  X'ermont.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  F.,  born  at  Norwich,  Novein- 
ber  4,  1873;  educated  in  the  district  and  high 
schools  of  Norwich ;  associated  with  his  father 
in  farming  on  the  homestead  and  now  in  part- 
nership with  him  in  the  grain  business :  mar- 
ried Florence  Lemly.  of  Norwich,  New  Y'ork; 
children:     Frederick     Oscar,    born     May     il. 


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1907  ;  Howard,  April  16,  1909.  2.  Grace,  born 
February  23,  1875,  died  May  21,  1876.  3. 
Frederick  Oscar,  born  May  7,  1878,  died  Sep- 
tember 28,  1897.  4-  Harry  William,  born  Sep- 
tember 27,  1884;  was  educated  in  tbe  Norwich 
public  schools  and  was  graduated  from  the 
Rensselaer  Polytechnic  School  in  the  class  of 
1907 ;  now  engaged  in  barge  canal  work  at 
Mechanicsville,  New  York,  where  he  has 
charge  of  a  contract  amounting  to  a  million 
and  a  half  dollars ;  married,  in  1907,  Viola 
Lake,  of  Troy,  who  died  December  11,  1910: 
child,  Russell,  born  May  17,  1909,  now  living 
with  his  grandfather. 


Nathaniel  Wales,  immigrant  an- 
WALES  cestor,  was  born  in  England  as 
early  as  1600  and  came  to  New 
England  in  the  ship  "James,"  a  fellow  passen- 
ger of  the  famous  Rev.  Richard  Mather,  who 
left  an  interesting  description  of  the  voyage 
in  his  journal  printed  in  "Young's  Chronicles." 
Nathaniel  Wales,  who  was  the  progenitor  of 
all  the  colonial  families  of  the  name,  settled 
in  Dorchester,  of  which  he  became  a  proprie- 
tor. He  was  admitted  to  the  church  there  and 
made  a  freeman.  November  2.  1637.  He  was 
a  weaver  or  webster  by  trade.  He  removed 
to  Boston  in  1650,  and  was  received  into  the 
church  there  with  his  wife,  Susan,  March  2, 
1651-52.  She  was  a  daughter  of  John  Green- 
away,  a  millwright  of  Dorchester.  Isabel, 
whom  some  records  give  as  the  name  of  his 
wife,  may  have  been  his  first  wife.  He  de- 
posed, February  i,  1661.  that  his  wife's  name 
was  Susan.  Nathaniel  Wales  died  at  Boston. 
December  4,  1661,  and  his  will  was  dated  June 
20,  166 1,  bec|ueathing  land  at  Dorchester  and 
Boston  to  his  wife  and  three  sons,  daughters 
Priscilla  and  Sarah,  and  grandchild,  Timothy 
W'ells,  Jr.  His  widow  died  without  admin- 
istering his  estate,  and  Jerifah  Wales  was  ap- 
pointed administrator,  July  fi,  1719.  Children: 
Nathaniel,  mentioned  below  ;  Timothy,  lived  at 
Dorchester:  John,  of  Dorchester:  Priscilla. 
.Sarah,  daughter,  inarricd  Timothy  Wells. 

(H)  Nathaniel  (2),  son  of  Nathaniel  (i) 
Wales,  was  born  about  1625,  doubtless  in  Eng- 
land, died  May  to,  1662,  at  Boston.  His  will 
was  dated  May  18,  1662.  and  proved  May  27, 
following.  He  married  Isabel  Humphrey,  who 
was  baptizefl  at  Winwick,  England.  January 
23,  1630,  daughter  of  Major  General  Humph- 
rev  .'\therton,  of  Dorchester,  one  of  the  most 
distinguished   men   of  the   first  generation   in 


Massachusetts.  His  wife  died  shortly  before 
his  death.  Children  born  in  Boston :  Nathan- 
iel, mentioned  below  ;  Samuel,  Mary,  Jonathan, 
killed  in  King  Philip's  war. 

(III)  Elder  Nathaniel  (3)  Wales,  son  of 
Nathaniel  (2)  Wales,  was  born  about  1650, 
died  at  Braintree,  March  23,  1718.  He  settled 
early  in  life  in  Braintree,  formerly  Mount 
Wollaston  and  part  of  Boston.  He  was  there 
as  early  as  1^)75,  and  he  bought  twenty  acres 
of  land,  Se])tember  6,  1684,  of  the  old  iron 
works  propert)'  at  Braintree,  then  called  Mon- 
toquod.  He  was  chosen  deacon  of  the  Brain- 
tree church  and  ordained  ruling  elder  there. 
February  27,  1700-01,  by  Rev.  Mr.  Fiske,  Rev. 
Peter  Thacher.  of  Milton,  and  Elder  John 
Rogers,  of  Weymouth.  He  married,  Joanna 
I'ax'in.  who  died  May  11,  1704,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Faxon,  of  Braintree.  She  was  less 
than  fifteen  years  old,  we  are  told,  when  her 
first  child  was  born.  Children  :  Elizabeth,  born 
February  10.  1675-76;  Joanna,  April  18,  1679, 
Sarah.  March  11,  1680;  Nathaniel.  December 
29,  1681  ;  Joanna,  December  19,  1683;  Elk- 
anah,  December  i,  1685;  Deborah,  October 
i6,  1687:  Thomas,  October  6,  1689;  Mary, 
April  I,  1691  ;  Samuel,  June  23,  1693  ;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below;  Joseph,  April  29,  1697; 
John.  May  25.  1699 ;  Rachel,  October  15,  1701  ; 
.Atlierton,  March  8,  1704. 

(IV)  Deacon  Thomas  Wales,  son  of  Elder 
Nathaniel  (3)  Wales,  was  born  in  Braintree, 
April  19,  1695.     He  married   (first),  January 

13,  1719,  Mary  Belcher,  who  died  January  30, 

1 741.  He   married    (second),    September   7, 

1742,  Sarah  Belcher,  widow  of  Samuel 
Belcher.  Children  of  first  wife,  born  in  Brain- 
tree:  Samuel,  November  3,  1719,:  Atherton, 
February  11,  1721 ;  Mary,  November  21,  1722; 
Ephraim,  October,  1725,  died  young;  Ei)hraim, 
November  3.  1727  ;  Moses,  December  20,  1728  ; 
Nathaniel,  October  26,  1729;  Deborah,  March 
27,  T731  ;  Thomas.  August  24,  1733:  Mary, 
February  27,  1736;  Thomas.  February  20, 
1738:  John,  March  3,  1739-40.  Children  of  sec- 
ond wife:  Joanna,  May  9,  1746;  Ephraim,  twin 
of  Joanna,  mentioned  below ;  John,  February 

14,  1747,  <i'<^c'  young. 

(\')  Dr.  Ephraim  Wales,  son  of  Deacon 
Thomas  Wales,  was  born  in  Braintree,  May  9, 
1746.  He  graduated  from  Harvard  College 
in  1768.  and  fitted  himself  for  the  medical 
profession.  He  practiced  medicine  in  South 
Braintree  for  many  years  and  was  eminently 
successful.    He  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolution 


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on  the  Lexington  alarm,  in  Captain  Seth  Tur- 
ner's company,  Colonel  Benjamin  Lincoln's 
regiment.  Me  married  Beale.  Chil- 
dren :  Dr.  Thomas  Beale.  graduate  of  Harvard, 
'795-  resided  in  Boston;  Dr.  Ephraim,  born 
about  1780,  succeeded  his  father:  Emily,  Tra. 
mentionefl  below. 

(\  I)  Ira,  son  of  Dr.  Epiiraim  Wales,  was 
born  about  1789,  died  about  1883.  He  settled 
in  Schoharie  county.  New  York,  where  he 
was  for  many  years  a  lumber  dealer  and 
farmer.  He  married  Catherine  Moore.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Harvey,  married  (first)  Smith, 

(second)  Sarah  Eldredge.  2.  John,  married 
Hannah  Ra[)pelye.  3.  Sidney,  mentioned  be- 
low. 4.  Ira,  married  ( first )  Polly  Bennett  ; 
(second)  Mary  Ann  Evans.  5.  Harmon,  mar- 
ried Eliza  Andrews.  6.  Catherine  Maria,  mar- 
ried Jacob  \'osburg.  7.  Sally  .\nn,  married 
Daniel  [')ean.  8.  Clarissa,  married  Charles 
Walker. 

(VII)  Sidney,  son  of  Ira  \Vales,  was  born 
in  Schoharie  county,  New  York,  about  181 5. 
died  about  1871.  He  married  Loretta,  daugh- 
ter of  Peter  Brewer.  Children:!.  Helen,  born 
1834;  married  Solomon  Butterfield,  and  had 
one  son,  Edward  Butterfield.  2.  Charles 
Brewer,  menti<.ined  below.  3.  Esther  Ann. 
born  April.  1838;  married  John  Lambert.  4. 
John,  died  in  childhood.  5.  Ira,  killed  in  the 
service  in  the  civil  war.  6.  Henry,  soldier  in 
the  civil  war.    7.  Albert.   8.  Norman. 

(VIII)  Charles  Brewer,  son  of  Sidney 
Wales,  was  born  in  Schoharie  county.  New 
York,  AvtH  13,  1836.  He  went  with  liis  par- 
ents to  Clarkson,  New  York,  and  later  to  Tioga 
county.  New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  In  1861  he  removed  to  Bing- 
hamton,  New  York,  where  he  followed  farm- 
ing and  the  lumber  and  canal  business.  After- 
ward he  was  the  proprietor  of  the  Chenango 
House,  in  Water  street,  Binghamton,  for  man}' 
years,  and  the  Warner  House,  which  he  owned 
in  partnership  with  Robert  Wilson.  .\fter 
this  firm  was  dissolved  he  continued  as  sole 
proprietor  of  the  Warner  House  for  four  years 
more.  In  1884  he  bought  a  farm  in  Conklin, 
where  he  lived  for  two  years.  Returning  to 
Binghamton,  he  built  the  \\'ales  Hotel  and 
conducted  it  until  he  retired  from  active  busi- 
ness in  1891.  He  invested  in  real  estate  in 
Bingliamton  and  built  various  buildings,  in- 
cluding the  Wales  Block.  He  was  actively  in- 
terested in  the  welfare  and  growth  of  the 
city,  and  at  one  time  served  a?  street  commis- 


sioner. He  married  Emmeline,  daughter  of 
Ira  Wales,  mentioned  above,  son  of  Ira  (VI). 
Children:  Augustus  G.,  born  May  i,  1858. 
married  Eva  Osborne  ;  Charles  S.,  mentioned 
below  :  Fred  S.,  died  in  childhood :  Gordon  D., 
died  in  infancv;  Tudge  B.  Roger,  born  Julv. 
1879. 

(IX)  Charles  S.,  .son  of  Charles  Brewer 
Wales,  was  born  in  Binghamton,  New  York. 
December  0,  1863.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town  and 
graduated  from  the  Binghamton  high  school. 
During  his  youth  he  worked  on  a  farm  and 
afterward  entered  the  emjiloy  of  his  father  a> 
clerk  in  the  Wales  House,  and  was  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  management  of  the 
hotel  until  1896,  when  he  and  his  brother. 
.\ugustus  G.  Wales,  l)(>ught  the  property.  In 
1896  Mr.  Wales  bought  his  brother's  interest 
and  since  then  he  has  been  sole  proprietor  of 
the  hotel.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and 
in  1905  and  1909  was  an  alderman  of  the  city. 
He  married  Alice  E.,  daughter  of  Ira  and  El- 
mira  (Par<lee)  Gardiner.  Children  born  at 
Binghamton:  Lulu,  August  20,  1884,  died  Oc- 
tober, 1801  ;  Wellington,  December  24,  1886: 
( )rville.  May  21,  1892. 


This  name  is  sometimes  now 
ELMER  written  Aylmer  and  Elmore,  and 
has  representatives  scattered  over 
a  wide  area  in  this  country.  The  name  has 
been  prominently  identified  with  the  settlement 
of  Orange  and  Tioga  counties,  and  has  been 
conspicuous  in  adjoining  sections  of  New  Jer- 
sey. 

(I)  Edward  Elmer,  ;i  native  of  England, 
was  enrolled  June  22,  1632,  among  those  de- 
siring to  emigrate  to  the  .American  colonics. 
He  sailed  in  the  ship  "Lion,"  and  arrived  at 
Boston,  .September  16,  1632,  settling  in  New- 
town (Cambridge)  where  he  remained  until 
\.CtT,(>.  In  that  year  he  joined  the  colony  of 
Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  in  a  settlement  at  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  where  he  continued  to  re- 
side until  ifi.S4.  In  that  year  he  was  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Northampton.  Massachu- 
setts, and  was  a  witness  to  the  Indian  deed 
obtained  by  Mr.  John  Pynchon  for  the  Hart- 
ford Companv  to  territory  now  comprising  the 
t(jwn  of  Iladley,  Massachusetts.  Me  returned 
to  Hartford  about  if/w.  and  that  year  obtain- 
ed possession  of  a  large  tract  of  land  on  the 
east  side  of  the  Great  River,  at  Podunk,  now 
in  the  town  of  South  Windsor.      He  immed- 


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iately  began  the  iniproveineiit  of  this  tract,  ami 
his  sons  John  and  Samuel  were  there  in  1666. 
In  1669  he  was  the  only  freeman  of  the  name 
on  the  records  of  the  town  of  \\'indsor.  In 
1672  his  sons,  Edward  and  John,  were  among 
those  appointed  with  the  father  to  work  the 
roads.  During  King  Philip's  war,  he  was  kill- 
ed by  the  Indians  in  June,  1676,  while  at  Po- 
dunk,  or  on  the  way  from  Hartford.  He  con- 
tinued to  retain  his  property  in  Hartford,  and 
a  part  of  his  land  in  East  \Vindsor  is  still  held 
by  his  descendants.  His  wife  Mary  was  born 
.\pril  16,  1607,  and  is  supposed  to  have  married 
(second)  Thomas  Catlin,  of  Hartford.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  Samuel,  Elizabeth,  Edward,  Jo- 
seph, Mary  and  Sarah. 

(II)  Samuel,  second  son  of  Edward  and 
Mary  Elmer,  was  baptized  March  21,  1647, 
at  Hartford,  where  he  ])robably  died  about 
1691.  His  wife  Elizabeth,  born  1654,  mar- 
ried (second),  September  8,  1693  (called  of 
Northampton),  at  Enfield,  Connecticut,  Simon 
Booth.  Her  death  is  recorded  in  the  church 
records  of  Windsor,  "Samuel  Elmer's  wife," 
January  26,  1727.  Children:  Samuel,  Abi- 
gail, Edward,  Deacon  Jonathan  and  Rev. 
Daniel. 

(III)  Deacon  Jonathan  Elmer,  third  son  of 
.Sanniel  and  Elizabeth  Elmer,  was  born  1685, 
and  baiitized  at  the  Center  church  in  Hartford 
May  8,  1687.  .\bout  17 12  he  removed  to  Nor- 
walk,  and  in  1746  settled  at  Sharon,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  died  June  5,  1778.  His  wife 
Mary,  born  1790,  died  at  Sharon,  January  22, 
1783.  Children:  Elizabeth,  Eliakim.  Martin, 
Colonel  Samuel,  Mary,  Daniel,  .•\bigail,  David, 
Rev.  Jonathan  and  Dr.  Nathaniel.  Rev.  Jona- 
than Elmer,  born  June  4,  1727,  graduated  at 
^'ale  at  the  age  of  twenty  years,  and  was  for 
some  time  pastor  of  a  church  at  Florida  in  the 
town  of  Warwick,  Orange  county.  New  York ; 
he  married  Amy  Gale. 

(IV)  Dr.  Nathaniel  Elmer,  youngest  child 
of  Deacon  Jonathan  and  Mary  Elmer,  was 
born  February  17,  1733,  in  Windsor,  and  pre- 
pared for  the  practice  of  medicine.  He  set- 
tled before  1758  at  Florida,  New  York,  where 
he  practicetl  many  years,  and  died  in  December. 
1797,  in  New  York  City,  and  was  buried  in 
St.  Paul's  churchyard.  He  was  captain  of  the 
Florida  company  of  militia  under  Colonel  Jon- 
athan Haythorn,  of  Warwick,  in  1775,  and 
served  as  surgeon  of  state  militia  until  his 
death.  He  married  Anna,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam  Thompson,   who  settled   in  the  southern 


part  of  Goshen,  two  miles  from  Florida,  at  a 
very  early  date.  Children:  I.  William,  men- 
tioned below.  2.  Jesse,  born  June  11,  1764, 
married  Sarah  Minturn.  3.  Samuel,  died 
181 5.  4.  Mary,  died  at  the  age  of  forty.  5. 
.Asa,  died  young.  6.  Temperance,  married 
Judge  Robert  Armstrong.  7.  Julia,  married 
Richard  Roe.  8.  Nancy,  married  (first)  John 
Smith,  (second)  Joshua  Conkling ;  died  at 
ninety  years.  9.  Nathaniel,  M.  D.,  died  in  his 
thirtv-fourth  vear. 

(V)  Dr.  \Villiain  Elmer,  eldest  child  of  Dr. 
Nathaniel  and  Anna  (Thompson)  Elmer,  was 
born  January  19,  1758.  at  Florida,  New  York, 
and  died  in  Goshen,  May  24,  1816.  He  was  a 
soldier  of  the  revolution,  in  the  Fourth  regi- 
ment of  Orange  county  militia,  enlisting  as  a 
private  at  the  age  of  seventeen.  .Subsequently 
he  pursued  the  study  of  medicine  and  prac- 
ticed at  Goshen,  where  he  was  long  held  in 
high  esteem.  Like  his  father,  he  was  surgeon 
of  the  militia  until  his  death.  He  married, 
June  29.  1779.  Mary,  daughter  of  General  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  (Jackson)  Allison.  General 
.Mlison  was  born  1738,  in  the  town  of  Goshen, 
Orange  county,  son  of  Joseph  Allison,  who 
came  from  Southold,  Long  Island,  in  1725, 
and  settled  in  Goshen,  where  he  died  thirty 
years  later.  He  was  a  member  of  the  first, 
second,  third  and  fourth  provincial  congresses, 
leaving  the  latter  in  1777  to  take  part  in  the 
operations  along  the  Hud.son  river,  to  prevent 
the  ascent  of  that  stream  by  the  British  forces. 
He  was  made  colonel  in  1775,  and  was  taken 
prisoner  at  Fort  Montgomery,  and  held  by  the 
British  until  December.  1780,  when  he  was  re- 
leased. In  1783  he  was  made  a  brigadier-gen- 
eral of  state  militia,  and  in  the  same  year  was 
elected  a  member  of  the  state  senate,  serving 
until  1786.  He  died  in  1804.  Children  of  Dr. 
William  Elmer:  Micah  .\llison,  mentioned  be- 
low; Horace,  born  September  23,  1783,  mar- 
ried Susan  Stewart:  Sarah  Maria.  1796,  mar- 
ried Mahlon  Ford. 

(VI)  Micah  Allison,  senior  .son  of  Dr.  Wil- 
liam and  Mary  (.'Mlison)  Elmer,  was  born 
May  13,  1 78 1,  in  Goshen,  and  engaged  in 
farming  in  that  town,  near  Minisink,  whence 
he  removed  to  Wantage,  Sussex  county.  New 
Jersey.  He  died  December  31,  1849,  in  Union- 
ville,  and  was  buried  at  Ridgebury,  New  York. 
He  married.  February  4,  1804.  Elizabeth, 
daughter  of  Richard  and  Aim  (Ketchum)  Al- 
lison. Children:  i.  William,  died  young.  2. 
Julia  .Ann,  born  .\pril  13,  1806,  died  in  Ches- 


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ter,  New  York.  3.  Richard  Allison,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Isaac,  died  young.  5.  Henry  De- 
Lancey,  born  February  18,  1812,  died  at  Ches- 
ter. 6.  N'athaniel,  January  3,  1816;  was  a 
Presbyterian  clergyman,  and  died  in  Middle- 
town,  New  York.  7.  Teresa  A.,  November 
6,  1819;  married  Isaac  W.  .Mlison.  and  died 
in  Chester. 

(V'll)  Richard  .Allison,  second  son  of 
Micah  Allison  and  Elizabeth  Elmer,  was  born 
August  28,  1808,  in  Wantage,  and  died  in  Wa- 
verly,  New  York,  .\ugust  8,  1867.  In  early 
life  he  engaged  in  farming,  and  became  inter- 
ested in  western  land.  He  decided  to  remove 
to  the  west,  and  on  the  way  visited  his  brother, 
Rev.  Nathaniel  Elmer,  pastor  of  the  Presby- 
terian church  at  Waverly,  who  persuaded  him 
to  remain  there.  He  located  in  that  town  in 
November.  1850,  and  there  continued  until  the 
close  of  his  life.  He  was  much  interested  in 
the  growth  and  development  of  the  town,  in 
schools  and  churches,  and  all  good  works.  He 
married,  September  11,  1832,  Charlotte  Bai- 
ley, born  February  23,  1809.  in  Minisink,  r)r- 
ange  county.  New  York,  died  September  4. 
1882.  in  Waverly,  daughter  of  Colonel  Jona- 
than and  Catherine  (  Stewart)  Bailey,  of  Wa- 
wayanda.  Orange  county.  New  York.  Chil- 
dren :  Howard,  mentioned  below  ;  Mary,  died 
unmarried,  in  Waverly,  1909 :  Richard  ;\.. 
mentioned  below;  .Antoinette,  residing  in  Wa- 
verly, unmarrietl. 

(VIII)  Howard,  senior  son  of  Richard  A. 
and  Qiarlotte  (Bailey)  Elmer,  was  born  .\pril 
2,  1833,  in  Wawayanda,  and  died  in  Waverly, 
September  9,  1892.  He  prepared  for  college  at 
Ridgebury  and  Goshen  academies,  but  the  deli- 
cate state  of  his  health  prohibited  his  taking 
up  the  college  course.  .\t  the  age  of  seven- 
teen he  went  to  Waverly,  where  he  soon  took 
a  position  in  the  Waverlv  Bank,  and  was  later 
connected  with  the  Chemung  Canal  Bank,  El- 
mira.  and  the  First  National  Bank  of  Wa- 
verly. He  was  among  the  founders  of  the 
last-mentioned  institution,  of  which  he  was 
cashier  until  1868,  after  which  time  he  was 
president  until  his  death.  A  farsighted  busi- 
ness man,  he  took  a  prominent  position  in  the 
community,  and  was  active  in  fostering  many 
interests  of  that  section.  In  association  with 
his  brother  and  others  he  purchased  about  one 
thousand  acres  of  land  in  the  Susquehanna 
Valley,  on  which  the  present  city  of  Say  re, 
Pennsylvania,  is  located.  The  panic  of  1873 
tended  to  discourage  operations,  but  he  had 


abounding  faith  in  the  future  of  the  section, 
which  was  fully  justified  by  subsequent  events. 
The  proprietors  secured  the  location  here  of 
the  Pennsylvania  &  New  York  and  Lehigh 
X'alley  railroad  shops,  and  also  the  location  of 
foundries  and  other  industries  at  Sayre  and 
adjoining  village  of  Athens.  Mr.  Elmer  be- 
came president  and  manager  of  the  Sayre 
Land  Company.  He  was  one  of  the  first  to 
conceive  the  idea  of  founding  a  town  ;  he  form- 
ulated the  plans,  purchased  several  farms  and 
platted  the  village  of  Sayre,  which  beautiful 
and  thrifty  village  owes  its  birth  almost  wholly 
to  Howard  Elmer.  He  was  also  president  of 
the  Sayre  Water  Com[)any  and  the  Cayuta 
Wheel  &  Foimdry  Company.  He  was  also  a 
director  of  the  Pennsylvania  &  New  York,  and 
Geneva,  the  Ithaca  &  Sayre  Railroad  Com- 
panies, and  treasurer  of  the  Buffalo  &  Geneva 
Railroad  Company.  The  various  industries 
which  he  founded  brought  him  ultimately  a 
most  satisfactory  return,  and  especially  in  the 
development  of  his  landed  interests.  In  1875- 
76  he  was  receiver  of  two  railroad  companies, 
whose  aiTairs  he  handled  with  skill  and  abil- 
ity. While  Mr.  Elmer  took  the  intelligent  in- 
terest which  every  good  citizen  feels  in  the 
progress  of  public  concerns,  he  steadfastly  re- 
fused to  be  a  candidate  for  any  office.  He 
married,  October  10,  1865,  Sarah  Perry, 
fourth  daughter- of  George  .\.  and  Julia  A. 
(Shepard)  Perkins,  of  .\thens.  Pennsylvania 
(see  Perkins). 

(Mil)  Richard  .Mlison  (2),  junior  son  of 
Richard  .Mlison  (i)  and  Charlotte  (Bailey) 
Elmer,  was  born  June  if\  1842.  in  Wawa- 
vanda.  and  died  October  i.  1888.  in  New  York 
City.  He  was  eight  years  of  age  when  his 
father  removed  to  Waverly,  and  his  primary 
education  was  supplied  by  tlie  ]uiblic  schools  of 
that  town,  including  the  high  school.  Enter- 
ing Hamilton  College  at  Clinton.  New  York, 
he  was  graduated  in  1864;  he  subsequently 
pursued  the  study  of  law  and  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  but  the  death  of  his  father  changed 
his  plans  and  he  launched  into  what  proved  an 
extraordinarily  successful  business  career.  In 
1868  he  becanie  cashier  of  the  First  National 
Bank  of  Waverly,  succeeding  his  brother,  who 
at  that  time  became  president,  and  to  his  far- 
sighted  business  capacity  nuist  be  attributed 
much  of  the  successful  business  which  that 
institution  handled.  Beside  being  director  pi 
the  bank,  he  was  interested  in  many  of  the  in- 
dustries of  Sayre.  being  a  director  of  the  Sayre 


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Land  Company,  the  Sayre  Water  Company 
and  the  Cayuta  Wheel  &  Foundry  Comjiany. 
While  busily  engaged  in  caring  fur  his  exten- 
sive business  interests,  he  was  also  active  in  the 
social,  charitable  and  political  interests  of  the 
eommunity.  but  never  himself  sought  office. 

In  1879  he  was  prominently  mentioned  as  a 
candidate  before  the  Republican  state  conven- 
tion for  the  nomination  for  state  treasurer, 
but  did  not  seek  or  foster  this  movement.  His 
exce[)tional  executive  ca])acity  was,  however, 
known  to  many  people  of  the  state,  and  upon 
tlie  accession  to  the  presidency  of  James  A. 
Garfield,  in  1881,  many  friends  of  Mr.  Elmer 
suggested  to  the  president  his  employment  in 
some  official  capacity.  Accordingly  he  was  a]3- 
pointed  second  assistant  postmaster  general, 
and  confirmed  by  the  senate  May  5,  1881.  The 
star  route  and  steamboat  service  came  under 
his  jurisdiction,  and  he  immediately  set  about 
the  reformation  of  many  abuses  which  had 
grown  up  in  this  dejiartment  of  the  public 
service.  To  the  neglect  of  his  own  affairs  he 
gave  his  time,  energy  and  business  talent  to 
this  work,  and  after  accompli.shing  the  desired 
end  he  resigned  in  February,  1884,  in  order 
to  give  more  attention  to  his  own  business  af- 
fairs, and  retired  with  tlie  thanks  of  President 
Arthur  and  the  jjostmaster  general.  During 
the  first  year  of  his  service  in  the  postoiiflce 
department  he  accomplished  a  saving  of 
$1,778,000  to  the  government,  and  in  each  of 
the  succeeding  years  while  he  served  this  re- 
trenchment exceeded  $2,000,000  in  amount.  As 
a  result  of  this  and  other  progressive  move- 
ments of  the  administration,  the  postofifice  de- 
partment became  self-sup])orting  for  the  first 
time  in  thirty  years.  At  the  same  time,  largely 
through  the  labors  of  Mr.  Elmer,  the  rate  of 
postage  was  reduced  from  three  to  two  cents. 
For  two  years  succeeding  his  resignation  Mr. 
Elmer  sufifered  greatly  in  health  as  the  result 
of  his  close  application  and  tireless  labors. 
About  this  time  he  organized  the  American 
Surety  Company  of  New  York,  and  became  its 
president,  in  which  capacity  he  continued  to 
serve  until  his  death,  .\fter  a  rigid  examina- 
tion by  the  authorities,  the  plan  of  this  insti- 
tution was  found  to  be  sound  and  stable,  and 
is  has  grown  to  be  the  leading  organization 
of  this  class  in  .America  and  probably  in  the 
world.  Mr.  Elmer  became  a  director  of  the 
Wabash,  Atlantic  &  Danville  railroad,  the 
Phoenix  Insurance  Com])any  and  various  other 
New  York  and  New  England  corporations. 


He  married,  June  16,  1870,  Sarah  Foster 
I'rance,  daughter  of  J.  h'oster  and  Isabella 
(Sears)  France,  of  Middletown,  New  York. 
Children:  i.  Robert  France,  born  July  3, 
1871  ;  married,  October  17,  1911,  Rachel  Rob- 
inson, of  Ferrisburg.  \'ermont.  daughter  of 
knwland  E.  and  Anna  (Stevens)  Robinson; 
he  resides  in  New  York  City.  2.  Richard  Alli- 
son, born  .\ovember  10,  1875.  3.  Charles 
Howard,  born  January  29,  1878;  the  two 
last  named  reside  with  their  ninllur  in  New 
Vuvk. 

(The  Perkins  Line). 

i'eter.  being  one  of  the  twelve  Apostles,  his 
name  was  a  favorite  one  for  centuries  among 
Christians.  It  assumed  the  form  of  Pierre  in 
France,  whence  it  found  its  way  into  England 
and  there  took  the  diminutive  form  of  Perkin. 
This  gradually  and  naturallv  became  Perkins. 
.Many  of  the  name  were  among  the  early  set- 
tlers (jf  New  England,  atid  their  descendants 
have  b(jrne  honorable  part  in  the  develnpnient 
of  its  modern  civilization. 

(I)  John  Perkins  was  burn  m  .\e\veiit, 
Gloucestershire,  England,  in  1590.  On  De- 
cember T,  1630,  he  set  sail  from  P>ristol  in  the 
"Lyon,"  William  Pierce,  master,  with  his 
wife  (Judith  Gater).  five  children,  and  about 
a  dozen  other  companions.  They  reached 
Nantasket,  February  5,  163 1,  and  settled  in 
I'.oston.  He  was  the  first  of  that  name  to 
come  to  New  England,  and  was  one  of  the 
twelve  who  accompanied  John  Winthrop  Jr. 
to  settle  in  Ipswich,  where  he  was  made  free- 
man May  18,  1631.  On  .April  3,  1632,  "it 
was  ordered"  by  the  general  court  "that  noe 
pson  wtsiever  shall  shoot  att  fowle  upon  Pullen 
Poynte  or  Noddles  Ileland ;  but  that  the  sd 
places  shalbe  reserved  for  John  Perkins  to 
lake  fowle  with  netts."  .Also,  November  7, 
1632,  John  and  three  others  were  "appointed 
by  the  court  to  sett  downe  the  bounds  betwixte 
Dorchester  and  Rocksbury."  He  at  once  took 
a  ijrominent  stand  among  the  colonists,  and  in 
i63(')  and  for  many  years  afterward,  repre 
sented  Ipswich  in  the  general  high  court.  In 
1645  he  was  a])praiser,  and  signed  the  inven 
lory  of  the  estate  of  Sarah  Dillingham.  In 
1648-52  he  served  on  the  grand  jury.  In 
March,  J650,  "being  above  the  age  of  si.xty, 
he  was  freed  from  ordinary  training  of  the 
court."  He  made  his  will  (j)robate  office,  Sa- 
lem. Massachusetts),  March  28.  1654.  and  died 
a    few    months    later,    aged    sixty-four.      His 


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house  in  Ipswich  was  near  the  river,  at  the  en- 
trance of  Jeiife  Neck,  on  what  is  now  East 
street.  Children:  John,  born  1614;  Thomas, 
1616;  EHzabeth,  1618;  Mary,  1630;  Jacob, 
mentioned  below ;  Lydia,  1632. 

(II)  Jacob,  third  son  of  John  and  Judith 
(Gater)  Perkins,  was  born  in  England  in  1624. 
He  was  chosen  sergeant  of  the  Ipswich  mili- 
tary company  in  1664,  and  was  afterward 
known  as  Sergeant  Jacob  Perkins.  P>y  his 
father's  will  he  came  into  possession  of  the 
homestead  and  lands  upon  his  mother's  death. 
At  this  place  there  is  a  well  still  known  as 
"Jacob's  Well."  He  was  a  farmer,  and  his 
name  frequently  appears  in  the  records  of 
conveyances  of  farming  lands.  He  died  in 
Ipswich,  January  27,  1700,  aged  seventy-six 
years.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth  (I^ovell?) 
about  1648,  by  whom  he  had  nine  children. 
She  died  February  12,  1685,  at  about  fifty 
years  of  age,  and  Jacob  afterward  married 
Damaris  Robinson,  a  widow,  who  survived 
him.  His  house  was  struck  by  lightning  on  a 
Sunday  in  167 1,  "while  many  people  were 
gathered  there  to  repeat  the  sermon,  wdien  he 
and  many  others  were  struck  down,  and  had  his 
waistcoat  pierced  with  many  small  holes,  like 
goose-shot,  and  was  beaten  down  as  if  he  had 
been  deail  for  the  present."  Children  :  Elizabeth, 
born  April  i,  1649;  John,  July  3,  1652,  died 
1718;  Judith,  July  11,  1655;  Mary,  May  14, 
1658 ;  Jacob,  August  3,  1662 ;  Matthew,  June 
23,  1665;  Hannah,  October  11,  1670;  Joseph, 
mentioned  below;  Jabez,  May  15,  1677. 

(HI)  Deacon  Joseph  Perkins,  fourth  son  of 
Jacob  and  Elizabeth  Perkins,  was  born  June 
21,  1674,  in  Ipswich,  and  died  September  6, 
1726,  in  Norwich,  Connecticut.  He  removed 
to  Norwich  in  early  life,  and  with  his  brother 
Jabez  purchased  about  one  thousand  acres  of 
land  for  seventy  pounds.  This  was  in  that 
part  of  Norwich  now  the  town  of  Lisbon,  and 
lies  in  the  forks  of  the  Quinebaug  and  She- 
tucket  rivers,  and  known  as  "Perkins  Crotch." 
This  land  continued  in  the  family  until  about 
the  middle  of  the  nineteenth  century.  Deacon 
Perkins  was  prominent  in  both  town  and 
church  aiTairs  and  an  influential  citizen.  Pie 
married  in  Norwich,  May  22,  1700,  Martha 
Morgan,  of  Preston,  daughter  of  Joseph  and 
Dorothy  Morgan,  born  1680,  died  October, 
1754.  She  married  (second),  in  1727,  Joseph 
Lathrop.  Children  of  Deacon  Joseph  Perkins: 
Elizabeth,  born  1701,  died  1703;  Man';  Dr. 
Joseph,  1704,  died  1794;  Martha,  1706;  Cap- 


tain John,  mentioned  below;  Jerusha,  1711. 
died  1741  ;  Matthew,  August  31,  1713;  Deb- 
orah (twin),  1715;  Ann,  twin  with  Deborali, 
died  1731  ;  Hannah,  1717;  Simon,  1720,  died 
1725-26;  William,  1722. 

(I\  )  Captain  John  (2)  Perkins,  second  son 
of  Jose])h  and  Martha  (Morgan)  Perkins,  was 
born  October  5,  1709,  in  Norwich,  and  died 
there  April  16,  1761.  On  account  of  his  large 
size  he  was  known  as  the  "Great  Perkins."  He 
was  possessed  of  a  large  property,  including 
650  acres  in  the  Hanover  Society,  347  acres 
in  Windham  C( unity,  and  a  partnership  inter- 
est in  358  acres  in  Canterbury  township,  be- 
sides tifteen  slaves,  blacksmith's  and  shoe- 
maker's outfits,  and  other  ])rnperty.  He  mar- 
ried (  first )  F,lizaheth.  daughter  of  Caleb  Bush- 
nell,  of  Norwich;  (second)  Lydia,  daughter 
i)f  Solomon  Tracy.  Children  of  first  marriage  : 
John,  born  1736,  and  Elizabeth,  wife  of  Jo- 
seph Woodward.  Children  of  second  wife: 
Lydia,  married  Nathaniel  Bishoj) ;  Ruth,  un- 
married ;  Levi,  Civil,  Eliphalet,  .-Vbijah,  a  rev- 
olutionar)'  suldier.  died  while  a  prisoner ;  Dur- 
den. 

(\')  Captain  Juhn  (3)  Perkins,  eldest  child 
of  Captain  John  (2)  and  Elizabeth  (Bush- 
nell )  Perkins,  was  born  in  1736,  and  died  in 
1800.  He  was  a  large  landholder,  and  en- 
gaged extensively  in  exporting  live  stock  to  the 
West  Indies.  A  typical  Puritan  in  character, 
he  was  very  strict  in  observance  of  the  Sab- 
bath, and  was  widely  esteemed  and  respected. 
He  served  as  a  soldier  in  the  revolutionary  war 
and  resided  in  Hanover,  Connecticut.  He  mar- 
ried, in  1750,  Bethia  (Baker)  Kingsley,  a 
widow,  born  1737,  died  1820.  She  was  the 
mother  of  two  Kingsley  children,  who  removed 
to  Ohio.  Children  by  John  Perkins :  Martha, 
John  (died  young),  Pollydore,  Apollos,  John, 
Elizabeth,  Augustus.  Anson,  .Abijah,  Philetus, 
Dyer  and  two  who  died  in  infancy. 

(  \'I )  .\ugustus,  son  of  Cajitain  John  (3)  and 
Bethia  (Baker)  (Kingsley)  Perkins,  was  born 
in  Julv,  1773,  in  the  present  town  of  Franklin, 
Connecticut,  and  died  in  1831,  at  Ithaca,  New 
York.  He  was  extensively  engaged  in  com- 
merce with  the  West  Indies,  and  became  one 
of  the  wealthiest  men  in  Norwich.  The  war 
of  1812  damaged  his  business  very  greatly, 
but  he  continued  in  it  imtil  his  death.  About 
18 19  he  removed  from  Norwich  to  Ithaca,  and 
there  continued  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
married  (first),  September  20,  1795,  Lucy, 
daughter  of  Fehx  and  Ann   (Perkins)  Hunt- 


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ington,  born  February,  1774,  in  Norwich,  died 
1822,  at  Ithaca.  He  married  (second)  Re- 
becca, sister  of  his  first  wife,  born  ISlay  12, 
1776,  died  June  10,  1838,  in  Ithaca.  Children 
of  first  wife:  John  Augustus,  George  Apollos, 
Mary  Brown,  Rebecca  Huntington,  Isaac 
Huntington,  Edward  Henry,  Simeon  Abijah, 
Sarah  Anne. 

(VII)  George  Apollos,  second  son  of  Au- 
gustus and  Lucy  (Huntington)  Perkins,  was 
born  September  18,  1798,  in  Franklin,  and 
died  at  Athens,  Pennsylvania,  July  31,  1884. 
He  was  an  apothecary  in  Athens,  and  was 
highly  esteemed  as  a  man  of  very  fine  charac- 
ter. He  married  May  i,  1823,  Julia  Ann  Shep- 
ard,  a  daup^hter  of  John  and  Ann  (Gore) 
Shepard,  the  latter  a  daughter  of  Judge  Oba- 
diah  Gore,  who  was  a  soldier  in  Sullivan's  rev- 
olutionary campaign.  JMrs.  Julia  Ann  (Shep- 
ard )  Perkins  was  author  of  "Early  Times  on 
the  Susquehanna,"  a  valuable  history  of  early 
conditions,  and  devoted  much  time  to  writing 
for  periodicals  and  magazines,  both  prose  and 
jjoctry,  all  of  which  show  much  ability. 
Children :  Lucy  Huntington,  died  aged  seven- 
teen ;  John  Augustus,  born  February  11.  1826, 
resided  in  California:  .\nna  Shepard,  Febru- 
ary 3,  1828,  became  wife  of  Dr.  E.  I.  Ford, 
of  Binghamton ;  George  Bushnell,  May  26, 
1830,  lived  in  Lock  Haven,  Pennsylvania;  Re- 
becca Huntington,  died  aged  twenty  years: 
Isaac  Prentice,  died  in  second  year :  Sarah 
Perry,  mentioned  below ;  Edward  Shepard, 
died  in  his  thirty-third  year,  a  soldier  in  the 
civil  war. 

(VIII)  Sarah  Perry,  fourth  daughter  of 
George  A.  and  Julia  A.  (Shepard)  Perkins, 
was  born  December  6,  1837,  in  Athens,  and 
married  October  10,  1865,  Howard  Elmer,  of 
Wavcrly,  New  'S'ork.  whom  she  survives  (see 
Elmer). 

The  name  Munroe  is  an  an- 
MUNROE     cient  clan  name,  and  has  been 

variously  spelled  Monrow, 
Munrow,  Munroe  and  Monroe.  Donald  Mon- 
roe the  founder  of  the  ancient  house  of  Fow- 
Hs,  was  the  .son  of  O'Cathanman,  Irish  chief, 
and  Prince  of  Ferranagh.  He  is  supposed  to 
have  flourished  toward  the  latter  end  of  the 
reign  of  Malcolm  II,  King  of  Scots,  to  whom 
he  rendered  material  aid  in  his  contests  with 
the  Danish  invaders.  For  the  service  thus 
rendered  Donald  received  from  the  hands  of 
his  grateful  sovereign  the  lands  between  Ding- 


wall and  the  river  Aneron,  or  Alnesa  water. 
The  lands  received  the  name  of  Fearann- 
Damhnuill,  anglicized  Ferindonaod,  that  is, 
"Donald's  lands."  A  portion  of  them  was  sub- 
sequently erected  into  the  barony  called  the 
Barony  of  Fowlis.  Donald  is  supposed  to  have 
died  about  1053,  and  to  have  been  succeeded 
by  his  son,  George  Munroe. 

(II)  George  Munroe,  son  of  Donald  Mun- 
roe, or  Georgius  de  Munroe,  is  said  to  have 
assisted  Alalcom  III,  "Caann  Xor,"  in  his 
coimections  with  Macbeth  for  the  crown  of 
Scotland,  between  1054  and  1057.  According 
to  tradition  he  lived  to  an  advanced  age  and 
died  about  iioi. 

(HI)  Hugh,  son  of  George  Munroe,  is  the 
first  of  the  family  to  be  designated  Baron  of 
Fowlis.  That  barony  has  ever  since  formed 
the  title  and  been  the  chief  residence  of  the 
head  of  the  house,  which  for  nearly  eight  hun- 
dred years  has  existed  in  uninterrupted  de- 
scent in  the  male  line,  a  fact  said  to  be  unex- 
ampled in  the  annals  of  Scotland  or  England, 
and  only  paralleled  in  the  succession  of  the 
fiords  Kingsale,  Premier  Barons  of  Ireland. 
Hugh  is  said  to  have  increased  the  family  es- 
tates by  the  acquisition  of  the  lands  of  Logie- 
\\'ester  and  Findon,  county  Ross,  of  which  the 
Earls  of  Ross  were  at  that  time  the  superiors. 
He  died  about  1 126. 

(I\')  Robert  Munroe,  Second  Baron  of 
I'^nvlis,  was  a  loyal  subject  of  David  I  and 
Malcolm  VL,  of  Scotland.  According  to  family 
tradition  he  married  .Vgnes,  daughter  of  Angus 
Mor  Macdonald  I\',  of  the  Isles,  by  a  daugh- 
ter of  Sir  Colin  Cam])bell,  of  Glenurchy.  This, 
however,  cannot  be  true,  from  the  fact  that 
.\ngus  Mor,  who  lived  between  1255  and  1300, 
was  not  born  in  Robert's  time,  or  for  a  cen- 
tury after,  his  death  having  occurred  in  the 
latter  year.  Robert  died  in  1 164,  and  was  in- 
terred in  the  Chanonry  of  Ross,  which  contin- 
ueil  thereafter  to  be  the  family  burying  place 
for  more  than  four  hundred  years.  He  mar- 
ried and  had  children. 

(\')  Donald,  son  of  Robert  Munroe,  third 
Baron  of  the  name,  is  said  to  have  built  the 
old  Tower  of  Fowlis  as  early  as  1154,  during 
the  life  of  his  father.  He  is  said  to  have 
served  under  William  the  Lion,  when  the  lat- 
ter came  to  su])press  the  lawlessness  and  re- 
bellion which  jjrevailed  in  Scotland,  in  1179, 
and  to  have  rendered  him  material  assistance 
at  that  time.  He  married  and  had  children : 
Robert,  his  heir  and  successor :  David,   from 


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whom  it  is  alleged  the  family  of  Mackaye,  or 
"Mac  Dhaibliidhe,"  at  one  time  in  Tarradale, 
were  descended ;  Allan,  progenitor  of  the  Mac- 
Allans,  of  Perindonald.  Donald  died  in  1 192, 
at  his  Tower  of  Fowlis,  and  was  buried  in  the 
Cathedral  church  of  Chanonry,  where  the 
Bishops  of  Ross  had  their  episcopal  seat  from 
prior  to  1130  until  the  Reformation. 

(VT)  Robert,  son  of  Donald  Munroe. 
fourth  Baron  of  the  name,  married,  between 
1 194  and  1214,  a  daughter  of  Hugh  Feeskyn 
de  Moravia.  He  died  in  1239,  and  was  buried 
in  the  Chanonry  of  Ross,  leaving  among  others 
a  son  George,  who  succeeded  him.  Robert  is 
said  to  have  married  a  daughter  of  the  Earl 
of  Sutherland. 

(VH)  George,  son  of  Robert  Munroe,  was 
the  fifth  Baron  of  the  name,  and  the  first  of 
the  family  of  whom  there  is  any  authentic 
historical  record.  He  witnessed  a  charter  by 
W'illiam,  Earl  of  Sutherland,  to  the  .Arch- 
bishop of  Aloray,  dated  1232-7,  and  had  his 
Rosschiero  lands  confirmed  to  him  by  a  char- 
ter from  Alexander  H,  before  1249  (  ?).  He 
died  about  1269. 

(VHI)  Robert,  son  of  George  Mtmroe.  was 
the  sixth  P>aron,  and  was  placed  under  the 
guardianshi])  of  the  Baron  of  Ross  and  Suth- 
erland until  he  attained  his  majority  in  1282. 
After  1290  Robert  joined  the  party  of  liruce, 
and  continued  steadfast  in  his  support  througn- 
out  the  varying  fortunes  of  that  family.  When 
quite  advanced  in  years  he  raised  his  clan  and 
took  part  in  the  memorable  battle  of  Ban- 
nockburn.  Here,  his  eldest  and  apparently 
only  son,  was  slain,  along  with  many  more  of 
his  followers.  Robert  lived  for  nine  years 
after  his  return  home,  and  died  in  1323.  His 
son,  George,  who  fell  at  Bannockburn,  bail 
married  a  year  before  his  death  a  daughter 
of  the  Earl  of  Sutherland,  and  had  children  : 
George,  who  succeeded  his  grandfather; 
John. 

(IX)  George,  grandson  of  Robert  Munroe. 
anfl  seventh  Baron,  was  a  steadfast  supporter 
of  the  Bruce  dynasty,  and  a  firm  u])holder  of 
the  interests  of  his  native  country.  He  was 
killed  at  the  battle  of  Halidon  Hill,  in  1333, 
while  fighting  bravely  at  the  head  of  his  clan. 
He  married  a  daughter  of  Hugh,  Earl  of  Ross. 

(X)  Robert,  eighth  Baron,  succeeded  his 
father  when  he  was  a  mere  child.  During  his 
minority  his  estates  were  carefully  managed  by 
his  uncle  John,  who  during  his  guardianship 
redeemed  portions  of  the  ancestral  possessions 


which  had  been  mortgaged  by  his  ancestors. 
He  is  mentioned  in  various  charters,  dated 
1341,  1362,  1368-72.  He  married  (first)  Joan, 
daughter  of  Hugh  Ross  I,  of  Balnagowan,  on 
record  in  1350-66,  by  his  wife  Margaret  Bar- 
clay, niece  of  Queen  Euphenia,  second  wife  of 
Robert  H,  King  of  Scotland.  By  her  he  had 
one  son,  Hugh,  his  heir  and  successor.  He 
married  (second)  Grace,  daughter  of  Sir 
.•\dam  Forrester,  of  Corsterjihine.  Children : 
Thiimas,  Tohn,  who  is  mentioned  in  a  charter 
dated  July  22,  1426;  John,  of  whom  nothing 
is  known.  Robert  was  killed  in  a  clan  fight 
in  13^)9,  and  was  succeeded"  by  his  eldest  son, 
(  XI )  Hugh,  son  of  Robert  Munroe,  was  the 
ninth  Baron.  He  obtained  several  charters, 
dated  1369-70-94.  He  married  (first)  Isa- 
bella, daughter  of  John  Keith,  second  son  of 
.Sir  Edward  Keith,  great  marischal  of  Scot- 
land by  his  wife.  Marietta,  daughter  of  Sir 
Reginald  Cheyne,  of  Inverugie.  They  had  one 
son,  (George,  the  heir  and  successor.  He  mar- 
ried (second)  Margaret,  daughter  of  Nicholas 
(  son  of  Kenneth,  fourth  Earl  of  Sutherland, 
and  brother  of  William,  the  fifth  Earl)  by  his 
wife  Mary,  ilaughter  of  Reginald  le  Cheyne, 
and  Mary,  Lady  of  Duft'us.  Children:  Jolin, 
Janet,  Elizabeth.  Hugh  died  in  1423,  and  wa> 
succeeded  by  his  eldest  son,  (ieorge. 

(XII)  George,  son  of  Hugh  Munroe,  and 
the  tenth  Baron,  is  on  record  as  "George  Mun- 
ro  of  Fowlis,"  in  charters  of  the  years  1437- 
38-39-40-49.  He  was  killed  with  several  mem- 
bers of  his  family  and  many  of  his  followers 
at  the  battle  of  "i'eallach-nam-brog,"  in  1452. 
He  married  (first)  Isobel,  daughter  of  Ross  of 
Balnag(jwn,  by  whom  he  had  a  son,  George, 
who  was  killed  with  his  father  at  the  above- 
mentioned  battle.  He  married  (second) 
Christian,  daughter  of  John  MacCulloch,  of 
Plaids ;  children :  John,  who  succeeded  to  the 
estates  and  chiefship  of  the  clan :  Hugh,  Wil- 
liam. 

(XIII)  Hugh,  son  of  George  Munroe,  of 
Fowlis.  by  his  second  wife.  Christian,  was  the 
first  of  the  Munroes  of  Coul  and  Balcony.  His 
lands  were  in  the  parish  of  Alness,  and  he  is 
on  record  in  1458.  He  is  said  to  have  mar- 
ried (first)  Eva,  daughter  of  Ewen  Maclean 
II.  of  Urquhart,  chief  of  the  "Siel  Thear- 
laich,"  who  subsequently  removed  to  and 
owned  the  lands  of  Dochgarroch.  Children  : 
fohn,  his  heir  and  successor;  Hector,  Andrew. 
He  married  (second)  Jane,  dauditer  of  Du- 
gal  Cattanach  of  Craignish.     Children:  Alex- 


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ander,  Donald,  Robert,  George.  He  married 
(third)  "a  daughter  of  Keith  Marschall's."  by 
whom  he  had  one  son,  John. 

(XIV)  John,  son  of  the  Hugh  Munroe  des- 
ignated as  "Mr.  John  Munroe,  of  Balcony," 
studied  for  the  church  and  took  his  M.  A.  de- 
gree at  Abertlecn  University.  In  1492  he  was 
presented  to  the  vicarage  of  Logie-Urquhard, 
apparently  Logic- Wester  and  Urquhart,  in  the 
I'llack  Isle.  In  1551  Queen  Mary  presented 
William  Munroe,  second  son  of  Sir  William 
Munroe,  to  the  chaplainry  of  Saint  Monan, 
on  the  lands  of  Ralconie,  vacant  by  the  de- 
cease of  "Master  John  Monro."  lie  married  a 
daughter  of  Mackenzie  Strathconon  ;  children  : 
John,  his  heir  and  successor ;  Hugh,  William, 
,\ndrew,   David,   Donald. 

(XV)  John  Mor  Munroe,  son  of  John 
Munroe,  was  the  third  of  Coul  and  the  second 
of  Balconie.  He  married  Katherine,  daughter 
of  John  Vane,  of  Lochslinn,  by  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Thomas  L'rquhart  of  Cro- 
marty. Chiklren  :  John,  his  heir  and  successor  : 
Hugh,  Robert,  Farquhar,  David,  Margaret, 
Catherine.  John  died  about  1660,  and  was  suc- 
ceeded by  his  eldest  son,  John. 

(XV^I)  Far(|uhar  Munroe,  son  of  John  Mor 
Munroe,  married  Catherine,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam MacCulloch  of  Radcall.  Children  :  John, 
Robert. 

(X\'II)  Robert,  son  of  Farquhar  Munroe, 
married ;  children :  Robert,  George,  William, 
Sir  Benedict,  Elizabeth. 

(XVIII)  William,  son  of  Robert  Munroe, 
was  born  in  1625,  in  Scotland,  and  fought  at 
the  battle  of  Worcester,  was  taken  prisoner 
and  banished  by  Cromwell  from  London,  No- 
vember II,  1651,  to  Boston,  Massachusetts, 
along  with  several  others.  He  ultimately  set- 
tled at  Lexington,  Massachusetts,  where  he 
married  and  became  the  progenitor  of  a  large 
family  of  Munroes.  He  married  (first), 
about  if/15,  Martha,  daughter  of  John  George, 
of  Charlestown,  a  jirominent  Baptist,  who  was 
fined,  imprisoned  and  finally  ordered  out  of 
the  town  for  heresy.  Martha  died  before  1672, 
and  in  or  about  the  same  year  he  married 
(second)  Mary  Ball.  She  died  in  August, 
■^93>  ag^fl  forty-one  years,  and  he  married 
(third)  Elizabeth,  widow  of  Edward  Dyer,  of 
Charlestown.  She  died  December  14,  17 15, 
aged  seventy-nine  years.  Chiklren  of  first 
wife:  John,  mentioned  below;  Martha,  born 
November  3,  1667;  William,  October  10,  i66(); 
George.     Children  of    second    wife:    Daniel, 


August  12,  1673;  Hannah,  Elizabeth,  Mary, 
June  24,  1678;  David,  October  6,  1680;  Elea- 
nor, February  24,  1683;  Sarah,  March  18, 
"'>85 :  Jose])h,  x\ugust  16,  1687;  Benjamin, 
.\ugust  16,  ify^jo. 

(XIX)  John,  son  of  William  Munroe,  was 
born  May  10,  1666.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
church  February  i,  1699.  He  subscribed  to  the 
building  fund  of  the  meeting  house  in  1692, 
and  was  on  the  tax  list  of  1693.  Fie  became 
a  very  prominent  citizen,  serving  the  town  as 
assessor  in  1699,  1714-20;  constable  in  1700, 
selectman  in  1718-19-26,  treasurer  1718-19-20. 
He  held  many  positions  of  trust  and  honor. 
He  was  lieutenant  of  the  militia  there.  He  re- 
ceived a  grant  of  nine  hundred  acres  of  land 
for  his  services  in  the  battle  with  the  Indians 
at  Lamproy  river,  June  6,  1690.  In  addition  to 
his  many  other  offices  and  duties  he  was  sex- 
ton of  the  church  and  rang  the  bell  for  years 
in  the  first  church  in  Lexington  to  call  the 
worshippers  to  service.  His  death  occurred 
September    14,    1753.      He    married    Hannah 

,  who  died  April   14,   1753.     Children: 

John,  Hannah,  Constance,  Jonathan,  William, 
Elizabeth,  Susannah,  Jonas,  mentioned  below ; 
Martha,  born  December  6,  1710;  Marrett,  De- 
cember 6,  17 1 3. 

(  XX )  Jonas,  son  of  John  Munroe,  was  born 
in  Lexington,  Massachusetts,  November  22, 
1707.  He  was  a  lieutenant  of  the  Lexington 
militia  company.  He  married  (first),  August 
3,  1733,  Joanna,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary 
(Hoad)  Locke;  she  was  born  February  2, 
1713,  died  September  17,  1748.  He  married 
(second),  1750,  Rebecca  White,  of  Qielsea. 
He  died  November  9,  1765,  and  his  widow 
married,  .\i)ril  19,  177^,  John  Muzzy,  of  Lex- 
ington, grandson  of  the  first  settler,  and  as 
his  second  wife.  Children  of  first  wife:  Jonas, 
born  November  2,  1735;  John,  February  i, 
1737;  Stephen,  October  25,  1739;  Jonathan. 
May  25,  1742:  Joanna,  April  12,  1747.  Chil- 
dren of  second  wife:  Ebenezer,  mentioned  be- 
low; Rebecca,  June  17,  1755;  Martha,  Septem- 
ber 12,  1758. 

(XXI)  Lieutenant  Ebenezer  Munroe.  son 
of  Jonas  Munroe,  was  born  April  20,  1752, 
and  was  in  the  Lexington  company  of  minute- 
men  who  turned  out  April  19,  1775,  and  he  is 
said  to  have  fired  the  first  shot  on  the  Ameri- 
can side.  He  also  took  part  in  the  Jersey  cam- 
jiaign  in  1776,  after  which  he  retired  with  the 
rank  of  lieutenant.  He  removed  to  Ashburn- 
ham  about  1782,  and  became  a  prominent  citi- 


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zen.  His  home  was  in  the  south  part  of  the 
town.  In  1787  he  was  lieutenant  of  miUtia, 
and  subsequently  was  moderator  of  town 
meetings  and  selectman  for  several  years.  He 
<lied  May  25,  1825.  He  married,  April  10, 
1780,  Lucy  (Muzzey)  Simonds,  of  Woburn. 
Children :  Charles,  mentioned  below :  Eben- 
ezer,  February  25,  1785  ;  Jonas,  May  27,  1790: 
John,  October  4,  1793;  Rebecca,  June  7,  1798; 
Kerrick,  November  i,  1802;  Lucy,  November 

1,  1802. 

(XXH)  Charles,  son  of  Ebenezer  Munroe, 
was  born  in  Le.xington,  September  12,  1781, 
and  went  with  the  family  to  Ashburnham, 
Worcester  county,  Massacluisetts.  He  was  a 
member  of  the  Ashburnham  light  infantry, 
and  served  in  the  war  of  1812.  His  home 
was  in  the  south  village.  He  was  one  of  the 
pioneer  chair  manufacturers  of  the  town,  and 
with  this  industry,  which  was  intimately  asso- 
ciated with  the  growth  and  prosperity  of  .Ash- 
burnham, he  was  an  influential  factor.  He 
died  October  26,  1834.  He  married,  June  9, 
1808,  Lydia,  daughter  of  John  Conn;  she  died 
March  9,  1837.  Children  born  at  Ashburn- 
ham: I.  Lydia,  .\ugust  30,  1809,  died  Novem- 
ber 21,  1835  ;  married  June  21,  1832,  Sylvester 
VVinship,  of  Westminster,  and  had  a  son  John. 

2.  John,  born  December  24,  1812.  3.  Mary 
Farwell,  born  May  3,  1814;  married,  Septem- 
ber 14,  1833,  John  Winship,  and  had  Mary 
Jane,  born  December  21,  1834;  Ellen  Su.san, 
October  19.  1846:  Sarah  L.,  May  16,  1847.  4- 
Charles,  November  19,  1817;  removed  to  New 
York  state,  where  he  died  in  1882.  5.  Lucy, 
born  March  5,  1820;  married,  Jul_\'  i,  1840, 
Sylvester  \\'inshii).  and  had:  Charles  ^L,  No- 
vember 15.  1840,  died  May  30,  1843;  Lydia. 
February  2.-],  1843;  Harriet  E.,  October  26. 
1850;  Susan  M..  June  10.  1852.  6.  Ivers. 
Mav  30.  1823.  7.  Loring.  mentioned  below: 
8.  Harriet  .\rvilla,  born  July  20,  1829:  mar- 
ried, September  19,  1853,  Timothy  .\fldison 
Tenney,  and  had:  Lucia,  June  2^,  1854;  Hat- 
tie  E.,  April  3.  1860,  and  Charles  H.  Tenney. 
January  23,  1864. 

(XXni)  Loring.  son  of  Charles  Munroe, 
was  born  in  Ashburnham,  June  12,  1826.  He 
was  left  an  orphan  when  a  boy,  and  worked 
for  three  years  as  a  farm  hand.  He  attended 
the  district  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the 
academy  at  Ashburnham.  For  a  short  time  he 
taught  school.  When  he  was  twenty  years  old 
he  went  to  Cleveland,  Oswego  county,  New- 
York,  where  he  became  financiallv  interested  in 


the  manufacture  of  glass,  and  afterward  was 
an  owner  in  the  .American  Glass  Company, 
the  factory  (jf  which  was  at  Bernhards  Bay, 
New  York.  In  1861  he  purchased  the  Dun- 
barton  glass  plant  at  \'erona,  New  York,  and 
for  sixteen  years  conducted  it  successfully.  In 
the  meantime  he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm 
of  r>arnes,  .Stark  &  Munroe,  bankers,  of 
(.)nei(la,  and  so  continued  for  five  years.  For 
a  number  of  years  he  was  trustee  of  the  Oneida 
Savings  Bank.  He  came  to  Oneida  in  1877, 
and  lived  there  the  remainder  of  his  life.  He 
built  and  owned  the  building  occupied  by  the 
Farmers  and  Merchants'  Bank,  of  which  he 
was  president,  and  he  also  owned  much  valua- 
ble real  estate  in  the  village.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Repulilican,  and  he  serverl  the  town  of 
Lenox  in  the  board  of  supervisors,  and  the  vil- 
lage in  the  board  of  trustees.  He  was  one 
of  the  original  stockholders  of  the  First  Na- 
tional I'.ank  of  ( )neida.  Mr.  Munroe  accumu- 
lated a  fortune  entirely  by  his  own  exertions 
and  wise  investments,  and  was  always  liberal 
and  public  spirited.  In  1898  he  built  a  Me- 
morial Chapel  and  presented  it  to  the  Glen- 
wood  Cemetery  .Association,  of  Oneida.  He 
married  Jane  Corwarden,  born  in  Jackson, 
New  Jersey,;  she  died  December  5,  1904.  He 
died  January  2^,  1901.  Children:  (jeorge  L., 
mentioned  below;  Charles  I.,  .Anthony  B..  El- 
len, died  in  1875,  aged  twenty-one  years:  Jen- 
nie and  Martha,  died  in  childhood. 

(  XX I\')  George  L.,  son  of  Loring  Munroe, 
was  born  in  Cleveland,  Oswego  county,  New 
Vork,  March  25,  1850.  He  received  a  cojiimon 
school  education,  and  after  leaving  school 
worked  for  several  years  as  an  apprentice  in 
the  manufactory  of  window  glass  at  Dun- 
barton,  and  in  1877,  in  |)artnership  with  his 
brother  Charles,  Henry  Felker  and  O.  H.  Hess, 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  glass  under  the 
firm  name  of  Munroe  &  Company,  and  con- 
tinued until  1888.  when  his  business  became 
a  part  of  the  I'nited  Glass  Company.  Mr. 
Munroe  became  superintendent  of  the  factory 
at  Dunbarton.  In  1898  he  retired.  He  is  a 
member  of  V.  &  .K.  M.  Masonic  Lodge  and 
Chapter,  and  of  the  Methodist  church.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 21,  1870,  Clara  L.  Hees,  born  at  State 
Bridge.  \"erona.  Oneida  county,  New  A'ork. 
December  15.  1849,  daughter  of  .Archibald  L. 
Hees.  Children  :  1 .  ]^m\\(t  H.,  born  at  Verona. 
Tune  15,  1871,  died  "February  18.  1898:  mar- 
Vied.    January   S.    189^.   Hr.  Thomas  E.   I'.atn- 


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ford.  2.  Daisy  Cook,  born  August  22,  1872; 
married,  December  28,  1901,  William  A.  Rob- 
erts, of  Oneida;  children:  Wellesely,  born  Oc- 
tober 9,  1902;  Lucille  Clare,  April  15,  1905; 
Cordelia  Ketchum,  November  29,  1906 ; 
George  Bailey,  July  7,  1908.  3.  Ella  May, 
born  July  29,  1874;  married,  November  17, 
[906,  Roy  F.  Hicks,  of  Canastota.  4.  Maud 
F.,  born  July  17,  1876,  died  September  19, 
1877.  5.  Cora  I.,  born  February  26,  1878.  6. 
.^lice  Pearl,  born  October  9,  1880.  Mrs.  Mun- 
roe  and  her  daughters  are  Daughters  of  the 
American  Revolution,  and  members  of  the 
Twentieth  Century  Club  and  the  Madison 
County  Historical  Society. 

(XXIV)  Charles  I.,  son  of  Loring  ]\Iun- 
roe,  was  born  in  Cleveland,  Oswego  county, 
August  19,  1851.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town.  He  went  with  his 
father  to  Dunbarton  and  served  an  apprentice- 
ship as  a  glasscutter,  and  for  a  time  worked 
at  that  trade  as  a  journeyman.  He  engaged  in 
business  as  a  glass  manufacturer  on  his  own 
account,  and  afterward  succeeded  his  father 
in  business,  and  continued  until  1883,  when  he 
sold  out.  He  returned  to  work  as  a  journey- 
man for  a  time,  and  in  1897  entered  partner- 
ship in  the  firm  of  Baldwin  &  Munroe,  in  the 
undertaking  business,  and  continued  in  that 
firm  to  the  end  of  his  life.  He  was  a  member 
of  Oneida  Lodge,  No.  270,  Free  Masons,  and 
he  and  his  wife  belongeil  to  the  Order  of  the 
Eastern  Star.  He  was  also  a  member  of  the 
Lodge  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  the  Elks  and  the 
Knights  of  Pythias.  In  politics  he  was  a  Re- 
publican. He  married,  November  18.  1874, 
Barljara  Miller,  born  on  Tilden  Hill,  Verona, 
Oneida  county,  August  29,  1854,  daughter  of 
George  and  Barbara  (Sprang)  Miller.  Her 
father  was  a  native  of  Alsace,  Germany.  Chil- 
dren :  I.  Loring  M.,  born  1875,  died  April  17, 
1897 ;  was  a  banker.  2.  Charles  Frederick, 
mentioned  below. 

(XX\')  Charles  Frederick,  son  of  Cliarles  I. 
Munroe.  was  born  March  7,  1878,  and  received 
his  early  education  in  the  public  schools  of 
Oneida.  He  studied  dentistry,  and  was  grad- 
uated from  the  Dental  School  of  Bufifalo  Uni- 
versity in  the  class  of  1901.  He  jiracticed  his 
profession  in  Bufifalo  until  1907.  He  was  then 
in  business  for  a  time  as  a  wholesale  baker. 
After  his  fnther  died  he  succeeded  to  the  un- 
dertaking business,  which  has  since  been  con- 
ducted at  Oneida  under  the  firm  name  of 
Mtmroe  &  Dunbar.     Mr.  Munroe  is  president 


of  the  Porter  Cable  Machine  Company,  of 
Syracuse.  He  is  a  member  of  Oneida  Lodge, 
No.  270,  of  Free  Masons,  of  the  Elks  and  sev- 
eral college  fraternities.  He  married,  June 
25,  1904,  Mary  Gwynn  Ross,  born  at  Auburn, 
January  8,  1876,  daughter  of  Napoleon  and 
Jennette  (Stanley)  Ross.  They  have  one 
child,  Helen  Ross,  born  May  9,  1905. 

(XXIV)  Anthony  B.,  son  of  Loring  Mun- 
roe, was  born  in  Bernhards  Bay,  Oswego 
county.  New  York,  March  13,  1861.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  in  the  public  schools,  and 
when  a  young  man  became  assistant  secretary 
of  the  Oneida  Savings  Bank.  After  several 
years  he  resigned  to  engage  in  the  clothing 
business  in  the  firm  of  Munroe  &  Parsons,  and 
in  this  business  has  been  very  successful.  He 
is  president  of  the  Farmers  and  Merchants' 
State  Bank  of  Oneida.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Repuljlican.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Pres- 
byterian church.  He  married,  October  24, 
1884,  Louise  M.  Walrath,  born  in  Oneida, 
daughter  of  C.  A.  and  ^lary  G.  (Stevens) 
Walrath.  Children  :  IMarjory  L..  married  Earl 
M.  McGuinness  ;  Stewart  W. 


John  Clarke,  of  Westhorpe, 
CLARKE     county   Suflfolk,    England,   died 

in  1559,  and  was  buried  Alarch 
3'  1559-  Children:  John,  mentioned  below; 
Thomas,  born  Tanuary  4,  1543,  buried  May  10, 
1588. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  fi)  Clarke, 
was  born  at  Westhorpe.  county  Suffolk.  Eng- 
land, and  baptized  February  11,  1541.  He  died 
April  4,  and  was  buried  April  7,  1598.  He 
married  Catharine,  daughter  of  John  Cooke; 
she  was  baptized  February  i*!,  1541,  died 
March  27,  buried  March  30,  1598.  Children: 
John,  born  April  25,  1569;  Thomas,  mentioned 
below:  baptismal  dates:  Carewe,  August  17, 
1572:  Christopher,  December  6,  1574;  John, 
March  17.  1577;  Margaret,  June  8,  1579; 
Mary,  Seiitember  21,  1581. 

(III)  Thomas,  son  of  John  (2)  Clarke,  was 
born  at  Westhorpe,  England,  November  i, 
1570,  All  Saints'  Day,  and  baptized  Novem- 
ber 3,  1570.  He  died  July  29,  buried  July  30, 
1627.  He  married  Rose  Herridge  (or  Ker- 
idge),  who  died  September  29,  1627.  Children: 
Margaret,  born  February  i,  1600;  Carewe, 
immigrant.  February  3.  1602;  Thomas,  immi- 
grant. March  31.  1605:  Mary,  baptized  July 
(7,   T607 :   John,   immigrant,  born   October  8, 


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1609;  William,  baptized    l'\bruary    11.    1611: 
Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Thomas  Clarke,  was 
the  immigrant  ancestor  in  this  line,  and  came 
from  Westhorpe,  county  Suffolk,  England, 
about  1637.  He  was  born  December  9,  1618. 
and  baptized  December  16,  1618.  He  died 
June  I,  1694,  at  Newport.  Rhode  Island.  He 
married  (first)  .  and  (second)  Mar- 
garet   ,  who  died  at  Newport,  1694.    He 

settled  in  Rhode  Island,  being  admitted  an  in- 
habitant of  the  island  Aquidneck,  Newport, 
1638.  He  was  present  at  the  general  court  of 
election  in  1640,  and  was  made  freeman  March 
17,  1641.  He  became  one  of  the  original  mem- 
bers of  the  First  llaptist  church  of  Newport 
in  1644.  In  1648  he  was  a  member  of  the 
court  of  trials;  in  1655  a  freeman  of  the  col- 
ony ;  commissioner.  1655-57-58-59 ;  assistant 
in  1658-63-64-65-78-80-90.  His  name  was  on 
the  charter  granted  to  Rhode  Island  by  King 
Charles  II,  July  8,  iW>3.  He  was  made  free- 
man at  Westerly  in  1668,  and  was  deputy  to 
the  general  assembly,  1668-69-70-71-72-90. 
On  May  18,  1669,  he  was  on  the  list  of  inhabi- 
tants of  Westerly,  and  in  1677  he  was  on  the 
court  of  justices  of  the  peace,  to  attend  to  a 
matter  of  injurious  and  illegal  acting  of  the 
Connecticut  Colony.  In  1679  he  was  one  of 
thirty-three  who  gave  the  oath  of  allegiance  to 
Westerly.  In  1680  he  was  taxed  in  Newport. 
On  September  25,  1685,  he  and  his  wife  Mar- 
garet, of  Newport,  sold  to  Francis  l')rinley,  of 
Newport,  a  1-154  part  of  Coanicut  Island,  89 
acres  and  a  1-154  part  of  Dutch  Island.  In 
1690  he  was  one  of  those  chosen  to  apportion 
taxes  to  the  respective  towns.  He  seems  to 
have  lived  at  Westerly  for  a  time,  and  then  to 
have  returned  to  Newport.  The  names  of  his 
children  were  found  on  a  memorandum  to  the 
will  of  Thomas  Clarke,  his  brother.  Children  : 
Joseph,  mentioned  bel(.)\v  ;  William,  Mary,  died 
1695  ;  Sarah,  born  January  29,  1663  ;  John,  Su- 
sannah, Joshua,  Thomas,  Carew,  Elizabeth, 
married  Rev.  William  Peckham,  of  Newport. 

(V)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Joseph  (i)  Clarke, 
was  born  February  11,  1642,  and  died  Janu- 
ary II,  1726-27,  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  He 
married  (first),  November  16.  1664,  Bethiah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Tacy  (Cooper)  Hub- 
bard: she  was  born  December  19,  1646,  died 
April  17,  1707  (or  1717).  He  married  (.sec- 
ond) Hannah,  widow  of  Thomas  Peckham. 
and  daughter  of  William  Weeden.  She  had 
married    (first)    William    Clarke,    brother    of 


Joseph  Clarke,  her  third  husband.  He  must 
have  moved  early  from  Newport  to  Westerly, 
for  in  1669  he  was  town  clerk  of  Westerly, 
and  kept  that  position  until  1700.  In  July. 
1675,  'ic  ^"<'  'I's  family  went  to  the  home  of 
Rev.  Samuel  Hubbard,  in  Newport,  for  shel- 
ter from  the  Indian  war.  In  1680  he  was 
taken  by  force  and  carried  from  Westerly  to 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  where  he  was  fined 
f  10  by  the  authorities  of  the  colony,  but  was 
reimbursed  £13  los.  by  Rhode  Island  assem- 
by  for  this  payment.  May  20,  1696,  Benedict 
Arnold,  of  Newport,  deeded  him  two  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  at  South  Kingston,  Rhode 
Island,  and  this  was  recorded  December  22. 
1707  there.  On  November  30,  1696,  he 
deeded  John  Seagar  one  hundred  acres  of  land 
at  South  Kingston,  which  was  also  recorded 
there  December  22,  1707.  In  1698- 1700-2-4-6-8 
he  was  deputy  to  the  general  assembly.  In  1710 
Joseph  Clarke  and  Joseph  Clarke.  Jr..  were 
invited  by  the  Sabbatarian  church  at  \Vesterly. 
On  July  20,  1715.  and  January  4.  1717,  he 
deeded  land  to  his  son  Samuel,  and  February  4, 
1718,  land  to  his  son-in-law  Thomas  Hiscox. 
all  in  Westerly.  In  March,  1722,  he  and  his 
wife,  late  wife  of  Thomas  Peckham,  brought 
suit  against  Phili])  Peckham  for  three  pounds 
annuity.  October  5,  1725,  he  deeded  land  at 
Westerh  to  his  sdu  \\'illiam.  I  lis  will  was 
dated  October  5.  1725.  proved  February  27. 
1727,  bei|ueatlied  U<  daughters  ^lary  Champlin. 
fudith  Ma.x.son,  Susanna  Babcock,  Bethiah 
Hiscox,  to  grand.sons,  eldest  sons  of  Joseph 
and  loshua  Clarke,  and  a  shilling  each  to  sons 
Thomas,  William  and  Samuel,  who  already 
had  their  portions.  Children :  Judith,  born 
October  12.  1667;  Joseph,  .\pril  14,  1670: 
Samuel,  September  29,  1672;  John,  August  25, 
1675:  Bethiah,  .\pril  11,  1678:  Mary,  Decem- 
ber 2~.  1680:  Susanna,  .August  31,  1683: 
Thomas,  mentioned  below;  William,  April  21, 
1688.  Judith  and  John  were  horn  in  Newport, 
the  others  in  Westerly. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Jose])h  (2)  Clarke, 
was  born  at  Westerly,  March  17,  1686.  and 
died  November  26,  1767,  at  Hopkinton,  Rhode 
Island,  aged  eighty-two  years.  He  married, 
in  1710,  Elizabeth  Babcock,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain James  and  Elizabeth  (I'abbett)  Babcock; 
she  was  born  February  8,  i6(.)i.  at  Westerly. 
Thomas  Clarke  was  l)a]itized  in  1706,  and  was 
on  the  list  of  the  Baptist  church  at  Westerly 
in  1718  and  1740.  February  2J.  1718.  he  and 
his  wife   deeded   to   Captain   Samuel    Babcock 


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land  at  Westerly,  and  March  J3,  1718,  he  gave 
a  deed  of  Stonington  land.  On  August  26, 
1735,  he  was  ordained  deacon  of  church.  He 
deeded  land  to  his  son  Thomas,  February  17, 
1740,  at  Westerly,  which  had  been  given  him 
by  his  father.  October  2,  1750,  he  was  chosen 
assistant  elder.  He  deeded  land  in  Westerly. 
January  25,  1765,  to  son  Josei)h.  His  will. 
dated  August  10,  1766,  ]iroved  January  25. 
1768,  recorded  at  \\'esterly,  January  25. 
1768,  mentions  granddaughter  ^lary,  wife  of 
Peleg  Saunders,  his  son  Joshua  and  Josejih 
and  daughter  Sarah,  wife  of  Edward  llurdick. 
Children :  Sarah,  born  at  Westerly,  May  1 1 , 
1712:  Thomas,  born  at  Westerly,  March  4. 
1715;  Joshua,  mentioned  below;  James,  born 
at  Westerly,  March  3,  1720,  died  young;  Jo- 
seph, born  September  14,  1728. 

(VH)  Rev.  Joshua  Clarke,  son  of  Elder 
Thomas  Clarke,  was  born  at  Westerly,  April 
26,  1717,  and  died  March  8,  1793.  aged  sev- 
enty-six. He  was  buried  in  the  First  Hop- 
kinton  cemetery.  He  married,  about  1738, 
Hannah  Cottrell,  born  1719,  died  November  4, 
1808,  aged  ninety  years.  December  20,  1747. 
he  and  his  wife  deeded  land  at  Westerly  to 
Thomas  Lawton,  and  January  7,  1753,  he 
deeded  land  there  to  Edmond  Pendleton.  He 
and  his  wife,  April  5,  1753,  deeded  land  at 
Westerly  to  Nathaniel  Lewis,  of  Charlestown. 
August  24,  1756,  he  declined  to  serve  as  deacon 
of  the  Sabbatarian  church.  He  deeded  land 
in  Hojjkinton,  where  he  lived,  November  8. 
1757,  to  the  colony  of  Rhode  Island,  and  No- 
vember 16,  1762,  he  deeded  land  there  to  his 
son  Joshua.  He  was  ordained  elder  in  May, 
1768,  and  in  1774  appears  on  the  census  as  of 
(iopkinton  with  a  family  of  four  males  over 
sixteen,  four  under  sixteen,  three  females  over 
sixteen,  and  one  negro  servant.  His  will,  dated 
luly  31,  1792,  proved  at  Hojikinton,  April  i. 
1793,  son  Phineas  executor,  mentions  wife 
Hannah,  sons  I'.than,  Thomas,  Arnold,  Henry, 
Willett  and  Josei)h  ISennett,  daughters  Hannah 
and  Elizal)eth  ATaxson,  grandsons  Joshua,  son 
of  Phineas,  and  Joshua  C,  Maxson,  son  of  Jesse 
Maxson,  and  granddaughter  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Phineas.  He  was  a  member  of  the  legisla- 
ture and  a  trustee  of  I'.rown  Cniversity.  He 
served  in  the  colonial  and  revolutionary  wars. 
Children:  Phineas,  born  I'ebniary  23,  1740; 
Joshua,  August  17,  1741.  died  1764;  Ethan, 
born  March  7,  1745;  Hannah,  .May  4,  1747: 
Thomas,  June  10,  1749;  Fdizabeth,  November 
14,    1751;    .Arnold,    March    17,    1754:    Henry, 


mentioned  below:  Willett,  October  20,  1759; 
Nathan,  I'"ebruary  7,  1762,  died  May  11,  1776; 
Joseph  liennett.  May  13,  1765. 

(VTH)  Rev.  Henry  Clarke,  son  of  Rev. 
Joshua  Clarke,  was  born  at  Hopkinton,  De- 
cember 2,  1756,  and  died  at  Brookfield,  New 
York,  Alarch  22,  183 1.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 5,  1776.  Catherine  Pendleton,  born  March 

13.  1757,  at  Westerly,  died  September  4,  1824, 
at  ilrodkfield.  He  married  (second)  Lydia, 
widdw  nf  h'lisha  P.urdick.  September  19, 
177(1,  he  and  Joshua  Clarke  were  signers  to  the 
(K'claratinn  of  patriotism  at  Ho])kinton.  When 
a  l)(iy  he  worked  on  his  father's  farm,  and 
later  learned  the  trade  of  a  blacksmith.  June 
I9>  I779'  lie  ^nd  his  wife  joined  the  Hopkin- 
ton Baptist  church.  He  and  "Caty,"  iiis  wife, 
deeded  land  at  Hopkinton  on  December  9, 
1782.  In  1788  he  was  ordained  deacon,  and 
an  evangelist  on  September  3.  1793.  He  lived 
over  ten  years  at  Hopkinton,  and  at  least  four 
in  Stonington,  and  May  2,  1795,  settled  in 
llroukfield.  New  York,  on  a  large  farm  where 
he  remained  thirty-si.x  years.  In  October  he 
was  installed  pastor  of  the  First  .Seventh  Day 
P.aptist  church  of  Brookfield,  and  kept  this 
])iisition  until  .\pril,  1822,  although  he  ])reached 
in  the  church  occasionally  imtil  his  death. 
In  181 1  he  published  "A  Plistory  of  the  Sab- 
batarians or  .Seventh  Day  Baptists  in  Amer- 
ica." .Vnother  work  of  his,  never  printed,  was 
"A  Scri])tural  and  Reasonable  System  of  Re- 
ligion." Children  by  first  wife  born  at  Ho])- 
kinton :  Henry,  December  I'l,  1777:  I'hebe, 
.September  28,  1779;  Sarah,  July  23,  1781  : 
(  )liver  Pendleton,  March  29,  1783:  John  \'e- 
lot,  .\pril  14.  1785;  Elizabeth  Al.,  April  30, 
1787;  Ethan,  mentioned  below;  at  Stonington, 
Connecticut:  Welcome  Arnold,  April  25,  1791, 
and  Catherine,  April  17,  1793;  Joshua,  at 
Brookfield,  New  York,  July  20,  1795:  Samuel 
Ray,  November  6,  1800. 

(IN)  Ethan,  son  of  Rev.  Henry  Clarke, 
was  born  at  Hopkinton,  Rhode  Island,  Alarch 
30.  1789,  and  died  at  Oxford,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 8,   1857.     He  married    (first),  October 

14,  1810,  Lucy,  daughter  of  Reuben  and  Han- 
nah (Johnson)  Wilcox;  she  died  .August  30, 
1S12,  and  he  married  (second),  .September 
5,  1814,  Rachel,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Eliza- 
i)eth  ( Cowell)  Case,  who  died  .August  25, 
1854,  He  was  a  merchant  in  ()xford  from 
about  1831  until  his  death.  I'or  a  time  he 
conducted  business  under  the  firm  name  of 
Balcom   &  Clarke,  and  later  Clarke  &  Sons. 


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He  had  a  hotel  in  Oxford,  besides  his  business, 
and  also  owned  and  operated  stage  lines  from 
Oxford  to  Binghamton,  from  Oxford  to  Cats- 
kill  and  from  Oxford  to  Sherburne.  Child 
by  first  wife :  Lucy  Wilcox,  born  August  30, 
1812,  at  Brookfield.  Children  by  second  wife; 
James  W'illard,  born  at  Bruokfield,  July  20, 
i(Si3,  ilied  at  Oxford,  June  30,  1878;  Eliza- 
beth Ann,  at  Plainfield,  April  2-j.  1817.  died  at 
Rochester,  January  29,  1887,  married  Novem- 
ber 9,  1847,  Rev.  John  \'an  Ingen ;  Dwight 
Henry,  at  I'lainfield,  March  2,  1819,  died  April 
17.  1874;  Ethan  Case,  at  Plainfield,  December 
16,  1820,  died  r)ctober  4,  1889:  Hannah 
Henry,  at  Oxford,  Octiiber  7,  1822.  died  at 
Clinton,  New  York,  August  13,  1880,  married 
August  2,  1843,  George  McNeil;  Peter  Wel- 
come, at  Oxford,  April  14,  1826,  died  at  Ox- 
ford, Se])tember  10,  1S89:  John  Ray,  at  Ox- 
ford, .April  9,  1828,  died  at  Binghamton. 
August  19,  1890:  Francis  (leorge,  mentioned 
below. 

(X)  b'rancis  (ieorge,  sun  of  Ethan  Clarke, 
was  born  at  ( )xford.  New  ^'ork,  November  22. 
1830,  and  died  there  May  12,  1910.  He  was 
educated  in  O.xford  Academy  and  was  asso- 
ciated in  business  with  his  father  in  the  gen- 
eral store  for  a  time,  and  later  succeeding  to 
the  ownership  of  the  business,  from  which  he 
retired  in  igoo.  .\bout  1885  he  engaged  in 
the  stone  business  at  Oxford,  later  founding 
the  F.  G.  Clarke  Bluestone  Com])any,  which 
continued  until  1907,  when  its  business  was 
wound  up.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  and 
directors  of  the  First  National  I'.ank  of  Ox- 
ford, and  for  several  years  its  vice-president. 
His  brother  James  was  its  first  jiresident.  In 
politics  he  was  a  Reijublican.  He  was  a  mem- 
lier  of  Oxford  Lodge  of  I'ree  Masons  and 
was  a  communicant  and  vestryman  of  the 
Protestant  E])iscopal  church,  and  at  the  time 
of  his  death  its  senior  warden.  He  marrie<l 
(first),  .'\ugust  15,  i860,  Clarissa  Maria 
Rockee.  born  July  10,  1837,  died  .September  13. 
\'i?^2.  daughter  of  Isaac  and  Clarissa  (Ran- 
dall) Bockee.  He  married  (  second  ),  Septem- 
ber ().  1884,  Laura  Beniis  Chapin.  daughter  of 
Thaddeus  and  Rebecca  (  Bemis )  Chapin.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Francis  P.ockee,  born  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1863,  died  Sei)tember  18.  i8()3: 
i-fenry  Bockee,  .Sqitember  8.  i8(>4,  died  De- 
cember 2}f,  1889:  Herbert  William,  mentioned 
below:  James  W'inslow,  November  7,  1869.  an 
Episcopal  clergyman,  at  present  residing  in 
Ctica,  New  York. 


I  XI)  Herbert  William,  .son  of  Francis 
George  Clarke,  was  born  .April  16,  1867,  at 
Oxford,  New  York.  lie  attended  Oxford 
.\cadeni)-  and  later  engaged  in  business  with 
his  father.  He  was  a  partner  in  the  F.  G. 
Clarke  Bluestone  Company  from  1892  to  1907. 
In  1904  he  came  to  .Xorwich,  New  York. 
where  he  organized  the  firm  of  Clarke,  Conroy 
&  Comi)any.  In  June,  i<;io,  the  business  was 
incorporated  under  the  name  of  Clarke-Con- 
roy  Company,  of  which  .Mr.  Clarke  is  presi- 
dent and  treasurer.  While  living  in  Oxford 
he  was  a  director  of  the  First  National  liank 
of  Oxford.  He  is  a  member  of  Oxford  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons,  of  Oxford,  and  of  Oxford 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Ma.sons.  In  jxdiiics  he 
is  a  Republican,  and  he  has  been  active  in  pol- 
itics and  ]niblic  affairs,  but  has  never  accepted 
public  office. 

lie  married.  .Vugust  29.  1893,  -^largaret 
Stanton,  of  Norwich,  born  Septaiiber  5,  1871, 
daughter  of  Captain  Robert  Augustus  and 
Elizabeth  Packer  (  F'endleton )  Stanton  (see 
Stanton).  Children:  Francis  Stanton,  March 
22,  1898;  Elizabeth  Pendleton,  .August  24, 
1902;  both  born  at  (  Jxford. 

(The  StanKin   Line). 

(II)  Thomas  (2)  Stanton,  son  (jf  Thomas 
(U  -Stanton  (c|.  v.).  was  born  in  Hartford, 
Connecticut,  in  1638.  and  died  in  Stonington, 
Connecticut,  .April  11.  1718.  He  married 
Sarah,  ('aughter  of  Ca])tain  ( jeorge  Denison. 
of  .Stonington;  she  was  born  Alarch  20,  1641, 
died  December  19.  1701.  Thomas  and  his 
brother  John  received  their  father's  lands  in 
I'restnn.  lie  was  chosen  by  the  commission- 
ers of  the  L'nited  Colony  of  .Vew  England, 
with  his  brother  John,  as  an  interpreter  of  the 
Indian  language,  to  teach  it  at  Harvard  Col- 
lege. 

(III)  William,  son  (.)f  1  homas  (2)  Stan- 
ton, was  ba])tized  May  6,  1677.  Pie  married, 
.May  7.  1 701.  -Anna,  daughter  of  Robert  and 
loatnia  (Gardiner)  .Stanton;  they  lived  in 
Stonington. 

(I\')  Joshua,  son  of  William  Stanton,  was 
born  June  26,  1 721,  and  died  at  Stonington, 
(October  2^,  1819.  He  married,  in  1746, 
I  lannah,  daughter  of  John  and  Dorothy  (  Cott- 
rell )  Randall;  she  was  born  January  13.  1728. 
I  le  married  (  second  )  Mary  Davis,  by  whom 
he  had  a  son  Lodowick.  I  le  had  nine  cliildren 
l)y  the  first  wife. 

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born  in  1756  in  Stonington,  and  died  October 
25,  1819.  He  married  Martha  Davis,  who  died 
December,  1844,  at  Caton,  Steuben  county. 
New  York. 

(VI)  Nathan  Davis,  son  of  Henry  Stan- 
ton, was  born  at  Stonington,  May  3,  1792,  and 
died  January  2,  1865,  in  Norwich,  New  York. 
He  served  in  the  New  London  miHtia  in  tlie 
war  of  1812.  He  married.  January  18,  1817, 
Phoebe  Lewis,  who  died  February  22,  1864. 

(VH)  Robert  Augustus,  son  of  Nathan 
Davis  Stanton,  was  born  Sunday,  April  29, 
1838,  at  Norwich,  and  died  September  5,  1886. 
In  July,  1861,  he  was  mustered  into  the  Sev- 
enty-fourth Regiment  New  York  Volunteers, 
and  was  soon  promoted  to  second  lieutenant. 
He  was  wounded  at  the  second  battle  of  Bull 
Run,  in  1862;  later  was  promoted  to  first  lieu- 
tenant, and  soon  afterward  captain.  He  was 
a  lawyer.  He  married  yVugust  27,  1868.  at 
Oxford,  New  York,  Elizabeth  Packer,  born 
March  4,  1846,  died  June  9,  1887.  Children  ; 
Edith,  born  December  2,  1869;  Margaret,  born 
September  5,  1871,  married,  August  29,  1893, 
H.  W.  Clarke  (.see  Clarke)  ;  Nathan  Pendle- 
ton, born  August  10.  1872;  Charles  Robert. 
December  2,  1875. 


John  Sweet,  the  immigrant  an- 
SWEET     cestor,   was   doubtless   of   Welsh 

origin,  and  he  was  the  progenitor 
of  the  Sweets  of  Warwick  and  Kings  Town. 
He  came  to  this  country  as  early  as  1632,  ac- 
cording to  the  records,  and  in  1637  had  a 
grant  of  land  in  Providence,  although  before 
then  he  had  lived  in  Salem,  Massachusetts,  and 
after  his  death  in  1637  his  widow  returned 
and  had  a  grant  of  land  there.  His  widow 
Mary  married  (second)  Ezekiel  HoUiman. 
Children:  John,  mentioned  below;  James,  of 
Warwick  and  Kings  Town  ;  Meribah,  whose 
name  was  changed  to  Renewed  by  Mr.  Holli- 
man  after  his  marriage  to  Mrs.  Sweet. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Sweet, 
lived  in  Warwick  in  1648,  and  in  1655  was  a 
freeman  there.  In  1660  he  was  commissioner. 
In  1675  his  grist  mill  at  Potowomut  was 
burned  by  the  Indians,  and  in  1677  he  was  in 
Newport,  where  he  died  that  year.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth .  Children :  John,  Dan- 
iel, James,  Henry,  mentioned  below;  Richard, 
Benjamin,  William,  mentioned  ])elow :  Jere- 
miah and  a  daughter. 

(III)  William,  son  of  John  (2)  Sweet, 
lived    in    West    Greenwich,    where   he   settled 


after  he  married  Thankful  Hamilton.  By 
trade  he  was  a  carpenter,  and  was  very  suc- 
cessful in  his  work.  Children :  Dorcas,  born 
January  4,  1709;  Elizabeth,  November  14. 
1713;  William,  February  14,  1715:  Priscilla. 
April  12,  1 7 18;  Rachel,  May  29,  1720;  Alice, 
P'ebruary  18,  1722;  Caleb,  April  17,  1724; 
Mary,  October  23,  1726. 

(Ill)  Henry,  .son  of  John  (2)  Sweet,  was 
born  in  Warwick,  Rhode  Island.  He  married 
.Mary .  Children,  born  in  East  Green- 
wich:  Henry,  March  11,  1682;  John,  March 
24,  1684;  Joseph,  March  7,  1687;  Benjamin, 
March  29,  i()90;  Mary,  February  10,  1692; 
Johanna,  February  13,  i()95;  William,  August 
I,  1698;  Wals  (Alice  ?),  July  10,  1700;  Eliza- 
Ijeth,  February  25,  1704;  Susanna,  May  17, 
1706;  Griffin,  mentioned  below;  Hannah,  Feb- 
ruary 8,  1711-12. 

( I\')  Griffin,  son  of  Henry  Sweet,  was  born 
at  East  Greenwich,  Se])tember  15,  1709.  He 
married,  October  24.  1736,  Priscilla  Sweet, 
mentioned  above.  Children,  born  at  East 
Greenwich:  Henry,  June  25,  1737;  William, 
December  30,  1738;  Ruth,  November  17,  1740; 
Griffin,  September  17,  1742,  was  living  in  Ste- 
l)hentown,  .Vlbany  county.  New  York,  in  1790. 
and  had  one  son  under  sixteen  and  one  female 
in  his  family :  Caleb,  mentioned  below ;  Eben- 
ezer,  January  u,  i74(>-47;  Alercy.  December 
21,  1748;  Jesse,  August  22,  1750;  Mary,  A])ril 
29,  1752;  Asa,  August  18,  1754;  Thankful. 
April  18.  1757. 

(V)  Dr.  Caleb  Sweet,  son  of  (iriffin  Sweet, 
was  born  at  East  Greenwich,  Rhode  Island, 
February  7,  1743.  He  was  a  surgeon  in  the 
revolution,  in  the  regiment  of  Colonel  Goose 
\an  Schaick  (  F<"irst  New  York),  1779-81.  In 
1790  there  were  three  of  this  name  in  New 
"S'ork,  according  to  the  first  federal  census. 
.\t  Cambridge,  Albany  county,  a  Caleb  Sweet 
had  two  .sons  under  sixteen  and  one  female ; 
a  Caleb  Sweet  at  Stephentown  in  the  same 
count}'  had  two  females  and  no  sons,  and  a 
Caleb  .Sweet  of  Canajoharie,  in  the  Mohawk 
X'alley,  had  four  sons  under  sixteen  and  (ine 
female.  The  latter  was  probably  Dr.  Sweet 
of  this  sketch.  According  to  family  records, 
he  was  a  surgeon  under  Washington. 

(\I)  Charles  N.,  son  of  Dr.  Caleb  Sweet, 
was  born  March  14,  1789.  He  came  from  the 
Mohawk  \'alley  to  Clay,  New  York,  of  which 
he  was  one  of  the  pioneers.  He  was  a  farmer 
and  also  a  general  merchant,  .\fterward  he 
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portion  which  is  now  I'hoenix,  where  he  started 
the  first  general  store.  In  poHtics  he  was  a 
Democrat,  and  he  was  a  canihdate  for  the 
assembly  twice,  nominated  by  his  party.  He 
married  Jemima  Rogers,  daughter  of  Jona- 
than Rogers.  Children  :  Charles  S.,  born  Janu- 
ary 7,  1810;  Delia  S.,  November  7,  181 1  ;  Ann 
DeWitt,  February  11,  1814;  \'an  Rensselaer, 
December  10,  1815;  Addison  Rogers,  *Novem- 
l)er  14,  1817;  Caroline,  December  20,  1819; 
Gouverneur  M.,  August  7.  1822;  Mary  R.. 
February  6,  1825;  Anthony  Wayne,  of  whom 
further;  Gerritge  Eliza,  August  3,  1829:  Ange- 
line  Minerva,  May  3,  1831. 

(VII)  Anthony  Wayne,  son  of  Charles  N. 
Sweet,  was  born  in  Clay,  New  York,  May  22, 
1827.  He  came  with  his  parents  to  Phcenix 
when  a  boy  and  was  educated  there  in  the 
public  schools.  He  had  a  general  store  and 
a  heading  and  stave  mill,  lie  also  manufac- 
tured furniture,  coffins  and  caskets,  and  in 
later  years  manufactured  paper.  He  was  a 
very  successful  and  enterprising  man,  an  up- 
right, able  and  useful  citizen.  In  politics  he 
was  a  Re])ublican,  in  religion  a  Lniversalist. 
He  died  January  24,  1905.  He  married  Sarah 
Elizabeth  Campbell,  born  February  12.  1844, 
daughter  of  James  and  Sally  Ann  Campbell. 
Children  :  Kirk  N.,  of  whom  further  ;  son,  born 
December  16,  1866,  died  in  infancy;  Leah  M., 
born  February  i,  1868;  Jemima  R.,  Septanlier 
25,  1870;  Thaddeus  C,  of  whom  further. 

(VIII)  Hon.  Thaddeus  C.  Sweet,  son  of 
.\nthony  Wayne  Sweet,  was  born  at  Phcenix. 
New  York,  November  16.  1872.  He  attended 
the  public  schoi.>ls  of  his  native  town.  At  the 
age  of  eighteen  years  he  became  a  clerk  in  the 
clothing  store  of  H.  D.  Merriam  &  Brother,  at 
Phcenix.  Afterward  he  was  for  two  years  a 
traveling  salesman  for  Albert  11.  Thompson, 
dealer  in  hats  and  cajjs,  at  Syracuse.  In  1895, 
in  jiartnership  with  liis  brother.  Kirk  N.  Sweet, 
he  engaged  in  Inisiness  as  a  pajier  manufac- 
turer, under  the  name  of  Sweet  Brothers  Paper 
.Manufacturing  Com|)any.  The  business  has 
lirospered  and  grown  to  large  proportions.  The 
company  makes  a  specialty  of  tissue  paper, 
producing  more  than  thirty  shades  of  colored 
tissue,  and  controls  the  s])ecial  process  by 
which  the  paper  is  colored.  Air.  .Sweet  is  well 
known  and  highly  respected  in  the  business 
world.  He  has  also  been  active  in  public  life. 
For  four  years  he  was  town  clerk  of  Schroep- 
])el,  and  member  of  the  town  board  by  virtue 
<if  this  office.     He  has  represented  bis  party  as 


delegate  to  vari(.iu^  county,  slate  and  other 
nominating  conventions.  In  19 10  he  was  elect- 
ed from  his  district  to  the  state  assembly,  and 
since  then  has  represented  his  district  in  the 
legislature  with  ability  and  fidelity.  In  the 
first  year  he  was  a  member  of  the  committees 
on  insurance,  canals,  labor  and  industry;  in  the 
second  year,  canals,  labcjr  and  industry;  in  the 
third  year,  chairman  of  committees  on  canals 
and  member  of  cimimittees  on  insurance  and 
Irbor  and  industry.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
(  )svvego  County  Inde|)endcnt  Telephone  Com- 
|)any,  and  treasurer  of  the  Phcenix  Water 
Power  Owners'  Association.  He  is  a  member 
of  Callimachus  Lodge,  No.  369,  Free  Masons, 
of  PhdMiix;  Oswego  River  Chapter,  Royal 
Arch  .Masons,  No.  270,  of  Pluenix ;  Ontario 
Conimandery.  Knights  Templar,  of  Oswego; 
-Media  Temple,  Alystic  Shrine,  of  Watertown, 
New  ^'ork.  In  religion  he  is  a  Baptist.  He 
married,  December  5,  1894,  Lena  M.,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  Hannah  (Parker)  McCar- 
th>-.  Children  :  Richard  W..  liorn  October  25. 
i8(>5:  X'era  M..  Augu>t  25.  181)7;  Ruth  E., 
August  3.  i()on:  I'.arton  Wayne.  Sejitember  Ci, 
1 901 ). 

(Mil)  Kirk  .\..  brother  of  Thaddeus  C. 
.Sweet,  was  born  in  Phrenix.  New  York.  Sep- 
tember 6.  1865.  He  was  educated  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  of  his  native  town.  As  stated  above, 
he  is  a  paper  manufacturer  in  partnership  with 
his  brother,  under  the  firm  name  of  Sweet 
lirothers  Paper  Manufacturing  Com])any.  He 
is  a  member  of  Callimachus  Lodge.  No.  369. 
h'ree  Masons;  Oswego  River  Chapter,  No. 
270.  Royal  Arch  Masons  ;  Ontario  Conimand- 
ery, Knights  Templar,  of  Oswego;  Media 
Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  of  Watertown,  New 
York.  In  iiolitics  he  is  a  Republican.  He 
married  M.  Elmina.  born  September  10,  1863. 
daughter  of  William  and  Katherine  1  less.  Chil- 
dren: Homer  Kirk,  born  February  28.  1S91  ; 
C.ladys  F.,  October  31,   1893. 


|ohn  iMiller,  the  immigrant  an- 
FCl.LFR  cestor.  was  born  in  England, 
and  died  at  Ipswich,  Massachu- 
setts. June  4.  1666.  He  came  to  Ipswich  in 
1634.  anil  was  one  of  (ieneral  Denison's  sub- 
scribers in  1648.  He  was  town  surveyor  in 
ir/)3,  and  commoner  in  1664.  He  owned  land 
near  Rocky  Hill.  He  was  in  Lynn.  Massachu- 
setts, in  1644.  and  in  1648  was  again  in  Ips- 
wich.     His  will,  proved   Septemlier  25.    i66t'\ 


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names  sons  John  ami  William,  daughters  Sus- 
anna and  Elizabeth,  sons  Thomas,  Nathaniel 
and  Joseph,  and  daughter  Sarah.  His  wife 
and  son  James  were  executors.  His  widow 
filed  the  inventory  September  25,  1666,  and 
March  25,  if>73.  James  Fuller  filed  an  inven- 
tory of  what  he  received  from  his  mother  on 
her  second  marriage.  John  Fuller  married 
Elizabeth  Emerson,  of  Ipswich,  daughter  of 
Thomas  Emerson,  who  was  ancestor  of  Ralph 
Waldo  Emerson.  His  widow  married  (sec- 
ond), between  1666  and  1(^)72,  Thomas  Perrin. 
Children  :  John  ;  William  ;  James  ;  Thomas  ; 
Xathauiel,  married  .Mary  Jackson ;  Josepli. 
mentioned  below. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  John  Fuller,  was  born 
November  i,  1661,  and  died  August  22,  1731, 
in  Ipswich.  On  April  I,  1680,  he  was  living 
with  Simon  Wood.  On  March  23.  1692-93,  he 
receivetl  a  grant  of  land  whicli  he  sold  to  his 
brother  Nathaniel.  In  1692  he  and  William 
Heywood  were  given  permission  to  build  a 
wharf.  He  was  a  carpenter.  He  had  the  title 
of  sergeant.  On  November  i.  1731,  William 
Fuller  was  appointed  administrator  of  his 
estate,  and  no  widow  was  named ;  November 
8,  1731,  an  inventory  was  filed,  and  again  on 
March  15,  1732-33.  The  ])roperty  was  divided 
between  William,  John,  Ebenezer,  Jacob  and 
Daniel's  heirs,  of  Gloucester.  He  married, 
December  iC\  1685,  in  Ipswich,  Mary  Hey- 
wood. Children,  born  in  Ipswich:  Joseph,  .\u- 
gust  13,  1690,  married  Elizabeth  Hutchins : 
Thomas,  .Vpril  6,  1692:  \\'illiam,  March  7, 
1693-94,  married  Sarah  Waits;  John,  May  16. 
1698,  died  September  29,  1699;  John  and  Ben- 
jamin, twins.  .April  22.  1701,  Benjamin  died 
June,  1703,  John,  mentioned  below;  Daniel, 
June  30,  1702,  married  Ann  Deliver;  Benja- 
min, August  20,  1705.  died  1722:  Ebenezer, 
June  20,  1707,  married  Mary  Gretman  ;  Jacob, 
June  25,  171 1,  married  .\nna  Harris. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Fuller,  was 
born  in  I])swich,  April  22.  1701,  and  settled 
in  Hampton,  Connecticut.  The  intention  of 
his  marriage  which  was  January  i,  1727  was 
given  Deceml)er  to.  1726,  to  Mary  Howard, 
who  died  November  28,  1728.  He  married 
(sec(Mid),  July  29,  1730,  Hannah  Lord.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  John,  baptized  May  7, 
1732,  married  Hannah  Kimball;  Samuel,  baj)- 
tized  January  20,  1733,  married  .Sarah  Reed  ; 
Daniel,  baptized  June  13.  1736,  married  Pa- 
tience Steadman  ;  Joseiili,  mentioned  below  ; 
William,   b.'iptizcd   Janu.'iry    25,    1740.   married 


Lucy  Hodgekins  ;  Hannah,  baptized  June  12, 
1743,  married  Rev.  Elijah  Fitch. 

(IV)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  John  (2)  Fuller, 
was  born  in  Ipswich,  November  28,  1738,  and 
died  in  Hampton.  Connecticut,  June  29,  1805. 
He  married.  .November  7,  1771.  Mary  Holt, 
who  died  October  23,  1824,  aged  seventy-two 
years.  Children:  Alary,  born  October  13,  1772 
marriec}  Dr.  Thomas  Fuller ;  Chloe.  December 
II,  1774,  married  Dr.  Trumbull  Dorrence ; 
Elijah,  mentioned  below  ;  Joseph,  January  8, 
1779.  married  Elizabeth  Fish;  Elisha,  Janu- 
ary 30,  1782,  married  Phebe  Burnham;  Har- 
vey, September  13,  1784,  married  Lydia  Denni- 
son ;  Daniel,  February  14,  1789,  married  Mary 
r.ird. 

(V')  Elijah,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  I-'uller,  was 
born  in  Hampton,  Connecticut,  April  21,  1777, 
and  died  in  .Sherburne,  New  York,  April  30. 
iN(>4.  1  le  came  to  New  York  state  about  1805, 
to  the  town  of  Columbus,  Chenango  county, 
locating  on  the  farm  lately  owned  by  Mr.  Ruth- 
erford. He  built  the  house  which  is  yet  stand- 
ing there,  and  followed  farming  during  his 
active  life.  He  spent  his  last  years  with  his 
son  Fitch,  at  Columbus  Centre,  Chenango 
county,  and  died  there  at  the  age  of  eighty- 
seven  years.  He  inarried,  December  5,  1803, 
Ruth  Robinson,  who  died  at  the  age  of  sixty- 
eight  years.  Children:  Laura  P.,  born  .\pril 
14,  1809,  died  .November  14,  1871,  married 
Rev.  Sidney  .Mills;  Thomas  A.,  mentioned 
below;  Marcia,  born  June  i,  1815,  married  Dr. 
Erastus  King,  a  noted  physician  and  surgeon, 
of  Cnadilla  Forks,  New  York;  Fitch  E.,  born 
Jul}-  12.  1820,  married  (first)  Harriet  M.  Call, 
(  second  )   .Adelia  M.  McFarland. 

(  \  I)  Thomas  A.,  son  of  lilijah  b'uller,  was 
born  in  Columbus,  Qienango  county.  New 
N'ork,  .September  6,  18 12.  and  died  at  Sher- 
burne. New  York,  in  1875.  He  was  brought 
up  on  his  father's  farm  and  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  For  some  years  he  had  the 
management  of  his  father's  farm.  In  1842  he 
became  a  general  merchant,  buying  the  store 
of  L.  D.  Newton,  at  .'^herburne.  New  York. 
He  died  .\pril  23,  1875.  aged  sixty-three  years, 
at  his  liiinie  in  the  village  of  Sherburne.  He 
was  a  \\  big  in  early  life,  later  a  Re|)ublican. 
lie  was  an  ;K-tive  member  of  the  Congrega- 
ticinal  church,  lie  married,  January  21,  1840, 
Harriet  Dd'orest,  born  in  Edmeston,  Otsego 
county,  .New  ^'ork,  July  28,  1813,  died  Janu- 
ary I.  1899,  daughter  of  Gideon  and  Hannah 
(I'.irdseve)    DelMirest    (see  DeForest).     Chil- 


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dren ;  Charles  Augustus.  iuention(.Hl  below ; 
.Antoinette  DeForest.  born  .August  3,  1849. 
liied  June  15,  1862. 

(VII)  Charles  Augustus,  son  of  Thomas  .-\. 
Fuller,  was  born  at  Edmeston,  Mew  York. 
August  17,  1 84 1.  Me  attended  the  common 
schools  of  Sherburne  village,  and  spent  two 
terms  at  Madison  L'niversity,  Hamilton,  New 
York.  In  the  spring  of  1861  he  entered  the 
law  office  of  Boardinan  &  Ingersoll,  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio,  but  he  left  his  studies  to  enlist 
when  the  civil  war  broke  out.  He  was  muster- 
ed in  as  a  private  in  Company  C,  Sixty-first 
New  York  Regiment,  N'olunteer  Infantry,  Sep- 
tember I,  1861,  and  served  two  years,  being 
mustered  out  in  December,  1863.  He  held  the 
rank  of  second  lieutenant,  being  ])romoted  in 
1863,  after  serving  for  a  time  as  a  non-com- 
missioned officer.  He  took  part  in  all  the  bat- 
tles of  the  .\rmy  of  the  Potomac  in  wdiich  his 
regiment  was  engaged,  including  Fair  Oaks, 
Peach  Orchard,  Savage's  Station,  Glen  Dale. 
White  Oak  Swamp,  Malvern  Hill,  Antietam. 
Frederick.sburg.  Chancellorsville,  and  Gettys- 
burg. He  was  wounded  at  the  battle  of  Mal- 
vern Hill,  and  at  (icttysburg,  July  2.  1863, 
when  he  was  shot  in  the  left  shoulder,  from 
wliich  a  piece  of  bone  three  inches  long  was 
taken  out,  and  also  shot  in  the  left  leg,  which 
was  amputated  eight  inches  from  the  body 
while  he  was  on  the  field  of  battle.  He  was 
incapacitated  for  further  service,  and  nothing 
but  his  good  constitution  jiermitteil  him  to  re- 
cover from  these  injuries.  In  1864  he  began 
to  study  law  in  the  offices  of  .Alfred  Nichols 
and  E.  H.  Risley,  at  Sherburne,  New  York. 
and  later  in  the  year  became  a  student  in  the 
.'\lbany  Law  School.  He  was  admitted  to  the 
bar  in  1865,  and  formed  a  jjartnership  with 
E.  H.  Risely,  with  offices  at  Hamilton,  New 
York.  In  the  spring  of  1866.  Mr.  Fuller  re- 
turned to  Sherburne  village  and  opened  a  law 
office.  From  1871  to  1873  he  was  in  partner- 
ship with  .Stephen  Holden,  and  then  jjracticed 
alone  until  1906,  when  he  became  a  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Fuller  &  Truesdall.  His  jiartner 
is  Ward  N.  Truesdall. 

Mr.  Fuller  has  had  a  notable  public  career. 
In  politics  he  is  a  strong  and  earnest  Repub- 
lican. From  1867  to  1887  he  was  postmaster 
of  Sherburne:  in  1888  he  represented  his  dis- 
trict in  the  state  assembly,  and  was  a  delegate 
to  the  state  constitutional  convention  in  1894. 
He  has  been  trustee  of  the  incorporated  village 
and  president  for  several  terms,     lie  lias  been 


a  member  of  the  board  of  education  f(jr  many 
years  and  president  for  several  years.  He  has 
also  been  justice  of  the  ]ieace  of  the  town,  and 
holds  a  commission  from  the  governor  as  not- 
ary public.  He  is  a  member  of  Weaver  Post, 
(irand  .Krmy  of  the  Keiwblic.  of  Smyrna,  and 
is  past  commander  of  I'lumb  Post.  He  is  a 
faithful  member  of  the  Congregational  church. 
He  married,  June  23,  1869,  .Mary  E.  Mathew- 
son,  born  at  Norwich,  New  York,  May  8,  1845, 
daughter  of  .\lbcrt  T.  and  Mary  (Blair) 
Mathewson.  Children:  1.  Acldie  Louise,  born 
Se]>tember  t).  1870:  married  March  13,  1895, 
Charles  L.  Carrier,  of  Sherburne,  New  York; 
children:  Harriet  Deb'orest,  born  September 
12,  i8c>S:  Rush  Fuller,  born  January  24,  1000. 
2.  .Mary  .Antoinette  Del'orest,  Ixjrn  August  21, 
1873,  died  May  16,  1875.  3.  .Marion  DeForest, 
born  Mav  10,  1882:  married,  C)ctober  16,  1906, 
\\'ar(l  N.  Truesdall,  law  ])artner  of  Mr.  Fuller: 
child.  Robert  I'uller  Irtiesd.ill.  born  Novem- 
ber 7.  11)07. 

(The  DeForest  Line). 

The  Del'orest  family  first  ajjpears  in  .Aves- 
nes,  France,  but  they  were  driven  from  their 
home  on  account  of  their  religious  belief.  .\ 
part  of  them  removed  to  Leyden,  where  four 
bnjthers  of  the  name  were  living  in   ifio(). 

(  1  )  Jes^e  Del-'orest,  one  of  the  l)rotliers. 
and  the  immigrant,  endeavored  to  found  a 
'AX'alloon  Protestant  Colony"  in  Virginia 'in 
i(>2\,  but  his  terms  were  rejected  by  the  \'ir- 
ginia  Company,  so  he  applied  to  the  Dutch 
governor,  and  .August  27,  1622,  he  was  com- 
missioned to  eiu'oll  colonists  and  families  for 
settlement  in  .\merica.  The  first  .shi])  sailed 
in  March,  i')23,  and  reached  .New  .\msterdam 
later  in  the  same  year.  The  second  shi])  brought 
Marie,  daughter  of  .X'icane  de  Cloux,  whom 
[esse  DeForest  had  married  at  Leyden,  Sep- 
tember 2T,.  iTx:)!.  lie  died  in  New  Nether- 
lands about  1625.  Children:  Jean;  Henry; 
Rachel :  lesse  :  Isaac,  mentioned  below  ;  Israel : 
I'hillippe. 

(II)  Isaac,  son  of  Jesse  Deh'orest.  was  born 
at  Leyden,  Holland,  July  10,  1616,  and  came 
to  .America.  r)ctober  1.  1(13').  with  his  elder 
lirotlier,  Henry.  lie  married.  June  9,  1641. 
Sarah,  daughter  of  I'hilip  and  Susannah  de 
(  Chiney  )  Trienx,  at  New  Amsterdam.  Chil- 
dren: fesseu  :  .Susannah:  ( lorrit ;  Afarie  and 
.Michael,  twins:  Jan;  I'hilip:  Isaac;  Hend- 
rick;  David:  O.-ivid  :  .M;irii-:  Havid,  mentioned 
below. 

I  III  )    David.    si'U    I'f    La:ic    I  )ei''ore--t.    was 


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baptized  Scptt-iiiber,  1O69,  at  New  York.  Hl- 
married,  1706,  Martha,  daughter  of  Samuel 
and  Mary  lilagge.  They  moved  to  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  1693-96,  and  there  his  wife  died, 
February  7,  1740-41.  He  died  April  20,  1721. 
Children:  Mary,  born  January  27,  1696;  Sarah, 
November  9.  1697;  Martha,  born  .^pril  13, 
1700;  David,  born  April  24,  1702;  .Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Isaac,  A])ril  14,  1706;  Ed- 
ward, July  25,  1708;  ilenry,  July  4,  1710; 
Elizabeth,  June  4,  1714;  iienjaniin.  May  8, 
1 7 16. 

(IV)  Samuel,  son  of  David  DeForest,  was 
born  April  4,  1704.  He  married  Abigail  Peat, 
December  30,  1725.  Children:  Martha,  born 
November  24.  1726;  Mary,  baptized  February 
3,  1728-29;  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Hep- 
ziba.  May  29,  1734;  Elizabeth,  Alarch  28,  1737; 
Samuel,  November  18.  1739;  Nehemiah.  Janu- 
ary 24,  1743:  l^avid.  July  9.  1743:  Josiah.  died 
young. 

(V)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  DeForest,  was 
born  November  17,  1731.  He  married.  Au- 
gust 18,  1757,  Susanna  Mills.  Children:  Sam- 
uel, born  July  15,  1758;  Abel,  April  28,  1761  ; 
Mills,  May  24,  1763  ;  Gideon,  mentioned  below  ; 
-Sally,  Dctnber  3,  1767;  Elihu.  February  6. 
1771'. 

(VI)  (lideon,  son  of  Joseph  Dehorest,  was 
born  .Sq)tember  14,  1765.  Me  married,  about 
[794,  Hannah  Birdseye,  and  during  1795  he 
settled  in  Otsego  county.  New  York.  He,  with 
Samuel,  Abel  and  Mills,  his  three  brothers, 
served  in  the  revolutionary  war.  Children : 
.\bel  Birdseye,  born  December  30,  [795;  Eee, 
.August  7,  1798;  Sally,  March  9,  1800,  mar- 
ried Alonzo  S.  Campbell,  of  Columbus,  Ohio; 
Cyrus  Hawley,  March  30,  1804,  died  March 
7,  1888,  lived  in  liuffalo;  Maria,  born  July 
20,  1806,  married  Rev.  Henry  Snyder;  Charles 
Augustus,  October  25,  1808,  lived  in  Albany; 
Tracy  Robinson,  February  2,  1811,  of  Cleve- 
land, Ohio;  Harriet,  July  28,  1813.  married 
Thomas  .\.   I'uller  (see  T>'uller). 


Robert  .Smith,  the  immigrant  aii- 
SMITH     ce.stor,  born  in  i623-2(),  probably 

in  England,  was  an  early  settler 
of  Boxford,  Massachusetts.  He  owned  land 
there  as  early  as  1661,  and  died  there  .August 
30,  1693.  intestate.  His  inventory  amounted 
to  £200.  His  son  Samuel  was  ajipointcd  ad- 
ministrator   October    3,     1698.      He    married 

.Mary  .     Children:  I'hebe.  born  .August 

26,  166 r  ;  Ephraim,  mentioned  below;  Samuel,      1 


January  26,  1666,  lived  in  Bo.xford,  married 
I'hebe  Howe  and  Rebecca  Curtis,  was  progeni- 
tor of  Elder  Joseph  Smith,  founder  of  the 
Latter  Days  Saints  (  Morman  church);  .Amy, 
.\ugust  16,  1668;  Sarah,  June  25,  1670,  died 
.\ugust  28,  1673 ;  Nathaniel,  September  7, 
1672  ;  Jacob,  January  26,  1674,  has  descendants 
in  Bo.xford;  Maria,  December  18,  1677. 

(II)  Ephraim,  son  of  Robert  Smith,  was 
born  in  Boxford,  October  29,  1663.  He  set- 
tled in  lioxford,  and  married,  September  6, 
1694,  Mary,  daughter  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
(I'erkins)  Ramsdell,  of  Boxford.  Children, 
born  in  Boxford:  Elizabeth  and  Hannah,  twins, 
]\Iarch  I,  1696;  E])hraim,  mentioned  below; 
Lydia,  September  8,  1699  (?);  Hepsibah, 
Alarch  25,  170 — ;  John,  November  18,  170 — ; 
Priscilla,  .August  14.  1702;  Nathan,  baptized 
July  I.  1710;  Daniel,  ba]5tized  .August3i.  1712; 
Abijah,  baptized  October  24,  1714. 

(III)  Ephraim  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  (i) 
Smith,  was  born  January  30,  1698-99.  It  is 
jiossible  that  there  were  two  Ephraims  in  the 
family,  and  that  the  first  died  young.  This 
F])hraim  married,  in  Shrewsbury,  Massachu- 
setts, Hannah,  daughter  of  Daniel  Rice,  .Au- 
gust 16.  T733.  They  owned  the  covenant  May 
10,  1736.  His  death  is  not  found  on  the  rec- 
ords. In  i/(^.  his  widow,  aged  seventy-seven, 
married  Jcdediah  Tucker,  aged  seventy-eight. 
Children  :  Daniel,  mentioned  below ;  Ephraim 
and  .Aaron,  twins,  born  June  22,  1736;  Moses, 
January  25.  1739;  William.  January  30,  1742; 
.\sa,  October  3.  1744;  Elizabeth,  February  17, 
1748. 

(1\  )  Daniel,  .'^on  of  Eiihraim  (2)  Smith, 
was  born  in  1733,  and  bajHized  May  10,  1736. 
He  married  Lucy,  daughter  of  'Cajitain  Dan- 
iel Howe,  January  19,  1758;  she  died  July  31, 
1802.  aged  sixty-six  years.  They  lived  in 
Shrewsbury.  He  married  (second),  1803,  .Abi- 
gail Putnam,  a  widow  of  Sutton.  He  died 
December  12,  1811,  aged  seventy-eight.  Chil- 
dren of  first  wife:  Lewis,  born  March  2,  1738; 
Aslier,  mentioned  below  ;  Ste])hen,  born  .Au- 
gust 24,  1761  ;  Thaddeus,  September  30,  1763; 
Catharine,  l'>bruary  7,  1765  ;  Daniel,  Decem- 
ber 28,  I7()6;  Mary,  November  23.  1768;  Lucy, 
November  14,  1770;  probably  Piridget,  who 
married  .Abijah  Shumway.  perhaps  of  Oxford, 
Se])tcmber  21,  1800;  William. 

(V)  ;\sher,  son  of  Daniel  .Smith,  was  born 
in  .Shrewsbury,  October  4,  1759.  He  married 
.\nna,  daughter  of  Jedediah  Tucker  Jr..  Octo- 
)er   [9.   1791.     The  .Shrewsbury  history  states 


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that  they  removed  to  New  Salem,  Alassachu- 
j^etts,  and  died  there.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the 
revolution,  from  Shrewsbury,  in  Captain  John 
Maynard's  company,  Colonel  Job  Cushing's 
regiment,  in  August,  1777;  also  in  Captain 
Ebenezer  Ingalsbee's  company,  Colonel  Job 
Cushing's  regiment,  in  1777,  and  in  Captain 
Daniel  Bowker's  company.  Colonel  Webb's 
regiment,  August  30  to  December  4,  1781.  He 
was  also  in  Captain  Isaac  Martin's  company. 
Colonel  Josiah  Whitney's  regiment,  March  4 
to  Jidy  4,  1777,  in  Rhode  Island;  in  Captain 
Asa  Rice's  company,  Colonel  Cushing's  regi- 
ment, nine  months  in  1778,  when  records  state 
that  he  was  eighteen  years  old,  five  feet  ten 
inches  tall,  of  dark  complexion ;  also  in 
Captain  William  Warner's  com]:any.  Colonel 
Thomas  Alarshall's  regiment,  1778-79;  also  six 
months  in  1780,  when  he  was  reported  as  twen- 
ty years  old,  five  feet  eleven  inches  tall,  of 
ruddy  complexion.  In  the  census  of  1790  he 
was  reported  from  Litchfield  county,  Connecti- 
cut, possibly  in  what  is  now  Massachusetts, 
and  as  having  two  males  over  sixteen,  two 
under  sixteen,  and  three  females  in  his  family. 
According  to  family  tradition  he  lived  in  Salem, 
Connecticut,  but  that  town  is  in  Xew  London 
county,  and  was  not  incorporated  until  after 
1820.  New  .Salem.  Massachusetts,  is  doubt- 
less the  town  oi  his  residence  before  1790  and 
after  1805.  .\ccording  to  family  tradition  he 
was  taken  prisoner  during  the  revolution  and 
held  at  Quebec.  He  is  said  to  have  had  a 
grant  of  land  in  \'ermont  from  the  govern- 
ment on  account  of  his  services  in  the  revolu- 
tion, but  it  is  not  known  that  he  ever  settled 
there.  Among  the  children  of  his  first  wife,  ])rob- 
ably  born  at  New  .Salem,  the  records  of  which 
are  lost,  was  Samuel  Asher,  mentioned  below. 
Children  of  second  wife,  Anna,  born  at  Shrews- 
bury: Nahum,  December  5,  1791  ;  Joanna,  May 
17,  1794,  died  1797;  Gilbert,  February  18, 
1796,  died  1798;  Mary,  April  18,  1798;  Gil- 
bert, Decemlier  iS,  1799:  Lyman,  April  14, 
1801  ;  lubal,  Ajiril  17,  180^;  Amos,  Mav  i. 
1805. 

(\T)  Samuel  .\sher,  son  of  Asher  Smith. 
was  born  at  New  Salem,  February  22,  1782. 
and  dietl  at  Guilford,  Chenango  county,  New- 
York,  March  23,  1863.  He  came  to  Guilford 
in  1805,  and  was  one  of  the  pioneers  of  that 
town.  He  took  an  active  part  in  public  affairs  ; 
was  member  of  the  New  York  assembly,  and 
sheriff  of  Chenango  county.  Until  the  Re- 
|)iiblican  party  was  orgnniz.ed  he  was  a  Demo- 


crat, but  in  later  years  he  was  a  Republican, 
atul  supported  the  government  in  the  civil  war. 
He  was  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church.  He  married  (first)  Wealthy 
Phelps,  born  October  18,  1783,  at  P.olton,  Con- 
necticut, died  September  18,  1822;  (second) 
Hannah  (Mills)  Thompson,  a  native  of  Nor- 
folk, Connecticut.  Children  by  first  wife: 
Erastus  Phelps,  mentioned  below;  Sally  La- 
vinia.  born  October  18,  1809,  died  August  16. 
1835,  married  Orrin  Merchant;  Abigail  Eliza, 
born  May  17,  1812,  died  February  24,  1879, 
married  Nathan  Delavan,  of  Connecticut ; 
Lucius  Augustus,  born  February  12,  1815,  died 
March  13,  1817;  Lucia  Ann,  born  October  22, 
i8i().  died  April  21,  1906,  married  Dr.  John 
Clark,  of  Guilford,  New  York;  Wealthy  May, 
born  October  17,  1818,  died  February  25,  1902, 
married  (first)  Lawrence  P>ryant,  (second) 
Fred  Holies ;  William  Augustus,  born  March 
31.  1820.  died  August  4,  1892. 

(  VU)  Erastus  F'helps,  son  of  Samuel  Asher 
Smith,  was  born  in  Guilford,  New  York,  No- 
vember 23,  i8o5,  died  F"ebruary  9,  1876,  in 
Hamilton,  New  York.  He  attendee!  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  Oxford  Acad- 
emy, but  he  was  largely  self-educated  and  was 
a  man  of  great  natural  ability  and  force  of 
character.  au<l  held  in  high  esteem  in  the  com- 
munity- He  held  the  offices  of  loan  commis- 
sioner anil  supervisor  of  the  town,  and  was  in 
nnich  demand  as  a  public  speaker.  In  later 
\ears  he  was  ordained  in  the  ministry  of  the 
Protestant  Episcopal  church.  His  first  charge 
was  at  Milwaukee,  Wisconsin,  where  he  was 
located  for  two  years.  For  about  three  years 
he  was  in  charge  of  a  parish  at  Sodus,  Ontario 
county.  New  York,  and  afterward  at  Hamil- 
ton, New  York,  where  he  died.  .Altogether  he 
was  in  the  ministry  for  ten  years.  1  le  married 
(first).  A]iril  15,  1829,  Betsey  Mills,  born  in 
I^itchfield  county,  Connecticut,  February  3, 
1803,  died  March  23,  1843,  daughter  of  Abiram 
and^Estlier  (Harris)  Mills:  (second),  Septem- 
ber II,  1843,  Mrs.  Mary  (Bradbury)  Cable, 
died  March  r.,  i860;  (third),  June  5,  1861, 
Mrs.  Nancy  (  Fckson  )  Hanford,  died  August 
2;^.  18S1.  Children  by  first  wife;  Homer  L.. 
mentioned  below;  Esther  K.,  born  May  21, 
1834,  married  Edward  S.  P.radley,  and  had  one 
son.  Dr.  Bradley,  of  Norwich,  New  York ; 
[,aura  Arthusa,  born  February  29,  1840,  mar- 
ried Rufus  Mills,  of  Guilford,  New  York,  and 
had  daughter  Mary.  Children  by  .second  wife: 
P.ctsev   r...  born   Seiitember   17.    1844.  married 


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Harvey  Shclton.  and  liad  Mary,  F.aura,  Grace 
and  Julia  Shelton. 

(VIII)  Homer  Lucius,  son  of  Erastus 
Phelps  Smith,  was  born  in  Guilford,  August 
22,  1830.  He  received  his  early  education  in 
the  district  schools,  and  worked  on  his  father's 
farm  at  Guilford  until  he  was  seventeen  years 
old.  Then  he  was  employed  as  clerk  in  a  store 
at  Guilford  several  years,  after  which  he  be- 
came bookkeeper  for  the  firm  of  Thorp  & 
Chapman,  at  Oxford,  New  York,  for  two 
years.  In  185 1  he  came  to  Norwich,  and  two 
years  later  went  to  New  York  City.  He  was 
clerk  in  various  stores  there,  and  salesman  and 
bookkeeper.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
in  business  as  a  produce  and  commission  mer- 
chant on  his  own  accoimt  in  New  York  City, 
[n  1869  he  formed  a  jjartnership  with  a  Mr. 
White  to  manufacture  butter  and  cheese  at 
Sherburne,  New  York,  under  the  firm  name 
of  White  &  Smith.  In  1880  he  sold  out  this 
business  and  engaged  in  business  in  New  York 
City  for  five  years.  In  1885  he  returned  to 
Sherburne,  and  in  T890  came  to  Norwich  again. 
Since  then  he  has  resided  at  .Norwich,  where 
he  has  been  engaged  in  business  as  a  dealer  in 
dairy  sup()lies  and  as  a  manufacturer  of  rennet 
extracts.  He  built  the  building  in  which  his 
business  is  now  located  in  1903.  His  is  one 
of  the  large  houses  in  this  line  of  business  in 
Central  New  York,  He  manufactures  rennet, 
and  handles  all  sundry  supplies  for  dairies. 
His  store  is  on  Rirdsall  street,  Norwich.  In 
politics  he  is  a  Republican,  in  religion  an  Epis- 
copalian. 

He  married,  September  12,  1855,  Carrie 
Carroll,  of  New  York  City,  born  December  2, 
1836,  daughter  of  Edward  and  Caroline  Car- 
roll. Children:  i.  Homer  E.,  born  June  17, 
1856;  an  oculist,  practicing  in  Norwich;  mar- 
ried Isabel  Goodrich,  of  Norwich.  2.  Victor 
iVfills,  born  Se]iU'mbcr  12,  i85(;,  died  .\pril  28, 
1893;  married  Ida  Johnson,  of  Syracuse,  New 
York:  child.  Homer  Bruce,  born  in  I'righton. 
England,  May  10,  1890,  now  living  in  Water- 
loo, Iowa. 


The  surname  Willard  has  been 
Will.  \Rn     a  ])ersonal  name  from  ancient 

times.  Earlier  than  use  as  a 
■^urname.  it  was  a  local  or  jilace  name  in  Eng- 
land. The  coat-of-arms  used  by  many  branches 
of  the  family  is:  ".\rgent  a  chevron  sable  be- 
tween three  fish  wiers  proper  five  ermine  spots." 


Crest:  "A  griffin's  head  erased  or."  Motto: 
Patienta  Dttris. 

(I)  Richard  Willard,  grandfather  of  the 
.\merican  immigrant,  was  a  yeoman  at  Brench- 
ley,  England,  where  he  died,  leaving  a  will 
dated  September  18,  1558,  proved  October  4, 
1558.  children:  Robert:  .\lexander ;  George; 
Richard,  mentioned  below  :  Andrew  ;  Symon  ; 
Thomas  ;  William  ;  Alice  ;  Agnes, 

(II)  Richard  (2),  .son  of  Richard  (i)  Wil- 
lard, lived  at  Horsemonden,  county  Kent,  Eng- 
land.    He  married    (first)    Catherine  , 

who   was   buried    March    11,    1559;    (second) 

Margery ,  who  died  December  12,  1608; 

(third),  January  17,  1610,  Joan  Morebread, 
who  was  buried  February  25,  1617.  His  will 
mentioned  children  fieorge,  Mary,  Elizabeth, 
Margery,  Catherine,  Richard  ;  brother  Thomas  : 
brother-in-law  Thomas  Humphrey;  son  Symon 
and  sister-in-law  Mary  Davy.  Children  :  Rich- 
ard, died  young;  Thomas,  baptized  May  6, 
1593,  buried  January  13,  160S;  Edward,  bap- 
tized March  21.  1611-12,  buried  .Vpril  16, 1612  : 
John,  baptized  March  3,  1612-13,  buried  June 
20,  1613;  (ieorge;  George:  Mary;  Elizabeth; 
Margery  ;  Catherine,  baptized  .Vugust  30,  1607  ; 
Richard :  Simon, 

(HI)  Major  Simon  Willard,  son  of  Richard 
(2)  Willard,  was  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
born  in  1605,  and  baptized  at  Horsemonden, 
county  Kent.  England,  December  4,  1614. 
When  a  young  man  he  was  a  soldier  in  Kent. 
He  came  to  New  England  in  April,  1634,  in 
the  same  ship  with  Dolor  Davis,  his  brother- 
in-law,  who  married  Alargery  Willard,  He 
was  a  merchant,  and  began  to  trade  with  the 
Indians  as  soon  as  he  was  fairly  established  at 
Cambridge.  Davis,  the  ancestor  bf  many  dis- 
tinguished Massachusetts  families,  settled  on 
an  adjoining  farm,  on  the  P)righton  side  of  the 
Charles  river.  Willard  ac(|uire(l  a  thousand 
acres  bounded  by  the  farm  of  Davis,  Charles 
river,  and  the  Boston  town  line.  He  had  many 
grants  of  land  from  time  to  time.  He  was  one 
of  the  founders  and  first  settlers  of  Concord, 
and  was  the  first  deputy  to  the  general  court 
elected  in  December,  1636,  serving  every  year 
after  thai  until  1664,  excepting  1643-47-48, 
and  was  elected  but  declined  to  serve  in  the 
year  1634.  He  was  a  member  of  the  council 
fifteen  years,  and  for  twenty-two  years  an 
assistant.  He  was  given  a  jiatent  by  the  gen- 
eral court  in  1641  for  trading  with  the  Indians 
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appointed  magistrate,  and  during  his  life  at- 
tended between  seventy  and  eighty  terms  of 
the  county  court,  his  first  term  beginning  No- 
vember 28,  1654,  his  last  April  4,  1676.  For 
forty  years  he  was  active  in  military  life.  He 
rose  to  the  rank  of  major,  anil  commanded  the 
provincial  troojjs  against  the  Indians.  Both  in 
military  and  civil  life  he  became  one  of  the 
most  famous  men  of  the  province.  He  led 
the  expedition  against  the  Narragansetts  in 
1655,  and  was  at  Brookfield  and  Hadley  in 
King  Philip's  war,  leading  the  Middlesex  regi- 
ment. The  town  of  Lancaster  invited  him  by 
a  personal  letter  dated  February  7,  1658-59. 
to  make  his  home  in  that  town,  promising 
lands  and  privileges.  He  decided  to  locate  in 
Lancaster,  and  sold  out  his  Concord  estates  to 
Captain  Thomas  Marshall,  of  Lynn,  in  1659. 
His  first  home  in  Lancaster  was  near  the  open- 
ing of  the  present  Center  road,  bounded  on 
two  sides  by  the  Nashua  river,  and  command- 
ing a  superb  view  of  the  valley  and  surround- 
ing country.  He  lived  there  twelve  years,  and 
in  1670-71  removed  to  the  large  farm  in  the 
south  part  of  Groton,  where  in  1671-72  he 
served  as  chairman  of  the  committee  to  seat 
the  meeting-house.  In  1673  he  was  chairman 
of  the  Groton  selectmen.  He  had  a  fine  farm 
at  Still  River,  now  Harvard,  and  doubtless 
moved  to  Groton  in  order  to  be  nearer  his 
property.  He  left  Lancaster  enjoying  peace 
and  good  order,  though  King  Philip's  war  was 
soon  to  come.  In  civil  life  Major  Willard  was 
a  surveyor  and  was  often  called  upon  to  fix 
town  boundaries.  He  died  of  influenza,  an 
epidemic  of  this  occurring  in  1676.  He  was 
one  of  the  most  conspicuous  and  honored  men 
of  his  day,  and  he  died  at  the  close  of  King 
Philip's  war,  after  receiving  his  greatest  tri-- 
tmiphs,  April  24,  1676.  He  was  a  Puritan, 
conscientious  and  of  sound  understanding,  of 
brave  and  enduring  spirit.  He  v\'as  wealthy 
and  gave  large  amounts  of  land  to  his  children. 
leaving  1300  acres  besides  other  property  at 
his  death.  His  widow  petitioned  the  general 
court  for  reimbursement  for  losses  from  Indian 
wars,  declarinfr  that  the  major  often  said  he  had 
lost  a  thousand  pounds  in  this  way.  The  court 
answered  this  petition  by  a  grant  of  a  thou- 
sand acres  to  be  divided  among  the  six  young- 
est children.  He  was  buried  April  27,  1676, 
and  the  inventory  of  his  estate  was  filed  later 
by  Mrs.  Willard.  He  married  (fir.st)  Mary 
Sharpe,  born  1614,  at  Horsmonden,  daughter 
of  Henrv  and  Jane  CField)  Sharpe:  f second) 


Elizabeth,  sister  of  Henry  Dunster,  first  presi- 
dent of  Harvard  College;  (third)  Mary,  sister 
of  Elizabeth  Dunster,  and  she  married  (sec- 
ond) Deacon  Joseph  Noyes,  of  Sudbury.  His 
children,  by  the  first  and  third  wives:  Mary; 
Elizabeth,  died  yoinig ;  Elizabeth,  died  August 
29,  1690;  Dorothy,  died  young;  Josiah.  Born 
at  Concord:  Samuel,  January  31,  1639-40; 
Sarah,  June  27,  1642;  Above-hope,  October  30, 
1646:  Simon,  November  23,  1649;  Mary,  Sep- 
tember 7,  1653;  Henry,  June  4,  1655;  John, 
February  12,  1656-57;  Daniel,  December  29. 
1658.  Born  at  Lancaster :  Joseph.  January  4, 
1660-61.  lived  at  London,  England;  Benjamin. 
1665;  Hannah,  October  6.  1666:  Jonathan. 
December  14,  i6<^i9. 

( \T )  Josiah,  descendant  of  .Major  .Simcjn 
Willard.  and  of  the  sixth  generation  in  this 
lineage,  was  a  native  of  Massachusetts.  He 
was  a  pioneer  at  Oriskany  Falls,  now  in  Oneida 
county.  New  York.  He  cleared  a  fann  and 
spent  his  later  years  there.  He  had  a  daugh- 
ter Jeanettc,  and  ;i  son  James  M..  mentioned 
below. 

(  \'II )  James  M.,  son  of  Josiah  Willard,  was 
born  near  or  at  Oriskany  Falls,  Oneida  county. 
New  York,  and  died  there  in  1870.  He  was 
a  merchant,  and  a  prominent  citizen  in  his 
native  town.  In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat, 
and  a  man  of  wide  influence  and  high  standing 
in  the  community.  He  owned  several  canal 
boats,  warehouses  and  storehouses  on  the  Erie 
canal,  and  was  in  business  for  many  years 
under  the  firm  name  of  James  M.  Willard  & 
Company.  He  also  owned  a  distillery  at  Oris- 
kany Falls.  He  married  Angelina  Hubbard, 
born  in  Bridgewater,  New  York,  died  March 
31.  1000,  aged  eighty-six  years.  Children: 
Nettie,  died  young ;  Levi  G.  Piatt ;  Ephraim 
Jay,  mentioned  below  ;  .\melia,  married  F.  B. 
Merwin  ;  Maria,  married  David  Ellis. 

(  VIII )  Ephraim  Jay.  son  of  James  M.  Will- 
ard. was  born  at  Oriskany  Falls,  New  York, 
and  was  educated  there  in  the  public  schools. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  carpenter  and  fol- 
lowed it  for  many  years.  In  religion  he  was  a 
Presbyterian.  He  married  Frances  M.  Ballard, 
born  1847,  at  Waterville,  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  Clesson  M.  and  Mary  (Howland)  Bal- 
lard (see  Howland).  Children  :  George  Harvey, 
mentioned  below  ;  Edward  Clesson,  born  1870, 
a  printer.  Frances  M.  (Ballard)  Willard  mar- 
ried (second)  Milo  C.  Barker,  of  Oriskany 
Falls  and  had  one  daughter.  Mabel  A.,  married 
Albert  W.  Clark. 


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(IX)  George  JIarvey,  son  of  Ephraim  Jay 
Willard,  was  born  at  Oriskany  Falls,  April  17, 
1866.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  the  high  school  at  Brookfield, 
Madison  county,  New  York.  For  two  years 
after  he  left  school  he  was  engaged  in  teach- 
ing, and  then  learned  the  jirinting  business  in 
the  office  of  F.  E.  Munger.  in  Richfield  Springs, 
.\ew  York.  For  some  time  he  was  also  local 
correspondent  for  the  Nczv  York  Journal,  the 
Neii'  Fork  Graphic  and  the  Utica  Daily  Ob- 
sert'cr.  For  a  period  of  three  years  he  lived 
at  Waterville,  and  for  two  years  was  on  the 
staff  of  the  Waterville  Times.  He  spent  a  year 
in  West  Winfield,  Herkimer  county,  and  was 
afterward  city  editor  of  the  Oneida  Union,  a 
semi-weekly  newspaper,  and  the  only  Demo- 
cratic organ  in  the  county.  In  the  summer  of 
1890  he  returned  to  Riclifield  Springs,  where 
he  became  editor  of  the  Richfield  Daily  and 
special  corres])ondent  of  the  Neiv  York  World. 
In  the  following  August  he  removed  to  New 
Berlin,  New  York,  and  a  year  later  to  Nor- 
wich, where  he  was  foreman  on  the  Morning 
Sun  and  county  representative  of  the  United 
Press  Association,  and  afterward  city  editor 
of  The  Sun.  In  1893  'i^'  became  foreman  of 
the  Citizen  Publishing  Company  of  Ilion,  New 
York;  in  July,  1895,  he  bought  a  half  interest 
in  the  Nezc  Berlin  Ga::ette.  For  three  years 
he  was  in  jjartnershi])  with  Joseph  K.  Fox. 
.Since  1898  he  has  been  sole  proprietor  and 
publisher  of  the  newspaper.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Democrat,  and  he  has  taken  a  prominent  part 
in  public  affairs.  He  has  rejiresented  his  party 
and  town  in  the  Democratic  county  committee. 
He  has  been  clerk  of  the  incorporated  village 
of  New  Berlin  and  a  member  of  the  board  of 
education.  He  is  a  member  of  Phoebus  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons,  New  Berlin ;  of  Hillington 
Chapter,  Royal  .^rch  Masons,  Morris,  New- 
York  :  and  of  Norwich  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  Norwich,  New  York;  of  Ehren- 
breitslein  Lodge,  Odd  bY'llows,  New  Berlin, 
and  he  is  a  communicant  of  .St.  Andrew's  Prot- 
estant Episcojial  Church. 

He  married,  December  23,  1893,  Lillie  Lot- 
tridge,  born  in  Columbus,  New  York,  May  26, 
i86().  daughter  of  Henry  L.  and  Bessie  (Fen- 
ton  )  Lottridge.  I  ler  father  was  a  son  of  I'en- 
nett  .Mjijah  Lottridge.  who  was  born  at  Cohmi- 
bns,  November  21,  181 1.  and  died  at  New  Ber- 
lin, December  3,  1890:  married  Phebc  Caro- 
line Sinionds.  of  Rhode  Island,  born  January 
14,  1813.  died  March  15,  1889.  John  Lottridge, 


father  of  Bennett  Abijah,  came  from  Albany, 
New  York,  to  Columbus,  New  York,  in  De- 
cember, 1799,  married  Polly,  daughter  of  Cap- 
tain Garrett  Reed,  an  officer  in  the  revolution- 
ary war.  John  Lottridge  died  February  16, 
1853,  aged  seventy-eight  years;  his  wife  Polly 
died  September  11,  1836,  aged  fifty-seven 
years.  Children  of  George  H.  Willard:  Henry 
Milo,  born  November  13,  1894:  Rav  Francis, 
March  8,   1897. 

(The  Howland  Line). 

( I )  John  Howland,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
came  to  this  country  when  twenty-eight  years 
of  age,  in  1620.  His  name  was  thirteenth  on 
the  list  of  forty-one  who  signed  the  compact 
in  the  cabin  of  the  "Mayflower,"  November 
21,  1620.  Prince  says  that  he  was  one  of  Gov- 
ernor Carver's  fafnily  at  the  time.  He  was 
one  of  the  ten  who  chose  the  place  of  settle- 
ment. In  the  records  the  first  mention  of  him 
is  on  the  list  of  freemen,  and  as  third  in  the 
governor's  council  of  seven.  He  was  an  asses- 
sor in  1633;  in  1636  he  served  on  a  jury,  in 
1666  was  selectman,  and  deputy  in  1652-56- 
58-61-63-66-67-70.  June  2,  1670,  was  the  last 
time  his  name  was  used  as  candidate  for  public 
office,  as  he  was  nearly  eighty  years  of  age, 
and  refused  to  serve  any  more.  He  was  very 
prominent,  and  active  in  public  and  church 
work.  He  was  manager  of  the  colonists'  inter- 
est in  a  trading  jiost  on  the  Kennebec  river  in 
Maine.  He  lived  at  what  was  called  Rocky 
Nook.  He  died  February  23,  1672-73.  and  his 
will  was  dated  May  29,  1672,  proved  March  5, 
1673.  Although  it  says  on  his  gravestone  that 
he  married  Governor  Carver's  daughter,  the 
discovery  of  Bradford's  manuscript  has  proved 
that  the  Governor  had  no  daughter ;  the  manu- 
script says  that  he  married  Elizabeth  Tilly, 
daughter  of  John  Tilly,  who  died  before  Car- 
ver did,  when  Elizabeth  was  fourteen  years 
of  age.  It  is  probably  that  she  was  taken  into 
the  Governor's  family  at  that  time.  His  wife 
(lied  December  21,  1687,  at  the  ht)me  of  her 
daughter  Lydia  Brown,  in  Swanzey.  Her  will 
was  dated  at  Swanzey,  December  17,  1686. 
Children,  perhaps  not  in  order  of  birth :  De- 
sire, married  Captain  John  Gorham ;  John, 
mentioned  below;  Jabez:  Hope,  born  October 
30,  T629;  Elizabeth;  Lydia;  Ruth;  Hannah: 
Joseph;   Isaac,  born   November   15.   i64(). 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Howland, 
was  born  at  Plymouth,  February  24,  1627.  He 
was  in  Marshfield  as  early  as  1653,  «*"f'  took 


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the  oath  of  fidelity  in  1657,  there.  In  the  rec- 
ords, a  daughter  EHzabeth  is  given  as  born 
May  17,  1655.  In  1657  he  was  in  Barnstable. 
He  was  a  good  business  man,  and  well  liked 
and  respected  -n  the  colony.  He  was  summon- 
ed before  the  general  court  for  warning 
"Arthur  and  the  Quaker"  that  the  constable 
were  on  their  way  to  arrest  them;  "Arthur" 
was  his  uncle,  Arthur  Howland.  In  1674  he 
was  appointed  ensign  of  the  military  company 
of  Barnstable.  He  and  his  brothers  Joseph 
and  Jacob,  in  1675,  petitioned  for  land  for 
their  children.  He  received  a  license  to  sell 
cider  in  Barnstable  in  1685,  and  in  1689  was 
chosen  selectman.  Children:  Mary,  bgrn  1652; 
Elizabeth,  May  17,  1655;  Isaac,  November  25, 
1659;  Hannah,  May  15,  1661  ;  Mercy,  Janu- 
ary 21,  1663;  Lydia,  January  9,  1665;  Experi- 
ence, July  28,  1668;  Anne,  September  9,  1670; 
Shubael,  September  30,  1672;  John,  mentioned 
below. 

(III)  John  (3),  .son  of  John  (2)  Ibiwland. 
was  born  in  Barnstable,  December  31.  if)74. 
and  lived  there  during  the  whole  of  his  life. 
His  son  John  was  graduated  from  Harvard. 
He  married  (first)  Abigail  Crocker,  accord- 
ing to  one  authority,  and  Mary  \\  aiker,  ac- 
cording to  another.  He  married  (second). 
June  II,  1719,  Mary  Crocker,  born  June  29, 
1681.  Abigail  may  have  been  the  second  wife, 
instead  of  Mary.  His  will,  dated  February  8, 
1738,  proved  March  29,  1738,  mentions  his 
children,  and  said  "my  will  is  that  if  my  son 
John  should  fail  of  being  brought  up  to  col- 
lege, then  he  shall  become  an  e(|ual  partner 
with  my  son  Job  in  the  real  estate."  Children 
by  first  wife,  born  at  Barnstable:  George  Cili, 
mentioned  below:  Hannah,  February  2,  1708: 
Mary,  August  11,  1711  ;  Joanna,  January  26, 
1715.  Children  by  second  wife:  John,  Febru- 
ary 13,  1721  ;  Job,  June  18,  1726. 

(IV)  George  Gill,  son  of  John  (3)  How- 
land,  was  born  at  Barnstable,  December  30. 
1705.  He  moved  with  his  family  from  Barn- 
stable to  Gill,  where  the  Indians  were  so  hos- 
tile that  they  were  driven  from  here,  and  re- 
turned later.  He  married  (first)  Abigail 
Crocker,  who  died  September  5,  1732;  (sec- 
ond), in  Gill, .   Children  :  Mary, 

Hannah,  born  August  4,  1732;  Seth.  March 
17,  1735;  John,  June  2,  1738,  died  aged  twen- 
ty-four, unmarried;  Shove,  June  18,  1741  : 
George,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  George,  son  of  George  Gill  Howland, 
was  born  at  Barnstable,  April  25,   1743,  and 


died  in  Gill,  aged  sixty.  He  married  twice. 
Children  of  first  wife:  Salmon,  Zimel ;  children 
of  second  wife:  Solomon,  mentioned  below; 
Lucius,  Chester,  born  June  13,  1783;  George. 
December  17,  1788;  Mercy. 

(VI)  Solomon,  son  of  George  Howland, 
was  born  September  25,  1780,  in  Gill.  He 
lived  in  Bridgewater,  New  York,  where  he 
died  September  2,  1870.  He  was  a  farmer. 
He  married,  January  11,  1804,  Lucinda  Bal- 
lard, of  (iill,  born  A])ril  3,  1772,  died  at 
Bridgewater.  July  9,  1868.  Children:  Chester, 
born  September  6,  1804;  Lucinda,  December 
6,  180C);  .\lva,  December  3,  1808;  Melinda, 
November  15,  1810;  Mary,  mentioned  below: 
.Seth,  born  May  27,  1816,  at  Bridgewater,  New 
\drk  ;  (ieorge,  July  7,  1818. 

(\'II)  Mary,  daughter  of  .Solomon  How- 
land. was  born  C)ctober  19,  1813.  She  married. 
March  21).  1841,  Clesson  liallard,  born  in  Gill, 
town  of  .Montague,  Massachusetts,  October 
13.  1S14.  son  of  Tertius  B>allard,  who  married 
.\nna  Clark.  Tertius  Biallard  died  in  1820, 
and  was  brother  of  Zelotus  and  Amiziah. 
I'rances  AL,  flaughter  of  Clesson  and  Mary 
Mallard,  married  Ei)liraim  Jay  Willard  ;  (sec- 
on<l  )  M.  C.  Barker,  of  Bridgewater,  ,\'ew  York. 


Jonathan  IFihnes,  said  to  the 
I U  d  ,.M  i'-.s  immigrant  ancest(.)r  of  this 
family,  was  born  about  1700, 
or  perhai)s  a  few  years  later,  and  settled  in 
tile  town  of  Washington,  Dutchess  county. 
New  York.  He  must  have  died  before  1790, 
for  the  first  federal  census  taken  in  that  year 
does  not  give  his  name.  He  appears  to  have 
iiad  three  sons  who  settled  in  Washington. 
The  census  shows  that  Abner  1  lolmes  had  two 
males  over  sixteen,  three  under  that  age  and 
one  female  in  his  family  in  1790,  and  James 
Holmes  bad  one  son  under  sixteen  and  four 
females  in  the  same  record.  Jacob's  name  also 
a])pears,  as  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Jacob,  son  of  Jonathan  Holmes,  w;is 
born  about  1740,  and  settled  in  the  town  of 
Washington,  Dutchess  county,  where,  accord- 
ing to  the  census  of  1790,  he  was  head  of  a 
family  consisting  of  three  males  over  sixteen, 
two  under  that  age  and  three  females,  lie 
removed  to  Bridgewater,  Oneida  county,  late 
in  life,  and  died  there,  aged  seventy-six  years. 
He  was  a  man  of  integrity  and  highly  respect- 
ed in  the  community.  He  married  Anne  Titus. 
Children  :  Titus,  Sarah.  T-;aMc.  mentioned  be- 
low. 


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(III)  Isaac,  son  of  Jacob  Molnies,  was  born 
in  1777,  in  Washington,  Dutcliess  county,  and 
(lied  in  CV)lumbus,  New  York,  May  5,  1863, 
aged  eighty-six  years.  In  1802  he  came  to 
Bridgewater.  Oneida  county,  from  his  native 
county,  and  settled  in  C\)Iumbus,  of  which  he 
was  one  of  the  pioneer  settlers  in  1827.  He 
cleared  his  farm  and  took  an  active  part  in 
the  development  and  upbuilding  of  the  town. 
He  became  well-to-do  in  the  course  of  time, 
and  in  addition  to  general  farming  and  the 
raising  of  grain,  he  conducted  a  hotel  at  North 
I5ridgewater,  New  York.  This  farm  is  now' 
known  as  the  luigene  Hopson  place.  He  died 
at  tlie  age  of  eighty  years,  in  Columbus,  Che- 
nango county.  He  married  Sarah  Ketchum, 
who  died  February  20,  1837.  Children:  Elias, 
Eliza,  Gilbert,  mentioned  below ;  Jonathan, 
Jacob,  Charles,  l^hebe,  Alelle,  Henry,  I'latt. 
Charles  Holmes  was  a  ]irosperous  farmer  in 
Columbus;  married  (first)  Sarah  Merchant, 
and  had  Cerelia.  married  Charles  W.  S])urr ; 
.Mary  J.,  married  Charles  Haywood,  and 
James  Amsby.  He  married  (second)  Lucy 
(Phillips)  Sturgis,  widow  of  Lavette  Stur- 
gis,  of  South  Otselic,  daughter  of  Esek  Phil- 
lips ;  by  her  first  marriage  she  had  four  chil- 
dren, Harlon,  Myra,  Amy  and  Minnie.  Henry 
Holmes  was  born  July  13,  1816;  a  farmer  and 
produce  dealer  of  Columbus ;  married  Lu- 
cinda,  daughter  of  Stejjhen  Howard ;  she  died 
in  1895.  aged  eighty-six  years;  their  only 
child,  Mary  Ann,  born  July  12,  1848,  married 
O.  D.  Larchar,  a  merchant,  who  died  in_  1891, 
leaving  a  wife  and  four  children,  Henry  H., 
married  Maud  E.  Hopson,  and  has  one  child, 
Roy ;  G.  Myron,  married  Nellie  M.  Lottridge. 
and  has  one  child.  Guv  H. ;  Dela  M.  and 
I  <vi  C. 

(IV)  Gilbert,  son  vi  Isaac  Ibjlmes,  was 
born  in  Oneida  county,  July  15,  1802.  He  re- 
moved to  Columbus,  Chenango  county,  and 
spent  most  of  his  active  life  there.  He  died 
in  1846,  being  killed  by  a  falling  tree.  He  was 
a  distiller  by  occupation.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Whig  and  in  religion  a  Cniversalist.  He 
married  .\senath  Much,  born  May  11,  1802. 
Children:  Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Charles, 
horn  h'ebruary  28,  1834.  died  in  childhood; 
I'hebe,  born  .\ugust  27,  1837,  married  Oliver 
Arnold;  Melle,  Ijorn  l^ccember  2,  1838,  mar- 
ried Henry  Lewis. 

(\')  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Gilbert  Holmes,  was 
born  in  Colmnbus,  New  York,  May  12,  1829, 
and    died    October    16.    1910,    in    New    Ik'rlin. 


New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  public 
schools,  and  learned  the  cooper's  trade,  which 
he  followed  for  a  period  of  twenty  years.  He 
was  a  skillful  craftsman,  .\fterward  he  fol- 
lowed farming  in  Columbus  until  1873,  when 
he  moved  to  the  village  of  New  Berlin  anrl  re- 
tired from  active  business.  In  ])olitics  he  was 
a  Republican,  and  he  held  the  offices  of  town 
assessor  and  president  of  the  incorporated 
village.  Throughout  his  life  he  was  active 
and  interested  in  ])ublic  afTairs.  an'  upright  and 
influential  citizen.  He  married  (first),  April 
2/,  1 85 1.  Louisa  Lottridge.  born  in  Columbus, 
.\])ril  4,  1833,  died  .\pril  3,  1872,  daughter  of 
William  and  granddaughter  of  John  Lott- 
ridge, who  came  to  Columbus,  New  York,  to 
settle,  in  1799,  from  his  old  home  in  Albany, 
New  York.  Her  father  was  a  Baptist  clergy- 
man in  early  life,  afterward  a  Universalist 
])reacher,  and  pastor  of  the  L'niversalist 
church  at  Columbus.  Rev.  Mr.  Lottridge  was 
also  a  farmer.  He  was  the  father  of  sixteen 
children.  Mr.  Holmes  married  (second).  Sep- 
tember 2,  1873,  Abigail  Lloyd,  born  .April  9, 
1831,  now  living  in  New  Berlin.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife:  i.  Jay  Gilbert,  born  Novem- 
ber 7,  1853,  died  March  7,  1906;  a  lawyer  by 
profession,  admitted  to  the  bar  in  1877,  county 
clerk  three  terms  of  three  years  each,  a  thirty- 
second  degree  I'ree  Mason;  married  Mary 
Lamb,  and  had  one  child,  who  died  in  infancy. 
2-^.  Charles  .\rnold  and  b'rank  I-^llsworth. 
both  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Charles  Arnold,  son  of  Isaac  (2) 
Holmes,  was  born  in  Columbus,  New  York. 
November  12,  1861.  He  was  educated  in  the 
f)ublic  schools  of  New  I'erlin,  and  learned  the 
jeweler's  trade  in  Port  Henry,  New  York. 
Since  1884  he  has  been  in  business  as  a  jew- 
eler in  New  lierlin,  and  has  enjoyed  a  large 
and  flourishing  trade.  He  is  a  director  of  the 
Preferred  Mutual  Insurance  Company  of  New 
Berlin,  and  a  member  of  Phcebus  Lodge,  No. 
82.  Free  Masons,  of  New  P>erlin  ;  of  Hilling- 
ton  Chapter,  No.  224,  Royal  Arch  Masons,  of 
Morris ;  of  Norwich  Commandery,  No.  47, 
Knights  Templar;  of  Otscningo  (?)  Consis- 
torv.  of  Bing!i;unton.  and  of  other  Ijodies  of 
h'ree  .Masom'y  to  the  thirty-second  degree, 
Scottish  Rite,  and  of  Ziyara  Temple.  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  L'tica.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re])ub- 
lican.  He  married,  November  25,  1885,  Ella 
M.  .\rmstrong,  of  New  Berlin,  daughter  of 
William  and  Gertrude  (Kinney)  .Armstrong. 
Thev  have  no  children. 


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(VI)  Frank  PZUswortli,  son  uf  Isaac  {2) 
Holmes,  was  born  October  22,  1863.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  Xew  Berlin 
Academy,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  began  the 
study  of  music.  In  1881  he  went  to  Port 
Henry,  New  York,  where  he  was  engaged  in 
band  and  orchestra  work  and  in  furnishing 
music  at  summer  resorts  in  the  .Vdirondacks 
for  four  seasons.  He  was  also  employed  as 
clerk  in  the  postofifice.  In  1883  he  went  to 
Boston  to  complete  his  musical  education  at 
the  New  England  Conservatory  of  Music,  and 
while  there  played  in  a  notetl  orchestra  under 
the  leadership  of  E.  N.  Catlin.  In  1884  he 
conducted  a  band  and  orchestra  in  partnership 
with  T.  B.  Brooks,  who  was  afterward  leader 
of  the  famous  Chicago  Marine  Band.  In  1885 
Mr.  Holmes  moved  to  I'ort  Henry  and  became 
superintendent  of  the  Telei)hone  Company ; 
in  1887  he  returned  to  Xew  lierlin  and  1)ecame 
a  partner  of  S.  L.  Morgan,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Morgan  &  Holmes,  in  the  fire  insur- 
ance business.  Mr.  Morgan  died  in  1890,  and 
the  business  was  continued  by  Mr.  Holmes 
until  July,  1896,  when  he  sold  the  agency  and 
c)rganized  the  Preferred  Fire  Insurance  Com- 
pany, of  which  he  has  since  been  secretary 
and  manager.  1.  L.  Richer  is  president,  antl  A. 
D.  Sprague,  treasurer  of  the  cumpany.  The 
insurance  company  dues  a  large  business 
throughout  the  state,  having  in  force  insurance 
t(i  the  amount  of  !sg,ooo,ooo.  Mr.  Holmes  was 
postmaster  uf  Xew  lierlin  from  1898  to  u^io. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Phitbus  Lodge,  Xo.  i<2.  Free  and  Ac- 
cepted Masons :  of  Hillington  Chapter,  No. 
224,  Royal  .Arch  Masons:  of  Norwich  Com- 
mandery.  No.  47.  Knights  Templar;  of  Zi- 
yara  Temple,  Mystic  Shrine,  of  L'tica,  and  vi 
the  Odd  Fellows.  lie  married,  .August  13, 
1889,  Cora  .A..,  daughter  of  Frederick  and 
Nancy  (Wilkinson)  Jones.  Tliey  have  no 
children. 


Henry    Pearsall,    the    imnii- 
PE.ARS.M.L     grant   ancestor,   was   one   of 

the  early  settlers  of  Hemp- 
stead, Long  Island.  He  died  in  1667.  He  mar- 
ried Ann  .  Children  :  Nathaniel,  men- 
tioned below:  Daniel,  Cieorge,  Thomas.  He 
had  sons-in-law,  Timothy  llalstead  and  John 
and  Joseph,  sons  of  Michael  Williams. 

(II)  Nathaniel,  son  of  Henry  Pear.sall,  was 
a  farmer  and  blacksmith.  One  of  the  first 
mentions  of  him  in  the  records  i^  August  28, 


1675.  when,  as  clerk,  lie  rep<irted  the  total  val- 
uation of  the  tax  list  for  Hempstead.     In  Oc- 
tober,  1676,  with  others,  he  attended  "an  in- 
dignation meeting"  in  Hempstead  to  resist  the 
supposed  intrusion  on  Cowneck  of  John  Corn- 
well,  who,  being  authorized  by  Governor  An- 
drus,    was   making   a   settlement   on   the   west 
shore  of   Cowneck,  a  little  south  of  what  is 
now    Sand    I'uint:   the   inhabitants   of   Hemp- 
stead   did    not    know    that    the    governor    had 
granted  the  land  lu  John  Cornwell.     Nathaniel 
Pearsall,  with  .\dani  Mott  and  others,  began  to 
pull    down    the    house   being   built,   and   were 
fined  for  the  action.    Not  long  after,  Nathaniel 
became  a  member  of  the  Society  of  Friends, 
for  in  1689-90,  in  the  disputed  administration 
of    Lcisler,    when    writs    were    issued    by   the 
governor    calling    a    provincial    assembly,    the 
third   provincial   assembly   under   the    English 
administration  of  the  province,  to  meet  in  New 
Ycirk,  .April,   i(ii;o,  he  was  elected  as  a  repre- 
sentative  from  Oueeiis  county;  but  when  he 
attended  the  assembly  he  refused  to  be  sworn 
in,   faithful  to  the  hYiends'  testimony  against 
oaths,  and   was  not  allowed  to  take  his  seat. 
In  March,   ifKji.  new  writs  were  issued  for  a 
new  assembly,  and  he  was  again  chosen,  with 
John  Browne,  another  Fiiend,  as  his  colleague, 
and  again  he  refused  to  be  sworn  in  and  was 
n<_it  admitted.     His  will  was  dated  October  20. 
1703.       He    married,    about     i'i74.     Martha, 
daughter  of  Captain  John  Seaman  ;  she  died 
September  6,    1712,   and  he   died   October  6. 
1703.     Children:  Nathaniel,  born  January  27, 
1676,  died  January  30,   1679;  Thomas,  men- 
tioned   below :    Martha,    born    December    10, 
1681  ;  Hannah.  March  22,  1(184,  died  June  20. 
1689;   Sarah,  July    i,    1686;   Elizabeth,  Octo- 
ber  28,    1688:"  Hannah,    February    14,    1690: 
Phebe,    December   20,    1693,   died   Alarch    14, 
1703:  Samuel,  I'^bruary  18,  1695;  Nathaniel, 
September  11,  1699;  Alary,  April  30,   1703. 

(HI)  Thomas,  son  of  Nathaniel  Pearsall, 
was  born  June  18,  1679.  He  lived  at  Hemp- 
stead Harbor,  where  he  was  a  prosperous  and 
diligent  man,  one  of  the  Friends,  as  was  his 
father.  His  will,  made  a  few  months  before 
his  death,  was  dated  .August  9,  1759.  He,  as 
well  as  his  father,  owned  negro  slaves,  and  be- 
(iueatlied  them  in  their  wills  to  their  wives. 
To  his  son  Thomas  he  left  the  estate  at  Hemp- 
stead Harbor.  fie  ■  married.  November  25, 
1708,  Sarah  I'nderhill,  who  was  eight  years 
younger  than  he.  He  was  nearly  thirty  years 
of  age  when  he  married,  and  eighty-one  when 


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he  died.  Sarah  was  daughter  of  John  Under- 
liill.  of  Killingworth,  and  his  wife,  Mary  IVior. 
Children:  Son,  born  and  died  August  29,  1709; 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Nathaniel,  born 
September  2,  1712;  Sarah,  January  6,  1714; 
Phebe,  March  7.  1717;  Martha,  July  9,  1719: 
Hannah,  December  17,  1721  ;  Samuel,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1724;  Mary,  July  24,  1727. 

(IV)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Pearsall,  was  born  August  18,  1710.  Children: 
Israel,  born  November  27,  1733;  Thomas, 
mentioned  below ;  Nathaniel,  February  22, 
1737;  Mary,  March  29,  1742;  Martha,  Novem- 
ber 23,  1743. 

(V)  Thomas  (3),  son  of  Thomas  (2) 
Pearsall,  was  born  August  20,  1735.  He  re- 
moved to  Afton  about  1787.  He  and  his  sons 
Henry,  Samuel  and  Mott,  were  early  settlers 
of  Bainbridge,  Chenango  county.  Henry  Pear- 
sall married  Ann  Simmons,  or  Seamons ;  chil- 
dren :  Amos,  married  Clarissa  Nichols ;  Aaron, 
married  Alice  Searles ;  Smith,  married  Polly 
Searles,  and  had  William  and  Hiram:  Samuel, 
married  Sally  Thompson :  Abigail,  married 
Ansel  Phinney :  Henry,  married  Samantha 
Norton. 

Thomas  Pearsall  settled  in  the  south  part 
of  lot  71,  on  the  place  occu])ied  later  by  the 
widow  of  his  son  Robert,  and  died  there. 
Samuel  lived  on  the  north  line  of  Bainbridge, 
where  his  grandson  James  afterward  lived, 
and  had  children,  Samuel  and  Amos.  Samuel's 
farm  adjoined  Henry's.  Mott,  another  brother, 
lived  on  the  west  side  of  Thomas  Pearsall's 
farm. 

(\T)  Thomas  (4),  son  of  Thomas  (3) 
Pearsall,  was  born  about  1765  on  Long  Island, 
and  came  with  the  family  to  Bainbridge  and 
acquired  200  acres  of  land  there.    He  married 

(first)  Sutton;  (second) . 

By  his  first  wife  he  had  children:  William 
Sutton,  Thomas,  Joseph,  Gilbert,  Nathaniel. 
Robert,  Sally,  married  William  Bush ;  .Amy, 
married  Asa  Warner:  Phebe,  married  Albert 
Neally.  By  his  second  wife  he  had  nnc  ciiild. 
David. 

(VII)  William  Sutton,  son  of  Thomas  (4) 
Pearsall,  was  born  in  Bainbridge.  Chenango 
county.  New  York,  in  1796,  and  died  in  Apa- 
lachin.  New  York,  Ajjril,  1870.  He  was  edu- 
cated in  the  ])ublic  schools  in  his  native  town, 
and  when  a  young  man  followed  farming 
there.  .About  i8'?3  he  and  his  brothers, 
Thomas,  Gilbert,  Nathaniel  and  Robert,  came 
to   .Apalachin    from    Chenango   county.      Wil- 


liam purchased  two  hundreil  acres  of  land 
there  and  built  a  saw  mill  in  1836.  He  en- 
gaged in  lumber  business  on  a  large  scale,  ex- 
tending his  operations  eventually  into  Hooper's 
Valley  and  on  Rea  Island,  and  for  a  time  he 
and  his  brothers  virtually  controlled  the  lum- 
ber business  of  this  section.  In  partnership 
with  his  brother  Gilbert  he  built  grist  mills  at 
Apalachin  and  Hooper's  ^"alley  in  1840,  at  a 
cost  of  about  $6,000  each.  The  local  mill  was 
50  by  60  feet,  had  four  sets  of  millstones  and 
was  the  largest  in  this  vicinity.  IMr.  Pearsall 
was  prominent  in  the  settlement  and  develop- 
ment of  the  town.  When  he  came  to  the 
place  it  was  hardly  more  than  a  camp.  He 
was  influential  and  interested  always  in  pub- 
lic afifairs,  but  refused  jniblic  offices  and  trusts. 
In  religion  he  was  a  Cniversalist.  He  mar- 
ried Eliza  lialcolm.  daughter  of  Samuel  and 
Polly  (Knapp)  Balcolm,  and  sister  of  Judge 
Ransom  Balcolm,  justice  of  the  supreme  court 
two  terms,  died  in  Binghamton,  New  York. 
She  was  a  native  of  Oxford.  New  York.  Chil- 
dren:  I.  George  Thomas.  2.  Jane  E.  3. 
Martha.  4.  Cornelia.  5.  Ransom  S.,  of  whom 
further.  6.  I'ri,  died  in  infancy.  7.  Uri  B.. 
served  in  the  civil  war  in  the  Thirty-eighth 
Wisconsin  Regiment,  enlisting  as  a  private ; 
commissioned  lieutenant,  and  was  on  staft"  of 
General  W.  T.  Sherman  :  commanded  a  regi- 
ment with  rank  of  lieutenant  colonel ;  was  in 
engineering  corps  in  the  Red  River  expedition  ; 
promoted  to  brigadier-general  by  brevet;  set- 
tled in  Fort  Scott,  Kansas,  and  was  elected 
county  treasurer:  ai)|)ointed  quartermaster  at 
Fort  Leavenworth  National  Soldiers'  Home 
(where  he  died),  an  office  in  which  his  son 
Charles  succeeded  him.  8.  Mary  E.,  living 
at  Leavenworth,  Kansas.     9.  Charles  W. 

(\''ni)  Ransom  Sutton,  son  of  William 
.Sutti>n  I'carsall.  was  born  in  .Apalachin,  New 
Y'ork.  January  23,  1838.  He  attended  the 
puljlic  schools  of  his  native  town  and  the  acad- 
emies at  Owego.  Oxford  and  Binghamton. 
New  York.  He  engaged  in  business  when  he 
was  eighteen  years  old  in  partnership  with  his 
father,  and  in  1863  he  anil  his  brother  George 
bought  the  business  of  their  father.  After 
continuing  it  two  years  they  sold  it  and  en- 
gaged in  lumbering.  In  the  same  year  the 
floods  caused  him  to  lose  heavily,  and  he  went 
out  of  the  hunber  business..  He  has  continued 
in  diversified  business  ever  since,  and  also 
conducted  a  farm.  He  has  taken  a  keen  inter- 
cut in  town  aiTairs.     In    1884  he  was  elected 


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justice  of  the  peace,  and  was  re-elected  in 
1888,  serving  eight  years  on  the  town  board, 
and  proving  himself  a  just  and  capable  mag- 
istrate. He  was  postmaster  of  Apalachin  dur- 
ing the  second  administration  of  President 
Cleveland.  He  is  one  of  the  overseers  of  the 
poor  of  the  town  of  Owego.  In  politics  he 
is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  Presbyterian.  He  is 
a  member  of  Els-Kwa-Ta-Wa  Tribe,  Im- 
])roved  Order  of  Red  Men,  No.  2fn.  of  Apa- 
lachin. 

He  niarrieil,  I'ebruary  22,  1865,  Adaline  \  . 
liillings,  born  January  i,  1846,  in  Apalachin. 
daughter  of  Clinton  and  Ann(Goodsell)  I'.il- 
lings.  Children:  i.  Grace  L.,  born  December 
20,  1865  ;  clerk  in  the  insurance  department, 
Albany,  New  York.  2.  William  Clinton,  burn 
January  22,  1869 ;  inspector  of  immigration. 
New  York  City.  3.  .\nna  L.,  born  June  27. 
1871  ;  married  Edgar  S.  Lane,  of  Endicott, 
New  York;  child,  Mildred  P.,  born  January 
I,  1902.  4.  Emily  Ccrtrude,  born  July  15. 
1879;  stenographer  in  the  excise  department. 
.Albany,  New  York. 


.\bial   Baker  was  born   in    I'enn- 
IjAKER     sylvania.      He    came    to    Rhode 

Island  about  the  time  of  the  be- 
ginning of  the  revolution.  His  name  does  not 
appear  in  the  provincial  census  of  1774  in 
Rhode  Island,  but  he  was  a  soldier  in  the  rev- 
olution from  Providence,  in  Rhode  Island,  a 
])rivate  in  Captain  Dexter"s  company,  Colonel 
Lippett's  regiment,  in  September,  1776.  In 
1790  he  was  living  in  Cumberlanfl,  Rhode 
Island,  and  according  to  the  first  federal  cen- 
sus taken  in  that  year  he  had  four  sons  under 
sixteen  and  three  females  in  his  family.  He 
married  I^ouise  Swan,  born  1751,  diefl  1847. 
aged  ninety-six  years,  daughter  of  Duty  Swan, 
of  Attleborougli.  Massachusetts.  Children: 
Abial,  Esek,  Hiram,  Lemuel,  mentionel  below  ; 
William,  .\rnold,  Polly,  married  Silas  Whip- 
ple :  Elizabeth,  and  a  daughter  who  married 
Philemon  Fuller. 

(II)  Lemuel,  son  of  Abial  P.aker,  was  born 
in  Cumberland,  Rhode  Island.  During  the  war 
of  1812  he  served  on  a  privateer  under  the 
command  of  James  De  Wolf.  He  was 
drowned  at  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  in  1844, 
and  buried  in  that  city.  He  married  Rebecca 
Brownell,  of  an  old  Rhode  Island  family,  born 
1798,  died  in  Owego,  New  York,  May  17, 
1872,  and  buried  in  Owego,  New  York.  Chil- 
dren born  in  Rhode  Island  :  I.   Hiram  A.,  born 

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December  11,  1817,  died  in  Owego,  New 
^'ork.  2.  Harriet  M.,  born  October  27,  1819, 
ilied  at  Syracuse,  New  York;  married  Justice 
1!.  Pease.  3.  William,  born  November  27, 
1821,  died  in  Owego,  .April  9,  1879.  4.  John 
D.,  mentioned  below.  5.  Charles  W.,  born 
August  22,  1826,  died  in  DeKalk,  Illinois.  6. 
Albert  A.,  born  April  2;^,  1829,  died  July  21, 
1901,  in  Iluntsville,  .Mabama.  7.  George, 
born  July  28,  1831,  died  in  Sterling,  Illinois. 
8.  Emeline  E.,  born  September  30,  1833;  mar- 
ried Amos  Ross,  died  in  Muskogee,  Oklahoma, 
January,  1912.  9.  James  Russell,  mentioned 
lielow.  10.  Mary,  .\pril  (\  183 — .  died  in 
Owego,  New  York. 

(Ill)  John  D.,  son  of  Lemuel  Baker,  was 
born  in  Providence,  Rhode  Island,  May  31. 
1824,  died  in  Springfield,  Long  Island,  Jan- 
uary 2,  1876,  buried  in  Owego.  He  came  to 
( )wego  at  an  early  day,  and  lived  there  dur- 
ing the  rcTiiainder  of  his  life  except  the  last 
two  years,  spent  in  Si)ringfield,  Long  Island. 
By  trade  he  w-as  a  carpenter,  and  for  man\ 
\ears  he  was  in  business  as  a  contractor  and 
builder  in  (  )wego.  He  married  Julia  .\.  For- 
syth, born  in  Owego,  New  York.  May  26. 
1828,  died  October  11,  1897,  daughter  of 
Elisha  and  Wealthy  (Lawrence)  Forsyth. 

(  IV)  Francis  Marion,  only  son  of  John  D. 
and  Julia  .\.  (  I'orsyth )  Baker,  was  born  at 
Owego,  New  ^'ork,  IMarch  26,  1846.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  place 
and  .Ames'  Business  University,  Syracuse, 
New  York.  For  a  time  he  worked  at  the  car- 
penter's trade  in  the  emjiloy  of  his  father,  but 
the  business  was  ilistasteful  to  him  and  he 
turned  to  more  congenial  pursuits.  In  Feb- 
ruary, 1864,  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Erie 
railroad  as  clerk  in  the  freight  office  under 
John  C.  Worthington.  He  was  promoted  to 
the  rank  of  chief  clerk  in  this  office,  and  Sep- 
tember I.  1872,  was  aiijiointed  station  agent 
of  the  Southern  Central  railroad  at  Owego. 
New  York.  He  resigned  this  position  Novem- 
ber I,  1882,  to  become  general  superintendent 
of  the  .Addison  &  Northern  Pennsylvania 
railroad,  and  continued  to  discharge  the  duties 
of  this  office  with  ability  and  efficiency  until 
he  resigned  to  accept  the  appointment  of  rail- 
road comtuissioner  of  the  state  of  New  York, 
made  by  Governor  Levi  P.  Morton,  December 
17,  i8o'6.  to  fill  vacancy  caused  by  the  death 
of  Michael  Rickard.  He  was  reappointed  by 
Governor  Frank  S.  Black.  In  1895,  by  ap- 
pointment   of    Governor    Morton,    he    was    a 


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member  of  the  commission  re])resentiiig  tlie 
state  of  New  York  at  tlie  Cotton  States  Ex- 
position at  Atlanta,  Georgia,  and  was  elected 
treasurer  of  the  commission.  \\'hile  superin- 
tendent of  the  Addison  &  Northern  Pennsyl- 
vania railroad,  he  was  also  from  1887  to  1891 
in  charge  of  the  Bradford,  Eldred  &  Cuba  rail- 
road, as  agent  for  the  receiver.  In  the  winter 
of  1894-95  he  superintended  the  construction 
of  the  Darien  &  Western  railroad,  of  which 
he  was  general  manager.  hVoni  1886  to  1896 
he  was  general  superintendent  of  the  (laines 
Coal  Company,  and  during  those  years  he  was 
also  freight  and  passenger  agent  of  the  Addi- 
son &  Northern  Pennsylvania  road.  In  1895 
he  established  his  son,  George  H.  Baker,  in 
the  hardware  business  in  Owego,  in  partner- 
ship with  George  S.  Chatfleld.  Mr.  Chatfield 
died  the  following  year,  and  since  then  the 
father  and  son  have  continued  the  business 
under  the  firm  name  of  Erank  M.  P>aker&  Son. 

In  politics  Mr.  Baker  is  a  steadfast  Repub- 
lican, and  he  has  always  been  greatly  interested 
in  public  affairs.  He  was  a  member  of  the 
council  of  the  incorporated  village  of  Owego 
in  1873-74-76-79-80.  and  president  in  1877. 
In  1881  he  was  elected  school  commissioner  of 
(^wego,  and  served  three  years.  In  1909-10 
he  was  again  president  of  the  village  of 
Owego.  He  has  for  many  years  been  promi- 
nent in  the  fire  department  of  Owego.  Eor 
•^hree  years  he  was  president  of  the  board  of 
trustees  of  the  Owego  fire  department,  and  in 
i88i  was  chief  engineer.  He  was  instrumental 
in  organizing  the  State  P'iremen's  Association. 
of  which  he  was  secretary  from  1874  to  1884, 
and  president  in  1884-85.  In  1893  he  was  the 
leading  sjiirit  in  organizing  the  Central  New 
York  Volunteer  Firemen's  .Association,  of 
which  he  was  president  from  the  first.  He  is 
treasurer  of  the  Firemen's  Home  at  Hudson, 
New  York.  In  addition  to  his  other  numer- 
ous official  and  business  interests  he  is  treas- 
urer of  the  Glenn  Mary  Sanitarium,  of  Owego, 
and  vice-president  of  the  Tinga  Xatidual  Bank 
of  Owego.  He  is  a  member  of  .\hwaga  Lodge 
of  Free  Masons,  of  Owego,  of  the  Baptist 
church,  and  president  of  the  village  Cemeter\- 
Commission. 

He  married,  in  1869.  Mary  E.  McQuigg. 
born  in  Owego,  .New  York,  May  13,  1846. 
died  January  6,  1911,  daughter  of  Jesse  and 
Mary  E.  McQuigg.  Their  son,  George  ITo- 
bart,  born   in   Owego,   August   28,    1871,  was 


educated  in  the  public  schools;  he  is  junior 
partner  of  the  firm  of  I'Vank  M.  liaker  & 
Son :  he  married  Fannie  D.,  daughter  of  Gil- 
bert E.  and  Dell  (Ingersoll)  Webster;  chil- 
dren: .Marion  Esther,  born  May  6,  1893; 
Frank  M.   (2),  May  13.  1896. 

(Ill)  James  Russell,  son  of  Lemuel  Baker, 
was  born  in  Tioga,  Tioga  county,  New  York, 
.August  26,  1837.  He  received  his  education 
in  the  ])ublic  schools  of  his  native  town.  His 
life  has  been  spent  in  Tioga  and  in  the  adjoin- 
ing town,  Owego,  where  he  owns  several  large 
farms,  and  valuable  real  estate  in  the  village  of 
Owego.  Besides  his  large  agricultural  inter- 
ests he  conducts  an  extensive  ice  business,  sup- 
plying the  town  of  Owego  for  the  past  twen- 
ty years  or  more  and  emiiloying  twenty  hands 
throughout  the  year.  He  is  a  prominent  citi- 
zen, and  has  been  on  the  board  of  assessors 
for  forty  years  in  succession.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber of  Tioga  Lodge,  No.  335,  Odd  Fellows, 
and  of  .\hwaga  Tribe,  Improved  (3rder  of  Red 
Men.  of  Owego.  In  politics  he  is  a  Repub- 
lican. 

He  married,  January  3,  1874.  J.  Belle 
Decker,  born  at  Dundaff,  Pennsylvania,  May 
14,  1852,  died  at  Owego,  December  4,  1891, 
daughter  of  Peter  Decker.  Children:  i.  Ella 
J.,  born  May  21,  1875;  married  Thomas  S. 
Millard,  of  Owego ;  children :  James  Milas, 
born  June  2.  1901  ;  Elorian  D.,  January  23, 
1905;  Francis  Baker,  November  13,  1907.  2. 
Edward,  born  August  13,  1877;  farmer;  mar- 
ried, August  25,  1897,  Bertha  Hecock ;  chil- 
dren: Lillian,  died  in  infancy;  Everett,  born 
May  II,  1899;  Nellie,  .\ugust  19,  1901;  Har- 
old, Sejitember  9,  1906.  3.  Delos,  born 
August  C),  1879;  engaged  in  th^  ice  business; 
married.  October  2,  1902,  Emma  Billings; 
children:  Raymond,  born  October  13,  1903: 
Delos  and  DeForrest,  twins.  May,  1907.  4. 
James  N.,  born  October  27,  1881  ;  an  electri- 
cian with  the  R.  Hoe  Printing  Press  Manufac- 
turing Company,  of  New  York;  married 
Winifred  .Arthur.  5.  Harry  E..  born  Septem- 
ber 3.  1883:  engaged  in  the  ice  business;  mar- 
ried, June  8.  1902,  Lela  M.  \'andervoort ;  chil- 
dren ;  Russell,  born  June  9,  1903.  died  Octo- 
ber 23,  1907;  Ella,  born  August  13,  1905;  Le- 
roy,  born  .August  27,  1907;  Emma,  February 
2-;,  icpg.  6.  Bertie,  l)orn  January  19,  1886, 
died  October  20,  1887.  7.  .\rlhur  D.,  born 
October  14.  1888;  student  at  Ann  .Arbor, 
Michigan,  taking  a  s])ecial  course  in  electricity. 


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Joshua   Sims   was   a   native   of   the 

SIMS     town    of    Cockermoiith,     England, 
and  lived  and  died  in  England.    He 
was   a    woolen   manufacturer.      He    had    four 
sons,  William.  Joshua,  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low, and  Daniel,  and  one  daughter. 

(H)  Joseph,  son  of  Joshua  Sims,  was  born 
in  county  Cumberland.  England,  about  1809, 
and  died  in  New  York  City  in  1871.  Like  his 
father,  he  was  a  manufacturer  of  woolens  and 
made  fine  blankets.  He  also  owned  graphite 
mines  and  manufactured  lead  pencils.  In  1847 
he  came  to  this  country  and  spent  the  rest  of 
his  days  in  New  York  City.  He  was  asso- 
ciated with  the  firm  of  Brown  &  Gudit,  con- 
tractors, of  New  York  City.  He  married,  in 
England,  Jane  Cass,  born  in  England,  about 
1812,  died  in  .\ew  York  City  in  1866.  Chil- 
<iren:  Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Joshua  (de- 
ceased ) ,  Joseph  William  ( deceased  ) ,  John,  who 
was  lost  at  sea  in  a  hurricane  at  Samoa 
Islands,  in  the  Pacific :  Mary. 

(  HI)  Daniel,  son  of  Joseph  Sims,  was  born 
at  I'raithwaite,  county  Cumberlantl,  in  the 
north  of  Englanil,  December  20.  183Q.  He 
came  to  .America  with  his  parents  when  he  was 
eight  years  old,  and  attended  school  in  E.ng- 
land  and  in  New  York  City.  He  began  his 
business  career  as  clerk  in  a  bank,  and  contin- 
ued in  the  banking  business  for  over  sixteen 
years.  In  iS/()  he  went  west,  and  for  a  num- 
ber of  years  was  in  the  creamery  business. 
.Since  1893  he  has  been  with  the  Stanilard  liut- 
ter  Company  of  Owego,  New  York,  as  book- 
keeper. He  has  taken  an  active  part  in  pub- 
lic affairs  and  has  been  honored  with  various 
offices  of  trust  and  responsibility.  He  was  tax 
collector,  trustee  of  the  incorporated  village, 
and  is  a  member  of  the  board  of  education  and 
president  of  the  library  board  of  the  Coburn 
Free  Library,  and  served  on  the  building  com- 
mittee in  charge  of  the  erection  of  the  new 
library  Iniililiiig.  In  politics  he  is  an  Inde- 
pendent. 

He  married.  January  31.  1864,  h'rances  \. 
Shultz.  born  at  Red  Hook,  Dutchess  county. 
New  ^'ork,  July  27,.  1842,  daughter  of  I'>en- 
jamin  D.  and  Julia  E.  (Stanton)  Shultz, 
granddaughter  of  Edward  and  Julia  ( Ilollis- 
ter)  Stanton.  Children:  i.  Grace  C.  born  in 
New  York  City,  October  13,  1865:  married 
C.  S.  Hammond,  of  New  York,  ma]i  manu- 
facturer ;  children  :  Dean  C,  Robert  and  Helen. 
2.  Joshua  .\.,  born  May  30,  1867,  died  May 
18,  1872.     3.   William  AL,  born  September  11, 


1872;  a  draughtsman  in  Owego  Bridge  Works. 
4.  Lucy  S.,  born  February  15,  1878.  5.  Ruth 
E.,  born  June  5,  1880:  married  Charles  L. 
Raymond,  bank  clerk  of  Owego. 


LECJN.\RD 


John  Leonard  was  of  Knole, 
county  of  Kent,  England.  He 
was  born  in  1479  and  died  in 
155^^- 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Leonard, 
was  also  of  Knole,  county  Kent,  England.  He 
was  born  in  1508  and  died  in  1590. 

(III)  Samson,  son  of  John  (2)  Leonard, 
was  the  eleventh  Baron  of  Dacre.  He  was 
born  in  1545  and  died  in  161 5.  He  married 
Lady  Margaret  I-'ienes. 

(IV)  Sir  Henry  Leonard,  son  of  Samson 
Leonard,  was  twelfth  IJaron  of  Dacre.  He 
was  born  in  1569.  He  married  Lady  Chriso- 
gona,  daughter  of  Sir  Richard  Baker,  of  Sis- 
singhurst,  county  Kent,   England. 

(  \' )  Richard,  son  of  Sir  Henry  Leonard, 
was  thirteenth  Baron  of  Dacre,  seated  at 
Chevening.  He  died  in  1630.  He  married 
Lady  Anne,  daughter  of  Sir  .Arthur  Throck- 
morton: (second)  Dorothy,  daughter  of  Dud- 
ley, Lord  North. 

(VI)  Thomas,  son  of  Richard  Leonard, 
was  of  Pontipool.  Wales. 

(\TI)  James,  son  of  Thomas  Leonard,  of 
I'ontipool,  Wales,  was  born  in  (ireat  Britain, 
and  came  to  .America  about  1^)45.  He  settled 
first  in  Lynn  and  later  in  Taunton,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  the  first  to  establish  iron  works 
in  .America,  at  Saugus,  near  Lynn.  He  was 
not  living  in  1691. 

(\TII)  Captain  James  Leonard,  son  of 
Richard  Leonard,  was  born  about  1643,  and 
died  November  i,  1736.    He  lived  in  Taunton. 


He  married  (first)  Hannah 


who  died 


I'ebruary,  i(')74;  (second)  Lydia,  daughter  of 
AnthiMiy  (iulliver,  of  Milton.     She  died  July 

24,   1705.     He  married   (third)   Rebecca  . 

who  died  April  3,  1738. 

(  IN  )  Ste])hen,  son  of  Captain  James  Leon- 
ard, was  born  at  Taunton,  December,  1680, 
and  died  in  1741.  He  was  a  judge  of  the  court 
of  common  pleas.  .About  1722-3  he  settled  in 
what  was  then  called  Hammer,  Hunterdon 
county.  New  York;  Hammer  is  now  Morris. 
New    A'ork.      In    1724  he   was   judge  of   the 

commission  in  Morris.  He  married  Mary . 

Children:  Zephaniah,  born  1704,  was  major 
of  miUtia,  judge,  etc.;  Mary,  married  Sam- 
uel   ;  Joshua,  mentioned  below  ;  Huldah, 


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married  Philip  Ilalley,  of  Taunton  ;  Rev.  Silas, 
graduate  of  Yale  College,  1736,  ordained  at 
Gorham,  Connecticut ;  Paul. 

(X)  Joshua,  son  of  Stephen  Leonard,  was 
a  bloomer  and  master  iron  worker.     He  died 

in  1760.    He  married  Sarah .  Children: 

Zephaniah,  Paul,  Silas,  mentioned  below ; 
Stephen,  Mary,  Martha. 

(XI)  Silas,  son  of  Joshua  Leonard,  was 
born  in  1756,  in  Parrippany,  New  York,  and 
died  in  Owego,  New  York,  September  29, 
1832.  During  his  first  years  in  business  he 
was  engaged  on  a  large  scale  in  the  manufac- 
ture of  leathern  knee  breeches  in  New  York. 
Later  he  moved  to  Massachusetts,  then  to 
Towanda,  Pennsylvania,  and  in  1803  to 
Owego,  New  Yorlc,  where  he  lived  the  rest  of 
his  life.  While  in  New  York  he  lived  on 
Wall  street,  about  halfway  between  East  river 
and  Broadway.  He  married  Joanna  Gregory, 
of  Bridgeport,  Connecticut,  and  she  died  in 
Owego,  September  27,  1816,  aged  fifty-five. 
Children :  Seth  G.,  Milton,  General  Harry  C, 
died  February  20,  1844,  aged  forty-four; 
Stephen  B.,  mentioned  below ;  daughter,  died 
and  buried  in  Towanda. 

(XH)  Stephen  Banks,  son  of  Silas  Leon- 
ard, was  born  on  Wall  street.  New  York,  April 
15,  1793.  The  house  in  which  he  was  born 
stood  on  the  ground  now  occupied  by  the  Cus- 
tom House.  He  died  in  Owego,  New  York, 
May  8,  1876,  where  he  came  when  he  was 
ten  years  old.  In  1806  he  entered  the  printing 
office  of  Judge  Mack,  who  printed  the  Amer- 
ican Farmer.  Later  he  went  to  Albany  and 
worked  in  the  job  office  of  Solomon  South- 
wick,  in  order  to  learn  more  of  the  art  of 
printing.  He  returned  to  Owego  in  1813. 
buying  the  American  Farmer.  In  1814  he 
changed  the  name  of  the  jiaper  to  the  Ozcego 
Gazette,  and  ])ui)lished  it  until  1835,  when  he 
was  elected  to  congress,  where  he  served  for 
two  terms  until  1841.  From  Alarch  11,  1816, 
until  May  15,  1820,  he  was  postmaster  of 
Owego,  and  also  held  that  position  from  No- 
vember 20,  1844,  until  April  18,  1849.  He  was 
village  trustee  in  1822-23,  '"  1854-56  he  was 
supervisor,,  and  during  the  administration  of 
President  I'uchanan  lie  was  deputy  United 
States  marshal.  In  1816  he  established  the 
first  stage  route  from  Owego  to  Bath,  and  be- 
fore that  time  he  had  carried  the  first  mail 
through  Tioga  county  on  horseback  in  order 
to  deliver  his  newspapers.  He  hel|)ed  to  ob- 
tain the  incorporation  of  Owego  Academy.  He 


was  the  founder  of  the  Public  Library,  going 
to  Albany  to  secure  grants  of  books,  .\fter  his 
terms  as  congressman  he  became  a  farmer, 
and  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  in  the  vil- 
lage. He  was  a  prominent  member  of  the  Ma- 
sonic fraternity  and  of  the  Presbyterian 
church.  He  married,  February  22,  1818,  Es- 
ther Henrietta  Sperry,  born  Se])tember  6. 
1798,  at  New  Milford,  Connecticut,  daughter 
of  Jared  and  Esther  (Bostwick)  Sperry. 
Children :  William  B.,  mentioned  below ;  Her- 
man Camp,  born  January  31,  1823;  George 
.Stephen,  AyivW  9,  1827,  died  March  20,  1907; 
Henrietta,  May  20,  1830,  married  Oliver 
lUilkley:  Emily  Caroline;  Worthington  Irv- 
ing, March  12,  1835,  died  May  17,  1874; 
Laura  .'\nn. 

(XIII)  William  Boardman,  son  of  Stephen 
Banks  Leonard,  was  born  in  Owego,  New 
York,  June  17,  1820,  and  died  there  July  2. 
1893.  He  attended  the  public  schools  and  the 
Owego  Academy.  ,*\t  the  age  of  sixteen  years 
he  went  to  Trumansburg,  New  York,  to  live 
with  an  uncle,  Herman  Camp,  and  was  em- 
ployed as  clerk  in  his  store.  When  he  came 
of  age  he  went  to  New  York  City  as  salesman, 
and  afterward  formed  a  partnership  with 
Benjamin  Pomeroy  in  the  wholesale  dry  goods 
business.  Upon  the  dissolution  of  this  firm 
he  became  a  partner  in  the  firm  of  Hulburt. 
Sweetser  &  Company,  and  afterward  was  in 
partnershij)  with  the  \'an  \'alkeubergs.  For 
a  few  years  he  was  in  partnershij)  with  Har- 
vey Farrington  in  the  wholesale  grocery  and 
coffee  trade.  Subsequently  he  founded  the 
commission  house  of  Leonard,  Rhodes  & 
Grosvenor,  and  the  banking  house  of  Leon- 
ard, Sheldon  &  Foster,  afterward  Leonard. 
Sheldon  &  Company,  with  offices  at  10  W'all 
street.  New  York.  Mr.  Lecinard  retired  in  the 
eighties,  after  a  very  successful  career  in  busi- 
ness, but  retaining  for  a  few  years  a  silent 
partnership  in  his  firm.  After  his  marriage 
lie  resided  in  Brooklyn,  New  York.  He  was 
vestryman  in  the  Church  of  the  Holy  Trinity. 
He  filled  many  positions  of  trust  with  scru- 
pulous fidelitv  and  efficiency.  He  was  a  di- 
rector in  many  corporations,  president  of  the 
ITomcrnpathic  Hospital;  president  of  the 
Kings  Ciinnty  r>ank ;  i)resident  of  the  Society 
for  the  Prevention  of  Cruelty  to  Children, 
and  active  in  many  charitable  organizations. 
He  was  one  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  in 
charge  of  building  the  first  Brooklyn  Bridge, 
and   his  name,   with   those  of  his  colleagues,. 


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is  inscribed  on  the  bronze  tablet  high  on  the 
stone  tower  supporting  the  structure.  He  was 
interested  especially  in  nuisic,  and  was  presi- 
dent of  the  Apollo  Club.  Twenty  years  be- 
fore his  death  he  bought  his  summer  home  at 
Riverhead,  Owego,  New  York,  and  spent  the 
summer  months  there.  Twice  he  declined  the 
nomination  for  mayor  of  the  city  of  Brooklyn. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and  he  was 
chairman  of  the  electoral  college  in  the  Gar- 
field-Hancock campaign. 

He  married,  in  184",  at  Southport,  Con- 
necticut, Louise  Bulkley,  born  September  7. 
1823,  died  March  11,  1900,  a  daughter  of  An- 
drew and  Sally  D.  Bulkley.  Ciiildren :  i. 
Right  Rev.  William  Andrew  Leonard,  born  at 
Southport,  July  15,  1848,  an  Episcopal  clergy- 
man, Bishop  of  Ohio,  living  at  Cleveland ; 
married,  April  17,  1873,  Sarah  rx>nise,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Phebe  (Saxton)  Sullivan, 
of  Brooklyn.  2.  Lewis  Herman,  mentioned 
below.  3.  Louise  Bulkley,  born  at  Brooklyn, 
March  21,  1853;  married,  1876,  John  Van 
Nostrand,  of  Brooklyn ;  one  son,  John  James 
V^an  Nostrand,  died  February  5,  1906. 

(XIV)  Lewis  Herman,  son  of  William 
Boardman  Leonard,  was  born  August  13. 
[850,  at  Southport,  Connecticut.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  of  Broc>klyn  and  the  Eagles- 
wood  Military  ."Kcademy  at  Perth  Amboy,  New 
Jersey.  He  began  his  business  career  in  his 
father's  banking  house  and  afterward  estab- 
lished the  Wall  Street  Stores,  having  ware- 
houses and  docks  in  Brooklyn,  and  was  suc- 
cessful. Afterward  he  became  a  partner  in 
the  firm  of  J.  P.  Robinson  &  Company  in  the 
warehouse  and  salt  business.  New  York  City, 
and  continued  in  this  house  until  it  was  dis- 
solved in  1897.  He  then  made  his  home  in 
Owego,  New  York,  where  he  owns  a  large 
stock  farm,  making  a  specialty  of  raising 
brown  Swiss  cattle. 

He  married,  in  Brooklyn,  January  10.  1871. 
Rlizabeth  DeWitt  Robinson,  daughter  of  Jere- 
miah Potter  Robinson.  Children:  i.  Esther 
Henrietta,  married  (first)  John  G.  Underbill, 
of  Montclair,  New  Jersey;  (second)  Rev.  Sid- 
ney Winter  Epes.  a  clergyman  of  Owego,  New 
York  ;  children  :  Hermon  and  John  Epes.  2. 
fosephine  Bulkley.  married  Charles  S.  Towle. 
()f  Maniaroneck.  New  York.  3.  W^illiam 
Itoardman.  Jr.,  born  in  Brooklyn,  .August  14. 
1873;  educated  in  Sheffield  Scientific  School  of 
Yale  University,  and  Stevens  Institute  of 
Technology ;  now  a  civil  engineer,  engaged  in 


subway  work  in  New  York  City,  and  also  in 
the  employ  of  the  New  York,  New  Haven  & 
Hartford  Railroad  Company;  niarrietl,  No- 
vember 16,  1898,  -Mice  Holden  Howell,  of 
New  York;  children:  Elizabeth  DeWitt,  born 
January  12,  1904,  and  William  Boardman  (3), 
born  at  New  Rochelle,  New  York,  January  13. 
1908.  4.  Mabel,  married  Henry  T.  Dumbell, 
of  New  York  City ;  children :  Mabel  and 
Henrv. 


The  Albertsons  of  New 
ALBERTSON  Amsterdam  came  from 
Stemeyck.  Holland,  early 
in  the  history  of  the  colony.  Jan  Albertson, 
his  wife,  and  six  children,  were  here  previous 
to  1663,  and  settled  at  Wythnyck,  near  King- 
ston. New  York,  and  June  17,  1663,  he,  with 
his  wife  and  a  young  daughter,  were  killed  by 
the  Indians,  the  mother  being  pregnant  at  the 
time.  Jacob  C)lbertstin  (  .\lbertson)  was  an 
emissary  to  the  Indians  at  Rockaway,  Long 
Island,  from  New  Amsterdam,  in  1643.  Hans 
.\lbertson  was  a  citizen  of  New  Amsterdam  in 
1637.  Hendrick  Albertson  and  his  wife  came 
over  in  the  ship  "De  Houthuyn,"  arriving  at 
Fort  Orange,  now  Albany,  August  13,  1642. 
He  was  the  first  ferryman  across  the  Hudson 
river  at  that  place. 

The  family  name  is  s])elled  many  difTerent 
ways,  all  believed  to  be  descendants  of  the 
same  ancestry.  It  is  a  most  difficult  problem 
to  search  out  family  history  in  the  early  Dutch 
records,  as  there  were  many  strange  customs, 
one  of  which  was  that  a  man  at  the  time  of 
his  marriage  might,  if  he  so  desired,  adopt  the 
name  of  his  wife,  or  that  of  her  mother-in-law. 
and  the  records  show  that  this  was  frequently 
done.  At  one  period  one  branch  of  the  fam- 
ilv  on  Long  Island  were  known  for  a  time  by. 
the  name  of  Terhune,  and  later  by  the  original 
name.  Also,  the  method  of  si)elling  was  unique 
often.  The  New  Jersey  branch  of  the  fam- 
ily, which  traces  the  ancestry  back  to  Wil- 
liam .Albertson.  of  Long  Island,  has  a  care- 
fully compiled  genealogy  which  appears  in  the 
■'Daily  I'nion  History  of  Atlantic  City,"  New 
Jersey. 

( I )  .\lbert  Albertson  owned  land  in  .Ames- 
port,  Long  Island,  in  1635.  He  is  thought  to 
have  been  a  brother  of  the  Jan  .Mbcrtson  who 
was  killed  by  the  Indians  at  Wythnyck,  near 
Kingston,  New  York,  June  17,  i(')<^3-  Also, 
he  was  doubtless  a  brother  of  Elbert  Elbertson, 
whose  land  joined  his,  and  of  Hans  Albertson, 


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of  Fort  Orange,  and  also  of  Jacob  Olbertson, 
the  emissary  to  the  Indians. 

(II)  Derrick,  son  of  Albert  Albertson,  was 
buried  at  Glen  Cove,  Long  Island. 

(III)  Derrick  (2),  son  of  Derrick  (i)  .Al- 
bertson,  married    Wilmet   ,   who   after 

his  death  married  Roots. 

(IV)  William,  son  of  Derrick  (2)  .Albert- 
son,  was  born  doubtless  before  1700,  and  died 
March  26,  1729.  His  will  is  recorded  at  Ja- 
maica, Long  Island,  in  Liber  C,  p.  132,  April 
17,  1 73 1.  He  married  Mary  Parker,  who  died 
-August  9,  1754. 

(V)  William  (2),  son  of  William  (t)  .Al- 
bertson, was  born  November  27,  1726,  and 
died  April  17,  1764.  He  was  a  clothier  at 
.Southampton,  Long  Island.  He  married 
Charity  Woodhull,  born  October  10,  1731.  died 
December  12,  1812. 

(VI)  Daniel,  son  of  William  (2),  was  born 
on  Long  Island,  about  1750,  and  died  in  Or- 
ange county.  New  York,  after  1812.  He  came 
to  Orange  county  about  1780.  He  had  sons 
Daniel  and  Nathaniel,  and  two  daughters,  one 
of  whom  married  Daniel  Fullerton. 

(VII)  Daniel  (2),  son  of  Daniel  (i)  .Al- 
bertson. was  born  at  Southampton,  Long 
Island,  May  27,  1768,  and  died  at  Elmira,  New 
York,  January  10,  1849,  aged  eighty  years. 
.About  1780  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Or- 
ange county,  living  in  Ridgebury  until  1844-45. 
when  he  moved  to  \  ictor.  New  A'ork.  There 
he  lived  with  his  daughter.  Ruth  Goldsmith, 
until  a  short  time  before  his  death,  when  he 
moved  to  Elmira  to  live  with  his  son  Uriah, 
on  Water  Cure  Hill.  He  went  for  a  short 
walk  on  the  day  of  his  death,  about  noon,  and 
when  he  did  not  return  as  soon  as  they  ex- 
pected a  search  was  made,  and  he  was  found 
ilead,  lying  near  a  straw  stack  by  the  barn.  He 
was  first  buried  in  a  small  burying  ground  near 
the  mouth  of  Wymcoop  creek,  but  when  the 
Dry  Creek  cemetery  was  opened  about  1852 
iiis  remains  were  moved  there.  He  married, 
.September,  1789,  Sarah  Harding,  born  .April 
II,  1773,  died  in  Ridgebury,  Orange  county, 
New  York.  November  27,  1824.  She  was 
buried  in  the  southeast  corner  of  Pine  Hill 
cemetery,  near  Middletown,  New  York.  She 
was  a  daughter  of  .Abraham  Harding,  who 
fought  in  the  revf)lution.  and  who  was  born 
in  Connecticut,  in  1740,  and  died  in  Monroe 
county.  New  York,  about  1830.  Children 
born  in  Ridgebury:  i.  Winifred,  born  July  6, 
1791,  died  May  24,  1872;  married  John  Bliz- 


zard. 2.  Abraham,  February  22,  1794,  died 
Alay  20,  1870;  married  Rhuey  Hoyt ;  had 
Andrew,  Sarah  and  Mary.  3.  Olive,  July  16, 
1796,  died  November  4,  1856;  married,  Decem- 
ber, 1828,  Thomas  Wheat.  4.  .Ann,  May  17, 
1798:  married  Samuel  Stenebach.  5.  Uriali, 
February  28,  1800,  dieil  December  2,  1882; 
married,  1824  or  1825,  Delilah  F^enny :  had 
( ieorge  W  ..  Mary,  Eliza  and  \  irgil.  6.  Ruth, 
October  24,  1801,  died  December  19,  1867; 
married  (first),  1818,  George  Knight,  (  second) 
Hudson  Goldsmith.  7.  John  Caton,  Decem- 
ber 4,  1805,  died  April  6,  1808.  8.  William. 
.April  II,  1807,  died  January  i,  1857;  married 

(first)    Smith,    (second),    1852,   Ruth 

lieamer ;  had  Ruth,  .Sarah.  Richard  and  Ar- 
minda.  9.  Daniel,  May  19,  1810,  died  Septem- 
ber 28,  1890:  married  Deborah  Hawkins ;  lived 
in  Chemung,  buried  at  Dry  P.rook;  had 
F'auline,  Charles  and  Mary.  10.  Lewis,  men- 
tioned below.  II.  Pernina.  -September  8, 
181 S.  died  Tulv  24,  1877;  married  .Alfred 
Allen. 

(\TII)  Lewis,  son  of  Daniel  (2)  .Albertson, 
was  born  in  Ridgebury,  November  12,  1812. 
and  died  in  Waverly,  New  A'ork,  July  19,  1878. 
He  was  a  farmer  and  lived  for  several  years  at 
Hazzardville,  in  the  town  of  Windsor,  Broome 
county,  New  York,  until  .April  i,  1856,  when 
he  moved  to  Great  Bend,  Pennsylvania.  He 
lived  there  for  a  year  and  then  moved  to  the 
town  of  Chemung,  Chemung  comity.  New 
A'ork,  where  he  had  bought  a  farm.  In  April, 
1878,  he  moved  again  to  the  village  of  Wa- 
verly, Tioga  county.  New  A'ork,  where  he  lived 
the  rest  of  his  life.  He  married,  in  1850, 
Caroline  Stewart,  born  in  South  Bainbridge, 
now  Afton,  Chenango  county,  New  A'ork, 
.August  7,  1824,  died  in  Waverly,  at  the  home 
of  her  son,  Charles  L.  .Albertson,  November 
25,  i(>TO.  She  married  (second)  George  H. 
Buck,  who  died  in  irjoo.  Children:  George 
.\.,  born  at  Hazzardville.  June  18,  1852; 
married,  January  10,  1877,  .Sarah  Swain:  had 
Mabel  and  .Ada:  Charles  Lewis,  mcnti(ined  be- 
low; .Alice  E.,  born  June  22,  i860,  died  No- 
vember, 1900,  married  Eugene  Crawford,  May 
15,  1879,  'Tifl  fiad  Stella. 

(IX)  Charles  Lewis,  .son  of  Lewis  .Albert- 
son,  was  born  at  Hazzardville.  in  the  town  of 
Windsor,  Broome  county.  New  A'ork,  Jan- 
uary 3,  1856.  Thence  he  removed  with  his 
parents  to  Great  Bend,  Pennsylvania,  and 
after  about  two  years  to  the  homestead  two 
miles  west  of  Waverly,  New  A''ork,  where  he 


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4.V> 


lived  until  he  was  eighteen  years  old.  He  at- 
tended the  district  schools  in  the  towns  in 
which  he  lived.  In  1874  he  went  to  New  York- 
City.  He  was  appointed  to  the  police  depart- 
ment there,  February  4,  1 871),  and  in  due 
course  was  promoted  to  the  rank  of  rounds- 
man, sergeant,  captain  and  inspector.  He  was 
retired  April  28,  1905,  and  since  then  has  re- 
sided at  Waverly,  New  York.  Captain  Albert- 
son  is  fond  of  good  books,  and  having  the 
means  and  taste,  has  accumulated  one  of  the 
finest  private  libraries  in  the  state.  In  his  col- 
lection are  many  rare  and  almost  priceless 
volumes.  \\'ith  characteristic  generosity.  Cap- 
tain Albertson  gives  to  his  neighbors,  and  in 
fact  the  general  public,  the  use  of  his  books 
freely.  He  is  president  of  the  Humane  So- 
ciety and  a  citizen  of  public  spirit,  keenly 
interested  in  the  welfare  of  the  community  in 
which  he  lives.  .'\t  the  present  time  he  is 
engaged  in  writing  a  history  of  the  town  of 
Waverly.  He  married,  October  18,  1876,  .\d- 
die  M.  West,  born  October  22,  1856,  daughter 
of  Andrew  and  Eleanor  West.  Children : 
Lewis  A.,  born  April  25,  1878;  Emma,  March 
24,  1880,  died  DeceiTiber  11,  1881  :  Dacie  G.. 
born  March  27.  1886;  Earl  D..  October  18, 
1889. 

David  Miller  was  born  and  died 

\nLLER     in  England.     He  married  there 

Susan   Kennedy.     Among  their 

children  were  sons :  George,  mentionecl  below  ; 

David  ;  Thomas  ;  W'illiam. 

(H)  George,  son  of  David  Miller,  was  born 
in  county  Cumberland,  England,  1766,  and  was 
killed  by  a  falling  tree  in  Groton,  New  York, 
October  16.  1846,  aged  eighty  years.  He  was 
educated  in  England  and  learned  the  trade  of 
blacksmith  there.  He  came  to  America  in  1839 
to  join  his  son  John  who  had  preceded  him  in 
this  country  about  si.x  years.  With  him  came 
other  members  of  his  family.  He  was  a  skill- 
ful craftsman  and  lived  a  long  and  useful  life. 
He  married,  in  England,  Jane  Dalton,  who  died 
December  24,  1852,  aged  eighty  years.  Chil- 
<lrcn :  I.  Mary,  born  October  21,  1794.  died 
aged  eighty-eight  years.  2.  Thomas,  Novem- 
ber 16,  1795.  died  June  9.  1872.  3.  John,  men- 
tioned below.  4.  Richard,  September  24,  1800. 
died  February,  1872.  5.  Jane,  May  8.  1802, 
died  May,  1887.  6.  Margaret,  May  t6,  1804, 
died  April  26,  1868.  7.  George,  March  9,  1806. 
died  January  3.   1888.     8.  William,  December 


24,  1808.  died  October  10,  1890.  9.  Isaac,  June- 
28,  1812,  died  in  .\ugu.st,  1895. 

(  111  )  John,  son  of  (leorge  Miller,  was  born 
in  county  Cumberland,  England,  .September  24, 
1797.  died  in  East  Homer,  New  York,  .'\ugust 
20,  1848.  He  learned  the  blacksmith's  trade 
in  England,  and  after  serving  a  long  apprentice- 
ship, worked  as  a  journeyman  at  his  trade  in 
England.  He  came  to  this  countrv  in  the  spring 
of  1833  and  located  first  at  Tully,  New  York, 
where  he  remained  a  month,  and  later  was  at 
Preble  West  Hill,  where  he  remained  fifteen 
months.  In  the  fall  of  1835,  he  removed  to 
the  town  of  Truxton.  .New  \nrk.  where  he 
lived  until  1842,  wdien  he  came  to  East  Homer. 
.\e\v  York,  and  he  lived  in  that  town  the  re- 
mainder of  his  life.  He  is  said  to  have  been 
the  first  Englishman  who  settled  in  Truxton. 
He  followed  farming  in  this  country.  His 
death  in  the  prime  of  life  was  due,  it  is  thought, 
to  excessive  hard  work  at  the  trade  of  black- 
smith in  his  younger  days.  He  married,  in 
England,  Isabelle  \\'allace.  born  there  \pn\  1. 
1802,  died  June  2,  1892,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Hannah  (Bell)  Wallace.  Children:  1. 
Thomas,  born  June  14,  1824,  died  in  Illinois. 
2.  Jane,  born  June  27,  1826,  living  in  East 
Homer,  New  York  (1911);  married  Isaac 
Foster,  born  in  England  in  1827,  came  to 
.\merica  in  1840,  and  died  at  East  Hoiner  in 
January,  iQio.  3.  Hannah,  Ixirn  June  21, 
1828;  married  William  Wilson,  deceased.  4. 
Mary,  born  July  7,  1830;  married  Robert  Jack- 
son, of  Tioga  county.  New  York.  5.  John, 
born  !March  31,  1832.  fi.  and  7.  Twins,  born 
March  24,  1834,  died  same  day.  8.  Isabelle. 
born  March  3.  1835;  married  Hartley  Coats. 
of  Kansas.  9.  George  Wesley,  mentioned  be- 
low. 10.  Margaret  .-\nn,  born  1838;  married 
Ellis  R.  r.riggs,  of  East  Homer.  11.  Sarah, 
born  1841,  died  in  1845.  12.  William,,  born 
June,  1843,  lives  in  California.  13.  Son,  horu 
August.  1843,  died  same  day.  14.  Sarah,  Feb- 
ruary 5.  1848;  married  James  Stovvell,  of 
(-'ayuga  county.  New  York. 

I  IV)  George  Wesley,  son  of  John  Miller. 
was  born  in  Truxtcin.  Cortland  county.  New 
York,  November  5,  1836.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  |iublic  schools  of  his  native 
town  and  at  the  East  Homer  .Academy.  He 
removefl  to  East  Homer  with  his  parents  in 
early  youth.  He  assisted  his  father  on  the 
farm  and  afterward  followed  farming  on  his 
own  account.     He  went  west  in   1S55  and  re- 


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mained  a  short  time.  He  enlisted  in  the  civil 
war  from  McHenry  county.  Illinois,  August 
II,  1862,  and  was  honorably  discharged,  Au- 
gust 17.  1865.  He  served  in  Company  E, 
Xinety-fifth  Illinois  Regiment  of  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  took  part  in  the  siege  of  \'icks- 
burg,  in  the  Red  River  expedition,  in  the  two 
days'  fight  at  Nashville,  Tennessee,  and  in  all 
the  other  numerous  skirmishes  and  engage- 
ments in  which  his  regiment  participated.  He 
was  with  the  Army  of  the  Tennessee  through- 
out the  service.  He  was  corporal  of  his  com- 
pany. After  he  was  mustered  out  he  remain- 
ed in  Illinois  a  short  time,  and  in  the  fall  of 
1865  came  to  East  Homer,  New  York,  where 
he  has  lived  since,  making  agriculture  his  occu- 
pation. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican,  and  has 
taken  an  active  part  in  years  past  in  political 
affairs.  He  is  a  member  of  Alvey  Baker  Post, 
No.  517,  Grand  Anny  of  the  Republic.  He 
married  (first),  December  15,  1869.  Ann  Mul- 
len, born  in  Ireland.  May  i,  1847,  died  Febru- 
ary 4,  1880,  daughter  of  Martin  and  Mary 
(Mellody)  Mullin.  He  married  (second),  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1885,  Anna  T.  Mead,  born  in  Tioga 
county,  New  York,  January  i,  1852,  daughter 
of  Levi  and  Betsey  "(O'Connell)  Mead.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  i.  John  M..  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Ella  A.,  born  April  9.  1877;  married 
Rockwell  Battie.  of  East  Homer.  }sew  York: 
children  :  Mildred  Ann  and  Ellen  Miller  Battie. 
Child  of  second  wife:  3.  \\'allace  W'.,  bom 
September  29,  1890. 

(V)  John  M.,  son  of  George  Wesley  Miller, 
was  born  in  East  Homer,  New  York,  Decem- 
ber 9,  1870.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  worked  at  farming  until  he 
was  twentv  years  old.  He  then  entered  the 
employ  of  Burgess  &  Bingham  as  clerk  in  their 
men's  furnishing  store  in  Cortland,  New  York. 
In  1894  he  engaged  in  business  as  partner  in 
the  firm  of  Bingham  &  IMiller  in  the  same  line 
of  business.  In  1907  the  business  was  incor- 
porated under  the  name  of  the  Bingham-Miller 
Company  and  has  continued  thus  with  uninter- 
rupted prosperity  and  success  to  the  present 
time.  Mr.  ^liller  is  a  member  of  the  Benev- 
olent and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and  of  the 
Cortland  Club  of  Cortland.  He  has  taken  an 
active  interest  in  public  affairs  and  has  been 
foreman  of  Orris  Hose  Company,  No.  2,  of 
the  local  fire  department.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  married  (first).  January  i, 
1895,  Lena  Stevens,  of  Cortland,  born  in  Trux- 
ton,  died  Januarj'  i,  1900,  daughter  of  Irving 


and  Anna  Stevens.  He  married  (second), 
June  25,  1901,  Anna  Elizabeth  Manning,  of 
Cortland,  born  May  22,  1875,  daughter  of  An- 
drew Shaw  and  Arestine  (Edwards)  Manning, 
of  Broome  county.  New  York  (see  Manning 
IX).     Mr.  and  Mrs.  Miller  have  no  children. 

(The  .Vlanning  Line). 

(  I  j  William  Manning,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  England  as  early  as  1592,  perhaps 
earlier,  and  came  to  New  England  at  an  early 
date.  He  came  (from  best  evidence)  from 
county  Essex,  England.  From  his  own  account, 
he  lived  the  first  nine  or  ten  weeks  in  Rox- 
bury,  Massachusetts.  He  then  removed  to 
Cambridge,  where  documents  were  first  signed 
by  him,  in  1634  and  possibly  earlier.  He  was 
on  the  list  of  landholders  in  February,  1638. 
An  old  church  record  says  "payd  our  brother 
Manninge  for  a  bellrope."  This  was  dated 
1648,  when  he  was  engaged  in  "a  business 
laudable  and  commendable."  He  had  doubt- 
less been  a  merchant  in  England.  In  1658  he 
bought  four  acres  of  ground  in  Charlestown. 
He  was  a  freeman  in  1640.  .\fter  his  second 
marriage  he  removed  to  Boston  and  united 
with  the  church  there  in   1684.     He   died  in 

1685-86.    He  married  (first) ,  (second) 

Susannah ,  who  died  in   1650,   (third) 

Elizabeth ,  who  survived  him.  Children, 

as  far  as  known :  William,  mentioned  below  : 
Hannah. 

( III  \\'illiam  (2),  son  of  William  (i)  Man- 
ning, was  born  in  England,  about  1614,  and 
came  to  New  England  about  1634.  He  settled 
in  Cambridge,  purchased  lands  and  engaged  in 
business  as  a  merchant.  He  also  owned  a 
warehouse,  boathouse.  on  a  canal  to  which 
boats  had  free  access,  and  constructed  with  his 
own  hands  a  wharf  by  his  boathouse.  He  was 
highway  surveyor  in  165 i;  ganger  of  casks 
and  constable,  1652-53;  selectman,  1652-66-70- 
72-75-81-85;  member  of  the  graml  jury  in 
i68f>-88.  In  1668  he  was  sent  to  England  to 
procure  another  minister,  and  in  1670  he  was 
appointed  "to  catechise  the  youth"  of  the  town. 
He  was  selected  as  one  of  the  committee  of 
two  who  had  in  charge  the  rebuilding  of  Har- 
vard College,  to  receive  and  disburse  funds  for 
that  purpose.     He  died  March  14,  1690.     He 

married  Dorothy  .     Their  gravestones 

are  in  the  cemetery  at  Harvard  Square.  Chil- 
dren:  Hannah,  born  June  21,  1642;  Samuel, 
July  21,  1644.  mentioned  below:  Sarah.  Janu- 
arv  28.    1645-46:   Abigail,   January    15.    1647- 


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48,  died  May  10,  1648;  John,  March  31,  1649: 
Mary,  about  1651  :  (perhaps)  Timothy. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  William  (2)  Planning, 
was  bom  July  21,  1644.  About  the  time  of  his 
marriage  he  settled  in  Billerica,  and  while 
there  his  house  was  twice  attacked  by  Indians. 
In  1696  his  house  was  made  a  garrison.  He 
was  corporal  in  1682;  sergeant,  1684;  ensign. 
1699.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation,  and  a 
prominent  man.  He  was  surveyor  of  high- 
ways, 1668;  sealer  of  weights  and  measures 
from  1675  to  i/CX);  constable.  1677:  jury- 
man, 1679 ;  assessor.  1694-98-1702 ;  tythingman, 
1679-83-97-1704-09:  town  clerk,  seven  years: 
selectman,  eighteen  years :  and  deputy  to  the 
general  court,  1695-96-97.  He  was  admitted 
freeman  in  1670.  He  was  a  large  landholder 
and  his  will  was  dated  February  21.  1710. 
He  married  (first).  April  13.  1664.  Elizabeth 
Stearns,  who  died  June  24.  1671.  He  married 
(second).  May  6,  1673,  Abiel  Wight,  born  at 
Medfield,  January  i.  1654,  daughter  of  John 
and  Ann  \\'ight.  He  died  Februan.-  22.  1710- 
II.  Children  of  first  wife:  Samuel,  mentioned 
below ;  John,  born  1666.  Children  of  second 
wife:  Timothy,  March  28.  1675  :  William.  June 
27.  1677;  Mary.  September  12,  1679;  Sarah, 
AugList  26.  168 1  :  Dorothy.  June  27,  1683: 
Isaac.  April  15.  1685:  Ephraim.  September  11. 
1686:  Elizabeth,  March  14.  1689-90;  Timothy. 
.March  4,  1691-92:  Eliphalet.  July  23.  1693: 
.\biel.  December  16.  1698. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2).  son  of  Samuel  ( i)  Man- 
ning, was  born  in  Billerica.  about  1665.  He 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance.  September  8.  1681. 
In  1693  the  town  of  Billerica  granted  him  lib- 
erty to  set  up  a  shop  and  to  lay  timber  about. 
and  set  a  cart  near  to  the  passage  over  the 
river,  during  the  time  of  his  keeping  the  fern>-. 
He  removed  to  Cambridge,  before  1695,  and 
in  that  year  had  the  custody  of  the  town's 
ammunition.  In  January,  1698.  his  father  sold 
to  him  the  homestead  at  the  southeast  comer 
of  Dunster  and  South  streets.  Cambridge,  to- 
gether with  the  boathouse.  etc.  After  this,  he 
is  called  "waterman"  in  deeds.  In  1714  he 
bought  land  in  Windham.  Connecticut,  between 
Herrick  and  Beaver  Brook.  He  sold  his  Cam- 
bridge property,  and  after  1722  lived  in  Wind- 
ham. His  house  was  in  that  part  of  the  town 
which  became  the  Scotland  parish.  At  Billerica 
he  was  highway  surveyor  in  1693.  At  Cam- 
bridge he  was  sealer  of  weights  and  measures. 
thirteen  years:  highway  surveyor.  1702;  in- 
spector of  the  "Great  Bridge  over  the  Charles- 


town  river""  in  1704-05;  constable,  1707;  clerk 
of  the  market,  1715.  At  Windham  he  was 
tythingman  and  school  committee  in  1722 ; 
selectman.  1723-24-32-33.  He  was  ensign  of 
militia  in  Billerica.    His  wil!  ■       '  '       "i 

2.  1750.  and  he  died  at  W;  ;. 

-O'  1755-  He  married  (first)  De'oorah  Spald- 
ing, born  at  Chelmsford,  September  12,  1667, 
died  August  2.  1727.  daughter  of  Edward 
Spalding.  He  married  (second),  at  Norwich, 
June  10,  1731,  Sarah  Gale,  of  Canterbury,  who 
'lied  October  11,  1746.  perhaps  widow  of  Rich- 
ard Gale.  Children  of  first  wife:  Dorothy. 
born  Januar}-  17.  1688-89:  Samuel,  January 
14.  1690-91,  mentioned  below;  Sarah,  October 
I,  1693:  Deborah,  died  January-  30.  1723-24. 
unmarried:  John,  baptized  January  17.  1696- 
97;  Abigail,  baptized  May  14.  1699:  Elizabeth, 
November  21,  1701  :  Man,-.  March  17. 1703-04: 
Joseph.  May  12,  1705. 

(\")  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Man- 
ning, was  bom  in  Billerica.  Januarv"  14,  1690- 
91.  died  June  3.  1727.  He  s;  ■  '  '  early 
years  in  Cambridge,  and  remove  .  'ham 

as  early  as  1716.  He  was  admitted  as  an  in- 
habitant. September  24.  1716;  was  assessor. 
1720  and  1726:  highway  surveyor,  1722.  Both 
he  and  his  wife  were  members  of  the  Wind- 
ham church.  He  married  there.  April  20.  1719. 
Irene,  born  .\ugust  24.  1700.  died  Januarj- 
20.  1726-27.  daughter  of  Joshua  and  Hannah 
(Bradford")  Riplev.  granddaughter  of  John 
and  Elizabeth  (Hobart't  Ripley,  and  great- 
granddaughter  of  William  Rioley.  The  latter 
came  from  England.  1638.  to  Hingham.  Massa- 
chusetts, where  he  was  freeman.  1642.  and  died 
July  20.  1656.  Her  father.  Joshua  Ripley,  was 
the  first  town  clerk  and  treasurer  of  Windham 
and  justice  of  the  peace.  Her  mother.  Han- 
nah Bradford,  was  a  daughter  of  Deputv-  Gov- 
ernor William  Bradford  Jr.  and  granddaughter 
of  Governor  William  Bradford,  of  the  "May- 
flower." Her  grandmother.  Elizabeth  Hobart. 
was  a  daughter  of  Rev.  Peter  Hobart.  first 
pastor  of  the  Hingliam  church.  Children,  bom 
at  Windham:  Tosiah.  March  18.  1720:  Heze- 
kiah.  August  8.  1721 :  Abigail,  November  25. 
1722:  Sarah.  Februarv-  22.  1723-24:  Samuel. 
October  22.  1725;  David.  January  14.  1726-27. 

(\T)  David,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Manning, 
was  bom  in  Windham.  Januan,-  14.  1726-27. 
He  married  (first),  in  Sharon.  Connecticut. 
August  I.  1751.  Anne,  daughter  of  David 
Hamilton,  formerly  of  Lebanon,  anil  a  man  of 
prominence  in  Sharon.    He  married  ('second). 


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before  1768,  Miriam  Simonson,  who  survived 
him,  and  after  his  death  lived  with  her  son 
Ripley  in  Owego,  New  York.  She  died  there 
June  7,  1808,  aged  seventy-three  years.  He 
was  in  Sharon  at  the  time  of  his  marriage,  and 
again  in  1768,  but  his  whereabouts  between 
those  dates  is  uncertain.  For  several  years 
after  1768  he  continued  to  live  in  Sharon,  and 
in  1794  removed  to  Lisle,  Broome  county,  New 
York,  where  he  died  September  29,  1807.  In 
1758,  in  the  French  and  Indian  war,  he  was  a 
soldier  under  Captain  Samuel  Elmer  (or  El- 
more), with  the  Connecticut  troops,  from  June 
3  to  October  27.  Children,  order  of  birth  not 
known:  Joseph,  living  in  1789;  John,  living  in 
1791  ;  Sarah,  married,  at  Sharon,  February  10, 
1777,  Samuel  Sackett :  David,  about  1759,  men- 
tioned below;  Aima,  about  1762;  Ripley,  bap- 
tized September  11.  1768;  Eunice,  Julv  31, 
1776. 

(VII)  Major  David  (2)  Manning,  son  of 
David  (i)  Manning,  was  born  about  1759, 
died  at  Manningville,  in  Lisle,  liroome  county, 
\e\v  York,  1816.  He  married  (first)  in  that 
part  of  Woodbury,  Connecticut,  now  called 
Southbury,  October  6,  1785,  Lucy  Peck.  He 
married  (second)  Anne,  daughter  of  Colonel 
Giles  and  Anne  Thomas  Jackson,  bom  May 
15,  1761,  died  August  5,  1847.  He  was  a 
soldier  in  the  revolution  and  his  name  appears 
on  fourteen  different  muster  or  pay  rolls.  His 
service  was  as  follows :  From  .Vpril  to  Sep- 
tember 21,  1775,  Colonel  Benjamin  Hinman's 
regiment,  sent  to  secure  Ticonderoga  and  Crown 
Point  from  recapture:  1776,  Colonel  Charles 
Burrell's  regiment.  Captain  David  Downs'  com- 
pany, served  in  the  Northern  Department,  to 
reenforce  the  troops  besieging  Quebec  under 
Benedict  Arnold:  January  i,  1777,  to  Decem- 
ber 31,  1779,  Colonel  Jose])h  Vose's  regiment. 
Captain  Moses  Ashley's  company.  During  his 
service  luuler  Captain  Downs  in  1776,  his  com- 
pany was  in  an  engagement  at  the  Cedars, 
about  forty  miles  from  Montreal,  May  19,  and 
nearly  the  whole  com])any  was  cajitured  by  the 
British.  Of  this  munber,  David  Manning  was 
one.  He  continued  in  service  as  late  as  Janu- 
ary 25,  1780,  but  how  much  longer  is  not 
known,  .\fter  the  war  lie  lived  for  several 
years  in  Stockbridge,  Massachusetts.  From 
January,  1793,  to  1795,  he  was  brigade  major 
of  the  Ninth  Berksiiire  Division  of  the  slate 
militia  of  Massachusetts.  In  1795  he  removed 
to  Lisle,  Broome  county.  New  York,  where  he 
spent  the  remainder  of  his  life.     Child  of  first 


wife:  Lucy  Peck,  born  November  5,  1786, 
Stockbridge.  Children  of  second  wife,  born 
at  Stockbridge:  Sophronia,  June  15,  1789; 
Charles  Giles,  1790:  John  Jackson.  April  2, 
1792;  David  Ripley,  September  20,  1795,  men- 
tioned below  :  Nancy,  1797:  Abigail,  Alarch  12, 
t8oo.  Lisle;  George,  about  1801,  died  April  14, 
1804;  Mary  Anne,  .\ugust  5,  1805,  died  Au- 
gust 15,  1810. 

(VIII)  David  Ripley,  son  of  Major  David 
(2)  Manning,  was  born  September  20,  1795, 
at  Lisle,  New  York,  died  January  25,  1861.  at 
Manningville.  He  married,  December  25,  1827. 
Caroline,  daughter  of  Andrew  and  Melissa 
Shaw,  born  1810,  died  June  22.  1848.  He 
lived  in  Lisle  and  Manningville.  Children, 
born  in  Lisle:  (George  Jackson,  March  8,  1829; 
.\nnc  Melissa,  October  5,  1831  ;  .\ndrew  Shaw. 
December  i",  1834,  mentioned  below  ;  Nancy. 
May  21. 1837  ;  Helen  .Sophia,  January  20,  1841  ; 
Caroline  Elizabeth,  October  i,  1843. 

(IX)  .\ndrew  Shaw,  son  of  David  Ripley 
Manning,  was  born  in  Lisle.  New  York,  De- 
cember 17,  1834.  He  married,  at  Yorkshire, 
New  York,  January  2,  1873,  .\restine  Edwards. 
He  lives  at  Auburn,  New  York,  and  is  engaged 
in  commercial  pursuits.  Children :  Anna  Eliz- 
abeth, born  May  22.  1875,  married  John  M. 
Miller  (.see  Aliller  V)  ;  John  Ripley.  May  5. 
1877.  at  Lisle;  David  Burr,  October  13.  1878, 
at  Lisle:  George  Radcliffe,  June  16.  1888,  at 
.\uburn. 


This  name  appears  in  twenty- 
KINGMAN  five  different  forms,  the  earli- 
est mention  being  in  1418.  One 
of  the  Kingmans  was  deputized  by  a  king  to 
take  the  monarch's  treasure  from  the  city  to 
his  country  mansion  in  the  year  1418.  It  is 
sujjposed  from  this  that  they  must  have  been 
employes  of  the  royal  household  of  Henry  V. 
They  occupied  positions  as  high  sheriff,  rector, 
and  bisho|j  of  the  Church  of  England.  Many 
of  them  were  wealthy  "lords  of  the  manor,"  as 
tliev  were  called  in  that  country. 

(  1)  Henry  Kingman,  the  ancestor  of  all  the 
Kingmans  in  the  Cnited  States,  sailed  with  his 
fauiih'  from  Weymouth,  England,  March  20, 
1635,  and  landed  at  \\'eymoutli,  Massachusetts, 
May  6,  1(135.  The  vessel  was  forty-six  days 
on  its  voyage.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
March  3,  1635-36;  was  licensed  March  3,  1635- 
36,  to  keep  the  ferry  at  Weymouth  during  the 
pleasure  of  the  general  court,  and  was  author- 
ixed  March  12,  1635-37.  "to  take  two  pence  a 


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peece  for  transportation  of  people"  across  it ; 
was  licensed  June  6,  1637,  to  keep  a  house  of 
entertainment  at  Weymouth  ;  was  a  grand  juror 
in  1637,  deputy  from  1638  to  1652,  and  com- 
mittee to  lay  out  highways  in  1649.  His  wife, 
Joanna,  died  April  11,  1659,  aged  sixty-three 
years.  His  will  is  dated  May  24,  1667.  The 
exact  date  of  his  death  is  not  known,  but  his 
will  was  admitted  to  probate  July  31,  1667, 
two  months  after  it  was  executed,  and  he  prob- 
ably died  in  July,  1667.  The  will  says  he  was 
aged  seventy-four  years,  or  thereabouts.  Chil- 
dren of  Henry  and  Joanna  Kingman :  Edward, 
born  1619  ;  Joanna,  1624 ;  Anne,  1626  ;  Thomas, 
1628:  John,  of  whom  further;  Henry,  died  at 
Weymouth,  Alassachusetts,  1660:  Bridget,  mar- 
ried. December  13,  1649,  Tobias  Davis,  of 
Roxbury,  Massachusetts.  The  five  first  named 
were  born  in  England,  the  others  in  Weymouth. 
Massachusetts. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Henry  and  Joanna  King- 
man, was  born  in  England,  in  1633.  He  is 
mentioned  in  his  father's  will.  May  24,  1667.  He 
was  a  freeman  in  ifi66.  He  removed  from  Wey- 
mouth to  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts,  about 
1685,  and  settled  on  a  farm  which  was  after- 
ward occupied  by  Caleb  Kingman,  where  he 

died  in   1690.     He  married  Elizabeth  . 

Children,  all  born  at  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts: John,  April  30,  i6(:>4:  Henry,  May  11, 
1668 ;  Samuel, of  whom  further  ;  Elizabeth,  July 
9,  1673,  married  Thomas  Mitchell ;  Deliver- 
ance, March  12,  1676,  married  Jacob  Mitch- 
ell: Susanna,  March,  1678,  died  soon  after- 
ward; Susanna,  .\pril  12,  1679,  married  Chil- 
ton Latham. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  John  and  Elizabeth 
Kingman,  was  born  at  Weymouth,  Massachu- 
setts, May  28.  1670.  He  married,  at  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts,  January  i,  1696,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Jacob  Mitchell.  His  will  of  1740 
was  proved  in  1742,  naming  a  widow,  Hannah, 
probably  a  second  wife,  and  perhaps  she  was 
married  ( second ) ,  in  1 75 1 ,  to  John  Wade.  Chil- 
dren of  Samuel  Kingman,  all  born  at  Bridge- 
water,  Massachusetts:  Susanna,  1697,  married 
Solomon  Packard;  John,  1699:  Joanna,  1701, 
married  .Akerman  Pettingill ;  Jane,  1704,  mar- 
ried Isaac  Kingman  ;  Mary,  1706,  married  Ben- 
jamin Vickerv  ;  Samuel,  of  whom  further. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2).  son  of  Samuel  (i)  King- 
man, was  born  at  Bridgewater,  Massachusetts, 
May  13,  1710.  He  married,  February  3,  1737. 
Phnebe'Washburn.  of  Kingston.  Massachusetts. 


He  removed  to  Canaan,  Coimecticut,  some  time 
after  1742.  Children,  first  three  born  at  Bridge- 
water:  Eunice,  December  29,  1737;  Hannah, 
October  22,  1740,  married  Charles  Richardson  ; 
Phcebe,  .\ugust  5,  1742;  Mitchell,  of  whom 
further  ;  Samuel,  born  ]jerhaps  at  Salem,  Massa- 
chusetts, died  at  .Stonington,  Connecticut;  Jo 
se]ih.  born  1753,  at  Canaan,  Connecticut. 

(V)  Mitchell,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  and  Plmebe 
(Washburn)  Kingman,  was  born  in  1744.  His 
birthplace  is  suppfised  to  have  been  Canaan, 
Connecticut.  In  the  Connecticut  Historical 
StKiety  Collections,  vol.8.  Revolutionary  Rolls, 
it  is  stated  that  Mitchell  Kingman  enlisted  at 
Wethersfield  in  Colonel  Chester's  Sixth  Regi- 
ment, Ca])tain  W'ells'  company,  in  the  revolu- 
tionary war.  He  then  lived  at  Wethersfield. 
In  1781  he  lived  at  Sheffield,  Massachusetts, 
and  in  1783  at  Rutland.  Vermont.  In  the 
United  States  census  of  1790  his  name  appears 
as  a  resident  of  Sheffield,  with  his  wife,  four 
sons,  and  one  daughter.  He  lived  at  Addi- 
son, Vermont,  as  late  as  November,  1812,  in 
which  year  he  removed  to  Cincinnatus,  Cort- 
land county.  New  York,  where  he  died  October 
22,  1 8 19,  aged  seventy-five  years,  and  where 
his  wife  died  April  18,  1835,  aged  eightv-five 
years  six  months.  He  married,  at  Killing- 
worth,  Connecticut,  in  1770,  Keturah,  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Anna  (Grimes)  Latimer,  of 
Wethersfield,  Connecticut.  .She  was  born  at 
Wethersfield,  November  22,  1748.  Children: 
I.  John,  of  further  mention.  2.  Hannah,  born 
1772,  at  Wethersfield,  Connecticut;  married 
Luther  Ferre ;  died  November  24,  1832.  3. 
Phrebe.  married  (first) Carpenter,  (sec- 
ond) Gamaliel  Case.  4.  Mitchell,  born  at 
Wethersfield.  Connecticut,  died  September  6. 
1863.  5.  Iluldah,  born  at  Sheffield,  Massachu- 
setts, ]\iarch  13,  1781,  died  in  T819.  6.  George 
W^ashburn.  born  at  Rutland,  Vermont,  Septem- 
ber 12,  178^,  died  in  1867,  aged  eighty-four 
years.  7.  Justus.  8.  Polly,  married  Amos 
Pangburn.  9.  Harriet,  born  1795,  married 
.\aron  Root. 

(VI )  Colonel  John  Kineman,  son  of  Mitchell 
and  Keturah  (Latimer)  Kingman,  was  born  at 
Wethersfiela,  Connecticut,  October  5,  1770. 
He  lived  at  Lenox  until  1798.  when  vyith  his 
wife  and  two  sons  he  removed  to  Cincinnatus. 
Cortland  county.  New  York,  driving  through 
the  woods  with  a  horse  and  cutter,  and  settled 
on  a  piece  of  fifteen  acres  of  land  in  the  woods. 
He  made  subsequent  purchases  until  he  had 


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obtained  one  hundred  and  fifty  acres.  He  built 
the  first  store  and  schoolhouse,  and  kept  the 
first  inn  at  Cinciiinatus.  In  a  miHtary  capacity  he 
was  at  first  a  second  corporal ;  in  1804  he  was 
captain  in  Lieutenant-Colonel  James  Knapp's 
Onondaga  county  regiment  of  infantry;  in  1808 
he  was  major  commandant  of  a  battalion  set 
off  from  the  regiment  of  militia  commanded  by 
Lieutenant-Colonel  Knapp;  April  13,  1812,  he 
was  assigned  to  the  colonelcy  of  the  One  Hun- 
dred and  Twenty-fourth  Regiment,  Thirty- 
sixth  Brigade  of  Infantry,  which  he  organized. 
Me  resigned  his  commission  in  1814.  Colonel 
Kingman  held  various  town  offices,  and  was 
supervisor  of  the  town  of  Cincinnatus  for 
eleven  successive  years  from  1808  to  1819, 
inclusive.  He  died  January  30,  1859.  He 
married,  at  Leno.x.  Massachusetts,  February 
12,  1795,  Miriam,  born  at  Lenox,  August  9. 
1772,  died  at  Cincinnatus,  December  8,  1854, 
daughter  of  Oliver  and  Sarah  (\\ilson)  Isbell. 
Children,  the  first  two  born  at  Lenox,  the 
others  at  Cincinnatus:  i.  Oliver,  born  Novem- 
ber 10,  1795.  2.  John,  October  13,  1797.  3. 
Charles,  March  6,  1800.  4.  Lyman,  May  4. 
1802.  5.  George  Isbell,  September  5,  1804, 
(lied  December  23,  1863.  6.  LeRoy  Wilson, 
of  whom  further.  7.  Harriet,  June  24,  1810. 
died  April  8,  1841.  8.  Alonzo,  April  27,  1812, 
died  December  2,  1832.  9.  Betsy,  December 
12,  181 5,  married  Dr.  Franklin  Thompson  May- 
bury;  she  died  March  6,  1887. 

(VII)  LeRoy  Wilson,  son  of  Colonel  John 
and  Miriam  (Isbell)  Kingman,  was  born  at 
Cincinnatus,  New  York,  August  9,  1808.  He 
was  a  merchant  at  Speedsville,  New  York, 
where  he  was  a  justice  of  the  peace,  anil  post- 
master from  February  3,  1835,  to  December 
21,  1848.  He  lived  there  until  1849,  when  he 
removed  with  his  family  to  Owego,  New  York, 
where  he  died  March  2,  1861.  He  was  clerk 
<jf  Tioga  county  two  terms  from  1853  to  1859. 
He  was  elected  a  vestryman  of  St.  Paul's  Epis- 
copal Church  in  1844  and  served  until  his 
death.  He  married.  May  8,  1837,  Maria,  born 
in  Spencer,  !\Iassachusetts,  June  14,  18 13,  died 
in  Owego,  March  26,  1901,  daughter  of  Colo- 
nel William  and  Sally  (Loring)  Livermore,  of 
Spencer,  Massachusetts.  Children:  i.  LeRoy 
Wilson,  of  whom  further.  2.  William  Liver- 
more,  born  at  Sjieedsville,  New  York,  Febru- 
arv  I,  1842.  3.  .Stella  Maria,  born  at  Speeds- 
ville, New  York.  May  16.  1845,  niarricd  Ilenry 
Camj)bell.  4.  Emily  Loring,  born  at  Owego, 
New  York,  July  24.  1855.    5.  Helen  Elizabeth. 


born    at    Owego,    New    York,    November    13, 
i860,  married  Charles  Kirk  Eastwood. 

(VIII)  LeRoy  Wilson  (2),  son  of  LeRoy 
Wilson  (i)  and  Maria  (Livermore)  Kingman, 
was  born  March  15,  1840,  at  Speedsville,  New 
York,  and  removed  with  his  parents  to  Owego, 
New  York,  in  1849.  He  afterward  lived  in 
New  York  City,  where  he  held  a  clerkship  in 
the  LTnited  States  E.xpress  Company's  office 
at  82  Broadway.  In  1870  he  became  associate 
editor  and  proprietor  of  the  Ozcego  Gazette, 
and  in  1880  sole  proprietor.  In  1901  the 
On'cgo  Gazette  Company  was  formed,  of  which 
he  was  chosen  president,  and  he  has  since  con- 
tinued as  editor  of  the  paper  and  business 
manager  of  the  company.  He  married,  De- 
cember 22,  1867,  Clara  Eugenia,  born  in  New 
York,  November  21,  1845.  fl'cd  in  Owego,  No- 
vember 30,  1885,  daughter  of  Carl  A.  and 
Clara  (Ordronaux)  Molau.  Children:  i.  Will- 
iam Livermore  (2),  born  in  Eighty-fifth  street, 
New  York  City,  November  7,  1868.  2.  Charles 
Molau,  born  at  221  East  One  Hundred  and 
Twelfth  street.  New  York  City,  May  24,  1870; 
married,  September  9,  1899,  Cornelia  May, 
daughter  of  William  H.  and  Hannah  Rector, 
of  Owego;  she  was  born  at  McClure  Settle- 
ment. Broome  county,  New  York,  May  25, 
1875;  children:  Charles  Molau  Jr.,  born  at 
Owego,  October  i,  1900,  and  Paul  LeRoy,  born 
at  Oneida,  New  York,  December  6,  1903 ;  they 
live  at  Oneiila.  3.  John  Ordronaux,  born  at 
Owego,  May  9,  1873,  died  December  12,  1873. 
4.  LeRoy,  born  at  Owego,'  May  i,  1874.  5. 
Henry  Ernst,  born  at  Owego,  August  31,  1875; 
married.  June  19, 1906,  Louise  Delphine,  daugh- 
ter of  Dr.  Charles  L.  and  Marietta  (Archi- 
bald) Stiles,  of  Owego.  6.  Oliver,  born  at 
Owego.  February  10,  1877;  educated  at  Owego 
.\cademy.  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1899:  Ilobart  College,  graduating  in  1902;  and 
the  General  Theological  Seminary  in  New 
York  City,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
1908;  he  was  ordained  deacon  at  Trinity  Epis- 
copal Church.  Elmira.  New  York,  June  14, 
1008,  and  to  the  priesthood  at  Grace  Church, 
L'tica,  New  York,  December  22,  1908 ;  is  now 
(1911)  rector  of  St.  Paul's  Church,  Holland 
Patent.  New  York.  7.  Wyatt,  born  at  Owego, 
July  21.  1880;  graduated  from  Hobart  Col- 
lege, 1904;  now  (1911)  conducting  an  assay- 
ing office  and  chemical  laboratory  at  Valdez, 
.Alaska.  8.  Miriam,  born  at  Owego.  January 
6.  1882.  9.  Maria,  born  at  Owego,  .\pril  5, 
1883,  died  .August  20.  1883. 


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The  San  ford  family  of  Eng- 

SANFORD  land  and  America  is  descend- 
ed from  Thomas  de  Sanford, 
a  Norman  follower  of  William  the  Conqueror. 
His  name  appears  in  the  Battle  Abbey  Roll. 
He  held  the  manors  of  Sanford  and  Rothal, 
and  the  former  manor  is  still  in  possession  of 
descendants.  Coat-of-arms:  Quarterly  first  and 
fourth  per  chevron  sable  and  ermine  in  chief 
two  boars'  heads  couped  close  or,  second  and 
third  quarterly  per  fesse  indented  azure  and 
ermine.  Crest:  A  falcon  with  wings  endorsed 
preying  on  a  partridge  proper.  Motto:  .Vrr 
temcre  ncc  timidc. 

(I)  Thomas  Sanford,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  probably  the  son  of  Anthony  and  Joan 
Sanford,  of  Stratford,  and  grandson  of  Rauf 
of  Stow,  Gloucestershire,  England.  He  was 
born  in  England,  about  1610,  and  died  in  Octo- 
ber, 168 1.  He  caine  to  Boston,  Alassachusetts, 
in  1631,  and  was  in  Dorchester  in  1634,  and  in 
Milford  in  1639.    He  married  (second)  Sarah 

,  who  died  in  1681.     He  left  an  estate 

of  £450.  Children  :  Ezekiel,  born  1635  ;  Sarah, 
1637:  Mary,  January  16,  1641  :  Samuel,  April 
30,  1643;  Thomas,  December,  1644;  Ephraini, 
mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth,  August  27,  1648. 

(H)  Ephraim,  son  of  Thomas  Sanford,  was 
born  May  17,  1646.  and  settled  at  Milford, 
Connecticut,  where  he  died.  He  was  a  witness 
to  the  will  of  Benjamin  Fenn,  of  Dorchester 
and  Milford,  in  1672.  He  married,  in  1669, 
at  New  Haven,  Mary  Powell,  daughter  of 
Thomas.  His  estate  was  divided  by  the  court 
November  16,  1692.  among  the  widow  and 
children.  Children  :  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ; 
Ephraim,  Thomas,  Nathaniel  and  Zachariah. 

(HI)  Samuel,  son  of  Ephraim  Sanford,  was 
born  at  Milford,  May  9,  1674,  and  died  there 
in  1749.  He  married,  November,  1695,  Han- 
nah Baldwin,  born  July  11,  1674,  died  January 
14,  1726;  (second)  Esther,  widow  of  Deacon 
Nathaniel  Parmelee,  of  Killingsworth,  Con- 
necticut. His  first  wife  was  admitted  to  the 
church  May  19,  1697,  and  he  was  admitted 
May  15,  1698.  His  will,  dated  October  21, 
1742,  proved  August  5,  1749,  bequeathed  to 
wife  and  children.  Children,  by  first  marriage: 
Hannah,  born  June  25,  1696  ;  Samuel,  May  29, 
1698:  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Mary,  born 
July  5,  1702  ;  Jonathan,  July  13,  1704;  Stephen, 
November  20,  1706;  David,  May  2,  1708,  died 
1708;  David,  September  8,  1709:  Esther,  No- 
vember 9,  1711;  Abigail,  October  14,  1714: 
Elizabeth,  December  13,  1716. 


(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  Samuel  Sanford,  was 
born  about  17 10.  He  settled  in  Litchfiekl. 
Connecticut,  and  married  Mary,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Clark;  she  was  born  ^larch,  1704,  at 
Milford,  and  died  September  9,  1766.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  colonial  legislature  several 
times,  and  captain  of  the  militia.  He  had  his 
home  on  Prospect  Hill.  It  is  said  that  he  start- 
ed the  first  dry  goods  store  in  Litchfield.  Chil- 
dren :  Hannah,  born  July  23,  1729 ;  Sarah,  July 
28,  1 73 1,  died  July  30,  1731 ;  Oliver,  born  Au- 
gust 22,  1732;  Jonah,  August  i,  1735;  Mary, 
October  4,  1739:  Joseph,  mentioned  below. 

(V)  Captain  Joseph  (2)  Sanford,  son  of 
Joseph  ( I )  Sanford,  was  born  in  Milford,  July 
28,  1745,  and  died  December  13,  1813,  at  South 
Farms,  Connecticut  (now  Morris).  He  mar- 
ried, March  7,  1769,  Mehitable  Young,  of  Long 
Island,  who  died  at  South  Farms,  March  ii, 
1835.  He  was  a  farmer.  He  served  in  the 
revolution;  he  was  lieutenant  of  Third  com- 
pany, trainband,  of  Norwich,  Connecticut,  June 
10,  1761,  in  the  Third  regiment  of  the  colony; 
on  Alay  9  and  June  3,  1763,  he  was  quarter- 
master of  the  second  troop  of  horse,  and  was 
made  lieutenant  by  the  assembly.  On  June  8, 
1778.  he  was  captain  of  the  Eleventh  company, 
trainband,  in  the  Thirteenth  regiment  of  the 
state.  He  was  in  service  also  at  Peekskill  with 
the  main  army  in  New  York.  Children,  born 
in  Litchfield:  Stephen,  January  12,  1770,  died 
.April  22,  1772;  Mehitable,  March  6,  1771,  died 
April  15,  1772;  Joseph,  born  March  15,  1773; 
Olive,  November  3,  1774:  Stephen,  September 
6,  1776;  Edmund,  mentioned  below;  Ozias. 
August  24,  1784;  Clarissa,  January  19,  1786. 

(\T)  Edmund,  son  of  Captain  Joseph  (2) 
Sanford,  was  born  in  Litchfield,  October  25. 
1781,  and  died  at  Sherburne,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 9.  i860.  He  married  (first),  June  7,  1804, 
Sarah  Lynde ;  (second),  1844,  Betsey  Sheldon. 
They  settled  first  in  Herkimer,  and  later  in 
Sherburne,  New  York.  Children,  by  first  wife  : 
Caroline  Amelia,  born  March  22,  1805;  Charles 
Watson,  November  17,  1806;  Edmund  Jr.. 
Januarv  i,  1809;  Sarah  Eliza,  February  17. 
1810;  Horatio  Wolcott,  January  21,  1813;  Sid- 
ney Dwight,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Sidney  Dwight,  son  of  Edmund  San- 
ford, was  born  February  16,  1819,  at  Sher- 
burne, and  died  there  .April  15,  1906.  He  was 
a  farmer.  He  was  a  capitalist,  being  a  director 
of  the  Sherburne  National  Bank.  In  politics 
he  was  a  Republican.  He  was  a  well  known 
and  wealthy  citizen  of  Sherburne.     He  mar- 


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ried,  September  12,  1843,  -Margaret  Jones,  born 
in  Schenectady,  New  York,  March  25,  1822, 
died  at  Sherburne,  February  2,  191 1,  daugliter 
of  David  and  Margaret  ( De  Graff)  Jones. 
Children:  Charles  Horatio,  mentioned  below; 
Caroline  Eliza,  born  February  28,  1858,  mar- 
ried, June  9,  1887,  Dr.  Orrin  Augustus  ( iorton, 
who  is  a  retired  physician  at  Sherburne,  and 
their  children  are:  Caroline  Sanford,born  June 
5,  1888,  and  Charles  Warren,  July  6,  1891. 

(VIII)  Charles  Horatio,  son  of  Sidney 
Dwight  San  ford,  was  born  in  Sherburne,  New 
York,  June  10,  1844.  and  died  January  3,  1884, 
as  the  result  of  an  accident.  He  was  changing 
cars  at  Earlville  for  Syracuse,  and  in  some 
way  sli])ped  from  the  station  platform  between 
the  cars,  receiving  a  severe  cut  on  his  forehead, 
and  having  his  hand  and  arm  run  over  by  two 
coaches.  The  shock  of  it  jiroved  too  severe 
and  resulted  in  his  death. 

Charles  H.  Sanford  received  a  public  school 
education.  He  then  worked  as  clerk  for  the 
Sherburne  National  Bank,  and  after  a  trip  to 
Europe  entered  the  hardware  business  with 
Walter  F.  lUanchard,  as  Sanford  &  Hlanchard. 
Later  J.  P.  Wilbur  succeeded  Mr.  Blanchard, 
and  the  firm  name  became  Sanford  &  Wilbur. 
After  some  time  Mr.  Sanford  had  the  whole 
business,  and  under  his  good  management  a 
fine  store  has  been  built  up,  and  he  became  one 
of  the  foremost  men  of  the  place.  He  was 
chosen  town  auditor.  Through  his  influence 
a  high  standard  has  been  kept  up  in  the  fire 
department,  as  he  saw  the  need  of  good  service 
in  this  particular.  In  religion  he  was  an  Epis- 
copalian. He  married,  September  11,  1867. 
Marion  A.  Blanchard,  born  in  Hamilton.  New 
V'ork,  August  18,  1844,  died  in  Sherburne.  De- 
cember 14,  1908,  daughter  of  Walter  I'rank- 
lin  and  Amanda  (Williams)  Blanchard.  Wal- 
ter F.  P.lanchard  was  born  at  Stockbridge, 
Massachusetts,  and  was  a  manufacturer  of 
sashes  and  blinds;  although  he  was  unfortunate 
in  having  two  factories  burned  down,  he  was 
successful  in  his  business,  and  was  one  of  the 
well-to-do  men  of  the  town.  Child  of  Charles 
H.  Sanford:  Walter  S..  mentioned  below. 

(IN)  Walter  Sidney,  son  of  Charles  H. 
.Sanford.  was  born  in  Sherburne,  Chenango 
county.  .New  ^'ork,  November  i,  1877.  lie 
attended  the  ]uil)lic  schools  of  his  native  town 
and  the  Hotchkiss  School  at  Lakeville,  Litch- 
field county,  Coimecticut.  He  entered  Yale 
College,  from  which  he  was  graduated  with 
the  flegree  of  bachelor  of  arts  in  the  class  of 


1900.  He  has  been  in  the  banking  business 
practically  all  the  time  since  he  graduated,  and 
has  been  cashier  of  the  Sherburne  National 
Bank  since  1905.  and  he  is  also  a  director.  He 
has  taken  an  active  and  responsible  part  in 
public  afi^airs,  and  served  as  trustee  of  the 
incorporated  village  of  Sherburne  for  two 
years  and  also  as  president.  He  is  a  communi- 
cant of  Christ's  Protestant  Episcopal  Church, 
of  which  he  is  one  of  the  wardens  and  trustees. 
He  is  a  member  of  the  Zeta  Psi  college  frater- 
nity.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  July  21,  1908,  Grace  Gladding, 
of  Norwich.  New  York,  born  May  8,  1882, 
daughter  of  Judge  Albert  F.  and  Grace  (Van 
Etten)  Gladding.    They  have  no  children. 


There  were  three  immigrants  of 
l'.E.\CH  the  name  of  Beach  under  Colony 
Records  of  1639  among  the  set- 
tlers of  the  New  Haven  colony — Richard,  John 
and  Thomas — and  the  evidence  that  they  were 
brothers  ajipears  conclusive.  Richard  Beach 
came  from  London  in  1633  in  the  ship  "■Eliza- 
beth and  Ann,"  Captain  Robert  Cooper,  and 
settled  as  early  as  1639  in  New  Haven;  he 
owned  a  house  and  lot  there,  February  7,  1643, 
and  in  1645  married  the  widow  of  Andrew 
Hull.  Thomas  Beach,  proven  by  the  records 
of  New  Haven  to  have  been  a  brother  of  Rich- 
ard, was  in  New  Haven  before  March  7,  1647, 
when  he  took  the  oath  of  fidelity.  He  removed 
to  Milford  and  is  said  to  have  lived  for  a  time 
in  Wallingford.  but  returned  to  Milford  be- 
fore his  death  in  1662.  He  was  the  ancestor 
of  the  Hartford  Beaches. 

(I)  John  Beach  is  first  on  record  in  New 
Haven  colony  in  1643,  when  he  is  fined  "two 
shillings  for  twice  late  coming,"  and  another 
two  shillings  for  "defect  gmi."  Richard  Beach 
ajipcars  earlier  in  1643.  John  Beach  became 
a  householder  in  1647.  The  last  entry  concern- 
ing him  in  the  New  Haven  colony  is  "John 
Beach  came  to  Stratford  and  bought  his  first 
land  May  21,  1660,  of  Ensign  Bryan  of  Mil- 
ford, one  house  lot.  two  acres ;  he  had  then  a 
wife  and  two  children."  In  Jainiar\-,  1671,  he 
was  made  an  auctioneer  by  the  following  vote : 
"John  Beach  was  chosen  crier  for  the  town, 
and  to  be  allowed  four  pence  for  everything 
he  cries,  that  is  to  say  for  all  sort  of  cattle  and 
all  other  things  of  smaller  value,  two  years." 
He  was  a  large  landowner  in  \\'allingford, 
Connecticut,  also.  He  married,  in  1650,  Mary 
.     Children:    1.   I^lizabcth,  born    March 


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8,  1O52;  married  Elisapli.  son  of  William  Pres- 
ton, one  of  the  first  settlers  of  New  Haven.  2. 
John,  April,  1654 :  married  Hannah  Staple.  3. 
Mary,  1656.  4.  Thomas,  May,  1659;  married 
(first)  Ruth  Peck,  (second)  Phebe  W'ilcoxson. 
5.  Nathaniel,  of  further  mention.  6.  Hannah, 
December,  1665;  married  (first)  Zachariah 
Fairchild,  (second)  John  Burit.  7.  Sarah,  No- 
vember, 1667.  8.  Isaac,  June  29,  1669:  mar- 
ried Hannah  Hirdsey.  born  February,  1671.  9. 
Joseph,  I-'ebniary  5,  1671  ;  married  Abia  pjooth. 
10.  Benjamin,  March,  1674:  married  Mary 
Hitchcock. 

(H)  Nathaniel,  third  son  of  John  and  Mary 
Beach,  u'as  born  March,  1662,  in  Stratford, 
where  he  died  in  1747.  He  married,  in  1686. 
."^arah,  daughter  of  Nathaniel  and  Sarah 
(Groves)  I'orter;  she  died  in  1734.  Children: 
I.  Ephraim,  born  May  25,  1687;  married,  1712, 
.Sarah  Patterson.  2.  Elizabeth,  November  14. 
1689.  3.  David,  May  15,  1692;  married,  1717. 
Hannah,  daughter  of  Matthew  Sherman,  and 
granddaughter  of  Samuel  Sherman.  4.  Josiah. 
August  16,  1694;  married  (first)  Patience 
Nichols,  1721  ;  (second)  Abigail  Wheeler,  1750. 
5.  Nathaniel,  December  28,  1696.  6.  Sarah, 
November  12,  1699;  married,  1726,  John  Beach 
(her  cousin).  7.  Daniel,  January  15,  1700: 
married  Hester,  daughter  of  Benjamin  Curtiss. 
8.  .\nna,  March,  1704;  married,  1728.  Elnathan 
Beers.  9.  Lsrael,  mentioned  below.  10.  James. 
August  13,  1709;  married  Sarah  Curtis,  born 
.September  2,  17 10. 

(HI)  Israel,  sixth  son  of  .Nathaniel  and 
Sarah  (  Porter)  Beach,  was  born  May  3,  1707, 
in  Stratford,  where  he  died  in  1743,  and  was 
buried  in  Stratford  old  burial  ])lace.  He  set- 
tled on  v^hat  is  known  as  the  Bear  Swamp 
farm,  where  he  built  a  house  in  1735,  which 
was  in  an  excellent  state  of  preservation  twen- 
ty-five years  ago.  He  cleared  up  this  farm  and 
established  a  good  home.  In  1758-59  he  was 
a  soldier  in  the  French  war,  and  marched  to 
Canada  and  back.  The  powder  horn  which  he 
carried  is  still  preserved  by  a  descendant  in 
Chicago.  By  trade  he  was  a  carpenter.  His 
descendants  settled  near  him  and  are  still  in 
possession  of  the  jiroperty.  He  married,  July 
I,  1731,  Hannah  Burritt,  born  December  3. 
171 1,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (  Wakeley  ) 
Burritt.  Children:  Phebe,  Nathaniel,  Mary, 
Israel,  Hannah,  Eben  and  Charity. 

(IV)  Nathaniel  (2),  eldest  son  of  Israel 
and  Hannah  (Burritt)  Beach,  was  bom  July 
30,  1735,  in  Stratford,  where  he  was  killed  by 


the  overturning  of  a  load  of  wood,  [''ebruary 
2~.  1818,  in  his  eighty-third  year.  He  was  a 
carpenter,  and  resided  on  Bear  Swamp  farm. 
He  married,  March  22,  1758,  Patience  Peet, 
born  in  September,  1735,  daughter  of  David 
and  Mary  (Titharton)  Peet.  His  first  child, 
name  unrecorded,  was  baptized  in  1759.  Two 
iithers  were:  .\biah,  born  September,  1760; 
Nathaniel,  died  young;  Phebe,  bajitized  No- 
vember I,  i7()5:  Nathan,  mentioned  below: 
Nathaniel,  October  21,  1772. 

(V)  Nathan,  second  son  of  .Nathaniel  (2) 
and  Patience  (Peet)  Beach,  was  born  about 
1770,  and  settled  at  Easton,  in  the  town  of 
I-'airfield,  Connecticut.  In  i8r6  he  removed  to 
Liberty,  Sullivan  county.  New  York,  where 
both  he  and  his  wife  died.  Children:  Isaac, 
.Nathan,  Mary,  married  Abraham  Hunt,  and 
two  other  daughters,  one  of  whom  married  a 
[,awrence  and  the  other  a  Messiter. 

(  \'I  )  Nathan  (2),  son  of  Nathan  (  1  )  Beach, 
was  born  .\pril  17,  1800,  in  Easton,  and  died 
January  6,  1888,  in  Owego,  New  York.  He 
was  sixteen  years  of  age  when  he  removed 
with  his  parents  to  Liberty,  and  there  grew  to 
manhood.  .About  1837  he  went  to  L'nadilla, 
(Jtsego  County,  New  York,  and  in  the  spring 
of  1838  settled  in  the  town  of  Owego,  Tioga 
county.  New  York,  where  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing. He  was  a  very  religious  man,  an  earnest 
student  of  the  Bible,  and  wrote  on  the  flyleaf 
of  his  Bible  the  number  of  books,  chapters, 
words  and  letters  therein.  He  married  (first). 
at  Liberty.  .Anna  Hoover,  born  there  Septem- 
ber 12,  1804,  died  in  Owego,  March  i,  1861  : 
(second)  C)]ive  Ingersoll,  who  died  Sejitember 
12,  igoo.  Children,  all  born  of  the  first  wife, 
the  first  three  in  Liberty:  William  ,\..  men- 
tioned below;  Isaac  N..  born  June  12,  1828. 
supposed  lost  at  sea ;  Minerva  J.,  .Sejatember 
15,  i8y,  married  Henry  Kiop,  of  Owego,  and 
died  September  i.  1853;  Eli  G.,  December  i, 
(838.  in  Owego,  now  living  in  that  town. 

"(\TI)  William  A.,  eldest  child  of  Nathan 
(2)  and  Anna  (Hoover)  Beach,  was  bom 
October  30,  1823,  in  Liberty,  and  died  May  10, 
1892.  in  Owego.  His  education  was  sniiplied 
by  the  public  schools  of  Liberty,  I'nadilla  and 
Owego.  and  he  became  a  millwright  and  sta- 
tionary engineer.  For  a  time  he  resided  in 
Allegheny  county.  Pennsylvania,  and  subse- 
quently in  the  west,  where  he  operated  engines 
in  sawmills.  Settling  in  the  town  of  Owego. 
he  engaged  in  farming  there  until  his  death. 
He  married,   in    1853,   Helen    Frances   Griffin, 


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born  December  26, ,  died  January  1 1,  1905, 

born  in  Cambridge,  \\'ashington  county,  New 
York,  daughter  of  Alfred  and  Cynthia  (Ris- 
ing) Griffin.  They  were  the  parents  of  two 
children:  Arthur  Nathan  Alfred  and  Otis  Seth; 
the  elder,  born  November  13,  1858,  is  a  tele- 
graph operator,  employed  by  the  Erie  railroad 
at  Hornell,  New  York.  He  married  Iretta 
Van  Buren. 

(Vni)  Otis  Seth,  younger  son  of  William 
A.  and  Helen  F.  (Griffin)  Beach,  was  born 
February  24,  i860,  in  Owego,  and  completed 
his  education  at  the  Owego  high  school.  At 
the  age  of  eighteen  years  he  became  a  clerk  in 
a  drug  store  at  Owego,  of  which  he  subse- 
(juently  became  and  is  now  owner.  In  1882,  in 
company  with  Alburn  W.  Parmelee,  he  pur- 
chased the  business,  and  this  was  conducted 
under  the  firm  name  of  Beach  &  Parmelee 
until  1895.  At  this  time  Mr.  Beach  purchased 
the  interest  of  his  partner,  and  since  then  has 
conducted  the  business  alone.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Business  Men's  Association,  and  the  fire 
department  of  Owego,  of  which  he  has  been 
chief  engineer.  He  is  active  in  various  fra- 
ternal bodies,  having  attained  the  thirty-second 
degree  in  Free  Masonry,  a  member  of  Friend- 
ship I^odge,  No.  153,  Owego  (past  master)  ; 
New  Jerusalem  Chapter,  No.  47,  Royal  Arch 
Masons  (past  high  priest)  ;  Malta  Command- 
ery.  Knights  Templar,  Binghamton  (past  com- 
mander) ;  and  is  a  member  of  Kalurah  Temple, 
.Ancient  Arabic  Order  Nobles  of  the  Mystic 
Shrine,  of  Binghamton.  He  is  also  a  member 
of  the  Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  Benevolent 
and  Protective  Order  of  Elks.  In  politics  he 
is  a  steadfast  Democrat :  he  served  as  a  trustee 
of  the  village  in  1886,  and  was  elected  super- 
visor in  i8go,  and  again  in  1907  and  1909.  In 
1910  he  was  elected  to  represent  his  district 
in  the  state  assembly,  and  served  on  three  com- 
mittees— those  of  printing,  insurance,  taxation 
and  retrenchment. 

Mr.  Beach  married,  October  26,  1892.  Lena 
M.  Writer,  of  Owego,  daughter  of  Gabriel  M. 
and  Hannah  (Cable)  Writer.  They  have  two 
children:  Harold  Franklin,  bom  September  15, 
1894,  and  Jeannette  Helen,  September  14,  1896. 


John  Ball,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
BALL     was  born  in  England,  and  came  to 

this  country  from  Wiltshire  before 
1650.  He  wasadmitted  a  freeman  at  Watertown, 
May   22,    1650.   and   was  buried   at   Concn^-d. 


Massachusetts,  November  i,  1655.  He  lived 
in  that  part  of  Concord  now  the  town  of  Bed- 
ford.    He  married  Joanna .     Children  : 

I.  Nathaniel,  settled  in  Concord;  had  sons 
Ebenezer,  Eleazer,  John  and  Nathaniel ;  many 
of  his  descendants  live  in  Worcester  county, 
Massachusetts.  2.  John,  mentioned  below.  3. 
Abigail,  born  at  Watertown,  May  26,  1656. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Ball,  was 
born  in  England,  about  1620;  married  (first) 
Elizabeth  I'eirce  (or  Pers),  daughter  of  John 
Peirce,  of  Watertown,  one  of  the  founders  of 
the  town.  The  wife  was  insane  in  1660,  and 
soon  afterward  died.  He  married  (second), 
October  3, 1665,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Fox,  of  Concord  and  Watertown.  Ball  was  a 
tailor  by  trade  and  also  a  farmer.  He  sold  his 
farm  at  Watertown,  originally  purchased  from 
John  Lawrence,  and  went  to  Lancaster,  where 
during  King  Philip's  war,  September  10,  1675, 
he  and  his  wife  and  infant  son  were  among 
the  victims  of  the  Indian  massacre.  His  son 
John  was  administrator  of  the  estate.  Children 
by  first  wife:  John,  mentionetl  below;  Mary, 
mentioned  in  will  of  her  Grandmother  Peirce ; 
Esther ;  Sarah,  born  1655  ;  Abigail,  born  April 
20,  1658,  died  young.  Child  of  second  wife: 
foseph.  born  ^Iarch  12,  1669-70. 

(HI)  John  (3),  .son  of  John  (2)  Ball,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  in  1644,  and  died  there 
May  9,  1722.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Watertown. 
He  married  there,  October  17,  1665,  Sarah 
Bullard.  Children,  born  at  Watertown:  Sarah, 
July  II,  1666;  John.  June  29,  1668;  James, 
March  7,  1670;  Joseph,  May  4,  1674;  Benja- 
min, mentioned  below  ;  Jonathan,  March  29. 
1680:  Daniel,  August  2,  1683;  .Abigail,  October 
5,  1686. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  (3)  Ball,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  about  1678,  and  settled 
about  1703  in  Framingham,  Massachusetts.  He 
>  leased  in  1703  forty-four  acres  of  land  on  the 
north  side  of  Stone  Brook,  Framingham,  near 
Colonel  Buckminster's  place,  and  took  the  deed 
of  his  farm  January  21,  1734.  He  built  his 
house  on  the  south  side  of  the  brook,  near 
Bullard's  bridge,  and  March  7,  1751,  sold  the 
place  to  .Allen  Flagg,  of  Worcester.  Children: 
Benjamin,  born  December  17,  1704;  John, 
mentioned  below :  .Abraham,  born  December 
29,  1707,  married,  January  13,  1732,  Martha 
Bridges,  and  lived  in  Holliston :  Isaac,  mar- 
ried, 1738,  Rachel  How,  of  Marlboro,  and 
settled  in  Brookfield,  Massachusetts :  Jacob, 
born  May  28,  171 2,  married  Deborah  Belknap. 


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daughter  of  Jedediah,  resided  in  Brookfield ; 
Thomas,  born  August  i6,  1714,  married,  Feb- 
ruary 17,  1739,  Hannali  Wright,  daughter  of 
Edward  Jr.;  Alary,  born  Feljruary   11,    171; 


Da 


born   De- 


married  Simon  Mellen  Jr. 
cember  29,  1722. 

(V)  John  (4),  son  of  Benjamin  Ball,  was 
born  in  Watertown,  July  16,  1706.  He  mar- 
ried Margaret  Heminway,  of  Hopkinton,  and 
Lydia  Perry. 

(VI)  Josiah,  son  of  John  (4)  and  Lydia 
(Perry)  Ball,  was  born  at  Watertown,  Decem- 
ber 16,  1742,  and  died  at  Berkshire,  New  York, 
July  26,  1810.  He  came  from  Massachusetts 
to  Berkshire  in  June,  1794,  and  was  among  the 
early  settlers  of  the  town.  He  was  a  shoe- 
maker by  trade.  He  had  an  extra  log  house 
which  he  kept  for  the  accommodation  of  pio- 
neers while  they  were  building  their  cabins, 
and  at  other  times  it  was  used  as  a  school- 
house  and  for  a  shoe  shop.  He  was  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  from  Stockbridge,  Massachu- 
setts, in  Captain  David  Pixley's  company.  Colo- 
nel John  Brown's  regiment,  June  20  to  July 
26,  1777,  in  the  northern  department.  He  mar- 
ried, February  26,  1768,  Esther  Ward,  born  in 
Worcester,  March  7,  1750,  died  March  9,  1836, 
daughter  of  Major  David  and  Mary  (Coggin) 
Ward.  Children :  William,  died  aged  two 
years;  Daniel,  born  December  27,  1769;  Wil- 
liam, October  18.  1771  ;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below;  Clarissa.  November  14,  1775,  married 
Isaac  Brown;  Samuel,  November  13,  1777; 
Henry,  November  21,   1779;  Josiah,  January 

28,  1782;  Isaac,  December  27,  1783;  Electa, 
June  9,  1788,  died  September  6,  1869;  Charles, 
September  4,  1790,  died  January  4,  1814;  Cyn- 
thia, April  24,  1793,  married  Luke  Bates  Win- 
ship;  Mary,  July,  1801,  died  January  12,  1803. 

(VII)  Stephen,  son  of  Josiah  Ball,  was 
born  in   Stockbridge,  Massachusetts,  January 

29,  1774,  and  died  in  Berkshire,  New  York, 
February  19,  1857.  He  was  one  of  the  first 
settlers  in  Berkshire,  coming  thither  in  1793. 
He  settled  on  lot  No.  336,  on  which  he  him- 
self cut  the  first  tree,  made  a  clearing  and  built 
a  log  house.  He  went  back  to  .Stockbridge  and 
the  following  year  returned  bringing  a  cow. 
In  June  his  parents  followed  him.  He  sjient 
tlie  rest  of  his  life  in  Berkshire,  following 
farming.  His  name  is  associated  with  many 
of  the  most  important  events  of  the  early  his- 
tory of  the  town.  He  erected  the  hotel  which 
stood  for  more  than  three-quarters  of  a  cen- 
tury in  the  village,  and  also  the  house  opposite 

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the  hotel.  He  married,  in  1 801,  Polly  Leonard, 
died  October  3,  1850,  a  daughter  of  Captain 
Asa  and  OHve  (Uiurchill)  Leonard.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Olive  Leonard,  born  November  2, 
1801  ;  married  Robert  Akins.  2.  Mary,  born 
May  12,  1803,  died  March  21,  1815.  3.  Har- 
riet, born  July  19,  1805;  married  Aaron  P. 
Belcher.  4.  Eliza  Ann,  born  October  7,  1807; 
married  Charles  Brown.  5.  Richard  Leon- 
ard, born  June  9,  1809,  died^May  21,  1848.  6. 
James  Ward,  born  May  24,  181 1;  married 
Sylpha  Watson ;  settled  in  Ottawa,  Illinois.  7. 
Caroline,  born  May  14,  1813;  married  Car- 
lisle AI.  Johnson.  8.  Levi,  born  Alarch  26, 
1815:  married  Bet.scy  Ann  Royce.  9.  Anson, 
born  Alarch  19,  1817,  died  April  27,  1884; 
married  Caroline  Aloore.  10.  Asa,  born  .\pril 
26.  1819:  married  Esther  Alaria  Manning.  11. 
Mary  Sophia,  born  February  2,  1821  ;  married 
Dr.  Edward  H.  Eldridge.  12.  Robert  Henry, 
mentioned  below.  13.  Frances  Calista,  born 
January  2,  1825,  died"  October  21.  1853:  mar- 
ried George  Clark  Royce. 

(VIII)  Robert  Henry,  son  of  Stephen  Ball, 
was  born  February  25,  1823,  in  Berkshire, 
New  York,  and  died  June  7,  1900.  He  attend- 
ed the  public  schools.  He  followed  farming  on 
the  homestead  cleared  by  his  father  and  grand- 
father, and  lived  there  all  his  life.  He  was  for 
some  years  town  clerk  of  Berkshire.  He  was 
a  member  of  the  Congregational  church.  He 
married  Henrietta  Maria  Conklin,  born  in 
Erie  county.  New  York,  February  24,  1827, 
died  in  Berkshire,  January  30,  1901,  daughter 
of  William  C.  and  Henrietta  M.  (Patterson) 
Conklin.  Children:  i.  Polly,  born  October 
2,  1852,  died  Alarch  26,  1882;  married  Dem- 
ing  A.  Payne,  of  Ithaca,  New  York;  chil- 
dren :  Luther  C.  and  Robert  Henry  Payne,  now 
living  in  Liberty,  New  York.  2.  George  Pat- 
terson, mentioned  below.  3.  Francis  C,  born 
July  31.  1857,  died  July  18,  i8(5o.  4.  .Anna 
Waldo,  born  September  19,  1859,  died  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1875.  5.  Robert  Henry  Jr.,  born 
Alay  31,  1862,  died  October  17,  1886.  6.  Cor- 
nelia Babcock,  born  December  14,  1870:  mar- 
ried Irving  C.  Robbins,  of  East  Bloomfield, 
Ontario  county.  New  York ;  children :  George 
Ball,  Robert  Henry  and  Glenn  Edward. 

(IX)  George  Patterson,  son  of  Robert 
Henry  Ball,  was  born  April  i,  1855,  at  Berk- 
shire, New  York.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
He  began  his  business  career  as  a  buyer  for 
E.  B.   ^^'aldo,  a  produce  merchant  of  Berk- 


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shire,  and  continued  for  ten  years,  lie  suc- 
ceeded to  the  homestead,  and  has  been  farm- 
ing there  since  he  was  a  young  man,  and  has 
always  lived  in  the  house  where  he  was  born. 
For  twelve  years  he  was  justice  of  the  peace 
and  member  of  the  town  board,  and  he  has 
held  the  office  of  tax  collector.  Since  1898 
he  has  been  postmaster  of  lierkshire.  For 
five  years  he  was  president  of  the  board  of 
education.  He  is  a  Republican,  and  has  been 
active  in  politics,  serving  several  years  as  a 
member  of  the  Republican  county  committee 
from  I'erkshire.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congrega- 
tionalist  and  a  trustee  of  the  Congregational 
Society.  He  married,  October  3.  1877,  Jane 
C.  Leonard,  born  in  Berkshire,  daughter  of 
Joseph  Waldo  and  Mary  Ann  (Canfield) 
Leonard.  Children:  i.  Anna  May.  2.  Edith 
Leonard,  married  Bert  L.  Gray,  of  Deposit, 
New  York ;  children :  Eleanor,  George  Luther 
and  Frederick.  3.  Elizabeth  Waldo,  married 
Dr.  William  J.  Tiffany,  second  assistant  phy- 
sician at  ISinghamton  .State  Hospital ;  one 
child,  Marjorie.  4.  Ruth,  married  Joseph  .A. 
Barr,  of  Berkshire;  children:  William  and 
Richard.  5.  Louis  Robert.  6.  Waldo  Leon- 
ard.    7.  Lucy  Brewster. 


William  Witter,  the  immigrant 
WITTF.R     ancestor,  was  born  in  England, 

in  1584,  and  died  in  1659.  He 
came  from  England  in  tlie  ship  "Mary  and 
John,"  in  1639,  and  settled  at  Lynn,  Massa- 
chusetts. He  was  called  into  court  May  2. 
1646,  "for  antagonizing  Infant  Baptism."  He 
had  a  case  in  court  with  an  Indian  known  as 
Duke  William,  who  claimed  his  land.  His 
will,  dated  August  5,  1652,  inventory  Novem- 
ber 15,  1659,  proved  June  24,  1661,  bequeathed 
to  wife  Annis.  son  Josiah  and  daughter  Han- 
nah, wife  of  Robert  Burden,  or  Burdick.  He 
owned  much  land  at  what  is  now  Nahant. 
Children:  Josiah  and  Hannali. 

(II)  Josiah,  son  of  William  W^itter,  died 
before  1690.  He  settled  at  Stonington,  Con- 
necticut, soon  after  his  marriage.  He  bought 
large  tracts  of  land  at  Stonington,  and  built  a 
house  near  Thomas  Wheeler's,  where  all  his 
children  were  born.  His  house  was  at  what 
is  now  North  Stonington,  near  the  place  lately 
owned  by  James  T.  Brown.  He  married 
(first),  February  25,  1662,  Elizabeth,  daugh- 
ter of  Thomas  and  Mary  Wheeler ;  she  died 
August  5.  1672,  and  he  married  (second) 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Ekler  John  Crandall ;  she 


married  (second)  Peter  Button,  and  had  chil- 
dren: Peter,  Mary,  Mathew  and  Elipha!  But- 
ton. John  and  Ebenezer  relinquished  their 
right  in  their  father's  estate  in  1689.  Children 
of  first  wife:  Elizabeth,  born  March  15,  1663; 
Mary.  P^ebruary  20,  1665 :  Ebenezer,  March 
2,  1668.  Children  of  second  wife:  John,  men- 
tioned below;  .Sarah,  I'ebruary  9.  1679;  Han- 
nah. March  1,  1671. 

(HI  I  John,  son  of  Josiah  Witter,  was  born 
Alarch  11,  1677.  He  married  (first)  Sarah, 
daughter  of  Samuel  Tefft,  of  South  Kingston, 
Rhode    Island.      She   died   before    March    16, 

1723,  and  he  married  (second)   Mary , 

who  died  soon  after  December  22,  1743.  He 
was  a  freeman  of  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  ad- 
mitted January  29,  1702.  He  was  a  prominent 
citizen  and  large  landholder  of  Westerly, 
Rhode  Island.  Children :  Sarah,  John,  mar- 
ried. September  7,  1740,  .^nnie  Davis:  Joseph, 
mentioned   below :   Martha,   married,   October 

18,  1747;  Stephen  Lewis. 

( I\' )  Joseph,  son  of  John  Witter,  was  born 
at  Westerly,  .^pril  4.  1716,  and  died  January 
12,  1799.  He  married,  December  9,  1736, 
-Sarah  Stewart,  born  May  2},.  1715,  died  March 
23,  1802.  Children  born  at  Westerly  or  Hop- 
kinton  :  Joseph,  died  February,  1731  :  Josiah, 
mentioned  below  ;  William,  married.  Novem- 
ber I,  1764,  Martha  Cole, 

(Y)  Josiah  (2),  son  of  Joseph  Witter,  was 
born  January  25,  1739,  at  Ilopkinton  or  West- 
erly.   He  married  'Tacy  Reynolds,  born  March 

19,  1743,  daughter  of  Zacheus  Reynolds;  they 
were  married  February  2.  1764.  at  Hopkinton, 
by  Justice  John  Burdick.  Children,  born  at 
Hopkinton:  \\'eeden.  .Vpril  30,  1765;  Susan- 
nah. May  7.  1767;  Lois,  October  i,  1768:  Han- 
nah. August  12,  1772;  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low; Eunice  F.,  October  31,  1775;  Josiah, 
March  28,  1777;  Sarah,  February  6,  1779. 

(\'l)  Joseph  (2),  son  of  Josiah  (2)  Wit- 
ter, was  born  at  Hopkinton.  Rhode  Island, 
March  28,  1773.  He  came  to  Lewis  county. 
New  York,  in  1800,  and  settled  in  the  town  of 
Pinckney.  He  was  a  soldier  in  the  war  of 
1812,  and  died  in  Jefferson  county,  of  disease 
resulting  from  exposure  in  the  service.  He 
married  (first),  in  1803.  Waity  Greene,  born 
December  20,  1787.  died  in  .\dams  Center, 
Jefferson  count}-,  New  'S'ork,  .Se]itember  9, 
1873.  .She  married  (second)  John  Trowbridge. 
The  Witters  lived  in  Rensselaer,  then  Madison 
county.  New  York,  whence  they  came  to  Jef- 
ferson countv  before  1812.     She  was  a  mem- 


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ber  of  the  Seventii  Day  Baptist  church.  Chil- 
dren of  Joseph  and  Waity  \Vitter  :  Emily,  born 
1804,  died  at  home  of  her  brother  Russell,  in 
N'erona.  Xew  York,  February  10,  1852,  aged 
forty-seven,  unmarried  :  Maria.  Eunice.  PoUv, 
Rus.sell  G.,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Russell  G.,  son  of  Joseph  (2)  Wit- 
ter, was  born  September  i,  180(1,  and  attended 
school  in  Adams,  New  \'ork.  During  all  his 
active  life  he  followed  farming.  He  marriefl. 
Sejitember  22.  1828,  Sarah  Williams,  born 
March  2~,  1798,  died  at  W-rnna,  December  21, 
i8()5.  daughter  of  Cajnain  William  Williams, 
wiio  was  in  the  coasting  trade  and  was  lost  at 
sea  before  his  daughter  Sally  was  bom.  The 
W'illiams  family  came  to  Verona,  New  'S'ork, 
and  Sally  was  left  an  orphan  when  quite 
young,  and  was  brought  up  by  her  uncles  and 
aunts.  Mr.  \\'itter  was  a  Democrat  before  the 
civil  war.  but  in  later  years  a  staunch  Repub- 
lican. In  religion  he  was  a  Seventh  Day  llap- 
tist.  He  died  at  \'erona.  May  i,  1861.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Mary  Ann.  born  Se[)tember  I.  1830. 
died  November  27,  1873;  married  Alben  Saun- 
ders, who  died  May  5,  1864.  2.  William  El- 
bridge,  mentioned  below.  3.  Susan  .\..  born 
December  18,  1837:  married  October,  i8f'x;, 
(  Irin  Peckham,  of  Worcester,  Massachusetts; 
two  children. 

(VIII)  William  Elbridge,  son  of  Russell  G. 
Witter,  was  born  July  8,  1832.  He  spent  his 
youth  on  his  father's  farm,  and  attended  the 
public  schools  of  his  native  town.  He  fol- 
lowed farming  and  lumbering  when  a  young 
man.  and  then  engaged  in  business  as  a  builder 
and  owner  of  canal  boats.  In  the  course  of 
time  he  became  extensively  engaged  in  the 
transportation  business,  and  for  twenty  years 
had  an  office  in  I'utTalo.  New  York.  For  manv 
years  he  was  doubtless  the  largest  owner  and 
operator  of  canal  transportation  in  the  country. 
He  also  dealt  to  a  large  extent  in  live  stock, 
and  was  a  general  merchant  for  many  years. 
He  owned  many  farms.  A  self-made  man.  he 
was  the  architect  of  his  own  fortune,  and  cme 
of  the  leading  factors  in  the  development  of 
this  section.  He  retired  with  a  competence  in 
Kjoo,  and  since  then  has  lived  quietly  in  the 
city  of  Oneida,  enjoying  the  well-earned  leis- 
ure and  substantial  fruits  of  a  busy  career  and 
long  years  of  activity  and  industry.  He  is  a 
member  of  the  Seventh  Day  Baptist  Society 
of  Oneida  and  of  Lodge.  No.  270.  Free  Ma- 
sons.    In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married.  Tune  6,  iSfii,  T.  Louisa  Lawtim, 


born  in  X'erona,  Oneida  county,  New  York, 
.November  26,  1833,  daughter  of  Joseph  Law- 
ton,  and  granddaughter  of  Jose'ijli.  Jr.,  and 
Joanna  (Belknap)  Lawton.  Joseph  Lawton, 
father  of  her  grandfather,  Joseph,  Jr..  married 
Nancy  Dennison  ;  they  came  from  Rhode  Island 
and  Connecticut  respectively.  Children  of 
Mr.  and  Mrs.  Witter:  i.'Eva  May,  born 
March  26,  1862;  marrieil,  January  y,  1894. 
Willis  Brundidge.  of  Oneida;  children:  Violet 
and  Orville.  2.  .Mice  Louisa,  born  August  24. 
18(13;  married,  July  20,  1892,  William  .\I. 
Price,  cif  London,  England,  later  of  Des 
Moines,  Iowa,  and  now  of  St.  Louis,  Missouri ; 
children:  Elbridge  Witter.  Priscilla  Louisa. 
William  Stanley,  .Mice  Catherine.  Cecil  Lit- 
ten.  3.  Sarah  j.,  born  .August  23,  1865:  mar- 
ried. March  17.  1886,  S.  .\.  Canijibell.  of  Bos- 
ton ;  children :  .\rcliie  Witter,  Russell  and 
Marian  Campbell.  4.  Jemiie,  born  ."September 
9.  i8()7;  married  P)r.  Eugene  H.  Carpenter,  of 
Oneida,  in  June,  1898;  children:  Eugene  and 
child  will)  (lied  in  infancy.  3.  Carrie  B.,  born 
July  4.  i8()9;  married.  Sejjtember  13,  1899,  Dr. 
Marcus  L.  Clawson.  of  Plainfield.  New  Jer- 
sey, and  has  one  child.  Elbridge  Witter  Claw- 
son.  Three  children  of  Mr.  and  .Mrs.  William 
v..  \\'itter  died  in  infancy-. 


(Tl 


(ircfiu-   Liiu-I. 


(1)  Jiihn  (  ireenc,  the  nnniigrant  ancestor, 
is  first  found  on  the  records  in  1639  as  living 
with  Richard  Smith  Sr..  at  a  trading-post 
near  the  village  now  called  XN'ickford,  in  North 
Kingston,  Rhode  Island.  There  is  a  family 
tradition  that  he  came  from  England,  and 
had  the  name  of  Clarke  before  he  changed 
it  to  Greene.  He  may  have  come  from  Glou- 
cestershire, England,  with  Siuith.  John 
( ireene.  of  Newport,  and  the  surgeon,  John 
Greene,  of  Warwick,  settled  in  those  places 
about  the  same  tiiue  that  this  John  Greene 
was  in  North  Kingston.  In  1663  he  was 
brought  before  the  Rhode  Island  court  for 
declaring  himself  under  the  jurisdiction  cif 
Connecticut  instead  of  Rhode  Island,  as  his 
land  was  in  Ouidnesset  Neck,  which  was  ])ur- 
chased  from  the  Indians  contrary  to  the  orders 
of  the  Rhode  Island  general  court.  .-Mthough 
he  answered  the  charges  wdth  so  much  spirit 
that  he  had  to  ask  jjardon,  the  court  agreed 
to  protect  his  title  to  the  land,  and  declared 
him  still  a  freeman,  lie  took  the  (latlt  of  alle- 
giance to  Rhode  Island.  May  20,  1671.  and 
|annar\-    l.    1(172,  was  one  nf  six   who  bought 


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a  large  tract  of  land  at  Narragansett  from  the 
Indians,  and  in  1672-74  his  narhe  is  written  as 
witness  to  transfers  of  land.  July  29,  1679, 
he  signed  a  petition  with  forty-one  other  men 
of  Narragansett  asking  the  king  to  end  the  dis- 
pute between  Rhode  Island  and  Connecticut 
in  regard  to  the  jurisdiction  of  their  territory. 
He  deeded  120  acres  of  land  on  Allen's  Har- 
bar  to  his  son  Daniel,  March  24,  1682,  and  60 
acres  adjoining  it  to  his  son  James,  for  which 
they  were  to  pay  him  a  certain  sum  each  year 
as  long  as  he  lived.  He  signed  an  address  to 
the  king,  July  16,  1686,  and  May  13,  1692,  he 
was  witness  to  a  deed.  His  name  is  not  on 
the  list  of  freemen  for  1696,  so  he  doubtless 
died  between  1692  and  1696.  His  wife's 
name  was  Joan.  Children:  John,  Jr.,  born 
June  6,  1651  ;  Daniel;  James,  born  1655;  Ed- 
ward; Benjamin,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Benjamin,  son  of  John  Greene,  was 
born  about  1665.  in  North  Kingston.  He  was 
on  the  list  of  freemen  there  in  1696,  and  in 
1 698- 1 703  he  was  deputy  to  the  general  as- 
sembly. In  1 701 -1 704  was  member  of  the 
town  council,  and  in  1702  was  ratemaker.  He 
was  appointed  to  lay  out  highways  in  1703. 
March  26,  1705,  he  sold  land  in  Kingston  and 
removed  to  East  Greenwich,  where  he  lived 
until  his  death  in  1718-19.  His  will,  dated 
January  7,  proved  March  5,  1719,  in  East 
Greenwich,  mentions  wife  and  twelve  children. 
He  married,  about  1687,  Humility,  daughter  of 
Joshua  and  Joan  (W'est)  Coggeshall,  of  New- 
port and  Portsmouth ;  she  was  born  in  Ports- 
mouth, January,  1671.  Children:  John,  men- 
tioned below;  Mary,  born  about  1690;  Ben- 
jamin, about  1692;  Ann,  about  1694;  Henry, 
about  1696;  Phebe,  about  1698;  Catherine, 
about  1700;  after  1700:  Caleb,  Sarah,  Dinah, 
Deborah,  Joshua. 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  Pjcnjamin  (ireene, 
was  born  about  16S8,  doubtless  at  Quidncsset, 
North  Kingston,  Rhode  Island,  and  died  at 
West  Greenwich,  March  29,  1752.  His  will 
was  dated  Marcli  26  and  proved  April  25, 
1752.  October  13,  1726,  he  gave  a  receipt 
for  his  wife's  share  of  her  father's  estate.  He 
is  called  Lieutenant  John  in  1732,  and  in  some 
family  records  he  is  called  "\Vhite-IIat  John". 
January  9,  1733-4,  he  bought  land  in  West 
Greenwich,  and  in  1743  he  sold  farms  which 
had  formerly  belonged  to  his  father  and 
brother  Caleb,  both  dead.  His  homestead  was 
on  the  Cran.ston  farm  in  West  Greenwich.  He 
married  (first),  about  1708,  Mary  Aylsworth, 


born  as  early  as  1688,  daughter  of  Arthur  and 
Mary  (Brown)  Aylsworth,  who  came  from 
England  or  Wales  to  Ouidnesset ;  Mary  Brown 
was  daughter  of  Rev.  John  and  Mary 
(Holmes)  Brown,  of  Providence,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Rev.  Obadiah  Holmes,  the  Bap- 
tist minister  of  Newport  who  was  persecuted 
by  the  P'uritans  of  ^lassachusetts.  He  mar- 
ried (second),  August  24,  1741,  Priscilla 
Bowen  (or  Barney),  of  Swansea,  and  she  sur- 
vived him.  Children,  probably  by  first  wife: 
Thomas,  born  about  1710;  Philip,  about  1712; 
Mary,  probably  died  before  1752,  not  men- 
tioned in  her  father's  will;  Josiah,  about  1715; 
Amos,  January  17,  1717;  Benjamin,  about 
1719;  Caleb,  Jonathan,  Joseph,  mentioned  be- 
low; Elizabeth,  Ruth,  William,  about  1732; 
Joshua.  (The  order  of  birth  of  daughters  is 
not  certain). 

(IV)  Joseph,  son  of  John  (2)  Greene,  was 
born  about  1725,  probably  in  East  Greenwich, 
and  moved  to  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  between 
1768  and  1774.  where  he  very  likely  lived  for 
over  twenty  years,  iie  was  living  in  West 
Greenwich  in  1774,  according  to  the  census 
of  June.  He  was  a  Seventh  Day  Baptist.  Late 
in  1779  or  early  in  1780  his  children  and  their 
families  moved  to  Little  Hoosick  (Berlin"), 
Rensselaer  county.  New  York,  and  he  and  his 
wife  may  have  gone  with  them.  He  married, 
September  20,  1747,  in  Westerly,  Margaret 
Greenman,  born  October  17,  1725,  daughter  of 
Edward,  Jr.,  and  Sarah  (Clarke)  Greenman, 
of  Charlestown.  Children.  Charles,  men- 
tioned below;  Luke,  born  September  18,  1751 ; 
John,  June  10,  1754;  Rhoda,  April  29,  1756; 
Edward,  March  20,  1760;  Perry,  February 
20,  1762;  Joseph,  October  3.'  1764;  Olive, 
March  5,  1768. 

(V)  Charles,  son  of  Joseph  Greene,  was 
born  in  W'esterly,  June  19,  1749,  and  died  in 
Pinckney,  Lewis  county.  New  York,  when  an 
old  man.  He  was  a  farmer,  and  served  in  the 
revolution  in  1777-78  in  Colonel  John  Top- 
ham's  regiment,  in  Rhode  Island,  with  his 
brothers  John  and  Edward,  and  later  for  two 
years  as  an  officer  in  Captain  Samuel  Shaw's 
company.  Sixth  Albany  Regiment.  Fourth 
Rensselaerwyck  Battalion.  He  was  com- 
missioned ensign  August  11.  1780.  and  lieuten- 
ant August  15,  1781,  and  iiis  four  brothers 
served  in  the  same  company,  .\cctirding  to 
the  census  of  June,  1774,  he  lived  in  West 
Greenwich,  having  a  girl  and  two  boys,  and 
probably  in  1779  he  moved  to  Little  Hoosick, 


NEW  YORK. 


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where  he  Hved  until  he  moved  to  Pinckney, 
where  he  died.  He  married  (first),  Novem- 
ber 24,  1768,  in  West  Greenwich,  Waite  Bai- 
ley, who  was  born  in  East  Greenwich,  March 
9,  1 75 1,  and  died  in  1791,  aged  forty-nine. 
She  was  daughter  of  Caleb  and  Mary  (God- 
frey) Bailey,  and  aunt  of  Elder  Eli  S.  I'ailey. 
He  married  (second)  Mrs.  Burdick,  who  died 
in  Brookfield,  New  York.  Children  by  first 
wife,  the  first  five  or  six  born  in  Rhode  Island : 
Josiah,  born  March  24,  1771 ;  Ethan,  February 
7,  1773;  Mary  (Polly),  April  20,  1775;  Mar- 
garet, October  6,  1777;  Charles,  October  10, 
1778;  Russell,  January  20,  1781  ;  Caleb,  Sep- 
tember 13,  1783;  Paul,  August  5,  1785: 
Waity,  December  20,  1787,  married  Joseph 
Witter  (see  Witter)  ;  Jared.  August  28,  1789; 
\\'illiam,  August  13.  1791. 


This  is  a  name  found  in  Eng- 
Hr)RTOX  land  at  a  very  early  period.  In 
the  twelfth  century  Robert  de 
Horton  was  possessed  of  the  manor  of  Hor- 
ton  in  Lincolnshire.  England.  This  form  of 
the  name  indicates  that  it  is  of  Latin  origin 
and  came  from  France  into  England.  Its 
first  beginning  and  significance  is  lost  in  the 
mazes  of  the  remote  past.  The  French  sylla- 
ble "tie"  signifies  "of."  and  shows  that  the 
name  is  derived  from  a  locality  or  manor.  The 
Hortons  were  possessed  of  a  manor,  including 
mill  and  land  at  Great  Horton,  in  England. 
William  Horton,  Esq.,  of  Firth,  had  a  home- 
stead at  Barksland,  in  Halifax,  England.  He 
is  said  to  have  been  a  descendant  of  Robert 
de  Horton.  His  wife  Elizabeth  was  daughter 
of  Thomas  Hanson.  Esq.,  of  Toothill,  and  died 
about  1640.  They  had  sons  William  and  Jo- 
seph. The  latter  born  about  1578,  may  have 
.settled  at  Mousley,  and  was  possibly  the 
father  of  the  immigrant  ancestor  of  this 
country.  In  early  generations  here  the  fam- 
ily was  engaged  chiefly  in  tilling  the  soil,  but 
later  generations  have  engaged  in  professional 
life,  and  are  found  among  manufacturers  and 
other  leaders  of  industry.  They  have  been 
conspicuously  identified  with  the  settlement 
and  history  of  Westchester  county,  where 
many  representatives  now  occupy  prominent 
positions  in  the  business  world. 

(I)  Barnabas  Horton  was  born  July  13. 
1600,  in  Mouslev,  Lincolnshire,  England,  and 
died  July  13,  1680,  in  Southold,  Long  Island. 
He  came  to  America  in  the  ship  "Swallow," 
owned    and    commanded   by   Jeremy    Horton, 


between  1635  and  i(>38,  and  was  landholder 
at  Hampton,  Massachusetts  (now  New  Hamp- 
shire), where  his  house  lot  was  granted  in 
June,  1640.  In  the  following  year  he  was  in 
Ipswich,  Massachusetts,  where  he  sold  six 
acres  of  land  March  12,  1641.  He  was  subse- 
quently at  New  Haven.  Connecticut,  with  his 
wife  Alary  and  sons  Joseph  and  Benjamin. 
He  appears  as  one  of  the  organizers  of  a 
church  in  New  Haven,  October  31,  1640,  and 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  of  Connecticut 
several  times  between  1654  and  1661.  He  may 
have  been  at  that  time  a  resident  of  Southold, 
then  considered  under  the  jurisdiction  of  Con- 
necticut. He  was  constable  at  Southold  in 
1656-59,  and  collector  of  customs  in  1658-59. 
He  appears  as  a  freeman  at  Southold,  Octo- 
ber' 9,  1662,  and  was  commissioner  for  that 
town  in  1663-64.  The  records  show  that  he 
had  property  at  Southold  in  1651,  and  he  was 
made  a  member  of  a  committee  at  New  Ha- 
ven to  buy  lands  of  the  Indians  at  the  east  end 
of  Long  Island,  December  7,  1665.  He  brought 
with  him  from  England  a  Bible,  printed  in 
1597,  which  is  pieserved  by  his  descendants, 
and  also  the  musket  which  he  used.  He  built 
the  first  frame  house  on  Long  Island,  and  this 
was  still  standing  in  1875,  the  sides  still  cov- 
ered with  the  original  shingles.  lie  is  de- 
scribed as  a  pious  man,  an  advocate  of  civil 
and  religious  freedom.  His  homestead  at 
Southold  remained  in  the  hands  of  his  de- 
scendants until  1873,  when  its  last  owner,  Jon- 
athan G.  Horton,  willed  it  to  an  adopted 
daughter,  having  no  children  of  his  own.  In 
a  table  of  Long  Island  rates  made  in  1775 
he  was  assessed  for  thirty-seven  acres  of  land 
at  £37:  nine  oxen,  £54;  four  three-year-old 
cattle,  fi6:  four  two-year-olds,  £10;  four  year- 
lings, £6:  sixty-nine  .sheep,  £23:  six  horses. 
£72 ;  one  colt,  £3 :  eight  swine,  £8.  His  chil- 
dren were:  Josqih,  Benjamin,  Caleb.  Joshua, 
Jonathan,  Hannah,  Sarali,  Mary,  Mercy,  Abi- 
gail. 

(II)  Joseph,  eldest  child  of  Barnabas  and 
Mary  Horton,  born  about  1625,  in  England, 
died  before  June  12,  i6q6.  He  resided  near  his 
father  in  Southold  until  about  1664,  when  he 
removed  to  Rye,  now  in  Westchester  county. 
New  York,  then  under  the  jurisdiction  of 
Connecticut.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman  of 
the  Connecticut  colony  October  9,  1662.  then 
residing  at  Southold.  In  1665  he  sold  his 
house  and  land  at  Southold.  his  father  being 
the  purchaser  of  his  homestead.     In   167 1  he 


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was  a  selectman  of  Rye,  and  about  the  same 
time  was  on  a  committee  to  procure  a  minis- 
ter. In  1672  he  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  and  in  1676  was  a  commissioner  em- 
powered to  administer  oaths  to  town  officers. 
Jn  1678  he  was  justice  of  the  peace,  and  com- 
missioner for  Rye  1681-83..  He  was  con- 
firmed by  the  general  court  of  Connecticut. 
May  9,  1667,  as  lieutenant  of  the  train  band  at 
Rye.  and  was  later  a  captain.  He  was  empow- 
ered to  marry  couples  in  1678.  In  1691  he 
inherited  land  from  his  brother  Benjamin, 
and  in  1695  was  chosen  vestryman  of  the 
church  at  Rye.  He  was  a  miller  by  occupation, 
and  many  of  his  descendants  were  similarly 
engaged.  He  married,  about  1655,  Jane, 
daughter  of  John  and  Catherine  Budd,  of 
Southold.  John  Budd  was  one  of  the  original 
thirteen  I'uritan  settlers  of  Southold,  in  1640, 
and  moved  to  Rye  before  1664.  This  probably 
led  to  the  removal  of  Joseph  Horton  to  Rye. 
The  latter's  children  were :  John,  Joseph, 
Samuel.  David,  Jonathan,  Benjamin  and  Han- 
nah. 

(Ill)  David,  fourth  son  of  Joseph  and 
Jane  (Budd)  Horton,  was  born  about  1654.  in 
Southold.  and  settled  in  White  Plains,  New 
York.  Before"  1700  he  bought  land  there  of 
his  brother  John,  and  October  27,  1707,  re- 
ceived a  quitclaim  from  his  nephew  to  lands 
previously  owned  by  Joseph  Horton  in  White 
Plains.  His  earmark  was  registered  in  1719. 
He  was  one  of  the  patentees  of  the  White 
Plains  purchase,  and  as  such  was  a  grantor  to 
fellow  members  of  the  association  January 
18,  1723.  He  deeded  land  at  White  Plains  to 
his  son  David,  March  5,  1726.  He  was  among 
those  who  signed  a  petition  to  the  general 
court  of  Connecticut.  May  11,  and  October  5, 
1727,  relating  to  the  building  of  a  meeting 
house  at  Rye.  He  quitclaimed  land  formerly 
owned  by  his  brother  Samuel  to  a  nephew 
April  24,  1733.  He  married  Esther  King; 
children :  David,  Rebecca,  William,  Thomas, 
Josei)h,  Daniel  and  John. 

(I\')  John,  youngest  child  of  David  and 
Esther  (King)  Horton,  was  born  about  1696, 
in  White  Plains,  and  resided  in  Rye,  where  he 
operated  a  mill  on  Horton's  Mill  Pond  from 
1747  to  i~(>ii.  He  married  Elizabeth  Eee ; 
sons:  Richard,  John,  David  and  Daniel. 

(V)  Richard,  eldest  son  of  John  and  Eliza- 
beth (I,cc)  Horton,  was  born  1721.  at  White 
Plains,  and   settled   in    i'eekskill.      lie   niairieil 


Jemima  Wright;  sons;  Elijah,  (leorge,  Wil- 
liam and  Richard. 

( \  I )  George,  second  son  of  Richard  and 
Jemima  (Wright)  Horton,  was  born  March 
23,  1760  (?),  in  Peekskill,  and  died  October 
28,  1835,  aged  seventy-five  years.  He  was  a 
pioneer  settler  in  the  town  of  Nichols,  Tioga 
county.  New  York,  where  he  passed  his  life 
engaged  in  farming.  He  married  Elsie  Shoe- 
maker, born  August  19.  1760,  died  February 
4.  1827.  Children:  Daniel,  born  December  26, 
1780;  Benjamin,  November  10.  1783;  Anna, 
October  11,  1785;  Elizabeth,  August  2,  1787; 
Esther,  April  25,  1789;  George  C,  mentioned 
below;  Elsie,  .-\pril  13,  1793;  Abraham,  Alarch 
4,  1795;  Sarah,  May  21,  1796;  Eleanor,  Sep- 
tanber  4,  1798;  Jane  Depew,  November  24, 
1800. 

(VII)  George  Cummins,  third  son  of 
George  and  Elsie  ( Shoemaker  )  Horton,  was 
born  June  2,  1791,  and  died  May  28,  1863,  in 
Tioga,  New  York.  About  18 12  he  settled  in 
Tioga,  where  he  took  up  a  few  acres  of  land 
at  first,  built  a  log  house,  and  began  clearing 
his  land.  By  thrift  and  industry  he  kept  add- 
ing to  his  farm  until  he  had  more  than  eight 
hundred  acres  in  one  body  at  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  married,  February  23,  1812,  Han- 
nah Cortwright,  born  November  25,  1797;  she 
survived  her  husband  more  than  twenty-four 
years,  and  died  November  24,  1887  in  Tioga. 
Childien:  i.  Rachel  C,  born  December  6, 
1812:  married  Lncian  Anthony,  and  lived  in 
Nichols,  Tioga  county,  New  York ;  died  No- 
vember 24,  1864.  2.  Daniel  B.,  January  11, 
181 5 :  lived  in  Tioga,  New  York,  and  died  Oc- 
tober 4,  1878.  3.  Stephen  S.,  February  18, 
1817;  lived  in  Nichols,  Tioga  county,  and  died 
March  21,  1887.  4.  George  Silas,  March  27, 
1819,  lived  in  Tioga,  and  died  December  23, 
1872.  5.  Hannah  B.,  January  14,  1821,  mar- 
ried Ephraim  Goodrich,  lived  in  Tioga,  and 
died  September  19,  1898.  6.  Jane  D..  Decem- 
ber 30,  1822,  married  Miller  Wood,  and  died 
.Se])tember  12,  1860,  in  Tioga.  7.  lienjamin, 
March  10,  1824.  died  September  15,  i88r.  in 
Tioga.  8.  Emeline  M.,  January  29,  1826, 
married  Emamiel  Ennis,  died  October  10, 
1897,  in  Spencer,  Tioga  county.  9.  Avery  B., 
December  25,  1828,  lived  in  Tioga,  and  died 
.April  9,  1865.  10.  Phebe  Ann,  died  ten  days 
old.  II.  Gurdon  H..  mentioned  below.  12. 
Charlotte  IT.,  July  22,  1835,  married  Alexan- 
der Jones,  and   died   September   21,    1888,   in 


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Huriiell,    Steuben    county,     New     York.      13. 
Isaac,  Tioga.     14.  Abram,  Tioga. 

(VIII)  Gurdon  H.,  sixth  son  of  George  C. 
and  Hannah  (Cortwright)  Horton,  was  born 
December  4,  1833,  in  Tioga,  where  he  died 
August  17,  1904.  He  received  such  e(Uication 
as  the  schools  of  his  native  town  and  com- 
munity afforded,  and  s])ent  his  life  in  the  town 
where  he  was  born,  where  he  had  a  farm  of 
some  two  hundred  acres.  He  married,  March 
26,  1863,  Alary  C.  Goodrich,  born  Feliruary 
20,  1839,  in  Tioga,  daughter  of  Silas  and  Mary 
Ann  (Goodrich)  (!ioodrich.  They  were  the 
parents  of  Fannie  and  Fred  Goodrich  Horton. 
The  daughter,  born  November  2,  1863,  mar- 
ried J.  C.  Vandermark,  of  Candor,  New  York, 
and  has  daughters  Reva  and  Ruth. 

(IX)  Fred  Goodrich,  only  son  of  Gurdon 
H.  and  Mary  C.  (Goodrich  )  Horton,  was  born 
November  9,  iSfX),  in  Tioga.  He  prepared 
for  the  activities  of  life  in  the  town  schools, 
the  Owego  high  school  and  a  business  college. 
Since  attaining  his  majority  he  has  been  en- 
gaged in  the  real  estate  and  insurance  busi- 
ness in  Owego,  and  since  1900  has  conducted 
business  on  his  own  account.  Besides  doing 
a  general  insurance  business  he  has  large 
farming  interests  in  the  town  of  Tioga.  He 
has  taken  an  active  part  in  the  conduct  of 
local  affairs,  and  is  present  clerk  of  the  county 
board  of  supervisors  and  president  of  the 
Business  Men's  Association  of  Owego.  He 
is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church,  of  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  and 
of  the  Masonic  fraternity,  in  which  he  has 
attained  the  Royal  Arch  degree.  He  is  a  mem- 
ber and  one  of  the  vice-presidents  of  the  New 
York  State  Association  of  Local  Fire  Insur- 
ance Agents,  also  a  member  of  the  National 
Association. 

He  married  February  10,  1S98.  Lillie  Josh- 
uean  Worrick,  of  Owego,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel S.  and  Joshuean  (Whitney)  Worrick. 
Their  only  child,  Mary  Joshuean,  was  born 
May  19,  1907. 


This  is  one  of  the  oldest 
STANBROUGH  English  familieson  Long 
Island,  or  even  in  the 
state  of  New  York,  as  Josiah  Stanborough 
(the  original  form  of  the  family  name),  the 
ancestor,  was  one  of  the  original  "undertak- 
ers," or  promoters,  and  settlers  of  the  town 
settled  in  the  state.  He  came  from  Stanstead, 
Kent,    England.      His   rank    and    position   are 


known  as  "Mr."  and  "tJentleman,"  at  a  time 
when  only  a  very  few  had  any  claim  to  those 
titles.  With  the  rest  of  the  original  settlers 
he  came  to  Lynn,  Massachusetts,  and  while 
there  made  an  agreement  to  purchase  land  and 
fotmd  a  new  colony  on  Long  Island.  They 
sailed  from  Lynn  and  landed  on  Long  Island 
at  a  place  called  North  Sea,  in  the  town  of 
Southampton,  June  12,  1640.  Like  all  the  rest, 
he  had  his  home  lot  on  the  main  street  of 
Southampton,  but  about  1656  he  ])urchased 
several  lots  of  lanil  at  a  place  called  Saga- 
])onack,  which  is  the  southeast  part  of  the 
town  of  Southam|5ton,  a  region  noted  for  the 
fertility  of  its  soil,  and  lying  next  to  the  ocean. 
March  9,  1658,  his  house  in  that  place  is  men- 
tioned, and  that  was  the  first  mentioned  in 
what  is  now  known  as  the  flourishing  village  of 
l.^ridgeham])ton.  Shortly  after  settling  there 
his  wife  (lied.  He  then  married  Alee,  witlow  of 
Thomas  Wheeler,  of  New  Haven,  who  brought 
with  her  two  children,  John  and  Mary 
Wheeler.  The  following  is  an  abstract  of  the 
will  of  Josiah  Stanborough,  which  is  the  first 
will  recorded  in  Suff'olk  county: 

III  the  naiiK-  111'  G'ld.  AiiKii.  1  Jn'^iali  Stanbor- 
ough, being  sick  in  bod)-,  but  of  perfect  memory  do 
make  and  ordain  this  my  last  will  and  testament 
this  6  of  Jnly,  1661.  1  commit  my  Soul  to  Almighty 
God  and  my  body  to  be  Iniried  at  Sagaponack  by 
my  former  wife.  I  leave  to  my  wife  Alee,  one-third 
of  my  land  within  fence,  during  her  life  and  then 
to  my  sone  Peregrine  Stanbcjrough. 

To' my  daughter  Sarali,  I J  head  of  cattle.  To  my 
daughter  IVIary,  10  head  of  cattle  and  20  sheep.  To 
niv  son  Josiah  all  my  land  unfeiiced  and  lO  head  of 
cattle  and  20  sheep.  To  the  poor  of  Southampton, 
£5.     I  make  my  son  Peregrine,  execute t. 

This  will  was  proved  Se])tember  3,  1661. 
Marv  Stanborough  married  John  Edwards,  of 
East  Hampton.  Whether  her  sister  Sarah 
married  is  not  known. 

(II)  Peregrine  Stanborough  lived  and  died 
on  the  homestead  of  his  father,  situated  at 
the  south  end  of  the  street  of  Sagaponack,  and 
still  bears  the  name  of  "Stanborough  Lot." 
In  the  ancient  burying  ground  at  Sagaponack 
is  a  tombstone  with  this  inscrijition :  "Mr.  Per- 
egrine Stanborough,  Deacon  in  ye  Parish,  de- 
parted this  Life,  Jan.  ye  4,  1701,  in  ye  62 
yeare  of  his  Age."  The  will  of  Peregrine  Stan- 
borough is  recorded  in  the  "Lester  Will  Book," 
in  Suffolk  county  clerk's  office,  and  is  printed 
in  Pelletreau's  "Early  Long  Island  Wills."  The 
year  1701  should  be  1702  according  to  the 
"new    style,"    or    jiresent   style   of   reckoning. 


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From  this  it  appears  that  he  was  born  in  the 
same  year  that  the  town  was  settled,  and  it  is 
a  tradition  that  he  was  the  first  child  born  in 
the  town.  Peregrine  Stanborough  married 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Rev.  Thomas  James,  the 
first  minister  of  East  Hampton,  December  15, 
1664.  Issue:  John,  born  December  11,  1665; 
Ruth,  June  4,  1668;  Olive,  July  18,  1670; 
Mary,  October  14,  1672,  married  Jonathan 
Strickland  ;  Hannah,  January  28,  1674,  mar- 
ried John  Lupton ;  Sarah,  May  26,  1677,  mar- 
ried James  Merrick;  James,  October  28,  1679; 
Eunice,  November  8,  1682,  died  November  i, 
1701,  unmarried;  Elizabeth,  born  January  24, 
1686;  Ann,  Martha. 

(H)  Josiah,  brother  of  Peregrine  Stanbor- 
ough, married  Annah,  daughter  of  Thomas 
Chatfield,  of  East  Ham])tiin,  Long  Island.  He 
removed  to  Elizabeth,  New  Jersey,  where  his 
descendants  are  still  to  be  found. 

(HI)  John,  eldest  son  of  Peregrine  Stan- 
borough,  inherited  his  father's  homestead  at 
Sagaponack,  Long  Island.  He  married  Martha 

;    children:    Josiah,    John,    Peregrine, 

Eleazer,  see  forward ;  Abigail,  married 

Rhodes;  Martha,  Mary. 

(IV)  Eleazer,  third  son  of  John  Stanbor- 
ough was  born  at  Sagaponack,   Long  Island, 

in  1709.  He  married  Mehitable .    Issue: 

Eleazer,  Zerviah,  Lewis,  Eunice,  Thomas,  see 
forward. 

(V)  Thomas  Stanbrough  (in  which  form 
the  family  name  now  appears),  youngest  child 
of  Eleazer  Stanborough,  was  born  in  Mor- 
iches, Long  Island,  November  25,  1749,  and 
died  November  12,  1801.  He  was  one  of  the 
Long  Island  minute-men  during  the  revolu- 
tion. He  married  Katharine  Goldsmith,  born 
March  21,  1755,  died  1837.  Children:  Mary, 
born  May  5,  1772,  died  May  5.  1809;  Mehita- 
ble, born  October  5,  1774,  died  1794;  Lewis, 
born  .August  23,  1776,  died  Jime,  1810;  James, 
born  March  5,  1779.  <lied  1862;  Clarissa,  born 
August  4,  1782,  died  Sei)tember  i,  1789;  Kath- 
arine, born  May  6,  1784,  died  .August  23, 
1825:  Sally,  born  February  15,  1789;  Thomas 
Goldsmith,  of  whom  further. 

(VI)  Thomas  Goldsmith,  youngest  child  of 
Tiiomas  and  Katharine  (Goldsniith)  .Stan- 
brough, was  liiini  at  Sag  Harbor,  Long 
Island,  February  20,  1790,  and  died  in  New- 
burg,  New  York,  in  1862.  He  was  a  cabinet- 
maker there,  and  for  many  years  manufac- 
tured both  furniture  and  jiianos.  He  married 
Jane   Eager,  burn   October   27,    1788,   died    in 


May,  1861.  Children:  Thomas  E.,  born  1815, 
died  June  15,  1905;  Peter,  born  December  16, 
1817;  Catherine,  born  June  16,  1820,  died 
January  29,  1839;  Lewis  H.,  born  December 
14,  1822;  Margaret  A.,  born  October  15,  1825, 
died  1859;  John  Blake,  of  whom  .  further ; 
Rufus  M.,  born  Septeaiiber  22,  1832,  died 
June,  1905. 

(VII)  Dr.  John  Blake  Stanbrough,  son  of 
Thomas  Goldsmith  and  Jane  (Eager)  Stan- 
brough, was  born  in  Alontgomery,  Orange 
county,  New  York,  September  16,  1829,  and 
died  in  Owego,  New  York,  January  20,  1908. 
He  learned  the  trade  of  cabinet  and  piano 
making  with  his  father,  but  at  the  age  of  six- 
teen went  into  a  general  store  in  the  capacity 
of  clerk.  After  four  years  he  learned  prac- 
tical dentistry  with  his  brother,  and  began 
practice  in  185 1,  at  Union,  thence  removed  to 
Lisle,  and  from  the  latter  place  to  Earmers- 
ville,  Seneca  county.  New  York,  where  he  re- 
mained until  1854.  He  came  to  Owego  and 
practiced  until  1859,  then  removed  to  New- 
burg,  where  he  lived  until  1862.  In  July  and 
August  of  that  year  he  recruited  a  company 
of  infantry  for  service  in  the  Union  army, 
and  was  elected  first  lieutenant.  After  four 
months  service  with  Company  I,  124th  New 
York  Infantry  Regiment,  he  was  discharged 
for  disabilities.  He  then  returned  to  New- 
burg  and  to  his  profession,  continuing  to 
May,  1864.  In  the  latter  year  he  came  to 
Owego  and  became  a  member  of  the  firm  of 
Beam,  Stanbrough  &  Holdridge,  general  hard- 
ware dealers,  and  after  four  years  became 
sole  proprietor.  Edwin  Stratton  soon  became 
partner  under  the  firm  name  of  Stanbrough 
&  Stratton,  which  firm  was  in  .business  until 
1879,  when  Dr.  Stanbrough  bought  out  his 
partner's  interest.  In  the  fall  of  1895  the  hard- 
ware stock  was  closed  out,  and  from  that  time 
until  his  death  Dr.  Stanbrough  continued  in 
business,  dealing  exclusively  in  stoves  ancl  hot 
water  berating  apparatus,  and  doing  a  general 
plumbing  business. 

He  was  ever  a  prominent  figure  in  social  and 
political  circles  in  Tioga  county.  He  was  a 
firm  Republican,  and  as  such  was  one  of  the 
village  trustees  in  1872-73.  For  several  years 
he  was  a  luember  of  the  board  of  education, 
and  was  otherwise  identified  with  the  best 
interests  of  the  locality.  He  was  appointed 
loan  commissioner  for  Tioga  county  by  Gover- 
nor John  .A.  Dix  in  1873,  and  was  reap- 
pointed   b\-    Governor    Cornell    in    1880.      He 


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was  appointed  a  trustee  of  the  Binghamton 
State  Hospital  by  Governor  Flower,  March 
21,  1892,  and  was  reappointed  to  the  same 
position  by  Governor  Morton  in  December, 
1896.  In  every  position  of  lionor  and  trust 
he  acquitted  himself  with  ability  and  honor. 
In  Masonic  bodies  Dr.  Stanbrough  was  espe- 
cially prominent.  He  was  made  a  Master 
Mason  in  Farmers ville  Lodge,  in  1852,  became 
a  Royal  Arch  Mason  at  Ovid,  in  1853,  and  in 
Ovvego  became  a  member  of  Friendship  Lodge 
and  New  Jerusalem  Chapter.  He  organizeil 
Highland  Chapter,  No.  52,  Royal  Arch  Ma- 
sons, in  Newburg,  in  1863,  and  in  1866  like- 
wise organized  Ahwaga  Lodge,  No.  587,  of 
Owego,  and  became  its  first  master,  and  this 
ofifice.  with  others  of  great  prominence  in  other 
Masonic  bodies,  he  was  frec|uently  called  upon 
to  fill  at  various  times.  He  married,  April  25, 
i860,  Adeline  Truman,  born  in  Owego,  New 
York,  December  18,  1838,  daughter  of  Lyman 
and  Emily  M.  (Goodrich)  Truman.  Children: 
Dora  T.,  born  October  2(\  iSOi.  in  Newburg, 
New  York;  Lyman  T.,  of  whom  further; 
Frank  T.,  born  in  Owego,  New  York,  June  7, 
1867.  died  July  17,  1901. 

(\III)  Lyman  Truman,  eldest  son  of  Dr. 
John  IJlake  and  Adeline  (Truman)  Stan- 
brougli,  was  born  in  Newburg,  Orange 
county.  New  York.  January  11,  1864,  and 
was  one  year  old  when  his  parents  came  to 
Owego.  He  received  a  liberal  education,  at- 
tending Owego  Academy,  Highland  Falls 
Academy,  Cornel!  L'nivorsity,  where  he  was 
a  student  two  years,  and  the  L^nited  States 
Military  Academy  at  West  Point  one  year. 
He  read  law  under  the  office  preceptorship  of 
C.  A.  &  H.  A.  Clark,  in  Owego,  and  MacFar- 
land,  Roardman  &  Piatt,  in  New  York  City, 
also  attending  the  Columbia  Law  School,  from 
which  he  was  graduated  in  June,  1887.  and  was 
admitted  to  the  bar  in  November.  1887,  and 
engaged  in  business  in  Owego.  He  has  never 
taken  up  a  general  active  court  practice,  but 
has  maiidy  devoted  his  attention  as  counsel 
in  large  and  complicated  affairs,  for  which  he 
possesses  commanding  ability  both  as  a  law- 
yer and  man  of  affairs.  He  has  served  as 
counsel  for  several  large  estates,  among  them 
that  of  Lyman  Truman,  for  which  he  is  also 
executor  and  trustee.  He  is  a  director  in  the 
First  National  Bank  of  Owego.  a  vestryman 
of  the  Episcopal  church  and  a  member  of  the 
Masonic  fraternity,  lodge  and  chapter,  the  Im- 


proved Order  of  Red  Men  and  college  fra- 
ternities. 

Mr.  Stanbrough  married,  in  January,  1904, 
Jane  H.  Barton,  daughter  of  George  W.  and 
Mary  (Watson)  Barton,  of  Owego.  They 
have  one  daughter,  Margaret,  born  in  Feb- 
ruary,   Kjof). 

It    is    believed    that     the 
GREENLEAF     (jreenleaf    family   was   of 

Huguenot  origin,  the  name 
being  a  translation  of  the  French  "Feuille- 
vert."  The  name  is  rarely  found  in  England, 
except  at  Ipswich,  county  Suffolk,  It  is 
thought  that  the  family  fled  from  P'rance  with 
other  Huguenots  and  settled  in  England. 

(I)  Edmund  (ireenleaf,  the  immigrant  an- 
cestor, was  baptized  January  2,  1574,  at  the 
parish  of  St.  Mary's  la  Tour,  in  Ipswich, 
county  Suffolk,  England.  He  was  the  son  of 
John  and  Margaret  Greenleaf,  and  among  the 
family  relics  still  preserved  is  the  cane  brought 
to  this  country  by  Edmund  Greenleaf,  bearing 
the  initials  "J.  G."  on  a  silver  band  near  the 
handle.  He  settled  in  Newbury,  Massachu- 
setts, and  lived  near  the  old  town  bridge,  where 
he  kept  a  tavern  many  years.  He  was  by  trade 
a  silk  dyer.  He  was  admitted  a  freeman 
March  13.  1631;,  and  licensed  to  keep  a  tavern 
May  22.  1639.  He  served  in  the  militia  and 
November  11,  1647,  requested  his  discharge 
from  the  service.  He  removed  to  Boston  about 
ir)30.  and  there  his  wife  died,  and  he  mar- 
ried again,  not  very  happily,  as  his  will  shows, 
written,  it  is  suiijiosed.  by  his  own  hand,  dated 
December  22.  1668,  proved  February  12.  1671. 
in  which  his  second  wife  is  not  mentioned, 
and  a  note  is  attached  explaining  the  omission 
at  length.  He  bequeaths  to  son  Stephen,  to 
daughter  Browne,  widow,  and  to  his  daughter 
Coffin ;  to  grandchildren  Elizabeth  Hilton  and 
Enoch  Greenleaf  ;  to  Enoch's  oldest  son  James, 
to  cousin  Thomas  Moon,  mariner ;  sons  Ste- 
phen Greenleaf  and  Tristram  Coffin,  execu- 
tors ;  refers  also  to  William.  Ignatius  and 
James  Hill,  his  wife's  sons,  and  to  betjuests 
to  them  from  their  aunt.  He  married  (first) 
Sarah  Dole,  and  (second)  a  daughter  of  Igna- 
tius Jurdaine.  of  Exeter.  England,  widow  first 

of  — Wilson,  and  second  of  William  Hill, 

of  Fairfield,  Connecticut.  He  died  March  24. 
1671,  in  Boston.  Children:  Enoch,  baptized 
December  I.  1613,  died  1617;  Samuel,  died 
1627  ;  Enoch,  born  about  1617  ;  Sarah,  baiitized 


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March  26,  1620;  Elizabeth,  baptized  January 
16,  1622;  Nathaniel,  bajitized  June  27,  1624, 
buried  July  24.  1634;  Judith,  born  September 
2,  1625 :  Stephen,  mentioned  below ;  Daniel, 
baptized  August  14,  1631. 

(II)  Stephen,  son  of  Edmund  Greenleaf, 
was  baptized  August  10,  1628,  at  St.  .Mary's, 
in  Suffolk,  England,  and  died  December  i, 
1690.  Remarried  (first),  November  13,  1651, 
EHzabeth  Coffin,  who  died  November  19,  1678, 
daughter  of  Tristram  and  Dionis  (Stevens) 
Coffin,  of  Newbury.  He  married  (second), 
March  31.  1679,  Esther,  daughter  of  Nathaniel 
Wearc,  and  widow  of  Benjamin  .Swett,  of 
Hampton,  New  Elampshire ;  she  died  January 
16,  1718,  aged  eighty-nine  years.  Children,  all 
by  first  wife:  Stephen,  mentioned  below; 
Sarah,  born  October  29,  1655 ;  Daniel,  Febru- 
ary 17,  1657-8,  at  Boston;  Elizabeth,  April  5, 
1660.  at  Newbury;  John,  June  21,  1662;  Sam- 
uel, October  30,  1666;  Tristram,  February  11, 
1667-8;  Edmund,  May  10,  1670;  Mary,  De- 
cember 6,  1 67 1  ;  Judith.  October  23,  1673. 

(HI)  Captain  Stephen  (2)  Greenleaf,  son 
of  .Stephen  (  I )  Greenleaf,  was  born  .\ugust 
15,  1652,  in  Newbury,  and  died  there  October 
13,  1743.  He  was  a  prominent  man,  famed  for 
his  services  in  the  Indian  wars,  and  known  as 
the  "Great  Indian  fighter."  He  was  wounded 
in  the  battle  of  Hatfield,  .August  25,  1675,  and 
commanded  a  company  in  the  battle  with  the 
French  and  Indians  at  Wells,  Maine,  in  1690. 
He  was  in  King  Philip's  war  also.  May  18, 
1695,  he  filed  a  petition  for  relief,  and  pre- 
sented a  bill  for  the  services  of  a  physician  in 
caring  for  a  wound  received  while  moving  a 
family  who  had  been  taken  from  Newbury  by 
the  Indians.  In  1696  he  was  granted  land  to 
build  a  wharf.     He  married   (first),  October 

23,  1676,  Elizabeth  Gerrish,  born  September 
10,  1654,  died  August  5,  1712,  daughter  of 
William  and  Joanna  ((loodale-Oliver)  Ger- 
rish, of  Newbury.  He  married  (second).  1713, 
Mrs.  Hannah  Jordan,  of  Kittery,  Maine,  who 
died  September  30,  1743.  Children,  all  by  first 
wife;  Elizabeth,  born  January  12,  1678-9; 
Daniel,  mentioned  below;  Stejihcn,  August  31, 
1682,  died  October  15,  1688;  William,  .Xpril  i, 
1684,  died  .\pril  15,  1684;  Joseph,  born  April 
12,  t686;  Sarah,  July  19,  1688;  Stephen,  Octo- 
ber 21,  1690;  John,  .Vugust  29,  1693;  Ben- 
jamin, December    14,   1695;  Moses,  February 

24,  1697-8. 

(IV)  Rev.  Daniel  Greenleaf,  son  of  Ste- 
phen   (2)    Greenleaf,   was  born   in   Newbury, 


February  10,  1679-80,  and  baptized  February 
22,  1679-80.  He  was  graduated  from  Harvard 
College  in  1699,  and  for  about  six  years  prac- 
ticed medicine  in  Cambridge.  About  1706  he 
began  to  preach,  and  in  1708  was  onlained  pas- 
tor of  the  church  at  Yarmouth,  succeeding 
Rev.  John  Cotton.  He  remained  there  for 
nearly  twenty  years,  and  in  1727  removed  to 
Boston,  whither  his  wife  and  twelve  children 
had  preceded  him.  The  last  years  of  his  life 
he  was  confined  to  his  bed  as  the  result  of  a 
fall.  He  died  August  26,  1763.  He  married. 
November  18,  1701,  Elizabeth  Gookin,  born 
November  11,  1681,  died  November,  1762. 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Mary  Gookin.  and 
granddaughter  of  Major-General  Daniel 
Gookin.  Children  ;  Daniel,  mentioned  below  ; 
Hon.  Stephen,  born  October  4,  1704;  Mary, 
.\ugust  29,  1706;  Elizabeth.  August  24,  1708: 
Sarah.  .April  16,  1710;  Samuel,  May  9,  1712; 
Jane.  May  24,  1714;  Hannah.  October  3. 
1716:  Dr.  John.  November  8.  1717;  Mercy. 
November  29,  1719;  Cooking,  September  18, 
1721  ;  Susanna,  November  12,  1722;  Hon. 
William.  January  10,  1725. 

(V)  Dr.  Daniel  (2)  Greenleaf,  son  of  Rev. 
Daniel  ( i )  Greenleaf,  was  born  in  Cambridge. 
November  7,  1702,  and  died  July  18,  1795. 
He  was  for  a  number  of  years  a  practicing 
physician  in  Hingham,  and  removed  to  Bol- 
ton in  1732.  He  married  (first).  July  18,  1726, 
Mrs.  Silence  (Nichols)  Marsh,  born  July  4. 
1702,  died  May  13,  1762,  daughter  of  Israel 
and  Mary  (.Sumner)  Nichols,  of  Hingham,  and 
widow  of  David  Marsh.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), intentions  dated  October  22,  1762,  Mrs. 
Dtirothy  Richardson,  November  18,  1762;  she 
was  widow  of  Josiah  Richardson.  Children, 
all  by  first  wife,  born  in  Iliilgham:  David 
Coffin,  January  29,  1728.  died  September  30, 
1728;  Elizabeth,  born  October  30,  1729:  Dr. 
Daniel,  Scjitember  2,  1732.  Born  in  Bolton: 
Israel,  March  29,  1734;  Stephen,  October  15. 
1736,  in  Boston;  David,  July  13,  1737,  in  Bol- 
ton ;  General  William,  mentioned  below ;  Cal- 
vin. March  31,  1740;  Mary,  July  3,  1742; 
John,  June  13.  1744.  died  August  2.  1744. 

(\'I)  General  \\'illiam  Greenleaf,  son  of 
Dr.  Daniel  (2)  Greenleaf,  was  born  in  Bol- 
ton, Massachusetts,  .August  2^,.  1738,  and  bap- 
tized .August  27.  1738.  He  lived  first  in  Bos- 
ton, and  then  moved  to  Lancaster.  Massachu- 
setts, where  he  resided  until  his  death.  He 
was  a  druggist  in  Boston.  He  was  prominent 
in  public  life,  holding  the  office  of  sheriff  of 


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Worcester  county  for  many  years,  and  lie  was 
a  brigadier-general  in  the  militia  of  the  state. 
September  8,  1777,  he  gave  returns  of  a  cen- 
sus of  male  citizens  of  military  age,  as  a  se- 
lectman of  Lancaster.  November  19,  1781,  at 
Lancaster,  he  formed  and  headed  the  military 
company,  marching  through  the  town  in  cele- 
bration of  the  capture  of  Cornwallis,  and  after 
the  procession  was  over  they  had  a  feast  at  the 
Sun  Tavern.  He  was  sheriff  during  the  time 
of  the  Shay  insurrection,  being  then  Colonel 
William  Greenleaf.  Weilnesday,  November 
22,  1786,  he  read  the  riot  act  from  the  court- 
house steps  of  Worcester,  and  harangued  the 
mob  which  had  gathered  to  prevent  the  sitting 
of  the  court  of  general  sessions.  When  one 
of  the  orators  of  the  mob  replied  that  one  of 
their  desires  was  to  rid  themselves  of  the 
sheriff  and  his  exorbitant  fees,  the  colonel 
answered:  "If  you  deem  my  fees  for  execution 
oppressive,  gentlemen,  you  need  not  wait 
longer  for  redress ;  I  will  hang  you  all  for 
nothing  with  the  greatest  pleasure."  He  also 
served  as  town  clerk  in  Lancaster.  He  mar- 
ried, December  19,  1763,  Sally,  daughter  of 
Edmund  Quincy,  of  Boston.  She  died  March 
12,  1790,  and  he  died  January  13,  1793.  Chil- 
dren :  William,  born  in  Boston,  January  26, 
1766;  Edmund,  December  10,  1767;  Eliza- 
beth, September  2,  1769;  son,  born  August  8, 
1771,  died  in  infancy;  Sarah,  February  21, 
1773;  John  Hancock,  mentioned  below;  son, 
born  November  15,  1776,  died  in  infancy :  Dan- 
iel, born  October  9,  1778,  in  Lancaster. 

(VH)  John  Hancock,  son  of  General  W'il- 
liam  Greenleaf,  was  born  in  Lancaster,  April 
30,  1775,  and  died  January  28,  1852.  He 
learned  the  trade  of  cabinet  maker  and  house- 
joiner  in  Boston,  and  then  settled  in  Granville, 
Washington  county.  New  York.  He  moved 
to  Tioga  county.  New  York,  in  March,  1817, 
and  lived  there  the  rest  of  his  life.  In  a|)- 
pearance  he  was  of  mediutn  size,  fair  com- 
plexion, dark  brown  hair,  dark  eyes  and  high 
forehead.  He  walked  very  erect,  and  was  a 
sedate  man  with  very  strict  habits.  For  nearly 
fifty  years  he  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  married,  February  i,  1801,  I'oUy 
Norton,  born  October  23,  1780,  of  Granville. 
Children:  Betsey  Gardiner,  born  about  1803, 
died  in  infancy;  John  Matthew,  mentioned  be- 
low; Martha  Norton,  born  April  17,  1809; 
Betsey  Gardiner,  September  25,  181 5  ;  William 
Josep'hus,  September  25,  1815;  Amos  Canfield, 
March  8,  1818,  in  Owego,  New  York. 


(\TII)  John  Matthew,  son  of  John  Han- 
cock Greenleaf,  was  born  May  19,  1806,  and 
died  August  23,  188 1.  He  lived  in  Owego, 
New  York,  where  he  removed  with  his  par- 
ents in  1813.  L'ntil  1826  he  lived  in  the  town- 
ship of  Rich  ford,  and  then  moved  to  Owego, 
where  he  soon  formed  a  partnership  with  Mr. 
Truman  in  a  general  store,  becoming  one  of 
the  pioneers  in  the  business.  In  1849  a  fire 
destroyeil  the  business  section  in  the  town,  and 
after  his  store  was  burned  he  retired.  He 
lived  in  Owego  for  fifty-six  years.  He  was 
an  honorable,  ujiright  man,  retiring  in  disposi- 
tion, of  sound  judgment,  kindly  and  charita- 
ble to  the  poor  and  unfortunate,  a  good  judge 
of  men,  successful  in  his  affairs  and  enjoying 
the  respect  and  confidence  of  his  neighbors. 
He  married  (first),  June  20,  1837.  Lucy  Tal- 
cott,  who  died  July  4.  1842;  (second),  Sep- 
tember xj,  1843,  Emeline  Wilbur.  He  died 
August  22f.  18S1.  Child,  born  at  Owego,  by 
first  wife:  Ann  P'lizabeth,  July  28,  1841,  died 
June  28,  1843.  Children  of  second  wife:  John 
Talcott,  mentioned  below;  Frederic  Hewitt, 
born  October  11,  1853,  died  December  20, 
.872. 

(IX)  Dr.  John  I alcott  Greenleaf,  son  of 
John  Matthew  Greenleaf,  was  born  at  Owego, 
New  York,  January  26,  1847.  He  attended 
the  public  schools  and  Owego  Academy,  and 
began  the  study  of  medicine  under  the  instruc- 
tion of  Dr.  Lovejoy.  He  afterward  attended 
medical  lectures  in  the  New  York  Homoeo- 
pathic Medical  College,  and  was  graduated 
with  the  degree  of  M.  D.,  March  2,  1867. 
After  practicing  a  short  time  in  Candor,  New 
York,  he  located  in  Owego,  where  he  has 
been  in  active  practice  to  the  present  time  and 
taken  high  rank  in  his  profession.  In  the  lat- 
ter part  of  1888.  Dr.  (ireenleaf  conceived  the 
project  of  any  asylum  for  the  insane,  con- 
ducted on  honKieopathic  principles,  and  in  part- 
nership with  Dr.  E.  E.  Snyder  and  Daniel 
Johnson  he  founded  the  Glen  Mary  Home  of 
Owego,  and  was  for  many  years  its  superin- 
tendent. The  institution  was  given  official 
recognition  by  the  state  authorities  in  charge 
of  the  insane.  In  addition  to  his  medical  prac- 
tice and  duties  at  the  insane  hospital.  Dr. 
Greenleaf  has  taken  an  active  part  in  public 
aft'airs,  and  co-operated  in  every  movement  for 
the  welfare  and  development  of  town  and 
county.  He  was  a  member  of  the  board  of  ed- 
ucation of  Owego  for  many  years,  and  the 
high  standards  of  the  public  schools  are  due 


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in  no  small  degree  to  his  interest  and  efforts. 
In  politics  he  is  independent.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Presbyterian  church. 

He  married  (first),  September  4,  1867,  Lib- 
bie  C.  Manning,  who  died  December  20,  1867. 
Hie  married  (second),  December  21,  1870, 
Martha  S.  McMaster,  who  died  March  11, 
1872.  He  married  (third),  October  22,  1873, 
Hattie  Meeker.  By  his  second  wife  he  had 
one  child,  born  March  11,  1872,  died  Septem- 
ber 28,  1872. 

George  Hubbard,  the  immi- 
HUBBARD  grant  ancestor,  was  born  in 
1601,  'probably  in  eastern  or 
southeastern  England,  where  many  of  the 
name  were  found.  His  name  first  appears 
on  the  records  here  in  163c;,  on  a  list  of  the 
early  settlers  of  Hartford.  He  was  one  of  the 
number  of  those  who  came  from  the  vicinity 
of  Boston  in  the  years  1635  and  1636,  and  set- 
tled in  Windsor,  Hartford  and  Wethersfield, 
Connecticut,  and  in  Springfield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  was  granted  by  the  town  si.x  acres 
of  land,  "with  privilege  of  Wood  &  keeping 
cows  on  the  common".  He  lived  on  a  lot  ad- 
jacent to  the  land  of  James  Ensign  and  George 
Graves,  on  a  road  parallel  with  the  Connecticut 
river,  according  to  an  early  map.  After  his 
marriage  in  1640  he  was  given  a  home-lot  and 
land  on  the  east  side  of  the  "Great  River". 
On  September  4,  1640,  he  was  appointed,  with 
William  Swayne,  as  an  appraiser  of  the  es- 
tate of  Edward  Mason;  on  .\pril  24,  1649,  he 
was  fined  for  exchanging  a  gun  with  an  In- 
dian. In  March,  1650-51,  he  seems  to  have 
sold  his  property  and  moved  with  about  fifteen 
other  families  to  Mattabesett,  later,  in  1653, 
Middletown,  Connecticut.  About  this  time  he 
had  a  commission  from  the  colonial  govern- 
ment as  "Indian  agent  and  trader  for  the  Mat- 
tabesett district".  He  was  made  freeman  in 
1654.  He  lived  on  the  east  side  of  Main  street, 
on  opposite  corners  with  his  son-in-law, 
Thomas  Wetmore.  lie  also  owned  much  land 
on  the  west  side  of  the  street  and  on  the  east 
side  of  the  river.  These  tracts  were  recorded 
Septeml)er  5,  1654.  He  with  three  others  on 
the  west  side  of  the  street  gave  land  for  the 
second  meeting  house :  the  first  meeting  house 
was  started  February  10,  1652.  George  Hub- 
bard, who  lived  adjacent  to  it,  was  aiipointed 
its  keeper,  and  on  December  17,  1666,  he  was 
allowed  forty  shillings  for  his  services,  and 
those  of  his  son  Joseph,  who  beat  the  drum  to 


announce  church  and  give  warning  of  Indians. 
On  March  22,  1670,  his  property  was  ap- 
praised at  ninety  pounds  ten  shillings  fifteen 
pence,  and  in  1673  it  amounted  to  one  hundred 
and  thirty-two  pounds  ten  shillings.  The  inven- 
tory at  his  death  amounted  to  two  hundred  and 
forty-three  pounds  ten  shillings,  and  he  owned 
over  one  thousand  acres  of  land.  His  will  was 
dated  May  22,  1681,  when  he  was  eighty  years 
of  age,  and  the  inventory  was  taken  May  13, 
1685.  He  died  March  18,  1684,  and  his  widow 
died  in  1702.  A  record  of  him  says  that  he 
was  "highly  respected,  and  of  marked  integ- 
rity and  fairness".  He  and  his  wife  were 
buried  in  the  Middletown  Riverside  cemetery. 
He  married,  in  1640,  Elizabeth,  daughter  of 
Ricliard  and  Elizabeth  Watts.  Children : 
Mary.  Joseph,  mentioned  below;  Daniel,  Sam- 
uel, George,  Nathaniel,  Richard,  Elizabeth. 

(II)  Joseph,  son  of  George  Hubbard,  was 
born  in  Hartford,  December  10,  1643,  died  in 
Middletown,  December  26,  1686.  He  was  as- 
sistant to  his  father  in  the  first  church  at  Mid- 
dletown. In  1667  he  had  lands  recorded  to 
him.  In  December,  1686,  the  inventory  of  his 
estate  amounted  to  one  hundred  and  forty 
pounds,  including  four  hundred  and  seventy- 
two  acres  of  land.  His  uncle,  Captain  Thomas 
Watts,  left  him  one  hundred  pounds.  He 
married,  December  29,  1670,  Mary  Porter, 
sister  of  Dr.  Daniel  Porter,  died  1690,  and 
Robert  Porter,  died  1689,  of  Hartford  and 
Farmington.  She  was  born  in  1650,  died  in 
Middletown,  June  10,  1707.  Children:  Joseph, 
born  October  22,  1671,  died  1686;  Robert.  Oc- 
tober 30,  1673  ;  (ieorge.  October  7,  1675  ;  John, 
mentioned  below;  ^lary,  January  23,  1681, 
died  .April  19,  1682;  Elizabeth,  March  26,  1683. 

(HI)  John,  .son  of  Joseph  Hubbard,  was 
born  in  Middletown,  July  30,  1678.  died  there 
January  2,  1726-27.  He  owned  land  on  the 
east  side  of  the  river  in  what  is  now  Portland, 
and  he  also  had  land  granted  him  by  the  pro- 
prietors of  the  town.  On  July  21,  1703,  he 
bought  eighteen  acres  of  woodland  near  the 
straits,  about  two  miles  below  the  city  on  the 
west  side  of  the  river.  In  1704  he  received 
seventeen  and  a  half  acres  of  his  father's 
lands  for  which  he  was  to  pay  his  sister  Eliza- 
beth. He  was  given  the  home-lot  in  this  dis- 
tribution and  was  to  sujiport  his  mother  the 
rest  of  her  life.  He  married,  February  10, 
1702-03,  Mary  Phillips,  who  died  October  21, 
1736.  Children:  Joseph,  born  March  21,  1703- 
04:  John.  .August    13,   1705:  .\bigail,   .April  9, 


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1707;  Nathan,  mentioned  Ijelow  ;  Daniel,  July 
16,  1710;  Hannah,  July  13,  1711,  died  July 
10,  1714;  Mary,  September  20,  1713;  Solomon, 
August  20,  1715;  Hannah,  August  8,  1718. 

(IV')  Nathan,  son  of  John  Hubbard,  was 
born  in  Middletown,  May  4,  1709,  died  in 
Sandisfield,  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts, 
May  18,  1788.  In  1730  he  sold  his  property 
in  Aliddletown  to  John  Whittemore.  In  1733 
the  children  of  John  Hubbard  signed  an  agree- 
ment to  a  new  distribution  of  his  property, 
because  of  dissatisfaction  with  the  former 
distribution.  In  1734  he  sold  his  home-lot  and 
moved  to  W'aterbury,  Connecticut,  and  later  to 
Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts.  He  married 
(first),  at  Waterbury,  Lydia,  daughter  of  Na- 
thaniel Judd,  of  \Vallingfor(l,  Connecticut ; 
(second),  in  Berkshire  county,  Mary  Hough, 
born  March  8,  1715,  died  in  Sandisfield,  No- 
vember 2,  181 2.  She  was  blind  for  many  years. 
Children  by  first  wife,  born  in  Waterbury: 
John,  mentioned  below ;  Inier  or  Immer,  born 
July  30,  1741,  died  January  13,  1743  ;  Eli,  born 
May  23,  1745;  Nathan,  born  at  Wallingford, 
February  29,  1747;  Lydia,  June  23,  1750; 
Juss  Imer  or  Judimer,  May  20,  1751  ;  Alary, 
July  28,  i75'i;  Nathaniel,  November  17,  175 — : 
Sarah,  born  in  Berkshire  county.  March  4, 
1762,  died  October  26,  1764,  possibly  child  of 
second  wife. 

(V)  John  (2),  son  of  Nathan  Hubbard, 
was  born  in  Waterbury,  December  22,  1736, 
and  died  in  .Sandisfiekl.  at  the  home  of  his  son. 
Captain  Josiah,  December  8,  1825.  He  lived 
in  W'aterbury.  Sheffield,  and  .Sandisfield.  He 
was  lieutenant  in  Captain  William  Baker"s 
companv.  Colonel  John  Fellows,  Eighth  Alas- 
sachusetts  Regiment.  On  April  21,  1775,  two 
days  after  the  Lexington  Alarm,  this  company 
was  on  the  way  to  Boston.  They  were  in  camp 
at  Roxbury,  May  23.  1775.  They  fought  at 
Bunker  Hill  and  were  eight  months  about 
Boston.  He  married,  January  12,  1764,  Han- 
nah Paine,  born  in  1745,  died  in  Sandisfiekl, 
September  19,  1822.  Children:  Sarah,  born 
September  8,  1767;  Josiah,  November  27, 
1768:  John,  August  25,  1770:  Theophilus,  Oc- 
tober 13,  1773;  Solomer  and  Solomon,  twins, 
January  4,  1775,  one  died  in  1776;  Hannah, 
November  16,  1781  ;  Lydia,  January  5,  1784: 
Clarissa,  July  18,  1786. 

The  Hubbards  of  Sandisfield  and  vicinity, 
in  Berkshire  county,  Massachusetts,  are  de- 
scendants or  relatives  of  this  John  Hub- 
bard  (?).    In  1790  there  were  at  Sandisfield 


heads  of  families:  John,  Seth,  Juddimer  and 
Nathaniel  Hubbard ;  at  Sheffield  :  John,  Noah, 
Timothy  and  Moses  Hubbard.  John  Hubbard, 
of  Sandisfield,  bought  land  there  of  Daniel 
Brown,  .-\ugust  7,  1764,  and  Seth  bought  land 
of  Judah  Fuller,  November  28,  i7y(».  John 
owned  Lt.it  No.  45.  in  the  third  division  of 
Sandisfield. 

(\TI)  Jacob  Hubbard,  grandson  of  John 
Hubbard,  mentioned  above,  was  born  in  Sand- 
isfield, Massachusetts,  October  13,  1774,  died 
September  21,  1855.  The  name  of  his  father 
has  not  been  ascertained,  for  want  of  the  rec- 
ords of  this  town,  but  the  Hubbards  of  Sandis- 
field, the  family  to  which  he  belonged  have 
been  outlined  above.  He  removed  to  North- 
ville.  New  York,  and  followed  the  trade  of 
miller.  He  married  Catherine  .Storer,  born 
February  21,  1781.  Children:  Jacob,  born 
January  10,  1812;  .\llen,  born  .August  23, 
1820,  died  Sentember  21,  1856;  William,  men- 
tioned below;  Barnes, born  December  24,  1828; 
Walter,  born  .\pril  12,  1799;  Harriet,  born 
December  7,  1816,  died  185 1,  married  Samuel 
Dunham  ;  Eliza,  married  Rufus  (iifford  ;  Electa, 
born  April  11,  1801,  married  Nathaniel  Mead; 
Laura  Ann,  born  June  30,  1805;  Ruth,  May 
15,  1808;  George,  June  8,  1810,  died  August 
2',.  1843;  Pelina,  April  13,  1814;  Seth,  June 
I.  1819;  Jane  E.,  November  10,  1825. 

(  VIII )  William,  son  of  Jacob  Hubbard,  was 
born  .April  13,  1803,  in  Northville,  Fulton 
county.  New  York,  and  died  April  25,  1887, 
at  Owego,  New  York.  He  was  educated  in 
the  common  schools  and  learned  the  trade  of 
millwright.  In  1848  he  removed  to  Lanesboro, 
Pennsylvania,  and  thence  in  1852,  to  Owego, 
New  York.  1  le  owned  a  mill  there,  and  manu- 
factured woodenware  and  shingles.  During 
the  last  fifteen  years  of  his  life  he  was  retired, 
owing  to  physical  disability,  making  his  home 
in  Owego.  He  was  a  member  of  the  Baptist 
church.  He  married  Oily  Chapman,  born  April 
2Q,  1803,  in  l-'ulton  county.  New  York,  died  at 
( )wego."  in  iSW),  daughter  of  Jehiel  Chapman. 
Children  :  Truman  Alyron.  mentioned  below  ; 
Tlieda  .\nn,  married  .A.lmer  G.  Newall.  and 
had  children,  Mvron  G.,  .Alice  and  William 
Ollv. 

(LX  )  Truman  Myron,  son  of  William  Hub- 
bard, was  born  in  Fulton  county.  New  York, 
near  Northville,  September  27,  1835.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  and  learned  the  trade 
of  carpenter  when  a  young  man.  For  a  time 
he  engaged  in  the  sash  and  blind  business  and 


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in  1.S52  he  began  to  manufacture  sasli.  doors 
and  blinds  in  Owego.  In  1872  he  established 
himself  in  business  as  an  undertaker  in  Owego 
and  was  very  successful  in  this  business.  Dur- 
ing the  civil  war  he  was  in  the  Union  service, 
enlisting  August  27,  1862,  in  Company  C.  One 
Hundred  and  Thirty-seventh  Regiment,  New 
York  X'olunteers,  and  served  to  the  end  of  the 
war.  He  was  in  the  campaigns  in  the  Caro- 
linas ;  took  pan  in  the  siege  of  .Atlanta,  and 
also  in  the  battles  of  Chancellorsville,  (k-ttys- 
burg.  Lookout  Mountain,  Buzzards  Roost, 
Marietta,  and  other  engagements,  and  on 
through  Georgia  with  Sherman,  .\fter  the 
first  five  months  of  service,  he  was  ai)pointed 
hospital  steward  of  his  regiment. 

.\fter  the  war,  he  returned  to  (Jwego  and 
resumed  the  manufacture  of  sash  and  blinds 
until  1872  when  he  went  into  the  undertaking 
business.  In  1880  he  admitted  to  partnership 
O.  {j.  King  and  the  business  was  conducted 
under  the  firm  name  of  Hubbard  &  King  for 
eight  years.  The  firm  was  then  dissolved  and 
(luring  the  ne.xt  ten  years  Mr.  Hubbard  was 
in  the  employ  of  Mr.  McDonald,  an  under- 
taker. In  ])artnership  with  L.  .S.  Colby,  under 
the  firm  name  of  Hubbard  &  Colby,  ^Ir.  Hub- 
bard resumed  business  on  his  own  account  and 
has  continued  in  it  to  the  present  time.  He 
has  buried  upwards  of  5,300  people  and  has 
ridden  on  a  hearse  over  100,000  miles.  He  is 
a  member  of  P)abcock  Post,  Grand  .\rmy  of 
the  Republic.  In  politics  he  is  a  Rei)ubiican 
and  he  has  been  prominent  in  public  alTairs. 
For  six  years  he  was  a  trustee  of  the  incor- 
porated village,  and  for  a  time  he  was  over- 
seer of  the  p(.)or  of  the  town.  In  religion  he 
is  a  Baptist. 

He  married  (first),  in  t86i,  Jane  Manly, 
(second)  F.Ua  N'ewell,  (third)  Lydia  New- 
man, daughter  ni  Martin  .Xewman,  (fourth) 
Elizabeth  D.,  widc>w  of  IJr.  James  Newman. 
She  has  two  children,  Elizabeth  \'an  (iildcr 
and  Lynda  "S'oung.     Child  of  his  second  wife: 

Lena  AL.  married  Dawney.     Children 

by  third  wife:  Hurt  N.,  agent  of  the  I'nited 
States  Ex|)ress  (.'ompany  at  Oneonta,  .\cw 
York:  Edith  R.,  married  P.  (i.  King,  and  has 
two  children.  Rowena  and  Ruth  King. 

The  surname  luistman  is  sy- 
E.ASTM.W     nonymous  with  Ivisterling.  .A 

native  of  the  east  of  Germany 
was  known  as  "an  easterling."  In  medieval 
time^    merchant--    trjidin"    with    the    I'.nsjh^h    in 


that  (|uarter  were  known  as  iiicrcatorcs  cs- 
trcnscs.  The  surname  is  also  synonymous  with 
Eastmond,  Estmond,  Easemond,  Easman  and 
Esmond.  A  branch  of  the  family  went  early 
to  the  Barbadoes.  The  only  coat-of-arms  of 
the  Eastman  family  is :  Gules  the  de.xter  chief 
]3oint  an  escutcheon  argent  charged  with  a  lion 
rampant.  The  Eastman  genealogy  gives  the 
abstract  of  the  will  of  John  Eastman,  of  Rom- 
ney,  Southampton,  England,  dated  September 
24,  1602,  i)roved  CJctober  22,  1602,  providing 
for  his  burial  there  and  betiueathing  to  sons 
Roger  and  John  and  daughters  Elizabeth  and 
-Margaret,  all  minors. 

(  I )  Roger  Eastman,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  in  Wales,  England,  in  161 1,  and 
died  in  Simsbury,  Massachusetts  (now  in  Con- 
necticut). December  16,  1694.  He  came  from 
Langford,  Wiltshire,  England,  in  the  ship 
"Confidence,"'  John  Jabson,  master,  in  1638, 
as  a  servant  of  John  Saunders.  He  settled  in 
Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  where  he  received 
land  in  the  first  division  in  1640-43.  He  con- 
tributed to  the  minister's  ta.x  in  1650.  He  was 
a  house  carpenter  by  trade,  and  was  a  pro- 
prietor in  Salisbury  in  1639.  He  deposed 
.April  II,  i()7i,  that  he  was  aged  sixty  years, 
and  his  wife  deposed  the  same  day  that  she 
was  aged  about  fifty.  They  were  both  mem- 
bers of  the  church  in  Salisbury  in  1644.  He 
died  December  if).  1694.  He  married  Sarah 
.Smith,  born  1(121,  died  March  11,  1697-98. 
Children,  born  at  Salisbury:  John,  mentioned 
below;  .Xathaniel,  March  12.  1643;  Philij),  Oc- 
tober 20,  1644;  Thomas,  September  11,  1646; 
Timothy,  Se])tember  29,  1648:  Josq:)h,  Novem- 
ber 8,  1630;  I'lenjamin.  December  12,  1652; 
Sarah,  July  25,  1655 ;  Samuel,  S'eptember  20, 
1657:  Ruth,  January  21,  1661. 

( II )  John,  son  of  Roger  Eastman,  was  born 
in  Salisbury,  Massachusetts,  January  9,  1640, 
antl  diefl  there  March  25,  1720.  He  took  the 
oath  of  allegiance  in  1677,  and  was  made  free- 
man in  if)i;o.  He  was  rejirescntative  from 
.Salisbury  to  Boston  in  the  general  court  in 
ifx)i.  He  married  (first),  October  27,  1665, 
Hannah  lleilie:  (second),  November  5,  1670, 
.\lar\-  P)ovnton,  born  in  Rowley,  Massachu- 
setts, May  23,  1648,  daughter  of  William  Royn- 
ton,  of  Rowley,  who  was  a  school  teacher, 
tailor  ami  ])lanter.  Children:  Ilamiah,  born 
Xovember  2J,.  i'i73,  died  December  18,  1673: 
|ohn,  born  .August  24,  1675:  Zachariah,  men- 
tifincd  below  ;  Roger,  born  iH-bruary  26,  1682: 
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ruary  14,  1O88,  (lied  August  2J,  iC>yi  ;  Tliumas. 
1691  ;  Joseph,  June  23,  1692. 

(Ill)  Zachariah,  son  of  John  Eastman,  was 
born  in  Sahsburj'.  August  24,  1679,  and  died 
in  Ipswich,  ^Massachusetts,  Xovcmber  18,  1732. 
He  married  (first),  Ma\-  i,  1703.  Martha 
Thorn,  of  Ipswicli,  who  (Hed  June  (1,  1718: 
she  was  achnitted  to  tlic  church  in  Sahsbury, 
July  28,  1706.  lie  married  (second)  Phcbe 
West,  who  died  March  3,  1723.  He  married 
(third),  September  3,  1724,  Deborah  I'illsbury, 
widow  ()f  Reuben  Whittier ;  she  had  seven 
children  from  her  first  marriage.  They  lived 
in  Ipswich.  Children  by  first  wife:  Jeremiah, 
mentioned  below;  Martha,  born  November  19, 
1705;  Abigail,  December  16.  1708;  Jacob, 
^March  29,  171 1:  Ruth,  May  23*,  1713,  died 
May  2^,  1714.  Children  by  second  wife:  Will- 
iam, born  March  9,  1719;  Mary,  November  25, 
1721  ;  Benjamin,  February  2,  1723.  Children 
by  third  wife:  Timnthy,  August  10.  1723; 
daughter,  (  )ct(iher  13,  1727,  died  soim  after 
birth. 

(  1\  )  leremiah,  son  nf  Zachariah  I'.astman, 
was  born  in  Ijiswich,  Massachusetts,  March 
30,  1704.  He  settled  in  liylield,  Massachu- 
setts. He  married,  Feljruary  10,  1723.  Lydia, 
daughter  of  Thomas  and  Elizabeth  Ilrown,  of 
Newbury  and  Salisbury,  Massachusetts.  Chil- 
dren :  Lydia,  born  November  8,  I72();  Hannah, 
died  June  29,  1730:  Martha,  born  December 
17,  1730;  Jeremiah,  November  28,  1732:  Mer- 
iam.  February  2S,.  1740;  Mary,  September  3. 
1745;  Ei)hraim,  mentioned  Ijelnw:  Fhel)e.  May 
1 ,  1730  ;  llenjamin. 

(  \'  )  I'.phraim,  son  of  Jeremiah  Eastman, 
was  born  in  Byfield,  Massachusetts,  August  4, 
1747,  and  died  January  2(\  1836.  He  lived 
first  in  Kingston  and  later  in  Deerfield,  New 
Hampshire,  where  both  he  and  his  wife  died. 
He  married,  February  28,  1771,  F-lizabeth 
Colby,  wiio  died  September  20,  1820.  Chil- 
dren: Joseph,  born  1772:  Israel,  died  young; 
Lydia,  born  March  3,  1774;  Polly,  1775;  Han- 
nah. November  25,  1778;  Jeremiah,  mentioned 
below;  John,  July  21,  1783;  Daniel,  October 
17,  1783;  Isaac  Renson,  June  17,  178S!. 

(  \T  )  Jeremiah  (2),  son  of  Ephraim  East- 
man, was  born  in  Kingston,  New  Hampshire, 
January  8,  1780.  In  1816  he  moved  from 
Deerfield,  New  Hampshire,  to  Scholiarie  coun- 
ty. New  York,  where  he  lived  only  a  short 
time,  moving  finally  to  Broome  county,  New 
York.  He  was  drowned  June  18,  1834,  in  the 
Susquehanna  river,  near   Union  village.  New 


\'ork.  In  apjjearance  he  was  six  feet  six  inches 
tall,  strong  and  active.  He  served  in  the  war 
of  1812,  being  stationed  at  Fort  Constitution. 
He  married  Sally  Webster,  born  .May  19,  1780, 
died  June  11,  1838.  Children:  Hannah,  born 
1804;  Asenath,  1809;  (ieorge  Washington, 
mentioned  below  ;  Daniel ;  Sally ;  Nathaniel, 
September  r,  1816;  Webster,  died  young; 
Webster  (  2d  )  ;  child,  died  young  ; . 

(\II)  George  \\'ashington,  sun  nf  lere- 
miah (2|  Eastman,  was  born  in  Dc-erfield, 
New  Hampshire,  I'^ebrnary  12,  1812.  and  died 
in  ISerkshire,  Tioga  county.  New  \'(>rk,  June 
9,  i8f)f).  lie  was  a  tanner,  farmer  and  currier, 
and  lived  in  Berkshire.  He  served  in  the  civil 
war,  enlisting  in  the  One  1  hmdred  and  Thirty- 
seventh  New  York  Infantry.  He  married,  in 
Homer,  New  York,  January  17,  1833,  Nancv 
Walter  Atwater,  born  in  Homer,  March  17, 
1813,  died  in  lierkshire,  December  10,  1893, 
daughter  of  Ira  and  Philanda  (Stone)  At- 
water, and  a  descendant  of  David  Atwater, 
one  of  the  original  planters  of  New  Haven, 
Connecticut.  Children,  three  of  whom  served 
in  the  civil  war:  i.  James  Archibald,  born  in 
Berkshire,  New  York,  August  17,  1837.  2. 
Charles  Watson,  born  December  24,  1838,  died 
July  I,. 1839.  3.  Ceorge  Dwight,  February  14, 
1 841  ;  served  in  civil  war  in  I'^irst  New  York 
Mounted  Rifles,  and  died  on  board  floating 
hospital,  October  20,  1862.  4.  Charles  Robert, 
Ixirn  in  Cortland,  New  York,  March  19,  1843; 
enlisted  in  Third  New  York  Infantry,  reen- 
I'sted  in  h'ifth  New  York  Cavalry;  served 
throughout  the  war;  sergeant.  3.  Sarah  Jane, 
October  8,  1844,  died  June  9,  1874.  6.  John 
Du  P'ay,  I-\-bruary  8,  1846,  died  July  2,  1874; 
served  in  civil  war  in  One  Hundred  and  Thirty- 
seventh  New  York  Infantry.  7.  Ralph  De 
Witt,  mentioned  below.  8.  Leonard  Du  Fay, 
b()rn  in  I'.erkshire,  September  10,  1834,  died 
April  7,  1833.  9.  Leonard  Odell,  Jul_\-  7.  1857, 
died  September  13,  1897;  school  commissioner 
of  Tioga  county,  seven  years ;  graduated  in 
medicine  from  Buffalo  University  in  1889, 
practiced  in  L'nion,  New  York,  at  time  of 
death;  married,  December  17,  1884,  Mary  .\. 
Atchison;  children:  Florence,  born  March  9, 
1881):  Katherine,  November  11,,  1893. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Ralph  DeWitt  Eastman,  son  of 
George  Washington  FZastman,  was  horn  in 
Cortland,  New  York,  August  31.  1848.  Ik- 
received  his  early  education  in  the  public 
schools  of  Berkshire  and  Owego,  New  York, 
and  for  nine  years  taught  school  and  for  five 


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years  was  employed  by  the  state  board  of 
regents  as  an  instructor.  He  studied  medicine 
at  the  University  of  Buffalo  and  was  graduated 
in  1878.  In  the  same  year  he  located  in  Berk- 
shire, and  has  been  in  general  practice  there 
since  that  time.  He  has  been  United  States 
pension  examiner  for  Tioga  county  since  1890, 
and  has  been  president  of  the  Tioga  County 
Medical  Society,  of  which  he  is  at  present  the 
secretary.  He  is  a  member  of  the  New  York 
State  Medical  Society,  the  American  Medical 
Association,  and  of  various  college  fraternities. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  is  a  member 
of  the  Congregational  church. 

He  married  (first),  June  19,  1878,  Helen 
Stark,  of  Penn  Yan,  New  York,  born  at  Penn 
Yan,  dred  June  19,  1879,  daughter  of  Oliver 
and  Sabra  Stark.  He  married  (second),  Feb- 
ruary 12,  1884,  Catherine  S.  Yan  Duzer,  of 
Horseheads.  born  June  27,  1850,  died  March 
19,  1906,  daughter  of  William  Henry  and 
Susan  Rachel  (Sayre)  Van  Duzer.  Mr.  East- 
man has  no  children. 


The  surname  Beebe  is  of  very 
BEEBE     ancient    origin.     Ancient    family 

papers  said  to  be  in  the  archives 
of  Aston  Hall,  Warwickshire,  England,  show 
that  this  family  descended  from  two  Norman 
knights.  Richard  and  William  de  l^.oebe,  who 
were  of  the  royal  guard  of  William  the  Con- 
queror, and  went  to  England  at  the  time  of 
the  conquest.  They  were  granted  land  in  War- 
wickshire, where  the  family  afterwards  lived. 
The  name  has  many  variations  of  spelling,  as 
Beebe,  Beby,  Beeby,  Beeboe,  etc.  The  coat-of- 
arms  borne  by  the  Dilley  Court  family  of  Eng- 
land is:  Azure  a  chevron  or,  three  bees  of  the 
second.  Crest :  A  beehive  or.  Motto  :  .S'c'  de- 
fendendo.  During  the  j^arliamentary  wars, 
John  Beebe  of  Dudleston  Hall,  county  War- 
wick, with  two  sons,  having  ardently  stood  by 
the  popular  cause  against  the  Stuarts,  fighting 
under  Esse.x  and  Hampden,  and  all  through 
Cromwell's  campaign,  were,  at  the  restoration 
of  the  monarchy,  exposed  to  persecution  by 
the  court  officials.  They  were  summoned  to 
take  the  oath  of  allegiance  before  the  king's 
governor  at  Warwick,  but  refused  to  recognize 
the  right  of  that  court.  They,  with  others,  at 
once  emigrated  to  the  province  of  York,  and 
settled  on  estate  within  the  royal  demesne. 
Soon  afterwards  another  branch  of  the  family 
settled  in  Roxbury,  Alassachusetts  and  held 
correspondence  with  Eord  .Stanley  and  Henry 


Fairfax  of  Durham.  These  letters  were  pre- 
served by  William  W'att,  Esq.,  lord  of  the 
manor  of  Aston.  Warwickshire.  The  immi- 
grant, mentioned  below,  is  undoubtedly  con- 
nected with  this  family. 

(I)  John  Beebe,  the  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born  in  Broughton,  county  Northampton, 
England,  and  sailed  for  New  England  in  April 
or  May,  1650.  He  was  accompanied  by  five 
children.  His  will  was  written  on  shipboard, 
and  indicates  that  he  died  the  same  day,  as  he 
writes :  "Being  by  Gods  good  hand  brought  on 
a  voyage  towards  New  Engl'd  to  sea  and  there 
smitten  by  the  good  hand  of  God,  so  as  that 
my  expectation  is  for  my  chaynge."  The  will 
is  dated  May  18.  1650.  He  married  Rebecca 
,  who'died  in  England.  Children,  bap- 
tismal dates  given:  John,  August  11,  1630; 
Thomas,  June  23,  1633,  twin;  Samuel,  twin  of 
Thomas,  mentioned  below ;  Nathaniel,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1635;  Mary,  March  18,  1637;  Hannah, 
June  2;},.  1640.  probably  died  in  England  ;  John, 
about  1 64 1. 

(H)  Samuel,  son  of  John  Beebe,  was  bap- 
tized at  Broughton,  England,  June  23,  1633. 
He  came  to  New  England  and  settled  at  New 
London,  Connecticut,  where  land  was  granted 
him,  December  2,  1651,  and  afterwards.  He 
married  (first)  Agnes,  daughter  of  William 
Keeney.  He  married  (second)  Mary  Keeney. 
born  1642,  sister  of  his  first  wife.  She  lived, 
a  widow,  in  Colchester,  and  on  May  8,  17 16, 
conveyed  to  Samuel  Fox,  of  London,  land 
granted  originally  to  William  Keeney,  her 
father.  Samuel  Beebe  probably  moved  to  Plum 
Island  and  died  there  early  in  1712,  as  admin- 
istration was  granted  on  his  estate  April  6, 
1 7 12,  to  his  widow  Mary  and  spn  Samuel  of 
Southold,  Long  Island.  Children :  Samuel, 
born  about  1660:  Susannah,  about  1663;  Will- 
iam, about  1^565;  Agnes,  about  1667:  Nathan- 
iel, about  i668;  .Ann,  about  1672;  Jonathan, 
mentioned  below;  Mary,  about  1678;  Thomas, 
about  1682. 

(Ill)  Jonathan,  son  of  Samuel  Beebe,  was 
born  in  New  London,  Connecticut,  in  1674. 
He  settled  at  Millington,  Connecticut,  near  the 
nortlieast  corner  of  Long  Pond,  in  East  Had- 
dam,  coming  from  New  London  as  early  as 
1704.  He  was  a  man  of  consequence  in  the 
town.  He  owned  land  in  Colchester.  He  died 
at  Ea.st  Haddam,  October  12,  1761,  aged 
eighty-seven.  He  married  (first)  Bridget, 
born  at  Lyme,  January  9.  1671-72,  died  April 
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(Briggs)  Brockway ;  (second),  October  4, 
1759,  Elizabeth  Staples,  widow,  of  Millington, 
"each  aged  about  eighty  years,"  at  the  time  of 
their  marriage.  Children :  Jonathan,  mention- 
ed below;  W'illiam,  about  1700;  Joshua,  about 
1713;  Caleb,  before  1717. 

(IV^)  Jonathan  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (i) 
Beebe,  was  born  about  1693-95,  '""1  died  in 
East  Haddam,  Connecticut.  He  married  (first) 
Hannah  Coley,  (second)  Lydia  Spencer, 
(third)  Remember  Nye.  Children,  born  at 
East  Haddam:  Jonathan,  about  1720;  David, 
1724;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Daniel,  1728  : 
Ebenezer,  1732;  Hanna,  1726;  Rachel,  .\pril 
4,  1731  ;  Joshua,  September  16,  1733:  Eliza- 
beth, July  II,  1736. 

(V)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Jonathan  (2) 
Beebe,  was  born  at  East  Haddam  in  1725,  died 
October  i,  1786.  He  married  Jemima  Beebe, 
born  at  New  London,  Connecticut,  January  25, 
1732,  daughter  of  Ezekiel  and  Hannah 
(Rogers)  Beebe.  He  was  a  private  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war.  Children,  born  at 
East  Haddam:  Stewart,  mentioned  below; 
Samuel,  born  in  1761,  died  in  1784. 

(VI)  Stewart,  son  of  Samuel  (2)  Beebe, 
was  born  at  East  Haddam,  Connecticut,  in 
1759.  He  married  (first)  Hannah  Butler, 
(second)  Huldah  Beebe,  (third)  Doroth}' Col- 
ton.  He  lived  in  Massachusetts.  He  received 
a  commission  as  captain  from  Governor  John 
Hancock.  He  was  one  of  the  founders  of  Wil- 
braham,  Massachusetts.  Children :  Stewart, 
mentioned  below ;  Samuel,  Rhoda,  married 
Shotwell. 

(VII)  Stewart  (2),  son  of  Stewart  (i) 
Beebe,  married  Sophia  Gilbert.  Children  :  Lu- 
cius, Junius,  Marcus,  Decius,  Cyrus,  mentioneil 
below. 

(VIII)  Cyrus,  son  of  Stewart  (2)  Beebe, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  settled  in  North 
Brookfield,  Madison  county,  New  York,  where 
he  died  about  1890.  at  the  age  of  ninety  years. 
He  was  a  carpenter  and  builder  and  also  fol- 
lowed farming.  He  married  (first)  Rhody, 
(second)  Phebe,  both  daughters  of  Harris  and 
Martha  Chesebro  (see  Chesebro).  Children: 
Judson  L..  mentioned  below ;  Cyrus. 

(IX)  Judson  L.,  son  of  Cyrus  Beebe,  was 
born  in  Sangerfield,  Oneida  county.  New 
York,  in  1823,  died  in  North  Brookfield,  New 
York,  in  1893.  H^  "^^'^^  "^  contractor  and 
builder  at  .Sangerfield  and  North  Brookfield. 
He  married  Susan  Blanding,  of  Brookfield, 
New  York.     Children :   Hiram    ].,  mentioned 


below ;  Alice,  married  Frank  Barber,  of  Wash- 
ington, D.  C. ;  Lucina,  died  in  infancy. 

(X)  Hiram  J.,  son  of  Judson  L.  Beebe,  was 
born  in  Brookfield,  Madison  county,  in  1848, 
died  in  Candor,  New  York,  January  21,  1906. 
He  was  a  carjienter  by  trade  and  was  in  busi- 
ness in  Brookfield  until  1899  when  he  removed 
to  Candor,  where  he  became  engaged  in  the 
printing  business.  In  politics  he  was  a  Dem- 
ocrat ;  he  was  tax  collector,  and  held  other 
offices  of  trust  and  honor  in  the  town  of 
Brookfield.  In  religion  he  was  an  Episco- 
palian. 

He  married,  .\melia,  born  in  Brookfield, 
April  19,  1849,  daughter  of  James  and  Chloe 
(Clark)  Hills.  Children:  i.  William  Lyman, 
mentioned  below.  2.  Winifred  L.,  married 
George  L.  Smith,  of  Union  Hill,  New  York; 
children,  Louise  and  Raymond.  3.  James  H., 
resides  at  Carthage,  New  York. 

(XI)  William  Lyman,  son  of  Hiram  J. 
Beebe,  was  born  May  9,  1869,  in  South  Byron, 
Genesee  county.  New  York,  and  was  educated 
in  the  public  schools  of  that  town  and  Brook- 
field, and  the  Brookfield  Free  .Academy.  He 
learned  the  printer's  trade  in  the  office  of  a 
cousin  at  lirookfield.  Afterward  he  started 
a  printing  office  at  Earlville  and  conducted  it 
until  1899,  when  he  came  to  Candor,  Tioga 
county,  and  established  a  weekly  newspaper, 
the  Candor  Courier,  which  he  has  conducted 
ever  since.  This  newspaper  is  of  large  circu- 
lation and  influence.  In  politics  Mr.  Beebe  is 
an  Independent.  He  has  Iteen  town  clerk  for 
five  years.  He  is  a  member  of  Oneka  Tribe, 
Improved  Order  of  Red  Men,  and  of  the  Bap- 
tist church. 

He  married.  December  18,  1890,  May  A., 
born  .April  14,  1870,  daughter  of  Truman  and 
( )live  ( Damon )  Payne,  of  Madison  county. 
New  York.  Children:  i.  Susan  T.,  born 
,\ugust  18,  1894.  2.  C.  Arthur,  born  May  5. 
1899. 

(The  Chesebro  Line). 

(I)  William  Chesebrough,  the  immigrant 
ancestor,  was  born  in  England  in  1594,  prob- 
ably in  or  near  Boston,  Lincolnshire,  where  he 
is  known  to  have  lived  some  eleven  or  twelve 
years  before  he  came  to  America.  He  came 
on  the  ship  ".-Vrabella"  with  his  wife  .Anna  and 
three  children  ;  the  ship  was  the  Admiral  of  the 
fleet  of  fourteen  which  carried  the  passengers 
who  settled  the  Massachusetts  Bay  Colony,  and 
it  set  sail  from  Cowes,  Isle  of  Wight,  Tuesday, 
March  30,   1630.     Sarah  Chesebrough,  whose 


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name  stands  No.  78  on  the  roll  of  the  First 
Church  of  Boston,  Massachusetts,  was  doubt- 
less a  passenger  on  the  ship,  and  is  thought 
to  have  been  William's  mother.  They  settled 
first  at  Charlestown,  July  30,  1630,  but  in  three 
months  moved  to  Boston,  where  the  names  of 
William  and  his  wife  are  on  the  roll  of  the 
First  Church.  He  was  made  a  freeman  in 
May,  1 63 1,  and  was  chosen  one  of  the  two 
deputies  from  the  town ;  he  was  also  constable 
and  assessor  of  rates;  he  served  on  a  com- 
mittee to  allot  to  "able  bodied  men  and  youth" 
grounds  for  planting.  In  1637  or  1638  he 
moved  to  Mount  Wollast(jn,  later  Braintrec, 
where  he  was  representative  and  commissioner 
or  local  judge  for  certain  cases.  Later  he 
moved  to  Seekonk,  near  I'lymouth  Colony, 
where  he  was  a  prominent  man.  He  was  op- 
posed to  renaming  the  town  Rehoboth,  and  be- 
cause of  a  prejudice  wdiich  arose  against  him 
from  this  he  went  to  Pe(|uot,  where  he  was 
urged  to  settle,  but  he  finally  settled  in  We(|ue- 
tequock  Cove,  in  Pawcatuck,  and  was  assisted 
in  his  moving  by  Roger  Williams.  Soon  after 
this  a  false  charge  was  made  against  him  by 
jealous  neighbors,  declaring  that  he  intended 
to  carry  on  trade  with  the  Indians  in  fire- 
arms, and  the  federal  court  of  Connecticut 
issued  a  warrant  requiring  him  to  answer  this, 
and  though  at  first  he  refused,  he  finally  an- 
swered and  cleared  himself.  Roth  Massachu- 
setts and  Connecticut  claimed  the  land  at  Pe- 
quot,  and  Connecticut  tried  to  gain  it  by  found 
ing  a  new  town  on  Chcsebrough's  side  of  the 
river.  Thomas  Stanton,  the  famous  Indian 
interpreter,  joined  him,  with  Palmer  and 
Miner,  in  settling  Stonington,  wdiich  at  first  was 
called  Southington,  then  Mystic,  then  Stoning- 
ton.  h'or  the  last  three  years  of  his  life  he 
was  selectman  of  the  town,  until  June  9,  1667, 
when  he  died.  He  married  .Anne,  daughter  of 
Peter  Stevenson,  by  license,  December  15, 
1620.  in  St.  Botolph's  Church,  Boston,  Lin- 
colnshire, England.  His  wife  died  August  24, 
1775.  Children,  baptismal  dates  given  :  Marie, 
May  2,  1622,  died  in  infancy;  Martha,  Sep- 
tember 18,  1623,  died  in  infancy;  David,  die<l 
in  infancy;  Jonathan.  September  9,  1624,  twin 
of  David  ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Androni- 
cus  and  Junius,  twins,  I'ebruary  6,  1629 ;  Na- 
thaniel. January  25,  1630;  John,  September  2, 
1632;  Jabez,  May  3.  1635,  died  young;  Elisha, 
Tune  4,  1637;  Joseph,  born  July  18,  1640.  died 
young. 

fli)    Samuel,  son  of  William  Chcsebrough, 


was  baptized  April  i,  1627,  at  Boston,  England, 
buried  July  31,  1673,  in  Stonington,  Connecti- 
cut. He  was  made  freeman  in  1657  and  signed 
the  Pawcatuck  Articles  of  Association  in  1658. 
He  served  as  constable,  selectman  in  1660,  dep- 
uty to  the  general  court  in  16*35-66-67-70-71- 
72-'/T,.  He  lived  in  Boston,  Braintree  and  Re- 
hoboth, Massachusetts.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber  30,    1655,   Abigail   ,   who   married 

(second),  June  15,  1675,  Joshua  Holmes,  of 
Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  and  (third),  July 
4,  1698.  Captain  James  Avery,  of  New  Lon- 
don, Connecticut,  who  died  April  18,  1700, 
leaving  her  again  a  widow.  Children :  Abigail, 
born  Sejitember  30,  1656;  Marie,  February  28, 
1658;  .Samuel,  November  20.  1660;  William, 
.April  8,  1662;  Sarah,  December  24,  1663; 
Elisha,  mentioned  below  ;  Elizabeth,  January  6, 
1669. 

(Ill)  Elisha,  son  of  Samuel  Chesebrough, 
was  born  April  4,  1667,  and  died  September  i, 
1727.  He  married  (first),  January  27,  1692, 
Marie,  daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mary  (Avery) 
Miner,  born  October  6.  1671,  at  Stonington, 
died  .Xovember  29,  1704.  buried  at  Togwonk. 
He  was  received  into  tlie  Stonington  church 
February  5,  1705.  His  will  was  proved  No- 
vember 14,  1727.  He  married  (second)  Re- 
becca Mason,  February  6,  1707,  daughter  of 
Daniel  and  Rebecca  (Hobart)  Mason,  born 
February  10,  1682,  died  January  15,  1742.  Chil- 
dred  by  first  wife:  Mary,  born  De'ccmber  15, 
1692;  VA\hu  and  Elisha.  twins,  September  15, 
1694:  John.  October  25.  1696;  James,  men- 
tioned below;  Jabez,  January  10.  1701  ;  Zcl)u- 
lon.  July  6,  died  Xovember  24.  1704.  Children 
by  second  wife:  Rebecca,  November  16,  1707; 
Jedediah,  October  12.  1710;  .Zebulon,  June 
13,  1712;  Prudence,  July  12,  1716.  died  young; 
.Abigail.  September  28.  1717;  Lucy,  July  2, 
1722:  Nathaniel.  September  6.  1724,  died 
March  i,  1725. 

(I\')  James,  son  of  Elisha  Chesebrough, 
was  born  May  20,  1699,  at  Stonington.  He 
married.  November  24.  1718.  Prudence  Har- 
ris, of  Middletown.  Connecticut,  born  January 
I.  1 700- 1,  daughter  of  William  and  Martha 
(Collins)  Harris.  She  married  (second), 
.August  21,  1746,  in  North  Stonington.  Captain 
Daniel  Brown.  Children  :  Prudence,  born  Oc- 
tober 16,  1719;  Jabez,  July  21. 1721.  died  young; 
Elisha.  baptized  .April  28,  1723;  Rebecca,  Feb- 
ruarv  6.  1726;  Sybil.  .August  24,  1729;  Jabez, 
February  13,  1732;  James,  June  27.  1736,  men- 
tioned below. 


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(V)  James  (2),  son  of  James  (i)  Chese- 
brougli,  was  born  June  27,  1736.  He  married, 
December  10,  1758,  Lucy,  daughter  of  Josep.i 
and  Sarah  (  Worden )  Pendleton,  "of  Lottery 
village  fame".  She  was  baptized  May  5,  1742. 
Children:  Paul;  James,  died  March  25,  1848, 
aged  86 ;  Harris,  mentioned  below  ;  William, 
born  January  22,  1764;  Joseph  Leroy  :  Ben- 
jamin; Isaac,  March  i,  1774. 

(VI)  Harris  Chesebro.  son  of  James    (2) 

Chesebrough,    married    Martha  .     He 

was  a  sailor.  Children,  born  in  Hopkinton, 
Rhode  Island:  Patty,  September  19,  1790; 
Harris,  Jr.,  July  13,  1791  ;  Lydia,  July  24, 
1794;  Samuel  Champlin,  April  13,  1796;  Na- 
than, married  Lydia  Downing ;  Rhody  and 
Phebe,  both  married  Cyrus  Reebe  (see 
Beebe)  ;  Jared,  married  Sarah  Brown ;  Eli, 
married  Eliza  lilanding ;  Phebe,  married  Ly- 
man Palmer. 


The  Stiles  name  is  of  Anglo- 
STILES     Sa.xon    origin,    anil    is    derived 

from  the  dwelling-place.  The 
names  Styleman,  Styel  and  Styell  are  also  de- 
rived from  style.  The  family  is  very  ancient  in 
England. 

( I)  John  Stiles,  the  immigrant  ancestor,  was 
baptized  in  St.  Michael's  Church,  Milbroke, 
Bedfordshire,    England,    December    25,    1505. 

He  married  Rachel ,  in  England.    She 

was  the  first  person  to  step  ashore  at  Connecti- 
cut when  the  Plantation  was  begun  in  1636. 
John  Stiles  was  forty  years  of  age  when  he 
came  to  W'indsor,  Connecticut,  where  he  had  a 
home  lot  next  to  his  brother  Francis.  In  1663 
his  son  Henry  had  this  lot  and  lived  on  it  until 
1673,  when  he  exchanged  with  John  Gaylord. 
In  1660  he  gave  his  son  John  a  lot  twelve  acres 
wide  near  Henry's  lot,  which  he  sold  in  1653 
to  Nathaniel  Bissell.  In  1659-60  he  paid  for 
a  seat  in  the  meeting-house  at  Windsor,  the 
price  being  six  shillings  for  man  and  wife.  He 
died  at  Windsor,  June  4,  1662-3,  aged  sixty- 
seven,  and  his  wife  died  September  3,  167,).. 
His  will  was  dated  May  30,  1662.  Children, 
born  in  England  :  Henry,  about  1629,  and  John, 
about  1633;  Isaac,  mentioned  below:  Sarah, 
born  in  Windsor,  Connecticut. 

( II)  Isaac,  son  of  John  Stiles,  was  born  in 
Windsor,  Connecticut,  and  died  at  Stratford, 
Connecticut,  January  5,  1714-5.  On  January 
27,  1 7 10,  there  is  a  record  of  his  baptism  in  a 
journal  kept  by  Rev.  Mr.  Sharp,  an  Episco- 
palian clergyman  in  New  York,  during  Lord 


Cornbury's  administration,  stating  that  he  was 
"the  first  male  child  born  in  the  Colony  of 
Connecticut,  a  man  of  80  years  of  age."  He 
probably  baptized  him  during  a  trip  through 
Connecticut  with  the  governor.  Savage  says 
that  if  he  were  the  first  child  born  in  Connecti- 
cut he  must  have  been  about  seventy-six  years 
of  age  instead  of  eighty.  He  married  Hannah 
,  and  settled  in  Wethersfield,  Connecti- 
cut, about  1665.  After  1671  he  moved  to 
Stratford,  Connecticut,  where  he  lived  the  rest 
of  his  life.  The  only  deed  found  given  by  him 
was  to  his  son  Jonathan,  a  deed  of  twenty-four 
acres  of  division  lands,  dated  June  26,  1703, 
recorded  July  20,  1706;  this  was  on  condition 
that  he  take  care  of  his  father  for  the  rest  of 
his  life,  and  also  pay  three  pounds  each  to  his 
sisters  Hannah,  Sarah  and  Deborah.  Isaac 
was  one  of  the  petitioners  to  the  Bishop  of 
London  in  April,  1707,  for  the  establishment 
of  Christ  Church,  at  Stratford.  Children: 
Isaac,  luentioned  below;  John,  who  according 
to  President  Stiles  died  before  1710,  and 
whom,  like  John,  Cothren  does  not  find  on  the 
records  ;  born  at  Stratford,  Connecticut ;  Sarah, 
November  18.  1677;  Deborah,  January  18, 
1682;  Jonathan,  March  10,  1688-9,  founder  of 
large  New  Jersey  family;  Hannah,  November 

.S.   i''04- 

(III)  Isaac  (2),  son  of  Isaac  (i)  Stiles, 
was  born  in  1663,  married  Hannah,  daughter 
of  Robert  Rose,  of  Stratford,  Connecticut.  Her 
father  came  from  Ipswich,  England,  in  1634, 
in  the  ship  "Erancis,"  aged  fifteen,  with  his 
father.   Robert   Rose  Sr.,  and  settled  in   1648 

in  Stratford  ;  married  Hannah ,  and  had 

eight  children,  of  whom  the  youngest  was 
Hannah.  Isaac  Stiles  died  in  1690.  and  the 
inventory  of  his  estate  i?  dated  December  15, 
1691.  The  widow  Hannah  and  Isaac  Bennit 
were  appointed  administrators ;  she  married 
(second)  Samuel  Hargar.  of  Derby,  Connecti- 
cut, May  9,  1693.  Children  of  Isaac  and  Han- 
nah Stiles:  Deborah,  married  Samuel  Shethar ; 
Isaac,  mentioned  below. 

(I\')  Isaac  (3),  son  of  Isaac  (2)  Stiles, 
was  born  .\pril  5,  169-.  and  settled  first  at 
Stratford,  then  at  Woodbury.  Connecticut, 
where  he  died  April  6,  1787,  aged  ninety-seven 
\ears.  He  married  (first),  February  23,  1718- 
Q,  .\bigail  .Adams,  of  Milford,  Connecticut, 
born   September    25,    1696;    (second)    .Sarah 

,  who  died  December  19,  1771.  Cothren, 

in  his  "History  of  Woodbury,"  says  that  Abi- 
gail, the  first  wife,  "seems  to  have  clied  before 


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1724,  for  in  that  year  his  wife  Sarah  was  dis- 
missed to  the  Ripton  church  from  Stratford". 
Children,  born  at  Stratford,  except  the  young- 
est:  Wilham,  January  23,  1718-20;  Sarah.  De- 
cember 19,  1721  ;  Abigail,  April  6,  1723;  Han- 
nah, July  12,  1726,  died  November  4,  1726; 
Isaac,  mentioned  below;  Mabel,  April  11, 
1730;  Betty,  July  2,  1732;  Mary,  September 
21,  1734;  Samuel,  June  i,  1736;  John,  August 
21,  1738;  David,  born  at  Woodbury,  June  18, 
1741. 

(V)  Isaac  (4),  son  of  Isaac  (3)  Stiles, 
was  born  at  Stratford,  Connecticut,  April  17, 
1728.  He  married  Elizabeth  .  Chil- 
dren: Eunice,  baptized  July  14,  1751,  died 
1776,  unmarried;  Annis,  baptized  July  i, 
1753,  married  Nathaniel  Bristol,  November 
10,  1777;  Gideon,  baptized  May  15,  1757;  Na- 
than, married  Betsey  Wagner ;  Truman,  born 
at  Southbury,  Connecticut,  1 761,  married  La- 
vinia  Leavenworth  and  x\nne  Jarrett ;  Lewis, 
mentioned  below;  Simeon,  died  .April  i,  1777, 
aged  eleven  years. 

(VI)  Lewis,  son  of  Isaac  (4)  Stiles,  was 
born  about  1764,  at  Southbury,  Connecticut, 
or  Minisink,  New  York.  The  records  of 
Southbury  show  that  Lewis  Stiles  married  at 
Bethlehem,  Connecticut,  September  15,  1793, 
Sarah  Wray ;  according  to  the  family  tradi- 
tion his  wife's  maiden  name  was  Wood.  He 
lived  and  died  in  Minisink,  Orange  county, 
New  York.  His  home  was  near  Greenville. 
He  was  a  captain  in  the  war  of  1812.  He  lived 
to  the  great  age  of  eighty- four  years.  By 
occupation  he  was  a  farmer.  Children : 
Lemon  Nathaniel,  mentioned  below ;  Lewis, 
Artey,  married Overton ;  Phebe,  mar- 
ried   Hoyt ;  one  other  child. 

(VII)  Lemon  Nathaniel,  son  of  Lewis 
.Stiles,  was  born  at  Mount  Hope,  Orange 
county.  New  York,  March  24,  1807,  and  died 
at  Binghamton,  New  York,  May  7,  1890.  He 
was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and  in  his 
younger  days  was  a  school  teacher.  Afterward 
he  was  a  dealer  in  clocks,  tinware  and  Yankee 
notions,  and  had  stores  and  peddler's  carts  from 
which  lie  sold  his  wares,  after  the  custom  of 
the  trade  in  those  days.  In  later  years  he  was 
a  hotel  proprietor.  He  owned  a  hotel  at  Otis- 
villc  and  another  at  Mount  Hope,  New  York. 

'  He  spent  his  last  years  in  retirement  from  ac- 
tive business,  making  his  home  with  his  daugh- 
ter in  Binghamton,  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried Cynthia  Green,  born  at  Mount  Hope,  in 
1812,    died    December    6,    1891,    daughter   of 


Charles  and  Polly  (Woodward)  Green.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Charles  Lewis,  mentioned  below.  2. 
.Ambrose  Woodward,  born  October  27,  1838, 
died  in  Florida ;  married  Margarett  Claflin ; 
son  Charles,  born  1864,  died  1907.  3.  Mary 
Frances,  born  October  i,  1840  ;  married  Joseph 
Gillespie,  of  Binghamton. 

(VIII)  Dr.  Charles  Lewis  Stiles,  son  of 
Lemon  Nathaniel  Stiles,  was  born  in  Sussex 
county,  New  Jersey,  October  24,  1834.  He  re- 
ceivccl  his  earlv  education  in  the  district  schools 
of  Mount  Hope  and  Otisville,  New  A'ork.  Cin- 
der the  instruction  of  Dr.  S.  M.  Hand,  of  Nor- 
wich, New  York,  he  began  the  study  of  medi- 
cine and  continued  with  him  four  years,  after- 
ward taking  the  course  at  the  Geneva  Medical 
College,  Geneva,  New  A'ork,  from  which  he 
was  graduated  with  the  degree  of  M.  D.  in  the 
class  of  1865.  For  five  years  he  was  in  general 
practice  at  Gibson,  Susquehanna  county,  Penn- 
sylvania. In  1870  he  removed  to  Owego,  New 
York,  and  he  has  continued  in  practice  to  the 
present  time  and  enjoyed  a  large  measure  of 
success  and  a  high  reputation  for  skill  and 
learning.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Tioga  County 
Medical  Society,  Broome  County  Medical  So- 
ciety, .Steuben  County  Medical  Society,  Che- 
mung County  Medical  Society.  Susquehanna 
County  Medical  Society,  Lake  Cayuga  Medical 
and  Surgical  Association,  Binghamton  Acad- 
emy of  Medicine.  Elmira  .Academy  of  Medi- 
cine, Si.xth  District  of  the  New  A'ork  State 
Medical  Society,  atid  the  .American  Medical 
Association.  In  religion  he  is  a  Congregation- 
alist  and  has  been  deacon  and  trustee  of  the 
Congregational  church  of  Owego.  He  is  also 
a  member  of  the  Minisink  \'alley  Historical 
Society  of  Port  Jervis,  New  York.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Democrat. 

He  married.  May  18.  1864,  Marietta  .Archi- 
bald, born  in  Owego,  1840,  daughter  of  .Al- 
mond W.  and  .Abbie  (Bates)  Archibald,  and 
granddaughter  of  James  Archibald,  who  came 
from  .Scotland  and  settled  in  New  A'ork  state. 
Children  of  Dr.  and  Mrs.  Stiles:  i.  .Archi- 
bald Wilson,  born  September  27,  1872 ;  grad- 
uated in  medicine  from  Baltimore  Medical 
College,  and  passed  medical  examinations  in 
New  York,  Tennessee  and  \'irginia ;  now  en- 
gaged in  insurance  business  in  Indianapolis, 
Indiana:  married  Kathleen  Barnett,  of  \'ir= 
ginia ;  has  daughter  Kathleen  Barnett  Stiles ; 
his  wife  is  deceased.  2.  Jennie  Frank,  born 
March  7,  1876,  died  in  infancy.  3.  Lora  Belle, 
born    March    12,    187S;    married     Harry    W. 


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Corey  Jr.,  of  Owego,  a  merchant.  4.  I-ouise 
Delphine,  twin  of  Lora  Belle,  married  Henry 
E.  Kingman,  of  Owego,  son  of  Leroy  W. 
Kingman,  editor  and  publisher  of  the  Oiccgo 
Gazette. 


In  a  recent  genealogy  of  one  line 
DAVIS  of  the  descendants  of  John  Davis, 
of  Derby,  Connecticut,  the  author, 
George  T.  Davis,  of  New  Rochelle,  New  York, 
says  :  "I  have  no  positive  knowledge  of  the  date 
of  the  arrival  of  the  original  Davis  in  the  col- 
onies." Although  John  Davis  was  called  a 
Welshman,  he  appears  in  Derby,  Connecticut, 
about  1690,  at  a  time  when  very  little  immigra- 
tion was  taking  place  and  in  a  section  where 
other  Davis  pioneers  had  conic.  The  relation- 
ship of  the  numerous  Davis  pioneers  in  the 
first  century  of  the  settlement  of  New  Eng- 
land has  never  been  determined  by  genealo- 
gists. We  know  that  many  were  related,  and 
there  is  a  strong  probability  that  many  were 
of  Welsh  ancestry.  John  Davis  may  have  been 
son  of  Tobias  Davis,  of  Roxbury.  His  wife 
Mary  was  wiilow  of  Jasper  Cunn.  who  came 
from  Roxbury,  Massachusetts,  to  Derby,  Con- 
necticut. Tobias  Davis  was  in  Roxbury  as 
early  as  1646,  and  his  wife  Sarah  was  buried 
there  February  15,  1648.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), December  13,  1649,  Bridget  Kinman  ;  he 
died  April  25,  1690.  His  son  John,  born  April 
17,  165 1,  is  mentioned  in  his  will.  There  was 
also  a  William  Davis  in  Roxbury  early.  Be- 
fore 1650  there  were  in  Massachusetts  alone 
thirty  or  more  heads  of  families  of  the  Davis 
surname.  The  name  of  John  Davis'  first  wife 
and  his  age  are  not  known. 

(I)  John  Davis  located  in  Derby,  Connecti- 
cut, between  1685  and  1690,  and  became  a 
prominent  citizen.  He  married  (second),  May 
12,  1691,  Widow  Mary  Gunn.  ?Ie  and  Mary 
Gunn  were  witnesses  to  a  deed  dated  Febru- 
ary, i6gi  (p.  94,  Derby  records).  His  request 
about  this  time  for  half  a  rood  of  land  near  his 
house  on  the  eastern  side  of  the  highway  along 
the  hill  toward  Mr.  Powers  and  the  meeting 
house,  in  order  to  have  room  for  a  barn,  was 
granted.  He  shared  in  a  division  of  land  in 
March,  1702.  His  name  is  in  a  list  of  inhab- 
itants of  1696.  He  married  (third),  about 
1692,  Abigail  Tibbals,  daughter  of  John,  of 
Milford,  Connecticut.  Children  of  first  wife: 
Sarah  :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Samuel,  mar- 
ried Mercy  Bennett ;  George.  Children  of  third 
wife:  Mary,  born  August  2,  1693;  Nathaniel, 


February  26,  1698;  Jabez,  July  24,  1703;  Eliz- 
abeth, July  31,  1707;  Abigail,  April  28,  1709. 

(II)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Davis,  was 
born  about  1680,  and  came  to  Derby,  Connecti- 
cut, with  his  father.  He  married,  July  15, 
1706,  Sarah,  daughter  of  John  and  Anna 
(Harger)  Chatfield ;  she  was  born  December 
5,  1686,  and  died  June  20,  1721.  Children: 
Joseph,  mentioned  below ;  Dan,  born  January 
17,  1710,  married  .Ruth  Wooster,  Mindwell, 
February  4,  1712;  Abigail,  November  20, 
1713;  Rachel,  July  5,  1716:  Betty,  October  11, 
1719,  married  Ebenezer  Keeney. 

(III)  Captain  Joseph  Davis,  son  of  John 
(  2 )  Davis,  was  born  in  Derby,  Connecticut, 
June  20,  1708.  He  was  active  in  military  af- 
fairs, was  an  ensign  in  1750,  lieutenant  in 
1752,  captain  in  1754,  of  the  Derby  company. 
He  married  (first),  April  25,  1734,  Mary, 
daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lois  Wheeler,  of 
Stratford;  she  was  born  in  Stratford,  May  30, 
1714,  died  January  18,  1764.  He  married 
(second),  January  30,  17(15,  Amy  Foote, 
widow,  of  Newtown,  Connecticut,  January  30, 
1765.  There  is  a  tablet  to  his  memory  in  the 
church  at  Oxford  (St.  Peters),  the  land  for 
which  he  deeded  December  22,  1766.  Chil- 
dren by  first  wife:  Sarah,  born  November  26, 
1735,  married  Isaac  Nichols;  Abigail,  April 
12,  1738,  married  Abel  Gunn;  Mary,  October 
15,  1740;  Joseph,  July  10,  1743;  Hannah, 
1744,  married  Richard  Welton  ;  John,  Febru- 
ary 2,  1748,  died  young:  Rachel,  July  4,  1752, 
married  John  Church  :  John,  mentioned  below. 

(IV)  Colonel  John  (3)  Davis,  son  of  Jo- 
seph Davis,  was  bom  at  C)xford,  formerly 
Derby,  Connecticut,  September  28,  1755,  and 
died  there  November  27,  1848.  He  was  a 
prominent  citizen  and  was  colonel  of  a  regi- 
ment in  the  militia.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man September  16,  1777.  Soon  after  the  or- 
ganization of  the  town  of  Oxford  in  1791,  a 
green  was  provided  for  a  common  and  train- 
ing field,  but  this  ground  was  overgrown  with 
brambles,  which  were  cleared  away  by  the  men 
of  the  town  under  the  direction  of  Ci:)lonel 
Davis,  then  captain.  ?Te  became  commander 
of  the  Thirty-second  Connecticut  Regiment. 
He  retained  his  faculties  to  a  remarkable  de- 
gree to  the  end  of  his  long  life.  At  the  age  of 
ninety  he  broke  a  colt  and  rode  him  from  Ox- 
ford to  New  Haven,  a  distance  of  a  dozen 
miles.  In  the  summer  he  was  ninety-three  he 
worked  with  a  scythe  in  the  hayfields.  No- 
vember 27,  1848,  his  house  was  destroyed  by 


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fire,  and  over-exertion  at  the  fire,  together  with 
a  fall  from  his  horse,  ultimately  caused  his 
death,  December  27,  1848. 

He  married,  April  19,  1782,  Mehitable 
Thomas,  born  at  New  Haven,  April  12,  1764, 
daughter  of  Captain  Reuben  Thomas  and 
Rhoda  (Clinton).  His  wife  died  December  27, 
1852,  and  was  buried  at  his  side  in  the  ceme- 
tery at  the  rear  of  St.  Peter's  church,  O.xford. 
Children:  Sarah,  born  March  31,  1783,  at  Ox- 
ford, married  Addison  Bischo;  Anson,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1785,  married  Sally  Prudden ;  Tru- 
man, March  13,  1787,  married  thrice:  John, 
September  8,  1788,  married  Laura  Riggs ;  Lu- 
cretia,  September  22,  1790,  married  Samuel 
Mallory ;  Mary,  May  28,  1792,  married  Abi- 
jah  Hyde;  Charity,  February  8,  1794,  married 
Peter  Prudden;  Nabby,  December  21,  1795. 
married  Harvey  Osborne;  Nancy,  twin  of 
Nabby,  married  Cyrus  Humphrey :  Joseph 
Wheeler,  .August  13,  1798,  married  Henrietta 
Newton :  Sheldon,  September  3,  1800,  died 
May  30,  1813:  Lewis,  January  26,  1803,  mar- 
ried Lucinda  Perkins  ;  Burritt.  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Julia  Maria,  July  4,  1810,  married  Eben- 
ezer  Riggs. 

(\')  Burritt,  son  of  Colonel  John  (3) 
Davis,  was  born  at  O.xford.  July  12,  1806,  on 
Chestnut  Tree  Hill,  and  died  at  O.xford,  May 
24,  1893.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town,  and  settled  on  the  farm  of  his 
father  there.  He  was  a  man  of  sterling  quali- 
ties, and  respected  by  all  who  knew  him.  In 
1879  he  took  an  active  part  in  the  organiza- 
tion of  the  Davis  family  reunion,  and,  being 
the  only  survivor  of  the  fourteen  children  of 
Colonel  Davis,  he  was  elected  first  president, 
and  held  the  office  until  his  death,  attending 
fourteen  annual  reunions.  His  portrait  is  on 
page  217  of  the  "Genealogy  of  Col.  John 
Davis"  (1910),  by  George  T.  Davis,  of  New 
Rochelle.  He  married,  December  11,  1828, 
-Sarah  Electa  Osborne,  of  Oxford,  born  May  6, 
1808,  died  in  Oxford,  January  4,  1889,  daugh- 
ter of  Hiram  Osborne.  Children:  Burr  J., 
mentioned  below;  Sarah  E.,  born  October  11. 
1832,  married  Frederick  O.  Cable;  John  II., 
born  .Sejjtember  20,  1834,  died  November  6, 
1835.    4.   Barnard  H.,  born  May  22,  1843. 

(VI)  Burr  Jay,  son  of  Burritt  Davis,  was 
born  at  Oxford,  September  6,  1829,  and  died 
at  Owego,  New  York,  Alarch  6,  1897.  His 
early  life  was  sjient  in  Connecticut,  and  he 
was  educated  in  the  public  schools.  He  re- 
moved to  Owego,  New  ^'ork,  in  1857,  but  on 


account  of  ill  health  returned  to  Oxford  and 
afterward  went  abroad.  In  1869  he  represent- 
ed his  town  in  the  general  assembly  of  the 
state.  Soon  afterward  he  went  to  Owego  again 
and  assumed  the  management  of  the  Central 
House  until  1878,  when  he  purchased  the  Ah- 
waga  House,  which  he  conducted  during  the 
rest  of  his  life.  Before  1878  for  several  years 
he  was  a  partner  in  the  oyster  firm  of  Davis, 
Corey  &  Company.  In  1878  he  was  elected 
supervisor  of  the  town  of  Owego  as  a  Green- 
back candidate,  endorsed  by  the  Democrats, 
and  held  that  office  for  two  terms.  In  1881  he 
defeated  William  Elwell,  the  Republican  candi- 
date for  sheriff,  overcoming  a  Republican  ma- 
jority of  1,500,  and  served  a  term  of  three 
years.  Upon  the  death  of  Sheriff"  Cleveland,  in 
May,  1889,  he  was  ap])ointed  sheriff  of  Tioga 
county  by  Governor  Hill,  and  served  until 
January,  1890.  He  was  a  lifelong  Democrat, 
except  for  the  period  when  many  Democrats 
supported  the  Greenback  movement,  and  he 
was  popular  with  men  of  both  parties.  He 
was  past  master  of  Friendship  Lodge,  No.  153, 
Free  Masons,  and  past  high  priest  of  New  Je- 
rusalem Chapter,  No.  47,  Royal  .Arch  Masons, 
and  a  member  of  Malta  Commandery,  Knights 
Templar,  No.  21,  of  Binghamton.  He  became 
a  Mason  in  1864,  and  was  prominent  in  that 
order  all  the  rest  of  his  life.  He  was  a  char- 
ter member  of  Starr  Lodge,  Cnited  Workmen, 
of  Owego.  He  was  always  fond  of  outdoor 
s])orts  and  recreation,  especially  fishing  and 
hunting.  He  married  (first),  December  9, 
1857,  Ellen  Jane  Fairchild,  of  Seymour,  Con- 
necticut, born  May  24,  1833.  ilied  at  Owego, 
July  26,  1863,  daughter  of  Nathan  and  Au- 
gusta Fairchild.  He  married  (spcond),  June  15, 
1870,  Sarah  F.  Sperry,  of  New  Haven,  Con- 
necticut. Child  by  first  wife:  .Anna  A.,  born 
.March  17,  1859,  married  John  Ward,  proprie- 
tor of  the  .Ahwaga  Hotel,  Owego;  child.  Ma- 
bel E.  Ward.  Children  of  second  wife:  Fred- 
erick Jay,  mentioned  below ;  Ellen  E.,  born 
.September  15,  1874,  married  Howard  Mal- 
lery,  of  Syracuse,  New  A'ork ;  child,  Frances 
S.  Mallcry:  John  B.,  born  May  9,  1881. 

(VII)  Frederick  Jay.  son  of  Burr  Jay 
Davis,  was  born  in  Owego,  August  12,  1871. 
He  attended  the  miblic  schools  of  his  native 
town,  the  Owego  .Academy  and  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the 
class  of  i8(/)  with  the  degree  of  bachelor  of 
laws.  In  June  of  that  year  he  was  admitted  to 
the  New  Vork  state  bar.     He  formed  a  part- 


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nership  with  Martin  S.  Lynch  under  the  firm 
name  of  Lynch  &  Davis,  and  continued  in  this 
relation  in  general  practice  in  Owego  until 
1905.  Since  then  he  has  practiced  there  alone. 
He  is  now  (igii)  serving  his  fifth  term  as 
corporation  counsel  of  Owego.  He  is  a  di- 
rector of  the  Owego  Water  Company.  He  is 
past  master  of  Friendship  Lodge,  No.  133. 
Free  Masons;  member  of  the  Delta  Tau  Delta 
fraternity  of  Cornell :  of  Defiance  Hook  and 
Ladder  Company :  member  of  the  Country 
Club,  president  of  the  Owego  Rod  and  Gun 
Club,  and  a  member  of  the  Camp  Fire  Camp  of 
America.  In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat,  in  re- 
ligion an  Episcopalian. 

He  married,  October  16.  1901,  Clara  S. 
Chamberlain,  of  Owego.  born  in  Owego, 
daughter  of  Stephen  and  Romietta  Chamber- 
lain.    Their  onlv  child  died  in  infancy. 


Theophilus   Whiting,   the   im- 

WHITING     migrant  ancestor,  was  born  in 

England,    and    came    to    this 

country  about  the  time  of  the  revolution,  and 

settled  in  Connecticut. 

(H)  Thomas,  son  of  Theophilus  Whiting, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  and  remained  there 
until  181 1,  in  Litchfield,  when  he  removed, 
with  his  wife  and  eight  children,  to  SpatTord, 
Onondaga  county.  New  York.  He  was  one  of 
the  original  settlers  of  the  latter  town,  then 
called  Babcock  Settlement,  and  spent  most  of 
his  life  there.  He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation. 
He  died  at  Onondaga  Hill,  near  Syracuse. 

(HI)  Anson  Lord,  son  of  Thomas  W'hiting. 
was  born  in  Litchfield,  Connecticut,  and  lived 
there  until  he  was  four  years  old,  when  he  re- 
moved with  his  parents  to  SpaiYord.  There 
he  lived  until  he  v^'as  a  young  man,  and  be- 
came a  farmer.  In  1833  he  removed  to  the 
town  of  Scott,  and  carried  on  a  mercantile 
business  there  for  si.xteeu  years.  He  also 
manufactured  flax  for  many  years.  He  was  an 
extensive  land  owner,  and  shortly  before  his 
death  gave  each  of  his  five  children  a  good 
farm.  He  was  a  keen  and  energetic  business 
man  and  accumulated  considerable  money.  In 
politics  he  was  at  first  a  Whig,  and  later  a 
Republic^.  He  was  active  in  political  mat- 
ters, and  held  a  number  of  public  offices ;  for 
manv  vears  a  member  of  the  board  of  super- 
visors, and  also  town  clerk.  In  religion  he  was 
a  Seventh  Day  Baptist,  and  contributed  largely 
to  the  support  of  that  church.  He  married 
Nancy,     daughter     of     Henry     and     Jemima 


( Crandall )  Burdick.  Her  father  was  of 
Scotch  descent,  born  in  Hopkinton,  Rhode 
Island,  where  the  family  had  settled.  There 
he  remained  until  1800,  when  he  came  to 
Scott,  and  bought  a  farm.  After  staying  there 
for  two  years  he  returned  to  his  native  state, 
but  finally  came  back  to  Scott,  and  with  him 
came  his  father,  mother  and  four  brothers, 
Joseph,  Paul,  Jesse  and  Russell.  They  all  set- 
tled within  five  miles  of  the  town,  and  with 
the  exception  of  Paul,  became  prosperous  and 
successful  farmers.  The  latter  became  an 
inventor,  and  had  a  son  Orin  who  became  well 
known  all  over  the  country  by  his  connection 
with  the  Osborne  reaper.  Henry  was  a  pioneer 
settler  nf  Scott,  anil  one  of  its  leading  citi- 
zens. He  cleared  a  farm  of  his  own,  contain- 
ing one  hundred  acres,  and  afterward  cleared 
farms  for  others.  He  was  justice  of  the  peace 
for  many  years,  and  served  on  the  board  of 
supervisors.  He  married  Jemima  Crandall. 
Children :  Elniira,  married  Daniel  Babcock,  of 
Scott,  deceased  ;  Sallie,  married  .\bel  Lewis,  of 
Scott,  deceased ;  Nancy,  mentioned  above : 
Betsy,  deceased  ;  Henry  Lee,  Jared  C,  a  prom- 
inent publisher  in  New  York  City,  at  the  head 
of  the  "Ladies'  Wreath  and  Parlor  .Annual ;" 
Russell  M..  a  prominent  business  man  of 
Hartford,  Connecticut,  also  interested  in  the 
cultivation  of  oranges  in  Florida  ;  William  M.. 
.\sher  B.,  publisher  of  Helper's  "Impending 
Crisis;"  he  died  in  1869.  aged  eighty-nine 
vears.  .Nnsun  Lord  W'hiting  died  at  Scott,  in 
1896.  Children:  Lucelia  C)..  married  Hon.  S. 
A.  Childs.  deceased ;  Henry  Lee.  was  a  mer- 
chant in  Hartford  for  twenty-five  years,  re- 
turned to  Scott  in  1892  and  died  there  same 
year;  Hamiltuii  I.,  mentioned  below;  Lorinda 
F.,  married  James  B.  Spencer;  .Xdelle  O., 
married  Leland  Griffin,  of  Scott. 

(W)  Hamilton  Ira.  son  of  .An.son  Lord 
Whiting,  was  born  in  Scott,  Cortland  county. 
New  York,  February  13,  1839,  and  died  in 
Homer,  New  York,  July  5.  191 1.  He  received 
his  |irimary  education  in  the  district  schools 
of  his  native  town,  and  afterward  attended 
^he  De  Ruyter  Institute,  of  Madison  county. 
New  York.  .\t  the  age  of  eighteen  he  left 
school  and  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
flax,  in  company  with  his  father,  under  the 
firm  name  of  A.  L.  Whiting  &  Son.  Eight 
years  later  he  began  the  manufacture  of  green 
tow,  and  continued  about  fifteen  years.  He 
was  the  first  in  that  section  to  engage  in  that 
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merchandise  store  in  Scott,  and  conducted  it 
alone  until  1898,  when  he  admitted  his  son, 
Merton  A.,  as  a  member  of  the  firm.  A  year 
later  he  retired  from  active  business,  and  his 
son  has  since  carried  the  same  business  with 
great  success.  He  went  to  Homer  to  live  in 
1900,  and  spent  his  last  years  in  the  super- 
vision of  his  farm  of  one  himdred  and  forty- 
eight  acres.  He  married,  in  1858,  Josephine 
A.,  daughter  of  Dr.  William  M.  and  Hulda  L. 
(Babcock)  Truman,  of  Alfred  Center,  Alle- 
gany county,  New  York.  Her  father.  Dr. 
Truman,  was  born  in  Madison  county.  New 
York,  and  studied  medicine  in  Scott,  gradu- 
ated when  nineteen  years  old,  and  then  went 
to  Richburg,  Allegany  county,  where  he  prac- 
ticed for  about  seven  years.  He  then  removed 
to  Alfred  Center,  where  he  ac(|uire(l  a  large 
|)ractice.  and  spent  the  rest  of  his  life.  His 
children  were  Josephine  A.,  mentioned  above ; 
Elosia  A.,  Adelbert  W.,  M.  D.,  living  in  Roch- 
ester, New  York;  Mary,  deceased.  Josephine 
A.  Truman  was  born  in  Richburg  in  1836. 
Children  of  Hamilton  I.  Whiting:  William  I., 
born  i860,  clerk  and  manager  of  a  grocery 
store  at  Skaneateles,  New  York ;  Lena  M., 
1863,  married  John  B.  Brown,  a  farmer  of 
Scott;  Merton  Anson,  mentioned  below; 
Mary  E.,  married  Alvah  Norton,  of  Spafford. 
Mr.  Whiting  was  a  Republican  in  politics,  and 
took  an  active  interest  in  both  state  and  local 
poHtics.  He  served  as  county  committee- 
man, and  for  one  term  as  supervisor.  He 
was  also  a  director  of  the  Homer  National 
Bank. 

fV)  Merton  Anson,  son  of  Hamilton  Ira 
Whiting,  was  born  in  Scott,  June  26,  1868, 
and  was  educated  in  the  district  schools  of 
that  town  and  in  Homer  Academy.  After 
leaving  school  he  went  into  the  business  of 
general  merchant  in  Scott,  with  his  father, 
under  the  firm  name  of  TT.  I.  Whiting  &  Son, 
a  partnership  which  continued  for  three  years. 
In  1800  he  bought  out  his  father's  interest  and 
until  1901  he  continued  the  business  alone  un- 
der the  name  of  M.  A.  Whiting.  In  the  latter 
year  he  removed  to  Homer  and  became  iden- 
tified with  D.  D.  Newton  and  A.  W.  Gibbs  in 
the  manufacture  of  woolen  cloth  and  shirts, 
under  the  firm  name  of  D.  D.  Newton  &  Com- 
pany. I""r<jm  i()02  until  iQio  he  travelled  on 
the  road  in  the  interests  of  this  firm.  In  1910 
they  began  the  manufacture  of  fish  lines,  also, 
and  of  this  department  he  has  since  had  the 
management.     In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 


and  has  held  several  town  offices — postmaster 
of  Scott  and  town  clerk  for  eight  years.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  Congregationalist.  He  married, 
in  1892,  Addie  M.,  daughter  of  Jared  E.  and 
Mary  M.  (Clark)  Babcock.  Children :  Archie, 
born  July  8.  1901,  in  Scott;  Herbert  C.  June 
30,  1909,  in  Homer. 


Rev.  Adam  Blakeman,  the 
BLACKMAN  immigrant  ancestor  of  the 
Connecticut  Blakeman  and 
Blackman  families,  located  in  Stratford,  Con- 
necticut, and  his  was  undoubtedly  one  of  the 
first  seventeen  families  which  founded  this 
town.  He  was  born  in  1598,  in  StafYordshire, 
England,  and  May  28,  1617,  matriculated  at 
Christ's  College  .  After  he  graduated  he 
preached  for  a  time  in  Leicestershire  and  Der- 
byshire. He  came  to  this  country  in  1638, 
and  died  at  -Stratford  in  September,  1665.  His 
widow  died  in  1674.  Children:  i.  Mary,  born 
1636,  married  Joshua  Atwater,  of  New  Ha- 
ven, (second)  Rev.  John  Higginson.  2.  John, 
mentioned  below.  3.  James,  married,  1657, 
Miriam  \\'lieeler.  (second)  Bathsheba  Pensin. 
4.  .Samuel,  married,  November,  1660,  Eliza- 
beth Wheeler,  and  died  1668.  3.  Deliverance, 
married,  1685,  Hannah  Eonfield.  6.  Rev. 
P.enjamin,  graduate  of  Harvard  College,  1663, 
minister  at  Maiden,  Massachusetts,  and  at 
.Scarborough,  Saco  and  Boston ;  married  Re- 
becca Scotto.  The  family  name  variously  ap- 
]5ears  as  Blackman  and  Blakeman. 

(II)  John  Blackman,  son  of  Rev.  Adam 
Blakemcn,  married,  about  1653,  Dorothy, 
daughter  of  Rev.  Henry  Smith,  of  Wethers- 
field,  Connecticut,  and  made  his  home  at 
Fairfield,  where  he  died  in  1662.  His  widow 
"appears  to  have  possessed  remarkable  charms, 
either  of  jjerson,  intellect  or  heart,  for  besides 
passing  through  a  case  of  litigation  in  court 
for  her  hand  she  married  four  times,  twice 
after  she  was  over  fifty  years  of  age."  Rev. 
Adam  Blakeman,  who  survived  his  son  John, 
said  in  his  will:  "I  give  to  my  daughter 
(daughter-in-law)  Blakeman  if  she  marry 
not  John  Thomas  and  shall  take  her  friends' 
consent  in  the  matter,  or  continue  a  widow,  five 
pounds."  The  general  court  nnllificMl  a  mar- 
riage or  contract  with  John  Thomas,  who 
failed,  in  the  langtiage  of  the  court,  to  "make 
good  his  claim  to  that  woman."  .\nyhow,  the 
widow  married  her  attorney  in  the  case, 
Francis  Mall,  October  31.  1665.  She  mar- 
ried again  Mark  St.  John,  who  died  in  1693, 


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and  for  her  fourth  husband,  Deacon  Isaac 
Moore,  of  Farmington.  She  died  in  1706. 
Children  of  John  Blackman :  John,  married 
Mary  Kimberly ;  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ; 
Joseph,  a  cooper,  married  Hannah  Hall. 

(HI)  Ebenezer,  son  of  John  Blackman, 
married  (first),  October  24,  1681,  Patience 
Wilcoxson.  From  them  are  descended  the 
Blackmans  of  Newtown  and  Monroe,  Con- 
necticut. He  married  (second),  November  3, 
1692,  Abigail,  daughter  of  Nathan  Curtis.  He 
■died  in  171 5.  Children  by  first  wife:  Dorothy, 
born  March  18,  1682-3:  John,  April  4,  1685; 
Elizabeth,  February  10,  168S;  Ebenezer, 
August  9,  1693.  By  second  wife:  Jonathan, 
April  24,  1696;  David,  January  6,  1697-8,  died 
young;  Abigail,  November  20,  1700,  died 
young;  Nathan,  September  29,  1702;  Sarah., 
April  3,  1705;  David,  1707. 

(VI)  Lewis,  of  the  fifth  generation  from 
Adam  Blakeman,  or  Blackman,  was  born  in 
Fairfield  county,  Connecticut,  about  1765.  He 
married  Charity  Smith,  born  1771,  died  1871. 
He  settled  ami  died  at  North  Pitcher,  New 
York.  Children :  David,  Sheldon,  Roswell, 
Charles,  Smith,  Roxi,  Dolly  and  Dotea. 

(Vtl)  Charles,  son  of  Lewis  Blackman, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  March  i,  1802,  and 
died  at  Pitcher,  New  York,  December  28, 
1884.  He  married,  September  14,  1835,  Nancy 
Beach,  born  at  Pitcher,  November  10,  1810, 
died  there  July  7,  1896,  daughter  of  x\sa  and 
Amelia  Beach,  of  an  old  Connecticut  family. 
Children:  i.  Alinerva,  born  November  3, 
1836,  died  July  8,  1840.  2.  Artelissa,  Septem- 
ber 5,  1838 :  married  Bigelow  Packard,  and  re- 
sides in  Pitcher ;  her  son  Lynn  lives  in  Syra- 
cuse, New  York.  3.  Theron,  May  13,  1843, 
died  June  21,  1891.  4.  Emma,  June  19,  1848, 
died  October  8,  185 1.  5.  Thurlow,  February 
I.  1853,  mentioned  below. 

(VIII)  Thurlow,  son  of  Charles  Blackman, 
was  born  in  Pitcher,  New  York,  February  i, 
1853.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools 
of  Pitcher.  In  his  youth  he  was  employed 
in  the  mills  in  Pitcher  and  afterward  was  en- 
gaged in  the  grocery  business  in  Binghamton, 
New  York,  and  in  partnership  with  his  brother 
Theron  in  the  same  line  of  business  in  Pitcher. 
For  a  few  years  he  was  in  the  dry  goods  busi- 
ness in  New  York  City,  and  afterward  was  a 
dealer  in  boots  and  shoes  and  men's  furnish- 
ing goods  in  Cohoes,  New  York.  Thence  he 
went  to  Little  Falls,  New  York,  and  finally 
returned  to  Pitcher,  where  he  conducted  his 


father's  farm  for  a  few  years.  In  1895  he  be- 
gan to  manufacture  shirts  in  Homer,  and  es- 
tablished a  flourishing  business.  Since  1905  he 
has  had  his  son  in  partnership,  and  the  busi- 
ness has  been  conducted  under  the  firm  name 
of  IMackman  &  Son.  In  politics  he  is  a  I'ro- 
hibitionist  and  in  religion  a  Congregational- 
ist.  He  married  Julia  Ellen  Hakes,  of  Pitcher, 
born  December  31,  1855,  daughter  of  George 
and  Louise  (Hinman)  Hakes  (see  Hakes). 

( IX  )  Harry  Hakes,  only  son  of  Thurlow  and 
Julia  Ellen  (Hakes)  Blackman,  was  born  in 
Pitcher,  New  York,  August  22,  1881.  He  at- 
tended the  public  schools  of  his  native  town, 
Homer  Academy  and  a  business  college  at 
Syracuse,  New  York.  He  became  associated 
with  his  father  in  the  manufacture  of  shirts 
and  was  admitted  to  partnership  in  1903.  The 
present  name  of  the  firm  is  Blackman  &  Son, 
and  Mr.  Blackman  is  superintendent  and  man- 
ager of  the  factory.  In  religion  he  is  a  Con- 
gregationalist.  He  married,  November  1 1 ,  1903. 
Jeanette  Cecile  Fassett,  of  Homer,  New  York, 
daughter  of  Joseph  and  Mattie  (Blackmar) 
Fassett.  They  have  one  child,  Martha  Helen, 
born  in  Homer,  New  York,  August  18,  1905. 

(Tlie  Hakes  Line), 

(I)  SolonK)n  Hakes,  the  immigrant  ances- 
tor, was  born  about  1688,  in  England.  The 
name  appears  to  have  originated  as  Hake  and 
Hakes,  in  Devonshire,  England,  and  various 
families  of  this  stock  bear  coats-of-arms.  He 
was  at  Westerly,  Rhode  Island,  as  early  as 
April,  1709,  and  was  at  that  time  propounded 
to  be  a  freeman.  In  May  he  was  duly  elected 
and  granted  a  hundred  acres  of  land.  He  re- 
moved to  Stonington,  Connecticut,  in  January, 
1710,  and  that  month  filed  an  earmark  for  his 
cattle,  which  was  continued  by  his  son  and 
grandsons.  He  married  Anna  Billings,  born 
r)ctober,  1681,  daughter  of  Ebenezer  and 
Anna  (Comstock)  Billings,  of  Stonington. 
January  16,  1718.  He  died  about  1753,  and 
he  and  his  wife  are  buried  in  the  old  burying 
ground  a  mile  northwesterly  from  the  village 
of  North  Stonington.  Children :  George, 
mentioned  below ;  Mary,  married  Ebenezer 
Darling;  Jonathan,  married  Ilannah  Brown, 
November  23,  1752:  Solomon,  lived  at  Canaan, 
Litchfield  county,  Connecticut. 

(II)  George,  son  of  Solomon  Hakes,  was 
born  about  1 7 19.  He  married  Joanna,  or 
Hannah  Jones,  of  Stonington,  May  15,  1739; 
(second)",    October     10,     1779,     Sarah    Coy, 


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widow,  of  Preston,  Connecticut.  Children : 
Richard,  mentioned  below ;  Solomon,  born 
January  20,  1743,  died  October  27,  1773;  Han- 
nah. February  4.  1745,  at  Stonington,  mar- 
ried Colonel  Reuben  Hewitt,  soldier  in  the 
French  and  Indian  war  and  in  the  revolution ; 
Olive,  December  12,  174Q:  George  S.,  Jan- 
uary 27,  1751.  married  Zerviah  Church  ;  James, 
Alarch  25,  1752,  was  a  soldier  in  the  revolu- 
tion, married   Martha  Adams. 

(HI)  Richard,  son  of  George  Hakes,  was 
born  at  Stonington,  April  8,  1741.  He  was 
a  soldier  in  the  war  of  the  revolution,  and 
took  part  in  the  battle  of  New  London.  Dur- 
ing the  war  he  accumulated  a  fortune,  but  hav- 
ing it  in  the  form  of  Continental  currency, 
which  became  worthless,  he  lost  about  all  of 
his  possessions.  He  had  planned  to  settle  in 
New  York,  but  on  account  of  this  misfortune 
was  delayed  until  about  1800,  when  he  re- 
moved to  Pitcher,  Chenango  county,  New 
York,  where  he  purchased  a  tract  of  land.  He 
married,  August  11,  1763,  Mary  Babcock,  of 
Stonington.  He  died  at  Pitcher,  July  15,  181 5. 
He  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  Children: 
Charles,  born  1804.  moved  to  Iowa  and  died 
about  1865;  George,  mentioned  below:  I'anny, 
1808:  Roswell,  181 1,  died  1816,  at  Pitcher: 
John  M.,  1813,  died  1816:  Polly.  1815;  Lucy, 
1818. 

(IV)  George  (2),  son  of  Richard  Hakes, 
was  born  at  Pitcher.  New  York,  February  16. 
r8o6.  He  was  a  farmer  in  Pitcher.  He  mar- 
ried there  (first),  October  3.  1830,  Harriet 
Baldwin,  (second),  January  23,  184Q,  Louisa 
Hinman.  Children,  born  at  Pitcher:  i.  Solo- 
mon, July  9,  1831  ;  married,  January  19,  1859, 
Julia  De  Bell.  2.  Mary  .Ann,  born  .April  27, 
1833:  married,  March  3,  1875,  Harrison 
Hatch,  resided  at  Eaton.  New  York.  3.  Ros- 
well. born  September  20.  1835:  married,  Jan- 
uary, 1873,  Cornelia  De  Bell;  he  diefl  January 
5,  i88.q.  4.  Xancv.  February  17.  1838:  mar- 
ried, June  12,  1856.  5.  Harriet.  .August  6, 
1840,  resides  in  New  York  City.  Children  by 
second  wife,  Louisa:  6.  Emma,  October  27, 
1850:  married,  August,  1880,  John  McElliot. 
7.  George  F.,  January  24,  1852,  died  at 
Pitcher,  September  6,  1863.  8.  Charles  M.. 
May  26,  1853:  married,  September  6,  i88r, 
Catharine  Fairchild.  9.  Jidia  Ellen,  born  De- 
c^-mher  31.  1853;  married  May  16,  1877. 
Thurlow  Blackmau  (see  P.lackm.in ) .  10. 
Wellington  Hakes.  February  19.  1868;  resides 
at  Pitcher. 


Sir  Peter  Wouters  Van  der  Meu- 
MILLS  len,  of  Amsterdam,  Holland,  was 
knighted  for  distinguished  ser- 
vice in  the  improvement  of  dykes  and  canals 
in  his  native  land.  His  eldest  son,  Peter  Van 
Meulen,  born  in  Holland,  in  1622,  came  to 
America  from  Leydcn,  where  he  had  been 
studying  at  the  university.  About  1650  he  had 
joined  the  refugees  who  came  for  the  sake 
of  religious  freedom  from  England,  and  thus 
aroused  the  displeasure  of  his  father,  who  dis- 
inherited him.  In  the  colonial  records  of  Con- 
necticut, where  he  afterward  lived,  it  is  stated 
that  his  name  was  changed  to  the  English  form 
of  Peter  Mills  by  his  own  re(|uest.  Van  der 
Meulen  being  in  Dutch  "man  of  the  mill."  He 
settled  at  Windsor,  Connecticut,  where  he 
married  (first)  Dorcas  Mersinger,  born  Sep- 
tember 23,  1650,  died  August  18,  1688;  (sec- 
ond), December  10,  1691,  Jane  Warren,  of 
Hartford.  This  record  is  from  the  history 
of  Windsor,  but  if  the  dates  given  are  correct 
he  was  nearly  thirty  years  older  than  his  wife. 
It  may  be  suggested  that  Dorcas,  therefore,  was 
not  his  first  wife,  or  that  there  were  two 
Peters,  father  and  son.  Peter  died,  .\pril  12 
or  17,  1710.  He  owned  land  at  Iladdam,  Con- 
necticut, before  1669,  but  probably  never  lived 
there.  He  was  called  "the  Deucheman 
( Dutchman ) "  in  Haddam  records.  He  was  a 
tailor  by  trade,  and  is  frequently  mentioned  in 
the  manuscript  of  Rev.  Timothy  Edwards. 
Chililren  :  Peter.  Return.  Dorcas  and  Ebenezer. 
born  February  8,   1687-8. 

From  this  Peter  Mills  most  of  the  Connecti- 
cut families  of  colonial  days  were  descended, 
especially  those  of  Fairfield  county.  In  1790, 
according  to  the  first  federal  census,  one  Ste- 
phen Mills  lived  in  Newtown,  Fairfield  county, 
and  had  two  females  in  his  family.  Another 
Stephen  Mills,  of  Ridgefield.  Fairfield  county, 
had  four  females  in  his  family. 

(  I )  -Stephen  Mills,  belicvecl  to  be  a  descend- 
ant of  Peter  and  son  of  one  of  the  Stephen 
Mills  mentioned,  was  born  in  Connecticut.  Be- 
fore or  during  the  revolution  he  removed  to 
New  York  state,  and  the  lack  of  records  pre- 
vents the  tracing  of  the  line.  There  is  proof 
that  he  served  in  the  Connecticut  militia  in 
the  revolution,  although  there  is  no  record 
in  the  rolls  that  have  been  saved  and  printed. 
He  was  granted  a  iiension.  and  his  name 
duly  enrolled  I'^ebruary  20.  1833,  for  service 
in  the  Connecticut  militia.  1  le  was  then  of  New 
N'ork.  and  aged  seventy-seven   years   (Senate 


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Documents,  1833-4,  p.  413,  514).  This  record 
shows  that  he  was  born  in  1757.  He  died  in 
Barton,  Tioga  county.  New  York,  April  27, 
1845,  aged  eighty-nine,  intHcating  that  he  was 
born  late  in  1756  or  early  in  1757.  In  1787 
he  was  living  in  Nichols,  New  York,  removing 
in  1791  to  Barton,  New  York,  of  which  he  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers.  He  married  Sabra 
,  who  died  May  11,  1841,  aged  sixty- 
nine  years.  Children :  Daniel,  Lewis,  mentioned 
below ;  Samuel,  Abigail  and  Sally. 

(H)  Lewis,  son  of  Stephen  Mills,  was  born 
in  New  York  state,  in  1801,  and  died  May  8, 
1862.  He  is  buried  in  the  ItUistown  cemetery. 
He  owned  a  farm  at  Talmadge  Hill,  in  die 
town  of  Barton,  comprising  one  hundred  and 
twenty  acres.  He  married  (first)  Elizabeth 
Hanna,  daughter  of  John  Hanna,  who  came 
from  Scotland  and  was  one  of  the  early  settlers 
in  Barton.  He  married  (second)  Catherine 
Hyatt.  Children  by  first  wife:  Miama,  mar- 
ried Sylvanus  Wright ;  William  G.,  mentioned 
below  ;  John,  died  at  Say  re,  Tennsylvania.  Chil- 
dren by  second  wife:  Flavilla,  married  a  Sew- 
ard, and  lives  in  California  ;  U\o  others  died  in 
childhood. 

(HI)  William  C,  son  of  Lewis  Mills,  was 
born  in  Barton,  New  York,  June  11,  1818,  and 
died  August  17,  1904.  He  was  educated  in 
the  public  schools  and  followed  farming  during 
his  active  life,  on  the  homestead  on  which 
his  father  settled  on  Talmadge  Hill.  He  mar- 
ried, December  11,  1840,  Susan  Shackelton, 
born  August  3,  1819,  died  July  22,  1886, 
daughter  of  John  D.  and  Mary  (Winter- 
marsh)  Shackelton.  Children:  I.  Charles  L., 
born  June  6,  1842,  died  in  1906;  married,  Feb- 
ruary 14,  1866,  Julia  Blizzard.  2.  Mary  E., 
born  March  7,  1844.  died  in  191 1;  married, 
February  9,  1864,  (Tornelius  Case.  3.  Char- 
lotte, born  February  19,  1846:  married,  Feb- 
ruary 9,  1870,  Spencer  Brougham,  of  Sayre, 
Pennsylvania.  4.  Wilson,  born  March  17, 
1848;  married,  February  4,  1879,  Kate  Fitler ; 
lives  at  East  Athens,  Pennsylvania.  5.  Theo- 
dore, mentioned  below.  6.  Adolphus.  born 
February  21,  1853:  married,  April  3,  1895. 
Jane  Logan  ;  lives  on  the  homestead,  Talmadge 
Hill.  7.  Imogene,  born  March  23,  1856;  mar- 
ried. June  23,  1877,  John  D.  McDonald.  8. 
Augusta,  born  October  16,  1859,  died  July  4, 
1900;  married.  December  20,  1S81,  Tliurlow 
Gale.  9.  Addie,  born  January  24,  1864:  mar- 
ried, August  16.  1893,  James  Rhoades,  of 
Waverly. 


(I\')  Captain  Theodore  Mills,  son  of  Will- 
iam G.  Mills,  was  born  in  Barton,  Tioga  coun- 
ty. New  York,  July  21,  1850.  He  attended  the 
district  school  on  Talmadge  Hill  and  the  Wav- 
erly high  school.  For  many  years  after  leaving 
school  he  followed  farming  for  his  occupation. 
He  started  in  the  business  of  manufacturing 
soda  water  in  Waverly,  New  York,  and  in 
March,  1883,  purchased  the  interests  of  his 
partner,  Mr.  Barlow,  and  admitted  to  the  firm 
Silas  Wolcott,  under  the  firm  name  of  Mills  & 
Wolcott.  In  March,  1884,  M.  D.  O'Brien  be- 
came partner  of  Mr.  Mills,  under  the  firm 
name  of  Mills  &  O'Brien.  Subse(|uently  the 
business  was  incorporated  under  the  name  of 
Capt.  T.  Mills  Bottling  Works,  of  which  Cap- 
tain Mills  is  president,  general  manager  and 
])rincipal  owner.  In  politics  Captain  Mills  is 
a  Republican.     In  religion  he  is  a  Methodist. 

Captain  Mills  married,  December  18,  1872, 
Phebe,  daughter  of  Peter  and  Huldah  Lewis, 
of  New  Jersey.  Captain  and  Mrs.  Mills  have 
no  children. 


(IV)    Peter   Peck,  son  of  Samuel 
PECK     Peck  (q.  v.),  was  born  about  1704. 
He  lived  in  Greenwich,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  died  about   1759.     He  married 

Sarah  .     Soon  after  his  death  his  wife 

removed,  with  her  children,  to  New  Mil  ford, 
Connecticut,  where  she  doubtless  died.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Greenwich :  Peter,  in  January, 
1746;  Sarah,  in  1748:  Jemima,  in  1750;  Enos, 
mentioned  below;  Elizabeth,  married  Benja- 
min Newman  ;  Mary,  married  David  Terrill. 

(V)  Enos,  son  of  Peter  Peck,  was  born  in 
Greenwich,  Connecticut,  in  1752,  died  in  Camil- 
lus,  Onondaga  county.  New  York,  May  23, 
1835.  He  married  (first)  Anna  Marsh,  and 
(second)  Lavina  Wilcox.  About  1789  he 
moved  from  New  Milford  to  New  Haven, 
Vermont,  and  about  1800  he  moved  again  to 
(3nondaga  county.  New  York.  Children,  born 
in  New  Haven,  Vermont,  except  last  three  who 
were  born  in  Pompey,  New  York:  Elihu,  Jan- 
uary I,  1775;  Phebe,  May  4,  1777;  Martha, 
May  9,  1 781  ;  Peter,  mentioned  below;  Anna. 
January  6,  1785  ;  Enos,  August  14, 1790;  Isaac, 
April  4,  1793;  Rachel,  February  14,  1796; 
Chloe,  Tune  11,  1799;  .\lmond,  October  16. 
1801. 

(VI)  Peter  (2).  son  of  Enos  Peck,  was 
born  September  8,  1783,  in  New  Haven,  Ver- 
mont, died  in  Van  Buren,  New  York,  January 
^,1871.      He    was    a    farmer.      He    married 


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Eunice  Beckwith,  who  died  in  January,  1844. 
Children,  born  in  Van  Buren :  Lydia,  May  10, 
1815,  married  Joel  Foster;  Harriet,  September 
10,  1818,  married  William  Davis,  and  died  in 
Camillus,  New  York,  in  1875 ;  Betsey,  May  15, 
1822,  married  Asahel  K.  Clark ;  Daniel,  July  2, 
1826,  married  Betsey  Foster ;  William,  men- 
tioned below. 

(VII)  William,  son  of  Peter  (2)  Peck,  was 
born  in  \'an  Buren,  October  23,  1830.  He 
was  one  of  the  leading  farmers  of  his  native 
town.  He  married  Matilda,  daughter  of  Har- 
rison Lamerson,  and  she  died  in  1888.  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Van  Buren :  Tammy  E.,  Novem- 
ber 29,  1855 ;  William  A.,  March  27,  1859, 
resided  in  Van  Buren ;  James  L.,  August  24, 
i86r,  resided  in  Van  Ikiren;  Wilbur  H.,  June 
18,  1863,  resided  in  \'an  Buren;  LeRoyJ., 
May  16,  1865,  resided  in  \'an  Buren,  for  twen- 
ty-five years  resided  in  Wyoming,  now  in 
Onondaga  county,  New  York ;  John  P.,  De- 
cember 3,  1867,  resided  in  Wyoming  and 
Alaska  for  some  twenty  years,  now  resides  in 
Van  Buren  :  George  Homer,  mentioned  below  ; 
Kendall  D.  V.,  July  2,  18 — ,  reporter  on  Syra- 
cuse Post  Standard,  in  which  capacity  he  served 
for  eighteen  years. 

(VIII)  George  Homer,  son  of  William  Peck, 
was  born  at  \'an  Buren,  New  York,  September 
27,  i86g.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of 
his  native  town  and  the  Baldwinsville  high 
school.  After  teaching  school  for  one  term  he 
became  a  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of  A.  L. 
Spaulding  at  Warners.  He  resumed  schooling 
afterward  at  the  Syracuse  Business  College 
and  after  completing  his  course  entered  the 
employ  of  Mr.  Bentley  at  Warners  in  the 
cajjacity  of  bookkeeper.  He  assisted  his  father 
during  one  summer,  and  in  1891  accepted  a 
l)Osition  as  clerk  in  the  grocery  store  of  Jones 
&  Company  in  Syracuse,  New  York.  In  1892 
he  took  charge  of  the  office  of  the  Thomas 
Millen  Cement  Works  at  Wayland,  New  York, 
and  continued  there  two  years,  and  in  1894 
entered  the  em])loy  of  T.  M.  Toll,  dealer  in 
coal  and  wood,  at  Baldwinsville,  and  a  year 
later  jjurchased  a  half  interest  in  the  business 
of  his  employer  with  whom  he  formed  a  part- 
nership under  the  name  of  George  H.  Peck  & 
Company.  I'nr  thirteen  years  the  business 
was  carried  on  by  this  firm  successfully,  and 
then  Mr.  Peek  ac(|uircd  the  interest  of  his 
partner  and  continued  the  business  alone.  Two 
years  later  the  real  estate  occupied  by  the 
business  was   taken    for   the   ])urposes  of   the 


barge  canal  and  Mr.  Peck  was  obliged  to  lay 
out  a  new  plant.  He  erected  four  of  the  mod- 
ern coal  pockets  near  the  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna &  Western  railroad  station,  equipped 
with  electric  power,  and  erected  an  office  build- 
ing. His  present  equipment  constitutes  one  of 
the  best  coal  yards  in  the  count)-,  and  as  in  the 
past  he  is  handling  a  large  and  flourishing 
trade.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Baptist  church 
of  Baldwinsville  and  for  nine  years  he  was 
superintendent  of  the  Sunday  school.  He  is 
past  noble  grand  of  Mohegan  Lodge,  No.  29, 
Independent  Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  and  is  a 
member  of  the  Modern  Woodmen  of  America. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  1892,  Martha,  born  in  \'an 
Buren.  daughter  of  Charles  and  Adelia  Bor- 
den. Children :  Matilda  Lamerson,  born  July 
5,  1893;  George  Borden,  February  27,  1897; 
Thyrza  Adelia,  February  5,  1899,  died  Decem- 
ber 10,  1908,  and  a  twin  sister  who  died  in 
infancy;  Mary  E.,  March  4,  1901  ;  William 
Peter,  November  15,  1904;  Charles  Wilbur, 
February  4,   1908;  Harris,  February  4,   191 1. 


The  family  is  of  German  origin. 
TAYLOR     They  first  settled   in   Scotland, 

where  they  remained  between 
one  and  two  years,  then  removed  to  the  town- 
ship of  Oldham,  England,  at  a  place  called 
Lawside,  in  the  hamlet  of  Gladwick.  Here 
they  possessed  a  considerable  estate  in  land 
which  became  valuable  in  consequence  of  con- 
taining large  ciuantities  of  coal. 

(I)  Jonathan  Taylor  was  born  in  England, 
lived  and  died  there.  By  his  wife  Mary  he 
had  a  son  John,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  John,  son  of  Jonathan  >  Taylor,  was 
born  at  Gladwick,  Oldham,  England,  April  25, 
1773.  died  at  Leominster,  Massachusetts,  July 
6.  1844.  He  came  to  America  in  June,  1794, 
landing  in  Boston  in  August  and  locating  in 
Leominster,  Worcester  county.  Massachusetts, 
where  from  1800  to  1828  he  manufactured 
woolen  cloth.    He  married,  in  England,  .\nne 

,  born  at  Gladwick,  Oldham,  February 

24,  1769.  died  at  Leominster,  March  8,  1842. 
Children:  i.  Mary,  born  September  21,  1792, 
died  .'\pr'l  21,  1793.  2.  John,  June  29,  1794, 
died  June  3.  1809.  3.  Mary.  August  i,  1798, 
died  September  i.  1849.  4.  Robert,  February 
4,  I  So  I,  died  September  22.  1803.  6.  Jane,  Jan- 
uary 6,  1806.  7.  John  James,  mentioned  below. 
8.  Elizabeth,  born  November  22,  1812,  died 
March   13,  1838. 


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(III)   Hon.  John  James  Taylor,  son  of  John 
Taylor,   was  born   at   Leominster,   Massachu- 
setts, April  27,  1808,  died  at  Owego,  New  York, 
July  I,  1892.     He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town,  the  New  Ipswich  Academy, 
New  Hampshire,  Groton  Academy  at  Groton, 
Massachusetts,  and  entered  Harvard  Univer- 
sity, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  the  class 
of  1829.    He  taught  school  for  a  time  in  Phila- 
delphia,   Pennsylvania,   at   Franklin    Institute. 
In  1830  he  began  to  study  law  in  the  office  of 
Judge  David  Bird,  at  Troy,  New  York,  and  he 
continued  afterward  in  the  office  of  Hon.  John 
A.   Collier,   in  Binghamton,   New  York.     He 
spent  two  years,  partly  in  study  and  partly  in 
practice,    in    the    town   of    Greene,    Chenango 
county,  New  York.     He  came  to  Owego,  De- 
cember 31,   1834,  and  spent  the  remainder  of 
his  life  there.  ^He  was  a  law  partner  of  Judge 
Stephen  Strong  from  January,  1835,  to  August, 
1838.     He  was  one  of  the  leading  lawyers  of 
the  county,  and  was  honored  with  many  offices 
of  trust.     In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat,  and 
for  many  vears  was  one  of  the  foremost  men 
in  that  party  in  the  state.     He  was  appointed 
by  the  court  of  common  pleas  to  the  office  of 
district  attorney  in  1838  and  he  held  the  office 
by  appointment  and  subsequent  elections  for 
five  years.     In   1846  he  was  a  delegate  from 
Tioga  county  to  the  state  constitutional  con- 
vention.    He  was  a  candidate  for  congress  in 
1850  in  the  twenty-sixth  district,  but  his  party 
wa's  in  the  minority  and  he  was  defeated.    He 
was  elected,  however,  in  1852,  and  served  with 
distinction  in  congress.     He  was  a  member  of 
the  committees  on  foreign  affairs  and  on  the 
District  of  Columbia.    He  was  offered  the  ap- 
pointment of  commissioner  to  settle  the  north- 
western  boundary    of   the   United    States   by 
President  Franklin  Pierce,  but  he  declined  the 
office.    In  1858  he  was  a  candidate  for  lieuten- 
ant-governor^of  New  York,  on  the  ticket  with 
Hon.  Amasa  J.  Parker,  nominee  for  governor, 
but  was  defeated  at  the  polls.    He  was  one  of 
the  organizers  of  the  Bank  of  Tioga,  which 
afterward  became  the  National  Union  Bank, 
and  for  many  years  was  president  of  this  insti- 
tution.   For  many  years  he  was  vice-president 
of  the   Southern   Central   Railroad   Company 
and   afterward  its  president.     In   religion  he 
was  a  Unitarian. 

He  married.  May  18,  1837,  Emily  G.  Lan- 
ing,  born  in  Owego,  New  York,  October  5, 
1818,  died  November  25,  1879,  daughter  of 
General  John  and  .Mary  Anne    (Holleiiback) 


Laning,  of  Owego.  Children;  John  Laning, 
mentioned  below ;  Sarah  H.,  born  June  27, 
1842,  married  L.  Burr  Pearsall,  she  died  May 
4,  1869. 

( I\' )  John  Laning,  son  of  Hon.  John  James 
Taylor,  was  born  in  Owego,  New  York,  June 
24,  1839,  died  there  September  9,  1908.  He 
attended  the  public  schools,  Owego  Academy, 
Phillips  Academy  at  Exeter,  New  Hampshire, 
and  the  New  York  State  Agricultural  College 
at  Ovid,  New  York.  He  was  always  engaged  in 
farming  and  ranked  among  the  most  pro- 
gressive and  successful  farmers  of  the  county. 
For  some  years  prior  to  the  death  of  his  father 
he  was  associated  with  him  in  various  lines  of 
business,  and  from  his  father's  death  in  1892 
to  his  own  in  1908  had  charge  of  the  estate. 
In  politics  he  was  a  Democrat. 

He  married,  March  22,  1865,  Sarah  J.  Reed, 
of  Candor,  New  York,  born  December  \6. 
1845,  daughter  of  Timothy  C.  and  Sarah  J. 
(Richardson)  Reed,  granddaughter  of  Timo- 
thy and  Susanna  (Osborne)  Reed.  Her  grand- 
father came  from  Maine  to  Candor.  Children  : 
I.  Robert  J.,  born  October  25,  1865;  a  farmer 
in  the  town  of  Owego ;  manager  of  Spring 
Meadow  farm,  which  belonged  to  his  father, 
John  L.  Taylor,  one  of  the  finest  farms  in  the 
southern  tier  of  counties ;  he  makes  a  specialty 
of  Holstein  cattle  and  dairying;  married  Es- 
telle  J.  Storms,  and  has  one  child,  Sarah  J.  2. 
George  H.,  died  aged  four  years.  3.  Emile  G., 
born  May  9,  1870,  died  January  12,  191 1  ;  stu- 
dent of  Cornell  Law  School  in  1890;  deputy 
postmaster  of  Owego  until  1894  and  afterward 
manager  of  the  Owego  Dairy  Company,  which 
operated  several  stations;  married,  June  28, 
1893,  Theresa  K.  Mersereau  ;  children:  John 
Laning  fr.,  George  Mersereau  and  Walter  R. 
4.  Mary"  Laning,  born  February  9,  1874,  re- 
sides w'ith  her  mother  in  the  home  of  her  father 
and  grandfather.  5.  Emily  L.,  born  March  14, 
1881:  married  James  Flolmes  (2),  of  Apa- 
lachan.  New  York. 

Walter  Dowdle  was  born  in 
DOWDLE     Ireland  in  1816.  When  a  young 

man  he  sought  his  fortune  in 
this  countrv  and  in  1841  located  in  Oswego, 
New  York.'  He  died  there  April  18,  1876.  He 
married  Ann  Dorman,  who  died  August  22. 
1892  aged  sixty-eight  years.  Children:  John; 
Tames, -born  December  i,  1845.  at  Oswego, 
jjartner  in  the  firm  of  Mollison  &  Dowdle,  in- 
surance agents,  president  of  the  Oswego  Gas- 


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light  Company,  alderman  in  1873,  mayor  in 
1884,  married,  September  18,  1873.  -^Jary  l'>. 
Lynch;  Peter;  Edward;  William  J.;  I'Vank 
W.,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Frank  W.,  son  of  Walter  Dovvdle,  was 
born  in  Oswego,  New  York,  in  1861.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  St.  Paul 
parochial  school,  and  engaged  in  business  as  a 
painter  and  decorator.  In  religion  he  is  a 
Roman  Catholic,  and  in  politics  a  Democrat. 
He  married,  in  1884,  Margaret  O'Neil,  who 
was  in  Oswego  New  York,  in  1862.  Chil- 
dren: I.  .\nna,  born  in  1886,  died  young. 
2.  Edward,  mentioned  below.  3.  Jessica, 
born  May  14,  1890;  resides  in  Oswego;  a 
school  teacher  by  profession.  4.  Frank  D., 
born  June  5,  1892;  resides  in  Oswego.  5. 
Margaret,  born  April  14,  1895;  ^  stuclent  at 
Oswego  high  school.  6.  Mary,  born  Novem- 
ber I,  1899;  a  student  at  the  St.  Paul  parochial 
school. 

(HI)  Dr.  Edward  Dowdle,  son  of  Frank 
W.  Dowdle,  was  born  at  Oswego,  New  York, 
June  17,  1887.  He  attended  the  St.  Paul 
parochial  school  at  Oswego,  the  Oswego  high 
school,  in  which  he  fitted  for  college,  and  in 
June,  1909,  he  graduated  from  Cornell  Uni- 
versity Aledical  School.  He  spent  two  years  as 
interne  in  Bellevuc  Hospital,  New  York  City, 
and  then  began  to  practice  his  profession,  open- 
ing an  office  at  Oswego,  New  York,  February 
20,  191 1.  Dr.  Dowdle  earned  his  education 
by  his  own  efiforts,  receiving  scholarships  in 
college  and  earning  money  in  various  ways. 
Although  a  young  man  in  his  profession  he  is 
fast  gaining  the  confidence  of  the  people  and 
is  making  rapid  progress.  (.)n  .Vpril  21,  1911, 
he  was  appointed  first  lieutenant  of  Medical 
Reserve  Corps,  United  States  of  America.  He 
is  an  Independent  in  political  matters,  and  a 
member  of  Nu  Sigma  Nu  Society. 


Jacob  (2)  Faatz,  immigrant  an- 
FAATZ     cestor,  was  born  in  Germany,  and 

came  to  .-Xmerica  with  his  father, 
Jacob  (i)  Faatz.  They  settled  in  W^ayne  coun- 
ty, Pennsylvania,  where  about  iSoo  his  father 
was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  glass,  and 
he  and  his  father  are  said  to  be  the  first  glass 
makers  in  .America.  Children:  William  G., 
Augustus,  Frank,  Henry  G.,  mentioned  below. 
(HI)  Henry  G.,  son  of  Jacob  (2)  I^'aatz, 
was  born  in  Woodstock,  New  York,  October 
20,  1826,  died  in  Lestershire,  P)roomc  county. 
.Xevv  York,  November  23,  1902.     Ho  fullnwed 


his  father's  work,  glass  manufacturing,  dur- 
ing the  active  period  of  his  life,  until  he  re- 
tired to  live  in  Lestershire.  He  learned  the 
trade  from  his  father,  and  built  it  up  until  he 
was  the  owner  of  several  factories  in  Wayne 
county.  He  married  Jane,  born  July  29,  1825, 
at  Great  Bend,  Pennsylvania,  died  February 
28,  191 1,  daughter  of  Seneca  and  Alida  (lun- 
mons)  Mayhew.  Her  mother,  .\lida  (Em- 
mons )  Mayhew,  was  born  in  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut, May  2,  1800,  died  .\pril  16,  1871. 
Children:  i.  Herman  A.,  born  January  18, 
1851,  died  July  12,  191 1  ;  married  .Amanda 
Pulis  ;  children :  Edith  D.  and  Alabcl.  2.  Ella 
A.,  born  August  15,  1853;  married  William 
Crocket;  child.  Florence.  3.  Gilbert  H.,  born 
.August  4,  1855  ;  married  Helen  D.  Henderson  ; 
children:  Gilbert  H.  and  Harold  L.  4.  Emma 
J.,  born  October  i,  1857;  married  F.  H. 
Brooks  ;  children  :  Carrie,  Henry,  William  and 
Roy.  5.  Euphemia,  born  December  20,  1859; 
married  Oscar  Pulis ;  children :  Emma,  Lulu, 
and  Norma.  6.  Frank  L.,  born  June  i,  1862; 
married  (first)  Clara  Sherman,  (second)  Kath- 
leen Lee;  child,  Hugh,  by  second  wife.  7. 
William  G.,  mentionefl  below.  8.  Myra  E., 
born  .April  20,  1868,  died  January  24,  1901 ; 
married  Frank  Bishop;  children:  Maud  L., 
Mabel.  -Arthur  and  Roy. 

(I\')  William  G.,  son  of  Henry  G.  Faatz, 
was  born  near  HonesdaJe,  Pennsylvania,  De- 
cember 22,  1864.  He  received  his  early  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools  of  his  native  town. 
When  a  young  man  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  brushes  at  Sus(|uehanna.  Pennsyl- 
vania, and  continued  in  that  business  for  four 
years.  .Afterward  he  engaged  in  the  manu- 
facture of  felts  at  Lestershire,  lirotime  county, 
New  York.  For  a  number  of  years  he  was 
chief  of  the  fire  dejjartment  of  that  village  and 
he  served  four  years  in  the  National  Guard  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  made  a  mason  in  1889, 
and  is  now  affiliated  with  Otseningo  Lodge. 
Xo.  435.  He  is  a  member  of  Royal  .Arch  Ma- 
sons;  Imperial  Council.  Royal  and  .Select  Mas- 
ters; Malta  Commandery,  Knights  Templar; 
Kalurah  Tem])le.  He  is  an  attendant  of  the 
First  Baptist  Church,  and  a  Republican  in 
politics.  He  resides  in  Binghamton,  New  York, 
retired. 

He  married,  at  Buflfalo,  New  'S'ork,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1891,  Rose  M.  Moore,  Imrn  at  .St. 
Catherines.  Ontario.  Canada,  .Sejitembcr  10, 
1872,  daughter  of  Malum  and  Sarah  J.  (Ems- 
ley)   Moore.     Children   i.   Raymund  \\'.,  born 


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January  2,  1893.    2.  Priscilla  R.,  December  21, 
1894.     3.   Pearl  Dorothy,  November  23,   1897. 

(Tlie   Moore   Lint-). 

Malum  Moore,  son  of  \Villiam  and  Sarah 
(Wilson)  Moore,  was  born  in  St.  Catherines, 
Ontario,  Canada,  March  28,  1835.  During  hi^ 
active  life  he  was  engaged  in  the  ice  business 
at  St.  Catherines,  and  died  there  October  29, 
1880.  He  married  Sarah  Jane,  daughter  of 
\\'illiam  and  Jane  ( Umpleby )  Emsley.  She 
was  born  in  St.  Catherines,  Ontario,  Canada, 
October  18,  1835,  died  at  P.uffalo.  New  York, 
June  I,  1902.  They  had  four  daughters:  i. 
Priscilla  J.,  born  May  16,  1886,  died  August 
8,  1894.  2.  Lovina  E.,  born  March  15,  1868; 
married  Robert  L.  Cumming,  December  14, 
1890:  they  had  three  sons:  Millard  P..,  Everett 
T.,  Robert  L.  3.  Minnie  Pearl,  born  March 
10,  1870;  married  C)liver  G.  Morse,  December 
24,  1891  ;  had  one  daughter,  Mildred  L.  4. 
Rose  M.,  married  Williaiu  G.  Faatz,  Decem- 
ber 24,  1891  (see  Faatz  I\').  Jane  Umpleby 
Emsley  died  July  8,  1874.  William  i\Ioore 
died  November  8,  1858 ;  Sarah  Wilson  Moore 
died  March  24.  1889. 


Thomas  Meays  was  a  native  of 
ATE  AYS     Northamptonshire,  England.    He 

came  to  this  country  in  1836, 
when  a  young  man.  He  married  and  settled 
at  Vienna,  New  York,  where  he  followed 
farming  the  remainder  of  his  life.  Children: 
I.  George  Barton,  enlisted  in  Company  G, 
Fourteenth  Regiment,  New  York  Volunteer 
Infantry,  and  served  two  years  in  the  civil 
war ;  reenlisted  in  Company  E,  One  Hundred 
and  Seventeenth  Regiment,  New  York  Infan- 
try: was  wounded  at  Cold  Harbor,  \'irginia, 
and  died  at  the  Emory  Hospital,  Washington, 
District  of  Columbia,  July  11,  i8''i4.  2.  John 
Henry,  mentioned  below. 

(H)  John  Henry,  son  of  Thomas  Meays, 
was  born  at  \'ienna.  New  York,  in  November, 
1840.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
He  became  a  manufacturer  of  cheese  and  had 
the  largest  cheese  factor)-  in  Oneida  county. 
New  York,  receiving  a  medal  at  the  Centennial 
Exhibition  at  Philaflelphia,  in  1876,  and  many 
other  prizes.  In  1880  he  engaged  in  business 
as  a  general  merchant  at  Vienna  and  continued 
until  1910,  when  he  retired.  He  has  been  active 
in  public  affairs  and  served  the  town  of  Vienna 
three  terms  as  supervisor.  For  six  years  he 
conducted  a  general  store  at  Sylvan  Beach  and 


while  in  business  there  was  postmaster  and 
prime  mover  in  securing  the  village  incorpora- 
tion, also  one  of  the  first  board  of  trustees  of 
the  incorporated  village. 

He  married  Minerva,  daughter  of  Charles 
Case,  of  Black  Creek.  His  wife  died  in  1886. 
Children:  i.  Barton  C,  mentioned  below.  2. 
Orson  H.,  born  April  20,  1874;  a  general  mer- 
chant at  New  Woodstock,  New  York.  3.  Mary 
M.,  married  James  D.  Cook. 

( III )  Barton  C,  son  of  John  Henry  Meays, 
was  born  in  Vienna,  New  York,  October  20, 
1872.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  was  graduated  from  the  Cam- 
den high  school.  After  teaching  school  a  year 
he  became  assistant  postmaster  of  Sylvan 
Beach,  where  his  father  was  postmaster,  a 
position  he  held  for  three  years.  He  began 
the  study  of  law  in  the  office  of  Davies  &  John- 
son, and  after  three  years  entered  the  Albany 
Law  School,  from  which  he  was  graduated  in 
June,  1897.  In  the  same  year  he  was  admitted 
to  the  bar,  and  on  the  first  of  August  he  open- 
ed an  office  at  Baldwinsville,  New  York,  where 
he  has  continued  to  the  present  time  in  gen- 
eral practice,  taking  a  leading  place  among  the 
lawyers  of  the  county.  He  has  served  the  town 
as  justice  of  the  peace.  In  politics  he  is  a  Re- 
publican. He  is  a  member  of  Seneca  River 
Lodge,  Free  and  Accepted  Masons :  Riverside 
Chapter,  Royal  Arch  Alasons,  and  of  the  Meth- 
odist Episcopal  church.  He  married,  Decem- 
ber 28.  1899,  Ida  May,  daughter  of  Dr.  A.  C. 
Taylor.  Children  :  Helen,  born  November  5. 
Kpo ;  liartdu  T..  July  5,  R)02. 


Dennis  Flaherty  was  born  in 
FLAHERTY     Ireland.      He   came   to  this 

country  when  a  young  man, 
and  was  employed  on  the  Delaware,  Lacka- 
wanna &:  Western  railroad  as  switch  tender, 
at  Piinghamton,  New  \'ork.  He  married  Mary 
Mur])hy.  Children:  Theodore,  Dennis,  Mich- 
ael, and  Thomas  W.,  mentioned  below. 

(II)  Thomas  W.,  son  of  Dennis  Flaherty, 
was  born  in  Kittleville.  Broome  county.  New 
York,  October  20,  1857.  He  received  his  edu- 
cation in  the  public  schools,  and  then  learneil 
telegraphy.  His  first  appointment  was  as  sta- 
tion agent  for  the  Delaware,  Lackawanna  & 
W'estern  railroad  at  Messengerville,  New  York. 
In  four  years  he  was  transferred  to  Killawog, 
New  York,  where  he  remained  until  1904. 
working  there  eleven  years.  He  next  removed 
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since  been  station  agent  for  the  Delaware, 
Lackawanna  &  Western  railroad,  and  has 
proved  to  be  very  successful  in  this  position. 
For  four  years  at  Killawog  he  was  postmaster, 
until  the  change  of  administration,  when  he 
served  as  deputy  postmaster  for  four  years. 
In  politics  he  is  a  Democrat.  He  is  a  member 
of  Mohegan  Lodge,  No.  29,  Independent  Order 
of  Odd  Fellows.  He  married,  1888,  Sarah  L., 
daughter  of  Clinton  Laird.  Children:  Thomas 
C.  and  Lillian. 


The  Knapp  family  originated  in 
KNAPP  the  province  of  Saxony,  Ger- 
many, and  the  English  branch  has 
been  traced  to  county  Sussex  in  the  fifteenth 
century.  In  1540  a  Roger  Knapp  distinguished 
himself  at  a  tournament  held  at  Norfolk,  Eng- 
land, and  was  specially  honored  by  Henry  \''. 
and  granted  a  coat-of-arms.  In  1630  three 
brothers  came  to  this  country,  Nicholas  Knapp. 
mentioned  below ;  Roger  Knapp,  who  settled 
in  New  Haven  and  Fairfield,  Connecticut : 
W^illiam,  born  in  Sussex  in  1570,  settled  at 
Watertown,  Massachusetts,  where  he  died 
August  30,  1659,  a  carpenter  by  trade. 

(I)  Nicholas  Knapp,  immigrant  ancestor  of 
this  family,  was  born  in  England  and  came  to 
America  in  the  fleet  of  Winthrop  and  Salton- 
stall  in  1630.  He  settled  in  Watertown.  He 
sold  his  lands  and  rights  at  Watertown,  May 
6,  1646,  and  removed  to  Stamford,  Connecti- 
cut, where  he  died  April  16,  1670.    He  married 

(first)    Elinor  ,   who  died  August    16, 

1658.  He  married  (second),  1659,  Unity 
Brown,  widow  of  Peter  Brown,  and  previously 
widow  of  Clement  Buxton,  who  died  in  April, 
1670.  Children,  born  in  Watertown,  by  first 
wife:  Jonathan,  buried  December  27,  1631, 
aged  seven  weeks ;  Timothy,  born  December 
14,  1632;  Joshua,  January  5,  1634;  Caleb, 
January  20.  1637;  Sarah,  January  5,  1638; 
Ruth,  January  6,  1640;  Hannah,  March  6, 
1643.  Children  born  in  Stamford:  Moses, 
Lydia. 

(II)  Caleb,  son  of  Nicholas  Knapp,  was 
born  at  Watertown,  January  20,  1637.  and  set- 
tled at  Stamford.  His  will  was  dated  there 
December  11,  1674.  He  was  admitted  a  free- 
man in   1670.     He  married   Hannah   . 

Children,  born  at  Stamford:  Caleb,  Novem- 
ber 24,  iCfu  ;  John,  mentioned  below:  Moses, 
Samuel,  mentioned  below:  Sarah,  Hannah. 

(HI)  John,  son  of  Caleb  Knapp,  was  born 
at  Stamford  July  23.  1664,     lie  married.  June 


10,  1692,  Hannah  Ferris.  Children,  born  at 
Stamford:  Samuel,  August  27,  1695;  John, 
August  14,  1(397;  Hannah,  March  10,  1698-99; 
Peter,  August  5,  1701  ;  Charles,  May  9,  1703; 
Deborah,  June  28,  1705;  Moses,  August  6, 
1709. 

(IV)  Peter  Knapp  settled  at  Scott,  New 
York.  He  was  a  descendant,  without  doubt, 
of  the  Stamford  branch  given  above.  In  1790, 
according  to  the  first  federal  census,  Peter 
Knapp  was  of  the  town  of  North  East, 
Dutchess  county,  New  York,  and  had  in  his 
family  two  males  over  sixteen,  three  under 
sixteen  and  five  females.  Moses  and  Joseph 
Knapp  were  heads  of  families  in  the  same 
county.  Silas  and  Peter  Knapp  were  heads  of 
families  in  Woodstock,  Ulster  county.  New 
York. 

(\')  Stephen  C,  son  of  Peter  Knapp,  was 
born  in  Scott,  New  York,  and  married  Eliza- 
beth H.  Smith.  Children :  Edwin  H.,  lives  at 
Fabius,  New  York;  Cynthia,  married  George 
D,  (ireen  and  lives  in  Portland,  Oregon ;  Bur- 
dette  R. ;  Adelbert,  lives  at  Preble,  New  York ; 
Alice,  died  in  Portland,  Oregon,  married  Jesse 
C.  Walrouth  ;  Anna  (twin  of  Alice),  lives  in 

Hood   River,   Oregon,  married  John  ; 

Willard  H.,  lives  in  Syracuse;  Ezra  Fred,  a 
teacher  at  Syracuse,  New  York ;  Sarah,  died 
in  infancy. 

(VI)  Burdette  R.,  son  of  Stephen  C. 
Knapp,  was  born  in  Spafford,  Onondaga 
county.  New  York,  June  3,  1850.  He  is  a 
farmer  and  stockraiser  in  Cortland,  New 
York.  He  is  a  prominent  member  of  the 
Patrons  of  Husbandry,  and  has  been  active 
in  organizing  granges.  He  is  a  prominent 
member  and  steward  of  the  Methodist  Epis- 
copal church  of  Cortland.  In  politics  he  is  a 
Republican.  He  married,  September  16,  1874, 
Ada  M.  Burhans,  born  September  5,  1854,  in 
Pompey,  New  York,  died  June  4,  1910,  daugh- 
ter of  Owen  W.  and  Charlotte  M.  (Hays) 
Burlians  (see  Burhans).  They  had  one  son. 
Owen  .Arthur,  mentioned  below. 

(VII)  Owen  Arthur,  .son  of  Burdette  R. 
Knapp.  was  born  in  Cortland,  New  York, 
August  12,  1876,  and  educated  in  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town  and  at  the  State 
Normal  School  at  Cortland.  He  was  employed 
at  Wickwire  Brothers'  Manufacturing  Com- 
pany for  sixteen  years.  Since  the  early  part  of 
i()io  he  has  been  engaged  in  the  insurance 
business  and  he  is  also  associated  with  his 
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and  thoroughbred  horses.  He  is  a  member  of 
Vesta  Lodge,  Odd  Fellows,  of  Cortland.  He 
married,  August  12,  1896,  Blanche  D.  Rose, 
of  Homer,  New  York,  daughter  of  Lafayette 
and  Mary  (Jackson)  Rose.  They  have  no  chil- 
dren. 

(The  Burhaiis  Line). 

(1)  Jacob  Burhans,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  born,  according  to  family  tradition,  in 
Holland,  and  first  appears  in  this  country  as  a 
soldier  in  the  service  of  the  Netherlands,  on 
the  Esopus,  March  28,  1660.  December  7, 
of  the  same  year,  his  name  is  third  on  the  list 
of  church  members  at  Wiltwyck  (Kingston), 
New  York,  at  the  date  of  the  first  organiza- 
tion of  the  church  there.  June  15,  1661,  he 
was  on  the  muster-roll,  and  November  21, 
i(36i,  he  was  appointed  collector  of  church 
rates  and  excise  on  consumption  of  wine  and 
beer.  This  appointment  was  by  Peter  Stuyve- 
sant.  November  24,  of  the  same  year,  he  was 
by  ordinance  authorized  to  collect  arrears.  In 
June,  1663,  he  had  two  houses  burned  down, 
in  the  second  Esopus  war,  in  the  "New  Village 
outside  the  Stockade".  March  7,  1665,  he  was 
sworn  as  curator  of  the  estate  of  Hendrick 
Jansen  and  Willem  Jansen,  but  asked  to  be 
excused  on  account  of  his  age.  April  28,  1666, 
he  was  elected  and  confirmed  as  justice-mag- 
istrate of  the  court  at  Kingston  for  one  year, 
and  November  i,  1667,  was  again  commis- 
sioner of  the  court.  He  owned  several  lots 
of  land  in  Kingston  and  also  in  Esopus.  He 
was  evidently  a  man  of  note  and  ability,  and 
filled  with  credit  the  various  public  positions 
accorded  him.  There  is  no  mention  of  any 
wife  or  children  until  the  arrival  of  Jan  Jacob 
Burhans,  at  whose  admission  as  a  church 
member  Jacob  officiated  as  a  witness.  The 
former  was  admitted  under  the  name  of  Jan 
Jacob  Burhans,  which  confirmed  his  parentage. 
The  record  of  death  of  Jacob  Burhans  does 
not  appear,  but  it  must  have  occurred  before 
September  27,  1677,  at  which  date  his  son 
Jan  Jacob  deeded  a  house  and  lot,  formerly 
belonging  to  his  father,  according  to  the  deed. 

(H)  Jan  Jacob,  son  of  Jacob  Burhans,  ar- 
rived in  America,  April  16,  1663,  in  the  ship 
"Bonte  Koe"  (Spotted  Cow).  July  3.  1664. 
he  was  admitted  a  member  of  the  Reformed 
Dutch  church  at  Kingston.  October  17,  1671, 
he,  with  two  others,  obtained  a  patent  at  Bra- 
bant (Esopus),  New  York.  October  6.  i<)73. 
lie  was  appointed  magistrate  for  the  town  of 
Swaenburgh.      October   2,    1678,   he   and    his 

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wife,  Helena  (Traphagen)  Burhans,  were  on 
the  list  of  church  members.  In  1685-96-99  he 
was  chosen  elder  of  the  church,  and  served 
until  December  8,  1701,  when  he  rendered 
his  account  and  vacated  the  office.  September 
1,  1689,  he  was  one  of  the  inhabitants  who 
took  the  oath  of  allegiance.  He  was  appointed 
magistrate  of  the  town  court  at  Kingston  and 
served  until  November  6,  1695.  December  30, 
1701,  he  is  mentioned  as  freeholder  in  a  peti- 
tion to  King  William,  and  the  following  year, 
October  2,  was  one  of  the  signers  of  an  address 
to  Lord  Cornberry,  and  is  spoken  of  by  the 
latter  as  being  one  of  the  "chiefest  inhabi- 
tants". There  is  no  date  of  marriage  of  Jan 
Jacob  Burhans  and  his  wife,  Helena  Trapha- 
gen, but  they  appeared  as  man  and  wife  at  a 
baptism,  April  23,  1675,  when  they  stood  as 
sponsors.  She  was  the  daughter  of  Willem 
Jansen  Traphagen  and  his  first  wife,  Jannetje 
Claessen  (tjroenvis)  Traphagen,  of  Meppelt. 
Her  father  settled  in  this  country  about  i6(5o, 
at  Bushwick,  Long  Island,  but  was  banished 
by  the  authorities  at  New  Amsterdam  to  Wilt- 
wyck, May  12,  1664,  for  insubordination  to 
said  authorities.  He  married  (second)  Aeltje 
Dirricksen  Meermans,  and  (third)  Joostje 
Willemse  Nooltryck.  Jan  Jacob  Burhans  died 
about  October  30,  1708,  when  his  son  Barnet 
executed  a  bond  to  his  brothers  and  sisters  in 
relation  to  their  father's  estate.  His  widow 
died  between  1728  and  1732,  as  shown  by  the 
date  of  her  will  and  of  its  proof.  Children : 
Janneke,  no  record  of  birth,  married,  October 
12,  1697,  Pieter  Du  Bois;  Hillitje,  no  record  of 
birth,  admitted  as  a  member  of  the  church, 
December  13,  1(396,  married,  June  18,  1700, 
Edward  Whitaker ;  Jacob,  baptized  in  King- 
ston. March  2,  1679,  probably  died  young; 
Barnet,  baptized  in  Kingston,  .^pril  24,  1681  ; 
Johannes,  baptized  at  Kingston,  August  27, 
1682;  Elisabeth,  baptized  at  Kingston,  July  7, 
1684:  Willem,  baptized  at  Kingston,  March  7, 
i686;  Hendrick,  baptized  at  Kingston,  Novem- 
ber 6,  1687;  Abraham,  baptized  at  Kingston, 
January  28,  1692;  Isaac,  baptized  at  Kingston, 
January  28,  1692,  mentioned  below ;  Samuel, 
baptized  at  Kingston,  June  3,  1694;  David, 
baptized  at  Kingston.  November  24,  1695. 

(  HI)  Isaac,  son  of  Jan  Jacob  Burhans,  was 
baptized  at  Kingston,  January  28,  1692.  He 
marrieil  there,  July  22.  1722,  Necltje.  daugh- 
ter of  Symon  and  Neeltje  (Ouackenboss ) 
Westehaei.  baptized  at  Kingston,  December 
25.  1700.     She  married  (second),  October  25, 


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1737,  at  Rhinebeck,  Ary  Roosa.  Isaac  Bur- 
hans  was  a  blacksmith  by  trade.  He  died  in 
the  prime  of  life,  and  according  to  tradition 
was  killed  by  the  falling  of  a  tree.  There  is 
no  satisfactory  record  of  his  children;  there 
were  at  least  five.  Oiildren,  the  first  three 
baptized  at  Kingston,  the  last  two  at  Rhine- 
beck:  Nelly,  baptized  November  i,  1724;  Hel- 
ena, baptized  Alarch  12,  1727;  Syinon,  bap- 
tized June  8,  1729;  Henry,  born  probably 
about  1731,  mentioned  below;  Geertje,  bap- 
tized March  17,  1734. 

(IV)  Henrv,  son  of  Isaac  Burhans,  was 
born  about  1731,  died  in  Lanesborougli,  Mas- 
sachusetts, December  31,  1802.  After  the  sec- 
ond marriage  of  his  mother,  he  was  placed 
in  the  care  of  a  farmer  at  New  Milford,  Con- 
necticut, and  lived  with  the  latter  until  his 
twenty-third  year.  He  then  served  for  seven 
years  in  the  French  war.  At  its  close  he  set- 
tled in  Sherman,  Connecticut.  There  he  mar- 
ried Zerviah  Hall,  and  later  removed  to  Lanes- 
borough.  His  widow  died  at  Newtown,  Con- 
necticut, February  9,  1823.  Children:  i.  Isaac, 
born  1760.  2.  Daniel,  born  at  Sherman,  July 
7,  1762;  became  an  Episcopal  clergyman  of 
note,  rector  of  Trinity  Church,  Newtown,  for 
thirty  years;  was  given  the  degree  of  M.  A. 
at  Williamstown,  1804,  and  the  same  at  Gen- 
eva, 1834,  the  degree  of  D.  D.  by  Trinity  Col- 
lege, 1831  ;  rector  of  St.  Peter's  Church, 
Plymouth,  1832,  and  later  at  Oxford,  where  he 
remained  until  1839.  3.  Helena,  born  about 
1764.  4.  Henry,  born  June  22,  1766,  men- 
tioned below.  5.  -Amy,  1768.  6.  John.  1770, 
died  February  12,  1784.  7.  Daughter,  bap- 
tized at  Sherman,  March,  1773.  8.  Polly, 
(lied  Ajjril  9,  1794.  aged  seventeen  years.  9. 
Liertius,  baptized  at  Sherman,  January,  1778, 
died  at  Lanesborough.  April  16,  1794.  lo. 
Zerviah,  1782,  died  \Iarch  10,  1785. 

(V)  Henry  (2),  son  of  Henry  (i)  Bur- 
hans, was  born  June  22,  1766,  died  Septem- 
ber 18,  1848.  He  was  then  living  in  Syracuse, 
New  York.  He  married,  1797,  Lydia,  daugh- 
ter of  Spencer  Churchill,  born  January  11, 
1777,  died  March  2,  1847.  Children;  Liertius, 
born  .April  13,  1799,  mentioned  below;  Maria, 
October  6,  1800;  Minerva,  September  11, 
1802;  Henry,  April  22,  1804;  Melanchthon, 
February  20, 1806 ;  Abigail,  December  29,  1807  ; 
Lvdia,  July  14,  1809;  Tryphcna,  .Xiiril  12, 
181 1  ;  Spencer  Churchill.  July  11,  1813;  Dan- 
iel, November  29,  181 5;  Marv,  February  7. 
1818. 


(VI)  Liertius,  son  of  Henry  (2)  Burhans, 
was  born  April  13,  1799,  died  September  13, 
1875.  He  married,  May  19,  1825,  Eliza  Ann 
Westcott,  born  November  15,  1801,  died 
November  14,  1872,  daughter  of  Gorton 
Waric  (Knight)  Westcott.  Children:  Owen 
W.,  born  March  18,  1826,  mentioned  below; 
Lydia,  August  26,  1827;  Gordon  W.,  August 
10,  1830;  Henrietta  E.,  October  8,  1833,  died 
b>bruary  6,   1835. 

(\TI)  Owen  \\'.,  son  of  Liertius  Burhans. 
was  born  March  18,  1826.  He  married,  Feb- 
ruary 5,  1852,  Charlotte  M.  Hays,  born  May 
21,  1826,  daughter  of  John  B.  and  Samantha 
( Lewis )  Hays.  He  lived  in  Cortland,  New 
York.  Children :  Mary  E.,  born  January  9, 
1853,  died  September  3,  1856;  Ada  M.,  Sep- 
tember 5,  1854,  married,  September  16,  1874, 
liurdette  R.  Knapp  (see  Knapp  \T  )  ;  Charles 
H.,  September  6,  i860;  Clara  A.,  September 
29,  1862. 

(Ill)  Ensign  Samuel  Knapp, 
KNAPP  son  of  Caleb  Knapp  (q.  v.),  set- 
tled soon  after  the  first  settlers 
in  Pocono,  now  Danbury,  Connecticut.  The 
names  of  his  children,  as  far  as  known,  are 
found  in  wills.  His  son  Samuel  Jr.,  born 
1700,  died  before  his  father,  making  will  at 
Danbury,  January  8,  1739-40.  The  will  was 
proved  February  12,  1739-40.  He  be(|ueathed 
to  his  brothers  John  and  Francis;  wife  Sarah 
and  children :  Samuel,  James,  Elnathan,  David 
and  a  posthumous  child.  In  the  will  of  Ste- 
phen Curtis,  of  Danbury,  there  is  mention  of 
this  Francis  Knapp,  who  was  a  brother-in-law 
of  Curtis  and  of  his  brother,  Joshua  Knapp. 
Sanuiel  Knapp.  Sr..  was  a  prominent  citizen, 
an  ensign  in  the  militia  company.  Children : 
.Samuel,  John,  mentioned  below^ ;  Francis  and 
Joshua. 

(I\')  John,  son  of  Samuel  Knapp,  of  Dan- 
bury, was  born  about  1710-20.  He  is  men- 
tioned in  the  will  of  his  brother  Samuel. 

(\')  .Samuel  (2).  son  of  John  Knapp,  was 
born  in  Danbury  about  1740-45.  He  served 
in  Colonel  Mead's  regiment  of  the  Ninth  Con- 
necticut Regiment  of  .Militia,  and  was  one 
that  went  to  the  saw  pits  in  Rye,  New  York, 
under  the  command  of  General  W'ooster  in  the 
Continental  service.  From  the  record  of  this 
Samuel  Knapp  many  descendants  have  joined 
the  Sons  and  Daughters  of  the  Revolution. 
.After  the  revolution  he  settled  in  Rensselaer- 
wvck,  now  Troy,  New  York,  and  at  Na.ssau, 


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which  was  formed  of  various  towns  in  Rens- 
selaer county,  in  1806.  Israel  and  Abiel  Knapp 
were  also  at  Nassau  before  1800.  Among  his 
children  was  a  son  Samuel,  mentioned  below. 

(VI)  Samuel  (3),  son  of  Samuel  (2) 
Knapp,  was  born  about  1760-70.  He  was  a 
farmer  and  lived  to  the  great  age  of  eighty- 
four  years.  He  lived  in  Dutchess  county  and 
at  Nassau,  New  York.  He  married  Anna 
Mott.  Children ;  Jeremiah,  Samuel,  Levi, 
mentioned  below ;  Sarah,  married  Thomas 
.•\rmstrong;  Tamer,  married Williams. 

(VTI)  Levi,  son  of  Samuel  (3)  Knapp. 
was  born  March  2;^,  1798,  in  Dutchess  county, 
New  York,  where  his  parents  lived  before  go- 
ing to  Nassau,  and  he  died  at  East  Homer, 
New  York,  Eebruary  28,  1879.  He  went  with 
his  father  to  Nassau.  At  the  age  of  thirty  he 
settled  at  Winfield,  Herkimer  county.  New 
York.  In  1849  he  came  to  East  Homer,  Cort- 
land county,  where  he  lived  to  the  time  of  his 
death.  He  followed  farming  all  his  activ?  life. 
He  married,  March  12,  1820,  Phebe  Shaw, 
born  in  Dutchess  county,  New  York,  October 

6.  1804,  died  September  17,  1873,  daughter  of 
Jacob  and  Elizabeth  (Boice)  Shaw.  Her 
mother  was  born  November  i,  1779,  died 
March  19,  1865.  Children:  i.  John  B.,  born 
June  10,  1823;  a  soldier  in  the  civil  war.  lives 
in  Preble,  New  York  (1911).  2.  Susan  M.. 
April  23.  1823  ;  married  James  Howard.  3. 
Henry  W..  June  27,  1827,  died  March  15,  1899 
4.  Jacob  Shaw,  mentioned  below.  5.  Syrena 
H.  6.  Edward  A.,  born  May  2,  1835  ;  deceased. 

7.  Roselle,  March  25,   1838:  resides  in  Ohio. 

8.  Levi  D.,  November  4,  1840,  died  January 
21,  1876.  9.  Charles,  January  20,  1844;  men- 
tioned below.  10.  Phebe  A.,  August  16,  1847, 
died  .April  17,  1878;  married  Charles  Gutchess. 

(VHI)  Charles,  son  of  Levi  Knajjp,  was 
born  in  West  Winfield,  Herkimer  county.  New 
York,  January  20,  1844.  He  came  to  the  town 
of  Homer  with  his  parents  when  he  was  five 
years  old,  and  was  educated  there  in  the  pub- 
lic schools  and  at  Homer  Academy.  He  has 
lived  since  then  at  or  near  East  Homer  and 
has  followed  farming  for  his  occupation,  mak- 
ing his  dairy  a  specialty.  In  his  later  years  he 
has  retired  from  active  life,  and  makes  his 
home  on  a  small  place  near  East  Homer.  He 
married,  in  1871,  Annie  Barton,  of  \'irgil. 
New  York,  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Rebecca 
Barton.  Children:  i.  Vernon  L..  mentirtned 
below.     2.  Raymond,   born   January   4.    1878. 


resides  in  Cortland,   New  York.     3.  Howard 
B.,  December  24,  1886,  lives  in  Colorado. 

(IX)  Vernon  L.,  son  of  Charles  Knapp, 
was  born  at  Homer,  New  York,  April  23, 
1876.  He  attended  the  public  schools  of  his 
native  town  and  Homer  Academy.  For  sev- 
eral years  he  followed  farming  and  then  was 
clerk  in  a  general  store  at  East  Homer.  In 
Kp5  he  entered  the  employ  of  the  Cortland 
Beef  Company  in  Cortland  and  continued  for 
four  years.  In  December,  1909,  in  partner- 
ship with  his  brother,  Howard  B.  Knapp,  he 
engaged  in  business  in  Preble  under  the  firm 
name  of  Knapp  Brothers.  The  firm  carried 
a  stock  of  groceries  and  meats  and  maintained 
an  up-to-date  store  and  delivery  service.  Mr. 
Knapp  bought  out  the  interests  of  his  partner, 
after  a  time,  and  at  the  present  time  is  con- 
ducting the  business  alone  with  abundant  suc- 
cess. He  is  a  member  of  Preble  Lodge,  No. 
164.  Odd  Fellows,  of  Preble.  In  politics  he  is 
a  Republican.  He  married.  February  2.  1898, 
.Alice  R.  Slater,  born  in  Geneva,  New  York, 
(laughter  of  Charles  and  Augusta  (  Davenport ) 
.Slater.  Children:  Willis,  born  .\pril  2.  i89<j; 
Helen,  May  18,  1903, 


(VHI)  Jacob  Shaw  Knapp, 
KN.APP  son  of  Levi  Kna[ip  (q.  v.), 
was  born  in  West  Winfield. 
Herkimer  county.  New  York.  .April  18.  1830. 
died  in  Cortland,  New  York,  .August  22,  1904. 
He  received  a  common  school  education  in  his 
native  town,  and  learned  the  trade  of  carpen- 
ter. He  enlisted  in  the  Seventy-sixth  New 
York  Regiment  of  \'olunteer  Alilitia  during 
the  civil  war  and  was  in  tiie  service  three  years, 
being  mustered  out  at  the  end  of  the  war  with 
the  rank  of  corporal.  He  took  up  his  trade 
and  followed  it  in  Homer  and  Cortland  as 
journeyman  and  builder  the  remainder  of  his 
life.  In  religion  he  was  a  Methodist,  in  poli- 
tics a  Republican.  He  married,  November  19, 
1854,  Louisa  N.  Alexander,  born  in  Homer, 
New  A'ork.  April  5,  1832,  died  November  26, 
1804.  daughter  of  Leonard  and  Malvina 
(Miner)  .Alexander.  Children:  Edward  Hart- 
ley, nientioned  below :  Clarence  A.,  born  Feb- 
ruary 3.  1861,  in  Homer,  married  Helen, 
daughter  of  DeWitt  C.  Carpenter:  children: 
Lawrence  C,  Edward  L..  David  D.  and  Har- 
old <^ 

(IX)    Edward  Hartley,  son  of  Jacob  .Sli.-iw 
Knapp,  was  born  in  Homer,  New  York,  June 


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i8,  1856.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  pubhc 
schools  and  at  Homer  Academy.  For  several 
years  he  was  engaged  in  the  manufacture  of 
cheese,  having  charge  of  a  cheese  factory  at 
Cortland.  Afterward  for  nine  years  he  was 
in  charge  of  the  milk  station  and  creamery  at 
Homer.  Since  1908  he  has  been  in  business 
in  Homer,  dealing  in  farm  implements,  light 
and  heavy  wagons  and  hard  wood.  He  is 
agent  for  the  International  Mowers,  Reapers, 
Binders,  the  Planet,  Jr.,  and  Iron  Age  tools. 
He  buys  hides,  furs  and  tallow  from  the  farm- 
ers of  this  section  and  has  a  large  and  grow- 
ing business.  His  store  is  at  9  Water  street. 
The  business  was  established  in  1894.  In  re- 
ligion he  is  a  Congrcgationalist,  and  in  poli- 
tics is  a  Republican. 

He  married,  December  14,  1880,  Harriet 
M.  Rose,  of  Homer,  born  Alay  17,  1857, 
daughter  of  Luther  and  Ann  (Goff)  Rose, 
"granddaughter  of  Benjamin  Goff,  a  soldier 
in  the  revolution,  and  descendant  through 
Catherine  (Allbright)  Goff  from  John  All- 
bright,  another  revolutionary  soldier.  Mr.  and 
Mrs.  Knapp  have  no  children. 


Nathan  Clark,  of  an  old  New 
CLARK  England  family,  settled  in  Ath- 
ens, Green  county.  New  York. 
He  married  a  daughter  of  John  Nicholas,  of 
W'aterbury,  Connecticut.  He  was  a  success- 
ful manufacturer,  and  lived  to  an  advanced 
age. 

(II)  Edward,  son  of  Nathan  Clark,  was 
born  in  Athens,  December  19,  181 1.  He  re- 
ceived his  education  under  the  instruction  of 
a  [jrivate  tutor,  one  Bosworth,  a  jdacid  old 
bachelor  who  knitted  his  own  stockings  and 
lived  a  simple  life,  devoting  himself  chiefly 
to  the  teaching  of  small  children.  Afterward, 
Mr.  Clark  attended  the  academy  at  Hudson, 
of  which  E.  King  was  principal,  and  then  en- 
tered Williams  College,  of  which  he  was  one 
of  the  early  graduates,  a  classmate  of  William 
Cullen  Bryant,  the  poet.  After  graduating 
in  1830,  Mr.  Clark  began  in  the  following  au- 
tumn to  study  law  in  the  office  of  .'\mbrose  L. 
Jordan,  Esq.,  at  Hudson,  and  after  three  years 
as  a  law  clerk,  he  was  admitted  to  the  bar.  In 
the  autumn  of  1833  he  opened  an  office  in 
I'oughkeepsie,  New  York,  and  began  to  prac- 
tice law.  In  May,  1837,  he  became  a  law  part- 
ner of  his  father-in-law,  Ambrose  L.  Jor- 
dan, and  the  firm  continued  for  a  period  of 
sixteen  years.     The  office  of  Jordan  &  Clark 


was  removed  to  New  York  City,  May  i,  1838, 
and   a  very   successful   law   practice  built  up 
there.     Mr.  Jordan   fully  sustained  his  great 
reputation  as  an  advocate  and  the  junior  part- 
ner became  a  lawyer  of  prominence.     In  1848, 
Isaac  M.  Singer,  an  erratic  genius  who  had  fol- 
lowed  various  occupations  and  had   invented 
many  valuable  mechanical  devices,  was  a  client 
of  the  firm.     The  sewing  machine  which  he 
devised  was  not  profitable  at  first,  and  even 
his   title   to   the   patent   became  involved   and 
was  on  the  point  of  being  lost  to  him.     Singer 
appealed  to  Mr.   Clark   for  the  means  to  re- 
deem a  third  interest  in  the  patent  and  busi- 
ness.    Mr.  Clark  acceded,  and  held  the  stock 
as  security  for  his  loan  to  Singer.    Afterward, 
when  it  became  apparent  that  much  litigation 
would  be  necessary  to  sustain  the  validity  of 
the  Singer  patents,  Mr.  Clark,  at  the  request 
of  Singer,  took  the  stock  in  payment  of  the 
loan.     Afterward,  another  third  interest  was 
ac(|uircd  by  Mr.  Clark  in  behalf  of  Mr.  Singer 
and  himself,  and  thereupon  a  partnership  was 
formed  under  the  title  of  I.  M.  Singer  &  Com- 
pany, in  which  Mr.  Clark  had  a  half  interest. 
The  business   of   making  the   Singer   Sewing 
Machine  was  conducted  by  this  firm  with  emi- 
nent success   from   185 1   to  1863.     Mr.  Clark 
devoted  much  of  his  time  to  the  vexatious  liti- 
gation  in   which   the   firm   was   involved  until 
a  final  settlement  and  adjustment  of  the  con- 
flicting claims  of  inventors  was  reached.     In 
the  meantime  the  business  had  prospered,  and 
henceforth  it  grew  to  magnificent  proportions. 
In  order  to  get  relief  from  the  great  cares  of 
management   and   to  provide    for   the    future 
growth   of    the   business,    Mr.    Clark   secured 
the  incorporation  of  the  concern  in  1863.  four- 
fifths  of  the  stock  being  owned  by  Mr.  Singer 
and   himself.      Directly   afterward   Mr.   Clark 
retired    from   active    managenient,   though   he 
remained  on  the  board  of  directors   for  sev- 
eral years.     In  foreign  travel  he  sought  much- 
needed  relaxation,  and  he  purchased  a  great 
collection  of  statuary  and  other  works  of  art 
in  the  course  of  his  visits  to  the  European  cen- 
ters.   In  the  autumn  of  1854  Mr.  Clark  bought 
a  mansion  in  Cooperstown,  known  as  ".\])ple 
Hill,'"  from  (ieorge  A.  Starkwe.uher,  and  for 
several  years  Mrs.  Clark  and  the  children  spent 
the  summers  at  the  old  house.     In   1869  Mr. 
Clark  erected  a  handsome  stone  residence  to 
which  he  gave  the  name  of  "Eernleigh,"'  and 
it  has  since  then  been  one  of  the  most  attrac- 
tive country  places  in  the  county.     It  is  one  of 


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the  spots  that  all  strangers  in  Cooperstown 
visit.  Although  Mr.  Clark  had  a  city  house,  he 
made  "Fernleigh"  his  home.  He  married,  Oc- 
tober. 1833.  Caroline  Jordan,  daughter  of 
Ambrose  L.  Jordan.  Children :  Edward  L. 
Clark,  Ambrose  Jordan  Clark,  Alfred  Corning 
Clark. 

(III)  Alfred  Corning,  son  of  Edward 
Clark,  was  born  in  1843,  and  died  April  8, 
1896,  of  pneumonia.  He  was  the  youngest 
son  and  last  survivor  among  his  father's  chil- 
dren, and  inherited  a  large  estate,  including 
a  controlling  interest  in  the  great  Singer  Sew- 
ing Machine  Company,  and  valuable  real  estate 
in  New  York  City.  His  home  was  at  Fern- 
leigh. Naturally  modest  and  retiring  in  his 
manner  and  habits,  he  was  an  earnest,  thought- 
ful, public-spirited  citizen,  of  well-cultivated 
intellect,  devout  and  helpful  in  church  and 
other  benevolent  organizations.  He  was  a 
communicant  of  the  Protestant  Episcopal 
church.  He  was  generous  and  discriminat- 
ing in  his  charity  but  vigorous  in  sup])ort  of 
the  opinions  he  held  on  public  questions.  He 
was  fond  of  music  and  of  the  classics,  and 
gave  to  a  musical  society  to  which  he  belonged 
a  costly  structure  which  he  erected  in  New 
York  City.  He  traveled  extensively  abroad. 
His  knowledge  of  the  modern  languages  is 
shown  by  a  translation  from  the  Swedish  of 
\'iktor  Rydberg  of  a  work  of  about  330  pages, 
entitled  "Roman  Days,"  a  scliolarly  contribu- 
tion to  literature,  which  was  published  in  at- 
tractive style  and  handsomely  illustrated.  He 
married  (first)  Elizabeth  Severin.  She  mar- 
ried (second)  the  late  Bishop  Henry  C.  Pot- 
ter, of  New  York.  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Clark  had 
four  sons :  Edward  Severin  Clark,  Robert 
Sterling  Clark,  F.  Ambrose  Clark.  Stephen 
Carlton  Clark. 

(IV)  Stephen  Carlton,  son  of  Alfred  Corn- 
ing Clark,  was  born  at  Cooperstown,  New 
York,  August  29,  1882.  He  was  educated  by 
private  tutors  in  early  youth,  and  attended 
Cutter's  School  in  New  York  City,  where  he 
prepared  for  college.  He  was  graduated  from 
"N'ale  College  in  1903  with  the  degree  of  P)ach- 
elor  of  Arts,  and  from  Columbia  Law  School 
in  the  class  of  1907  with  the  degree  of  LL.  B. 
He  has  made  his  home  at  Fernleigh,  in  Coop- 
erstown. In  politics  he  is  a  Rqiublican,  and 
in  1910  he  was  assemblyman  from  his  district 
in  Otsego  county.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
Racquet  and  Tennis  Club,  of  New  York  City; 
the   Republican    Club,   the   Harvard   Club,   of 


New  York:  the  Yale  Club,  the  St.  Anthony 
Club,  the  Fort  Orange  Club,  of  Albany,  and 
of  Otsego  Lodge  of  Free  Masons,  No.  38. 
He  is  a  communicant  of  the  Protestant  Epis- 
copal church.  He  is  a  director  of  the  First 
National  Bank,  of  Cooperstown.  He  has  an 
office  in  the  Singer  Building,  149  Broadway, 
New  York  City.  He  married,  February  20, 
IQ09,  Susan  \'anderpoel,  daughter  of  Marcus 
T,  Hun. 


The  surname  Hart  is  common  in 
H.A.RT  England,  Ireland  and  Scotland, 
being  spelled  in  various  ways — 
Hart,  Hartt,  Heart,  Hearte  and  Harte.  At 
least  six  emigrants  of  the  name  were  in  New 
England  before  1650.  Among  the  more  prom- 
inent ones  were :  Thomas,  of  Ipswich ;  Law- 
rence, of  Newbury :  Samuel,  of  Lynn ;  Nicho- 
las, of  Taunton  ;  Isaac,  of  Watertown.  The 
patriotism  of  members  of  this  family  is  shown 
by  the  number  of  times  the  name  is  recorded 
in  the  annals  of  the  wars  of  1775,  1812  and 
i86r,  where  they  had  served  as  officers  and 
privates. 

(I)  Deacon  Stephen  Hart,  the  immigrant 
ancestor  of  this  branch  of  the  family,  was 
born  about  1605,  in  Braintree,  county  Essex, 
England,  and  came  to  the  Massachusetts  Bay 
Colony  about  1632,  accompanied  by  his  wife 
and  their  two  sons,  John  and  Stephen.  It  is 
supposed  tiiat  he  was  with  the  company  that 
came  from  Braintree,  England,  and  located  at 
Braintree,  Massachusetts,  subsequently  re- 
moved to  Newton,  and  constituted  the  church 
of  which  Rev.  Thomas  Hooker  was  invited 
from  England  to  become  pastor.  Deacon 
Hart  was  in  Newton  (Cambridge)  in  1632, 
and  was  there  admitted  as  a  freeman  May  14, 
1634.  In  1635  he  sold  his  Cambridge  prop- 
erty and  removed  to  Hartford  with  Rev. 
Hooker's  company,  being  one  of  the  original 
proprietors  of  this  town.  His  house  was  on 
the  west  side  of  what  is  now  Front  street,  near 
Morgan  street,  and  there  is  a  tradition  that 
the  town  was  named  from  the  ford  that  he 
discovered  in  the  Connecticut  river  at  a  low 
stage  of  the  water,  and  from  Hart's  Ford  be- 
came Hartford.  It  is  also  said  that  while  he 
and  others  were  on  a  hunting  expedition  on 
Talcott  mountain,  they  discovered  Farmington 
river  valley,  then  inhabited  by  the  Tunxis  In- 
dians, a  powerful  tribe,  and  the  fields  being 
probably  waving  with  grass  and  Indian  corn, 
impressed   the    party  with    their    beauty  and 


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value.  The  settlers  made  a  bargain  with  the 
Indians  and  many  of  them  located  there.  Dea- 
con Hart  became  one  of  the  original  proprie- 
tors of  Tunxis,  later  Farmington,  in  1672.  He 
was  deputy  to  the  general  court  in  1647  and 
for  fifteen  sessions  thereafter,  with  one  ex- 
ception. In  1653  he  was  commissioner  for 
the  town  of  Farmington  to  aid  in  impressing 
men  for  the  army.  He  was  chosen  the  first 
deacon  of  the  church  there,  and  was  one  of 
the  "seven  pillars"  of  the  church.  His  home 
lot,  which  was  the  largest  in  Farmington,  was 
situated  on  the  west  side  of  Main  street  oppo- 
site the  meeting  house,  and  contained  fifteen 
acres.  This  large  lot  was  granted  him  as  an 
inducement  to  erect  a  mill,  to  be  perpetuated 
and  kept  running.  His  will  was  dated  March 
16,  1682-3,  ^^^  '"i^  'lif<i  ''"'  ''''^t  month.  He  and 
his  first  wife  were  constituent  members  of  the 
church  in  Farmington,  organized  in  1652  with 
Rev.  Roger  Newton  as  pastor.  His  second 
wife,  Margaret,  widow  of  .Arthur  Smith,  sur- 
vived him  and  was  admitted  to  the  church  in 
Farmington,  March  17,  1 690-1,  and  died  in 
1693.  Children,  all  by  his  first  wife:  Sarah, 
married,  November  20,  1644,  Thomas  Por- 
ter :  Mary,  married  John  Lee  and  ( second ) 
Jedediah  .Strong  ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Ste- 
ven ;  Mehitable,  married  John  Cole;  Thomas. 
married  Ruth  Hawkins. 

(II)  John  Hart,  son  of  Deacon  Stephen 
Hart,  was  born  in  England,  and  he  and  his 
wife  Sarah  resided  at  Farmington,  where  he 
was  admitted  a  freeman  by  the  general  court 
at  the  May  session  of  1654.  His  wife  joined 
the  church  at  Farmington  October  19,  1653, 
and  he  was  admitted  April  2,  1654.  He  was 
one  of  the  first  settlers  of  Tunxis,  and  bought 
his  house  lot  from  the  original  owners,  being 
on  the  list  of  original  proprietors  of  1672.  .\t 
the  October  session  of  the  general  court  in 
1660  he  was  elected  one  of  the  committee  to 
examine  Thirty  Mile  Island  with  the  view  of 
settlement.  His  house,  located  near  the  cen- 
ter of  the  village  was  fired  upon  by  the  Indians 
in  the  night,  and  he  and  all  his  family  exccjjt 
his  son  John  perished  in  the  flames.  This  son 
was  absent  at  Nod,  or  Northington,  since 
called  .Avon,  where  the  family  owned  land, 
looking  after  their  stock.  The  burning  of  the 
town  records  at  this  time  was  a  public  calam- 
ity. This  tragedy  occurred  in  1666,  when  John 
Hart  was  about  thirty-five  years  of  age.  He 
and  his  wife  had  children:  Sarah,  born  at 
Farmington,  about    1653,  burned  to  death   in 


1666 ;  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Steven,  born  in 
Farmington,  in  lulv.  1637,  burned  to  death  in 
1666. 

(HI)  Captain  John  (2)  Hart,  elder  son  of 
John  (i)  antl  Sarah  Hart,  was  born  in  Farm- 
ington, about  1655,  and  baptized  April  2nd,  of 
that  year.  He  was  the  only  survivor  of  the 
family  after  the  fire  in  which  the  other  mem- 
bers perished,  and  lived  to  be  the  progenitor 
of  a  numerous  posterity.  He  was  offered  many 
offices  of  honor  and  trust  and  was  a  useful 
man  in  church  and  state.  In  Alay,  1695,  he 
was  confirmed  by  the  general  court  as  ensign 
of  the  Farmington  train  band,  and  in  October, 
1703,  was  commissioned  lieutenant,  being  later 
promoted  to  the  rank  of  captain.  For  four 
years,  1702-5,  he  was  deputy  to  the  general 
court,  and  was  appointed  in  May,  1705,  one  of 
the  auditors  oi  the  colony.  He  married  Mary, 
tlaughter  of  Deacon  Isaac  Moore,  of  Farm- 
ington, and  both  were  admitted  to  the  church 
there  November  24,  1686.  He  died  in  Farm- 
ington, November  11,  1714,  and  his  wife  died 
September  19,  1738,  he  at  the  age  of  sixty  and 
she  at  the  age  of  seventy- four  years.  Chil- 
dren :  John,  mentioned  below  ;  Isaac,  baptized 
November  27,  1686;  Sarah,  December  11, 
1687;  Matthew,  December  7,  1690;  Samuel, 
September  18,  1692;  .\athaniel,  .April  14. 
1695 :  Mary. 

(IV)  Deacon  John  (3)  Hart,  son  of  Cap- 
tain John  (2)  and  Mary  (Moore)  Hart,  was 
born  in  1684,  and  baptized  at  Farmington,  No- 
vember 27,  1686.  He  was  chosen  deacon  of 
the  church  at  Farmington,  November  19,  1718, 
and  subsequently  removed  to  Kensington, 
where  he  was  also  a  deacon.  For  many  years 
he  was  town  clerk,  and  was  twenty-three  times 
elected  to  the  general  court  between  1717  and 
1743.  His  will  was  dated  March  2,  1752, 
was  probated  in  Hartford,  and  among  other 
provisions  gave  his  son  Solomon  all  his  lands 
on  Fort  Hill,  comprising  about  one  hundred 
acres.  His  estate  was  ajipraised  at  more  than 
£1,000.  Deacon  Hart  died  October  7,  1753. 
at  the  age  of  sixty-nine  years.  He  married 
(first),  March  20.  1706,  Esther,  daughter  of 
Samuel  Gridley  (the  Trader),  baptized  in 
l-'armington.  May  15,  1687.  and  both  were  ad- 
mitted to  the  church  there  January  31,  171 1- 
12.  They  lived  on  his  father's  place.  His  first 
wife,  Esther,  mother  of  his  children,  died  July 
10,  1743,  at  the  age  of  fifty-seven  years,  and 
he  married  (second),  January  II,  1743-4, 
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27,  1760,  at  the  age  of  seventy-six  years.  Dea- 
con Hart  had  children :  Esther,  born  Septeni- 
mer  19,  1707:  Judah,  October  25,  1709;  John, 
October  11,  1714;  Alary,  March  9,  1717; 
Sarah,  June  19,  1719;  Solomon,  mentioned 
below;  Ruth,  October  25,  1729. 

(\ }  Deacon  Solomon  Hart,  third  son  of 
Deacon  John  (3)  and  Esther  (Ciridleyj  Hart, 
was  born  at  Kensington,  October  i,  1724, 
lived  in  Congee,  Farmington,  and  removed  to 
Tyringham,  Massachusetts,  in  1761,  and  in 
1765  to  Cornwall,  where  he  died  instantly, 
August  15,  1805,  at  the  age  of  eighty  years. 
He  made  several  purchases  of  land  on  the 
river  from  Cornwall  bridge  to  Canaan  line, 
and  built  a  large  white  house,  which  was 
called  Hart's  Tavern.  The  locality  where  he 
lived  is  known  at  this  time  as  West  Cornwall. 
He  married,  March  3,  1749-50,  Experience, 
daughter  of  William  and  Experience  (Cay- 
lord  )  Cole,  of  Southington,  born  March  16, 
1728,  at  Wallingford.  She  died  of  hydro- 
thorax.  Children:  Ruth,  born  December  31, 
1750:  Esther,  March  26,  1752;  Titus,  Jan- 
uary 24,  1754;  Lot,  1756;  Phineas,  1758;  Elias, 
mentioned  below  ;  Jemima,  Experience,  Solo- 
mon, and  a  child  who  died  in  infancy. 

(VI)  Captain  Elias  Hart,  fourth  son  of 
Deacon  Solomon  and  E.xperience  (Cole)  Hart, 
was  born  May  11,  1759,  and  was  noted  for  his 
ardor  and  bravery  in  furthering  the  cause  of 
the  colonists  during  the  war  of  independence. 
Although  he  was  scarcely  sixteen  years  old, 
he  freely  gave  his  services  to  his  country,  and 
through  seven  campaigns  uncomplainingly 
bore  the  hardships  and  rigors  of  the  war. 
When  smallpox  was  raging  in  the  camp  he 
inoculated  himself  and  thus  was  able  to  live 
through  the  scourge.  He  moved  in  1784  from 
Hart's  Bridge  to  the  farm  deeded  to  him  by 
his  father  in  that  year.  He  served  the  town 
many  years  in  positions  of  trust  and  honor, 
and  received  a  pension  from  the  government 
until  his  death  in  1834,  at  the  age  of  seventy- 
five  years.  He  married,  June  14,  1781,  Philo- 
mela, daughter  of  Appleton  and  Mary  ( Wol- 
cott )  Piurnham,  and  granddaughter  of  Wil- 
liam Rurnham,  of  Kensington,  born  May  i, 
1764.  and  both  were  members  of  the  Second 
Congregational  church.  Their  children  were: 
Enos,  scalded  to  death  hi  childhood;  Elias, 
born  November  4,  1784:  Oliver  r>urnham. 
1787;  Laura,  March,  1700;  Philomela,  June 
'7'    1793:    Julius,   mentioned   below;   Harriet, 


March.  1798;  Jerusha,  1801;  .\lvin  Nelson, 
February  11,  1804. 

(\TI)  Julius,  fourth  son  of  Elias  and  Phil- 
omela (Bnrnham)  Hart,  was  born  February 
29,  I79<),  at  Cornwall,  Connecticut,  and  was 
an  active  farmer.  He  worshipped  many  years 
in  the  old  church  at  the  Center,  and  contrib- 
uted right  liberally  to  the  construction  of  the 
church  at  North  Cornwall  and  its  subsequent 
support.  He  served  in  various  local  offices  of 
honor  and  trust,  and  was  very  influential  and 
helpful  in  the  Washingtonian  temperance 
movement  of  1840.  He  was  a  man  of  well- 
known  public  spirit,  and  was  generous  in  his 
support  of  public  movements.  January  7, 
1819,  he  married  Rhotla,  daughter  of  Deacon 
Noah  and  Lydia  (Cornwall)  Rogers,  born 
June  9,  1798,  at  North  Cornwall,  and  she  died 
June  II,  i8t)6,  at  the  age  of  si.xty-eight  years. 
Their  children  were:  Julius  Rogers,  born  De- 
cember 15,  1819;  Noah  Rogers,  mentioned  be- 
low ;  Lydia  Julia  and  Julius  Leavett,  twins, 
born  .\pril  29,  1826,  the  former  of  whom  died 
June  10,  1827;  Elizabeth  Wilson,  born  Jan- 
uarv  22,  1829;  Elias  Burton,  I'\'bruary  21, 
1834;  (leorge  Spencer,  February  11,  1837. 

(\TII)  Noah  Rogers,  second  son  of  Julius 
and  Rhoda  (Rogers)  Hart,  was  born  Septem- 
ber 12.  1821,  at  Cornwall,  Connecticut,  and 
died  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  about  1901, 
aged  eighty  years.  He  was  a  clerk  in  a  store 
at  West  Cornwall  in  early  life,  and  later  be- 
came a  merchant  and  manufacturer  at  West 
Coshen,  Connecticut.  In  1840  his  early  ac- 
cumulations were  lost  by  fire.  In  1853  he 
and  his  brother,  E.  Burton  Hart,  established  a 
private  boarding  school  for  boys  at  West  Com- 
vvall.  both  having  previously  had  experience 
in  the  instruction  of  youth.  In  1857  Noah  R. 
Hart  left  this  enterprise  to  engage  in  mercan- 
tile business  with  his  brother,  Julius  L.  Hart, 
in  West  Goshen.  For  nine  or  ten  years  he 
served  as  superintendent  of  the  Sabbath  school 
in  Goshen,  and  was  one  of  the  founders  of  the 
Y.  M.  C.  A.  there.  In  1870  he  left  that  town 
for  Paterson,  New  Jersey,  where  he  lived  until 
1872,  then  closed  out  his  business.  He  later 
went  to  Brooklyn,  New  York,  where  he  was 
engaged  in  the  manufacture  of  printer's  ink, 
and  spent  the  last  years  of  his  life  in  that 
city,  where  both  he  and  his  (first)  wife  were 
members  of  Plymouth  Church.  In  early  life 
he  was  a  Rqiublican,  and  cherished  the  foun- 
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pendent  in  political  action.  For  many  years 
he  lived  retired  from  active  business  life.  He 
married  (first),  November  22,  1843,  Lncretia 
Minerva,  daughter  of  Micajah  and  Rosetta 
(Pendleton)  Liarnuni,  born  March  14,  1826, 
at  Cornwall.  He  married  (second)  Catherine 
V.  (Hard)  Hart,  who  survives  him,  and  now 
lives  at  185  Grand  avenue,  Brooklyn.  His  chil- 
dren, all  by  his  first  marriage,  were :  Freder- 
ick Augustus,  mentioned  below ;  Arthur  Bur- 
ton, born  June  26,  1855,  resides  in  Brooklyn, 
New  York;  Mary  Elizabeth,  born  February 
8,  1859,  married  Charles  Newton  and  resides 
in  Brooklyn;  Emma  Lucretia,  born  March  15, 
1865,  married  the  late  George  Zanes,  of  Brook- 
lyn, New  York,  where  she  resides.  The  first 
three  children  were  born  in  Cornwall,  and  the 
last  in  Goshen,  Connecticut. 

(IX)  Frederick  Augustus,  older  son  of 
Noah  Rogers  and  Lucretia  M.  (Barnum) 
Hart,  was  born  in  Cornwall,  Connecticut,  July 
25,  1849.  He  was  educated  in  his  native  town 
and  came  to  New  York  City  when  si.xteen 
years  of  age.  For  several  years  he  worked  for 
George  S.  Hart  &  Company,  and  later  be- 
came one  of  the  firm.  On  account  of  ill  health 
he  withdrew  from  this  business  connection 
and  for  two  years  dealt  in  Long  Island  real 
estate.  For  several  years  past  he  has  been 
identified  with  the  firm  of  Snecker  &  Ouim- 
by,  of  New  York  City,  produce  commission 
merchants.  Mr.  Hart  and  wife  are  members 
of  the  church  of  the  Evangel  (Congregational) 
of  Flatbush.  In  politics  he  is  a  Republican, 
but  gives  little  attention  to  politics,  though 
he  sustains  his  principles  as  a  voter.  He  mar- 
ried, April  9,  1874,  Catherine,  daughter  of  Wil- 
liam and  Catherine  (De  Mund)  Allen,  of 
Brooklyn,  and  they  bad  children:  Mabel  A., 
born  1875;  Jessie,  1876,  married  Alexander  S. 
Evans,  with  H.  B.  Claflin  &  Company,  and 
they  live  at  Montclair,  New  Jersey,  and  have 
a  daughter  Katherine;  h'rederick  A.,  Jr.,  born 
in  1878,  is  connected  with  the  firm  of  John 
Thallon  &  Company,  of  New  York,  dealers 
in  cheese,  married  Margaret  McLaren,  and 
they  have  two  children,  Sidwell  and  Dorothy ; 
Robert  Fenley.  mentioned  below:  Ethel  L., 
born  in  1882;  Edith,  born  in  1884,  died  at  the 
age  of  sixteen  years;  Lilla.  born  1886:  Hazel, 
died  at  the  age  of  ten  years;  one  son  died  at 
birth;  Herbert,  died  in  infancy:  Raymond, 
bom  in  December,  1894:  Arthur,  1896. 

(X)  Robert  b^enley,  second  .son  of  iMeder- 
ick  Augustus  and  Catherine  (Allen)  Hart,  was 


born  in  Brooklyn,  New  Y'ork,  August  29,  1880, 
and  educated  in  the  schools  of  that  city.  At 
the  age  of  seventeen  years  he  entered  the  em- 
ploy of  George  S.  Hart  &  Company,  of  New- 
York  City,  with  wdiom  he  remained  until  1903, 
when  tlie  Norwich  Cold  Storage  Company  was 
organized  by  his  father,  and  brother,  Frederick 
A.,  Jr.  This  company  was  organized  with 
Frederick  A.  Hart,  president;  Howard  D. 
Newton,  of  Norwich,  vice-president,  and  Rob- 
ert F.  Hart,  secretary  and  treasurer.  Since 
that  time  Mr.  Hart  has  resided  in  Norwich, 
where  he  retains  his  connection  with  the  above- 
mentioned  company,  and  in  addition  conducts 
the  only  ice  business  there  under  his  own 
name.  He  is  a  packer  and  dealer,  and  his  ice- 
houses are  located  along  Canasawacta  street, 
at  the  intersection  of  Fair.  He  conducts  a 
large  business,  and  furnishes  his  customers 
with  a  good  quality  of  clear  ice.  He  has  built 
up  this  enterprise  through  the  purity  of  his 
ice,  and  has  a  reputation  for  honorable  deal- 
ing and  upright  business  methods.  He  secures 
his  stock  from  mountain  streams  and  far-away 
points  to  meet  the  large  demand  for  his  prod- 
uct. He  is  one  of  the  representative  business 
men  of  his  community  and  highly  esteemed  as 
a  public-spirited  citizen.  He  attends  the  Con- 
gregational church,  and  is  affiliated  with  the 
Benevolent  and  Protective  Order  of  Elks  of 
Norwich.  He  is  well-known  and  popular  in 
many  circles  and  recognized  as  one  of  the  sub- 
stantial business  men  of  Norwich. 

On  June  16,  1906,  he  married  Jean  Ellis 
Bliss,  of  Glen  Ridge,  New  Jersey,  daughter  of 
Lewis  E.  and  Julia  (Smith)  Bliss.  Her 
mother's  grandfather  was  Conklin  Brush,  at 
one  time  mayor  of  Brooklyn.  Children  as  fol- 
lows have  blessed  this  union :  Richard  and 
Howard,  twins,  born  February  23,  1907 ;  Rob- 
ert Allen,  May  4,  1909;  Jean  Ellis.  ^larch  11, 
1911. 

The  name  Bidwell  is  of  .Sax- 
BIDWrCLL     on    origin,    the    spelling    Bid- 

dulph,  meaning  War  Wolf. 
From  Biddulph  the  following  names  are  de- 
rived: Bedeweile,  Bvdewell,  Bidewell,  Bidwell, 
Bidwill,  P.idwelle,  Bidle,  Biddle,  Bidel,  Biddel, 
r.iddell.  Biddol,  Biddoll  and  Biddulps.  Those 
now  in  use  are  Bidwell,  Bedwell.  Biddel,  and 
Biddul])!!.  One  of  the  oldest  castles  in  Eng- 
land is  the  Biddulph  castle  in  Norfolk  county. 
It  was  built  about  1066,  and  tradition  says 
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married  the  Biddulph  heiress  of  that  time  and 
assumed  her  name.  In  1400  Sir  WilUam 
Bordewelle  is  mentioned  in  Thetford,  Nor- 
folk county,  as  having  given  a  legacy.  In 
1426  lands  were  let  at  Gashorp  to  Robert 
Berdewell,  Esq.,  at  twenty  shillings  per  an- 
num. The  following  coat-of-arms  is  given  in 
"Burke's  Encyclopedia  of  Heraldry"  as  belong- 
ing to  the  Bidwells  of  Thetford;  Gyronny  of 
4  or  and  gules  ;  4  roundless  each  charged  with 
as  many  martlets  all  counter-charged.  Crest : 
A  martlet  proper. 

(I)  Richard  Bid  well,  immigrant  ancestor, 
was  an  early  settler  of  Windsor,  Connecticut. 
He  is  called  Goodman  Bidwell  in  records,  and 
died  December  25,  1647.  Children:  John, 
mentioned  below  ;  Hannah,  born  October  22, 
1644;  Joseph;  Samuel;  Richard. 

(H)  John,  son  of  Richard  Bidwell,  married 
Sarah  Wilcox,  daughter  of  John  and  Mary 
Wilcox.  She  died  June  15,  1690.  Her  father, 
John  Wilcox,  died  before  October,  1666;  his 
wife  survived  him,  and  her  will  is  dated  March 
4,  1668-69,  Hartford.  John  Bidwell  was  an 
early  settler  at  Hartford,  and  had  four  acres 
of  land  allotted  him  in  the  division  of  lands 
there  in  1639.  In  1640  he  had  a  house  lot  on 
the  east  side  of  Trumbull  street  near  Pearl,  and 
in  1666  he  had  land  allotted  him  at  East  Flart- 
ford.  In  1640  he  had  a  tan  yard  on  an  island 
in  Little  River,  in  what  is  now  Bushnell's  Park. 
November  9,  1670,  he  was  freed  from  "Train- 
ing Watching  and  Wardeing  by  the  town  of 
Hartford."  He  and  his  wife  Sarah  were 
original  members  of  the  Second  or  Center 
Church,  February  1672.  May  13,  iC>69,  John 
Bidwell  and  Joseph  Bull  had  granted  to  them 
two  hundred  acres  of  land  "in  the  next  com- 
mons to  the  place  where  their  Saw  Mill  stands, 
with  liberty  to  take  timber  out  of  the  common 
for  the  improvement  of  their  saw  mill  as  their 
need  shall  require."  October  13,  1669,  in  a 
list  of  freemen  on  the  north  side  of  Little 
river,  John  Bidwell  Sr.  is  mentioned.  His  will 
was  dated  February  10,  1680,  and  mentioned 
wife  Sarah,  sons  John,  Joseph,  Daniel  r.nd 
Samuel,  and  daughters  Sarah  House  and  Han- 
nah Waddams,  and  Mary  Meekins.  He  died. 
1687.  Children:  John,  born  about  1641,  men- 
tioned below  ;  Joseph,  died  1692  ;  Samuel,  born 
1650;    Sarah ;   Hannah ;   Mary:    Daniel,   born 

1655- 

(III)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (i)  Bidwell, 
was  born  about  1641,  died  July  3,  1692.  He 
married,  November  7,  1678,  Sarah,  born  1659, 


died  1708,  daughter  of  Thomas,  and  grand- 
daughter of  Governor  Welles,  and  is  mention- 
ed in  the  latter's  will.  John  Bidwell  lived  in 
Glastonbury,  Connecticut,  and  had  the  first 
sawmill  there,  1667.  Later  he  lived  at  Hart- 
ford, and  his  father  willed  him  all  his  lands 
and  buildings  west  of  the  Connecticut  river. 
He  had  at  Hartford,  a  saw,  grist  and  fulling 
mill,  six  saw  or  grist  mills,  three  at  Hartford, 
and  one  each  at  East  Hartford,  Wethersfield 
and  Middletown.  He  was  also  an  engineer 
and  was  selected  by  the  town  of  Hartford  to 
deepen  the  channel  in  the  Connecticut  river 
between  that  town  and  Wethersfield,  in  1686. 
He  and  his  wife  Sarah  were  admitted  to  full 
communion  at  the  Second  or  Center  church, 
Hartford,  February  21,  1685.  He  was  buried 
in  East  Hartford.  He  left  an  estate  of  one 
thousand  and  eighty-one  pounds,  and  his  widow 
was  administratrix.  In  March,  1704,  his  widow 
Sarah  gave  to  her  son  John  land  on  the  east 
side  of  the  Connecticut,  and  her  son  Thomas 
witnessed  the  deed.  Children :  John,  mention- 
ed below;  Hannah,  born  August  31,  1680; 
Sarah,  .\ugust  19,  1681  :  Thomas,  December 
27,  1682,  died  1716;  Jonathan,  March  5,  1684; 
David,  1687;  James,  1691,  died  May  7,  1718. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Bidwell, 
was  born  in  1687,  died  June  24,  1758.  He 
married,  July  8,  1714,  Mehitabel,  daughter  of 
Jonathan  Webster.  According  to  the  Middle- 
town  records,  he  sold  a  sixth  part  of  a  saw- 
mill which  he  received  from  his  father  to  Sam- 
uel Miller  of  that  town,  acknowledged  March 
12,  1712.  and  at  the  same  time  another  share 
in  the  same  mill  to  Samuel  Bidwell.  He  is 
mentioned  in  the  Hartford  and  Farmington 
town  records,  and  Tune  27,  I744.  sold  land  in 
the  latter  town.  Children :  David,  born  De- 
cember 9,  1715,  died  February  7.  1716;  Mabel, 
August  18,  1718 ;  David,  October  16,  1720; 
Lsa'ac.  August  :6,  1723;  Stephen,  mentioned 
below:  Jacob,  August  23,  1727;  Amos,  August 
18,  1729:  Oliver,  December  13,  1732. 

(V)  Stephen,  son  of  John  (3)  Bidwell,  was 
bom  July  29,  1725.  died  September  12,  1808 
or  1809.  In  vol.  8  of  the  town  records  of 
Hartford,  he  is  mentioned  from  1748  to  1754; 
in  vol.  9  from  1762  to  1769;  in  vol.  i^  from 
1767  to  1781 :  vol.  14  from  1773  to  1785.  He 
moved  from  West  Hartford  to  Litchfield,  Con- 
necticut, where  in  1778  he  was  a  grand  juror 
and  in  1772  a  rate  maker.  While  living  there 
he  bought,  Ser)tembcr  3,  1780.  of  Isaac  Bid- 
well  and  Joseph  Lankton,  land  in  Farmington. 


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Again  on  May  i,  1791,  he  bought  land  in 
Farmington  of  Isaac  Bidwell,  these  purchases 
being  recorded  on  page  266,  vol.  28,  and  page 
25  of  vol.  30,  of  the  Farmington  town  records. 
On  page  25  of  vol.  30,  the  records  show  that 
he  sold  land  in  Farmington,  December  24, 
1793,  and  on  Xovember  13,  1793,  recorded  on 
page  256.  He  lived  for  a  time  at  Xorthfield. 
Litchfield  county,  Connecticut.  He  married 
Anna  Rossiter.  born  at  Harwinton,  Connecti- 
cut, died  aged  eighty-six  years.  Qiildren : 
Elijah,  mentioned  below  :  Stephen,  born  No- 
vember 23,  1765;  Polly;  Amy;  Ruth;  Mabel. 

(VI)  Elijah,  son  of  Stephen  Bidwell,  was 
born  at  Litchfield.  December  9,  1760,  died  at 
Hannibal,  New  York,  May  10,  1848.  He  was 
a  grand  juror  at  Litchfield  in  1793.  He  moved 
to  Hannibal,  where  he  was  a  member  of  the 
Baptist  church  and  where  he  died.  He  mar- 
ried, at  Litchfield,  Lucy  Cole,  born  there  Au- 
gust 26,  1766,  died  March  14,  1842.  at  Hanni- 
bal. Children:  Sarah,  born  November  i),  1785, 
died  1835;  Lucy,  June  4,  1787,  died  Septem- 
ber 17,  1855:  Bennett,  mentioned  below:  Lur- 
ana,  July  6,  1793.  died  December  30,  1812,  un- 
married, at  Rutland,  \crmont ;  Alniira,  June 
23,  1794,  died  August  23,  1824;  Sophia,  No- 
vember 23,  1797;  David,  January  12,  1799, 
had  a  small  family  at  Potsdam,  New  York, 
died  March  18,  1836;  Josiah,  October  5.  1802, 
died  October  7,  1855.  had  children:  Marcellus, 
Rosalind,  Horace  and  daughter,  Orvelle ;  Har- 
riet. August  28,  1804,  died  September  2,  1804; 
.Sylvanus.  .A])ril  6,  1808. 

(VII)  Bennett,  son  of  Elijah  Bidwell,  was 
born  .\pril  21,  \7()0,  died  October  18,  1830.  He 

married .      Children,   born    at 

Clarenden.  Vermont:  I.  Darwin,  mentioned 
below.  2.  Harriet,  born  1818,  died  at  Sacore. 
N.  M. ;  was  a  missionary.  3.  Cornelia.  1827, 
died  1867,  N.  M. ;  was  a  missionary.  4.  Still- 
man,  .September  2.  1830  ;  graduated  from  Madi- 
son University,  in  1858,  was  ordained  as  Bap- 
tist minister,  1816,  has  been  pastor  of  ten 
churches,  and  is  living  at  Syracuse,  New  York. 
5.  and  6.  Sons,  died  in  childhood. 

(\'IH)  Darwin,  son  of  Bennett  Bidwell, 
was  born  July  16.  1816,  died  in  1907.  lie 
came  to  Hannibal,  Oswego  county,  New  York, 
when  a  yoimg  man.  1  le  owned  a  flax  mill 
there  and  followed  farming  for  his  principal 
occujjatinn.  lie  married .  Chil- 
dren, born  in  Hamiibal :  i.  \lmon,  born  1842, 
died  at  Sterling,  1908:  was  a  farmer.  2.  Mary, 
1844,  died  in  Michigan,  1888;  married 


Bradt.   3.  Sarah,  1846;  married 


Emigh ; 


living  at  Hannibal.  4.  William,  mentioned  be- 
low. 5.  Adelbert,  1850;  moved  in  1904  to  Con- 
necticut, where  he  is  a  carpenter.     6.  Harriet, 

1854;    married    Jorolmon ;    living    at 

Weedsi)ort.  New  Y'ork. 

(IX)  William,  son  of  Darwin  Bidwell,  was 
born  in  jiannibal,  Oswego  county.  New  York, 
in  1848.  He  was  educated  there  in  the  public 
schools,  and  became  a  manufacturer  of  wagons 
there.  He  removed  to  Fulton,  Xew  York,  and 
engaged  in  business  as  carpenter  and  mill- 
wright. He  is  a  member  of  Hiram  Lodge,  No. 
144,  Free  and  .'\ccepted  Masons.  In  politics 
he  is  a  Republican.  He  married  Jessie,  daugh- 
ter of  Charles  and  Eliza  Rodgers.  Children : 
Wavne  E.,  mentioned  below  ;  .\rline.  born  in 
1883. 

(X)  Wayne  E.,  son  of  William  Bidwell, 
was  born  in  Hannibal,  Oswego  county,  New 
York,  July  19,  1881.  He  was  educated  there 
in  the  oublic  schools.  In  1885  he  came  to  Ful- 
ton, Xew  York,  with  his  parents  and  has  lived 
there  to  the  present  time.  For  fifteen  years  he 
was  a  clerk  in  a  grocery  store  in  Fulton.  In 
1909  he  attended  an  electrical  school  in  New 
York  City,  and  when  he  returned  to  Fulton 
engaged  in  the  electrical  and  contracting  busi- 
ness and  has  built  up  a  large  and  successful 
trafle  in  this  line.  He  is  a  member  of  Neah- 
tawanta  Lodge.  No.  245,  Odd  Fellows,  of  Ful- 
ton. In  politics  he  is  a  Republican.  He  mar- 
ried. June  4,  1903,  Pearl  Combs,  born  Octo- 
ber 12.  1880.  daughter  of  Stacy  and  Elizabeth 
Combs ;  they  have  one  child,  Dorothy,  born 
February  27,  1908. 


The  relationship  of  tlie  pioneers  of 
.AMES  the  Ames  or  Fames  family  is  dif- 
ficult to  establish  from  the  records. 
Fisher  .Ames  and  the  .\mes  family  of  Easton, 
Massachusetts,  are  descended  from  William 
Ames,  who  was  baptized  at  Brinton.  Somerset- 
shire, England,  October  8,  1605.  His  brother 
John,  who  came  with  him,  settled  at  Duxbury, 
and  died  in  Duxbury,  leaving  his  estate  to  his 
brother's  children.  They  were  sons  of  Rich- 
.ird  .Ames.  .Aiithony  Fames  or  .Ames,  one  of 
the  first  settlers  of  Charlestown.  Massachu- 
setts, was  the  ancestor  of  Congressman  Butler 
Ames,  of  Lowell,  Massachusetts.  Jnhn  Ames, 
a  ship  carpenter,  located  in  \\'oburn,  Massa- 
chusetts, gave  his  age  as  fifty-five  in  1672. 

(I)   Robert  .Ames,  brother  of  John   .Ames, 
of  Woburn.  and  probably  related  to  Anthony 


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Ames,  was  early  at  W'oburn,  Massachusetts, 
removed  to  Chelmsford,  now  the  town  of  Dra- 
cut,  and  died  there  April  25,  1671.  He  mar- 
ried Elizabeth  .     His  will  refers  to  his 

cousin  Richard,  sister  Dorothy,  and  Newman 
Farnham.  of  county  Surrey,  England.  Thomas 
Eames,  of  Medford,  deposed  in  1652  that  he 
was  aged  thirty-one  years,  giving  surety  at 
that  time  for  his  brother  Robert.  The  Fram- 
ingham  family  was  closely  related,  it  is  thought. 
Children  of  Robert:  Samuel,  born  April  7, 
1653  ;  John,  1654,  died  young  ;  Elizabeth.  June 
4,  1659;  Mary,  June  11,  1661  ;  Priscilla,  May 
2,  1663 ;  Samuel,  September  2,  1664 ;  Abigail, 
September  22,  1666;  John,  Alay  9,  1668.  Tliere 
were  probably  older  sons,  Robert,  of  Andover. 
born  about  1640,  and  David,  who  settled  at 
New  London. 

(H)  John  Ames  and  David  Ames,  "prob- 
ably brothers  from  Andover,  Massachusetts" 
(p.  264,  History  of  New  London),  settled  east 
of  the  river  about  1696.  Some  histories  have 
called  John  Ames  "Richard,"  but  the  history 
of  New  London  is  confirmed  by  the  records. 
The  name  was  spelled  Earns  and  Emms  as  well 
as  Ames  during  the  first  generations  in  this 
country.  John  Ames  appears  to  be  son  of  Rob- 
ert, brother  of  Robert,  of  Andover,  and  of 
David,  of  whom  we  know  no  more.  After  liv- 
ing in  New  London  about  forty  years  John 
Ames  died  June  i,  1735,  in  that  town.  His 
name  appears  in  the  probate  record  of  the 
estate  of  Peter  Branch,  1713  (p.  374  New 
London  History).  His  sons  were:  John,  men- 
tioned below ;  Robert. 

( HI)  John  (2),  son  of  John  (  i  )  Ames,  was 
born  about  1693-1700.  Children,  born  at  New 
London  and  baptized  in  the  New  London 
church:  John,  baptized  September  20.  1724, 
died  young:  Daniel,  October  12,  1729:  Abigail, 
August  13,  1732;  John,  mentioned  below;  Ze- 
bulon,  February  6,  1744.     Perhaps  others. 

(IV)  John  (3),  son  of  John  (2)  Ames,  was 
born  in  New  London,  and  baptized  September 
II,  1737.  The  census  of  1790  in  New  London 
county  is  not  divided  into  towns.  The  heads 
of  families  were  Joseph  (3),  John  (3),  Eben- 
ezer,  Daniel,  Comfort,  Josiah,  Lucy  and  Sam- 
uel. Josiah.  Joseph  and  Ebenezer  were  sons 
of  Joseph,  grandsons  of  Robert,  according  to 
the  will  of  Joseph,  1734.  Daniel  and  John  were 
of  John's  family,  so  we  have  reason  to  believe 
that  all  the  families  of  New  London  county 
were  descended  from  John  Ames,  mentioned 
above.     John   Ames    (p.    122)    had   two  sons 


under  sixteen  and  two  females  in  his  family ; 
John  Ames  (p.  125)  had  three  females  in  his 
family,  probably  a  wife  and  two  grown  daugh- 
ters. Another  John  (p.  113)  had  two  males 
over  si.xteen,  one  under  that  age  and  four  fe- 
males in  his  family.  As  Comfort  Ames  was  a 
neighbor,  and  as  Daniel,  Ebenezer  and  John 
were  neighbors  (p.  125),  we  conclude  that 
John  (p.  125)  was  the  John  born  1737.  This 
John  Ames  is  said  to  have  lived  in  Montville, 
New  London  county.  He  may  have  been  the 
John  Ames,  of  Preston,  who  was  in  Captain 
John  Tyler's  company  from  May  to  December. 
1773,  in  the  revolution. 

(  \' )  John  (4),  son  of  John  (3)  .\nies,  was 
born  in  1760,  in  New  London  county,  Con- 
necticut. He  removed  to  Plymouth,  New 
York,  about  1807.  Cnder  the  pension  law  of 
1 818  he  applied  for  a  pension.  His  applica- 
tion states  that  he  enlisted  in  Alarch,  1779,  and 
served  fifteen  months  under  Captain  Seth 
Harding  on  the  United  States  steamshiji,  "Con- 
federacy." At  the  time  of  enlistment  he  was 
of  New  London,  Connecticut,  and  was  fifty- 
eight  years  old.  The  Connecticut  revolution- 
ary records  show  that  he  served  on  this  vessel 
in  1778-79.  The  "Confederacy"  was  built  on 
the  Thames,  below  Norwich,  Connecticut,  a 
vessel  of  thirty-six  guns,  and  launched  in  1778. 
She  sailed  October  20,  1779,  from  Philadelphia 
for  France,  having  the  French  Minister  Ger- 
ard aboard  and  during  a  gale  November  7  fol- 
lowing lost  her  masts  and  sails.  She  sought 
shelter  in  Martinii|ue,  which  was  reached  De- 
cember 18.  In  March  or  April,  1781,  she  was 
captured  by  the  British  and  her  crew  of  one 
hundred  and  seventy-four  taken  to  Charles- 
ton. He  married,  at  Montville.  Connecticut, 
November  24,  1785.  Sarah  Fargo.  Children: 
Alice,  married  Phineas  Newton :  Mehitable, 
married  lonathan  Morton  ;  Seldon :  John  Far- 
go: Samuel :  Rufus  :  Joseph  :  Robert,  mention- 
ed below :   Salter,  married  Leander  Haskins. 

(VD  Robert  (2),  son  of  John  (4)  Ames, 
was  born  in  Connecticut,  December  31,  1794. 
died  in  New  York  City,  November  22,  1826, 
in  the  prime  of  life.  He  was  educated  in  the 
public  schools.  At  the  time  of  his  death  he 
was  employed  in  a  market  in  New  York  City. 
He  married,  November  13,  1817.  Celma  At- 
k-vns,  born  May  3,  1799.  fiied  September  18. 
1891.  Giildren:  Robert,  died  young:  William, 
died  young :  Sarah  A.,  married  S.  Russell  Still- 
man  :  Fordvce  W.,  mentioned  below. 

(VH)   Fordyce    W.,    son    of    Robert    (2) 


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Ames,  was  born  in  Plymouth,  New  York,  Feb- 
ruary 19,  1820,  died  at  Deruyter,  New  York, 
April  25,  1901.  He  was  educated  in  the  pubhc 
schools,  and  was  a  farmer  by  occupation.  He 
lived  in  Chenango  county,  New  York,  in  the 
town  of  Otselic,  in  his  younger  days,  and  after- 
ward at  Deruyter,  Madison  county,  where 
most  of  his  life  was  spent  and  where  he  died. 
He  was  active  in  town  affairs  and  held  various 
offices  of  trust  and  honor.  In  politics  he  was 
a  Republican.  He  married,  September  6,  1843, 
Electa  E.  Ray.  born  in  Georgetown,  New 
York,  February  25,  1822,  died  October  16, 
1878,  daughter  of  Robert  and  Betsey  (Wight) 
Ray.  Children:  i.  Henry  Robert,  born  Janu- 
ary I.  1845;  served  four  years  in  the  civil  war 
in  the  Second  New  York  Heavy  Artillery 
Regiment ;  a  farmer,  living  at  Deruyter,  New 
York.  2.  Hartwell  Benjamin,  born  February 
14,  1847;  «!  wagon  maker  at  Deruyter,  New 
York.  3.  Warren  \\'hitford,  born  February 
25,  1850;  editor  and  publisher:  resides  at  De- 
ruyter. 4.  Frank  Herbert,  born  October  8, 
1852;  resides  in  Brooklyn,  New  York,  and  is 
in  business  in  New  York  City.  5.  George 
Newell,  born  March  21,  1854:  resides  at  De- 
ruyter. 6.  John  Fremont,  born  May  13,  1858, 
died  in  1892,  killed  in  a  runaway  accident;  was 
a  Baptist  clergyman.  7.  William  Elmer,  born 
April  8,  1R60:  editor  and  ]nihlisher,  resides  at 
Chenango  Forks,  New  York.  8.  Fred  Lin- 
coln, mentioned  below. 

(VHI)  Fred  Lincoln,  son  of  Fordyce  W. 
Ames,  was  born  in  Deruyter,  New  York,  Janu- 
ary 23,  1864.  He  attended  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  At  the  age  of  fourteen  he 
was  apprenticed  to  learn  the  trade  of  printer 
in  the  office  of  his  brother  in  Deruyter,  and  he 
continued  for  four  years  there.  Afterward  he 
was  employed  at  his  trade  in  Chicago.  Illinois, 
and  Madison,  .South  Dakota,  for  several  years. 
In  January,  1894,  he  established  a  weekly 
newspaper,  called  Tlic  Express,  at  Bainbridge, 
New  York,  and  in  conducting  this  paper 
evinced  marked  ability  as  a  man  of  business 
and  editor.  In  1897  he  came  to  Norwich,  New 
York,  and  for  si.x  years  was  city  editor  of  the 
Chcnancjn  Telegraph.  In  January,  1903,  he 
received  a  probationary  ajjpointment  in  the 
government  jirinting  office  at  Washington,  Dis- 
trict of  Columbia,  and  in  the  ff)llowing  July  his 
appointment  was  made  permanent,  but  he  re- 
signed the  position  to  l>ecome  city  editor  of  the 
Norivich  Sim  at  Norwich,  New  York. 

In   politics   he   is  an   active   and   influential 


Republican.  In  1904  he  was  appointed  deputy 
county  clerk,  and  he  has  been  connected  with 
the  office  of  the  county  clerk  as  assistant  and 
as  clerk  since  that  time.  He  was  elected  in 
November,  1909,  clerk  of  the  county,  and  his 
administration  of  the  office  has  given  the  full- 
est satisfaction  to  the  public,  regardless  of 
political  opinions.  It  has  been  well  said  that 
he  was  the  "right  man  for  the  right  place,  by 
reason  of  his  eminent  fitness  and  qualifications 
and  his  experience  in  the  duties  of  the  office." 
He  was  deputy  clerk  for  nearly  six  years  and 
is  well  known  to  the  bench  and  bar  and  citizens 
of  the  county  generally.  He  is  a  member  of 
the  Free  and  Accepted  Masons :  Royal  Arch 
Masons  ;  Royal  and  Select  Masters,  and  Knights 
Templar,  of  Norwich. 

He  married,  September  15,  1886,  Cora  Cross, 
of  Lincklaen,  Chenango  county,  New  York, 
daughter  of  David  R.  and  Philura  (Miner) 
Cross.  Children:  i.  Morse  Elliott,  born  at 
Deruyter,  October  16,  1888:  graduate  of  the 
Law  School  of  Syracuse  University,  class  of 
191 1.  2.  Ruby  Pauline,  born  at  Chicago,  Illi- 
nois, February  21,  1890:  graduate  of  Cornell 
University,  class  of  1913.  3.  Freda  Corinne, 
born  in  Bainbridge,  Chenango  county.  New 
York,  August  11,  1895. 


Thomas   Thompson,   inimi- 
THOMPSON     grant  ancestor,  was  one  of 

the  early  settlers  of  Hart- 
ford, Connecticut,  where  he  died  April  25, 
1655.  The  inventory  of  his  estate  amounted 
to  five  hundred  and  forty-nine  pounds  five 
shillings  five  pence,  made  by  Thomas  Judd  and 
John  Hall.  In  his  will  he  "desires  my  two 
brothers  in  England  and  my  brother  (in-law) 
Thomas  Welles  to  be  overseers"  of  the  will.  A 
committee  was  appointed  to  partition  the  estate, 
September  21,  1686.  .At  the  time  the  will  was 
made  both  sons  were  minors.  His  widow  set- 
tled the  estate.  She  married  (second)  Anthony 
Hawkins.  Children  :  John  :  Thomas,  mention- 
ed below :  Beatrice  and  Mary.  John  died  in 
1711-12,  and  his  inventory  was  dated  March  3, 
1711-12,  by  Jose]5h  Hawley  and  Ebenczer 
Steele,  his  .son  John  being  administrator.  John, 
son  of  John,  died  in  Hartford,  in  1741. 

(II)  Thomas  (2),  son  of  Thomas  (i) 
Thompson,  was  born  about  1650,  died  in  1705- 
06,  at  Hartford.  His  inventory  mentions  his 
brother  John,  Samuel  Woodruff  Sr.  and  chil- 
dren, Samuel,  mentioned  below :  Daniel  and 
Mercy.    His  will  was  dated  January  18,  1705- 


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06,  and  the  estate  was  distributed  April  i, 
1708,  to  Thomas,  the  eldest,  Elizabeth  and 
Mary  Woodruff,  children  of  his  daughter  Mrs. 
Woodruff' ;  Samuel,  mentioned  below  ;  Ann  ; 
Daniel  and  Mary  or  Mercy. 

(III)  Samuel,  son  of  Thomas  (2)  Thomp- 
son, was  born  about  1690.  His  wifl  was  dated 
January    17,    1738-39.     He    married    Hannah 

.      Children  :    Samuel,    eldest ;    Daniel : 

Thomas;  Barnabas,  born  1725;  Ruth,  married 
Judd ;  Mary,  married  Wood- 
ford ;  Bethiah  and  Hannah,  aged  thirteen  in 
1739;  Anne. 

(IV)  Samuel  (2),  son  of  Samuel  (i) 
Thompson,  was  born  about  1725.  He  resided 
in  Farmington  and  had  a  son  Sanuiel,  men- 
tioned beluw. 

(V')  Samuel  (  3 ) ,  son  of  Samuel  ( 2  )  Thomp- 
son, was  born  about  1760,  in  Farmington.  In 
1795  he  and  Joseph  Messenger  went  from 
Farmington  to  Deruyter,  New  York.  At  last 
accounts  his  descendants  still  owned  part  of 
lot  No.  4  on  which  he  settled.  He  was  in  later 
life  known  as  Squire  Thompson.  He  was  a 
marked  character,  a  famous  hunter,  a  wonder- 
ful marksman,  and  from  his  various  charac- 
teristics similar  to  one  of  Cooper's  heroes  was 
called  "Leather  Stocking"  in  this  section.  In 
a  sketch  of  Squire  Thompson  printed  some 
years  ago  by  the  Deruyter  Ncz^'  Era,  a  writer 
said :  In  his  prime  he  was  a  bundle  of  nerves 
and  bone,  nothing  else.  On  a  time  he  went  to 
the  village  of  Cazenovia,  or  as  it  was  termed 
in  those  days,  'up  to  the  lake.'  His  lousiness, 
which  was  with  the  late  Colonel  Lincklaen,  be- 
ing over,  Thompson  stepped  into  the  street  and 
passing  along  unconscious  of  danger  met  a  sort 
of  crazy  drunken  chap  who  without  prelude 
or  ceremony  struck  him  a  most  unexpected 
blow  over  the  head.  Sudden  as  a  flash  the 
assailed  returned  the  'how  d'ye  do'  with  a  tre- 
mendous whack  over  the  other's  head,  who 
seeing  the  stars  fall,  cried  out  hastily,  'C)h,  you 
shouldn't  strike  me !  I'm  a  crazy  man.'  In- 
stantly the  old  squire  whose  motions  were 
quick  as  lightning  hauled  oft'  again,  giving  him 
another  crack  with  the  retort:  'Damn  you.  I'm 
as  crazy  as  you  be,'  leaving  Bedlamite  sprawl- 
ing on  the  walk  to  come  to  his  senses  as  best 
he  might."  He  died  at  the  age  of  ninety  years. 
He  lived  for  a  time  in  Chatham,  New  York, 
before  coming  to  Deruvter.  He  married  a  sis- 
ter of  Chauncey  Langdon  (  see  Langdon).  Chil- 
dren :  Maria ;  Chauncey  Langdon,  mentioned 
below. 


(VI)   Chauncey    Langdon,    son   of    Samuel 

(3)  Thompson,  was  born  in  Deruyter,  New 
York,  March  25,  1799.  He  married  Chloe 
Spear,  of  Deruyter.  In  1809  her  father,  Eli 
Spear,  was  a  tavern  keeper  and  owned  a  potash 
plant  in  Deruyter.  Children,  born  in  Deruyter: 
Andrew  Jackson,  November  27,  1834,  died  in 
the  sendee  of  the  civil  war,  October  17,  1804; 
Martin  Van  Buren,  June  15,  1835;  Samuel, 
mentioned  below;  Esther,  April  11,  1839; 
Seth  D.,  December  4,  1842,  died  April  i,  1863; 
Henry  DeWitt,  July  23,  1844,  lives  in  Trux- 
tun.  New  York ;  Franklin  Burdette,  Mav  7, 
1846. 

(  \'I1 )  Samuel  (4).  son  of  Chauncey  Lang- 
don Thompson,  was  born  in  Deruyter,  New 
York.  July  i,  1837.  He  married  (first)  Eliza, 
daughter  of  Michael  Jepson,  of  Taylor,  New 
York.  H e  married  (second)  Sarah  Hine.  Child 
by  first  wife:  Samuel  Ellsworth,  mentioned  be- 
luw. Child  by  second  wife:  Anna,  married 
Kenneth. 

(  \TII  )    Samuel    Ellsworth,   son   of   Samuel 

( 4 )  Thompson,  was  born  in  Truxton,  New 
York,  April  23,  1862.  He  attended  the  public 
schools  of  his  native  town,  and  follinved  farm- 
ing for  many  years  in  various  places.  For 
several  years  past  he  has  been  with  the  Grand 
LTnion  Tea  Company,  of  Cortland,  New  York, 
as  salesman.  He  is  a  member  of  the  Order 
of  Free  and  .A.ccejJted  Masons,  and  Independ- 
ent Order  of  Odd  Fellows,  of  Fayetteville, 
New  York.  He  married.  September  4.  1893, 
Fannie  Seacord.  of  Truxton.  New  York,  daugh- 
ter of  XN'illiam  and  Mary  N.  (Cole)  Seacord. 
of  I'rencli  Huguenot  ancestry.  She  died  in 
February.  1903.  They  had  one  child,  Lloyd 
Seacord.  born  in  DeWitt,  New  York.  August 
6,  1S95. 

(The  Langdon  Line). 
The  pioneer  ancestor  of  this  family  was 
George  Langdon.  who  located  in  Wethersfield. 
Connecticut,  about  1636.  removed  thence  to 
Springfield.  Massachusetts,  and  located  finally 
at  Northampton,  where  he  died  December  29, 
1676.  The  name  is  also  s])elled  Lanckton  and 
Langton.  John  Langdon,  a  sailmaker  of  Bos- 
ton, and  Roger  Langdon,  of  Ipswich  and  Hav- 
erhill, Massachusetts,  were  the  other  early  set- 
tlers of  this  family.  George  Langdon  was  a 
town  officer  of  Springfield  in  1630.  He  mar- 
ried. June  29,  1648,  Hannah,  widow  of  Ed- 
mund Haynes.  of  Springfield.  His  will  was 
dated  November  28.  1676.  bequeathing  to  his 
wife,    to    son-in-law,    Thomas    Hanchett ;    to 


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daughters ;  son  John,  and  grandson,  Samuel 
Langdon.  Children  :  John,  mentioned  below  ; 
daughter,  married  — Pritchett ;  daugh- 
ter, married Corbee  ;  Deliverance,  mar- 
ried Thomas  Hanchett ;  Esther,  married,  Au- 
gust 22,  1649,  John  H annum. 

(II)  Deacon  John  Langdon,  son  of  George 
Langdon,  was  born  in  England.  He  settled  in 
Farmington,  Connecticut,  and  represented  the 
town  in  the  general  court,  October,  1668.  He 
was  admitted  freeman,  October,  1669,  and  had 
joined  the  Farmington  Church,  July  12,  1653. 
He  was  deacon  of  the  church  for  many  years. 
He  died  in  1689.  His  will  was  dated  July  22, 
1689.  Children:  John,  had  a  son  John  men- 
tioned in  father's  will ;  Samuel,  baptized  Feb- 
ruary 13,  1653  ;  Joseph,  mentioned  below  ;  Eliz- 
abeth, married  Luke  Hayes. 

(III)  Joseph,  son  of  Deacon  John  Langdon, 
was  born  in  1660,  at  Farmington.  He  married 
(first),  in  October,  1683,  Susannah,  daughter 
of  John  and  Mary  (Kilbourne)  Root.  His  will 
was  dated  September  3,  1733,  with  codicil 
January  31,  1735.  (One  record  gives  his  death 
as  March  31,  1736,  another  as  .\pril,  1749). 
His  wife  died  December  5,  1712.  and  he  mar- 
ried   (second)    Mary  .      In  his  will  he 

mentions  Mary,  his  wife,  and  children  :  Joseph, 
John,  Samuel,  EI>enezer,  Sarah  Woodruff. 
Children,  born  at  Farmington,  by  first  wife: 
Sarah,  April  29,  1685:  Joseph,  March,  1688; 
John,  April  3.  1691  ;  Samuel.  December,  1692; 
Susannah,  October,  1696 ;  Ebenezer,  mention- 
ed below;  Mary,  .'\pril,  1704;  Mercy,  .^pril, 
1704;  Thomas,  September,  1707. 

(IV)  Ebenezer,  son  of  Joseph  Langdon, 
was  born  at  Farmington,  July  17,  1701,  died 
there  April  17,  1756.  He  married,  Novem- 
ber 30,  1727,  Jemima,  born  .September  26, 
1707,  died  May  22,  1793,  daughter  of  Isaac  and 
Mary  (.'\ndrews)  Cowles.  Children,  born  at 
Farmington  :  Ebenezer,  mentioned  below  ;  Jo- 
seph, December  12,  1740.  .Xnd  probably  others. 

(V)  Ebenezer  (2),  son  of  Ebenezer  (i) 
Langdon,  was  born  at  Farmington  about  1735. 
He  married  Catherine  Green,  of  New  York 
City,  whose  parents  were  born  in  Holland. 
.Among  their  chiltlren  were:  Ebenezer,  bom 
March   4,    1775.   died   at   Castleton,   Vermont, 

.September    18,    i84<):    married    Polly   , 

born  in  1775,  died  I'ebruary  Ci.  1835  at  Castle- 
ton ;  Chauncey,  mentioned  below:  Daughter, 
married  .Samuel  Thompson  (see  Thompson). 
According  to  the  census  of  1790  he  was  living 
at  Farmington    and   had    in   his   family   three 


males  over  sixteen,  one  under  that  age  and 
four  females. 

(VI)  Chauncey,  son  of  Ebenezer  (2) 
Langdon.  was  born  at  Farmington,  Novem- 
ber 8.  1763.  He  graduated  at  Yale  College 
in  1787  and  studied  law  with  Judge  Sylvester 
(Albert  and  settled  at  Castleton,  Rutland  coun- 
ty. \'ermont,  where  he  practiced  law.  He  was 
register  of  probate  in  1 792-94-96-181 3 ;  judge 
of  probate  in  1798-99;  representative  to  the 
legislature  in  1813-14-17-19- 20-22 ;  member  of 
congress,  1 81 5-17.  In  1808  and  again  from 
1823  until  his  death  he  was  one  of  the  coun- 
cillors of  the  state.  He  was  elected  a  trustee 
of  Middlebury  College  in  181 1  and  remained 
one  as  long  as  he  lived.  From  that  college  he 
received  the  honorary  degree  of  Master  of 
Arts  in  1803.  In  religion  he  was  a  Congre- 
gationalist  and  for  years  an  officer  of  the  Ver- 
mont P)ible  Society.  He  died  at  Castleton, 
July  23,  1830.  He  married,  .April  7,  1789, 
Lucy  Nona,  daughter  of  Rev.  Elijah  Lathrop, 
of  Hebron.  .She  died  at  Castleton,  January 
14,  1834.  Several  of  his  orations  were  pub- 
lished. He  had  son,  Benjamin  Franklin,  who 
died  September  22,  1796. 


Richard  Lounsbury,  im- 
LOLTNSPiERRY     migrant    ancestor,    came 

from  England  and  set- 
tled in  New  York  province.  He  was  an  early 
settler  and  proprietor  of  Peningo  Neck  and 
is  mentioned  in  the  records  of  Rye,  West- 
chester county.  New  York,  as  early  as  1672. 
He  owned  rights  in  the  town  from  1673  to 
1682.  He  sold  his  land,  but  afterward  re- 
turned and  owned  land  on  Budd's  Neck, 
which  he  bequeathed  to  his  wife  Elizabeth 
and  his  two  sons.  His  will  is  dated  January 
2.  1690.  His  son  Thomas  had  by  purchase 
rights  in  White  Plains.  He  married  Elizabeth 
Dubois,  a  member  of  a  rich  Huguenot  family 
driven  from  France  by  Catholic  persecution, 
and  later  wealthy  silk  manufacturers  in  Hol- 
land. Children:  Thomas,  Michael,  mentioned 
below:  John,  of  Rye:  Richard,  Henry,  born 
.\ugnst   15.  1(^84;  Mary. 

(11)  ^iichacl,  son  of  Richard  Lounsbury, 
was  born  about  1680.  died  January  20.  1730- 
31,  at  Stamford,  Connecticut.  He  bought 
land  in  Stamford  in  1703  at  Pepper  Ridge, 
near  Taunton.  He  married.  June  t9,  1707, 
Sarah,  daughter  of  Lieutenant  Jonathan  Lock- 
wood,  born  September  10.  1634,  died  May  12, 
1688,  and  his  wife,  Sarah  (Ferris)  Lockwood, 


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daughter  of  Geoffrey  Ferris.  Jonathan  was  son 
of  Rotjert  Lockwood,  the  immigrant,  who  set- 
tled in  Watertown,  Massachusetts.  Children, 
born  at  Stamford :  Elizabeth  and  Sarah,  twins, 
born  June  13,  1708;  Michael,  January  23, 
1709-10;  Jemima,  Marcii  17,  1711;  Mon- 
mouth, mentioned  below  ;  Joshua,  July  1.  1716; 
Nehemiah,  December  2^,  1717:  Abigail,  Sep- 
tember II,  1719;  Jonathan.  October  20,  1721. 

(III)  Monmouth,  son  of  Michael  Louns- 
bury,  was  born  at  Stamford,  Connecticut,  1713- 

14.     He  married,  ,  in  1738.     Children: 

Thomas,  born  January  16,  1739;  Elizabeth, 
July  25,  1 741,  died  young;  Benjamin,  men- 
tioned below;  Michael,  September  12,  1744; 
Elizabeth,  SqJtember  9,  1746:  Monmouth, 
July  31,  1748;  William,  February  28,  1749, 
died  young;  Jemima,  December  4,  175 1  ;  Wil- 
liam, August  5,  1753;  Tamar.  September  11, 
1755:  Abigail. 

(IV)  Benjamin,  son  of  Monmouth  Louns- 
bury,  was  born  December  23,  1742,  died  in 
1 77 1.  He  had  a  son  Benjamin,  mentionefl  be- 
low. 

(V)  Benjamin  (2)  Lounsberry  (as  the 
name  is  now  spelled),  son  of  Benjamin  Louns- 
bury.  was  born  April  11.  1767.  in  Stamford, 
died  in  Nichols,  New  York,  May  31,  1857. 
He  was  four  years  old  when  his  father  died. 
His  mother  married  (second)  Jonathan  Piatt 
and  moved  to  Bedford.  Westchester  county. 
New  York,  where  they  lived  until  1774.  In 
that  year  they  moved  to  Nichols.  New  York, 
where  in  1793  Mr.  Piatt  had  bought  land. 
Benjamin  Lounsberry  was  the  first  of  vhe 
name  to  move  to  that  part  of  the  country  and 
the  village  of  Lounsberry  was  named  after 
him  and  his  descendants;  he  was  the  first 
purchaser  of  the  ancestral  lands  still  remain- 
ing in  the  family.  He  married,  in  1792.  Eliza- 
beth, daughter  of  Jonathan  Piatt  by  his  first 
wife.  She  died  in  1838.  Children:  Harriet, 
born  June  7,  1793,  married  J.  W.  Lanning ; 
Hannah.  May  23.  1795.  married  Samuel  H. 
Dunham ;  Piatt,  mentioned  below  ;  Charles. 
July  19.  1800;  Horace.  December  12.  1804; 
Benjamin,  May  4.  1807,  died  September  20, 
1888:  James,  October  7,  1809;  William,  De- 
cember 6,  1812,  died  July  12,  1887;  Norman, 
Mav  7.  181 3. 

(VI)  Piatt,  son  of  Benjamin  (2)  Louns- 
berry, was  born  in  Nichols,  New  York.  Sep- 
tember 18.  1797,  died  September  18.  1892.  in 
Lounsberry.  town  of  Nichols.  He  was  a 
successful  farmer,  and  owned  large  tracts  of 


land  in  Nichols,  where  he  lived  all  of  his  life. 
He  married  Sarah  Lanning,  of  Nichols,  daugh- 
ter of  Samuel  Lanning ;  she  died  January  7, 
1877.  Children:  Sarah,  married  Robert  How- 
ell ;  I'latt.  Mary.  Amos,  of  Tioga ;  Horace, 
mentioned  below ;  Prudence,  married  James 
H.  Morey;  Elizabeth,  married  Andrew  C. 
Hunt,  of  Litchfiekl,  Pennsylvania;  Benjamin. 
of  Tioga;  Harriet.  George,  of  Nichols;  Enoch, 
died  aged  twenty. 

(\'I1)  Horace,  son  of  Piatt  Lounsberry, 
was  born  .\ugust,  1832,  in  Lounsberry,  and  is 
now  living  there.  He  conducted  the  large 
farm  on  which  his  father  and  grandfather 
lived,  in  his  younger  years.  He  married,  Sep- 
tember 15.  1857.  Martha  Ann  Morey,  born  in 
Nichols,  in  1840,  died  July  27.  1874,  daugh- 
ter of  William  and  Mary  .\nn  (Howell) 
Morey.  Children  :  Fred,  mentioned  below  : 
Stella  A.,  born  August  23,  i860,  married  Dr. 
John  T.  Tucker,  of  Waverly,  New  York ;  Hor- 
ace (r..  Ixirn  March  is.  i8()8.  died  .\pril  12, 
i8i)i". 

(A'lH)  Fred,  son  of  Horace  Lounsberry. 
was  born  at  Lounsberry,  Alay  15,  1858.  He 
also  has  carried  on  the  large  farm  which  his 
ancestors  owned,  and  has  made  a  specialty  of 
raising  Holstein  cattle  and  Berkshire  swine. 
His  farm  consists  of  about  two  hundred  acres, 
and  is  conducted  in  the  most  modern  fashion. 
He  was  educated  in  the  district  schools,  and 
in  the  schools  of  Owego.  New  York.  For 
several  years  he  has  held  the  office  of  town 
assessor.  He  married.  January  3.  1883,  Sarah 
Tucker,  born  in  Ithaca,  Tompkins  county. 
New  York,  November  23,  1857,  daughter  of 
Thomas  and  Ann  (Wilkins)  Tucker,  and 
grandilaughter  of  Thomas  Tucker,  who  lived 
and  rlied  in  England  ;  her  father  was  born  in 
Maidstone,  county  Kent,  England,  in  1825. 
anfl  in  185 1  came  to  America  in  a  sailing  ves- 
sel, settling  in  Dryden,  New  York,  later  re- 
moving to  \'arna.  where  he  now  lives.  Chil- 
dren :  Stephen  Morey.  mentioned  below  ;  Lee 
Tucker,  born  September  15.  1888.  educated  at 
Cornell  three  years  and  at  Medico  Chirurgical 
C-ollege  of  Philadelphia,  graduating  in  1912: 
member  of  Westbrook  Lodge,  No.  333,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons. 

(IN)  Stephen  Morey.  son  of  Fred  Louns- 
berry. was  born  in  Lounsberry,  Tioga  county. 
New  York,  August  17,  1885.  He  received  his 
education  in  the  district  schools  and  attended 
school  in  Waverly  for  one  year.  .Afterward 
he  spent  five  years  in  Owego  Free  .\cademy. 


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from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1906.  He 
then  attended  the  Law  School  at  Cornell  Uni- 
versity, from  which  he  was  graduated  in  1910, 
and  since  then  has  opened  a  law  office  in 
Owego  and  at  Nichols,  New  York.  He  is  a 
member  of  Westbrook  Lodge,  No.  333,  Free 
and  Accepted  Masons. 


Hiram    Codner    was    born    in 
CODNER     Schoharie,    Schoharie    county, 

New  York,  December  13,  1806, 
died  in  Owego,  Tioga  county,  New  York,  April 
21,  1894.  It  is  thought  that  his  father  may 
have  come  from  England.  The  name  does 
not  appear  in  the  revolutionary  rolls  nor  in 
the  census  of  1790.  He  moved  to  Owego 
about  1840  and  bought  a  large  farm  about  six 
miles  from  the  village.  Here  he  lived  the 
remainder  of  his  life,  a  prosperous  and  suc- 
cessful farmer.  He  married  Elizabeth  Merri- 
cle,  who  was  born  in  Schoharie,  August  15, 
1812,  died  in  Owego,  March  20,  1896.  Chil- 
dren: I.  Nelson,  mentioned  below.  2.  Delia, 
born  March  14,  1835,  died  April  2,  1843.  3- 
Phebe,  February  16,  1837,  married  John  Dan- 
iels. 4.  Nancy,  December  29,  1839,  died  June 
10,  1859.  5.  John,  February  27,  1841.  6. 
Cynthia,  December  30,  1842,  died  July  15, 
i860.  7.  Almira,  February  i,  1845;  married 
George  Townsend.  8.  Lucinda,  January  17, 
1847;  married  Marvin  Ecketer.  9.  Hiram 
Peter,  May  26,  1849,  died  January  12,  1858. 
10.  Mary  Jane,  September  29,  1851  ;  married 
Arthur  Blow.  11.  Amanda,  April  5,  1855, 
died  January  16,  1859.  12.  Alma  Ellen, 
March  13,  1859;  married  Walter  Tyrrell. 

(H)  Nelson,  son  of  Hiram  Codner,  was 
born  in  Schoharie,  New  York,  September  15, 
1832,  died  in  Owego,  New  York,  July  30, 
1898.  He  was  about  eight  years  of  age  when 
his  parents  moved  to  Owego,  and  he  received 
his  education  in  the  public  schools  there,  and 
continued  to  live  there  the  remainder  of  his 
life,  on  his  father's  farm,  keeping  that  up  as 
well  as  engaging  in  the  lumber  business  quite 
extensively.  He  married,  January  i,  1865, 
Emma  Hauver,  born  in  Lee,  Massachusetts, 
July  24,  1848,  and  is  now  living  in  Owego 
village.  She  is  daughter  of  Samuel  and  Lois 
(Ruttlcr)  Hauver.  Children:  i.  Charles  Nel- 
son, mentioned  below.  2.  John  .'Mbert,  born 
September  16,  1868,  died  October,  1897;  mnr- 
ried  Hlanche  T.  Hills,  deceased,  by  whom  he 
had  children :  George  N.,  deceased,  and  John 
Albert.     3.   Edgar  L.,  October  30,  1870;  mer- 


chant in  Owego;  married,  June  8,  1898,  Edith 
Andrews  and  has  children :  Lewis  A.,  Edith 
and  Lawrence.  4.  Alice  Elnora,  February  20, 
1873;  married,  July  26,  1899,  Fred  H.  Roper 
and  has  children :  Mildred  and  Morris  F.  5. 
Willis  Archer,  April  25,  1875  ;  married,  August 
8,  1901,  Alarie  Verguson,  and  has  child,  Hil- 
dred.  6.  Lena  Ethel,  July  30,  1877;  trained 
nurse.  7.  Clarence  LeRoy,  October  11,  1880; 
married,  June  8,  1904,  Estira  Brown,  and  has 
children  :  Harold  and  Marion.  8.  Clara  Grace, 
November  20,  1882 ;  married,  July  28,  1909. 
Harry  Fisher,  an  attorney  by  profession,  prin- 
cipal of  school  at  Newport,  New  York;  they 
have  child,  Celia. 

(Ill)  Charles  Nelson,  son  of  Nelson  Cod- 
ner, was  born  in  the  town  of  Owego,  Tioga 
county.  New  York,  January  14,  1867.  He  re- 
ceived his  early  education  in  the  public  schools 
of  his  native  town.  When  a  young  man  he 
engaged  in  business  for  himself  in  the  retail 
meat  and  provision  trade,  and  two  years  later 
started  in  the  grocery  business  in  Owego.  After 
several  years  he  sold  his  grocery  business  to 
his  brother,  Edgar  L.  Codner,  and  in  1895  en- 
gaged in  the  wholesale  produce  business, 
which  he  has  followed  with  remarkable  suc- 
cess since  that  time.  He  has  also  large  farm- 
ing property  and  owns  spacious  warehouses 
at  the  Erie  railroad  station  in  Owego.  He  is 
a  member  of  Tribe  No.  40,  Improved  Order 
of  Red  Men,  a  member  and  trustee  of  the 
Methodist  Episcopal  church,  in  politics  he 
is  a  I'rohibitionist.  He  married,  November 
20,  1890,  Antoinette  M.  Reed,  of  Owego, 
daughter  of  Herbert  Reed.  They  have  no 
children. 


There  was  a  multitude  of  im- 
JOHNSON     migrants    bearing    this    name 

very  early  in  New  England. 
Among  the  most  distinguished  of  these  was 
Edward  John.son,  "the  father  of  Woburn," 
Massachusetts,  where  the  name  has  been  con- 
spicuously represented  down  to  a  very  recent 
date.  Another  early  immigrant  was  Lieuten- 
ant Stephen  Johnson,  who  resided  for  a  time 
at  Ipswich,  and  was  among  the  original  pro- 
prietors of  Andover,  Massachusetts.  Cap- 
tain John  Johnson  was  a  member  of  Rev.  Rog- 
ers company,  which  came  from  Yorkshire, 
England,  and  after  residing  a  short  time  at 
New  Haven  returned  to  Raleigh.  Massachu- 
setts, in  1650.  His  brother  Robert  was  among 
the  settlers  of  New  Haven,  and  has  a  numer- 


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ous  and  highly  respectable  posterity.  The 
family  herein  traced  is  of  equally  good  quality 
and  has  been  very  active  in  the  settlement  of 
new  communities  and  the  development  of  their 
best  interests  including  those  of  Central  Xew 
York. 

(I)  William  Johnson,  a  native  of  England, 
settled  in  Charlestown,  Massachusetts,  as  early 
as  1634,  and  followed  the  occupation  of  planter 
and  brickmaker  there.  With  his  wife  Eliza- 
beth he  was  admitted  to  the  Charlestown 
church  February  13,  1635,  and  was  admitted  a 
freeman  of  the  town  March  4  following,  being 
one  of  the  proprietors.  A  deposition  made  by 
him  December  29,  1659,  indicates  that  he  was 
born  in  if3o3.  He  was  a  grave  digger  at 
Charlestown  in  1657,  and  also  constable.  His 
death  occurred  September  g,  1677,  and  his 
widow  Elizabeth  married  (second)  Thomas 
Carter.  William  Johnson  purchased  land  in 
165 1  on  what  are  now  known  as  Middle  Row 
and  Back  street.  Children :  John,  Joseph,  Jon- 
athan. Nathaniel.  Zachariah,  Isaac,  Elizalieth 
and  Ruhamah.  The  joint  estate  of  the  par- 
ents was  inventoried  April  12,  ifi8fi.  Their 
sons,  John,  of  Haverhill,  and  Zachariah,  of 
Charlestown,  were  appointed  administrators. 
The  estate  was  divided  among  the  sons  ne.xt 
day. 

(II)  Joseph,  second  son  of  William  and 
Elizabeth  Johnson,  was  baptized  February  13, 
1637,  in  Charlestown,  and  with  his  brother 
John  was  an  early  settler  in  Haverhill.  His 
house  lot  of  five  acres  and  two  "commonages" 
adjoined  those  of  his  brother,  and  his  farm 
was  in  the  northwest  part  of  the  village,  where 
he  and  his  sons  owned  three  hundred  acres 
of  land  extending  nearly  a  mile  to  the  North 
Parish  meeting  house  on  the  east  side  of  the 
road.  Fourteen  years  before  his  death  he 
gave  by  deed  of  gift,  June  ig,  1700,  to  his 
sons  Thomas,  Joseph  and  William,  the  north 
part  of  the  homestead.  He  owned  five  hun- 
dred acres  of  land  in  Amesbnry,  and  was  a 
well-to-do  farmer.  He  married  (first),  April 
ig,  1664,  Marie  Soatlie,  who  died  March  22, 
1665,  without  issue.  He  married  (second) 
Hannah  Tenney.  Children,  born  in  Haverhill : 
I.  Joseph,  October  15,  1667.  2.  William, 
January  15,  i66g,  ancestor  of  Colonel  William 
Johnson,  of  Enfield.  3.  Thomas,  mentioned 
below.  4.  Zachariah,  April  16,  1672,  died  Oc- 
tober 2j,  1673.  5.  John,  November  9,  1673, 
died  March  23,  1704-05,  unmarried.  6.  Han- 
nah,  June    10,    1675,   married,   December   28, 


1704,  Nathaniel  Osgood.  7.  Mary,  June  4, 
1677,  married,  May  16,  1697,  Lieutenant  John 
Jolinson.  8.  Jonathan,  April  24,  1678,  slain 
February  8,  1703-04;  unmarried.  9.  Eliza- 
beth, February  28,  1680-81  ;  married,  January 
31,  1721,  Samuel  Worthen.  10.  Nathaniel, 
August  15,  1683;  married,  1714,  Ruth  Gile.  II. 
Zaccheus,  August  26,  1687,  died  unmarried. 

(Ill)  Deacon  Thomas  Johnson,  third  son 
of  Joseph  and  Hannah  (Tenney)  Johnson, 
was  born  December  11,  1670,  in  Haverhill, 
where  he  died  February  18,  1742.  The  day  be- 
fore his  marriage  he  bought  of  Joseph  Bradley 
ten  acres  of  land  with  a  house  thereon,  and 
soon  after  received  eleven  acres  from  his 
father  by  deed  of  gift  as  above  noted.  Be- 
sides the  land  in  Haverhill  he  owned  ground 
in  that  part  of  Amesbury  which  was 
afterward  set  ofi^  as  Newton,  New  Hampshire. 
In  1728,  when  the  North  Parish  meeting  house 
was  erected,  he  was  elected  deacon  of  the 
church,  and  remained  in  that  ofifice  from  1730 
until  his  death,  and  also  filled  various  town 
offices.  Most  of  his  estate  was  deeded  to  his 
children  before  his  death.  He  married,  May  i, 
1700,  Elizabeth  Page,  born  Seiitember  14, 
1679,  daughter  of  Cornelius  and  Martha 
(Clough)  Page,  and  granddaughter  of  John 
and  Jane  Clough.  She  died  in  Hampstead, 
New  Hampshire,  June  12,  1752.  Children,  born 
at  North  Parish  of  Haverhill:  i.  Mehitable. 
February  26,  1701-02.  2.  Cornelius,  January 
17,  1703-04;  removed  to  Andover  and  Con- 
cord,  New   Hampshire.     3.  Thomas,  January 

6,  1705-06;  farmer  at  Plaistow.  4.  Abigail, 
May  15,  1707.  5.  Ruth,  .\ugust  24,  1709.  6. 
John,   November    15,   171 1,  mentioned  below. 

7.  Susannah,  January  25.  1714-15.  8.  Jabez, 
April  24,  1716,  died  young,  g.  Jeremiah,  June 
30.  1717;  married  .Abigail  Wright.  10.  Eliza- 
beth. January  2,  1720-21. 

(R)  Hon.  John  Johnson,  third  son  of 
Thomas  and  Elizabeth  (Page)  Johnson,  was 
born  November  15,  1711,  in  the  North  Parish 
of  Haverhill.  He  joined  the  Haverhill  church 
February  4.  T728,  and  in  November,  1730, 
became  a  member  of  the  new  church  in  the 
North  Parish,  of  which  his  father  was  deacon. 
His  father  gave  him  land  and  he  purchased 
five  acres  in  the  North  Parish  from  his 
brother  Cornelius,  on  which  he  settled  after 
his  marriage,  and  became  not  only  a  well-to-do 
farmer,  but  a  merchant  of  note,  dealing  much 
in  ship  timber.  Incidentally  he  did  much  con- 
veyancing and  other  legal  work.    In   1732  he 


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was  elected  hog-reeve,  this  honor  being  face- 
tiously bestowed  on  young  married  men.  Sub- 
sequently he  held  many  important  places  of 
trust  and  honor  in  the  town  and  province,  and 
was  an  influential  citizen  of  his  locality.  In 
1648  he  removed  to  Haverhill,  district  of  Tim- 
berland,  some  six  miles  north,  and  was  dele- 
gated to  represent  his  neighborhood  in  peti- 
tioning for  a  town  charter,  which  took  him  to 
Portsmouth,  New  Hampshire.  He  paid  the 
expenses  of  the  trip,  was  successful  in  his 
mission  and  at  the  first  town  meeting  on  the 
following  month  was  chosen  first  selectman  of 
the  new  town  of  Hampstead.  This  town  was 
in  New  Hampshire  from  the  time  of  establish- 
ing the  province  line  in  1741.  John  Johnson 
was  appointed  magistrate,  and  was  for  many 
years  a  member  oi  the  court  of  sessions  for 
the  entire  province.  He  erected  a  sawmill  at 
\Vash  Pond  outlet,  and  was  active  in  the  set- 
tlement of  numerous  towns  in  the  province 
of  New  Hampshire,  being  an  original  proprie- 
tor of  several  of  them.  He  died  intestate 
April  r,  1762,  in  his  fifty-second  year.  Most 
of  his  real  estate  was  disposed  of  by  sale  and 
deed  of  gift  to  his  sons  before  his  death.  He 
married,  November  25,  1731,  Sarah  Haines, 
born  January  g.  1710-11,  daughter  of  Thomas 
and  Hannah  (Harriman)  Haines,  of  Haver- 
hill, west  precinct.  She  joined  the  church  at 
Haverhill,  September  18,  1726.  She  died  Sep- 
tember 20,  1750,  having  had  ten  children.  He 
married  (second),  January,  1751,  Sarah,  sister 
of  Lieutenant  Peter  Morse.  She  removed  to 
Newbury,   \'ermont,    and    married     (second) 

Samuel    \\'ay.     She    married    (third)    

Barnard,  and  died  at  Newbury,  in  1795,  aged 
sixty-five.  Children:  i.  Jesse,  mentioned  be- 
low. 2.  Sarah,  July  9,  1734,  died  young.  3. 
Miriam,  March  22,  1735-36:  married,  October 
10,  1752,  Ebenczer  Mudget.  4.  Caleb,  Feb- 
ruary 3,  1737-38;  removed  to  Caledonia,  New 
York.  5.  Moses.  April  13,  1740.  died  Novem- 
ber 8,  1748.  6.  Thomas,  March  22,  1742.  7. 
Ruth,  February  3,  1743-44.  8.  Elizabetli, 
March  6,  1744-45,  died  May  i,  1747.  0-  John, 
February  9,  1746-47,  died  August  18,  1757. 
10.  Haines,  August  28,  1749;  farmer  in  New- 
bury, Vermont.  Children  of  second  wife:  11. 
Sarah,  October  29,  1751 :  married  Jacob  Page. 
T2.  Ruth  (twin),  April  23,  1754:  married 
Samtiel  Hog.  13.  Elizabeth,  twin  with  Ruth; 
married  Jacob  Currier.  14.  Peter,  June  7, 
1756;  soldier  in  the  revolution.  15.  Judith, 
April   4,    1758;   married  Jesse   Prescott.      16. 


John,  February  9,  1760.     17.  Tamar,  July  6, 
1761  ;  married  Joseph  Bonat,  or  Nonny. 

(V)  Jesse,  eldest  child  of  John  and  Sarah 
(Haines)  Johnson,  was  born  October  20,  1732, 
in  Haverhill,  and  died  March  11,  1800,  in 
Enfield,  New  Hampshire,  He  was  among  the 
original  proprietors  of  Northumberland,  Stark, 
Unity  and  Dummer,  New  Hampshire,  and 
Newbury,  Vermont,  and  was  a  very  active  man 
of  affairs.  He  purchased  land  in  Enfield, 
New  Hampshire,  in  1788,  and  in  the  course  of 
the  next  six  years  became  the  owner  of  about 
one-quarter  of  that  town,  where  he  cleared 
lands  and  built  mills.  He  removed  his  family 
to  that  town  about  March,  1787.  Throughout 
his  life  he  was  almost  constantly  in  the  public 
service,  acting  as  justice  of  the  peace,  repre- 
sentative, and  in  various  town  offices.  At 
Hampstead,  December  8,  1767,  he  was  a  mem- 
ber of  a  committee  to  satisfy  the  Kingston 
claimants  who  claimed  a  part  of  the  town  of 
Hampstead,  appointed  by  the  freeholders  un- 
der the  Haverhill  and  Alm.sburg  title.  He  was 
one  of  the  petitioners  to  the  governor  and  leg- 
islature February  3,  1768,  to  settle  the  above 
controversy.  He  first  appears  on  the  rate 
list  of  land  holders  in  Hempstead  about  1764, 
and  in  1785  was  among  the  petitioners  for  a 
representative  to  the  general  court  from  that 
town.  In  June,  1777,  he  was  on  a  committee 
to  regulate  trade.  December  5,  1768,  by  deed, 
he  gave  his  pew  on  the  men's  stairs  to  the 
town.  He  appeared  on  a  petition  against  the 
claims  of  Pelham,  June  17,  and  December  30, 
1783,  and  on  a  petition  for  the  abatement  of 
taxes,  August  8,  1784.  He  married  (first"), 
about  1758,  Margaret  McCrea,  born  about 
1741,  died  June  7,  1770.  He  married  (sec- 
ond), in  Hampstead,  August  14,  1770,  Pris- 
cilla  Kimball,  born  September  5,  1749,  in  Brad- 
ford, daughter  of  Ebenezer  and  Mary  (Kim- 
ball) Kimball.  Fler  death  is  not  recorded  in 
Haverhill  or  anywhere  in  New  Hampshire, 
but  it  occurred  about  June  ist,  1788.  He  mar- 
ried (third).  October  8,  1788,  Martha,  wiilow 
of  Jonathan  Webster,  of  Haverhill,  and  daugh- 
ter of  John  and  Rachn?l  (Roberts)  Green, 
of  Haverhill,  born  April  8,  1751,  in  that  town, 
and  died  October  9,  1852,  in  Canaan,  New 
Hampshire.  She  married  (third)  William 
Cummings.  Children  of  the  first  wife  record- 
ed in  Hampstead:  Belle,  born  .April  28,  1759; 
Miriam,  December  4,  1760:  Jesse,  October  7, 
1762 ;  Sarah,  July  23,  1765  ;  Belle.  May  5,  1768. 
Children  of  second  wife:  John,  born  October 


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9,  1771 ;  Susannah,  October  30,  1773;  Chloe, 
March  18,  1776;  Hannah,  August  i,  1778; 
Haynes,  Sqitember  15,  1780;  Ben,  mentioned 
below;  Lydia,  January  28,  1785,  and  Sally, 
May  I,  1788. 

(VI)  Ben,  fourth  son  of  Jesse  Johnson, 
and  third  son  of  his  second  wife,  Priscilla 
Kimball,  was  born  June  20,  1783,  in  Hamp- 
stead,  and  was  an  infant  when  his  parents  re- 
moved to  Enfield.  He  attended  the  district 
school  and  an  academy,  and  took  up  the  study 
of  law  in  the  office  of  Foote  &  Rumsey,  at 
Troy,  New  York.  Among  his  fellow  students 
was  John  A.  Collier,  and  after  being  admitted 
to  the  bar  they  formed  a  partnership  for  the 
practice  of  law  at  Binghamton,  New  York, 
but  this  arrangement  lasted  only  a  short  time. 
For  a  few  years  he  resided  at  Hector,  Schuyler 
county.  New  York,  where  he  was  associated 
with  Richard  Smith.  The  latter  was  appointed 
judge  of  the  court  of  common  pleas  for  Tomp- 
kins county  upon  its  organization  in  181 7,  and 
about  that  time  Mr.  Johnson  settled  in  Ithaca, 
New  York.  He  opened  an  office  on  Aurora 
street,  and  in  1819  admitted  to  partnership 
Charles  Humphrey,  with  whom  he  practiced 
some  years.  Subsequent  to  this,  Henry  S. 
Walbridge  was  his  partner  until  1839.  In 
that  year  Mr.  Johnson's  son-in-law,  Anthony 
Schuyler,  became  his  partner.  Mr.  Johnson 
was  the  Nestor  of  the  Tompkins  count\-  bar, 
and  his  practice  was  large  and  successful.  Fie 
was  among  the  strongest  lawyers,  learned, 
witty,  a  ready  debater,  a  master  of  sarcasm  and 
a  hard  worker.  His  intellectual  and  physical 
strength  was  wholly  employed  in  caring  for 
the  interests  of  his  clients,  and  he  gave  little 
time  to  other  matters.  He  was  quiet,  unde- 
monstrative, social  and  genial  in  disposition, 
and  made  and  retained  strong  friendships. 
While  he  maintained  an  intelligent  interest  in 
local  and  national  progress,  he  sought  no  office, 
but  accepted  from  a  sense  of  duty  the  presi- 
dency of  the  village  in  1825.  and  was  super- 
visor the  following  year.  He  died  in  Ithaca 
in  March.  1848. 

He  married.  November  20.  181 7.  at  Fayette. 
Seneca  county.  New  York.  Jane,  daughter  of 
Peter  Dey.  one  of  the  early  settlers  of  that 
section;  she  was  born  August  29.  1798,  and 
died  in  Ithaca,  August  28,  1881.  Children:  i. 
Eleanor,  born  September  28,  1818;  married. 
December  23.  1839,  Anthony  Schuyler,  and 
died  November  5.  1849,  leaving  two  children. 


2.  Jane,  January  15,  1821  ;  married.  February 
20,  1850,  Orton  Bostwick,  and  died  March  2. 
i^99-  3-  Hetty,  June  21.  1822:  married.  Sep- 
tember 14,  1842,  Charles  P.  Dibble,  and  died 
February  16,  1891.  4.  Jesse,  mentionetl  be- 
low. 5.  Mary,  .\pril  23,  1828;  married,  June 
5.  1848.  Charles  Swan,  and  died  October  27, 
1906.  6.  Louisa,  December  11.  1829;  married. 
June  5.  1848,  Joseph  Brittin  Sprague,  and  died 
September  i,  1905.  7.  Charles  Dey,  Septem- 
ber 24,  1831,  died  March  3.  1903;  married, 
January  20,  1858.  Mary  Caroline  Treman.  8. 
William.  April  23.  1824.  died  March  4,  1897; 
he  married,  December  8,  1S68,  Melissa  Wheel- 
ock.  9.  Isabella,  October  7,  1837 ;  married, 
June  Ti,  1855,  Charles  M.  Titus. 

(VII)  Jesse,  eldest  son  of  Ben  and  Jane 
( Dey)  Johnson,  was  born  June  4,  1824,  in 
Ithaca,  and  was  educated  at  the  old  Ithaca 
Academy.  In  early  life  he  engaged  in  farm- 
ing, thus  continuing  until  1 85 1,  when  he  en- 
tered the  express  business,  with  which  he  was 
identified  thereafter  many  years.  He  was 
first  employed  on  the  Cayuga  Lake  &  Lacka- 
wanna railroad,  running  from  Ithaca  to  Owe- 
go,  and  was  later  employed  by  various  com- 
panies in  this  work.  In  1854  he  engaged  with 
the  American  Express  Company  as  messenger 
and  agent,  and  thus  continued  eleven  years  at 
Ithaca.  In  the  spring  of  1862  he  was  em- 
ployed by  the  L'nited  .States  government  and 
was  conductor  on  the  Richmond.  Fredericks- 
burg &  Potomac  railroad,  which  he  helped  re- 
build several  times  after  its  destruction  by  the 
Confederate  armies,  and  took  the  first  train 
operated  by  the  Federal  government  into  Fred- 
ericksburg. At  the  close  of  the  civil  war  he 
returned  to  Ithaca,  and  soon  after  engaged  in 
the  oil  business  at  Oil  City,  Pennsylvania :  at 
the  same  time  he  acted  as  agent  for  the  Ignited 
.States  Express  Company  and  also  the  Ameri- 
can Express  Company,  with  which  he  had  not 
severed  his  connection  in  the  meantime.  In 
1865  he  retired  from  the  express  business, 
and  for  twenty-five  years  following  was  an  oil 
producer  in  Pennsylvania.  In  1895  'is  re- 
turned to  Ithaca,  where  he  has  since  resided, 
and  since  that  date  has  been  extensively  en- 
gaged in  mining  enterprises  in  Colorado, 
spending  much  of  his  time  in  that  state  for  a 
period  of  fifteen  years.  He  is  still  interested 
in  mining,  though  practically  retired  from  ac- 
tive business,  at  the  age  of  eighty-eight  years. 
Since  1857  Mr.  Johnson  has  been  a  member 


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of  the  Ithaca  Fire  Department,  and  for  five 
years  has  served  as  a  member  of  the  board  of 
health  of  that  city. 

Remarried,  in  1868,  Fannie  Perry, born  1835, 
in  Covert,  Seneca  county,  New  York,  daughter 
of  Thomas  Perry,  of  that  town.  She  died  in 
1908,  at  Ithaca. 


This  family  is  of  ancient  Saxon 
WILCOX  origin,  and  was  seated  at  Bury 
St.  Edmunds,  county  Suffolk, 
England,  before  the  Norman  conquest.  Sir 
John  Dugdale,  in  the  Visitation  of  the  County 
of  Suffolk,  mentioned  fifteen  generations  of 
the  family  prior  to  the  year  1600,  and  traced 
the  lineage  back  to  the  year  1200,  when  the 
surname  Wilcox  came  into  use  as  an  inherited 
family  name.  On  old  records  the  forms  of 
Wilcox,  Wilcocks,  Wilcoxon,  Wilcockson,  and 
others,  occur  interchangeably.  Most  of  the 
American  families  are  descended  from  two 
immigrants  who  came  to  Connecticut  early. 

John  Wilcox  settled  at  Hartford,  Connecti- 
cut, and  was  chosen  a  surveyor  there  in  1643- 
44,  and  selectman  in  1650.  He  died  in  1651. 
and  his  will  was  dated  July  24,  1651.  He  was 
doubtless  buried  in  the  Center  Church  burying 
ground  at  Hartford.  His  wife  (name  un- 
known) died  about  1668.  Children:  John,  an- 
cestor of  many  families  at  Middletown,  Con- 
necticut: Sarah,  married  John  Bidwell,  and 
settled  in  Middletown:  .'Vnn.  born  1616,  mar- 
ried John  Hall  Jr.,  and  .settled  in  Middletown. 
William  Wilcox,  or  Wilcoxson,  the  other 
immigrant,  was  born  in  England,  in  160T.  son 
of  John  Wilcox,  of  St.  Albans,  Hertfordshire, 
England  ;  his  mother  married  (second)  Will- 
iam Hayden,  of  Windsor,  England.  W^illiam 
Wilcox  came  to  this  country  in  1634-35,  •'■^  the 
age  of  thirty-four,  in  the  ship  "Planter,"  hav- 
ing a  certificate  from  the  minister  at  St.  Al- 
bans. He  was  a  linen  weaver  by  trade  ;  he  was 
admitted  freeman  in  Massachusetts,  December 
7,  1636;  settled  at  Stratford,  Connecticut,  1639, 
represented  the  town  in  the  general  assembly 
at  Hartford  in  1647,  and  died  in  1659.  He 
married  Margaret  ,  born  161 1.  Chil- 
dren: John,  ijorn  1633;  Joseph,  1635:  Sam- 
uel :  Obadiah,  ancestor  of  numerous   families 


of  Guilford,  Connecticut;  Deacon  Timothv; 
Elizabeth,  married  Henry  Stiles ;  Hannah ; 
Sarah ;  Phebe. 

( I )  Stephen  Wilcox,  a  descendant  of  John 
Wilcox,  was  born  about  1760.  He  married 
Lois  Chaffee,  born  in  Ashford,  January  16, 
1765,  died  at  Granby,  September  29,  1849. 

(II)  David,  son  of  Stephen  and  Lois  (Chaf- 
fee) Wilcox,  was  born  at  .Xshford,  Connecti- 
cut, October  20,  1797.  He  was  among  the 
early  settlers  of  Oswego  county.  New  York. 
He  married,  January  6,  1822,  Sally  Starr,  born 
December  19,  1802,  died  November  7,  1849. 
They  settled  at  Onondaga,  New  York,  and  re- 
moved in  1834  to  Oswego  Falls. 

(HI)  Stephen  (2),  son  of  David  and  Sally 
(Starr)  Wilcox,  was  bom  in  Onondaga  coun- 
ty. New  York.  He  was  educated  in  the  com- 
mon schools  of  his  native  place,  and  as  a  young 
man  followed  farming.  He  lived  for  a  time  at 
Granby,  Oswego  county.  In  1880  he  located 
in  Fulton,  Oswego  county,  and  engaged  in  the 
meat  and  provision  business.  He  was  an  as- 
sessor of  the  town  of  Granby,  and  a  member 
of  the  board  of  education  for  a  number  of 
vears.  He  was  liberal  in  his  religious  views, 
and  in  politics  was  a  Democrat.  He  died  in 
Colorado,  in  September,  1903.  He  married 
Helen  M.,  daughter  of  Seth  Dutcher,  of  Hin- 
manville.  Children :  Elmer  E.,  born  Septem- 
ber 21,  1861  ;  Carrie  D.,  February  5,  1865; 
Charles  D.    (of  whom  further). 

(I\')  Charles  D.,  son  of  Stephen  (2)  and 
Helen  M.  (Dutcher)  Wilcox,  was  born  in 
Granby.  Oswego  county.  New  York.  March 
I,  1869.  He  was  educated  in  the  public  schools. 
In  1880  he  came  with  his  parents  to  Fulton, 
New  York,  and  there  learned  'the  printer's 
trade.  He  is  now  superintendent  of  tlie  Mor- 
rell  Press  Company.  He  is  a  member  of  the 
First  Methodist  Episcopal  Church  of  Fulton, 
and  of  its  official  board.  He  is  independent  in 
politics.  He  married,  June  25,  1897.  Gertrude. 
K.  Wells,  born  June  23,  1872,  daughter  of  Nor- 
man and  Wilhdmina"  Wells,  a  descendant  of 
one  of  the  oldest  and  most  distinguished  fam- 
ilies of  the  Connecticut  colony.  TMr.  and  Mrs. 
Wilcox  have  one  child,  Kenneth  W..  born  Oc- 
tober iC\  1 906. 


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